Chapter 497: Negotiations and Iron Man Ask for Monthly Tickets on Monday!

After Pepper learned from a secret message that someone was secretly buying up shares of Stark Group in the market, he began a secret investigation. Not to mention, relying on the Stark Group's strong connections and its own strong strength, they soon noticed some secret actions in the stock market.

In fact, there are no secrets in the stock market at all. The difference lies in whether you have the ability to discover them. Stark Group is undoubtedly at the top of the pyramid, and it is really not difficult to find something. So Pepper knew that Wayne Group was buying up shares of Stark Group.

Pepper didn't know much about Wayne Group, but only knew that this group was very low-key in the market. And unlike Stark Group, it is not a listed company! In other words, this company has always been privately owned.

Such companies do not need to announce their shareholder lists to the market, and they don't even need to announce the list of senior executives to the public. After all, others are privately owned companies and do not need to be responsible to anyone.

So if you want to check Wayne Group from the market, it's basically impossible.

But Pepper also has a way.

Check from the tax bureau!

No matter what, Wayne Group needs to pay taxes! There is no need to elaborate on how powerful the IRS is. Pepper happened to have connections in this area. Although it is not allowed to investigate the tax list of a private company through the tax bureau, even the IRS needs to consider the privacy of others. But what is the privileged class without privileges?

Soon Pepper found what she wanted.

Then she began to contact the senior management of the Wayne Group.

...

A private club in the west of Los Angeles.

This club is not well-known in Los Angeles at all, and there is not even a sign outside the store. It is just hidden in a business building. Not many people know about it, and this club is not open to the public. They only entertain members.

The conditions for applying for membership here are very harsh, because the entry threshold is very high.

First, they will verify the identity of the members. They only accept business people, but they are not interested in those high-profile people such as stars. Then you must have a certain amount of assets, which is a must, after all, the price of membership is really expensive.

Finally, the terms of membership are very harsh, and there are many things to pay attention to. ,

This is actually a marketing method, but in a place like Los Angeles, this marketing method is very popular. More importantly, the club can provide the most perfect and private service.

In short, this club is very suitable for business people who need to negotiate in secret.

Pepper arrived very early. She must reach an agreement with the Wayne Group before the market reacts. Otherwise, when the group of people on Wall Street and the opposition intervene, the variables will be too great.

Even though Pepper is already an important figure in the Stark Group, she is still very nervous facing the negotiations that may affect the direction of the group at any time.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Pepper felt tortured. Because the agreed time has passed.

She was afraid that the other party would change his mind or be intercepted by someone.

In short, there are many possibilities, and the more this happens, the more anxious Pepper becomes.

She wanted to call to urge, but she felt that it was a bit inappropriate to do so. She could only be there alone, anxious.

After about ten minutes, Pepper's heart became heavier and heavier.

Until.

"Sorry...something happened, we are late."

When she heard the voice, Pepper turned around quickly and looked at the door.

But she found that the person who came was actually Kai!

"Kai? Why did you..."

Kai smiled helplessly.

"Sorry, I am late. Something happened."

Kai originally planned to come at the agreed time, but the temporary serious crime team came to a case, a murder case. In Venice Beach, someone found a body, which was washed to the beach by the waves. The surface of the body was completely rotten, leaving only a highly decomposed skeleton and cement blocks on the feet.

This is a murder and corpse dumping, which is also a common trick used by gangs to deal with traitors.

More importantly, the identity of the body.

According to the tooth mark test of the body, he was an undercover sent by the West District Police Department seven years ago.

Seven years ago, the undercover suddenly disappeared, and the top police knew that he was in danger. Unexpectedly, the body was found today, and the top immediately paid attention to it.

Because his body is very likely to be moved to an important breakthrough point for a gang.

Kai went to the scene.

But no useful clues were found, which was normal. After all, it was not the crime scene. The body was washed up by the sea water. After seven years of seawater corrosion, even if there was evidence, it would have disappeared long ago.

So we can only wait for the forensic experts to conduct further identification before we can get more clues.

Of course, Kai would not tell Pepper about this kind of thing.

"No... you..." Pepper was still a little confused.

At this time, Alfu stepped forward and said, "Hello, Miss Pepper, I'm very sorry for being late."

"You are..."

"I am Alfred Pennyworth who made an appointment with you."

"Mr. Alfred?" Pepper immediately opened her eyes wide.

"Yes." Alfu smiled.

Kai walked to the sofa and sat down, pouring himself a glass of wine. As if nothing had happened.

Pepper only reacted at this time: "Kai, you and Wayne Group..."

"Have you forgotten? My mother's last name is Wayne.

In fact, Pepper didn't know that she used to call Kai... No, it should be Adam's mother who was called Mrs. Milligan. As for her name, she knew it was Mary, but she didn't know anything else. I really didn't pay attention to her original surname.

"So..."

"My mother's side is a British aristocrat, but recently a relative there died, so I got the chance." This was the reason that Alfu and Kingsman designed for Kai, and Kai used it.

"Mary Wayne is the great-niece of Earl Wayne. After Earl Wayne passed away, there was no direct heir, so according to the inheritance law, the master was the person with the closest blood relationship with the earl, so he inherited the Wayne Group."

Alfu added on the side.

Pepper was shocked.

A poor boy suddenly had a rich relative who died, and he inherited a large inheritance. This kind of thing, Pepper always thought it was a plot in the movie...

I didn't expect to meet the prototype today?

Although Kai was not a poor boy, after all, when he was in school, Pepper knew that Adam's family was quite rich. But compared with the Wayne Group, he can only be a poor boy.

But soon, Pepper realized that this was a good thing.

"Kai, I need your help, Tony..."

Pepper was just about to persuade. But Kai interrupted: "You tell me about this, I don't understand it either. Alfred is the person in charge, and he takes care of my things."

Alfred stood up, bowed respectfully, and introduced himself: "Alfred Pennyworth, the butler of the Wayne family, Pennyworth has been the butler of the Wayne family for generations, and now I am also the butler of Master Wayne. Please give me more advice."

Although according to Kai's idea, since Pepper needs help, then help her. After all, for Kai, this kind of thing is not important at all.

But in Alfred's opinion, it is not the case.

This involves tens of billions of assets, and any casual concessions in the negotiation will cause billions of value fluctuations. As a butler, Alfred can't sit back and watch his master lose such a large sum of money.

Besides, personal feelings are personal feelings, and business is business, which must be distinguished.

Kai didn't care, but it was obvious that both Kingsman and Alfred seemed to care about the Stark Group. Kai felt that there was no reason to stop them. In the end, they would support Stark anyway. As for the process in between, it was not important to Kai.

Pepper obviously understood this logic. After all, she couldn't do such a thing as asking Kai to pay billions or even tens of billions of assets for Tony Stark because of his friendship with her.

So it was necessary to talk.

But after seeing Kai, Pepper also understood that the Wayne Group would support her in the end. So in some details, she could take advantage of Tony a little.

There is a difference between closeness and distance.

Although Kai is the first love, he is not the current lover.

Her boyfriend is Tony.

……

The negotiation was difficult and smooth. After all, both Pepper and Alfred were inclined to cooperate, and this negotiation was based on this premise. It was difficult because both Alfred and Pepper needed to seek the greatest benefits for the people they cared about.

Only Kai was the easiest.

Don't blame him, because the two of them spoke very many words, Kai had never heard of them... too professional.

In short, in a tense and friendly atmosphere, Wayne Group and Stark Group reached an agreement.

Wayne Group will send shareholder representatives to Stark Group and absolutely support Tony Stark on major issues. At the same time, Stark Group, no, or Tony Stark needs to transfer some of the benefits to Wayne Group.

This includes some assets that Stark Group wants to divest. For example, weapons manufacturing and research departments.

This is what Kingsman wants most.

The weapons research and development department of Stark Group is also very famous. Although Tony cannot divest all research departments, Kingsman is already very satisfied to get a share of it.

"Okay, cheers for our cooperation!"

Kai finished watching the matter and quickly stood up to show his presence. He felt it was too boring and quickly ended this boring conversation. The fact is that Kai regretted coming here.

Although it was really cool to see Pepper's surprised expression just now.

Kai really doesn't care how much money he has, after all, Tony may not be richer than him.

But sometimes pretending to be cool can make people happy.

At least Kai was really happy before.

Just when everyone was happy, a piece of news suddenly appeared on TV.

A golden and red mecha was attacking terrorists in Afghanistan...

Pepper immediately became nervous.

She knew it was Tony.

Although she knew that Tony's Mark I armor was very powerful, it was not good for dealing with terrorists... Anyway, she was worried.

"Huh... I didn't expect this guy to have this leisure time. His company was about to be taken away by someone, and he still had the mind to go to Afghanistan to fight terrorists?"

Pepper immediately looked over nervously.

These days, Tony went to Afghanistan to fight terrorists whenever he had time, more punctual than eating. When he came back, he improved the armor.

Except for Pepper, no one knew it was Tony. (She didn't know that Obaday knew)

Although Pepper knew that Tony was doing good things, the problem was that such things could be big or small. If it was not good, Tony would definitely become the target of public criticism.

The most important thing is that the capabilities of the Mark I will definitely attract the government's attention, which is not a good thing.

But I didn't expect Kai to know it too.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Don't forget, he was wearing this when I saved him. Although that one is a little uglier. Speaking of which... this guy's aesthetic taste has not improved at all. The red and gold color combination is too flashy."

The flashy red and gold color combination that Kai remembers most is Gilgamesh. This guy wears golden armor wherever he goes, so flashy.

Not to mention, in addition to his self-righteous humor, Tony is really like Gilgamesh.

The same narcissism and bad taste.

The same love of showing off.

In fact, Kai doesn't pay much attention to the news. He didn't know that Tony was very outstanding during this period. Many media outlets gave him the title of Iron Man. The media speculated on the true identity of this Iron Man, and even many current affairs programs discussed this.

Anyway, it was very hot.

"By the way." Seeing Tony beating up those terrorists like beating children, Kai suddenly remembered the question of the traitor: "Do you have an answer to who betrayed Tony?"

Tony and Kai discussed this issue on the plane back. But there were too many suspicious people... For a moment, Tony didn't know who betrayed him.

When he went to Afghanistan, not many people in Afghanistan knew about it, but in the United States... there were not many people who knew about it, but not few either.

"It hasn't been found out yet... but by the way, many people who have bad intentions towards Tony have been found out..."

It's helpless to say it. If you don't check, you won't know. Once you check, even Tony himself is shocked.

He never knew that he was so hated and a lot of people wanted him dead. Tony always thought he was popular before. But now he has seen the evil of society.

"This is the trouble of rich people." Kai said with a bit of gloating.

Pepper looked at him with a weird expression.

"Watt? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Have you forgotten that you are also a rich man?"

Now it was Kai's turn to be speechless. He really forgot. The loser mentality can't be changed.

"That's why I don't like to take care of those things." Kai shrugged and said, "I still like being a policeman."

Pepper looked at Alfu and suddenly thought of reminding Kai that it was a very dangerous move to hand over one's financial power to others. For example, Tony, if Pepper wanted to transfer Tony's property, it would be easy.

Pepper has confidence in herself, but it doesn't mean that Alfu is trustworthy.

But seeing Alfu standing behind Kai respectfully, Pepper decided...I must remind Kai when they are alone in the future.