The Collection of The End

—Marvel, 2010—

New York, Manhattan.

Manhattan is New York City's most densely populated, smallest, yet most affluent precinct, a quality that has resulted in a plethora of high-rise buildings, as well as a plethora of world-renowned attractions and landmarks.

The "Stark Building" belonging to the "Stark Industry Group" is one of the best. It has a total of 89 floors and its main body is a sharp right-angled triangle. Near the top, it boldly extends out of An oval platform with five huge turquoise letters of "STARK" on the edge of the platform, gleaming in the sun.

And on the top floor of the building, in the office of the chairman of Stark Industries, is Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, a frivolous and confident man with tousled hair and a handsome beard in casual clothes. The young man is watching the TV show on the wall with a slight smile.

On the huge screen, in a suit and leather shoes, he was facing the cameras of countless reporters at the press conference. He frowned and looked at the piece of paper in his hand, then showed a "what the hell" expression, and then He threw it away, and raised his hand to hold the microphone in front of him.

"[Actually,]" he said, "[I am IronMan.]"

There was an uproar at the scene, the light of the flash and the sound of the shutter became one, and the raised microphone kept popping up like mushrooms after the rain.

"Oh, look at that, this is really explosive news," Stark smugly paused the TV, looking at his self-confidence and arrogance: "The richest man in the world disguised himself as a vigilante to help ordinary people. Get the news out there and their bosses are sure to let them pack up so no one cares about 'Stark Industries shutting down the weapons department' or 'Robot Wars in Brooklyn' high losses.”

"[Clever way, Mr. Stark,]" came the voice of his intelligent butler over the speaker beside him: "[But I must remind you that even now, Miss Potts is still Running around dealing with the hassle of your decision to abruptly close the arms department, the bills from Brooklyn never stopped.”

The voice of the intelligent housekeeper is a typical British accent, slow and elegant, and cadence, it sounds like an old-fashioned old gentleman in a top hat talking at an afternoon tea party with a cup of black tea.

"You can just say next time, I'm an ostrich with my head buried in the sand, J.A.R.V.I.S." Stark rolled his eyes toward the ceiling.

"[I will remember, sir.]" the intelligent butler replied.

"So, what's up with Uncle Obadiah?" Stark knocked on the table, opened an electronic document and started reading.

"[The situation is not optimistic, sir,]" Jarvis projected an image of an intensive care unit on the wall: "[Director Obadiah Stani developed multiple organ failure due to lack of oxygen and cold, Before the fall, he fell into a deep coma, and then suffered a severe impact during the fall, causing multiple fractures, large-scale soft tissue contusions, and concussions. He has not yet recovered, but his life is not in danger.]

"It's so pitiful, tsk tsk," Stark shook his head, tut tut sighed: "With the backward rocket propulsion technology, who dares to fly higher than a Stark?"

"[According to the conditions you set, I should remind you that your Mark II armor also fell down because it flew too high and was frozen.]" Jarvis said.

"Well said, Jarvis!" Stark snapped his fingers: "Then, which of the design materials of the Mark II that I deliberately leaked out in batches were applied to that stupid black big man ?"

"[All, sir.]"

"…"

After Stark snapped his fingers, the fingers that he didn't have time to retract froze in the air.

"[According to the analysis of previous behavior and communication records, only 23% of the employees in these leaks were disappointed with you and turned to the director of Obadiah, sir.]" Jarvis continued.

"Oh... Really?" Stark silently retracted his finger: "The rest of the people saw that I wanted to cheat people and cooperated specially?"

"[The rest are for money, sir,]" Jarvis replied, "[After all, the director of Opadry gave too much.]"

"…"

Stark tapped his forehead with his knuckles, trying to find a topic that would not embarrass him so much, and soon, he dug up a scene from his memory.

Facing the handsome Iron Man who defeated the powerful enemy, the two waitresses called themselves "jerk" in unison?

Tony Stark is not a fool. If he deliberately makes a noticeable move with the purpose of getting close to him, he can see it at a glance. Of course, if the lady who plays this trick is charming enough, he will. Don't mind pretending to be tricked to give her a chance.

But those two waitresses... They really seemed to be mourning the ruined restaurant and the lost job, and therefore hated Iron Man as the initiator. Stark was very sure that in those few seconds, they did It's definitely a genuine reaction from the heart.

This doesn't work, everyone should love Iron Man, even for money.

"Jarvis, who owns the restaurant that was smashed after 'Iron King' was frozen and dropped? Did they ask for compensation? If so, buy the restaurant, and by the way, all personnel must not be carried out. change."

"[That's a franchise restaurant of the Italian chain restaurant brand 'Saizeriya', sir,]" Jarvis paused for two seconds, his tone a little suspicious: "[But they didn't send a claim for compensation.]"

"Its assets are already strong enough to buy a restaurant and play with it?" Stark raised his eyebrows: "I thought only the Stark Group was qualified to do this."

"[No, sir,]" Jarvis responded, "[I just confirmed that it had been bought within half an hour after the restaurant was destroyed in the aftermath of your battle with Director Obadeh.] "

"Really? Who is this generous and kind person?"

"[Unable to confirm the acquirer, sir,]" Jarvis replied, "[but you should have heard of the source of funds for the acquisition of the restaurant chain.]"

"Oh? Which group do I know?"

"[It's from the Clinton area,]" Jarvis replied. "[I speculate that the local gang may be showing goodwill to you for some purpose.]"

"'Hell's Kitchen'..." Stark muttered to himself, then shook his head: "Keep this on file, and remind me when there is a related incident, and treat it as if it didn't happen for the time being."

"[Okay, sir.]"