Chapter 75 Kingpin's Sigh: The greater one's status, the heavier one's human relation
Chapter 75 Kingpin's Sigh: The greater one's status, the heavier one's human relation
But Tony wasn't interested in the symbiote, while Toby wasn't going to let him go.
Toby laughed, "These two of you stood up for me and invested a large sum of start-up capital in Parker Industries, only to each get 10% of the shares in the end. This is obviously unfair to you..."
"So I'll give you something extra as my reward."
Toby first looked at Kingpin:
"Wilson, I owe you a favor. I'll give you your next mission for free, as long as it doesn't cross my bottom line. You can take on any mission you want, even one that involves killing the president!"
Upon hearing this, Kingpin immediately smiled and nodded. This benefit was far better for him than simply giving him money!
He's already thinking about whether he has a formidable enemy he's always wanted to defeat, but who seems impossible to overcome...
Seeing that Kingpin had no objection to this benefit, Toby then looked at Tony.
But before Toby could speak, Tony waved his hand and said:
"I don't need to. You've already taken care of my enemies, and I don't have anyone else I want to kill. I'm only supporting you because of our friendship, but also because your Parker Industries is indeed worth my investment."
Tony's words caused Kingpin's smile to vanish.
If this guy says that, wouldn't it make it seem like he has no relationship with Toby, only a business deal, and that he doesn't have faith in Toby's Parker Industries?
Kingpin gritted his teeth, just about to say that he didn't need it either, when Toby raised his hand to interrupt him.
"Tony, I'm giving you benefits not to ask for your opinion, but simply to inform you to accept my offer."
With that, Toby flicked his finger, sending the symbiotic snake he was playing with flying onto Tony's chest.
Before Tony could rip the symbiote snake off his chest, it had already burrowed into his clothes and merged into his skin.
Startled, Tony ripped open his shirt, revealing the reactor in his chest, and frantically patted himself, exclaiming, "Heavy Gift Crab! Toby, where did that sticky thing go? Did it crawl inside me???"
"Bingo!" Toby snapped his fingers, looking at the deep purple veins around the reactor on Tony's chest, and laughed, "But don't worry, Tony, it's not going in there to suck your blood, it's going in to help you absorb the toxins..."
Upon hearing this, Tony relaxed and took a closer look. He discovered that the deep purple veins on his chest caused by palladium poisoning were indeed fading, and he also felt his body gradually becoming lighter!
As Tony began to enjoy himself, with a final thud, the arc reactor on his chest actually fell to the ground!
And it was accompanied by several bloody shrapnel fragments!
Clearly, the symbiote removed the deadly shrapnel near Tony's heart and incidentally repaired the large hole in his chest where the Arc Reactor was installed!
Touching his smooth chest and feeling the healthy sensation near his heart that was no longer aching, Tony was momentarily stunned.
To be honest, he already knew about the poisoning of his target.
He also knew that palladium poisoning was incurable with current medical technology, so he even prepared to make a will.
He planned to divide Stark Industries among his few friends after his death.
But who would have thought that he would recover his health so easily!
This means Toby saved his own life again!
Tony looked up at Toby with a complicated expression: "How about I return your 10% stake in Parker Industries and give you an additional 10% stake in Stark Industries? Otherwise, I feel like I owe you a huge favor!"
Toby's response was to give Tony the middle finger.
Toby said calmly, "You don't need to return my shares, nor do you need to give me any more shares in your industry. Money used to be very important to me because even if I had money, I couldn't make money work for me. One day, I would run out of money."
"But now that my Parker Industries is established and the regenerative serum is on the market, I'm destined to never lack money even if I do nothing."
"So right now, what I lack more than money is business rapport. If you're still talking to me about money, that's really hurting our relationship, unless you don't consider me a friend anymore?"
Upon hearing this, Tony's sense of guilt vanished instantly, and he casually gave Toby the middle finger in return.
"Since you've said that, what else is there to say? Give me a batch of your regeneration serum to drink, and also give me one of your symbiote things to play with~"
You want both, right?
Toby looked at the shameless Tony with disdain:
"Once the regeneration serum production line is up and running, you can just go to the warehouse and get as much regeneration serum as you want. But forget about the symbiote. There are only two of these. One is with me, and the other is with Harry. There aren't any more for you to play with."
As he spoke, Toby waved in Tony's direction, and the turmoil within Tony instantly detached from Tony and returned to Toby's hand, back into his body.
Then Toby looked at Kingpin: "Wilson, you too. Next time I help you, it will be as a friend, not as an employer."
"Of course, we've always been friends, we always have been, and we always will be." Kingpin smiled, but inwardly sighed.
Although he had long anticipated that someone like Toby would never be content to be just a mercenary assassin for the rest of his life, and would definitely create his own empire in the future.
But he never expected this day to come so soon, so suddenly.
Toby's words, "helping as a friend," were clearly a way of telling himself that he could no longer simply pay Toby to solve his problems.
When friends help each other, it's all about relationships.
From now on, when he asks Toby for help, it won't be about giving money, but about owing him a favor.
In his position, repaying favors is much harder than paying back debts!
In other words... the cost of using torrents has increased in the future!
But at least Toby didn't just quit; he could still ask Toby for help. Even though the cost was higher, it was still pretty good.
Having resolved the issues with Tony and Kingpin, Toby also planned to leave. He put down his teacup and said quite directly:
"Alright, Parker Industries has just been established, and I have a lot of messy things to do. You two shareholders can go back to your own homes and find your own mothers. I'm leaving now."
Kingpin and Tony had no objections. They were just there to make an appearance. Although they were also shareholders of Parker Industries, they had no intention of interfering in any of Parker Industries' affairs.
Therefore, the two left quickly.
Meanwhile, Toby took Harry back to Osborne Building—or rather, Parker Building—to carry out sweeping reforms within the company.
First, get rid of all the associates who were previously associated with Osborn's directors. Since Harry directly shut down Osborn's businesses, Toby doesn't even have to pay a breach of contract fee.
However, Toby kept all the junior staff who had no connection with Osborn Corporation, as well as the researchers who entered Osborn Corporation on their own merits, in his Parker Industries.
After all, Parker Industries is also a biopharmaceutical company, and these are all existing employees!
Furthermore, Toby made reasonable job changes and promotions for those who remained, based on their individual abilities.
Eliminate the impurities and retain the essence; those with ability should rise to the top!
For example, Toby promoted Max Dillon from an ordinary worker to the position of safety supervisor at the Department of Electricity.
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