The next day, everyone at the Doom Group was busy.
To prepare for the big shot's inspection, the entire company atmosphere was tense, with everyone sitting upright and at attention in their positions.
Early in the morning, reporters were already stationed at the company entrance, waiting to take pictures.
These were the messages Doom had deliberately leaked last night, ensuring that this visit would be as valuable as possible.
As time passed, Bai Ye's motorcade slowly came into Victor's view. His eyes immediately lit up, and he hurried forward to greet them.
Inside the car, Bai Ye looked at the massive convoy and said to Kingpin, "There's no need for such a grand display; it's too inefficient."
"Mr. Bai, the online environment hasn't been very friendly lately," Kingpin whispered.
"You know how unpopular Mutants are. The online opinion of you has plummeted since people found out you were a Mutant."
"If we don't make a big deal of it, they might attack us. We're not afraid, but it wouldn't be very dignified."
Bai Ye pondered, "Is that so? Then why is the Doom Group still willing to promote my visit so lavishly? Aren't they afraid their stock value will drop?"
"How could that be?" Kingpin shook his head gently. "No one turns their back on money. And you, sir, now represent money. Even though the online outcry is loud, their company's after-hours stock began to rise last night."
Bai Ye nodded and said no more. He got out of the car and saw Doom standing in front of him, extending his right hand with a smile. "Mr. Bai Ye, welcome to the Doom Group."
"Your Inner Strength is a groundbreaking invention. I bought a copy of your book to study the same day, but unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to come to the signing. I hope you can sign one for me before you leave." Doom was acting like a rabid fan of Bai Ye.
"Oh!" Bai Ye reached out and shook his hand lightly.
"Would you like to visit the various departments of our company? We've already invested a huge amount of capital in the gene research department to research Inner Strength and capitalize on this trend."
"No need. I made my intentions clear yesterday. I'm here to understand the Cosmic Storm Project. I'm not interested in anything else," Bai Ye stated directly.
Here it comes, the thing I was dreading. Victor sighed inwardly, but his face showed nothing. He nodded with a slight smile. "Of course, no problem. Please, follow me. All the research data is stored on the seventh floor."
Under Victor's lead, Bai Ye, Kingpin, and the many men behind them walked towards the building.
Passing the employees sitting upright on the ground floor, they entered the elevator and headed to the seventh floor.
Upon reaching the seventh floor, Victor waved his hand, and a three-dimensional projection, prepared in advance, unfolded before Bai Ye.
"The entire experiment is based on the cosmic particle storm that will occur in a few weeks. We only need to place the space station in the designated orbit to obtain research data. Then…"
Victor described everything to Bai Ye, following Reed's descriptions from before, without mentioning his previous decision to shut down the project.
After Doom finished, Bai Ye waved his hand. "Alright, I'm not concerned with those details. I want to meet the person in charge of this project."
"Yes, yes, of course." Victor nodded and gave the order. Soon, two men and a woman stood before Bai Ye.
Bai Ye sized up the three of them. These should be the future Fantastic Four, but why was one missing?
As Bai Ye was observing them, the three were also looking at him. Seeing this young, handsome man, they couldn't connect him with the inventor of Inner Strength.
"Mr. Bai, let me introduce you. This is Susan Storm, our company's head of genetics. This is Johnny… and finally, myself. I will also be on the space station to collect data."
Victor smiled and finished the introductions. Bai Ye frowned and asked, "I remember there was a scientist named Reed who first proposed this plan? Where did he go?"
"Oh, you're well-informed. In fact, Dr. Reed lost contact with us just yesterday. No one can find him now," Victor said with a look of regret.
"Lost contact just yesterday?"
Bai Ye felt it was too coincidental. Originally, he had come this time to ask Reed to research a machine suitable for training.
After all, he had no doubt about Mr. Fantastic's scientific research and trouble-making abilities in the Marvel world.
And now, as soon as he arrived, the guy was gone?
"Yes, that's unfortunate, but our project is already very well-developed. We can proceed normally even without him," Victor assured.
"Alright," Bai Ye nodded. "But I've always been very interested in going to space, actually."
"So you mean…" Victor's face lit up with excitement as he realized something.
"I want to join the space station. Is there a problem?" Bai Ye smiled.
"Of course not! Anytime you want, you're welcome," Victor said excitedly, feeling that everything was settled.
"Regarding the selection of personnel, can I choose?" Bai Ye asked.
"Personnel? How many people do you want to send to space?"
"No, just replace a few people." Bai Ye pointed at Victor and said, "You and Ben Grimm, you two don't have to go."
"Ah!" The faces of those present immediately showed surprise; they hadn't expected Bai Ye to interfere with the personnel selection.
Originally, Reed's departure had left them with four people going up. Now two more were being removed.
But only Bai Ye knew that Ben would become the Thing and lose his wife after going up, and Victor would become Doctor Doom because of this event. So, out of a desire to do good, it was better not to go up in the first place.
'I get it.' Just as the others were stunned, Kingpin and Victor suddenly understood.
With Bai Ye's selection, only Susan and her younger brother were left. The meaning was simply too obvious.
Kingpin subconsciously glanced at Bai Ye. He was in his youth, at the age of 18, so it was perfectly normal to be attracted to beautiful women.
He had been so busy currying favor that he forgot Bai Ye was also a young man and might fall for a beauty trap. He would make amends later.
Victor was now caught in a fierce internal struggle. He knew Susan was his long-sought fiancée. How could he easily give her up to someone else, even if Bai Ye was rich? He couldn't…
"Right, since I'm joining this project, I'll invest a bit too. Let's start with three billion as a test run. You have full control over these funds, and we'll add more later if needed," Bai Ye said casually, the number he mentioned being three times the total investment of the entire project.
"Of course, no problem. I hope you enjoy your time at the space station," Victor agreed immediately, happy to hear about the extra money, and excitedly shook Bai Ye's hand.
The knowing look on the other's face made Bai Ye pause, wondering if he had misunderstood something.
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