Chapter 67 Starlink (Please Subscribe! I Can Kill You!)

The waves of the North Atlantic Ocean still fiercely and tenaciously hit the breakwater, breaking under the bleak sea breeze. The waves splashed on the professor's windbreaker.

Amid the roar, scream, and rupture of heaven and earth, the tension between the CEO and the gangster philanthropist in a friendly conversation was as ethereal as a mayfly in the sky and earth.

Professor Xu was hiding himself in the darkness between lightning. Even if he was as calm as Jin Bing, he would inevitably stir up a storm in his heart when he was tested by Jin Bing.

"I have no interest in ruling the world." Raymond raised his eyebrows to cover up the strangeness of his expression and gave a rather conceited answer: "There are too many idiots in the world, and it's meaningless to rule them."

Raindrops began to fall. The North Atlantic always brings cold currents, and therefore, this rain is chilling enough. Jin Bing's men came forward and opened a large black umbrella over the two people's heads.

"Interesting."

The two seemed completely unaffected by the sudden icy rain. When he heard this, Raymond couldn't see the expression on Kingpin's face. He only heard the gang leader's comment: "You can't get pleasure from enslaving stupid people, so do you plan to rule smart people, my Professor Xu?"

"Smart people don't need to be ruled." Raymond replied expressionlessly, "Just be on guard."

"I understand what you mean, Professor Xu."

The night slowly fell, and the lights of New York City gradually flickered and lit up. The faint light outlined Kingpin's hands clasped together beside Raymond--

"For you, power is a talisman."

Combined with what Professor Xu did, it was not difficult for King to guess-unlike himself, the purpose of this young Asian man's seizure of power was just to protect himself?

He is now the rotating CEO of Stark Industries, and can be regarded as an upper class in the entire United States of America...and he is actually afraid? What is he afraid of?

Kingpin would never think that the professor who played Obadiah Stane to nothing was a coward. On the contrary, in his heart, the professor was probably as ruthless as himself.

So, what was he afraid of?

Raymond interrupted Kingpin's guess as if he didn't care. He said calmly: "Ross's plan will not succeed. Maybe he will lose the man in front of Washington, but with Ross's deep foundation, he will not be affected..."

After that, the professor cast his burning eyes on the gangster boss beside him - Kingpin met Raymond's eyes, only to see the creepy eyes in the black pupils, which seemed to say silently:

Wait for the day when the plan fails, Ross will be fine, but what about you?

Even if the general's possible counterattack is not mentioned, Kingpin is tired of being a white glove for Ross.

Middlemen, middlemen, middlemen, the United States from top to bottom is nothing more than middlemen who subcontract layer by layer. Even as a senior general of the US military, Thaddeus Ross is actually just a middleman who subcontracts from a higher power. This is the so-called bureaucracy.

Raymond Xu and Jin Bing have another thing in common - they are both people who hate middlemen.

Then Jin Bing looked directly at Professor Xu's eyes and lowered them. He chuckled and looked to the other side: "Professor Xu, what good will it do you to get rid of Ross?"

"The federal finances are very tight, and the White House is very dissatisfied with the military's spending. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence privately told me that if there is a way to control the expansion of the military-industrial complex and control the military's spending, then the President will be happy to help me with the mess of Stark Industries cutting off its main business line." Raymond told Jin Bing openly.

Conspiring with a venomous snake and a fierce tiger like Jin Bing, playing the kind of tricks of concealing intelligence and playing the self-proclaimed clever tactics, is the fastest way to die. His judgment of everything will not be changed because of his own words.

"There is another question that I need to confirm." Kingpin asked his question without changing his expression: "What is the difference between friends and enemies for you?"

Kingpin had conspired with Obadiah to usurp the power of Stark Industries, and Professor Xu was standing opposite them at that time - Washington advocates "winning and then counterattacking", although he finally chose the right position with flexible body movements in that game.

But he still needs to make sure - Raymond Xu is not a vengeful person, at least not before this business is over.

"I think the difference is that Kingpin and I are enemies." Raymond turned around and put his left hand on Kingpin's shoulder. The professor smiled and looked very casual, "But I am friends with Wilson Fisk."

Kingpin finally laughed when he heard this reply: "Professor Xu is really a wonderful person."

The two held hands tightly again.

————Dividing line————

After sending Kingpin away, the professor breathed a sigh of relief.

Kingpin was not familiar with me. He only knew the paper materials that could be checked, and at most Gwen Stacy's dual identity - so he had to test me.

The so-called "what is the difference between friends and enemies" is nothing more than asking, Kingpin once stood on the enemy side of me, he is also Gwen's mortal enemy, do I regard him as an enemy or a friend.

The answer to this question is either an enemy or a friend, Kingpin will not allow the existence of enemies, nor will he believe in so-called friendship. It is more likely that this unfounded "friendship" will deepen his suspicion of him - you know, Kingpin used Gwen's real identity to force him to abdicate, this is not a pleasant acquaintance!

Therefore, Raymond's answer was - we had a feud over work, which would not affect our cooperation for personal gain.

There are no friends in politics, but even political enemies can become allies in the changing times. This is also Raymond Xu's conclusion on his and Kingpin's partnership, and also his commitment to his partners.

He took out a lighter from his pocket, which was given to him by Kingpin before he left. He said, "Cigars can relax people's minds" - this is also a test. Professor Xu, who "does not smoke", is not considered to be one of us.

The professor chuckled, "click-click-click-click" closed the lid of the lighter, and looked up at the night sky. There are almost no stars in New York at night, but he can still judge the approximate positions of the brightest stars through the faint starlight behind the clouds.

This is exactly the plan he is preparing now.

There are still four years to 2012. That year, the Chitauri will invade New York, and then Director Nick Fury's clowns will make their first appearance, saving the world with classic American heroism, and announcing the entry into the superhero era.

It is said that politicians in the era of superheroes are worthless, but Professor Xu does not think so - Nick Fury, a rookie who was blinded by petting cats, could not control aliens, and was unaware that his subordinates were infiltrated like a sieve, could still rise up by relying on superheroes.

So what can he do standing at the forefront?

Professor Xu took out a toy from his pocket. It was a model of a rocket. The fairing on the top of the rocket was open. On the structure similar to the multi-target reentry vehicle (MIRV) of an intercontinental missile, exquisite small satellites were neatly arranged in it.

He has convinced Tony Stark that after the Ark Reactor is mass-produced, it will be mainly invested in three projects:

"Family Reunion Plan" - Tony will manufacture multiple sets of armor to deal with different situations and carry different equipment, in order to satisfy his superhero dream.

"Building Plan" - Tony will invest in Stark Tower projects worldwide. The initial Stark Tower will be powered by the Ark Reactor, but these high-rise buildings will eventually become clean energy bases for the world.

By the way, the names of the first two plans were given by that bastard Tony Stark, and even if Professor Xu expressed his opposition, it was ultimately ineffective.

And the "Starlink Project" proposed by Professor Xu.

This "Starlink" is extremely similar to the "Starlink" of the "Silicon Valley Iron Man" in terms of initial investment. Professor Xu will work with NASA to lead a package of projects including recyclable high-thrust rockets and microsatellites.

But unlike the "Silicon Valley Iron Man" who may have a higher degree of brain damage than Tony Stark, Raymond's satellite is not equipped with a communication antenna, but Stark's Ark Reactor.

Professor Xu told Tony that he would design a set of earth-to-sky energy supply network around microsatellites with Ark Reactors as the core energy source, combined with microwave power transmission technology, to realize the concept of "endless energy" in the atmosphere below the Karman line.

Tony Stark praised this idea. As long as microwave power transmission can be successful, then airplanes will no longer need to carry fuel in the future. They only need to use electric motors that can receive microwave power transmission to drive turbines, and they can fly forever.

Then the fool happily continued to build the industrial production line of the reactor.

But Raymond's purpose is certainly not limited to this. The Ark Reactor almost means that the Kardashev index of human civilization has jumped to 1.0. It is a bit too wasteful for Tony Stark to use it as a battle armor energy source and a building generator. Even if there is a heaven-earth energy supply network, it is only one of the uses.

The professor waved his hand, and the drone with a gun raised in the distance flew over - the behavior pattern of this little guy was designed by Nathan.

Last week, the plan he proposed to IARPA was officially established. He will use Stark Industries as a platform and the "Netfire" project that was cancelled by the Army as a basis to solve the technical obstacles of swarm drones and eventually produce a small drone with simple motion detection and autonomous decision-making capabilities.

This drone is different from the "Global Hawk" and "Predator" of this era, and is closer to the development direction of drones in more than a decade - Professor Xu reported to Stephanie with the prospect of "one cruise missile per person" and predicted that this new "intelligent war" will save more than 80% of military expenditures.

There are four words that can make bureaucrats adopt proposals: fast, simple, fashionable, and cheap. So Professor Xu was approved.

The "swarm" program that Nathaniel Wade is currently writing is not going to be carried by these small drones with electric propellers.

Professor Xu looked at the drone floating in front of him, just smiled lightly, and continued to look up at the non-existent stars in New York.