The Hand

"Are we going to release an upgraded version immediately?"

"In Primus, "Connors asked with some concern.

In his view, it was unlikely that he could come up with another decent invention in such a short time, but launching an upgraded Self-Healing Serum just for an expo would undoubtedly cost the company a lot of money.

"Of course not," Ben said, shaking his head.

Right now, even the initial version of the Self-Healing Serum isn't being produced in sufficient quantities. If an upgraded version were released, the military and S.H.I.E.L.D.., who have only paid a deposit, might immediately breach their contract and demand to purchase the upgraded version directly.

Then his losses would be enormous.

"Any invention will do," Ben said.

His original plan was to launch the initial version of the Self-Healing Serum at the expo, but now, with Norman's help, Primus no longer needs to fail at the expo.

Now, his only goal is to take over Hammer Industries.

He knew that Justin Hammer would join forces with Ivan to build an Iron Legion.

In fact, Ivan had attacked Tony with his somewhat outdated equipment over the past month, but unfortunately he failed.

Now, even in Primus, his Superman hearing allows him to hear Hammer Industries working day and night to modify those Iron Armor.

"Perfect timing! I was just planning to build some robots to protect Queens."

Ben thought to himself.

Justin Hammer is a person with very little scientific research ability, but he is very good at swindling funding. He knows what the military will want after seeing Iron Man's suit, so from beginning to end he is working on creating a wearable suit.

But Ivan wasn't that rigid.

He wanted to build an army of steel, so the machines had to be remotely controllable.

This is exactly what Ben wanted.

He had already made his plans. After modifying the machines, he would sneak over and tamper with them to prevent that spendthrift from blowing them all up in one go!

"This is my property!"

"What about your property?"

Connors was playing with the lizard in his hand when he was startled by Ben's sudden shout. Then, as if remembering something, he asked, "Speaking of assets, the company has already made money. Shouldn't we change our work environment?"

"This tiny breeding room simply can't hold many lizards, let alone other animals. At this rate, it'll probably take us several years to fulfill our current orders."

"Also, I can't always put the lab and the room together; that's unhygienic."

Connors went on and on complaining, but it all boiled down to one thing: the company was too small, and he wanted to live in a big house.

"Don't worry, don't worry, the Ecopark will be there, and the building will be there too."

Ben looked at Hammer Industries not far away and said this.

Then, he thought about what products to use to participate in the exhibition. To be fair, he had a lot of technology to refer to after returning from Sakaar, but most of this technology was weapons.

But Ben didn't intend to make weapons, or rather, he didn't intend to make weapons and then sell them to the mold.

After much deliberation, he finally decided to create Anti-gravity Car as his exhibit for the expo.

"Anti-gravity System? Can this thing really succeed?" Connors asked in surprise.

Although he has a PhD in biology, he still has some understanding of Anti-gravity System.

Because this thing, like a perpetual motion machine, is most likely a scam.

"I remember that Howard Stark had the idea of Anti-gravity Car back in the last century. He was limited by the times, but to this day, Anti-gravity System has not been realized."

Even Iron Man's armor uses propulsion to achieve flight.

He gave Ben a strange look, then said, "Forget about inventing Anti-force Device; if you can explain the principles of Anti-force System and provide a feasible concept, you'll be the founder of New Physics."

"It's not that exaggerated," Ben said.

The physics of the Marvel universe is not the same as the physics of the real world.

Do you think Marvel is science fiction?

Wrong!

It's a fantasy work, not a fantasy novel.

Besides,

"Anti- Gravity Device aren't Gravity Device or devices that change gravity. I just need to provide a reaction force to make it balance with gravity."

Isn't that a fallacy of equivocation?

Connors' eyes widened. If that were the case, then Iron Man's armor would have had the same technology long ago, and even the less advanced Green Goblin Skateboard used the same principle to levitate, didn't it?

"Just tell me, did you rebel or not?"

Ben said immediately.

Of course, he couldn't simply apply Iron Man's technology directly.

Otherwise, if you bring Iron Man's technology to his expo, wouldn't that be a slap in his face?

Ben was worried that Tony would fly up to Harry in his armor and yell at him:

Potter, how dare you use my magic on me?

"What about using Sonic Levitation Technology, or Airflow Suspension?"

Connors shrugged, indicating that he couldn't offer much useful advice on the matter.

Ben didn't mind and became Grey Matter, burying himself in research. Fortunately, the armor he got from Tony and the technological data from Sakaar provided him with inspiration.

Just then, Connors came over with his little lizard, looking just like an old man taking his parrot for a walk.

"By the way, now that the company has grown, it can't just be the two of us..."

"And Harry," Ben said without looking up.

"Okay, three..."

"Sorry, but what about me, Mr. Connors?" Eunice interrupted him Bingbing.

Connors:...

"Four is still too few. We need to hire more staff, such as cleaners, security guards, and people specifically for negotiating business deals," Connors said.

Harry and Norman are now helping with almost all of Primus's orders.

In such a large company, Ben was often absent, Connors, with his sensitive position and poor communication skills, was good at scientific research but far from being a match for those old foxes when it came to business.

So, after listening to Connors' words, Ben also began to think.

As the company grows, it will indeed need more employees to handle more tasks.

He originally only had research staff in mind, but a company cannot consist of only research staff.

Even Tony needs a Pepper.

So he put down what he was holding, his frog-like pupils sweeping across the room, and asked, "Any suitable candidates?"

It wasn't Connors who answered him, but Eunice:

"Yes, there are some, sir."

Then, Eunice projected a number of resumes into the air for Ben and Connors to review.

"Although Primus Technology has not released any job postings yet, since the release of the Self-Healing Serum, many job seekers have expressed interest in working here and have submitted their resumes to our website and email address."

"Hmm..."

Ben stroked his chin, pretending to be thinking.

The resumes Eunice selected were all outstanding, some of which had truly remarkable resumes.

However, Ben was not fooled by these words on paper.

Without a doubt, very few of these resumes are from genuine job seekers; most are spies trying to find out the drug formula.

The strongest evidence is that he found an "acquaintance" in the middle.

Natasha Romanoff.

An agent belonging to S.H.I.E.L.D..

Since the last time Stark Tower was occupied by Animo, Natasha had already revealed her identity, so naturally she could no longer stay there to work.

Ben was surprised that she had taken a roundabout way and sent her resume to him.

"Are you interested in her resume?" Eunice seemed to notice Ben's gaze focused on Natasha, so she deliberately enlarged her personal information.

"She even worked for Stark Industries?" Connors said in surprise.

"If you are interested, Eunice will send you an interview invitation," Eunice said.

"No! No!"

Ben quickly interrupted Eunice.

Connors found his behavior a little strange.

Is there something wrong with her?

"There are too many problems," Ben said, shaking his head. "These women aren't exactly good people!"

"You're worried she's here to steal the potion's formula? Probably not. I don't think Stark would do something like that."

"Stark might not, but who told you Stark is behind her?" Ben waved his hand, sweeping all the resumes aside.

He didn't explain anything to Connors, only saying, "Bear with it for now, Doctor. We have too many secrets..."

He pointed to the Little Broken Watch on his back.

"This place is too small. If we hire people now, the secret of the watch will be discovered very quickly and made public. Then I'll be in big trouble."

Connors expressed his understanding of this.

"The technology inside this watch is simply amazing," he exclaimed. "I don't know what kind of ingenuity it took to create it."

The ability to transform into an alien is somewhat similar to the Lizard Serum, but in reality, they are worlds apart.

Not to mention the other technologies inside the watch.

Of course, more importantly, the alien inside the watch possesses terrifying destructive power.

Although this watch wasn't created as a weapon, humans have always had the talent to turn anything into a weapon.

While Ben was researching Anti-gravity Car, a conspiracy against Spider-Man was brewing in the shadows.

Hell's Kitchen.

Bullseye, acting as Kingpin's envoy, found one of the Five Fingers of the Hand — Madame Gao.

"What business do Kingpin's men have?"

Madame Gao was a rather thin woman, who looked to be around fifty years old, with a sharp glint in her eyes.

She didn't welcome Bullseye's visit, but she didn't immediately drive him away either.

In the powder business, Kingpin and Madame Gao were both competitors and partners.

Previously, their enemy had always been Daredevil, but a little over a month ago, a guy called Spider-Man suddenly appeared and, together with Daredevil, dealt a significant blow to their businesses.

Now, there are two Spider-Man.

The air conditioner repairman didn't arrive until around 12:30 AM yesterday, and he worked on it until almost 2 AM, but still hadn't fixed it. Luckily, I bought a spare fan, or I would have been unbearably hot...