Chapter 144 Tony Returns Richard: Hello Mr. Lightbulb
Tony Stark's remarks at the press conference dealt a heavy blow to the newly-rising Stark Industries stock. The stock, which had originally risen back up, began to fall again, and it was the kind that did not brake.

Tony's sudden announcement caught Obaday off guard. Tony left the press conference and returned to his villa without giving any explanation.

When he got here, Tony immediately used high-tech equipment to remake a miniature reactor, and then took off the one on his chest.

Next, Tony began to redesign and make a new Mark II armor.

At this time, Pepper suddenly walked in and said, "Tony, Elf Tears Company sent a cooperation invitation and wants to meet with you."

Tony said without even looking up, "I'm busy right now. I'm not seeing anyone."

Little Pepper shrugged and said, "Okay, I'll reject them right away."

"Wait." Tony suddenly remembered something and asked, "Which company did you say it was?"

"Elf's Tears." said Little Pepper.

"Okay, last time I personally came to invite them to cooperate, but they were unwilling. Now they come to me on their own initiative!" Tony recalled the embarrassment three months ago and immediately said, "Let them come to my villa. I want to meet her!"

"What are you going to do?" Seeing Tony's expression, Pepper, who knew his character well, couldn't help but ask.

"I want to meet them and wait for them to finish talking about the cooperation project, and then I will directly reject them!" Tony said very childishly.

Little Pepper looked at him helplessly, shook her head, and turned away.

Soon, Chili and Anna came in. As soon as they met, Tony began to sneer, "Ms. Anna, didn't you say last time that you would not cooperate with me? Why are you here in person now?"

"You want to cooperate with me now? Tell me about it. Maybe I'll agree if I'm in a good mood."

Anna was not angry at Tony's tone, and said formally: "Mr. Tony, I heard that you have announced that Stark Industries will no longer produce weapons? Is this true?"

"Of course it's true!" Tony nodded.

"That's good." Anna nodded, then took out a document and put it on the table and said, "On behalf of Elf's Tears, I formally sent an invitation letter to Stark Industries. Our Elf's Tears company wants to buy Stark Industries' weapons production department, including factories, patents, personnel, etc."

"What?" Tony was stunned when he heard Anna's words. What was going on?
"Did I hear you correctly? You want to buy a weapons production department?"

"Of course not!" Anna said with a smile, "We want to buy the weapons production department!"

Tony looked at Anna in astonishment, as if he couldn't believe his ears: "Aren't you producing cosmetics and health products? Why did you suddenly decide to produce firearms?"

"This is our company's secret and I cannot tell you. Mr. Tony, how much do you want to sell the weapons production department for?"

"No!" Tony said without thinking, "I would rather close the weapons production department than sell it to you!"

After this kidnapping, Tony saw with his own eyes the disasters brought by weapons. More importantly, Tony discovered that the weapons produced by his company did not protect peace, but were used by terrorists to make the world more chaotic, so he was unwilling to produce weapons.

"Mr. Tony, don't you want to hear the offer?" Anna said quickly after being rejected by Tony.

"Don't think about it, I'm not short of money!" Tony waved his hand. Is there anyone in the world richer than him when you mention money to him?

"Okay, then I'll have to let my boss come and talk to you in person." Anna shrugged.

"Your boss? Aren't you the president of Elf's Tears?"

"No." Anna shook her head, then said, "My boss is here."

"Impossible, my villa is impregnable, no one can come in without my permission!" Tony didn't believe it at all.

But the next second, a flash of light appeared, and Richard's figure appeared in the villa.

Seeing Richard suddenly appear, Tony Stark was full of surprise and curiosity: "How did you get in!" "Jarvis, how did he appear?"

"Report to the master, I don't know, the person in front of me seems to have appeared here suddenly."

"Can you analyze it?"

"Analysis in progress. Insufficient data. Inferred to have used space teleportation technology."

"It's impolite to scan other people casually, isn't it?" Feeling the power probing him, Richard's spiritual sense moved slightly, isolating this power inside.

"Who are you?" Tony asked Richard who suddenly appeared.

"My name is Richard, the owner of the Elf's Tears. Hello, Mr. Lightbulb!" Richard smiled at Tony.

"Mr. Lightbulb???" Tony looked confused.

"Yeah!" Richard reached out and tapped the glowing reactor on Tony's chest and said, "Isn't this just a big light bulb?"

"Mr. Tony, have you returned from the M78 Nebula for further studies? There's a huge indicator light on your chest!"

"Nebula M78? Indicator light? Jarvis, what is that?"

"Sir, it seems that what this gentleman is talking about is a special drama filmed in the 70s in the island country." He said this while projecting the stills.

"Damn it, you're Mr. Lightbulb!" Tony was furious.

"Mr. Tony, don't get excited. Your body won't support you doing this." Richard said with a smile.

"Don't even think about buying the weapons department from me. I would rather shut it down permanently!" Tony said viciously.

Richard shook his head and said, "Tony, are you really determined to do this?"

"I've made up my mind, I swear!" Tony Stark said proudly.

Richard made a disappointed expression, stood up and prepared to leave. Just as he turned around, he suddenly turned around and said, "That's a pity. I was thinking of telling you who betrayed you and caused you to be kidnapped by terrorists. What a pity."

After saying that, Richard shook his head and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Tony immediately stopped Richard and asked seriously, "Is what you just said true?"

"Of course!"

"who is it?"

"Hmm." Richard spread his hands.

"Okay, I'll sell the weapons department to you," Tony said.

"Didn't you swear just now? It's not difficult for you to change your words now, right?" Richard said viciously.

Tony gritted his teeth and said, "It's not difficult!"

"Look, how good it is now." Richard sat back on the sofa, then snapped his fingers. A light curtain appeared instantly, and Obaday's face appeared on it.

"He sold your information to the terrorists and paid someone to kill you. Obaday sold arms to those terrorists a long time ago, so the transaction details and evidence are all in his office computer."

Richard took out the photos of Obada's transactions with those people, which made Tony, who was already suspicious of Obada, even more convinced.

(End of this chapter)