69novels Chapter 94 Grabbing Vampires and Werewolves, Upgrading with Dragon Blood Potion
Chapter 94 Grabbing Vampires and Werewolves, Upgrading with Dragon Blood Potion
Chapter 94 Grabbing Vampires and Werewolves, Upgrading with Dragon Blood Potion
"I am shutting down Stark Industries' weapons manufacturing division, effective immediately."
"Has this guy gone mad?" Even the usually composed Frank couldn't help but exclaim.
Stark Industries, the world's largest arms dealer, has now announced the closure of its weapons division.
This is equivalent to dropping a nuclear bomb into your own living room; after it explodes, not even ashes will remain.
At the same time, Lee Eun's cell phone rang in his pocket.
He took out his phone and pressed the answer button. Fergie's excited, slightly distorted voice immediately burst out from the receiver.
"Li En! You're amazing! Stark Industries' stock has been falling, and we've already made 30% in just a short while!"
Virginia's voice was so loud, and the lab was so quiet, that every word on the phone was clearly audible to everyone present.
The people around him all turned around and their eyes fell on Li En's face.
Melinda's brow twitched, and Natasha turned her head slightly to look at Li En again.
Connors stopped mid-air with the glove he had just picked up.
Banner held his coffee cup to his lips, but forgot to drink it.
Li En remained calm and spoke into the microphone, "We'll cash out everything we earn, around 40%, and then leave enough cash flow to keep the school running for about 20 days."
"The remaining amount will be used to buy Stark Industries stock five days later."
On the other end of the phone, Virgil was clearly taken aback, and the excitement in his voice was suppressed by confusion.
"Lee En, you mean—Stark can make a comeback?"
"That's right. Just do it this way." Li En didn't explain further.
"I'll have Block and Bright help arrange the manpower and specific construction methods needed for the school construction. You and Matt just need to keep an eye on things."
He hung up the phone and put it back in his pocket.
In Hell's Kitchen, if you're talking about who has the most contact with the working class, it's definitely the gangsters.
Gangs control docks, construction sites, and transportation routes, and have a large number of workers waiting to find work.
By contacting the gang through the police station, a construction team can be assembled in the shortest possible time.
Li En had no intention of shortchanging them on wages; on the contrary, he would pay them at market price, or even a little higher.
Instead of hiring complete strangers from outside to do the work, it's better to just hire people from Hell's Kitchen.
Li En knew better than anyone how resilient the people who made a living here were.
"Li En, when did you start playing the stock market?"
Frank's voice came from the television, his tone filled with genuine shock.
He discovered that his understanding of Li En was far less profound than he had thought.
He had previously boasted that he knew Lee En best, but he had no idea when this guy shorted Stark Industries.
In fact, Lee Eun did not deliberately hide this matter.
Part of the funds used to short Stark were raised by Brock through connections with gangs, including the Green Dragon Gang and several smaller gangs.
However, apart from lawyers like Fudge who would glance at everything, no one else in Umbrella's current management team has the energy to pay attention to these matters.
Matt spends his days working on legal documents and his nights out masked, causing trouble. He doesn't even have enough time to sleep.
Not to mention Connors and Banner, they spent their days in class and their free time entirely in the lab.
As for Damon, this guy only wants to work in security.
"It's nothing, I just guessed some news in advance and made some money," Li En replied casually.
He looked at Natasha beside him and added, "Don't worry, my actions are legal and compliant."
Natasha shrugged indifferently, her tone flat: "We at S.H.I.E.L.D. don't deal with stocks."
This is a beautiful but completely untenable response.
Melinda, standing next to her, had already taken out her phone and was typing rapidly on the screen, sending a text message to Nick Fury.
She wrote down exactly what Li En had done: shorting Stark, making a 40% profit, and then using all of it to buy more Stark stock.
By the time Melinda and Natasha reached that level, they were already aware of the intricate connections between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Stark Industries.
Howard Stark was one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the agency still holds a significant stake in Stark Industries.
This stock price plunge has resulted in significant paper losses for S.H.I.E.L.D.
However, if you can seize the opportunity to buy at the bottom, you can not only break even, but also make a profit.
Melinda sent the text message, then looked down at the balance of her bank account on her phone screen and remained silent for a few seconds.
Then she looked up at Li En.
"I think I still have 1.2 million."
This statement came quite abruptly, but everyone present understood it.
Lee smiled and nodded: "You're a teacher at Umbrella School, so if you have this idea, just contact Virginia. You should have his phone number."
"Okay." Melinda's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile.
Li En said that he would start buying when he made a profit of about 40%.
She wasn't greedy; as long as she could increase her total assets by 30%, based on her current clerical job salary, it would take her many years to save up that amount.
Natasha turned her head to look at her usually quiet colleague, her eyes filled with a hint of speechlessness.
"Why not earn money legally and legitimately?" Melinda's tone was as indifferent as if she were commenting on the nice weather.
Natasha thought about it and realized that what she said made sense. Then she took out her phone and opened her bank account.
At that moment, Banner suddenly raised his hand.
"Speaking of which, I think I have that compensation for emotional distress, the five million one."
He placed the coffee cup on the bedside table and sat up straight.
"Give this money to Foggy to manage as well. Please use all the profits plus the principal to upgrade the school cafeteria food."
After Hulk wreaked havoc at the military base, Banner woke up to find that the school had received federal government funding for renovations.
He even received additional compensation for emotional distress, and felt a sense of gratitude towards Hulk.
Without that big green guy rushing out and smashing the Brooklyn campus to ruins, the school wouldn't have gotten the construction funds so quickly.
He ate in the cafeteria with the students every day during this period, and to be honest, the food provided by Li En was not bad.
With meat, vegetables, and milk, it's considered top-tier in Hell's Kitchen.
But Banner felt that the children were still growing, and the variety of protein and vegetables was still too limited, so their nutrition could be improved further.
He planned to put all of his windfall into the cafeteria's purchasing list.
Li En smiled and nodded: "No problem."
This is what makes a good employee at Umbrella.
He continued speaking, still in front of the two senior S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
"Banner, Professor Connors, what do you think we can do to further enhance the effects of the Dragon's Blood Potion?"
The two exchanged a glance, and Banner spoke first: "Actually, we had many ideas when we were researching the Dragon Blood Potion."
"If we can obtain stronger, more active cell samples, theoretically they could be used to enhance the effects of the drug."
He paused for a moment, a hint of regret in his voice.
"We considered using the cells from my transformed state, but that didn't work."
"Hulk's cells are highly mutated and have an extremely strong phagocytic ability."
"It will actively engulf all the surrounding normal cells, making it completely unusable as a culture medium."
Connors picked up the thread, adding, "Ideally, it should be something like the T-virus and G-virus, capable of spreading and replicating, but not inherently destructive."
"It can reproduce itself within a controlled range without completely engulfing the host cell."
"The original sample with these properties is the most ideal base material for upgrading Dragon Blood Potion."
"Understood," Li En nodded in response.
Natasha suddenly spoke, her gaze fixed intently on Li En's face: "Judging from your tone, it seems you know where to find this kind of thing."
Melinda, who was next to her, also looked up from her phone screen and her gaze fell on Lee En.
The two of them had seen far too many unbelievable things at S.H.I.E.L.D.
There are indeed creatures in this world that many ordinary people think only exist in movies and novels.
But they all had the same question: judging from Li En's file, she shouldn't know these things.
His resume was clean and simple: he graduated from police academy and was assigned to the Manhattan precinct; there was nothing unusual about his life before that.
Li En said calmly, "Of course, go and capture some vampires and werewolves, or some other mutated creatures, and try them out one by one."
"If all else fails, we'll just get some aliens."
As soon as he finished speaking, Banner and Connors both cried out.
"Are you out of your mind, Lee Eun!"
Connors was agitated, spitting as he spoke: "Vampires? Werewolves? Aren't these things just things from movies and TV shows?"
"If vampires really existed in real life, they would have been exposed by the media long ago, right?"
"These days, everyone carries a mobile phone that can take photos and videos, how can you possibly hide it?"
Banner nodded in agreement, his expression exactly the same as Connors'.
If vampires really exist, why did he go through all that trouble to research the replication of the Super Soldier Serum?
Why not just capture a few vampires and study them?
Vampires in movies and TV shows are fast, strong, have an abnormal self-healing ability, are replicable, and have lifespans of hundreds of years.
Aside from being afraid of crosses, garlic, silverware, and sunlight, it has almost no weaknesses.
Building an army of vampires is far more cost-effective than developing some kind of super soldiers.
But the other three people didn't laugh.
Natasha and Melinda's expressions tightened simultaneously, their brows furrowed, and their gazes were fixed on Li En's face.
Frank's expression was serious, but he was on a different wavelength.
He rested his chin on the web of his hand and rubbed it thoughtfully for a moment.
"So, in the future we'll be fighting vampires, werewolves, and aliens?"
Lee turned to look at Frank, a smile returning to her lips.
"We might even have to fight against the gods, so we must upgrade the Dragon Blood Potion to make us all stronger."
"Fighting against God?" Frank repeated in a low voice, a smirk playing on his lips.
"Interesting, but I have to keep my appointment first."
He waved his hand and turned to walk towards the laboratory door.
He was going to the military district ruins to find William Rollins.
Three days later, in the Brooklyn Military District, there will be no bystanders.
He used to be 90% confident he could take down his opponent; all he lacked was the opportunity to pull the opponent out from behind the scenes.
His body has now been strengthened by the Dragon Blood Potion.
It is faster, stronger, and its resistance to blows has increased several times.
Even when facing William, who was armed, bare-handed, he could still break him apart.
Li En was even less likely to worry.
Frank's fighting ability is ridiculously strong.
If someone's physical abilities could be elevated to another level, they would truly be capable of killing even a god.
It wasn't until Frank's footsteps disappeared at the end of the corridor that Banner and Connors fully recovered from the shock of Lee's words.
They finally confirmed one thing.
Lee Eun wasn't joking at all from beginning to end.
The two exchanged another glance, their expressions shifting within seconds from shock to helplessness, and then from helplessness to a kind of resigned calm.
"Then the lab upgrade will require building another production line for Dragon's Blood Pills," Connors said, counting on his fingers.
"These two things alone will keep us both occupied for a long time."
"Don't worry." Li En put his hands in his pockets.
"During the school renovation, only the cafeteria will continue to operate, so students can still come to eat, and the recruitment of new students will not stop."
"The classes are just temporarily suspended, so you won't be busier than you are now."
"However, matters such as equipment debugging and drug production really can only be handled by the two of you."
He stepped forward and extended his right hand to Banner and Connors.
Banner placed his hand on top first, and then Connors followed suit.
The three people's hands were clasped together and they shook hands firmly.
Melinda watched this scene, remained silent for a moment, and then spoke.
"Let's find some time to meet with our bureau chief."
She felt that everyone, including herself, had underestimated the police officer in front of her.
Coulson's assessment of him was limited to: strong fighting ability and a good person.
Fury categorized him as a high-value potential recruit who needed to be monitored.
But after observing closely for so long, Melinda came to a slightly different conclusion.
The other party's cognitive scope far exceeded the boundaries that should have been in his file.
The existence of vampires and werewolves is classified as a Level 5 or higher secret in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s confidential files, making it impossible for ordinary police officers to access them.
Li En not only knew, but could also say it in that tone.
It would be better to have Fury come and talk to him in person.
Some things can never be clearly explained by a middleman.
Li En withdrew his right hand and smiled at Melinda.
"I don't mind meeting with your bureau chief. You know when I'll be at school, so just have him come find me."
He turned and walked towards the door, but stopped abruptly when he reached the door frame. He turned his head and uttered his last words.
"I'm not going to your snake pit."
Then he stepped into the corridor, his footsteps fading into the distance at a leisurely pace.
Melinda's eyes widened, while Natasha stood there, head bowed in thought.