Marvel's Umbrella

Chapter 20 Reactor Explosion

After the three of them chatted for a while, Obadiah suddenly sent Elena away.

"Ms. Luna, I think we should seize the opportunity and start the next cooperation immediately."

He was able to win the board's victory by promising to bring the stock price back to its peak in a year, so he was a little impatient to start the cooperation.

Hearing this, Luna put down the wine glass in her hand, looked at the people not far away, and then walked towards the garden.

When Obadiah saw this, he immediately realized that there were too many people here and it was not suitable for conversation.

So he immediately followed Luna and walked towards the garden.

After a while, they came to the depths of the garden.

"Cooperation will definitely take place, but there is no rush."

"why?"

"Are you sure that the shareholders will continue to listen to you after the stock price goes back up?"

Hearing this, Obadiah fell silent.

Because he knew that Stark Industries's surname was Stark after all, not Steinke.

And today's victory was also very dangerous, 40 to 39.

Those company veterans miss Howard very much and may betray him at any time.

He didn't have any better solution for this and could only hope that his results would convince everyone.

But if Tony suddenly came to his senses one day and promised not to close the weapons research and development and production department and continue to do business with the military, he felt that he had no chance of winning.

Seeing that Obadiah kept his head down and didn't speak, Luna continued, "What we need to do now is not to raise the stock price immediately, but to suppress it, and then apply for newly issued stocks, and also buy as much equity as possible from other people."

Obadiah was slightly stunned.

"Suppress the stock price? But I promised them that I would raise the stock price..."

Although he is a villain, he is a villain who is dedicated to the company, not a profiteer.

"promise?"

There was a hint of disdain in Luna's eyes.

"You promised to wait a year, but isn't it too early now?"

After thinking about it, Obadiah gritted his teeth.

"I understand, Miss Luna, what should we do now?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Obadiah, I will tell you slowly later, but I want to collect the interest first.

Let's have someone prepare the data for the Ark Reactor tomorrow."

"can."

……

The next morning.

In Tony's villa.

Pepper stood in the living room, looking at the information in front of her.

The more she looked, the more her brows furrowed, and the more pressure she felt.

A moment later, Tony came downstairs in his pajamas.

"Good morning, Pepper..."

After saying hello, he went to the refrigerator, took out a box of ice milk and drank it directly, then picked up a few biscuits and ate them.

After filling my stomach and just putting down the milk carton, I saw Pepper appear in front of me.

"Huh... Why did you suddenly appear? You scared me."

Pepper's face was solemn at this time.

"Tony, this is far more serious than we thought!"

Tony came and sat on the sofa with a nonchalant look on his face.

"tell me the story."

"Last night and this morning, I took a close look at Umbrella through Jarvis. Do you know what I found?"

Without waiting for Tony to ask, Pepper came to Tony and continued, "Umbrella's main industries are two types, cosmetics and medical. Among them, skin care water and whitening cream are the most famous cosmetics, accounting for 30% of the global market share.

Among them, facial masks, essences and lipsticks are famous.

The situation in the medical field is even more exaggerated. You know the first aid spray, which is a very famous product in recent years. Any wound can stop bleeding with just a spray.

This is a product of Umbrella. In addition, Umbrella also holds patents for more than 150 types of drugs, including anti-cancer drugs, anti-leukemia drugs, etc.

There is also a common cold medicine on the market, which is also a product of Umbrella.

These drugs account for 11 percent of the global market share.

No wonder the Osborn Group kept saying in the past few days that it must not be surpassed by Umbrella.

In my opinion, except for the US market, Osborn has long been surpassed by Umbrella."

The reason why Pepper regards the 11% market share of pharmaceuticals as more important than the 30% share of cosmetics is because of the difference in market share.

You should know that the current global market size of cosmetics is only about 800 billion, while the market size of pharmaceuticals has reached about 7400 billion.

The nearly ten-fold gap represents 11 percent of the pharmaceutical market share, which is almost 90 percent of the cosmetics market share.

But after hearing what Pepper said, Tony still looked indifferent.

“Hey, Pepper, don’t be so nervous.

We don't have any major conflicts with Umbrella. They are just cooperating with Obadiah.

But who knows how long this kind of cooperation can last.

Besides, Stark Enterprises won’t get many arms orders without the new weapons I researched, so they will still have to come to me when the time comes.”

After saying this, he showed a confident look again.

Although he was hit hard by those shareholders and senior executives yesterday, as a man like Iron Man, he will not be easily defeated.

Because he understood that the reason why Stark Enterprises was able to surpass other arms dealers and become the number one supplier to the U.S. military, in addition to its good quality, was because of his genius mind.

There is no other company that can supply all kinds of powerful modern weapons.

Now that Stark Enterprises has not upgraded itself, it can only sell the old weapons and equipment. Naturally, it will not be able to sustain it for too long and will be overtaken by other arms dealers.

After listening to Tony's explanation, Pepper thought about it and felt the same way, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when the two were quiet, Jarvis' voice suddenly rang out.

"Mr. Stark, I think there is some news that you should read."

"Oh? What news?"

"I'll broadcast it to you."

The next second, a projection appeared in front of Tony and Pepper.

The person in the picture is Obadiah.

At this time, the other party was wearing a very formal suit and tie.

Especially the bald head, which was shiny and oily.

“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

As the CEO of Stark Enterprises, I am deeply sorry to inform you of this news.

The explosion that occurred at the Ark reactor last night was caused by an employee's operational error, who rashly started the immature reactor without ensuring safety facilities.

Although no one has died so far, seven people have been hospitalized with serious injuries.”

When the reporters in front of Obadiah heard this, they immediately pressed the shutter button frantically to take pictures.

After a while, it was time for reporters to ask questions.

The reporters are most concerned about two things at this time.

The first is when the Ark Reactor will mature, and the second is whether Tony Stark has really left Stark Enterprises.

Regarding these two issues, Obadiah expressed concerns about the technology of the Ark Reactor and would consider whether to terminate this technology.

As for Tony's departure, he expressed his approval.

Following the release of this news, as soon as the stock market opened in the morning, Stark Enterprises' stock price was once again plunged.

The last time this happened, it was Tony who said he would no longer sell arms.

(End of this chapter)