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Chapter 802 Tony: All eyes are on me! I have an announcement to make!
Peter was surprised to find that the first news he saw when he got home was about Tony being beaten up, and he didn't even find out about it himself while watching TV.

It all started with an email from Mary Jane asking if he had time to look at a press release. Peter was at the Spiderweb base organizing materials left behind by Otto at the time, and he found the message quite strange.

I don't know how to write press releases, why are you showing them to me?

Mary Jane's explanation was "involving scientific terminology".

Peter then clicked on the news, and what appeared was a pre-recorded news segment about what Tony had encountered after showing Peter around the Avengers base.

A group of people were demonstrating in front of Stark Industries. These people were undoubtedly those who had suffered various losses due to the Arc Reactor blackout, and some were even there simply because Stark Industries' stock had fallen. They were waiting for Tony to arrive at Stark Industries headquarters.

Tony's visit was purely to support Stark Industries. After all, he had already resigned as president of Stark Industries; he was only here to encourage the company and Pepper Potts. He arrived at Stark Industries in his luxury car. He didn't bring bodyguards or a driver (theoretically, these are the same person), and simply walked towards headquarters. The entire process was naturally reported by major media outlets, including reporters from The Daily Horn.

Just then, an older-looking woman rushed up from the street and splashed some water from her cup onto Tony. Tony froze, staring at the woman.

"According to reports, the woman's son was undergoing critical surgery in a hospital when the blackout caused by the malfunction of Tony Stark's Arc Reactor occurred. Tragically, her son died due to the sudden power outage, leading the woman to launch this...radical protest against Tony Stark."

The Daily Bugle was relatively neutral on this issue, so it didn't say much about other topics. However, because the incident was broadcast live by the media, it has caused a huge uproar and will quickly spread to all levels of society, especially the stock market.

Oh, the stock market might be a little slower to react. The first to react are the major media outlets, many of which have already started to use this as an opportunity to criticize, moving from simply pointing out that the arc reactor had technical defects to questioning how many people died that day due to the malfunction.

The Daily Bugle naturally had to report on this, and without a doubt, a series of moral criticisms of Stark Industries' technology would become mainstream in the media. Peter immediately opened the mainstream media reports, checked the situation, and found that it was indeed the case.

He made a phone call to Tony.

"Yes, that old lady was furious, absolutely furious. I know what nonsense they're spouting, but don't blame them, I have plenty of ways to deal with them."

Peter asked hesitantly, "Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure. Oh, by the way, when do you usually watch TV with your family?"

Peter suddenly had a premonition that Tony was about to pull off something big. He instinctively opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

"Um, every night? Around seven or eight o'clock?"

"Okay, wait three days. Remember to watch the news at 8 PM, any channel will do."

"Let's see what Tony's up to," Peter said, sending a message to Mary Jane on the other end of the line.

Mary Jane, who had been sitting in front of her computer, was completely baffled when she saw the message.

"What do you mean by 'a major reversal in three days, insider information about a big deal, so don't release it yet...'?"
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What happened next was quite dramatic. Just the next day, a large number of media outlets across the United States began to condemn Tony Stark's Arc Reactor as "immature and dangerous technology," completely ignoring the fact that Congress had planned to forcibly seize the Arc Reactor two years earlier, and describing the Arc Reactor as a time bomb.

By the third day, Stark Industries' stock had plummeted for two days, essentially sealing its fate based on the stock market situation. On the fourth day, the Pentagon officially announced that due to "technical defects in the Arc Reactor," Colonel Rhodes was suspended from his War Machine duties, and that cooperation with Stark Industries in this area was terminated.

Almost everyone believed that Stark Industries was doomed this time.

But at 7:30 p.m., Tony Stark suddenly posted on his social media account, which he hardly ever uses, announcing that he would be making a very important announcement at 8 p.m. in front of the old Avengers Tower location.

Mary Jane Watson arrived at Avengers Tower early because she had received inside information earlier than others. She suspected that Peter had obtained the information through the Baxter Building, which was why he was able to tell her.

But what exactly is Tony Stark trying to say here?

One after another, a large number of media outlets arrived, including reporters, onlookers, and opponents, all waiting for Tony Stark's arrival.

Tony stood them up for a full five minutes before arriving in his Iron Man suit, then opened his visor and revealed a mocking smile.

"Alright, I know you've been waiting for a while. To be honest, if I wasn't worried that you'd all run away, I would have preferred you to wait an hour."

No one responded with a laugh.

“I remember it was about three years ago when I announced that Stark Industries would stop producing weapons, and Stark’s stock fell sharply for the first time. And recently someone told me that I should resume producing weapons.”

"Many people also say that your arc reactor is dangerous and immature."

"I admit, you're all right."

The room erupted in chaos. Countless reporters wanted to interview Tony, and some even thought he had finally gone mad. Tony watched indifferently as everyone watched him act crazy, then raised his hand, and his whole body emitted a dazzling light.

"Therefore, today, here, I will announce to the world the principles, manufacturing methods, and calculation formulas of the palladium core micro cold fusion device. I will prove to the world that my calculations were wrong, that the arc reactor has huge design flaws, and tell the world, the East, Russia, the EU, and even Japan, Brazil, and India how I created this flawed thing step by step!"

"Furthermore, I will generously invest in every media outlet that makes me realize my mistakes, ensuring they feature their reports on their homepage 365 days a year, print one million copies, and distribute them free of charge throughout the United States—I'll pay for it!"

"Oh, and by the way, I also hold the patents for these technologies. I'll make sure that none of these 'dangerous and immature technologies' appear in any Pentagon project. After all, that's what they said, right?"

"Of course, I also have a more advanced, less mature, and more dangerous reactor design, which I might announce someday, right?"

A deathly silence fell over the room. Tony put his hands to his mouth, making a megaphone shape: "Now, all of you, tell me."

"Who's your daddy?"

(End of this chapter)