Hongning Base City's Tycoon

Hongning Base City's Tycoon

"Mr. Luo Wen, what price have you set for your Kroll Alloy?"

After their excitement subsided, everyone turned to look at Luo Wen.

Luo Wen smiled and turned toward the large screen.

He pressed the controller in his hand, and several lines of numbers immediately appeared on the screen.

Level 1 Kroll Alloy: $20,000 per kg

Level 2 Kroll Alloy: $100,000 per kg

Level 3 Kroll Alloy: $400,000 per kg

The dozen or so representatives exchanged glances as they studied the prices on the screen.

"Mr. Luo Wen, do you have much inventory? NASA would like to place an order for 200 kilograms of Level 2 Kroll Alloy!"

Luo Wen nodded. It seemed that Kroll Alloy's outstanding performance had indeed won over these industry giants, who were willing to bear such high prices.

Level 2 Kroll Alloy cost more than twice as much as gold, yet NASA was still willing to buy so much.

"My inventory isn't extensive, so I'm only accepting preorders for now. You can pay half the amount upfront, and I'll deliver the full order within two weeks."

"Two weeks? That works!"

NASA's representative nodded without hesitation. Two weeks was nothing to their space agency.

"Hammer Industries would like to purchase 200 kg of Level 2 Kroll Alloy and 50 kg of Level 3 Kroll Alloy."

Hammer Industries' representative immediately followed up.

That was the largest amount of funding he could mobilize without seeking approval from his superiors.

"Sure." Luo Wen nodded.

"The Military would like samples of Kroll Alloy from every grade."

The Military representative was more cautious, clearly intending to bring the samples back for discussion with upper management.

"Fine. If you have any requests, you can discuss them with my CEO. But inventory is limited. If you place your order too late, you'll have to wait your turn."

Luo Wen glanced at Sharon as he spoke to the representatives.

Afterward, Sharon took out the prepared purchase contracts and began signing agreements with the representatives present.

The Military representative and several other hesitant representatives watched the heated scene, then immediately made calls to submit their requests.

They then joined in signing the contracts as well.

Just then, the sound of footsteps came from the doorway. Luo Wen looked up and saw Tony.

Luo Wen walked over.

Tony wore a flippant smile. "So? Was I a good enough global spokesperson this time? The people here all represent corporate giants. You're definitely going to land plenty of huge orders today."

"Yeah, you were great. I'll bring the Kroll Alloy over to you tonight."

"How about tomorrow instead? I have to argue with those guys on the board later. Then tonight, I'm planning to take your advice and wear the armor to a party."

"What party?" Luo Wen raised an eyebrow, surprised that Tony actually intended to do it.

"Some charity party being held in my name, I think." Tony sounded unconcerned.

Luo Wen glanced at the smug Tony.

Wasn't this the party in the original story where Obadiah confronted Tony?

After Obadiah confronted Tony, Tony discovered that he couldn't stop Stark Industries from continuing to sell weapons overseas. In a fit of rage, he began relentlessly hunting down terrorists.

It was also during this period that the power of the Iron Man Armor completely shocked every major force.

"Alright. Have fun."

Luo Wen patted Tony on the shoulder.

Tony then went upstairs to find Pepper Potts.

After a busy afternoon, all the representatives finally left.

Sharon excitedly reported the results to Luo Wen.

They had signed a total of seventeen orders, with a combined value of more than a billion dollars.

And that was with the representatives merely testing the waters, without making full-scale purchases.

"Luo Wen, all the contracts we signed require delivery within half a month. With so many orders, can we deliver them on time?"

Though delighted, Sharon was also somewhat worried.

Luo Wen smiled.

As long as he had enough money, why would he worry about not having Kroll Alloy?

Every order today required half the payment as a deposit upfront.

In other words, he had enough money to exchange for other supplies, then go to the Swallowed Star world and buy Kroll Alloy.

"Sharon, you don't need to worry about that. You just need to be responsible for communicating with clients."

"Also, over the next two weeks, I need you to rent an office building to serve as Kroll Industries' headquarters, then begin setting up the company's personnel structure."

"This is the rough company framework I drafted. Take a look."

Luo Wen handed Sharon a document.

Sharon took it and opened it, a look of surprise appearing on her face.

Because Luo Wen's ambitions were simply too great!

The document outlined Kroll Industries' future structure: eleven departments in total, including an energy division, biological division, weapons division, materials division, and more.

Each department would have its own independent research center.

Not only that, Luo Wen had also listed several preferred department heads.

For example, for the head of the biological division, Luo Wen recommended a biology PhD named Helen Cho, even attaching Helen Cho's profile to the document.

For the weapons division, he had chosen a Soviet Russian man Sharon had never heard of. According to the information, he had only recently been released from prison. No matter how she looked at it, he seemed more like a thug than a scientist. Yet Luo Wen had marked this man's file with a five-pointed star.

Sharon looked up at Luo Wen, not knowing what to say.

Luo Wen merely smiled without explaining.

"Focus on recruiting the people I marked in the document. It would be best if you can recruit them, but even if you can't, keep following up."

"Alright." Though Sharon did not understand, she still nodded seriously.

After assigning Sharon her work, Luo Wen drove her home before returning alone to the S.H.I.E.L.D. apartment.

He had signed quite a few orders today. The quantities were not especially large, but the subsequent repurchase volumes would definitely be substantial.

For some time to come, Kroll Industries certainly would not lack orders.

So, he needed to quickly get trade flowing between the two worlds.

With that in mind, Luo Wen snapped his fingers in the bedroom and vanished into the vortex.

"Hey, Brother Zhou, how did the rice from last time sell?"

Upon arriving in the Swallowed Star world, Luo Wen immediately called Zhou Huayang.

Before becoming a martial artist, selling rice was still the safest option.

"It's all sold out!"

Zhou Huayang's voice sounded extremely excited.

"That fast?"

Luo Wen raised an eyebrow. He had not expected Zhou Huayang to move so quickly.

"Mainly because the rice you supplied was such excellent quality!" Zhou Huayang said with a sigh. "And there were originally twenty thousand bags left, but then a wealthy man from Hongning Base City bought them all. He even asked whether I had any additional stock."

"Hongning Base City?" Luo Wen was somewhat surprised.

Hongning Base City was not in China, but in West Asia.

It had been founded by Earth's Strongest, Hong.

During the Great Nirvana, Hong had led a group of followers to establish Hongning Base City in West Asia. As time passed, the city grew larger and larger. Due to Hong's presence, Hongning Base City could be said to be the safest place on Earth, attracting countless wealthy people and martial artists to settle there.

However, because West Asia's environment was not particularly favorable and did not produce much food, Hongning Base City purchased vast quantities of supplies from outside every year.