Reborn in Marvel, I am Iron Man's son?

Page 99

The level 13 Super Breath allows Mark to exhale winds of up to 80 meters per second, enough to destroy brick and concrete buildings and even blow away light armored vehicles.

His breath reached -180 degrees Celsius, at which point most metals lost their toughness and became as brittle as glass.

When the human body comes into contact with such low temperatures, the skin and muscles will die rapidly. Mark estimates that the Hulk's powerful self-healing ability will be greatly reduced in terms of recovery effect under such low temperatures.

"My strength has increased again!"

Feeling the immense destructive power he possessed, Mark's sense of security greatly increased.

In addition to Mark's improved skills, Payne Films' two new films, "Windwalker" and "Hearttalker," have also wrapped up filming.

Last time, Mark completed the special effects and post-production of "Captain America" in just one week, and the results were in no way inferior to those of Hollywood's top special effects companies.

This time, Archer, the president, naturally chose to hand over the film to Mark, allowing him to complete the subsequent special effects and post-production work.

With Alice's current powerful computing capabilities, even if two movies were started at the same time, she still completed all the special effects and post-production work in just one week.

The film's director and investors were very satisfied with the final product, and Mark paid a total of $1000 million for post-production costs for the two films.

Previously, Captain America was an independently produced film by Payne Entertainment, and Mark could work for free.

But now that both films are being made in collaboration with investors, Mark will naturally charge production fees at market rates.

To facilitate future monetization, Mark also established a studio for special effects and post-production.

Of course, Alice was the only employee in this studio.

"Mark, it's exam time again. Are you going to skip a grade again this time?"

After Mark finished creating the movie's special effects, Rosalie approached him and asked him about it.

Mark was now eight years old, and a year had passed since his last promotion. He was eligible to take the promotion exam again.

"Of course we should continue skipping grades."

Mark answered without hesitation.

If Mark skips two more grades, he can go directly to the first year of junior high school.

Compared to elementary school, middle school in the United States is much freer.

When Mark was in elementary school, he could only take three consecutive weeks off at most, and he had to go back to school frequently to make up for the missed days.

However, when Mark entered junior high school, he could take a maximum of 8 weeks off at a time, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Mark took the school's entrance exam the next day and, unsurprisingly, successfully skipped a grade and entered the junior high school next door.

To celebrate Mark's entry into junior high school, Rosalie also hosted a small party at the estate, inviting Daphne and some of her friends from the film crew.

"My God, Mark is such a genius, he's only 8 years old and he's already in middle school."

"I hope my children will be as smart as Mark when I have them in the future!"

"..."

Mark's brilliant performance once again amazed everyone at the party.

Chapter 153 New Movie Release

Mark didn't care about the praise from the crowd.

After completing his enrollment registration the next day, he applied to the school for the longest possible 8-week vacation.

After Mark returned to the estate from school, he received a call from Banner.

Since the establishment of Payne Space, Banner and Brandon have left Payne Estate and moved to Payne Space's assembly plant.

"Mark, the FAA has approved our company's satellite launch application."

After the call connected, Banner told Mark some good news.

"it is good!"

Mark was overjoyed. With his application approved, he no longer had to worry about being held back by the federal government.

He then asked Banner, "How is the satellite manufacturing line at the factory coming along? How long will it take before it goes into production?"

Now that the application has been approved, the most important thing is to start manufacturing the satellite as soon as possible.

Banner and Brandon have been busy with this for the past three months.

They not only recruited a large number of relevant talents, but also applied to Mark for more than $6 million to purchase various equipment and manufacturing raw materials.

Even with Future Pharma, a money-making machine, pouring in so much money at once puts a lot of pressure on Payne Group.

Fortunately, the box office revenue share from "Captain America" has also arrived.

After deducting the revenue share from theaters and distributors, as well as taxes payable, Payne Group's revenue was $11.2 billion.

Moreover, this is only the North American box office revenue share; they will also receive a share of the global box office revenue later.

With this money, plus future revenue from pharmaceuticals, Mark no longer needs to worry about not being able to fill the bottomless pit that is the aerospace company.

Moreover, the Payne Group is Mark's personal fiefdom, so he doesn't need to answer to other shareholders and can withdraw large amounts of funds from the group at any time to continue investing.

"The satellite production line is almost complete, and we should be able to start mass production of satellites next month."

Banner replied.

"As expected of Marvel's top scientists, their efficiency is simply amazing!"

Mark was amazed, feeling that saving Banner this time was absolutely worthwhile.

Without Banner overseeing the project, this production line would not have been able to be built in just one or two years.

"After the first batch of satellites is produced, Mark, you can use rockets from other rocket launch companies to launch our satellites. Once I have set up the production line at the rocket factory, we will be able to launch using our own rockets."

Banner then offered Mark further advice.

"Don't worry about the satellite launch, I can handle it."

Mark had a better idea: to send the satellite into space himself, without needing to use a rocket.

A week later, the two films, "Windwalker" and "Heart Whisperer," began their official promotional campaign.

The promotion and distribution of these two films were also handled by Stark Pictures, just like last time.

When Captain America was released last time, Bruno Stark, president of Stark Pictures, wasn't too happy about it.

However, Tony spoke up personally, so he had no choice but to sign the film and offer the best terms.

However, with the huge success of "Captain America," Stark Industries made a fortune, and Bruno's attitude towards Payne Films has naturally changed.

This time, without Tony even having to say anything, he had already signed the two films on his own initiative, with the terms remaining the same as before: only a 10% distribution commission.

To the average person, these are just two Hollywood superhero movies, not much different from other movies.

The plot is also a standard Hollywood template: the protagonists of both movies suffer various discriminations and injustices because they are physically different from others since childhood. Later, they use their superpowers to save people, and finally defeat the villain and save the entire city and many more people.

But for those who know about the existence of mutants, this movie is essentially whitewashing the identity of mutants.

Although the movies don't mention any mutant-related terms, it's clear to everyone that the protagonists of both films are mutants!

"What's wrong with Payne Films? They're making mutants, monsters, heroes!"

"How can mutants be the main characters in movies? They shouldn't even exist in this world!"

"..."

Those who are qualified to know about the existence of mutants are mostly wealthy and powerful people in the Federation, and most of them are full of discrimination against mutants.

In their eyes, mutants are not even as good as Nigger.

Nig is at least human, but many of these mutants are half-human, half-beast, or not even human.

People who have suffered harm from mutants, especially themselves or their family members, harbor a deep hatred for mutants.

Under the influence of these people, a large number of voices began to smear the two films on major television stations, newspapers and online media.

Fortunately, Stark Industries has a strong publicity network and engaged in a fierce debate with these smear campaigns, with neither side giving an inch.

Such heated debates have ironically made these two films known to more ordinary people.

A month later, Brian's "Windwalker" was released first.

The box office results were even better than Mark had imagined, grossing $1300 million on its opening day and becoming the day's box office champion.

While this performance cannot be compared to a phenomenal film like "Captain America," it is still quite good compared to other Hollywood movies.

In the second month, Ivy's film "The Whisperer" was also released, and its daily box office revenue exceeded $1000 million.

With the release of these two films and their success, the smear campaigns by the news media against them naturally fell apart.

More and more viewers began to go to the cinema to watch these two movies.

Although Mark was inside Payne Manor, his keen hearing allowed him to clearly hear many people within a 20-kilometer radius discussing the two films.

"Brian is so pitiful. I never thought that he was abandoned by his family just because he was a little different from others when he was a child."

"Ivy had a very tough childhood too, suffering bullying from classmates and discrimination from teachers at school!"

"What's remarkable is that they all ended up becoming heroes, rather than villains who sought revenge against society."

"..."

From these words, Mark could tell that everyone sympathized with the childhood experiences of the two film protagonists and expressed their admiration and recognition for their self-sacrifice in saving the masses.

"With this existing audience base, Brian and Ivy's mutant identities should no longer face widespread public rejection and resistance once they are revealed."

Mark thought to himself.

Of course, it's impossible to change the situation of mutants with just these two movies.

In the future, the film and television industry will need to continue to release more movies related to mutants in order to reverse public prejudice against them.

But Mark doesn't need to worry about these things.

At most, he can provide a movie outline, and Alice can quickly produce a script, which can then be handed over to Payne Films for production.

"Mark, the satellite production line factory can now officially start operations."

Banner called Mark that evening and told him some more good news.

"How many satellites can the factory produce per day now?"

Mark immediately asked.

"As long as there are enough raw materials, the factory can now produce 8 microsatellites per day and complete the final assembly and environmental testing. After further debugging and improvements, we should be able to increase production to 10 per day."

Banner replied.

Chapter 154 Establishing a Global Surveillance Network

"Mark, have you decided which company's rockets to use to launch these satellites?"

Banner suggested, "I recommend using Stark Industries' rockets. One of their rockets can carry hundreds of microsatellites made by our company, and the success rate is as high as 99.87%..."

"No need. Just send the finished miniatures to the manor. I will personally send them into space. No rocket is needed."

Mark interrupted Banner.

"what!"

Banner asked, somewhat incredulously, "Mark, you mean you can launch the satellite into space entirely on your own, without needing a rocket?"

"Good, leave it to me."

Mark nodded in confirmation.

Two weeks later, Payne Aerospace's factory mass-produced 100 microsatellites.

Following Mark's orders, all of these microsatellites were delivered to Payne Manor.

These 100 microsatellites weighed more than 130 kilograms in total and were packed into a specially made metal box.

After dark, Mark took off with the suitcase and flew rapidly into the sky.

"I never imagined that Mark could actually fly directly into outer space!"

Banner watched Mark's departing figure with amazement, once again shocked by Mark's performance.