<Stark Group Chairman Tony Stark announced that all energy costs incurred by Stein Group's deployments at the company would be waived, along with a personal sponsorship of fifty million dollars!>
<Without Lee Stein, New York would not know peace today!>
<New York residents spontaneously raised donations to establish the Earth Security Fund!>
The summit is underway...
General Ross and the others had left, but New York remained as turbulent as ever. Early the next morning, an overwhelming flood of news swept in. Even stories like <Shocking! Senators and generals confront Stein Group, only to fail to even get through the door.> failed to make the front page.
First came Tony Stark. Iron Man's reputation was at its peak, and every move he made drew attention. His announcement that Stark Group would waive Stein Group's energy costs, along with his personal donation of fifty million dollars, was like dropping a bomb into a calm lake.
What followed was an uproar online. Countless people emerged to call for donations to Stein Group and for precautions against future threats, and the Guardian Earth Foundation was born as a result.
The foundation's purpose was obvious from its name: to raise funds to "protect Earth," calling on people around the world to pay an "electricity bill" and buy themselves "insurance."
The foundation gained momentum the moment it appeared. Its publicity was everywhere, supporters flocked to it, and within a single day, it had raised massive amounts of money from all around the world.
The foundation also declared that all of its funds would be fully transparent and publicly disclosed. As a shared pool of funds for all "superheroes," applications could be made for anything beneficial to Earth's security.
At the same time, the first thing the foundation did was cover Stein Group's losses during the