Same business car.
"Sixty percent? Ha, how dare he say that?" Tony Stark said sarcastically in the car.
They had just left a cocktail party, where their conversation with Dario Agger hadn't gone smoothly, if at all. While Luke and the others hadn't come here to seek cooperation, there was no doubt Dario Agger's greed had surpassed their expectations. This wasn't simply an exorbitant offer; it was an attempt to suppress Stark and Hebron and establish Roxxon as the leader of the new energy company.
"So we left, didn't we?" Luke also witnessed Dario Agger's extraordinary greed.
What Roxxon offered was truly a rare and lucrative opportunity for a new company. A company with only technology and no other resources might have been overjoyed to accept the offer. Unfortunately, both Stark Industries and Hyperion Technologies could secure their own funding, technology, manpower, and connections. This made Dario Agger's seemingly generous offer ineffective.
Of course, if it were someone who only had skills and nothing else, perhaps Dario Agger would not have to ask for only 60%. He would have plenty of means to ask for 100%.
"Ager will definitely try to stop us next." Although Tony said this, he had a smile on his face. Although he had restrained a lot of his personality after experiencing death, that rebellious nature could not be eliminated by restraint.
"Don't worry about the obstacles in the right direction. Ina and Miss Potts can handle it well. But Dario Agger doesn't seem like a serious and law-abiding businessman. If I were you, I would add some protection around the people I care about." Luke was very pleased with Tony Stark's eagerness to fight, but out of caution, he still gave a reminder.
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"As you might expect, both of them rejected my proposal."
In a dimly lit room, Dario Agger held the phone and spoke to the person on the other end of the receiver.
"…"
"Of course I won't give up. This is a technology that can make a huge fortune! It must be in Roxxon's, or in other words, in my hands!" Dario Agger's tone was filled with a strong possessiveness.
"…"
"You also have to do something, at least give them some obstacles at the official level."
"…"
"I don't need your guarantee of 100% success, and I never expected you to suppress the Stark and Heberon families. I just want them to know that rejecting me will cost them more."
"…"
"What would I do? Do you know my methods and philosophy behind running Roxxon?" Dario Agger said with a creepy grin. "I never set a limit to what I do, and I'll never compromise. Just like you."
"…"
Dario Agger hung up the phone.
"Where is the Purple Man?" he asked in the dim room.
"Are you looking for him?" A male voice sounded in the darkness.
"Find him and give him a mission. Have him get close to either Stark or Luke, use his ability to control the other person, and make them hand over the energy technology they possess. If he can do it perfectly, the reward this time can be very high. Very high." Dario Agger ordered.
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A hotel room.
"This is the target of this mission." A man covered in a black cloak handed over an envelope in his hand.
The man nicknamed Purple Man, whose real name was Zebediah Kilgrave, whose skin was purple, took the envelope, tore it open with his fingers, and pulled out a bunch of photos from it. The photos showed Luke Field, Tony Stark, Ina Sandra and Pepper Potts.
"Wow, look who this is? The famous inventor Iron Man Tony Stark, and another Luke Field." The purple man flipped the photos between his fingers, clicking his tongue and smiling in surprise.
"They each invented a new energy technology. Your mission is to obtain them." The cloaked man stated the mission requirements.
"Where's the reward?" Zi Ren put down the photo in his hand and looked at the man with a cold smile. He was wrapped tightly in a cloak, and even wore a gas mask on the exposed corner of his face.
"Sixty million US dollars." The cloaked man gave the reward.
"Too low!" Zi Ren shook his head dissatisfiedly: "This is a new energy technology that has become very famous in recent times. Even people who don't understand the technology can know how much profit it will create after reading the media reports in recent days! Sixty million US dollars?" Zi Ren smiled contemptuously.
"How much do you want?" The cloaked man was not surprised by the purple man's dissatisfaction. Instead, he asked about the price he could accept.
"At least one billion US dollars, and give me a certain amount of new energy shares." The purple man said loudly.
"Shares are out of the question, Gilgrave. But considering our previous and future friendly cooperation, I can offer you $1.5 billion! Provided you bring me the technology!" A voice familiar to the purple man, with a distinctive electronic tone, echoed from within the cloaked figure's cloak. Clearly, someone behind the scenes had been listening to the conversation through the communicator.
"Roxxon's technical means." The purple man unhappily found the signal jammer that he didn't know when it had been tampered with and threw it away.
"How about it? Do you want to accept this mission?" The electronic voice sounded again.
"Of course." The purple man nodded affirmatively: "I will make them hand over their technology voluntarily. I will contact you then." The purple man said confidently, and the cloaked man immediately put a large password box he brought on the table.
"Sixty million US dollars, deposit. The password is the same as before." said the cloaked man.
"Very good." The purple man skillfully opened the box and examined it. He wasn't short of money; with his abilities, he could have plenty. But that money would certainly bring him trouble. Roxon's money, on the other hand, was easy to earn, and there were no worries. This behemoth would protect him like a trump card, allowing this wanted criminal to travel freely in any city and enjoy everything without being disturbed by the authorities.
Of course, the biggest reason was that he couldn't defeat the current leader of Roxxon, the pervert named Dario Agger. For the sake of his own life, he had no choice but to accept the other party's employment conditions.