Chapter 174 The Good Show Is About to Begin

Doom Industries, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, was reborn after Doom returned to New York.

The employees who were originally idle and waiting for compensation for bankruptcy began to get busy again.

Some sensitive employees found that although the backbone of the company had returned, the atmosphere of the entire company seemed to be much more tense than before Doom disappeared.

Although, on the day Doom returned, several directors fell to death from the upstairs.

But after forensic verification, it was found that they were suicidal and had nothing to do with other people.

And the death of several directors has nothing to do with their grassroots employees, so how can it affect the atmosphere of the entire company?

However, in fact, only some employees close to the middle and senior management know that the reason why the company atmosphere is so tense is entirely because of the large-scale radical reforms carried out after Doom returned.

Such radicalism cannot be said to be a bad thing, but it is definitely not related to good things.

The overly radical actions made most employees panic and could not guess what their boss wanted to do.

However, in reality, only Doom himself knows what he wants to do.

Under the influence of Mephisto's soul magic, Doom's thoughts and emotions began to become more and more extreme.

This is also the reason why Doom Industries' internal and external reforms became so radical after Doom came back.

For Doom, whose personality is becoming more and more extreme, the decision-making affairs of Doom Industries can no longer arouse his interest.

Now, what interests him more and more is Mr. Fantastic Reed Richards, who has been praised in newspapers recently.

Sitting in the president's office, Doom dropped a chess piece on the chessboard while looking at the grand scene of New York outside the window.

"The good show is about to start."

The corners of Doom's mouth outlined an elusive smile.

In an ordinary residential building in Manhattan, Reed and Susan, who had been busy all day, returned to their love house.

"I think I need to take a shower before eating." Reed looked at his dusty appearance in the mirror and said to Susan.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Susan put the lunch box she bought from the supermarket into the microwave.

They were so busy during this period that they had no time to buy food and cook. They could only buy cheap lunch boxes from the supermarket to fill their stomachs.

"Reed." Susan said to Reed while boiling water.

"Do you know? Doom is back."

"Yeah," Reed, who was taking off his clothes, nodded silently.

"Then do you need to find time to meet him and discuss that matter." Susan asked Reed.

"If I have time, I will go."

Reed sighed slightly in his heart.

What was supposed to come, still came.

Since returning from outer space, Reed owed Doom Industry a large sum of money because the experimental results could not be realized at all.

To be honest, if Reed relied on his smart brain to sell the inventions he created to pay off the debt, it would not be impossible.

But Reed was too proud. He simply disdained to do such a thing, and was unwilling to sell his hard work to those unscrupulous businessmen.

This also made Reed unable to repay the debt of Doom Industries during the period after Doom disappeared and returned.

It was okay when Doom disappeared before. The people on the board of directors of Doom Industries were busy fighting for power and dividing up the shares of Doom Industries, and had no time to take care of Doom.

But now, only two days after Doom returned, he has revived the bankrupt Doom Industries.

I think that even if Reed doesn't go to Doom, Doom will definitely talk to Reed about the debt that has not been repaid in a few days.

It seems that Mr. Fantastic's superhero journey is about to end here.

When Reed finished taking a bath with a lot of thoughts in his mind, Susan had taken the hot lunch out of the microwave and placed it on the dining table.

"Johnny just called."

On the dining table, Susan said to Reed.

"This guy has been retaking courses at the university recently, and he seems to have found a lot of friends."

"Isn't that good?" Reed said while eating his lunch box, "Friends at the university are always much better than those friends he met while riding motorcycles."

"I hope so." Although Susan said this, she always felt that Johnny's voice just now was a little strange.

Bang!

The huge fist hit Johnny's face, causing Johnny to stagger and fall to the ground.

"Johnny, my dear good man!" A man who looked very strong grabbed Johnny's hair.

"I gave you the phone, not for you to chat."

"Sorry, Shel." Johnny showed a flattering smile to the man with a swollen nose.

"My family really doesn't have much money. If possible, I hope you can give me two days. After I raise the money, I will definitely pay you back as soon as possible!"

"Two days? If I give you more time, this will be the second two days!" The strong man Shel said to Johnny viciously.

"You have to understand clearly that it was you who crashed my BMW parked on the roadside the day before yesterday. I gave you time to raise the money the day before yesterday, but what about you?"

Johnny felt extremely miserable. The day before yesterday, he was just driving his friends out of school as usual. For some reason, his mind suddenly went into a trance, and he sideways bumped into a BMW parked on the roadside.

Repair cost, five thousand dollars.

If it were his original self, maybe Johnny would shamelessly ask his sister Susan for it.

But it was probably due to his experience during this period, plus Johnny also knew the current dilemma between his sister and Reed.

As a result, Johnny couldn't open his mouth at all and asked Susan for money like a rice bug.

In the past two days, Johnny scrapped together, sold his car and other belongings, and only managed to collect more than three thousand US dollars, which was still more than one thousand US dollars short of five thousand US dollars.

This punch can only be said to be a good one.

"Really, give me two more days and I will definitely return the money to you." Johnny begged Sher.

"Hmph, two days?" Sher snorted coldly and clenched his fists.

"No problem. As a delayed payment for these two days, how about you let me punch you a few more times to vent my anger?"

"No question." Johnny opened his mouth, but before he finished speaking, his eyes began to roll.

Immediately, a blue flame spread from Johnny's body.

"What's this!"

Sher looked at Johnny with green flames coming out of his body in horror, and quickly backed away.

But Johnny, with his eyes white, was floating in the air, and with a wave of his hands, the flames engulfed Shel.

Immediately, the flames on Johnny's body disappeared, and he walked out of the factory as if he had returned to an ordinary person.

But Johnny didn't seem to notice that in the corner of the factory, there was a camera that clearly recorded his behavior.

And on the top floor of the factory building.

A mysterious man put away the puppet strings and puppets in his hands and bowed to the person in front of him.

"This is a good script, sir." the mysterious man said, "I am looking forward to the next story more and more."

The next day, Reed came to Doom Industries wearing a suit.

"Old man, it's been a long time no see." In the office, Doom and Reed hugged each other.

"So you came here today to pay off your debt?" Doom asked Reed half-jokingly.

"Sorry." Reid was silent for a moment and then slowly shook his head.

"Regarding the debt issue, I would like to ask you to give me some more time."

"A period of time?" Doom took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet, uncorked it, and said casually.

"So how long do you need this time?"

"In other words, how long do you plan to delay?"

"Dum, me." Reed looked at Doom.

"During the time when I was missing, you seemed to be relieved, right?" Doom poured the wine into the glass, picked up the glass and looked at the amber liquid in the glass.

"Did you think that the debt would end with my disappearance?"

"I never thought about it like this!" Reed said quickly towards Doom.

"It's just that the new research project is still in the trial stage. I plan to wait until the research project is successful before paying back the money I owe you?"

"Trial stage?" Doom looked at Reed in confusion: "Where did you get the money?"

If Doom remembers correctly, Reed should be a pauper now. Where will he get the money to continue his research?

Reed's body trembled, and he whispered in a trembling voice: "Susan sold her house, and then Ben lent me part of it."

"Susan, Ben." Doom's hand that was shaking the wine glass began to pause. He looked at Reed's pale face and couldn't help but sigh.

"You really have a good girlfriend and friend."

"So if you can, please give me a little more time." Reed pleaded towards Doom: "When the experiment is successful, we can promote it to the market. I will definitely pay you back the money I owe you. of."

"Since you said so." Doom drank all the wine in the glass and said calmly: "Then I'll give you some more time."

"If there is nothing else, then you should leave first."

Doom placed the empty wine glass on the table and began to see off the guests.

Seeing Doom agreeing so readily, Reed's face was filled with joy. After nodding slightly, he walked towards the door.

"Huh..." While waiting for the elevator in the elevator, Reed loosened the knot of his tie and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, it was just in time for lunch, and other employees of Doom Industry also began to walk towards the elevator.

In Doom Industries, some new employees cast curious glances at Reed.

For a moment, whispers sounded in the elevator room.

"Who is this?"

"Why do you feel like I haven't seen you before?"

"But why does it look familiar?"

"This is Reed Richards, a famous genius scientist and the most famous superhero in New York these days, Mr. Fantastic."

"Wow."

After hearing the praise from the group of employees behind him, Reid involuntarily straightened up his back.

"But at the same time, he is also a debtor who owes us hundreds of millions of Doum Industries."

Hearing this, Reed's originally excited face froze.

"Ah, this? I think I've heard of it."

"I heard that during the time when the boss disappeared, he never thought of coming to the company to pay back the money he owed us."

"And, if I remember correctly, the time when he became a superhero was exactly the time when the boss disappeared."

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Amidst the waves of discussion, Reed, who had originally stood up straight, finally couldn't stand these rumors and chose to go downstairs with a red face.

Reed sighed while walking on the stairs.

He should have thought that Mr. Fantastic might be a good sign for others, but for the employees of Doom Industries, his behavior was indeed a bit cruel.

Reed walked out of the building of Doom Industries with his head down. He looked at the busy world outside and comforted himself in a low voice.

"It's okay, Reed. Everything will be fine again when the new research results are released."

Ring——

The ringing of the mobile phone interrupted Reed's self-consolation time.

Reed looked at Susan's name on the phone, rubbed his frustrated face, and pretended to be calm after answering the phone.

"Hey, honey, what's wrong?"

"Reed!"

But on the other end of the phone, Susan's mood was not as stable as Reed pretended, and her voice was full of anxiety.

"Johnny, Johnny was taken away by the police!"

"What?" Reed was stunned, and couldn't help but sighed helplessly in his heart.

In his opinion, it was probably because his brother-in-law had committed some trivial things again, so he was taken away by the police again.

I thought Johnny would be more restrained after his superpowers were gone, but I didn't expect that after such a short time, this guy would return to his original nature.

Really

"Okay, honey." Reed sighed and comforted Susan.

"Don't worry, I'll get him out."

"So what did he do this time? Speeding violation? Or another fight outside the school?"

"No, it's not." Susan's voice seemed to tremble.

"The police just told me that Johnny killed someone last night."

"Murder?" Reed's footsteps stopped where they were, listening to the news in disbelief.

"How dare he?"

"Johnny told me that he didn't kill anyone." Susan's voice seemed to be about to cry: "But the New York police have checked the surveillance at the time, saying that the surveillance has confirmed that it was indeed Johnny who killed the person."

"Don't worry, dear." Reed listened to Susan's crying voice and licked his dry lips.

"I'll go to the police station to find out now. Maybe the police misunderstood?"