Tony Stark wore a suit, styled his hair, and trimmed his beard. There was no trace of the sorry state he had been in before.
After returning to New York, he did not rush to hold a press conference. He took care of Yinsen first.
Yinsen had saved his life, so Tony naturally wanted to repay him properly. He arranged a position for Yinsen at the company.
Only then did he turn his attention to the press conference.
"Tony, you're about to go up there. What exactly are you going to say?"
Obadiah Stane asked curiously.
Tony had only said he would announce something important. He had not said what it was.
But Obadiah Stane was uneasy, so he came over to ask.
Tony Stark glanced at him and smiled. "Uncle Stane, don't worry. Things will get better."
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That did it. Obadiah Stane felt even more uneasy.
Amid a round of applause, Tony Stark stepped onto the stage, and the spotlight fell on him once more.
He loved having all eyes on him. This was his stage, not some pitch-black cave where he would die unknown and forgotten!
"Thank you all for coming..."
Tony Stark set aside his prepared remarks and spoke freely.
There was only one important thing he wanted to say.
Standing beside him, Obadiah Stane shifted about as if he could not sit still.
After a long while, Tony Stark finally said solemnly, "There's only one thing I want to tell you today."
"In light of what happened to me, Stark Industries will shut down its weapons division and withdraw from the arms market!"
The room erupted.
The reporters burst into an uproar. The news hit like a bomb dropped into deep water.
Obadiah Stane felt dizzy.
He held twenty-five percent of the shares. How far