Chapter 11 Pepper's Request

"Obadiah Stani, the COO of Stark Corporation, fell to his death in Stark Industrial Park three days ago."

"According to the official investigation results."

"Obadiah Stanislav's death was not caused by someone else, but was a suicide out of fear of punishment."

"Police announced."

"Stanny has repeatedly conducted arms deals with foreign terrorist forces in his personal capacity."

"And committed multiple murders, interfering in the internal affairs of other countries and other serious crimes."

"Including the attack on Tony Stark, the president of Stark Group, a few months ago, which was also done by Obadiah Stani."

"For more detailed reports, we are now contacting reporters on the front line..."

Leon was doing horse stance in the hall, watching the news and stuffing a piece of cheese pizza into his mouth.

"It's really great... Now the stock that just went up after I appeared in the company the day before yesterday has to fall again. It's like a roller coaster."

Lyon was being sarcastic to himself.

"Although this has no impact on me, I still feel sorry for the shareholders who supported Stark."

He thought about it, opened Twitter, and posted a status.

——The incident with Obadiah was just an accident. The Stark Group is irreconcilable with evil.

Please continue to believe in Stark Group and support Stark Group's stocks. You will surely wait for the day when you will return with a full load. Stark never lets its supporters down.

The post was accompanied by a picture of leftover pizza on the table.

So a few seconds later, the comment section under his post exploded.

Hundreds of abusive comments appeared immediately as if a house had been bought on Twitter.

[Look at that Obadiah. How can such a person be the COO? Stark Group is doomed! ]

[It's all bullshit! I bought stocks when Tony Stark came back, and then he shut down the weapons department and made me lose half my fortune.

I bought shares after Leon Stark showed up after half a year, but two days later it was revealed that the COO was a super criminal?

I can already foresee myself begging on the streets of Los Angeles in a month!

Damn Stark, you made me lose everything! 】

Then more comments popped up every second, all from frustrated investors who complained that they were out of their minds for buying Stark stock.

Lyon felt a little embarrassed when he saw the comment section with 999+ comments in just one minute.

"Well, it seems that Stark's shareholders all have their own ideas. Forget it. I believe that everyone will have a bright future, safe and happy."

At this time, Pepper came over with a cup of coffee and asked: "I seemed to hear you praying for the stock investors just now?"

“Not really…” Leon looked at Pepper’s expression and had a bad feeling.

But Pepper continued to talk.

“Honestly, Leon, if you really want them to avoid suffering such a huge loss, you should go and call up Tony who has disappeared for three days!”

"Then you can go back to your chair in your own company and make money instead of leaving everything to me!"

Pepper was a little manic when she talked about her work because the burden on her shoulders was too heavy.

"I don't know what Tony is doing. Obadiah has committed so many crimes that he deserves death, and you stay at home basking in the sun every day. How can I do all the work by myself?"

She complained very quickly: "Stark Industries, Stark Network, Stark Electronics, even if I had three heads, I couldn't handle so many things!!"

“And you, Leon, you actually have the leisure to pray for the stockholders!”

Pepper became more and more angry as she spoke, and shoved the coffee in her hand at Leon: "Oh my God, now I realize how crazy I have been these past few days!"

"Leon, I demand that you tell Tony that if he doesn't get out of that damn lab, I'm going to quit!"

"And you! Leon, my boy, if you don't manage your own Internet company, I will quit as well!"

After saying that, Pepper angrily warned Leon with a serious look, turned around and walked out the door with her high heels clacking.

She had to go to that damn class again.

Lyon opened his mouth on the sofa. He wanted to say a few nice words to get Pepper to hold on.

But...it seems a bit too much to let Pepper make all the decisions for the three companies?

He scratched his head: "Maybe I should go back to the company... No, how can I even think of going to work, damn it."

"What I should do is...get Old Joe to stop his vacation and get back to work! Yes, that's it!"

Leon clapped his hands and asked Jarvis: “Jarvis, is Joe Bush still on vacation? Please inform him and let him go back to work as soon as possible!”

"I'm sorry, Master Lyon." Jarvis said, "In fact, Mr. Joe Bush's vacation just ended yesterday, and he returned to work at four o'clock this morning."

"Four o'clock? Four o'clock in the morning?" Leon exclaimed, "It turns out that I misunderstood. Old Joe is really the best president in the world."

"If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely set up a World Outstanding CEO Award and give the award to Joe every year."

"You said... now that Old Joe is on the job, Pepper shouldn't be angry anymore, right?"

This question made Jarvis silent for a few seconds: "Master Leon, I'm afraid not."

"Because Mr. Joe Bush is only in charge of Stark Electronic Technology and handles part of the Stark network work on his behalf, the rest of the work is still done by Miss Pepper."

Leon thought thoughtfully: "Is that so? When I left half a year ago, this was indeed the arrangement, but Tony would also participate in the management of the company at that time."

"Jarvis, do you have any suggestions?"

“Master Leon, in order to prevent Miss Pepper from resigning, I suggest that you return to work temporarily, and wait until you find a successor president, and then go home to continue basking in the sun.”

Leon immediately shook his head: “No, sunbathing is the most important thing, we can’t delay it!”

"Besides, I haven't just been basking in the sun these days. You know what I've been doing."

Three days ago, Leon asked Jarvis to collect all the fighting tutorials on the Internet.

After a few days of study, he has mastered most of the fighting techniques.

Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai, Krav Maga, Judo, Mixed Martial Arts, Bajiquan...

But the more he learned, the more Leon found that his control over strength had become stronger, but his fighting ability had hardly increased.

This makes the fighting technique seem rather useless.

Think about the world we live in now.

Anyone he could beat could be killed with just one slap.

If you can't win, even if you use all your strength, you may not be able to withstand a single move from your opponent.

These fighting skills are only useful when fighting against an enemy of equal strength.

But there are very few people who can match his strength.

Odin counts as one, the Purple Potato Spirit counts as one, Captain Marvel counts as one, and... there are really only a handful of them.

"But your fighting skills have reached their limit. There is no point in continuing to practice."

Jarvis suggested again: "So why not go back to work, this way you can make Miss Pepper happy and you can have a fulfilling day."

"Jarvis, why do you seem to really want me to go to work?" Leon was stunned.

He thought of something: "Ah, I see. You are protesting me for dragging you into this in front of Tony three days ago."

"You're so good, Jarvis. You still say you don't have subjective thoughts, but you've already started to have the grudge-holding emotions of a human!"

The light ball of Jarvis on the screen flashed: "Master Leon, I will not do anything that is harmful to you."

“But you would encourage me to do things that would hinder my becoming stronger and make me unhappy.” Leon spread his hands.

He thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll go downstairs and call Tony up, and then I'll find a president for the company, and then all the troubles will be gone."

"As you wish." Jarvis was still considerate.