Chapter 923: Chapter 783: Three Sentences Make Tony Spend 10 Billion_2

“What a pity, the Marvel’s New York is not exactly a nice place…”

Tao Yu felt a bit emotional, thinking that perhaps after he managed to scrape together some money from Tony, he could come here to snap up some bargains after the big battle in New York ended…

While Tao Yu was deep in thought, with a ding~, the elevator doors opened, and the three of them arrived at Tony’s private area which few people had access to.

At this time, Tony was holding a cup of sticky green juice, pinching his nose and gulping it down.

Upon seeing the group arrive, he put the finished cup aside.

“Oh, you’re here. Looks like the lawyer’s efficiency isn’t bad; might consider giving them a raise,” he joked, masking the fact that he’d just drunk the weird juice, and then said to Natasha,

“Alright, you can go back first, I need to discuss something with these three.”

After finishing his sentence, he took a closer look at Airi Suzuki, raising his eyebrows.

Seeing that Natasha was hesitating, Tony knew she might be worried about his safety, then chuckled,

“I am Iron Man, after all, this is my home turf.”

As he finished speaking, an Iron Armor moved by itself, just as neatly under Jarvis’s control.

After the previous attack, he had already started to think about his own safety issues, so he had pre-emptively modified the Iron Armor.

Natasha, seeing the autonomously moving Iron Armor, was slightly shocked and quickly made her exit.

There were some things she needed to report back to Headquarters about.

Whether it was the blonde with considerable physical abilities and suspected strong combat power, or this mobile Iron Armor, both were worth making a special report…

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After Natasha left, Tony naturally told the others,

“There are drinks and spirits on the bar; take whatever you want.”

No sooner had Tony finished speaking than Tao Yu unceremoniously began rummaging through the drinks. No harm in drinking if it’s free.

He even tossed a couple of bottles to Minato Namikaze and Airi Suzuki.

This attitude slightly surprised Tony, who then withdrew his gaze from Airi Suzuki and said,

“You really are special, aren’t you? You’re the one who sent the email, right? You also claimed to be my fan–I doubt that.”

Tony had many fans, and he had met quite a few of them, and even interacted deeply with some, but obviously, none as natural as this.

“I indeed am a fan of yours, and I truly admire your ability. It’s probably a case of idolizing someone out of my league,” Tao Yu candidly stated.

Tao Yu wasn’t exactly academically poor before, although his mathematics was a bit weak, he was overall competent. But by comparison to someone like Tony, indeed, he was out of his league.

Now, with the boost from Enlightenment, actually, he was no longer outclassed compared to Tony, but there were still some inherent thought patterns and constraints to overcome.

There’s a difference compared to a natural-born inventor like Tony.

“Alright, the integration of the smartphone you proposed is quite interesting; I’ve completed the design, and the prototype is ready as well. I’ll send you one of these phones soon, and by using it for communication, you won’t have to worry about being eavesdropped on,” Tony said, lifting his cup.

And indeed, he wasn’t unworthy of being someone who could handcraft a miniature controllable nuclear fusion device; making a smartphone was naturally a piece of cake for him.

“Ah ha, I think you could further enhance the communication services. Once the internet speed is up to par, you could start some short video platforms or something, and maybe even port over Twitter and other social media platforms…”

Tao Yu casually suggested some of the hottest app ideas.

This made Tony’s eyes light up slightly.

“Kid, you’ve got quite a few clever tricks up your sleeve; not bad, I like it,” Tony said.

Tony has always been someone who likes to be in the limelight, and relying on traditional media alone felt like it was missing a certain flair.

Though there were already many platforms on the internet for PCs, if they could be truly ported to smartphones, Tony could well imagine the exponential increase in popularity.

“And it’s kind of boring to always have those guys in control of the media.”

Tony also felt the constraints of media control, such as the recent Senate hearing and the attack, which had indirectly and negatively targeted him to the point he didn’t even want to read about it.

If he could have a strong media platform under his control, that seemed pretty good to him.

However, as the glimmer in Tony’s eyes appeared, he saw his empty cup and his mood lowered somewhat.

“You really have some good suggestions, I’ll try my best to implement them. And as a reward, I’ll solve your identity issues and give you a portion of the related shares, at least to ensure your livelihood,” Tony said with a carefree smile. Money wasn’t of much interest to him anymore; sharing some with them was fine, the rest could be managed by Pepper.

It was like leaving his mark on the world, which also felt quite good.

As time passed, he was still unable to find a substitute for the Palladium Element, which left him feeling increasingly anxious.

He was even close to giving up on himself.

So much so that even with the presence of a stunning beauty like Airi Suzuki, he didn’t have the mind to pay attention.

“By the way, about your spear, I don’t know where you got it from, but if the initial checks are correct, it should be of the same material as Captain America’s shield, a very precious material; you really dare to just hand it over to me like this,” Tony remarked, thinking about the spear he had brought back which turned out to be the elusive Vibranium!