Although Rand Corporation is not as famous as Stark Industries, nor does it have tentacles reaching into various fields like Roxxon Oil Company, it is also a large enterprise with a market value of tens of billions.
The son of the founder Wendell Rand is the famous Iron Fist Danny Rand.
In the comics, Danny Rand inherited his parents' legacy—half of Rand Corporation's shares, giving him a net worth of at least five billion U.S. dollars, making him the 'Tony Stark' among the Defenders.
He owns many high-rise real estate buildings in Manhattan and is also a small financier.
Speaking of being rich.
The White Queen in the comics can be considered Marvel's richest woman, her wealth second only to Black Panther, Namor, Black Bolt, Dr. Doom, Iron Man, Kingpin, and Mister Fantastic.
Her net worth of up to 11 billion is not because she can turn into diamond, but because her family, the Frost family, is a World Top 500 enterprise.
At the same time, she is one of the Bosses of the Hellfire Club, CEO of the Frost Group, and principal of the Mutant preparatory school.
After outliving her parents and defeating her sisters, White Queen successfully inherited the entire family business, often moving among the World's business elites, using Mind Control to obtain important business secrets.
After Professor X died, she became one of the X-Men's biggest financiers.
"Me, is there anything wrong with me?"
White Queen noticed that as Samuel was speaking, his eyes looked at her playfully, which made her subconsciously lower her head and examine herself.
Samuel shook his head and continued: "The Rand family's plane crash was carefully planned by Harold because Wendell discovered his improper business dealings with The Hand."
What goes around comes around.
Harold got cancer and would die soon.
The Hand has secret arts that can resurrect people. He was resurrected but was also controlled by The Hand. Rand Corporation became The Hand's, or more accurately, Madame Gao's, one of The Hand's Five Fingers, white glove.
It wasn't until Danny returned from Kunlun with perfected skills, as Iron Fist, that he defeated Madame Gao and reclaimed Rand Corporation.
"The real target is The Hand then—" Dottie Underwood frowned slightly.
Madripoor indeed has The Hand's influence. According to her investigation, The Hand's main business is making and selling laundry detergent, but it also involves smuggling, human trafficking, and other illicit businesses.
"I don't have much information about The Hand. Eliminating them might take longer."
Eliminate The Hand?
"Eliminating The Hand is not that easy. The Hand has five fingers, which are five leaders. The one cooperating with Harold is Madame Gao, one of the Five Fingers. She has lived for at least 400 years and possesses energy called 'Chi'."
"Furthermore, they can resurrect."
"Those trash just now weren't even official members of The Hand. The Hand's main force is ninjas."
"Resurrection? That kind of true resurrection from death?"
Dottie Underwood and White Queen had shocked expressions.
You living longer and having stronger abilities, we can accept that, but isn't resurrection a bit exaggerated?
They originally thought this World was relatively 'ordinary', but they didn't expect that someone could even achieve something as heaven-defying as resurrection.
"It's just resurrection, not as difficult to deal with as you think. It's much easier to kill than Mutants with Self-healing abilities or Black King Shaw. As long as their heads are cut off, they cannot resurrect."
"Their individual strength is just average. If it really comes to a fight, besides Madame Gao, two or three Winter Soldiers are enough for the other Five Fingers."
"Killing the Five Fingers is not difficult, the difficulty is eliminating the entire Hand."
Saying this is not biased.
Street heroes like the Defenders can defeat the Five Fingers, so Dottie Underwood and the Winter Soldiers, these Super Soldiers, naturally can too. In terms of intelligence and assassination, they are much more professional than the Defenders.
Moreover, there is White Queen, a top-notch Mind Manipulation Ability user.
Killing the Five Fingers is not difficult!
The difficulty is completely eliminating The Hand.
The Hand, which has operated in the shadows for many years, has countless secret members, like weeds that cannot be burned away by wildfires and grow again with the spring breeze!
But, how can one allow others to snore beside their bed?
Since they've clashed, there's no reason to back down. Whether to eliminate The Hand or not is another matter, but at the very least, their influence must be driven out of Madripoor.
Madripoor can only have one voice, and that is my voice.
Do you think Samuel said this as a joke?
Even without the conflict just now, or the previous conflict, war would still break out. The only difference is whether the war starts sooner or later.
"Emma, have the Winter Soldiers control the Rand Corporation ship. Without my order, even if the pier is gone, the ship must stay here!"
"Yes."
White Queen's expression turned serious, and she immediately used Mind Manipulation Ability to contact the Winter Soldiers who were dealing with the bodies.
"Do you know where The Hand's territory is?"
Samuel looked at Dottie Underwood, who said seriously: "Currently, I can only confirm that The Hand's influence is here. The specific location and detailed situation need to be investigated. Give me half an hour, no, fifteen minutes, and I can get accurate information!"
"Okay."
Not retaliating after being attacked at your doorstep is clearly telling other forces that they are easy to bully!
If a person isn't ruthless, they can't stand firm.
To stand firm in a lawless and chaotic place like Madripoor, you have to be ruthless.
How many timid people are there mixing here?
Win big, lose and remake!
The least lacking are those who risk their lives for a chance.
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