Chapter 292 Hearing
The MPs on the rostrum were almost mad at Tony. This is the scene of a hearing for the American military, not your Tony Stark fan meeting.
It was already ten minutes later when the scene quieted down.
"Okay, now I announce that the hearing has officially started. I am the host of this hearing. The core question of today's hearing is: Tony Stark, do you have an individual mecha weapon "Steel Armor"? I don't think Mr. Tony will deny this, right?"
"After all, you admit it yourself, you are Iron Man."
Rarely did the congressman not talk nonsense, and went straight to the point at the beginning of the hearing.
"Sir, it depends on how you define weapons. First of all, I admit that I am Iron Man, but I refuse to admit that he is a weapon. You know, you can't suspect that he is a weapon just because of my unique technology."
"Just like I can't suspect you of corruption just because you are an MP, sir, you know that accusations without evidence are just slander."
Tony turned sideways, whispering to Pepper, while responding to the MP's accusation.
"Tony, do you think we are all fools? You actually said that the steel armor is not a weapon? There is no doubt that it is a weapon."
"High-tech prosthetics? Without a doubt, this is my latest high-tech prosthetic."
Tony just came up with this reason. Facing the congressman's accusations, Tony knew very well that this was because the Ministry of Defense and the military were greedy for their own technology.
"Tony Stark, your remarks are simply ridiculous."
"Mr. Congressman, may I ask what your education background is, and what major do you study?"
"Does that have anything to do with my question?"
"I suspect that Mr. Congressman does not have enough knowledge and expertise to judge my steel prosthetics. A layman accuses my prosthetics of being a weapon of war. This is a slander against me."
There were sparse bursts of applause at the hearing, which was spontaneously applauded by the reporters because of Tony's thick skin.Everyone knows what Iron Armor is. Even journalists admire Tony for his cheekiness of ignoring the military and lying directly to his face.
"It doesn't matter, Tony Stark. Maybe I lack professional knowledge, but I invited a professional, an expert in weapons. I think his words must be more convincing than mine."
"We have invited the president of Hammer Industries, Mr. Justin Hammer."
There were chattering discussions at the scene.Hammer Industries and Stark Industries are the main competitors, but Stark Industries is basically engaged in the production and development of high-end weapons, while Hammer Industries is engaged in the production and development of low-end weapons.
In technology, Hanmer Industries is being crushed.
"As one of the experts in the field of weapons, it is obvious that Mr. Tony Stark's Iron Armor is a single-soldier combat weapon. This is my professionalism and confidence as the president of Hammer Industries. I think Mr. Tony's sophistry of mechanical prosthetics Just don’t bring it up. Neither the military nor the people of the United States will believe such ridiculous remarks.”
"Justin Hammer, are you considered a professional?" Tony sneered, "I have never heard of your company's products."
"Well, I admit that compared to you, I am really not an expert. You are the real expert. You are an undoubted genius and inventor, but I am also a practitioner in the weapon industry. War armor is A weapon and I cannot in good conscience say that."
Justin Hammer's humble attitude at the moment seems to be showing the world his objectivity and neutrality, but it's a pity that Tony doesn't accept this at all.
"How about I let everyone see your research?" After speaking, Tony directly hacked the monitor at the hearing site, and the video inside the Hammer Industrial Laboratory began to play on the screen.
"Open the link, okay, let's take a step forward." In the video, Hammer Industries has already imitated Tony's steel armor, and has spontaneously developed a similar armor. It is undergoing tests, but the test failed just after it started.In the screen, the battle armor is scattered all over the place.
Then the screen switched again, this time to another test site.In the picture is still an imitation steel battle armor, which is performing a test task.
"Turn around." The battle armor turned his upper body vigorously, but the lower body remained motionless, and then there was a scream from the record, and the soldier's waist was almost broken by the battle armor.
Then the armor spun vigorously again, the upper body of the armor rotated 180 degrees directly, and the screaming soldier suddenly fell silent.Blood was also gushing out.
The screen was disconnected all of a sudden. Of course, it wasn't Tony's initiative to disconnect, but Justin Hammer directly unplugged the power.
"I'm sorry, trust me, the experimenter's life is not in danger." Justin Hammer seemed to be explaining the accident in the video just now.
"No need to explain, Justin, I believe you. The driver is definitely not dead, at most it's just a high paraplegia." Tony stood up and applauded Justin Hammer continuously.
"It's wonderful. It seems that Hammer Industries and the military are working on my mechanical prosthetics, but it seems that even walking is a problem. Mr. Congressman, you don't have to worry about my mechanical prosthetics being abused, because my technology is at least 20 times ahead of yours. Year!"
Tony stood up and said confidently, "I can prevent nuclear deterrence, Iron Man is very useful, we are very safe, and America is also very safe. As long as I am alone, it is enough to maintain world peace!"
There was thunderous applause from the audience, but the black-faced congressman and Justin Hammer could only watch helplessly, especially in front of so many media.
There is no doubt that the military hearing is over anticlimactic.At the hearing, the test video of Hammer Industries' steel armor was circulated. Although there was no sentence directed at Hammer Industries, everyone agreed that Hammer Industries' technology was not good.
Correspondingly, the stock price of Hammer Industry plummeted in response, dropping tens of billions within a few days, so Hammer Industry once became the laughing stock of the industry.
As for the video of the American military, Tony gave it a face and did not release it.
"Tony, are we being too flamboyant?" Little Pepper, who accompanied Tony out of the hearing, was a little worried. After all, the American military was the biggest customer of Stark Industries, and they offended him too hard. After all, he still had some concerns.
"Don't worry, I have closed the weapons manufacturing department. Stark Industries will no longer focus on the weapons industry in the future. We need to transform."
"Will this be too sudden? The shares of Stark Industries have fluctuated drastically, and some shareholders have complained..."
"Then buy his shares, Stark Industries doesn't need to have more voices."
Tony responded strongly. In Tony's view, the stock of Stark Industries is almost equivalent to giving money to shareholders instead of counting on the charity of shareholders.Opadry is in the past tense, and Tony doesn't mind making Stark Industries more pure.
The main content of the evening news is Tony Stark's impassioned statement at the military hearing, and there is no doubt that Tony's reputation is even louder.
The worst thing is not the American military. After all, the military is a bunch of old fritters, and they don’t care about today’s embarrassment. To be honest, it’s not the first time that the American military has lost face. For example, Ross, even if he concocted a Hulk Monster, no, it's still on the rise.
The military's face does not exist, and the military only values substantial interests.