Ignoring Felicia's panic, Victor finalized the matter.
"Don't put too much effort into it. For daily operations, we have the CEO. Your job is to monitor the company's business status. My requirements aren't high; just don't go bankrupt and leave me without games to play."
Despite the low requirements, Felicia was still a bit flustered.
Victor paid her no mind. Working for a hands-off boss like him naturally meant the capable would do more.
Setting aside most of the miscellaneous tasks, all that remained were calls from Norman and Tony.
Norman could be ignored; it was nothing more than him excitedly pledging loyalty after the completion of the 'A-Virus Strengthening Fluid' experiment.
Tony, on the other hand, needed a callback.
Just as he was about to tell Felicia to get busy, Victor suddenly thought of something and instructed:
"Oh, right. After the Parkers' accident, Oscorp didn't seem to show much concern. Find a way to send them on a trip. The expenses for food, lodging, and travel will be deducted from my account.
Also, help me get blood samples from Peter Parker and May Parker."
Felicia left with a look of renewed vigor.
Suddenly being given such an important role, she felt full of drive!
Victor drank a few sips of tea before having Alice dial Tony's number.
The number rang a few times before being answered.
"Hey, it's already 7:14. Do you usually wake up this late?" Tony greeted in his typical fashion.
"Is there something you need? I'm very busy. I'm almost level 30, and then I'm going to play ranked games with Wanda." Victor retorted casually.
It hit Tony right where it hurt.
Vaguely, Victor even heard the familiar "First Blood" announcement.
Could Tony on the other end be playing League of Legends?
While he was thinking, Tony's perfunctory voice came through: "Your cell test results are in. Besides having a strong attraction to light energy and being able to store it, there's nothing special about your cells compared to an ordinary person's.
You spend all day sunbathing at home; could you really be like Superman, able to absorb solar energy to strengthen yourself?"
This wasn't a secret, so Victor admitted it directly.
"Is that so? I bet you don't know that your cells are most active with the yellow spectrum. Do you know what that means?" Tony said.
Victor blinked, unsure what Tony was trying to convey.
Before he could ask.
Vaguely, "Double Kill" and the sound of a mouse being slammed came through again.
Tony's breathing was noticeably heavier, and then his voice on the other end became much louder.
"With your pitiful brain capacity, you definitely can't figure out what's going on.
Since your cells are most active with the yellow spectrum, have you tried simply lying in a tanning bed? The light intensity can be freely adjusted, and it can be used 24 hours a day.
You don't need to lie on the beach every day, enduring the sea breeze!
And...
Didn't you learn about converging light with a convex lens in elementary school? Like using a magnifying glass to light paper. Build a large one, then lie at the focal point. That could increase your charging efficiency by at least five times, assuming you can absorb it that quickly."
A single sentence awakened him from his dream.
Victor was stunned on the spot!
Damn, he had never even thought of these things!
And from Tony's analysis, both methods seemed to have great potential!!
As Victor excitedly prepared to experiment, Tony on the other end called out to him.
"Hey, I gave you such a great suggestion. No matter what, you have to 'repay' me, right?" Tony said, sounding dissatisfied.
"No problem, tell me, what do you want? Body-enhancing serum? Or special metals? Or information?" Victor was unusually generous.
As long as it could shorten his charging time, Tony had been a huge help this time.
He wouldn't be stingy with the appropriate reward.
Unexpectedly...
After a slight hesitation, Tony on the other end made a request that greatly surprised Victor.
"Uh... don't you have a lot of skins in your game? I saw that they weren't on sale yet, so... uh... I think that would be a good reward!"
Victor: [>.<]
What the hell?
Tony Stark, the great Tony Stark, asking for super soldier serum, Vibranium, or some secret intelligence, Victor could accept.
Now he wants a League of Legends champion skin?
Although it was a full set of skins, the game had just been released, and there were only 30 champions in total. How many skins could that add up to?
Accepting this "reward" with a wry smile, Victor said, "It just so happens that today I decided to open skin sales. If you want them, I'll give you a full set of skins..."
"What? They're going on sale?" Tony's voice rose a few octaves: "Then change it. My 'Iron Man' only has one default skin, which doesn't suit my style at all. Later, I'll send you a few cool designs, concept art for future Mk series models. You can turn them into skins and put them on sale."
The tsundere Tony indicated that anything that could be solved with money was not a problem.
He immediately changed his request to custom skins.
What could Victor say?
"Alright, have Pepper send them to Hardy. She's handling the company's affairs."
As he spoke, the "Quadra Kill" announcement could vaguely be heard again.
Tony also quickly hung up the phone.
Victor rubbed his temples helplessly.
Wanda was fine, but Tony also seemed to be addicted to League of Legends. Would he really get hooked later and abandon his responsibility to save the world?
After all...
The reluctance of shut-ins to go out was truly unimaginable to ordinary people.
Thinking this in his head...
Victor had no way to correct it and could only wait and see.
If they really got addicted, he would just ban their accounts. Tony couldn't do anything to him anyway; in terms of glibness, combat power, and AI, he was at a disadvantage.
He should hurry and try Tony's suggestions.
The creation of the extra-large convex lens, he would instruct Alice to complete. Just place an order with the corresponding glass company; it was merely a matter of spending some money.
However, for the tanning bed machine, Alice searched, but in a big city like New York, there were no selling points!
Tanning beds were a Nordic invention. Because of the unfavorable geographical location of the Nordic countries, although the daylight hours were long, sunbathing with UV rays was extremely precious, so this invention came about.
But in New York, sunlight was abundant. If you wanted to sunbathe, you could just lie on any beach and even go for a swim.
Tanning beds simply had no room to survive!
On the other hand, the business of selling parasols was booming.
But this didn't stump him.
Although the vast Oscorp Industries had already fallen apart and mainly focused on bio-genetic engineering, there were many talented people in the Oscorp Tower. Manufacturing a tanning bed would be effortless.
For such a small matter, there was no need to bother Norman. He would just have Alice post a task internally at Oscorp Tower, and someone would naturally make a tanning bed and deliver it to him.
During this time...
The daytime sunlight couldn't be wasted. He would leisurely lie by his pool, basking in the buffs from his "sun daddy," and quickly digest the Tai Chi in his mind.
After digesting it, he could go out and "act as a hero" to experience what it felt like to be a superhero, and also familiarize himself with the use of Tai Chi.
Perfect plan!