Time quickly moved into summer vacation. America's holidays were somewhat different from China's. There were generally three breaks of varying lengths: summer vacation, the Christmas and New Year holiday, and spring break.
Summer vacation was the longest, lasting nearly three months from early June to mid-to-late August.
Peter and Dave got their wish and entered Stark Industries as interns.
Peter joined the Materials Research Institute, mixed in among a group of master's and doctoral students. Naturally, his main job was being ordered around. Even so, Peter still woke up laughing in his dreams. Not only could he learn things, he was actually getting paid—nearly two thousand dollars after tax. To Peter, that was undoubtedly a huge sum. Most importantly, this experience would serve as heavyweight material when he applied to college.
By a twist of fate, Dave became Pepper Potts's bodyguard—the close-protection kind. His monthly salary was fifteen thousand dollars, a full 7.5 times Peter's. The guy still could not close his mouth from grinning.
At the time, Tony Stark had asked him what use dodging bullets was.
A flash of inspiration struck Dave, and he said that if he could judge a bullet's trajectory, then if he could dodge it, naturally he could block it too.
Tony clapped his hands and directly wrote him a check for forty-five thousand dollars as Dave's summer pay.
The money was substantial, but the job was dangerous.
However, Pepper Potts was the president of Stark Industries and frequently appeared in the news. As her personal bodyguard, Dave's image in a black suit and sunglasses completely conquered his girlfriend.
Anyway, they had unlocked every position by now.
So Dave was thoroughly enjoying himself.
Mindy occasionally went out with Big Daddy to rob the rich and help the poor. Big Daddy got injured, taking a