One week later, on Christmas Day.
Quite a few things happened this week, but for Lock, they were all just trivial matters.
For example, Norman Osborne's death, just as Lock had predicted, did not cause much of a stir in society.
The official report only stated that a fire broke out at Osborne Estate, and that Norman Osborne himself was too ill to escape and tragically died.
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As Lock had predicted, the board of directors of Osborn Corporation concealed the truth and planned to pin the whole incident on Norman himself, so that Harry could be kicked out as soon as he returned!
After learning of his father's death, Harry had already taken a leave of absence from his studies abroad and was on his way back.
However, Harry was unaware that upon his return, he would not be inheriting his father's vast fortune.
Instead, he received the unfortunate news of being kicked out of his own company, and even more unfortunate news that he had been diagnosed with a hereditary terminal illness...
When Harry reaches the lowest point in his life, that will be Lock's chance to intervene...
Besides the unfortunate passing of Norman Osborn, chairman of Osborn Corporation, a world-leading biotechnology company, there was another major news story this week concerning the chairman of a world-leading company.
That chairman is Tony Stark of Stark Industries!
However, unlike Osborn Corporation, which wanted to oust Harry, the chairman's successor, Tony Stark of Stark Industries actually fired the entire Stark board of directors!
The reason was that Tony provided the court with evidence that these directors, in collusion with Obadiah Stein, had illegally sold large quantities of Stark weapons to terrorists around the world since 1992.
The quantity of these weapons sold is enough to sentence these board members to life imprisonment or even the death penalty.
These shareholders had all signed the Stark Arms Agreement when Howard Stark formed the board of directors.
Therefore, once the crimes of these directors are proven, Tony Stark, as the de facto controller of Stark Industries, has the right to reclaim the shares held by the directors who violated the rules.
So in the end, apart from the military's stake in Stark Industries, Tony took back all the shares from the other shareholders, giving him control of 80% of Stark Industries!
As for why it's said to be 80%, it's because, besides the 10% held by the military, Tony has already signed a transfer agreement to transfer another 10% to Lock after he bought back his shares.
However, no one knew about this, and Tony also encrypted Lock's real information as a shareholder, as requested.
Lock didn't mention to anyone that he had become one of the three largest shareholders of Stark Industries, including his family.
After all, while this thing is a good thing, it is also a double-edged sword, which can easily bring unnecessary trouble to oneself or those around them.
So he should just keep a low profile and wait for Stark Industries' annual dividends.
However, unlike the original story, Tony did not shut down Stark Industries' weapons division this time because Ethan was still alive.
So Tony didn't fall out with the military, which allowed some clowns who liked his ex-wife to cause trouble.
With the support of the military, Tony's process of clearing out the board of directors proceeded with remarkable ease.
Those shareholders were sentenced in the morning, and in the afternoon,n they were dragged out and executed by the military!
After all, although the US military has a long tradition of selling its own weapons to terrorists, as a listed company, doing the work of the US military, isn't that a bit disrespectful to us?
The key question is, if you sell all the weapons, how are we supposed to make money off terrorists?!
So the military's high efficiency this time is partly due to personal grudges...
These are basically the only two major events that happened this week, at least those that are somewhat related to Lock...
Aside from killing Norman Osborn and signing a share transfer agreement at Stark Tower, he was not directly involved in the entire process of either of those events.
As for what he's been busy with this week?
Christmas, after all~
He's been busy shoveling snow, decorating his house for Christmas, and preparing gifts all week...
Although it was boring, Lock was quite enjoying himself; the lively atmosphere reminded him of New Year's in his previous life.
I wonder if it's the new year in his original world now.
Even though I'm in another world, I still wish that world a Happy New Year...
In his previous life, he was an orphan and had always been just an observer, witnessing other people's happy families.
And in this life, he has been a member of countless happy families.
This feels strange. Aren't other transmigrators all born into happy families in their previous lives, transmigrated to a lonely new world, and then try every means to return to their original world?
How come things turned out the other way around for him? He transmigrated from an orphan into a happy, complete family, and he has absolutely no desire to return to his original world...
Faced with the festive atmosphere, Lock became unusually sentimental.
"Lock, look! The snowman I made looks just like yours, doesn't it?"
After Lock finished shoveling the last shovelful of snow in front of the door, he turned around at the sound and saw Gwen using the snow he had shoveled to create a two-meter-tall snowman. He smiled.
A red scarf, a carrot nose, a barrel waist—aside from his height, he doesn't resemble me at all; he's more like Kingpin...
So Lock stepped forward, put his arm around Gwen's waist, and laughed, "No, I think I'm more like my 400-pound boss."
Kingpin, who was walking towards them with Christmas presents:...
"Oh, to hear my most trusted partner say this about me as soon as I arrive, it really hurts me.~"
Hearing Kingpin's voice, Lock turned around in surprise.
Then Kingpin was seen walking slowly towards them, arm in arm with a beautiful woman.
Although I've never met Kingpin's wife, I imagine she's the only woman Kingpin truly loved—Vanessa.
Vanessa walked naturally to the snowman Gwen had built, took Gwen's arm from Lock, and smiled at Kingpin and Lock:
"I think Toby is right. This snowman is very round, and you are round too. This snowman is very white, and you like to wear white too. You two are really alike, aren't you?"
As she spoke, Vanessa pulled Gwen aside to whisper to her, saying she wanted to ask Gwen how to build a snowman.
Lock, however, immediately saw that Vanessa was deliberately creating space for him and Kingpin, and asked calmly:
"Why are you here today instead of protecting your empire?"
Kingpin smiled slightly:
"Can't it just be a simple Christmas present to you?"
As he spoke, Kingpin waved the overflowing gift box he was carrying.
Gift boxes contain everything from the latest game consoles to towels and razors.
Kingpin did prepare gifts for everyone in Lock's family.
Lock glanced at Kingpin but said nothing.
Do you think Lock would believe Kingpin is that free?
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