Tony Stark Was Kidnapped

"Ring, ring."

Early the next morning, Maria Hill's phone rang. Still a little dazed, she glanced at Li Wei before answering.

"What?"

The moment she picked up, her sleepiness vanished.

Still on the phone, she hurriedly put on her uniform.

Luckily, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s uniforms were durable. Otherwise, she would have had nothing to wear now.

"Okay, I'll be there right away."

Maria Hill hung up, and Li Wei's hand reached over.

He had been woken up by the noise.

"What happened?"

Fully dressed, Maria Hill leaned over and kissed his forehead. "Something happened. Your sworn enemy was taken in the Middle East."

"What?"

Li Wei immediately woke up too.

So soon?

"You'd better get ready quickly. Don't say anything reckless in front of the media, or they might blame you."

Maria Hill did not suspect Li Wei in the slightest.

There was no need to.

Li Wei and Tony Stark only traded insults. It would never escalate to "physical attacks."

Of course, that was also because she trusted Li Wei.

But the public might not see it that way.

At such a critical time, Tony Stark had been taken. Anyone would come up with conspiracy theories.

"Thanks."

Li Wei quickly got up as well.

"Aren't you having breakfast before you leave?"

"No. I'll take a cab."

Maria Hill was in a hurry and left immediately.

Li Wei, meanwhile, ate breakfast at a leisurely pace while 2B went upstairs to tidy the room.

Every time he came home, everything was spotless and neatly arranged, which always made him feel comfortable.

As he ate breakfast, he took out his phone.

Sure enough, many people had tagged him on social media and joked, "Was this Li Wei's doing? Now he has no competition."

Unfortunately, there were no dog-head emojis to save them yet, so some people believed it without surprise.

The backlash against Li Wei was intense.

But he was very happy.

Because Tony Stark being attacked was incredibly trending and had shot straight to the top of the charts.

A billionaire had been attacked in the Middle East, with his fate unknown!

With so many factors combined, how could it not be trending?

So the more people talked about Li Wei, the more reputation points he gained.

After all, bad publicity was still publicity.

Li Wei checked his reputation points. They had already exceeded eighty million.

"Damn, that's awesome!"

He sighed. This was only the beginning.

The hype would remain huge until Tony Stark returned, and Li Wei had to ride that wave.

He had prepared for this long ago.

But before that, he summoned Red Queen. "Red Queen, buy Stark Industries stock once it bottoms out."

Unfortunately, he could only acquire shares from retail investors.

When the time came, he would contact Stark Industries' executives and see whether they were willing to sell their shares.

A giant like Stark Industries naturally did not have all its shares in Tony Stark's hands.

That was an inevitable result of being a publicly traded company.

Tony Stark held roughly forty-two percent of the shares, making him Stark Industries' largest shareholder.

Unfortunately, neither the military nor the other shareholders would allow him to gain absolute control. He could never exceed fifty percent.

The second-largest shareholder was Obadiah Stane, who held a full twenty-five percent.

The rest was held by the military and retail investors.

Even the Osborn Group held 2.5 percent of Stark Industries' shares.

Only around thirteen percent of loose shares circulated on the market, and that was Li Wei's target.

Once Tony Stark returned, Li Wei would definitely give him a surprise.

But Li Wei was doing this to make money too.

After all, he knew Stark Industries would be worth even more in the future.

"Understood."

Red Queen immediately began calculating.

"Although Stark Industries stock has started falling today, it will take at least a week to reach its lowest point."

After analyzing the situation, she informed Li Wei.

"Handle it as you see fit. Just don't let the company go bankrupt."

Li Wei gave her a reminder.

Money existed to make more money.

As for spending it, he did not even know what to spend it on.

After all, neither 2B nor Eve spent much of his money, and he had no desire to buy luxury goods.

He already had cars and houses, and his car was even a Transformer. He instantly lost interest in so-called luxury cars.

No matter how handsome a luxury car was, Bumblebee could transform into it directly, but a luxury car could not become a Transformer.

Picking up girls was even easier. He did not need to throw money around at all.

His status was right there, and even Maria Hill had been affected by it to some extent.

So Li Wei had no need to spend much money.

After breakfast, 2B had already finished cleaning the room, and the three of them headed out.

Early in the morning, Li Wei rode in Bumblebee, while Eve wanted to ride Arcee instead.

Seeing Eve sitting on Arcee made her figure stand out even more.

As expected of Master Jin. At first glance, her proportions looked a little strange, but she was actually beautiful.

Li Wei sighed inwardly.

Especially Eve's raised backside—it felt like he could drive straight in without obstruction.

There were especially many reporters outside Future Technology Company today.

Some paparazzi had even come to join the excitement.

Logically, he should have kept a low profile now, since many people suspected him.

But Li Wei refused to keep a low profile and got out of the car right outside.

"Mr. Li Wei!"

As a female reporter let out a startled scream, the reporters swarmed over.

The company's security guards hurried over in fright, surrounding Li Wei layer by layer.

They were helpless too.

There was clearly an underground parking garage, but their boss never used it.

The more reporters there were, the less willing he was to use the underground garage.

Li Wei accepted the interview with a grief-stricken expression.

He picked a blonde female reporter.

Now, media companies all knew his preferences, so the reporters they sent were basically all women, exactly like on Tony Stark's side.

However, Li Wei's reputation was much better than Tony Stark's.

At least he would not end up in bed halfway through an interview...

Therefore, the female reporters did not mind interviewing Li Wei.

The blonde reporter asked solemnly, "Mr. Li Wei, have you heard about Tony Stark?"

"Yes, I have."

Li Wei said sorrowfully, "I never expected something like this to happen. I believe Tony Stark will be fine in the end. God bless him!"

Hearing Li Wei invoke God, the reporters who had been ready to stir things up restrained themselves.

Still, their questions remained sharp.

"Mr. Li Wei, Tony Stark has gone missing. What will you do?"

Hearing that question, Li Wei's eyes lit up.

He said, "Please rest assured, I will do everything I can to find him. Although he and I do not have a good relationship, I hope he returns."

"Everyone can follow me. I will deploy the most advanced technology. Future Technology Company has already developed Bionic Eyes and search chips..."

Li Wei directly turned the scene into a product launch and promoted the company's new products.

Sure enough, many disabled people were tempted.

For example, people who had lost their eyes in various disasters all wanted to have Bionic Eyes installed.