Marvel's Speedster

After a period of time, the new laboratory site in the northern suburbs of New York finally completed the design plan and officially started to break ground. Before Osborn bought this land, the area had a history of development and construction. It was not a wasteland, the foundation had already been laid, and the new building plan used a large number of relatively light metal and glass materials. Therefore, it will not be long before the whole A laboratory can be initially completed and put into use.

In Ross's plan, the new cutting-edge technology laboratory will be a majestic landmark building with an oval ring structure as a whole, the upper part is a curved building covered with glass curtains, and the ding. feet, echoing the Blade-shaped building, while the exterior maintains a beautiful pastoral style. The parking lot, apron and other leisure facilities are surrounded by green trees and lawns, which can be well integrated into the surrounding green rolling hills and woods. It is estimated that after completion, it can accommodate 6,000 employees in the future. They will become Ross's right-hand man and provide the necessary support for his various ideas.

On this day, Ross stood on a nearby hill and watched from a distance, while Connors and others behind him led a group of invited independent scientists to appreciate the prototype of the future laboratory.

Looking around, you can see the elegant surroundings, and the transportation is quite convenient. There is a high-speed highway network passing through the small town of Westchester, and there is even a light rail railway heading south to the Bronx subway station in New York. . Such conditions are very attractive. As far as Ross knows, after the Norman accident, many builders wanted to buy this land. They all wanted to build five or six hundred houses here, transform it into a large collective housing area and then Great price to sell.

It has to be said that without Osborn's downfall and McCann's private communication, it would have been difficult for Ross to win the land.

Definitely, the local government also has considerations for small towns. The development of residential areas will not add much color to this suburban town favored by the rich, but if a high-level science laboratory is built, in addition to a large amount of real estate tax revenue every year, it can also create There are a lot of job opportunities, and it won't put any pressure on the town's service resources, so with the assistance of all parties, the land transfer is so smooth.

Connors was chatting with his friends about Ross's vision, and some of them became interested in the lab. Soon a fat man nearly six feet tall walked up to him, and the two chatted.

"This used to be the human body research institute of Trask Industry. The dwarf scientist Bolivar Trask was a smash hit with cutting-edge biological research in the 1970s. Later, because of the persecution of Mutant, he was involved in a serious political incident and was imprisoned. Prison, it has been abandoned since then. Osborn bought it a few years ago and wanted to turn it into a new type of industrial area, but then there was a big scandal like Green Goblin, and now it is in your hands, Ross , I hope you can develop this place again."

Connors' friend Otto Octavius ​​knows a lot about this place. He is a very talented scientist in nuclear physics research. The doctor knows that Otto has been trying to find a way to create new energy for many years. But suffering from insufficient funds, he was specially invited to Ross.

Ross definitely welcomes this gentleman.

In fact, he also knew Otto's other name---Doctor Octopus.

In the original timeline, the doctor was funded by Harry, the new head of Osborn after Norman's death, to research new energy machines for Osborn. He lost his beloved wife in the accident, and was confused by the out-of-control artificial intelligence mechanical tentacles, and became a dangerous super criminal, relying on robbery to continue his research work.

Originally, Otto's fate was very bleak, but now that Harry has planned to get out of Osborn's quagmire, he will naturally not spend a lot of money to sponsor his research. Only Ross can support him, and Ross has already made up his mind . After all, Otto's invention achieved considerable results later, but he was unlucky and was disrupted by Peter, the little Spider-Man, and failed to truly perfect the new energy.

Now with Ross, presumably Otto will not repeat the same mistakes.

Along with Otto, there are also some familiar names, including Eric Selvig who studies astrophysics, Samuel Stern and Maya Hansen who focus on biological genes, and the young Korean geneticist Helen Zhao, these are the people that Ross knew were involved in the future of some powerful people. I didn't expect Connors to have such a wide network of contacts, so he invited all these people together. It turned out that he even invited another An alumnus, Reed Richards who had an argument with Ross in Central Park, this gentleman is also hungry for funds, but just before today, Reed was lucky to get funding from his college classmates, so I can only apologize Excuse me.

Seeing such a group of talented people gather, no matter how many of them are willing to join the cutting-edge technology laboratory, Ross will raise their hands in welcome.

Leading everyone back to the center of the lawn, the waiter has already prepared the tables, chairs and tableware for the open-air reception. A dingding white parasol is propped up to cover the hot sun at noon. There is an atmosphere in which people want to be intoxicated.

"Gentlemen," Ross said, looking at Pete who was lurking in the crowd, but didn't expose the guy who wanted to take the opportunity to interview the news.

"Dear everyone, just now Dr. Connors has introduced our vision for the future. The fact is just like what he promised to everyone. We expect to make achievements in genetic biology, new energy and new materials. In addition to these In the future, we will also increase investment in other basic research in order to better contribute wisdom to the world."

"Different from decades ago, scientists today are facing more and more complex problems, which will have a profound impact on the global economy and the environment, such as energy, pollution, human evolution, intelligent engineering... Now for these aspects , there are still many questions we don't know the answers to, but we know that the most promising way to find the answers is to let first-class researchers enter first-class laboratories, motivate them with a sense of urgent task, and let them form The best research teams, bringing together the expertise needed to look at these problems from multiple angles, create the smartest, most practical solutions."

"Some people may wonder, why do we want to build such a laboratory and invest huge... Huge funds in unmeasured research activities, is the purpose for profit, or is it just a part of interest? What I want to say is that two Each of them has a part, but they are not all right. In the process of my joint research with Dr. Conners, we noticed that the impact and penetration of science on modern society have been deepening over the years. At the same time, in the process In the process, the friction between science and traditional social values ​​is also increasing. While the public maintains a high degree of trust in science, they gradually begin to resist controversial technologies, accusing us of becoming vassals of power or being capital Speaking of which, this kind of resistance is increasingly becoming an obstacle to the development of cutting-edge technology.”

"In the financial world that focuses on efficiency, companies are unwilling to invest in basic research, and the government is also powerless in the face of its own financial problems. But without basic research, new products cannot be created, and these products will give birth to new industries. Create excellent new jobs. So when we realized this, we found that this is a heavy responsibility, but it is also a huge opportunity. We can use our unique resources to bring together talents from academia and industry , bringing together a group of highly intelligent, highly educated geniuses with a strong curiosity and work ethic to solve the grand challenges of our time."

"To this end, we have established this cutting-edge technology laboratory, as well as a new, open teamwork approach, with a large number of state-of-the-art laboratories and experimental equipment, and most importantly, we have sufficient funds to ensure that these key factors It can maintain continuous follow-up for several years, or even decades. But we alone are far from enough in this laboratory. A single inventor burns his life, and it is not as good as a group of outstanding experts working together. Therefore, I hope you can Join us as we breathe life into our fun and captivating world."

After speaking, Ross raised his glass to pay tribute to top scholars from all over the world.

His remarks touched many scientists. These so-called independent scientists are scholars who cannot or are unwilling to receive external funding for various reasons. Now Ross’s remarks have opened another door for them. , So these people came over one after another and explored how to cooperate with Ross in turn. Ross answered them patiently one by one, and wrote down some questions that were not considered or could not be decided temporarily, and discussed later.

Connors sneaks Ross aside at his spare time.

"Ross, all the above is very good, but what about the best equipment you mentioned? I asked various manufacturers, and their orders have been queued for a year, and if they are going to be put into use, they must at least We have to wait a year to get the latest model of supercomputer, otherwise we can only rent computing resources from other institutions, but it will be very troublesome to operate."

"Don't worry, doctor," Ross clinked his glass comfortingly, his eyes flicked across the small town in the distance, and looked at the Mutant Academy in a remote corner.

"What we need must be the best in the world. I can feel it waiting for us there. What we have to do now is to hold on for a while, I promise you."

The two toasted and drank, and then Ross turned to meet another guest.