Marvel's Speedster

For some time after his return from Latvinia, Ross was immersed in his lab work.

After more than half a year of development, the current cutting-edge technology laboratory has made great progress, with the scale gradually expanding, the profitability significantly enhanced, and the attractiveness to the outside world also constantly increasing. In the past, it was only a few top non-mainstream scientists who led a group of graduate students with little qualifications and even university interns to develop, but now they have gradually recruited nearly 300 researchers with considerable strength, and there are more than 100 more Visiting scholars work here.

Biology, energy, precision manufacturing - these are the three main directions Ross chose for S.T.A.R. At present, the achievements in the latter two fields are not obvious, but they have taken the lead in completing world-leading breakthroughs in the field of biology. In addition to system engineering and application development, cutting-edge laboratories are also one of the very few R&D institutions that take into account basic research. The total R&D expenditure exceeds that of Stark Industrial Research Institute and Pym Technology, which is famous for basic physics.

The R in RD refers to basic research, and D refers to development. Since basic research usually means pure investment of resources, general enterprises are not interested in it. The ratio of R to D exceeding 1:10 is a considerable investment, while Ross's investment in this area is three times that of ordinary enterprises, almost equal to the level of the federal government. From the outside world, the laboratory is almost equivalent to a half-public welfare and half-profit nature, rather than a purely profitable company.

Although this is a crazy money-burning move, Ross never founded this laboratory purely for money. The short-term behavior of only doing development is certainly beneficial to the company's profitability, but in the long run, technological development is "037". Hurry up, Ross hopes that on the premise of ensuring a balance of payments, he can not only see the plan for five years later, but even have a longer-term foresight. If an opportunity really comes one day, and the laboratory has some precious and special resources, but has no theoretical experience in basic research or directional knowledge, it will be like water without a source, and the good opportunity can only be missed in vain.

Under such a development objective, the management team led by Pepper has continuously absorbed new technologies and products through mergers and acquisitions in North America and Europe, and opened up a broader market. The number of employees increased and the organization expanded. In a blink of an eye, the original 45 acres of land was not enough for use. We had to apply for a new purchase license from the local government, and purchased ten plots in the northern part of the laboratory with an area of ​​20,000 US dollars at a price of 23 million US dollars. acres of land.

Although the area of ​​land adjacent to New York City is not small, fortunately, the laboratory has a strong regional economic influence. Based on the performance in the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year, several well-known accounting firms expect their annual revenue to reach As high as 1.2-1.4 billion US dollars, contributed more than 7% of the local economic activities in Westchester, so the purchase application was undoubtedly passed smoothly.

In addition, the watchman company under the laboratory also reached a joint defense agreement with the New York police with the help of George, and was responsible for undertaking joint security tasks in serious situations; afterward, after some difficult negotiations, Pepper persuaded the major insurance companies The company signed a contract with the Overwatch to jointly form a damage control company, and hired Overwatch's super bodyguards to curb the excessive damage to urban buildings by more and more Super Abilities, so as to reduce the insurance industry's compensation expenses. When the above two From the day the contract was signed, Watchman Company also got rid of the state of pure investment and became a profitable enterprise.

During this period of rapid development, some people joined, some came and went, and some disappeared forever, without a trace like the sand in the finger or the wind in the shoulder. But Ross's attention never stopped for them. He only cared about two things. One was New Mexico, which has never heard of it. The people he sent there have not found the exiles from Asgard until today, and the other was Betty. status issue.

At the moment, Betty's body has basically returned to normal. Her female red titan side is not as crazy as Hulk, and she can basically retain her complete consciousness. However, she suddenly became such an incredible creature, and her mind was hit hard , Avoiding contact with Ross, refusing to contact her father, and lack of care from others made her feel very bad all the time, which was manifested in her work, that is, making frequent mistakes.

Just like this day, she had another big problem.

"The data is wrong. The real-time quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction value after reverse transcription is close to 38 Hoinz units. There must be nucleic acid contamination. Who was responsible for cleaning up yesterday?" Ross asked angrily in the laboratory.

The polymerase chain reaction has extremely high sensitivity, and a small amount of nucleic acid pollution will lead to false positive amplification results and inaccurate experimental results. It is very difficult to deal with. If serious aerosol pollution is formed, the laboratory may even be closed. In this situation, Ross's mood is definitely very bad.

Feeling his anger, the other researchers turned their eyes to the bewildered Betty.

"Do I need to repeat my previous reminder, Miss Betty? You are not doing research in your father's base, nor are you spending time in a loose university campus. You are working for a cutting-edge laboratory! What we need is dedication Don't tell me you haven't figured out your identity until now!" Ross criticized unceremoniously. After all, this mistake caused heavy losses. Dozens of people More than a month of hard work may be wasted, and the client is the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. If the contract cannot be completed on time, it will be a big blow to the reputation of the laboratory.

Losing a fortune isn't worth being angry about, but Ross has to give Betty a deep reminder to break out of her endless self-isolation.

"I'm sorry." Betty hung her head, not explaining anything to herself.

Ross stared at her for a moment, then waved the others out, ordering the back office to come over and do a full cleanup.

He doesn't know what Betty is like in his father's base and university, but in Ross's view, work is work, and everyone can talk about anything in private, but they can't talk about any relationship at work.

Management is an art, which can be divided into many disciplines, but the most basic principle is to separate love from work. Even if Gwen does something wrong, Ross will point it out mercilessly in person, so as to prevent others from thinking that personal relationships are A weight more important than diligence and Ability.

Every time she encounters this kind of occasion, although Gwen is wronged, sometimes she is annoyed when she is scolded severely, and she will come back with fierce revenge after returning home, but she will never say a word in the laboratory. Persist if there is reason, and correct mistakes if there are mistakes, so although she has no major research results yet, and the strength of the team she leads is average, no one will think that it is the personal relationship between Gwen and Ross that brought her to the top position, because she is an Ability The girl may not be called a genius, but her efforts are recognized by everyone.

Compared with Gwen, although Betty is a few years older, her psychological quality is not mature enough. In other words, her emotional intelligence is a bit low.

When she showed negative resistance, Ross decided to give her a hard blow, otherwise she would be immersed in her own world forever.

"To be honest, Betty, I'm very disappointed in you. It's been a while since you joined the lab, but it's a pity that you haven't become one of us until now."

Betty raised her head and stared blankly at Ross, her mind was completely frozen, unable to react as if frozen by glue.

I'm still not a member of the lab?

Left the family, failed to get the love she imagined, and now seemed to lose her job, she panicked for a moment, staring at Ross, longing for his explanation.

Ross looked back silently.

"You may wonder why I should deny your qualifications, but it seems to me that you really do not belong here. You are Betty Ross, a well-known female doctor of biology, who has published some papers in the past. Your qualifications plus Your family background is enough to get you a foothold in any high-level laboratory, but this is not what I want to see. Betty, I need you to be as responsive as when we first met. Even if you are a little aggressive, that is aggressive Evidence of the heart, did your intelligence change after the change in your body?"

His tone was a bit heavy, hearing it in Betty's ears made her even more confused, and for a moment she even lost the ability to think, and took all the words as criticism, just stood passively in front of Ross, staring down at the floor, During the whole process, he didn't have the consciousness to defend himself at all, and he didn't know how long it took before he found that Ross' voice stopped, and this tortured conversation finally came to an end.

"Go back and rest for a day, review the experimental records, and then I hope to see a real Betty.

Ross waved his hand, and Betty picked up the record book and walked out mechanically. Without Ross' last words, she would have been at a loss.

She met Ororo outside the door, and the kind-hearted Storm was startled by Betty's pale face, and quickly supported her, and sent her back to the apartment before returning to Ross to complain.

"You scared her." Ororo slapped Ross's desk hard.

"She's a 26-year-old adult, did I scare her pants off?" Ross asked rhetorically.

"Don't make faces at me, I'm not a researcher who wants your salary." Ororo gave him a hard look.

"You are not my researcher, you are my servant for free." Ross said with a straight face, in a commanding tone. "Come here, give me a pat on the shoulder."

"Who is your servant?" Ororo retorted angrily, but walked over with both feet involuntarily.

"I'll take care of Betty's matter. Today I'll make good preparations until I help her get back to normal. If you care about her, you can spend one more day with her." Ross said casually, sorting out the records of previous failed experiments. The federal Department of Health and Human Services wants an extremely small chain reaction instrument, which can allow researchers to quickly detect specific DNA fragments by using only a small set of different primers, eliminating the need to prepare separate samples for each type of cell. reagent system.

Nucleic acid synthesis primers were originally Betty's forte, but her poor state messed up what she was best at.

However, Ororo saw something unusual in the superficial requirements of the VIA department.

"Is this really only used in medical treatment? I always feel that it can be used to detect mutants." Storm stared at the screen in front of Ross and asked.

"Definitely yes, all the known genetic data are connected to our central system, and it can be seen at a glance as long as the characteristics are compared." Ross smiled, and under his influence, Ororo's biological knowledge has improved a lot compared to before .

"Then why are you still doing it? Aren't you afraid of being exposed?" Ororo didn't know what Ross was thinking, so he was so angry that he punched him hard from behind.

Ross stretched out three fingers unhurriedly.

"First, you have to have faith in me."

"Second, who is the Mutant and who decides? The federal government doesn't count, and S.H.I.E.L.D and the Department of Homeland Security don't count. The initial system is built on our mainframe, and the authority is owned by us. Permission cannot be retrieved; all data is filled in and modified by us, and upgraded through the cloud system network, so in the future we will say who is Mutant, who is Mutant, and I

We can make this range very small, accurate to specific individuals, or make it infinite, spreading to all possible carriers of the X gene or even unrelated people, that is,

Like hiding a 0.9 tree into a forest. "

Ororo thought about it, and felt that what Ross said made sense.

"What about the third one?" She asked curiously.

"Do you remember the deal between Doom and S.H.I.E.L.D?" Ross didn't answer directly.

"Definitely." Ororo raised her eyebrows. She heard from Ross that the S.H.I.E.L.D agent sent a batch of inhibitory serum to Dum, hoping to help him overthrow Magneto's rule.

"Brotherhood's Illusion Master interrogated Victoria Hand and her people, although his Ability is not very useful to a trained agent, he still got some information

. S.H.I.E.L.D claims to have exhausted the inhibitor serum, but there are still some stocks in other places, including several universities, independent companies, and a non-profit organization. i have sent

Sending Todd and Wade to visit them separately is not enough, when these losers have nothing to gain, they will focus more and more on us, this

Sometimes, I need another group of people to bravely stand up and share the pressure. "

"Inhuman race?" He frowned and thought for a while, Ororo vaguely guessed his thoughts, and the killer Creel who attacked Ross had some relationship with that race.

Ross nodded.

"Yes, this is the third point. I need it to help me identify another group of people, a group of people who are very similar to Mutant. They have been hidden for long enough, and it is time to stand up and let the people stand up.

Let the public increase some awareness. "

While Ross was talking, his gaze swept across the screen and inadvertently landed on a photo frame by the table.

His mother's adopted daughter, Skye, was grinning at him. .