Therefore;
Who is the richest person in this World?
That would absolutely be Rhodey!
With so much money, Rhodey certainly doesn't need to worry about weapon production lines.
He directly chose to acquire an existing military factory!
Not only production lines for ordinary weapons, but even tanks, fighter jets, and so on, he wants them all!
And looking across the U.S., which company has such a military factory for sale?
Hammer Industries?
No, no, no!
Hammer Industries primarily deals in lightweight weapons.
Pistols, rifles, sniper rifles, these are their main products.
Of course!
Ever since Stark Industries announced the dissolution of its weapon research and development department, Hammer Industries has also begun to enter the field of high-destructive weapons.
Such as various types of missiles!
And armed helicopters, for example.
It's just that Hammer Industries hasn't achieved much success yet; the missiles they've developed are worse than the last, making it impossible to seize market share.
So Rhodey's target is definitely not Hammer Industries.
His true target is actually Stark Industries!
Don't look at Stark Industries having closed its weapon department for seven years.
But in fact, Stark Industries still owns several former military factories.
And the production lines of these military factories are the best in the World today!
Which is exactly what Rhodey needs.
So;
On this gloomy day, Rhodey contacted the current CEO of Stark Industries through Harry, who is Tony Stark's confidante—Ms. Pepper Potts!
...
1:30 PM.
Rhodey drove to Stark Tower near Central Park.
He entered the lobby on the first floor of the building.
A woman in professional attire walked towards him.
"Hello, Mr. Rhodey, Ms. Pepper asked me to wait for you here, and welcome to Stark Tower!"
The woman should be Pepper's assistant.
This was also Pepper's former job, but now she has become the CEO of Stark Industries, which is considered a legend in the industry; it's rare to find anyone in the entire U.S. who could go from assistant directly to CEO, let alone the CEO of Stark Industries!
Moreover, many people know that Pepper Potts is Tony Stark's girlfriend; as a former playboy, to become Tony Stark's officially acknowledged girlfriend.
One can imagine Pepper's status in Tony's heart.
So everyone is very clear that, barring any accidents, Pepper will definitely be the future Mistress of Stark Industries.
Led by the female assistant, Rhodey took a special elevator for executives, going directly to the 90th floor of Stark Tower!
The entire Stark Tower has 100 floors.
However, the top ten floors are not open to the public.
Even Pepper, the CEO, has her office on the 90th floor, because above that, it's where the Avengers live and reside.
Before S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dissolution, only Dr. Banner among the Avengers lived here.
But ever since S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dissolution, almost all the Avengers have moved into Stark Tower.
Therefore;
In order not to disturb the Avengers' work and rest.
So the floors above the 90th floor are not open to the public; only those with authorization can go up.
And currently, besides the Avengers, only two people in the entire Stark Tower have this authorization!
One is Pepper.
She is Tony Stark's girlfriend, so she naturally has this authorization.
The other is Maria Hill!
She is now the Avengers' logistics manager.
However, she usually doesn't live in Avengers Tower; she has her own house in New York.
Other than that, no one else is qualified to go upstairs.
90th floor, CEO's office.
The female assistant said something to a secretary at the door, and then this secretary with long golden hair and a good figure led Rhodey into the office.
"Ms. Pepper, your guest Mr. Rhodey has arrived."
The female secretary came in and reminded Pepper, who was reviewing documents.
The latter looked up and said "Got it," then asked the female secretary to go out and pour them two cups of coffee, and then invited Rhodey to sit down in the opposite seat.
"Mr. Rhodey, I hear you want to acquire our Stark Industries' military factories?"
Pepper truly lives up to her reputation as a strong woman who can manage a huge Stark Industries in an orderly manner; she went straight to the point, without any intention of being polite or beating around the bush.
"That's right, as far as I know, Stark Industries still has four military factories that haven't been sold yet, but you've always intended to sell them, right?"
Rhodey nodded, and at that moment, the female secretary also happened to bring the coffee.
He reached out and took the coffee, thanked her, and then looked at Pepper opposite him.
"I want to buy one... no, all four military factories, I'll take them all!"
Rhodey originally only wanted to buy one, but he suddenly changed his mind.
Anyway, he's not short on money.
And the production capacity of one military factory is limited after all.
If he could take all four military factories, then the production capacity would definitely not be a problem, it would even exceed by a lot.
But Rhodey didn't care.
"Actually, we don't have any intention of selling these military factories."
Pepper said.
"I believe that the so-called lack of intention simply means the price isn't high enough." Rhodey said with a smile, "But I can pay a price that will satisfy Stark!"
"Very good, Mr. Rhodey, you are very direct." Pepper nodded, "Alright, we do have plans to sell these four military factories as a package, but they are not cheap!"
"Five billion!"
Rhodey directly held out one finger.
"Five billion for one!"
He said.
When she first heard five billion, Pepper wanted to say that Rhodey was dreaming.
She knew her asking price was eighteen billion!
Rhodey's offer of five billion was less than a third of her asking price.
And he still said he would give her a satisfactory price?
You must have some misunderstanding about the word'satisfactory', right?
But before Pepper could speak, she heard Rhodey's next sentence, and the words that had reached her lips instantly went back down.