Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 74 Pretending to be a Genius
After watching the others leave.

Luca leaned against a pile of equipment, thinking about his earlier conversation with Justin Hammer.

According to the other party, since Hammer Industries began to decline, she has taken back most of the shares.

Justin's willingness to use half of the proceeds to buy the former Orange Industries is indeed a testament to his sincerity.

It's estimated that Hammer Industries has been hoping to have its own 'Tony Stark' ever since Justin Timberlake.

To put it bluntly, no matter how nice Justin Hammer's words are, an acquisition is an acquisition.

Luca has absolute confidence in his future. He doesn't expect to become a true scientific genius like Tony Stark, but he feels that it won't be long before he can at least pretend to be someone similar to him.

Rather than getting involved in the mess that is Hammer Industries, it would be better to focus on developing our own industries.

As for Heinrich, the investor, Luca had originally thought that he would have a few words with him before leaving.

They talked about things like adding more funds or expanding business.

This also provides an opportunity for me to investigate the other party's somewhat strange left eye.

Unfortunately, Heinrich seemed to have no such intention at all. He simply gave a meaningful look before leaving and readily took his leave.

'Forget it, thinking about it too much is useless. The important thing is to focus on collecting items and improving my strength.'

With that in mind, Luca stopped thinking about it and ignored his subordinates who were packing up. He went to Orange Haro's side on his own.

He patted its round, plump body and whispered.

"Hey, slow down when you prompt me next time! I almost messed up the script just now."

That's right. The reason Luca was able to talk non-stop at today's exhibition without revealing that he was an imposter was because he had already discussed it with Haro.

The other party connected to [tracking glasses] to act as a 'teleprompter', displaying the conversation content to you in real time.

After all, although Luca had prepared beforehand, his theoretical foundation was still lacking. If he got stuck when asked a question, he would probably make quite a fool of himself.

However, perhaps Harlow overestimated Luca; the 'prompt' in the glasses was skipped at an absurdly fast speed.

Luca could easily make a mistake if he's not careful.

However, at this moment, in response to Luca's somewhat complaining tone, Haro 'popped' himself out of the slot, didn't even glance at Luca, and skipped away into the distance.

He didn't forget to keep making sarcastic remarks.

"Stupid Luca, stupid Luca!"

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Luca looked around and found that everyone, including Wrench, had wisely turned their heads away and were 'working diligently'. Only then did he jog after Haro.

But before Luca could even grab the agile little guy, Samira leaned closer and whispered something to Luca.

"Young Master, Osborn Biotech still hasn't given us a clear answer."

Luca, who had been in a good mood, frowned slightly upon hearing this.

"That shouldn't be the case. Since Norman Osborn was willing to conduct human trials for his wife's illness, surely he wouldn't just ignore the potentially effective drug I've offered?"

What did they say?

“Osborn Biotech’s response is that Mr. Norman is currently engaged in a very important experiment and is temporarily unable to meet with you,” Samira said.

"An important experiment? I'd be happy if I could find out."

Luca wanted to suggest that Samira send someone to find out what kind of business Osborn Bio was involved in.

Just thinking about it, either the other party is just making excuses and there's no important experiment at all, or it really is true, in which case even with Samira's connections, she might not be able to find out anything, and she might even needlessly offend the other party.

Luca then changed his mind and said...

"Let's contact other biopharmaceutical labs first, and keep an eye on Osborn's lab for now."

Samira: "Yes, young master."

However, after speaking, Samira hesitated slightly before continuing.

"Young Master, the CFO just came to me to remind you that the company's funds, even if it maintains the status quo, may only last for less than six months."

"If we want to develop new production lines, the funding gap could be significant."

Luca, who was thinking about which other well-known biological scientists in the Marvel series, looked up at Samira with a strange expression upon hearing this.

Why would she ask you to relay her message?

Samira looked slightly embarrassed upon hearing this.

"Young Master, there were too many people surrounding you just now. She only asked me to remind you. I guess she will report to you separately later."

Seeing Samira's somewhat embarrassed appearance, Luca found it amusing.

It seems that at some point, Samira, who was both a bodyguard and driver, started to resemble a secretary and butler more and more.

Of course, this is not referring to her outward appearance. After all, while Samira is not exactly ugly, she is considered "large and robust" by women's standards.

However, it is precisely because of this contrast that Samira herself feels a bit awkward now, since she didn't really have much experience with these kinds of jobs before.

Luca, of course, wouldn't stand by and watch his elder, who was so devoted to him, be in such a sorry state, so he immediately spoke up.

"Aunt Samira, could you help me hire a secretary later? It's fine if she's from within the company or if she's hired from outside. You can decide, and just let me review the final candidate."

Upon hearing this, Samira breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much more relaxed.

However, Luca added something else.

"As for the finance department, tell them to wait. Once the tentative orders are received, I will apply for a special loan from the bank."

Samira quickly wrote down these details before continuing to ask questions.

"So, young master, shall we go home now, or return to the company with this equipment?"

Previously, Luca had handed over the completed 'Order' prototype and some data to the company's research department.

We plan to have them develop some supporting equipment based on this, or create some derivative models or something.

So Samira wondered if Luca should go back to the company headquarters first.

However, Luca shook his head slightly after hearing this.

"Let the guys in the research department work on those things themselves. It's not possible to mass-produce them for the time being, so there's no rush to develop them."

"As for us."

Let's go shopping!

After saying that, Luca scooped up Haro, who had come close again, and strode out of the testing area.

At the same time, I also thought to myself with a rather amusing feeling.
Even for a genius like Iron Man, these props are far too few. A diverse range of methods is the key!

(End of this chapter)