Seeing Pepper's angry face, Stark shrugged indifferently.
Such matters should be left to subordinates; he didn't spend so much money for them to slack off.
"I've always said to let the subordinates handle it. It's impossible for anyone to make a mistake with something like this."
Stark seemed a bit helpless with Pepper's stubbornness.
Any boss would appreciate such dedication to work, but it's really not something a CEO and President should be doing.
Sitting in an armchair approving documents, occasionally sipping coffee—that's what they should be doing.
Now, the entire order of Stark Industries was almost inverted.
Middle management was all sitting in offices approving documents, while as the highest-level manager...
He was actually dragged here by his assistant, the CEO of Stark Industries, to supervise an engineering project.
Hearing Stark's words, Pepper felt a bit embarrassed.
She knew her behavior was a bit excessive; such matters could indeed be handed over to subordinates.
It was just that she was really nervous about whether this Technology Expo could be successfully held.
After all, Stark Industries had transformed into a new energy industry. If it couldn't gain a leading position in this field...
Stark Industries' business would shrink significantly, which put immense pressure on her, a newly appointed CEO.
Although he acted nonchalant, Stark also knew the pressure Pepper was under.
"Let's go out for a walk and relax. It's not good to always be so tense."
Seeing Stark's concern, Pepper felt a warmth in her heart and smiled as she refused him.
She didn't have Stark's big heart; she had to see this project through to completion.
Seeing Pepper decline his invitation, Stark spread his hands to Andy, shrugging helplessly.
He knew Pepper's stubbornness; if he didn't let her do this, she probably wouldn't feel at ease.
Shaking his head, he and Andy left the construction site. Then he became curious about Andy's arrival.
"By the way, why are you here?"
The Technology Expo hadn't officially opened yet, so why was Andy here?
Handing over the promotional poster he got in the park, Andy pointed at the black Iron Man Suit on it.
"I wanted to see Hammer's Iron Man Suit army. They look much more imposing than your Iron Man Suit."
Glancing at the arrogant Justin Hammer on the poster, Stark said disdainfully, "What technology could that guy possibly have? Who knows where he got that Iron Man Suit from."
Stark held strong contempt for Hammer, a guy who could only profit by plagiarizing his own products.
Not only did he lack innovation himself, but even his research staff were the same.
Most of the time, they would modify Stark's weapons, adding or subtracting some functions based on the original design.
However, the general idea was still to copy the design of Stark Industries' weapons, thereby also disrupting the weapon's original design structure.
This affected the weapon's effectiveness, and many times, Hammer Industries' weapons would misfire.
Because his weapons had certain flaws, their prices were relatively lower. Therefore, most of Hammer's weapons could only be sold to forces with short funding chains.
While these forces eliminated many enemies, they also suffered heavy losses, and many people died due to problems with Hammer Industries' weapons.
Now that Stark Industries had withdrawn from the Military industry, Hammer acquired some weapon research experts who had left Stark Industries.
Only then could the poorly reputed Hammer Industries develop vigorously, becoming a second Stark Industries.
However, for a guy who knew nothing about technology to obtain these Iron Man Suits, which were completely different from Stark's style...
This made Stark somewhat admire him; that guy's luck was really off the charts.
"It seems you already know the origin of those Iron Man Suits. Can you tell me?"
Although he despised Hammer, he was also very interested in the Iron Man Suit on the promotional poster.
Manufacturing an Iron Man Suit requires a lot of technology; otherwise, the Military wouldn't have been unable to produce such equipment until now.
But a guy who hadn't even mastered the technology actually came up with an Iron Man Suit similar to his own.
Now, Andy's equipment didn't even need to be displayed; Hammer alone could divert the attention of all parties who had been closely watching him.
Thinking of this, Stark felt a tiny bit of goodwill towards Hammer.
This guy was simply his savior.
No matter what Hammer's purpose was, at least for now, Stark was very grateful to him.
Seeing Stark's strong curiosity, Andy didn't plan to tease him.
"Remember Ivan? I recall you saying he was bailed out.
I think this should be his masterpiece, after all, up to now, only the two of you have similar reactors."
Hearing the name Ivan, Stark paused.
He didn't expect the guy who bailed him out to be Hammer. It seemed Hammer was coming for him.
However, Stark wasn't worried about Hammer. In comparison, he was more concerned about Ivan's actions.
Being able to build these Iron Man Suits meant he could build even more powerful Iron Man Suits.
Judging by Ivan's previous attack on him, this time Ivan would become even stronger.
Thinking of this, Stark's expression became solemn.
He had to build even more powerful equipment to deal with Ivan's unknown Iron Man Suit.
Thinking of this, Stark looked a bit serious.
"Come with me to the lab. I don't quite understand a few energy circuits of the Amplification Crystal."
To make his Iron Man Suit stronger, he had to master the energy circuits of the Amplification Crystal.
Only by mastering the energy circuits could he continuously improve his own strength.
Even though he knew that even if he developed his own Amplification Crystal, it still wouldn't compare to those made by Andy.
But he could rely on his own research to continuously strengthen his equipment, instead of having strict limitations on equipment like Andy.
Seeing that Stark had made some progress with the Amplification Crystal, Andy was a bit surprised.
The research on Amplification Crystal was still very difficult; otherwise, Norman wouldn't have been unable to figure out its operating mechanism until now.
And how long had Stark had the Amplification Crystal? He had already researched the Amplification Crystal's energy circuits.
"Ha~ Your progress is quite fast!"
After complimenting Stark, the two drove to Stark's laboratory.
An Amplification Crystal was placed on the experimental bench by Stark, and a red laser occasionally shone on the Amplification Crystal.
Each time it was irradiated by the laser, a large number of red patterns would appear on the Amplification Crystal.
And in the virtual projection on the other side, the Amplification Crystal's patterns were replicated.
Only a few energy circuits were not replicated.
And those energy circuits were the most core part of the Amplification Crystal.
Only by mastering these energy circuits could the Amplification Crystal be manufactured.
Pointing to the few energy circuits in the projection, Stark asked, "Can you explain what the effects of these energy circuits are?"
Looking at those energy circuits, Andy smiled and said, "They are very easy to understand. The effects of these energy circuits are reinforcement and amplification.
Each energy circuit that lights up will make the Amplification Crystal stronger, and those smaller patterns are the most basic reinforcement attributes."
Saying that, Andy pointed to the energy circuits in the projection, "You see, there are a total of ten energy circuits here, which means it can be reinforced ten times.
So this Hornet Sting's amplification will go from a basic 20% to 220% amplification reinforcement at max level."
Under Andy's explanation, Stark understood the effects of these energy circuits.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Andy continue.
"These energy circuits need to be fixed onto the crystal. After reinforcement, they must be permanently integrated into the Amplification Crystal.
So you don't need to delve too much into these things, unless you master energy fixing technology, these energy circuits cannot be activated."
Stark nodded; he understood Andy's meaning.
He would find a way to research these energy circuits.
And what he had to do now was to replicate the Hornet Sting's patterns and start the highest precision photolithography machine in the current World.
Stark planned to use these patterns to create a chip; he wanted to see if his idea was correct.
Watching Stark's actions, Andy knew Stark would definitely succeed.
Because Andy himself had manufactured a large number of chip-version Amplification Crystals, it was just that these chips' amplification effect on equipment was too weak.
This led Andy to abandon using chip technology to replicate all the Amplification Crystals.
After all, these chips could not be reinforced, and even the chips' own attributes were the same as the basic attributes of flawed crystals.
The amplification effect on equipment was really limited, and all of them were equipped on Orokin Technology's defensive weapons by Andy.
No matter what, since they had already been manufactured, it would be a shame to simply store them away.
Equipping them on weapons, while not providing a large amplification, was at least much better than no amplification at all.
After Stark loaded a large amount of data, the photolithography machine began to etch the silicon crystal chip.
Because he had a certain expected judgment on the effect of this degraded chip-version crystal.
Stark used the photolithography machine to etch the chip multiple times, until the entire silicon crystal chip was filled.
Picking up the chip with tweezers, Stark equipped it into the thermal laser emitter he designed.
Due to not knowing the chip's amplification effect on the thermal laser, Stark did not personally conduct the experiment, but instead let the laboratory's robotic arm operate it.
"Jarvis, activate the thermal laser emitter in three seconds."
Standing behind the blast door with Andy, Stark gave the command to Jarvis.
As the countdown ended, the red thermal laser was emitted.
The thermal laser's attack effect barely improved, just as Stark was feeling a bit disappointed.
"Hmm? What's going on?"
Andy's questioning made him look at the laser. The original pinky-finger-thick thermal laser began to thicken.
The special steel plate irradiated by the thermal laser began to be gradually burned through.
Seeing this scene, Stark smiled.
It turned out he hadn't failed; it was just that under his combination, the Hornet Sting's patterns had undergone a certain change.
It was no longer instant amplification, but a long-term amplification reinforcement.
The longer the thermal laser lasted, the stronger its amplification effect became.
Just as he was about to open the blast door, the thermal laser emitter exploded.
The laboratory's fire suppression measures instantly activated, eliminating all potential hazards from the explosion.
After seeing the laboratory return to calm, Stark and Andy cautiously walked into the laboratory.
The previous explosion was quite powerful; it seemed Stark's chip-version Amplification Crystal had been successful.
Picking up the fragments of the thermal laser emitter from the ground, the two laughed helplessly.
The reason for the explosion was the material of the thermal laser emitter itself.
It was just ordinary metal and could not withstand the gradually strengthening thermal laser for a long time.
It gradually melted under high temperatures, its overall shape deformed, and finally, it exploded.
"It seems I need to find some advanced materials for manufacturing, otherwise, I'll be the one in trouble."
Stark was very excited. Although the chip did not achieve the Amplification Crystal's effect.
But this situation actually gave him a good way to strengthen himself.
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