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In the brief silence, the air became dull, as if it possessed a subtle weight, brewing a strange pressure that was silent and invisible.

Before Rhea could react, the blond man opposite had already frowned, his intuition was wrong.

"Rhea, do you ever feel—"

She made a sound in time, interrupting the other party's thinking: "Steve..."

"I hope you'll still have time to spare." Rhea jokingly drew back Steve Rogers' attention, "You've already stolen my headlines."

When he understood the meaning of Rhea's words and began to be embarrassed, Rhea smiled again and continued.

"Don't worry, we'll find professionals to handle it. Politicians need PR too, but Hollywood's methods are always more popular, and that's what makes Vanity Fair interesting."

Steve doesn't understand the depth of the joke, but he manages to relax and respond, "Okay...I'll cooperate."

"Don't stress too much, Steve. People need time to adapt, and so do you."

Rhea said: "Everything has changed so fast in the past 60 years, but something must have changed for the better. We are just pushing that good change for the better."

This sentence earned Steve a simple smile.

She also took the opportunity to say goodbye and left with a natural attitude.

This time, no one popped out of nowhere.

Rhea didn't know where her agent had gone, but she believed that Malloy had mastered the measure and would not act rashly.

But as soon as he disappeared, Rhea realized that he didn't like the news that "Captain America" ​​had successfully signed the contract.

The blond female agent who had been waiting for a long time took Rhea to the pick-up car outside. Rhea's assistant, Holm, was already sitting inside and seemed to be on the phone.

Sharon Carter raised her hand and knocked on the car window, but Holm didn't hear it.

A hand reached out and opened the car door ahead of Sharon.

The owner of the hand gave Rhea a wink, motioning her to get in the car first.

"Malloy, when did you come here? Did you teleport here?" Sharon asked him.

"Don't be so nervous, my 'treatment' is over, everything will be fine." Throwing out a few words to deal with, the Jewish agent said businesslike, "Besides, you are going to question my most important client, so it is impossible for me not to show up .”

Sharon said that he couldn't find any more problems, but he could only watch Malloy get into the car behind Rhea.

She is the person in charge of the press conference task, and she has to stay to sort out the report for this matter.

Although Sharon can't be with Rhea, Rhea has prepared a gift for Sharon.

When Sharon meets the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. again, she will find that the aggressive attitude of the other party has become somewhat milder——

But this is not within the scope of Assistant Rhea's consideration.

As soon as Holm stopped the phone, he complained: "I know this agency has a deep cooperative relationship with us, but now they directly insert their hands in our business. Is this crossing the line?"

"No offense, I respect these agents and officers, but this group of laymen should really stop dictating and do their own thing..."

The female assistant paused and asked, "Can I ask this question, what exactly does this organization do?"

"In fact, Holm, they have a hand in everything," Rhea replied.

She doesn't mind S.H.I.E.L.D.'s vague purview at all.

This works in Rhea's favor.

Rhea even took advantage of this intermediary relationship to justifiably snatch the "management rights" of the heroic banner of "Captain America" ​​from the current US government.

There are many complex issues involved.

But no matter what, Rhea is the one who recalls "Captain America" ​​in modern times, whether it is spiritual or substantive.

She reasonably occupies the position of participating in it, and firmly controls the initiative.

Now Rhea has too many cards in her hands, and even the entire huge organization of S.H.I.E.L.D. has become a hub between forces, amplifying and utilizing every extendable authority.

"They can show up in all sorts of places, they just don't do everything well enough," Malloy said.

He has not been so restrained since he showed up, and he is even more rude in front of his own people. He said bluntly: "They can do whatever they want externally, but their internal duties must be further subdivided..."

Rhea thought he was referring to the new controversy about mutants and aliens, but Malloy emphasized: "At least they should know who is really in charge now."

Holm relieved his anger: "Aha, so we are the boss behind the scenes? Then I should have been more arrogant inside."

Curling his lips regretfully, Holm did not forget Yin's key question: "What should I do next? Who is in charge of Captain America's operations?"

Rhea looked at the agent first, she was not so stupid that she couldn't see the displeasure of her partner.

There was still a trace of anxious gloom in Malloy's expression.

But he still made a conclusion in a professional tone: "Captain America is our contract client, and he will also be the focus of the first phase of the superhero universe-who do you say has more say in this matter, Holm ?”

Home nodded understandingly, and then she asked enthusiastically: "Can I know where the turning point of this matter is?

Look at the 'big hero' in the meeting, Steve Rogers was silent the whole time, with a pictorial serious look.

Seriously, I thought he was mad at the press conference surprise. "

Those media arrangements certainly have a purpose, but they are designed to guide the direction of public opinion.For better or worse.

Even if Home did try to capitalize on the curiosity and focus on Rhea's relationship with the true hero, he's surprised that the sparks can be created on camera.

Home was very interested: "Riya, what did you talk to him about?"

Malloy's stare made the female assistant flinch slightly, but Holm turned to Rhea despite the pressure.

"After all, we will develop this 'super brokerage' business in the future, so let me know more about it." Home found a perfect reason for his gossip.

Rhea spoke first before Malloy said something like "It's not your turn to worry about it".

"Actually, I'm also surprised that he would agree."

Rhea is not without doubt.

It's just that when faced with such an unexpected turning point, she is used to accepting it calmly first, and then thinking about the troubles that follow.

According to Steve Rogers' initial attitude, Malloy has already begun to formulate another plan.

Malloy was reluctant to elevate Steve Rogers' personal presence.

He lightly brushes off Steve's role in the matter.Malloy's analysis from an agent's point of view:

"We just needed 'Captain America' and Steve Rogers said yes and that's fine, and if he didn't promise we could find a new replacement.

We even have a suitable candidate!

James Barnes can be the 'Captain America' of the new century, they come from the same era, the same friendship...

This would have been great publicity! ’ and smoothed out most of James Barnes’ problems as a killer machine.

"James? It's a bit weird, but it doesn't seem impossible..."

After thinking about it, Holm raised an objection: "Wait a minute, the US government in the 50s also did this thing, the second and third generations of Captain America——

That's in the script for Peggy Carter. "

"They don't understand the core value of a public hero.

This is a continuous, even harsh, positive emotional output. The key is to find the right hero, not an obedient muscular actor. "

Rhea answered for Malloy, this passage was quite ironic, aimed at herself——

She tasted a little spicy.

Of course Steve is the right one, he is the real and only Captain America!

But the reason for her hesitation was exactly what Rhea expected because he would never be obedient.

So Malloy proposed the Mr. Killer, the "Winter Soldier," an old friend with connections to Captain America.

James Barnes is no actor puppet either.

He participated in the performance to help him restore his memory and do Rhea a favor...

Although the healing process is difficult and slow, it is still benign.

Rhea hadn't tried to make him or anyone else do her bidding, and she hadn't agreed to her agent's advice.

But in her heart, she also wants to reach more and faster consensus with the other party on some key issues.

She is not yet calm enough to present a brilliant and great person who is always against her.

Fortunately, everything is not so bad.

The tricks of the "American Dream" never go out of style, but Rhea did it the other way around and successfully aroused Steve's desire for truth.

Whatever his purpose, this is an opportunity.

The real and original Captain America is of course better than any substitute. The high-profile image of the American hero is not a revival for a period of time, and speculation and suspicion can be leveraged.

But assuming that icon can be changed, Rhea is the one holding the pen of God.

All of these are gradually urging her to approach the existence of a god.

She is the one exercising the decision.To the American spirit, even to the will of the world—

"Forget it, Matthew.

I know what you're worrying about, I was thinking the same thing.

But Steve is the best 'Captain America' people can think of, and since he's agreed to try, we're going to make the most of his natural strengths. "

Rhea formally vetoes Malloy's proposal.

However, the Jew quickly calmed down after a short frown.He had heard that Steve Rogers was no different from James Barnes in Rhea's eyes.

These two people from the old times both became Rhea's troubles for a time.

But she can turn them into opportunities.

It's just that in the gap between calculation and utilization and business expansion, Rhea still wants to retain some goodwill for her vigorous ambitions.

She had known James Barnes longer and cared for him more.

"James can play himself, but not necessarily want to play 'Captain America'.

He's been used long enough as a tool, we're building him, not controlling him..." Rhea said.

She should offer as many options as possible, not canned answers.

This is the bottom line that Rhea needs to draw for herself.

Then she thought, "Is James still on mission?

He and Tony are still in the Middle East? "

As soon as this question came out, the car fell silent.Holm keenly noticed the strangeness, shut his mouth immediately, and turned around.

Because this obviously does not belong to the assistant's business scope.

Malloy changed his tone: "Yes, they encountered a little problem, but there is no need to worry.

We still have to figure out how to deal with it, and then you and 'Captain America' will attend together..."

"What's the problem?" Rhea interrupted.

Once she formally asked a question, Malloy had to answer.

"Some emotional conflict issues."

Rhea instantly understood what he meant: "...Don't tell me that Tony got into trouble in the Middle East."

"We'll work it out.

This is James Barnes' first 'assignment', Rhea, and we have to give him room to play. Malloy simply walked around the other protagonist and said slowly, "Then we can promote the promotion..."

"I'm sure it's easy to settle, Matthew. But." Rhea paused.

It's not unimaginable that something went wrong.

But when it rises to "trouble", it is worth thinking about.

In a sense, Tony Stark's trip to the Middle East more or less represents her wishes.

So the core of this question is actually, is someone dissatisfied with Tony Stark, or is he dissatisfied with Rhea Noren?

The strange blue eyes fell silent and shone with a deep gleam.

Finally she said, "I want to know what's going on."