The night passed quietly. The next day, Tony arrived at the company as usual, ignored Natasha's flirtatious posturing, and went to reviewing documents.
It took him two hours, but he finally finished all the documents that required his signature, prompting a long sigh of relief.
Whoever said being a boss was comfortable should step forward so he could beat them to death.
Tony had roughly calculated over the past few days, and the documents he had reviewed already weighed over a hundred pounds.
These were paper documents, not the bamboo slips of ancient times from his past life, which showed just how many matters he had to process in a single day.
For a moment, he suddenly felt some regret for getting rid of Obadiah. Because his predecessor had this guy managing the company, he was able to live a life of debauchery and act as a hands-off boss.
Now that he had eliminated Obadiah, he had to handle most of the company's affairs himself, which was truly rather aggravating.
Just as he was letting his mind wander, the office door was suddenly pushed open.
Ms. Potts walked in from outside, and seeing her, Tony instantly got a headache.
"My beautiful Ms. Potts, I feel I need a break for a while. I authorize you to handle all company matters completely. What do you think?"
Watching Tony, who was already crying out in distress before she had even spoken, Ms. Potts rolled her eyes.
However, she also knew how tired he had been lately, so she did not continue to beat him down.
"All right, process one more thing and I'll give you a vacation. Stop complaining."
"Really? What is it? Tell me."
Tony instantly became excited and spoke.
He really didn't want to stay in the office anymore, and this was definitely good news for him.
"The military's procurement invitation for this year has arrived. It starts at three o'clock this afternoon. Go attend and strive to secure more orders."
With that, Ms. Potts handed an invitation letter to Tony, and then hurriedly turned and left the office.
As CEO, Ms. Potts's workload was even busier than Tony's.
After all, Tony only needed to handle some major matters, while Ms. Potts had to manage the entire group. The workloads between the two were simply not on the same level.
Watching her retreating back, Tony shook his head. Where on earth did this woman get such great enthusiasm for work?
Pulling back his thoughts, Tony opened the invitation letter. Looking at the contents, there naturally wasn't anything particularly substantive inside.
Yet Tony was curious, so he read it with great relish.
Military procurement was the main source of profit for major arms companies, and every year's procurement conference was a lavish feast for all the major military industrial enterprises.
Everyone wanted to take another bite out of this feast, so the competition could only be described as fierce.
Even at past procurement conferences, it was common to see the helmsmen of major groups get into physical fights on the spot. One could say it was quite lively.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, surrounded by a group of bodyguards, Tony left the group, got into the Rolls-Royce, and rushed to the procurement conference site.
When he arrived, the time was close to three o'clock, and the procurement conference was about to begin.
Happy followed behind him with two bodyguards, accompanying him into the venue, while the remaining bodyguards stood by outside.
Upon entering the venue, a wave of commotion immediately rushed to meet him as over a hundred people talked loudly inside the hall.
Nearly eighty percent of the arms dealers in the entire United States were gathered here.
However, after Tony walked in, almost everyone turned to look at him at the same time, their eyes filled with awe.
As a top-tier military industrial giant in both the United States and the entire world, it was difficult for Tony's entrance not to attract attention.
Ignoring most of the people present, Tony walked to the front rows of the venue.
Compared to the crowding in the back, there were only a handful of people in the front rows, and standing behind each of them was a colossus no weaker than Stark Industries.
Hammer Industries, Justin Hammer, the helmsman of Hammer Industries. Like Stark Industries, it primarily operated in the arms business, maintained long-term cooperation with the Department of Defense, and was the main competitor of Stark Industries.
Pym Technologies, a group founded by Hank Pym, specialized in researching Pym Particles capable of altering the size of objects. It also manufactured weapons, though they did not make up a heavy proportion.
The Osborn Group, a family-owned enterprise led by helmsman Norman Osborn, specialized in biotechnology, had made considerable achievements in the military industrial industry, and faintly showed a trend of overtaking Hammer Industries.
Pioneer Technology, founded by Killian, specialized in genetic modification engineering, did not get deeply involved in the arms industry, and basically just came to make up the numbers.
Roxxon Corporation, the overlord of the American energy sector. The company started out in the oil industry, was one of the largest conglomerates in the world, and had extended its tentacles into all walks of life.
Hammer Industries and the Osborn Group both sent their helmsmen, while the remaining companies sent figures like vice presidents.
After all, this was a military procurement conference, and none of their primary businesses were arms. Even if they came, they wouldn't be able to compete with the three military industrial overlords: Stark Industries, the Osborn Group, and Hammer Industries.
Therefore, sending a vice president to make up the numbers was already quite sufficient.
Following Tony's arrival, the vice presidents of several groups all nodded toward him by way of greeting.
Meanwhile, Justin Hammer curled the corners of his mouth and said, "Tony, I heard you almost planted roots in the desert and couldn't come back. I was already getting champagne ready to celebrate, but I didn't expect to see you again. I am truly so disappointed."
As the main competitor of Stark Industries, the grudges between the two companies could be said to have a long history.
Therefore, Justin Hammer didn't hold back at all when he spoke.
Hearing this, while taking a seat in his own chair, Tony sneered and retorted, "Is that so? Then that really must disappoint you."
"However, don't waste your champagne either. I see your position as the eternal runner-up is also getting shaky. Once you drop to third place, I'll help you drink it."
With that, Tony turned his head to glance at Osborn, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth as he nodded.
As for Osborn, his expression looked rather unsightly.
Originally, this was a contest between Hammer Industries and Stark Industries, but with a single sentence, Tony had dragged the Osborn Group into it as well. There was no way he could have a good expression.
Sure enough, Justin Hammer, who had originally kept his attention focused entirely on Tony, also quietly glanced at Osborn at that moment.
Over the past two years, the share captured by the Osborn Group at the military procurement conference had been getting higher and higher, already posing a threat to Hammer Industries.
He, who had originally planned to contend with Tony, suddenly changed his strategy at this moment, deciding to suppress the Osborn Group first.
Soon, the time reached three o'clock in the afternoon, and the military procurement conference officially began.
Hosted by the military procurement personnel, the major military industrial enterprises present successively reaped orders.
Some people rejoiced because of the many orders, while others felt depressed because their orders had dropped.
But if one were to speak of whose mood was the most explosive, it had to be Osborn.
Stark Industries and Hammer Industries, which had stood opposed to each other in previous years, had tacitly joined forces this year to suppress the Osborn Group.
They left the Osborn Group with only ten percent of the orders!
This result almost drove Osborn berserk.
At the same time, it also verified an old Chinese saying: there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests!
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