Marvel’s Speedsters

In the headquarters building of Osborne Industrial Park, Chairman Norman Osborne was leading a group of company executives to the product showroom through a transparent cross-deck overpass, when he suddenly heard the voice of his son Harry coming from behind.

“Harry, is there something going on?” Norman was thin and tall, with a somewhat vicious appearance, but his attitude seemed quite modest, and when he saw the lazy Harry running over, he immediately examined his son with eagle-like sharp eyes. In normal times, this gentleman is very willing to communicate with Harry, but today there is an exception —- a large customer waiting in front, he can’t stay for a long time—- General So, who is in charge of procurement at the Ministry of Defense, has recently taken up his post and visited Osborne Enterprise for the first time, and must not be neglected.

“There were some unexpected discoveries that I thought might help the company.” Harry usually had little contact with company affairs, did not know that an important guest arrived today, he was determined to give his discovery to his father and gain his father’s appreciation, so he ran all the way, not caring to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and handed over a document with anticipation, which he had quietly taken from the laboratory while Ross and Dr. Connors were talking. But to his disappointment, this hard work was not taken seriously, and his father frowned and looked at the name and summary of the report, and without even opening the catalog, he casually stuffed it to the secretary beside him.

“Dad, this report is really useful, I have seen the animal tests done in the laboratory, and the results are very amazing!” The intense exercise made the blood rush to his head, and the young man waved his arms excitedly for fear of missing the opportunity, but his father immediately stopped him.

Turning around and signaling the team to leave first, Norman led Harry to the side of the overpass.

“Harry, I know I’ve put all my energy into my career over the years, ignoring your feelings, but I’m also for the future of our family. Your grandfather founded the original Osborne business, but a poor decision led to a serious decline in the company’s competitiveness, and I still remember the voice of shareholder criticism and the economic crisis at home, although I was not as old as you are now, but I saw it in my eyes and remembered it, I don’t want you to be under so much pressure like me, so I sent you to boarding school at the age of eleven. I can understand your feelings, but I don’t want you to have too much responsibility at your age. ”

Norman said seriously, in his opinion, his son must have been deceived by some technical brokers, these examples are too common in the circle of rich young masters, and there are always some despicable villains who make a living from this. With Norman’s knowledge of Harry, his own son though could not be called frivolous and puty. Swing, but also did not inherit the talent to run his own business, shrewd and decisive these indispensable qualities are still far from him, Harry may be competent for the role of a good son and a good husband, loyal to friends, and not too extravagant in life, but if you want to run the business world and maintain a company as large as Osborne, honesty and friendship alone will not work, Norman is really not optimistic about Harry inheriting his business, so he has not let Harry contact business matters for a long time.

According to Norman’s vision, he will be at the helm of Osborne for a long time and lead the company to higher heights. Feng, if Harry has children in the future and the next generation has talent, it is not too late to fully cultivate grandchildren, otherwise it is not bad to set up a trust to avoid heavy taxes and make future generations worry-free, just like other rich people who have no qualified heirs.

Time was running out, and Norman didn’t listen to Harry again, he hugged his son hard, patted him on the back, and then decisively turned away.

Watching his father’s back disappear into the corridor, Harry’s enthusiasm when he came cooled down little by little.

***

At the time of the Osborne father-son conversation, the officer corps sent by the Ministry of Defense had already taken an official tour of Osborne Industries, and now they were watching a bat-shaped flying machine accompanied by the company’s chief scientific officer.

“…… At the request of the military, we invested heavily in research and development, solved the problems of parallel gliding and gravity balance, and created a prototype of the gliding wing, which can carry people in the air, can travel at a speed of up to 500 miles per hour, can carry a weight of less than one ton, and the front end can be extended. It also carries twelve rounds of miniature air-to-surface missiles, 5,000 rounds of miniature machine guns and ammunition, as well as lighting equipment and fire-breathing equipment, and can also take on the role of detonating and attacking targets when necessary…”

The somewhat elderly science officer Ding loudly explained the products to the visiting Ministry of Defense officer corps with the strong wind and noise released by the gliding wing engine, but to his surprise, instead of hearing a wave of praise as before, he only received a rude refusal, and the newly appointed General Suo was not even interested in taking a second look at the expensive flying machine, and directly made a new request.

“I’ve seen the glider, but it’s the same as my predecessor, it’s a thing of the past, I’m not here for this, I’m going to see the report of the fitness enhancement program!”

General So’s voice was loud, and Norman heard his request before he stepped into the hall, and hurriedly walked to him a few steps to apologize for his tardiness, but next to the general, Norman accidentally found the figures of two important members of the board. Mr. Ba, who had gray hair and wore glasses, and Mr. Fei, who was in a wheelchair, were pure financial speculators who knew nothing about industrial production and had never been present on such occasions before, and it was hard to imagine that they would be associated with the new procurement officer.

The entrepreneur’s instincts immediately raised Norman’s war, but General So’s attitude left him no room for turning, and he had to hope that the scientific officer with whom he had worked for many years might be able to vaguely cover up the problem.

“We subjected mice to vaporized inhalation experiments, and their physical strength increased by a factor of eight.” The science officer explained to the general who was striding forward, and Osborne tried to be more specific about the good side.

But General Suo was always reluctant to reassure them, and he looked at the experimental equipment with an arrogant and critical look, never talking about the purchase intentions mentioned by his predecessor.

This attitude makes people feel extremely anxious.

Norman Osborne’s heart slowly contracted, in the eyes of others, he is one of the most numerous industrial tycoons in the United States, with tens of thousands of employees, an annual industrial output value of tens of billions of dollars, operating in several fields such as chemicals, biology, machinery, energy, etc., and his status is only under a few large companies such as Stark Industries, and he is a world-famous billionaire, but as the leader who developed this company from a family business to a large listed company, he knows that the development of heavy industry has its own rules, the investment cycle is long, and the results are slow. The thirst for money is huge. Large, high operating costs, hundreds of millions or even billions of R&D investment, not at all as laymen think, casually can pump out a lot of working capital.

In order to meet the requirements of the previous military procurement officer, Osborne Industries has already made the annual budget to the fullest, and even has to borrow a huge amount of money from the bank, if the military now withdraws the procurement intention, or refuses to pay for the next stage of the research and development process, then its decades of painstaking efforts may collapse in an instant, fall to pieces, and become the prey of others’ eagle claws.

Realizing this, Norman immediately became cold, while General Soe was still chasing the scientific officer to press.

“You said that there was an experiment that went wrong, so what were the side effects in that experiment that went wrong?”

“All other trials were successful, only one accident!” As if he had been whipped, Norman hurriedly came over and interrupted, but this time the scientific officer could no longer dodge, and he had to tell the military representatives the truth.

“Violent tendencies, aggression, madness… Ha! The general sneered, and the other members of the officer corps also talked about it in the back.

“Mr. Osborne, I tell you honestly, I never supported your plan, which was approved by the previous chief, but it is now outdated.”

Norman Osborne’s eyes widened as the majority shareholder of the board stood up to the general to explain on his behalf.

“General Soe will choose to support the detective. Sospace Space’s flight armor program is scheduled to be officially tested in two weeks, if your human enhancement program has not been successful by then…”

“If the human experiment is not successful at that time, I will revoke your research fund and transfer it to someone else.”

Watching the general lead the team away, Norman’s heart was cold.

After chasing away the others and sitting in the lab with the science officer for two hours, he made a risky decision.

“Mr. Osborne, please don’t do this, the physical enhancement plan is not yet complete, we can’t risk it, just give me another two weeks…”

The science officer chased after Oss himself and begged bitterly, but Norman was already determined to rely on himself to conduct human experiments and directly grasp the first-hand information.

“Two weeks? If you don’t get the contract in two weeks, Osborne Industries is over! The old demeanor disappeared, Norman Osborne yelled at the science officer, and while he took off his shirt impatiently, he searched the experimental table for reports of successful examples of the previous voluntary participation in the experiment, and just when he was determined to make a desperate bet, a document placed by the secretary on the table suddenly jumped into his sight.

“Human body enhancement potions… Kurt Connors… And…… Ross Byrne? ”

Turning a few pages casually, Norman’s attention was unconsciously attracted by the detailed experimental report, he forgot to personally carry out the human enhancement experiment, and took another report of the human enhancement potion and read it intently.

“Protein kinases, autophagy… How did we not think of this? Seeing that he was no longer crazy, the science officer also looked sideways, and as a top expert in this line, he soon discovered the wonderfulness of it.

“This is Harry’s gift to me? I really underestimated him. So, with mature new ideas, we don’t have to take risks. Norman handed the report to the science officer and thought about it with his eyes closed.