Chapter 24: Exposed! Obadiah Escapes!
He watched Obadiah, feigning calmness. Since this office originally belonged to Tony, Obadiah didn't find it strange to see Pepper. He smiled faintly and began to converse with Pepper, primarily to persuade her to convince Tony to release some research projects and inventions.
Pepper, who knew Obadiah's true colors, felt incredibly disgusted, but she maintained a calm expression while talking to Obadiah, promising to persuade Tony! Seeing this, Obadiah began to discuss the board of directors with Pepper, mainly to convey that kicking Tony off the board was not his idea.
It was because Tony suddenly shut down the weapons manufacturing department, leading to the board's dissatisfaction, which forced him to remove Tony from the board! He even stated that it was to protect Tony, then revealed his true purpose: to obtain Tony's technology for manufacturing miniature arc reactors.
He even began to plan a beautiful blueprint for the future of Stark Industries with Pepper. The intelligent Pepper quickly perceived his true nature from Obadiah's words, but she feigned compliance while checking the progress bar of the files and data being downloaded from the USB drive on the computer.
And when Obadiah approached her, she switched the screen back to the homepage. Obadiah glanced at it before feeling relieved and looking at Pepper. He then continued to converse with Pepper, and she naturally feigned serious attention until the progress bar reached 100%, at which point she quietly pulled out the USB drive.
Then, after giving Obadiah a perfunctory reply, she directly left. As soon as she walked out of Obadiah's office, Pepper immediately started running. She notified Happy to pick her up at the building's entrance, then quickly descended to the first floor via the elevator.
"Damn it! That bitch!"
"Pack up, we're leaving!"
After Pepper left, Obadiah went to his computer, clicked the mouse, and a notification appeared stating that all his hidden files had been successfully downloaded! At this point, how could he not know what Pepper had been doing? He cursed under his breath, wanting his subordinates to catch Pepper.
But it was clearly too late. Not to mention that she might have Tony's authorization within Stark Industries, the entire Stark Industries is so large that it wouldn't be easy for him to catch Pepper! So he immediately ordered all his subordinates to evacuate. He just didn't expect to be discovered by Tony so quickly.
Although Tony was kicked off the board of directors, he holds 45% of Stark Industries' shares, and his authority within the Stark Industries building is not much less than a CEO's. This is also why Pepper could access Obadiah's office through her authorization!
As Obadiah evacuated, he glared fiercely at the departing Rolls-Royce; he naturally knew it was Tony's private car! At this moment, he desperately wanted to act, but remembering that his Iron Man Armor was not yet complete, he left with his subordinates.
As long as he used the Iron Man Armor to kill Tony, Stark Industries would eventually be his. He got into his luxury car and drove to a Stark Industries factory in New York!
Pepper, sitting in the Rolls-Royce, immediately told Happy to take her to Tony! She clutched the USB drive containing Obadiah's criminal evidence tightly in her hand! Happy, seeing Pepper's anxious expression, floored the accelerator, and the Rolls-Royce instantly sped up, heading towards Tony's Villa.
"Tony! Obadiah is the culprit who caused you to be attacked, and he is also the one who secretly sells Stark Industries weapons and arms!"
"Okay, I understand. You rest for a bit, I will handle this matter!"
Upon arriving at Tony's Villa, Pepper handed the USB drive to Tony and told him that everything was Obadiah's doing. After taking the USB drive and hearing Pepper's words, Tony said to Pepper in a deep voice! He took the USB drive to the underground workshop.
He inserted it into the port and began to view the contents of the USB drive. Looking at the video of himself being kidnapped by Terrorists in Afghanistan, and a file of a transaction with Terrorists, Tony's heart was filled with mixed emotions and immense anger.
"Sir, Obadiah Stane has left the Stark Industries building and his whereabouts are unknown!"
"I know. Hand over all these pieces of evidence to the government and reclaim all his shares in Stark Industries!"
"Yes, sir!"
Knowing that Obadiah had left the Stark Industries building, he understood that Obadiah had already discovered Pepper downloading the files from his computer. Realizing he was exposed, he naturally wouldn't wait for himself to be caught!
He wasn't sure where Obadiah would go, so he decided to first regain control of Stark Industries!
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"Just today, the former CEO of Stark Industries, Tony Stark, submitted criminal evidence against Obadiah Stane to the police and government. It includes his disclosure of Tony Stark's route to Afghanistan for Military transactions, which led to Tony Stark being attacked by Terrorists! It also includes the private sale of Stark Industries' weapons and arms to Terrorists in various countries."
"Obadiah Stane's whereabouts are unknown, but the New York police have issued a warrant for his arrest! At the same time, Tony Stark has also regained control of Stark Industries. With Obadiah Stane's shares, Tony Stark's shares will be the highest in all of Stark Industries, and the board of directors will no longer have the right to sanction Tony Stark!"
Inside Jiang Bai's manor, he sat on the sofa wearing a black and White striped pajama, watching the news broadcast on the television screen. It was information about Tony regaining control of Stark Industries and Obadiah's escape, which surprised Jiang Bai.
"It seems my appearance still caused changes in the timeline. Tony learned Obadiah's true colors in advance and regained control of Stark Industries! Even Obadiah ran away, but I don't know if he is still manufacturing the iron monger."
Jiang Bai, sitting on the sofa, muttered to himself, then shook his head slightly and stopped thinking about it. Obadiah wouldn't give up Stark Industries so easily, so even if Obadiah wasn't manufacturing the iron monger, he was planning other conspiracies.
But these matters had nothing to do with him. He planned to build a laboratory under his manor, but he was a bit short on money. Building a laboratory naturally required the best, and five hundred million U.S. dollars probably wouldn't even be enough for a Zero! So Jiang Bai was a bit worried.
Originally, he also wanted Grey Wolf to build him a laboratory, but considering the difference between Qingqing Grassland and Marvel, he abandoned this idea. He estimated that this matter would still cost him a favor from Tony. Many advanced equipment and machinery for building a laboratory are things that cannot be bought.
Without connections, even with money, you can't buy them, just like the advanced lithography machines that couldn't be bought in China in his former World! So, at that time, he could only use Tony's favor to help him purchase these things.