Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 20 The Orange House
Although Gina Orange is of Sokovian and American descent, she grew up in Sokovia.

In fact, the House of Orange was once a long-established and powerful force in Sokovia.

The family itself is a hereditary baronial family, and going further back, there is even royal blood.

However, the Tsarist monarchy is no longer in use in Sokovia today; its official name in the international community is the Republic of Sokovia.

Moreover, Sokovia has been in a state of constant warlordism.

The instigation and interference of various forces have meant that this small Eastern European country has hardly had a few peaceful days.

The official leader was nothing more than an even bigger warlord.

The family's accumulated wealth over hundreds of years has given them a higher status and more resources in the country.

But compared to those eagles and wolves from outside, they are ultimately no match for them.

Gina's father, who was also Luca's maternal grandfather, suffered from various forms of exclusion and suppression within Sokovia. After much reflection, he decided to go to America to develop his career.

While transferring large sums of money overseas, they also established Orange Industries in the United States.

Gina even spent her entire college career in the United States.

Gina and Herman met and fell in love while studying at MIT.

However, the entry of outsiders is not as easy as imagined.

After the initial phase of aggressive expansion through spending money, the commercial development of Orange County essentially stagnated, and even regressed.

But by then, if they wanted to return to Sokovia to manage their ancestral property, there was no longer a place for them in the country.

That is, until Luca's maternal grandparents both died in an accident.

Gina, who had just married Herman, resolutely took over the company and decided to go all in, completely abandoning everything her family had built in Sokovia over the centuries and plunging headlong into the quagmire of American capitalism.

Fortunately, with Gina's excellent management skills and Hermann's outstanding research capabilities, Orange Industries finally gained a foothold and gradually got back on track.

Especially a few years ago, thanks to the analytical chip patent developed by Hermann, the company successfully secured a weapon parts manufacturing order from Stark Industries, which put the company on a path of rapid development.

The whole family moved to New York along with the company headquarters.

Of course, what happened later, when a playboy suddenly realized his mistake and completely shut down the weapons department, causing not only a large number of his own employees to lose their jobs, but also severely damaging the entire downstream industry chain. Orange Industries, which had already begun to transform and replaced 70% of its factories with custom equipment, almost went bankrupt. But that's another story.

In fact, after Stark Industries canceled its order four years ago, Gina used her connections to reach a cooperation agreement with Hammer Industries, which was rapidly growing at the time due to receiving a lot of blank resources.

Yes, everyone knows the outcome of Hammer Industries.

Two years ago, Justin Hammer, the founder of Hammer Industries, was imprisoned because his "self-developed" combat robot army went berserk at the Stark Tech Expo.

Most of his businesses were seized by the military and rival companies, leaving him with only the name and shell of a company, barely clinging to life.

Orange Industrial, being a small fry, was naturally affected once again.

In short, Luca, who has gained a deeper understanding of his company through Samira these past few days, can only say...

The fact that she didn't bankrupt the company shows how incredibly capable her mother, Gina, truly is!
The topic has gone a bit off topic.

Although the family has been developing entirely in the United States in recent years, they have almost no influence in Sokovia.

But centuries of accumulation cannot be so easily erased.

Moreover, Gina, who grew up in Sokovia, had served in the Sokovian military before taking over the company after graduating from university.

Whether they are former comrades-in-arms or trusted confidants secretly cultivated by the family, having a few absolutely trustworthy and loyal subordinates is really not a big deal.

Just like Samira, who not only followed the Orange family for generations, but was also Gina's comrade-in-arms in the army.

During this time, apart from the information and materials left by his parents, Luca learned a lot of things with the help of his Aunt Samira.

Of course, it's also possible that this team is only known to Samira.

Luca speculated that there might be other, more hidden plans, but it was still unknown because Gina was temporarily out of contact due to her coma.

Now that he had determined that these people could be trusted, he did not hesitate any longer.

Luca has always believed that trust, once a certain foundation is established, can be solidified entirely through time and shared interests.

So he simply asked Samira directly.

"How long will it take for these people to arrive? Do we need to prepare identification and equipment for them?"

After all, as Samira mentioned before, this team usually spends most of their time operating overseas.

If they can't get back in time, I can't just leave the bodyguard team idle just to wait for them.

This time, however, Samira responded quickly.

"At the latest, it will be three days. Those guys have been active on the Mexican border recently, and if things go as fast as they do, they may all be in place by tomorrow."

“Actually, they had been following the news in New York before, and they even contacted me after they couldn’t reach my wife.”

"However, the lady's condition is still uncertain, so my advice to them is to remain on standby."

Seemingly afraid that Luca might misunderstand, Samira added another sentence.

“I don’t have the authority to directly command them. I only contact them occasionally on behalf of my wife to carry out missions together, which is why they took the initiative to contact me after losing contact this time.”

Luca nodded upon hearing this.

He also knew that Samira probably wasn't sure about her mother's condition before and wanted to postpone unimportant matters until Gina woke up before making a decision.

That's why they didn't tell him directly.

However, upon hearing Samira mention "carrying out the mission together," Luca's lips twitched again.

"Let's first arrange for someone to investigate the background of the group that was protecting my uncle."

"I will try to go out less these few days, and remember to arrange for two people to protect my mother."

"In addition, the meetings with the trust fund and lawyer who came to me earlier will be postponed for a few days. They will contact me again after this matter is over."

While methodically arranging the follow-up procedures, Luca took out his phone to check the information.

However, the next moment.

The car, which had been moving smoothly, suddenly braked sharply.

The sharp, piercing sound of tires screeching filled my ears.

At the same time, he also heard Samira's slightly hurried shouts.

"Master, be careful!"

(End of this chapter)