After Tony Stark discovered that his company was gone, he did not fly into a rage. Instead, he learned the details and accepted the reality.
He was a smart man. Over the past month, Obadiah and the board had thoroughly arranged Pent Group's acquisition of Stark Industries. Now the board supported it, the shareholders supported it, and the market supported it. The only person who might oppose it was him, the founder's son.
But his opposition would have no effect. Tony Stark was now merely a director at the company, stripped of all his other positions. His personal reputation had also hit rock bottom because of the two videos online, and even reopening the weapons division now would not do much good.
After so much time, the market share Stark Industries had vacated had probably already been divided among other arms companies. Besides, the United States military and Stark Industries' former clients might no longer recognize them.
More than half a year had passed since before the war in Wakanda. The organizations that needed weapons and equipment could not possibly keep waiting for Tony Stark to change his mind. And this time, there had been no Obadiah secretly selling weapons to keep the business going. Their original clients had long since scattered.
"Stark, do you want to join us now?"
After taking Tony Stark home, Nick Fury did not leave. Instead, he sat beside him and asked,
"The Avengers. At this point, we can lower some of our selection standards. Your brain is what we need, but you lack people to put your ideas into action. Honestly, that suit of armor of yours has too many flaws. S.H.I.E.L.D. has several ways to deal with it."
Hearing Nick Fury disparage his armor, Tony Stark immediately said, "That was the Mark III