The knight passing by Marvel

Chapter 264 Osborn's Predicament
The sky is full of haze, and the cold wind is blowing, making the passers-by on the street wrap themselves more tightly, and the high-rise buildings on both sides have also turned on the central air conditioners, making the inside of the building warm like spring, making people feel more comfortable. People can't feel the cold outside.

In the headquarters building of the Osborne Group located in Queens, it is even warmer to wear unlined clothes without feeling cold, but the founder of the Osborne Group, Norman Osborne, who is in the chairman's office on the top floor, has a very serious heart at this moment. It was extremely cold, as if soaking in the frozen East River.

The whole person froze, standing in front of the large French windows, listening to the voice coming from the phone, his face full of years of traces was full of surprise and anger at this moment, and his hands trembled so much that he almost couldn't hold the phone.

After a while, he said with a jerky voice, "Why? The human body strengthening potion is almost finished."

An official on the other end of the phone was holding a cup of steaming black tea, and said casually while drinking: "Sorry, Mr. Norman, it is true that the funding for the next stage cannot be approved. I think you know the reason. Your progress is too slow. It’s lagging behind. The Department of Defense has invested so much money and given you this long, but do you have anything to offer by now?”

"Scientific research takes time." Norman Osborn tried to explain anxiously, so that this group of officials who knew nothing but votes and politics knew that scientific research does not produce results in a hurry. All aspects require long-term repeated research and observation, especially when it involves the human body, and more caution is required.

"But time will not wait for us. The military needs to come up with something to reassure the people. I think you should see Manhattan across the way. We must let the people know that the military has enough capabilities to protect them." The official put down his teacup and took Pick up a newspaper, which published a picture of Manhattan in ruins, full of articles denouncing the waste of the army, and praising the superheroes who saved the world.

It has been half a month since the war of breaking the contract, and more and more media have learned a lot of things from various channels, for example, someone has seen a missile headed towards Manhattan, and superheroes fighting aliens Heroes, and the lag of the army arriving on the scene, etc.

The incompetent government and the hero who turned the tide, this plot is just like a Hollywood movie, which made many newspapers feel like they were beaten to death, criticizing the government crazily and praising the heroes who fought against aliens, making the government, especially the military, suffer A lot of pressure.

Even though there are all sorts of reasons, the facts are in front of us. The performance of the military was really bad in the war of breaking the contract, so the military is eager to prove that the army has enough power to protect the people, and the breaking of the contract was just an accident.

Norman Osborn also understands these principles. Through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows in front of him, he can clearly see Manhattan, which is only separated by a river. Bridges and tunnels, as well as temporary refugee camps stretching hundreds of meters.

The war of contract twisting has had a far-reaching impact. The stock prices of seven or eight insurance companies with a lot of business in Manhattan have almost fallen below the issue price. Contract twisting used to be a place where everyone yearned for making a fortune, but now it has become a place to avoid. And not as good as the place.

Many people have moved out of the contract, and the rest are either unable to leave, unable to leave, or ready to leave while waiting and watching. There are houses for sale everywhere. The house prices are soaring. The money that used to buy a house can now be bought A building is up.

The citizens moved out, the factories closed, the market was bleak, and the crime rate gradually increased. The worrying new mayor wanted to commit suicide. He even played the superhero card that had never been mentioned in the official before, and praised it in the media. Neighbors Spider-Man, Iron Man and Kamen Rider from the twisting event.

Thank them for their contribution to the protection of Tongyue, and also propose to choose them as honorary citizens of this year, and point out without any trace that Tongyue is not only protected by well-disciplined police, but also protected by superheroes, while other cities do not have superheroes Well, if aliens come, they will not be able to enjoy the protection of superheroes in time. Such remarks have indeed played some role, at least in exchange for the theory that the government is useless.

The reasoning is understandable, but it doesn’t mean that Norman Osborn can understand it. The military is eager to prove itself, but dislikes its long-term lack of progress in the human body enhancement program. It is Norman Osborn’s interests that are lost. How could it be possible? happy.

The annual research expenses of Aoshi Enterprises are astronomical, a large part of which comes from the investment of the government and the Ministry of Defense. After developing finished products and selling them to them, it is already the practice of the capital world to use the country's money for research.

Now that he heard that the military was going to give up and continue to invest, Norman Osborn immediately became anxious. He walked around the room like clockwork, suppressing his anger, trying to make his tone calmer, saying : "No, the human body augmentation program has been finished, and the human experiment will start this week. I just sorted out the relevant information yesterday, and I am about to report it to the general. You can tell the general that the experiment on mice shows that Austrian The human enhancement agent of the Shi Group has made the strength of the mice seven times stronger and their speed three times stronger, and we have succeeded."

"really?"

"Of course, I'll ask the secretary to send you the information, and the general is welcome to come and visit the experiment." Norman Osborn patted his chest to assure, but when he hung up the phone, Norman Osborn forcefully turned the phone Throw it out and smash it to pieces.

A series of curses flew out of Norman Osborn's mouth, cursing the military for withdrawing funding, and cursing the Ministry of Defense for not abiding by the contract. Osborn Corporation invested countless money and resources for the human body enhancement program, and it took so long Time, in exchange for the divestment of the military.

The human body enhancement plan was promoted by him alone, and he has an unshirkable responsibility. If all the previous investments are in vain, there is no way to explain it to the shareholders, and maybe impeachment will be initiated to make him step down.So just now Norman Osborn can be said to be running the train with his mouth full, trying his best not to let the military withdraw its capital, so the first thing is to let the military see the results.

After scolding for a long time and venting his anger, Norman Osborn returned to his confident and majestic demeanor of the chairman of the Osborne Group. He nodded on the table in front of him and said, "Connor Is Dr. Si in the lab? Let him come to my office, I have something to discuss with him."

The secretary's pleasant voice came from the monitor on the desktop: "Okay, Chairman, I will notify Dr. Connors right away."

Norman Osborn looked out of the window with a gloomy expression. Pieces of snowflakes fell from the sky, and soon joined together, almost snowing.

(End of this chapter)