"What! You're giving me all of Obadiah's eighteen percent shares?"
Mark was somewhat startled after receiving the call from Tony.
Given the stock price of Stark Industries, the value of an eighteen-percent stake now exceeded two hundred billion dollars, and its value was still skyrocketing. It was simply impossible to buy it with money alone!
For a windfall delivered right to his doorstep, Mark certainly had no reason to refuse, plus he had indeed effectively saved Tony's life.
Mark was already fifteen years old this year, still a minor, and his assets and shares were held in proxy by Rosalie.
He immediately called Rosalie, having her take a private jet to New York to sign the share transfer agreement.
"Tony Stark is going to gift eighteen percent of the company's shares to you?"
Hearing this news, Rosalie was likewise extremely shocked, and she couldn't help asking, "Could it be that he's finally prepared to publicly acknowledge his father-son relationship with you?"
Aside from Tony preparing to acknowledge his relationship with Mark, she really couldn't think of any other possibility.
However, the current Rosalie no longer had the mindset she had back when she worked as an extra and lived in a low-rent housing project.
At that time, she truly wanted Tony to acknowledge his relationship with Mark so that Mark could be given a better future.
But now, Mark had already built the Payne Group through his own abilities.
As for whether Tony would acknowledge his relationship with Mark, Rosalie no longer cared all that much.
"No, it's just that I saved him once, and he's giving me these shares as repayment."
Mark explained the matter.
Learning that Tony was transferring these shares to Mark to repay a lifesaving grace, the apprehension in Rosalie's heart vanished.
The next morning, Rosalie