The Missing Man
Henry fled to Alaska, where he faced the greatest challenge from John Garrett and his group Brown had set a trap to capture Henry.
To confirm Henry Brown's whereabouts, John Garrett even sent men to the town to investigate. Then, on the very first day, the sheriff dragged him into the police station for a chat.
In a place like this, a stranger is far too conspicuous. Let alone a seasoned spy, even the king of spies would be stared at like a rare and exotic animal by everyone in town.
The target did not fall into the trap as expected, causing John Garrett to lose this opportunity to connect with Norman Osborn.
This missed opportunity could very well be a once-in-a-lifetime one. Don't assume that just anyone can get a second chance in front of a tycoon of this caliber, let alone a powerful and shrewd businessman like Norman Osborn.
Given the dominant position of conglomerates in United States politics, perhaps only someone like Alexander Pierce, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.., would be qualified to sit on equal footing with the chairman of a top company like Norman Osborn.
Was Norman Osborn coveting alien samples? It would be a lie to say no, but it wasn't to the point of getting his hands dirty for an uncertain possibility.
Opening doors wide for easy access and taking a cut after succeeding—this quiet, money-making attitude was the limit of what Norman Osborn do.
What If...? John Garrett was unable to intervene, he would simply ignore the opportunity rather than take matters into his own hands. Norman Osborn did just that, disregarding the chance.
Everyone's lives seemed to be returning to normal, as long as John Garrett didn't harbor vengeful intentions and tell Nikolai Semyonov everything, plunging the Russia, who had been enjoying several good years, into a state of anxiety.
It's said that people can be incredibly frightening, and that Deadman is the easiest way to do so. When Nikolai Semyonov learns that his former research colleagues have all died because of the same target, how can he still feel safe and live without any resentment?
Having experienced the various purges and secret interrogations during the Red Empire era, the Russia certainly didn't believe that being under the Stars and Stripes offered any protection. Those twenty-three former colleagues, also in the United States, were the best example of this.
His tendency to overreact to the slightest disturbance naturally affected his daily life and work progress, and his carefree days were gone. Moreover, the longer he worried, the less he could fall asleep without alcohol or sleeping pills.
Nikolai Semyonov knew very well what they had done in the past to deserve this retribution. More than twenty people were dead; did he have a chance to survive alone?
But no one expected that Henry, as the person involved, didn't pay much attention to these things, and he didn't stay in the nameless town in Alaska.
Henry acted just as he had said: he took some provisions and, accompanied by Kitty, ventured into the icy wilderness of Alaska.
Although their location is not within the Arctic Circle, the daylight hours in Alaska are reduced to just over six hours a day. If they were to enter the Arctic Circle, there would be approximately sixty-four days of "perpetual darkness," during which no sunlight would be seen.
The aurora is a physical phenomenon that occurs under special conditions, mainly in high-latitude regions, between 10 and 20 degrees from the Earth's magnetic poles, and spanning a latitude of about 3 to 6 degrees. It's not necessarily true that the closer you are to the poles, the more likely you are to see it.
To observe the aurora borealis, clear weather and avoiding modern light pollution are necessary. In Alaska, the best time to observe the aurora is between 10 pm and 3 am, from September to March of the following year.
Although Alaska has popular aurora viewing spots, such as the inland city of Fairbanks, Henry's main purpose was to escape the hustle and bustle of civilization, so he certainly wouldn't go to such places.
Once he went into hiding, the whole world seemed to have lost track of Henry Brown; no one could contact him.
In addition, he has already left Stark Studios, has no connections with anyone there, and it's not tax season yet. He simply keeps his money in the bank, without setting up any trust funds or anything like that.
Citibank wouldn't dare freeze or mysteriously disappear money that has been deposited normally and has a clear, legitimate source. Doing that would damage the bank's reputation, which is far more serious than dealing with tens of millions of dollars.
For all these reasons, even if someone wanted to replicate the methods used to seize the Arden Family's assets and take the opportunity to swallow up Henry Brown's wealth, they would have no way to do so.
They couldn't even file a police report or notify him of his disappearance. Because he was all alone, no one could provide evidence that they had inheritance rights, business dealings, or debts that required Henry Brown's intervention to resolve.
Under United States. law, anyone can report someone missing.
However, this applies if the person reporting the incident does not have legal guardianship, such as medical guardianship, or if the person being reported is a vulnerable group or has a legal power of attorney.
At most, the police will notify the person who reported the missing person by phone after finding them, informing them that the person is still alive; they will not tell them where the person is, and they will not even kidnap the person and bring them to the person who reported the missing person.
This is to prevent the police from becoming accomplices to criminals. After all, some people's "disappearances" may be to escape violence or to avoid personal debts.
Tony Stark, who accepted Henry Brown's resignation, seemed to ignore his former general, never mentioning his name in public.
That is to say, even during Henry Brown's time at Stark Studios, Tony Stark would not publicly mention that man. This attitude has never changed.
As for Hollywood —who would miss him? He was just a techie who got lucky and landed a Titanic investment.
Whether it's 21st Century Fox, the main investor, or Paramount Pictures, which was snatched away by Stark Studios, mentioning Henry Brown in public inevitably invites a barrage of sarcastic remarks.
Who told this guy to scramble a huge slice of the Titanic? Paramount Pictures didn't even get a taste; the cake was practically in their mouths, and then it was snatched away. How can they not complain?
Another group harbored resentment towards Henry Brown. That group was those who handed over the computer special effects business to the Stark Studios ' team for the Matrix.
The Wachowski brothers, producers and directors, intended to replicate the feat of renowned director James Cameron. They staked out the location every day.
Take the CEO of Stark Studios to the "Hollywood Kid" supercomputer center and have him sit there obediently working on special effects.
As a result, that guy just quit!
Fortunately, the supercomputer "Hollywood Kid" still possessed formidable hardware capabilities, and the special effects team had been honed by "Titanic." They had no major problems creating the visuals envisioned by the the Wachowski brothers.
The filming and production of the Matrix proceeded smoothly.