Faced with the questioning of the American reporter who abandoned him within three minutes of the scene, Stark cursed in his heart, "I knew these guys were unreliable."

He said helplessly, "I have to ask him if he copied William Devonshire."

The noisy press conference suddenly became quiet.

If the media could interview William, they would have done so long ago.

And if William had said anything publicly, today's press conference would not have just been a matter of suspicion, but would have directly denounced Stark.

Seeing the reporters and saying nothing, Stark finally showed a smile on his face, "I just talked to William on the phone, and I didn't hear any dissatisfaction from him, so at this point, I have to disappoint you."

After speaking, Stark, who was in a better mood, picked up the note Coulson gave him and started reading it according to the instructions above.

After only listening to a few words, the reporter who had been quiet complained again and became noisy.

"Come on, Stark, do you think we'll believe this nonsense?"

"Don't forget, yesterday at the Kao Lake, not only the police saw you, but dozens of citizens also saw you being rescued from the lake by a armor."

"You don't really want to lie to the dozens of Los Angeles citizens who support you in front of the entire United States, no, the whole world, do you?"

Now Stark really hesitated.

When the reporters at the scene, Roddy, Coulson, and Pepper saw Stark's appearance, they couldn't help but express excitement and confusion.

If the reporter asked anything else, Stark would really dismiss it, but if he was asked to slap those dozens of people in the face and accept the media interview from the Los Angeles citizens, he was really considering the consequences of doing so.

"This, this", looking at the note, Stark stammered a few words, "Theoretically speaking, Iron Man's name is somewhat inaccurate.

Because, whether the armors built by me or William are made of gold and titanium alloy."

"Tony," Lieutenant Colonel Rody standing aside quickly turned his head and covered his mouth with his hand to prevent reporters from reading his lips, and whispered in Stark's ear,

"Man, do you know how many people were asked to speak out for today's press conference?

If you just talk nonsense, these people who have sacrificed for you will lose their jobs after being found out by reporters. Do you understand?"

Stark, who originally wanted to tell the truth, was hesitant about what to say.

When the reporters took a look, they didn't know that Stark had changed his mind again because of Roddy's words.

A moment of "fk",

"asshole".

The words "Get out of here, you liars in the U.S. military," spread throughout the press room.

Stark didn't really change his mind, he was just thinking about how to avoid what Roddy said.

After much deliberation, there seems to be only one sentence in the end.

Putting the note in his hand, the audience looked around, and the noisy reporters soon fell silent.

"Okay, I'm Iron Man."

"boom".

With just one sentence, all the reporters stood up and pointed their flashlights, recorders, etc. at Stark.

Rody looked helplessly at the smiling Stark, and then became indifferent. He reminded Stark and told his superiors,

And he didn’t say too many specific things, leaving room for a war of words in the future.

As for SHIELD, they are not an open organization anyway. Even Coulson, a senior agent, dared to appear at the press conference openly, so he knew that a little public opinion would not constitute pressure or threat to SHIELD.

After leaving the press conference room, Stark smiled and said to Roddy, "Sorry, man, if things are too troublesome, how about I donate some money?"

"No, no, no", Rody shook his head without thinking, "Don't make trouble.

If the money donation is exposed, it will definitely be interpreted as a secret transaction by the outside world, and the trouble will be even more."

Stark was stunned, and Rody shook his head helplessly again, "I'll go back to the base to recover. Fortunately, you didn't say anything more, so the trouble can be controlled within a certain range. Bye, man."

"Bye, bye", watching Roddy leave and hearing "trouble", Stark's mood immediately became bad.

There are still nine shareholders waiting for him upstairs, one of whom is Obadiah's stock agent.

And I heard from Little Pepper that a guy named Zach Stein showed up and said that he was Obadiah's son.

But when he said goodbye to Colson and took Pepper to the conference room upstairs, he only saw eight shareholders with sad faces, uneasiness in their eyes, and even fear sitting on their chairs.

Then three guys sitting in the corner of the conference room, holding briefcases and looking like lawyers stood up and walked towards Stark.

"Mr. Stark, we are lawyers from Lawton Law Firm. We have some sad news for you.

The remains of Mr. Obaday's son and family members were found at their Yellowstone home this morning.

Montana police and FB1 personnel have confirmed the death of Zach Stein, Mr. Obadiah's sole heir.

I'm sorry, Mr. Stark."

Seeing Stark's shocked expressions change, the three lawyers felt relieved.

It wasn't just Stark who did it, but at least lawyers like them wouldn't be in danger anymore.

"My condolences, Mr. Stark, our mission is accomplished, let's take our leave now."

"Wait a minute," Stark, who came back to his senses, immediately called out to the three of them, "What happened to the guy named Zack?"

"This, this", the three lawyers suddenly seemed to think of something frightening, and said in a panic, "Sorry, Mr. Stark,

If you have any questions, you can ask fb1 and the Montana police. The information we have received is incomplete, so as not to provide you with wrong information. Goodbye."

Watching the three lawyers leaving in a panic, Stark turned back to look at the eight shareholders sitting there.

"What's going on? Why did Obadiah get into an accident yesterday, and why did his son and family get into trouble the same night?"

"fk", Stark instantly thought that if this matter spread, everyone would think it was him.

After all, it is not a secret among well-informed people that Obadiah wants to kill him.

It's natural for Stark to take revenge and go back.

After all, after killing the enemy, leaving the enemy's descendants to come back for revenge is something only a fool would do.

But he really didn't do this. Even though he knew that Obadiah had family members, this Zack Stan had never appeared in front of anyone.

He really wanted to clean up the trouble, but he couldn't do it so fast.

The eight shareholders who knew Stark relatively well, seeing Stark's expression and words, probably believed that Stark did not do this.

If Stark didn't do it, someone else did it.

And this person is probably someone who the eight shareholders who have already made speculations in their minds are unwilling to deal with.

Seeing several shareholders' eyes on the empty chair belonging to William, Stark understood instantly.

I wanted to get angry and use foul language, but as soon as the words reached my throat, I didn’t know how to say them.

"Pepper, go tell Happy to send someone to guard outside the conference room and no one is allowed to disturb us."

The frightened little pepper nodded quickly and left quickly in a panic.

Dragging some heavy steps to the main seat of the conference table and sitting down, Stark rubbed his bulging temples and whispered, "Can anyone tell me what is going on?"

The eight shareholders were silent for a while. Hans, who cooperated with William, took a puff of his cigar with trembling hands.

"The thing is very simple. Well, that guy named Zach sent his family to see God around six o'clock this morning, and then sent himself to see Satan."

"Go to meet Satan yourself?"

"Hang," Stark slapped the table and roared, "That bastard who avoids coming to the board meeting, really thinks that we and the outside world are fools?

Or do you think that I will be the one to take the blame, so you become unscrupulous?"

Well, the shareholders sitting here instantly understood that Stark was not sad for Obadiah's son, but was worried about public opinion going against him.

But, this is right.

If they encounter this matter, they will definitely have the same idea as William. As for whether they have the ability to do it flawlessly, that is another matter.

It was this seamless method that made the people sitting here fearful.

Seeing the shareholders' expressions of understanding, Stark leaned on the boss's chair dejectedly, "Why was it so quickly determined that Zach committed suicide?"

Hans curled his lips and mocked, "That old guy must have done too many bad things. He installed at least a hundred surveillance cameras at home and within a few hundred meters outside his home.

Within a few kilometers, at least thirty security guards and ten hidden checkpoints were stationed.

When the bodyguard in charge of security heard the gunfire and rushed into the house, it was too late.

Fortunately, all of Zach's actions in the house were clearly captured by the surveillance camera, otherwise we would have been in big trouble.

As for why he did this, you have to ask God.”

Why ask God? It's better to say that Hans regarded William as God.

But when I think about Hans' family, it was recently reported that it has signed some cooperation with Devonshire Group in the construction industry, and even invested in a new company,

These shareholders suddenly felt that they should move closer to the winner.

Anyway, there is no conflict of interest between them and William, let alone any enmity. There is no need to stand up for the Stan family, which has become history.

And don't talk about it, these guys are already trying to get the shares in Obadei's hands.
To be continued...