Marvel's Speedster

Immediately after this impassioned and impassioned press conference ended, it aroused the general attention of the whole society.

When was the last time a declaration of war was declared so briskly—the Spanish-American War, or the Revolutionary War?

As we all know, the former contributed to the rise of a country and brought it onto the world stage, while the latter directly determined the birth of the most influential superpower in human history.

Compared with this glorious scene in human history, Ross's press conference is nothing at all, but with the meager power of one person, he forcibly leveraged a giant industry with an output value of up to trillions. This is originally the case in a modern society dominated by capital. An incredible feat.

When his voice passed through the invisible radio waves and spread to thousands of households and was watched by the audience, almost everyone readjusted their understanding of Ross.

Aside from being a billionaire, playboy, great philanthropist and genius, Mr. Ross is a real man!

Facing the provocation of brutal opponents, his decision was straightforward! He would rather take the risk of losing everything and directly confront the giants with a long history and scale. He really deserves to be the leader of the new generation! Compared with Ross, Stark and Dum The flow is simply weak.

After this announcement, no matter what opinion the outside people had on Ross in the past, or whether they liked him or not, they now sincerely admire him.

With the weak against the strong, after all not everyone dares to do this, even if they have the guts, they must have the capital to jump onto the arena.

Tony Stark may dare to ridicule the senator and shake the face of senior cabinet officials, but behind him is the huge resources accumulated by his father Howard for decades. The visible wealth is money and status, and the invisible wealth is inextricably linked. His personal connections and his tentacles penetrated into every aspect of the industrial society are definitely not comparable to a self-made man like Ross.

But so far, has Stark done anything particularly outstanding?

Except for the weapons of war that fell on the heads of mankind, almost all of his first half of his life was spent repeating the luxurious life of spending a lot of money, and the endless tiresome gossip and gossip. Before the event, at least then Stark Industries was feeding a large number of workers and providing tens of thousands of jobs. But now what does he have? Seems like he's going around in a steel battle suit.

So after this incident, Ross's status suddenly jumped, and he has completely surpassed Tony, kicking him off the throne of the most watched person, and now no one mentions any nicknames like New Stark. According to the results of random surveys conducted by several consulting companies, most people began to think that Stark is outdated, and now they are more willing to collect news about Ross and the cutting-edge technology laboratory, and want to see how this magical boy will face Watsonton II. A cruel and treacherous old-fashioned monarch.

Although Ross never specified the name of his opponent, no one would misunderstand him. Now in the upper class, the Watsonton family has been reduced to a laughing stock, and can no longer maintain a reserved and arrogant image.

Large newspapers may have had some relationship with Watsonton in the past, out of interest and credibility considerations, they did not exaggerate too much, but various small and medium newspapers represented by the Bugle Daily totally disregarded Watsonton's anger, and published a method to increase sales. I can't wait to directly sue Watsonton in court instead of Ross.

In their description, Ross became the symbol of the last knight, the embodiment of the virtues of Washington, Nelson and Don Quixote "especially the Juban speech about dreams resonated with many people.

For more than 200 years, the promotion of the American Dream has been inspiring young people from all over the world with dreams. They have worked hard and left their hometowns in various ways, just to come to this land full of miracles and try to realize their dreams. The United States also benefited from this ideal and became the leader of modern civilization.

The reason is, why can't other countries do it, only this newly established country can? This is because the United States was established on the basis of colonies, vetoing the rights of the natives and taking away their property, which cleared the up huge amounts of space. In the long years from the independence of the United States to the end of the nineteenth century, the vast land in the Midwest was unoccupied, and anyone who was willing to pay a price could occupy it according to law. In the period of the Industrial Revolution, the huge market and abundant natural resources in North America were benefited by the utilization of advanced industrial technology.

Continue to enable rapid social mobility.

Under such conditions, citizens have relatively more economic freedom, and the role played by the government is relatively limited, which makes the overall social mobility of the United States greater. peak.

But time has passed from generation to generation, and now it is no longer the age of gold everywhere. Almost all resources have owners, and people cannot hunt, mine, and expand their living space at will.

On the contrary, what they are facing is the social era of high income, high taxation and high consumption, and the social stratum is becoming more and more solidified.

Pete, the chief reporter of the Daily Bugle, specifically consulted the Internal Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance and found that the average income of American families is 48,000 US dollars, which has increased slightly in recent years, but the overall increase is very small. There is a huge gap between the rich and the poor in various industries. A very small number of top Pyramids have an annual salary of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, while the few are only 10,000 to 20,000 dollars. Breaking it down further, six of the ten highest-paid jobs are related to the pharmaceutical industry. The average annual income of medical representatives is as high as US$140,000, far exceeding the salary levels of government employees, engineers and workers.

Contrary to people's dreams, such a high income does not mean that they have the ability and hard work to match it, it is just because they legally put the patient's banknotes into their wallets after some operations.

After discovering these inside stories, Peter couldn't help complaining in the newspaper.

Take him being highly valued by his boss and earning a monthly salary of 4,500 US dollars as an example. This kind of income can probably support him to buy a house and buy a Japanese car, support his widowed aunt, and go to a mid-range restaurant once a week for a year. You can travel once, and the basic consumption level is not bad, but you also need to plan carefully for daily expenses. In short, you can hardly save any money in a year. However, this number is still out of reach for many fellow journalists. Usually, journalists with more than five to ten years of work experience can have this expectation.

But corresponding to this, it is the huge profit of the pharmaceutical industry.

Drug prices increase much faster than inflation and salary increases. After an old drug is monopolized by a pharmaceutical company, the price may increase by dozens or even hundreds of times overnight, completely ignoring patients. life and death. This is because pharmaceutical companies have powerful pricing power. Through lobbying and legislation, pharmaceutical companies have successfully monopolized profits. The federal government, the largest buyer in the drug market, is not only prohibited from negotiating lower prices for medical insurance, but also from refusing to pay the basics. Regarding the price of drugs, even the major insurance companies and those financiers who are equally bloodthirsty have almost zero bargaining ability in front of such a strong monopoly alliance.

This is almost tantamount to collecting taxes from all citizens and other industries in disguise, and it is not allowed to be rejected by the tax collectors, using the health of the patient as a tool of coercion to complete the behavior of robbers, but it is still protected by law... What in the world And such a shameless thing!

How can such an evil enterprise not attract people's hatred?

After these similar reports exposed, the reputation of pharmaceutical companies represented by Watsonton plummeted, and many people began to stand on the side of cutting-edge laboratories, hoping that Ross would succeed

Change this unreasonable status quo.

In this battle of fishing boats, apart from the improvement of the situation of the laboratory, the Bugle Daily became the biggest winner. Continuously breaking news made it attract a large number of readers, and many of them became its regular users. Get rid of the color of gossip tabloids, and begin to extend to areas with strong credibility.

And the only losers are Ross' enemies.

In addition to reputation damage, some journalists dug up the company's research progress on Mutant antibodies following Ross' hints, and Watsonton was forced to announce the results of the experiment, announcing that an effective cure for Mutant, a nasty disease, would soon be found. Although this achievement has won the welcome of people who are staunchly opposed to the Mutant faction, it is of no use to the overall situation. Its overall reputation cannot be restored, and the outside world has contacted the superhuman who appeared on the day Ross was assassinated. In private, it may have controlled some Mutants to work for itself, which greatly increased its suspicion.

...asking for flowers...

Coincidentally, at the moment, the Fantastic Four began to emerge. Dum, who had obtained the Super Ability, failed in his career. In a rage, he killed his partner to vent his hatred, and is now wanted by the New York police. As soon as the news came out, the assassination incident, which had already cooled down, was hyped up again. People from all walks of life lamented the deterioration of the domestic investment environment. In order to eliminate the bad influence, the police and Congress successively asked Watsonton to cooperate with the investigation.

Under repeated blows, Kenny Watson II could no longer sit still.

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"Watsonton sent people here again, and they hoped to make peace. The intermediary said that the chairman of Watsonton agreed to establish a joint venture with us to jointly produce Phoenix pharmaceuticals. They don't need to claim the power of controlling shares, and they don't seek secrecy. Formula, just ask us to sign a long-term supply contract." The laboratory leader Pepper sat in Ross's office, holding several documents and asking him for his opinion.

"You're so good now, what did you do earlier?"

Ross was watering the flowers with a watering can on the balcony, and couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

You're really going to have a shuffle. "Pepper's attitude is the first, so it's not surprising, it's just a reminder of the changes in the outside world.

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"Recently Capitol Hill is very lively, many lobbying groups are working hard, and the attitudes of congressmen are becoming more and more ambiguous. In my opinion, the effect of condemnation is now close to the limit, and it is impossible to go further. The performance of pharmaceutical stocks is good, and many The foundation has allocated important shares, and they will not see this industry fall into chaos. If we do not share interests with the outside world and continue to entangle with Watsonton, some people may change their views on us, and at that time, overnight The fishing boat may turn around in a short time, which will be very unfavorable to us." Pepper has seen many such things, and it is by no means comparable to pure newcomers.

"definitely won't continue to be chaotic, just to establish some new rules. This rule will be established by us, and it is a rule that is beneficial to us. As for Watsonton...he has offended many people, I will wait He paid for his actions."

Putting down the watering can, Ross smiled.

Watsonton's downfall is just these few days, and he has already sent someone to get in touch with Magneto.

Knowing the existence of Jimmy, the leader of the Mutant Brotherhood will not disregard his fellow countrymen no matter how dissatisfied he is with him.

Ross waited for the good show to play out.

"That's the best." Hearing what Ross said, Pepper relaxed. She was very worried that her new employer would not be able to hold back her anger and do something irrational.

For Watsonton Pharmaceuticals, the federal government's investigation is not so much a supervision as a kind of protection. After all, Watsonton Pharmaceuticals is related to the vital interests of many people. As long as their appetites are satisfied, those who really Those in power can change the situation at any time.

Even so, Pepper looks cold

Quiet, but still very excited inside.

Before coming to the laboratory, she never thought that one day she could decide the life and death of an industry with a single word.

This kind of influence, don’t say that you can’t do it when you are Tony’s secretary, even if you are the new CEO of Stark Industries, even Tony himself will be very difficult to promote it.

force. But now, by taking advantage of the original advantages and external support, the power of the laboratory has been magnified countless times, and it has successfully played the role of leverage in Archimedes' mouth, bringing huge amounts of mountains

Feng pried it up.

Such power now seems to be within reach, and with Ross's trust, she can establish the rules for the industry to move in a better direction. It's true for Pepper

It is an achievement that I never dreamed of. She wasn't a political creature, and she didn't have the desire to occupy power, but no one would turn down such an opportunity, and how could anyone not be excited about it.

Pepper was thinking quietly, her breathing was a little short | She looked at Ross who stretched his arms on the balcony, and saw that he was wearing a thin shirt, bathed in the bright spring

Suddenly, there was an urge to run over and hug him. .