Stark spotted Alvin being hauled up by a beam of light into a flashy Bird-Shaped Spaceship at a construction site...
The proud scientist pursed his lips, then acted as if nothing had happened and said to JARVIS, "Speed up the construction of the communications system.
There's too much debris in the atmosphere here. We need to think beyond satellites."
Then, deliberately needling him, Stark called Ivan over the Communicator. "Russian, isn't your progress a little slow?
Do you need me to send you detailed blueprints for the Machining Center?
You can use them to build the Machining Center I 'snatched' at great expense..."
Ivan was silent for a moment on the other end, then said, "Do you never check what you're buying?
Those two large Machining Centers were 'goods' my Detroit factory was preparing to deliver to the Canadian government.
You paid three times the price to buy back something I'd already sold..."
Ivan paused. As Stark's face turned ashen, he said, "Nicely done!
At least I hadn't thought of that. The Repair Centers I prepared clearly wouldn't be up to the task of the war we're about to face...
All the ore here is rich in alloys, and it's very easy to break down and process.
I'm adjusting the scale of the Smelting Equipment. You can use it as a reference!
This time, I can give it to you for free..."
Stark's nose nearly twisted with anger. He angrily shut off the Communicator and asked JARVIS, "Is that true?
The things I bought to save time were made by that Russian?
Then why did I pay so much?"
JARVIS's voice wavered slightly. "Sir, we interfered with Mr. Ivan Vanko's normal business operations.
The twice-the-price penalty was compensation. In reality, we only bought these two advanced sets of processing equipment