American manga: start to investigate Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s tax issues

Meanwhile, the airport.

"Your eyes are red, are you worried about your boss?" Tony said to Pepper pretending to be relaxed.

"At least now I don't need to find a new job." Pepper straightened her expression and answered him with a smile, "Also, it's not certain who calls whom the boss."

"Ha, what a bold idea. Fortunately, your boss is me, otherwise you would have been fired by now." Tony was a little surprised.

"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, is he?" Pepper laughed.

"That's right. I wish you success." Tony nodded, looked at Ethan beside him, and introduced, "This is Dr. Ethan. Without him, I would have died long ago. Ethan, this is Pepper.

Miss Pepper Potts, my personal assistant and business director of Stark Industries... without her, I would probably be dead a long time ago."

"I'm pretty sure this is true." Pepper extended her hand to Ethan, "Thank you very much, Dr. Ethan."

"It takes a little effort..." Ethan said.

"Okay, I think it's time to get in the car instead of blowing the wind here..." Tony walked towards the private driver who had been waiting for a long time, "Happy, long time no see!"

"Maybe I have succeeded, and I was forced..." Pepper looked at Tony's back and thought to herself.

But she didn't tell Tony immediately, because during this forced process, she discovered something that was very likely to be true, and had even been basically confirmed by her, but it would cause great harm to Tony.

She hasn't figured out yet how she should explain this to Tony.

"Let's go to the hospital first." Pepper said after a few people got in the car.

"No." Tony shook his head decisively.

"Tony, you need to check your body now..."

"No, I stayed in that damn place for so long. I already had a physical examination when I returned to the air force base. Now I don't want to see a doctor wandering around in front of me and sighing that you can survive.

What a miracle...

Sorry, I am not talking about you, Ethan, except you, your medical skills are very superb."

As Tony was talking, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have hit Ethan in the co-pilot with a map shot. Explain.

Ethan smiled calmly and didn't care.

"Okay, what do you want to do now?" Pepper asked.

"Now, first, bring me a cheeseburger, and then, second..." Tony looked at Pepper.

"Can't you calm down for a while?" Pepper looked at him and sighed silently.

"You misunderstood, I'm going to hold a press conference." Tony said.

"Press conference?" Pepper frowned.

She thought Tony was looking for a model or something.

"Yes, there is something very important that needs to be announced." Tony nodded.

"You held a press conference at such a late hour..."

"Please, I'm Tony Stark. Whenever I hold a press conference, the reporters will want to come back no matter how far away they are, right?" Tony was full of confidence.

"That's true." Pepper nodded, with a thought in his mind, he thought of a way, "But there are still some things I have to remind you, my boss.

At present, because the news of your disappearance has been spread, the company's stock price has dropped unprecedentedly, and as soon as you show up...should you consider taking back more shares first?"

"No need, the stock price will still fall." Tony shook his head.

"What? How come...what are you going to do?" Pepper subconsciously wanted to object at first, then immediately reacted and asked.

"Eat a cheeseburger and then hold a press conference." Tony said, pretending to be relaxed.

"You know that's not what I'm talking about." Pepper stared at him.

"Okay..." Tony knew that he couldn't hide it from her, not to mention that this was something he had made up his mind to do, so he said, "I have decided to close the weapons department of Stark Industries."

After finishing speaking, Tony shrank back slightly, almost subconsciously, waiting for the stormy "greeting" that was about to come from Pepper.

However, he waited for a while, but there was no response.

Pepper still just looked at him calmly.

"Hey, why don't you... tell me something?" Tony waved his hand in front of her, "I admit it's scary when you act like this. Please, give me a reaction."

"I never found out that you actually had this kind of hobby. It seems that going out has given you something I didn't know about." Pepper said.

"Don't pretend that you know me very well...well, you do know me very well." Tony breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I thought you would give me a harsh beating."

He wasn't worried about Pepper talking about him, after all, Pepper had done this a lot in the past few years.

What he was most worried about was that Pepper suddenly stopped talking about him, which made him feel flustered.

It's like something essential is suddenly missing from life.

"Although I don't know why you made this decision, after all, I am just a part-time worker. As the boss, you are the one who makes the decision," Pepper said, "but I have a suggestion, otherwise you

Add some ingredients?"

"What?" Tony asked.

"Previously, Commissioner Lin Yu came to me and said that he wanted to investigate Stark Industries' tax issues, and then he needed to find your location." Pepper said.

She stopped talking about what happened next, because wasn't Tony standing here alive now?

"Well...actually I could have escaped without him. Well, I do have to thank him for this," Tony was accustomed to being tough, but after seeing Pepper's eyes, he changed his tune, "But this and I will wait for a while.

What does it matter what you’re going to say at the press conference?”

"Anyway, after you finish talking about shutting down Stark Industries' weapons department, Stark Industries' stock price will definitely fall off a cliff. Why not let the news out that Stark Industries is about to face an IRS investigation due to tax issues.

"

Pepper said: "Let's just say that because the IRS discovered that Stark Industries was suspected of not paying taxes on weapons transactions, it was preparing to open a case for investigation."

"...The stock price of Stark Industries is probably going to drop to the price of cabbage." Tony thought for a while and said.

"It's not bad, but it doesn't matter. It was going to fall anyway." Pepper nodded, "This will be more conducive to the collection of equity."

Tony looked at her deeply.

"Pepper, tell me...did you discover anything?"

After hesitating for a long time, Tony asked.

"...I did discover something, but I didn't get complete and conclusive evidence." Pepper was silent for a while, understanding that Tony had probably noticed something, and said.

"Perhaps... this can make him look more decent."

"..." Tony breathed a long sigh of relief and leaned back.

Although the two people did not mention each other by name at all, they were actually the same.

"Tony, this is the best..." Pepper wanted to persuade.

"Wait." Tony raised his hand to interrupt her.

"Let me... think about it."

His whole body shrank, as if he felt some coldness and wanted to curl up like a baby.

Underneath his proud and confident appearance, he actually has a fragile heart.

But this time, someone completely hurt it.

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