Marvel Little Genius

"Haha, no problem! I'll be relieved if you help me. After all, you are the best at creating miracles." Tony finally smiled again at this time, obviously having overcome this difficulty mentally.

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"This is the first time I've heard you praise me face to face. How can you be so kind even when you're about to die?" Seeing that Tony had adjusted his attitude, Mark also joked boldly.

"Don't worry, brat, your name won't be written in my will!" Tony countered.

"It doesn't matter, it's all just pennies to me, hahaha!" Mark said with a proud smile. Judging from the company's revenue, his net worth will completely surpass Tony's before long, and he will even ascend to the throne of the richest man in the world. .

"Okay, no more joking. I asked you to come to my place today. In addition to telling you this matter, the most important thing is that you only briefly experienced the function of the virtual laboratory last night, and the repair program of the hibernation cabin was not complete. Completed, so you'd better do a thorough body repair before going back. Although there is no way to help you dissolve and expel the shrapnel in your chest, it can repair the hidden wounds you left in Afghanistan and remove the remaining palladium elements. clean."

Tony nodded, "Come on, let's get started."

Tony went directly into the nutritional hibernation chamber to start body repair.

Outside the cabin, Mark gave an order to Dabai: "Dabai, my private production room has suspended the production of micro-magnetic robots and is fully engaged in the production of nutritional sleep chambers and nutrient solutions. I need a finished product that will appear in St. Mary's Port in Marbury tomorrow." In Tucker Manor.”

"Copy that, Master!" 3.

Chapter 69

Time has come to February 2011. New York, which has just experienced the crowded and bustling Chinese New Year cultural promotion parade, is ushering in another event that attracts worldwide attention. The flagship product of the new season of the Mark Research Center will be in the NBA. Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Knicks, held its launch event.

Judging from the previous publicity of the Mark Scientific Research Center marketing team, it directly shows that this is a revolutionary product that may set off changes in multiple industries. Although its true identity has been kept strictly confidential by all employees of Mark Scientific Research Company, based on the trends and progress led by the previously released personal health assistant "687", the new product has still attracted high attention.

In the past month or so, Mark has used the acceleration function of the virtual laboratory to not only complete the construction and testing of two money-attracting platforms with an efficiency that surprised the entire company's employees, but also completed the planning of the game "Sword Art Online". The script and the entire world structure were completed by one person.

The simple-to-operate and easy-to-use development platform also allowed the newly established game design department to quickly get into work. Based on what Mark built, the entire team completed the content production of this game in just one week.

In order to ensure the confidentiality of the company's new products, the game was only tested internally within the company, but two testers, Pepper and Tony, were also added.

The test results were a great success, and even people like Tony who had seen the world were full of praise for the design and scenery in the game. As for some minor bugs that have not yet been discovered, they can only be patched after the release. And based on the charm of "Sword Art Online", the first virtual reality game, everyone believes that even if there are some small flaws, it cannot cover up its brilliance.

And tonight, it will be the moment when it blooms its own light.

On the other side, Tony has been trying to find elements that can replace palladium in the Ark reactor since he went back last time. Unfortunately, they all failed in the end. Jarvis told him that if there was such a substitute, either Unknown elements that have not been discovered are either man-made elements. So Tony is now moving towards creating new elements. Although he has not gained anything yet, with the help of the repair function of the nutritional dormancy cabin, he is healthy, eats deliciously, and has no psychological problems.

After Mark completed the company's affairs, he handed over the planning of a game called "Attack on Titan" to the game design department, and then turned to study whether there was a feasible way to help Tony remove the shrapnel from his chest.

After all, the company doesn’t have to worry about the products for the next quarter. It just needs to simply upgrade the virtual reality host, turn one generation into a second generation, and follow the money-making path of the predecessors. When will this road stop? When it moves, it's time for Mark to take action again.

After trying dozens of ideas in the virtual laboratory, Mark found that there was no way to increase the success rate to more than 95%. Such a success rate obviously could not persuade Tony to take the risk.

During the endless experiments, Mark found that he finally reached the dead end again - Pym particles. As long as he can successfully prepare the Pym Particles and complete his black technology that combines super soldier serum + micro robot + Pym Particles, he can 100% solve Tony's problems. . . . ..

"It seems that I still have to continue researching Pym particles, but that's fine. Once the technology of Pym particles is restored successfully, then several projects on my hand can be promoted at the same time. It can be regarded as indirectly saving me time, but I hope the research process can go smoothly and not get stuck again.”

However, before arriving at Madison Square Garden, the venue for today's press conference, Mark, who had just come out of the virtual laboratory, had made no progress in restoring Pym particle technology and still maintained the same level as before the advent of the hibernation capsule, making no progress at all. , it seems that it is impossible to solve this problem quickly.

When the time came to 19:00 pm New York time, all the audience had already entered the press conference. The lights suddenly dimmed, and a picture appeared on the giant display in the middle of the stage. It was a place with a beautiful environment like a fairyland. And located in this wonderland, there is also a face that is very familiar to everyone present - Mark Stark.

"Dear guests, gentlemen and ladies, good evening. Please forgive me for appearing in such a special way and talking to you through the screen, but please be patient and continue reading. I believe I will bring you a surprise.

Now I announce that the spring new product launch conference of the Mark Research Center will now officially begin. Tonight I will lead the audience to experience a strange world that is completely beyond your imagination, and what follows is the moment to witness the miracle..."

Mark shamelessly plagiarized a classic line from the famous magician Liu Qian in his previous life, but this sentence is indeed very appropriate for tonight's occasion. A miracle is about to happen. .

Chapter 70

"The environment I am in now has such beautiful scenery. Lush vegetation, sparkling lakes, and colorful flower fields cover the entire land like a carpet. Are you viewers curious about where I am?" Across the screen, Mark turned to look at the audience at the press conference, as if he was actually asking questions face to face.

"Yes!!!" Sure enough, after Mark asked this question, the audience who had already been fascinated by the scenery of this place burst into enthusiastic responses.

"Haha, I knew everyone would want to know. It's not in vain that I repeatedly selected among the hundred floors and finally selected such a picturesque place."

After hearing Mark's words, many viewers began to wonder about "687". What does this place have to do with tonight's new product launch conference? And was the [one hundred layers] that Mark just blurted out a slip of the tongue or was there an unknown truth hidden in it? No matter what, Mark's marketing strategy for this conference has been successful. He has completely whetted the appetite of the audience at the scene and watching the broadcast.

"The place I am in now is called Aincrad, and the scene you see is the lake on the outskirts of Cora Road on the 22nd floor of Aincrad. Everyone must be familiar with this. I started to get curious, why have I never heard of such a place, and what does the twenty-second floor mean? Don’t worry, just follow me and continue exploring."

After saying that, a dark blue square crystal appeared in Mark's hand. In a flash of light, Mark disappeared. Then the screen changed and Mark appeared in another place.

Wow——!

Seeing Mark on the screen suddenly disappear and reappear in another place, the entire audience was in an uproar, shocked by this sudden scene.

"Is the Mark Research Center planning to use space transmission technology as a new season product? If so, it is indeed enough to make waves in multiple industries." said a self-media YouTuber in the technology circle.

A media reporter next to him also said: "If it weren't for the editing and special effects, please tell me the price and let me give up! I don't believe the price can be cheap when space teleportation technology is put into civilian use."

Among the many viewers at the scene and watching the broadcast, although some felt that this must be a special effect and that Mark could not have made a space teleportation device, most of them were conquered by the personal health assistant product and became loyal fans of Mark's products. At this time, all the readers have already determined that the new product to be launched by the Mark Research Center tonight is this crystal that can realize space transmission.

"Oh! I heard the exclamation of the audience. Didn't everyone think that the cloister crystal in my hand was the product to be released tonight?

Then you are totally wrong, it is not the protagonist tonight. But if you want this thing, I guarantee there will be sufficient supply after the real product is released.

Trust me, you should be able to afford it with a little effort. "

Taking advantage of the information asymmetry with the audience, Mark shows off his bad taste crazily, but the promises he made are indeed true and effective. Even if you find out afterwards that you have been tricked, there is nothing you can do against him.

"The place I am coming to now is outside the starting town of the first level of Aincrad. If you explain that you are here, don't blame me for not reminding you. You must remember to take your weapons, otherwise there will be Life-threatening——"

As he spoke, Mark once again took out an iron long sword from somewhere. When the screen turned, he saw a wild boar with a strong body, about the size of a tiger, sprinting in the direction of Mark and hitting him. come over.

hiss--!

Seeing this scene, everyone at the scene gasped and sweated over Mark's situation.

However, Mark reacted very quickly. Before the wild boar could get close, he directly lifted the wild boar into the air. Then he followed up with another chop, and the wild boar was already He was knocked to the ground without the ability to fight back, dying.

"This wild boar is too weak. Should it be said that it is a leveling monster in the novice area? It is really useless! Also, I would like to remind everyone again that only cold weapons are allowed to be used in Aincrad. It is 100% gun-free."

After Mark calmly dealt with the wild boar, he gave a warm tip to the audience on the other side of the screen.

In fact, even though Mark's movements just now were so smooth and unrestrained, he beat the wild boar monster without any power to fight back. When he first came here to actually fight against wild boar monsters, he was killed instantly by the wild boars every time.

So out of anger, he paid tribute to the strongest [Knights of the Blood] guild leader - Heathcliff/Kayaba Akihiko, and Mark used his highest authority as a game developer to activate accelerator for himself.

Sure enough, it was fun to cheat for a while, and it was always fun to cheat. From then on, wild boar collisions were no longer taken seriously by Mark.

“So now that the general display of the new products to be released tonight is almost complete, it’s time to reveal the true face of 0.3 to everyone.

But before that, is there any clever audience member who has revealed our new spring products? If the answer is correct, then we will send you the new product luxury package at this conference for free and install it at your door! "

Suddenly, the atmosphere at the scene became lively. Audiences in the audience, whether they had guessed the answer or not, raised their hands enthusiastically, hoping to get the opportunity to answer this time. It can be seen that people have a good impression of the Mark Research Center. How positive, a new product that has not yet been revealed has already caused everyone to scramble for it.

"Then, please ask the dark-haired beauty in the sixth row in the third row to get up and answer -".

Chapter 71

"I think your company may have invented a new visual effects technology. Although the picture just now looks like it is real, it is actually a virtual scene created by you using this new special effects technology." The lady who lit up expressed her guess.

"Well, that's a great idea. Although I didn't get the answer right, your answer gave us a new direction, applying this new technology to film and television art. This is indeed a good way to make money!

So although you didn't tell me the correct answer, I decided to give you the family photo of the new product released tonight.

Does anyone in the audience have any other thoughts? Even if you don't get the answer right, if I think your idea is very good, you might still have a chance to win a prize! "As he spoke, Mark glanced towards the audience seats.

"Let a man answer this time, Mr. Black Suit, fifth in the first row." The audience was very enthusiastic, and Mark once again selected a lucky person.

"Oh, I'm so lucky tonight. I think the new product on 09 tonight is likely to be a civilian space compression technology, because when you demonstrated it just now, you used props and slashes that can carry out space teleportation. The iron sword for killing wild boar, these things all appeared out of thin air, and I didn’t see you carrying it with you originally, so I infer that the new product may be a space prop similar to Doraemon’s four-dimensional pocket.”

"Well...this gentleman's imagination really makes me ashamed! But unfortunately, your answer is very different. Now that the press conference is underway, I believe everyone is already very curious. Now, I won’t tell you what the new product of our Mark Research Center is. I will officially introduce to you our company’s flagship product in the spring of 2011 - NERvGear, the world’s first civilian fully submersible machine, or virtual reality. Game host."

When Mark revealed the true identity of the new product in front of everyone, the entire conference fell into an eerie silence, and this silence lasted for nearly 5 seconds.

Wow——!

The scene was filled with cheers and applause, and the thunderous sound almost toppled the entire Madison Square Garden ceiling. This is a dreamy technology that has appeared many times in various novels, animations and movies, but has always felt out of reach. It’s no wonder that everyone at the scene gave such enthusiastic cheers. In fact, not only the audience at the scene, but also the spectators outside the venue who were watching this conference all cheered wildly to express their inner excitement.

"You can tell from everyone's screams that everyone is looking forward to our new product. But the exciting moment has just begun. Please calm down and listen to me finish this damn introduction."

"Hahaha——" Everyone laughed at Mark's humorous self-deprecation.

"NERvGear, the name of this season's new product, is a complete stealth machine for civilian use. Through it, you can log in to the virtual game platform, choose your favorite game or a simple landscape world, and enter it.

Through NERvGear, we can allow ordinary people to have a completely different experience and allow disabled people to regain a complete life. If in the past people only called virtual networks a virtual world because of their wide coverage, then now a virtual world that truly allows people to enter has been born.

Although NERvGear can be used in many fields, tonight we will only focus on the gaming field. If institutions related to other fields have cooperation intentions, they can come to our company to negotiate cooperation.

You have just seen part of Aincrad. Yes, Aincrad is the first VRMMORPG (Virtual Massive Online Role Playing Game) "Sword Art Online" that I launched for our company. The virtual world built.

We will make this game map and related game platforms available to major game developers for a fee. Game manufacturers or individuals who are interested in entering the field of virtual reality game development can also contact us. In addition, through the game development platform, developers can design and build their own virtual world. The economic benefits of subsequent game development and tourism development in a virtual world are very considerable.

Now that the product display is over, I can now go to the site to communicate with you face to face. I think there must be many people waiting for our on-site experience session. "

As soon as Mark finished speaking, the scene changed again. But this time there was no spectacular scenery, just four white walls and a small bed. There was a person lying on the small bed, wearing a black semi-open helmet. A network cable and a wire on the helmet were connected to the panel at the head of the bed.

Soon the man slowly woke up and sat up from the bed. When he took off the helmet on his head, the audience immediately recognized him as Mark.

Mark waved to the camera, "Everyone, I have returned to the real world. See you on the stage in a moment!"

Mark changed his clothes and came to the main stage. Following the same flow as the last press conference, four volunteers were invited to the stage to experience the magic of virtual reality technology. However, it was completely different from the last time. Although Mark did not communicate with several people in advance, these people were carefully invited by the company's publicity team.

Among them are blind people with visual impairment, patients with congenital heart disease, retired soldiers who lost their legs on the battlefield, and one is a senior game player. Although there is no PY transaction, as long as these candidates are sincere and intuitive on the stage If you can express your own experience, then the effect of this promotion will be achieved.

As expected, when the visually impaired regain their sight in the virtual world, when heart disease patients can engage in strenuous exercise, when retired soldiers run with their legs again, and when a game player gains an unprecedented gaming experience, seeing With the smiles and uncontrollable excitement on the faces of these people, how many of the audience can keep their wallets?

"At this press conference, I believe that what everyone is most concerned about is the price of NERvGear and the game "Sword Art Online". Now I will announce to you that the retail price of NERvGear basic version is 39,999 US dollars, and the professional version is priced at 46,666 US dollars. , the customized version is priced at US$88,888, and installment payment is supported. The price of the game "Sword Art Online" is only US$1,999, and you can play it forever."

Chapter 72

Adding an update for Mr. Kazinski, now it’s true that there is no chapter left in the manuscript

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The preferential price, which seems inconsistent with NERvGear's status as a black technology, is actually formulated after precise analysis and discussion by senior executives of the entire company. With the automated production capabilities of Stark Industries, the cost of each NERvGear device can be suppressed to around US$800. Even with transportation and labor costs, the cost will not exceed US$1,000.

In other words, the pricing announced by Mark, which seems very conscientious to consumers, is actually not conscientious, but rather very evil. This business can make 40 times profit by changing hands. Except for those who are involved in illegal crimes and industries monopolized by the state, basically no one can achieve this.

Moreover, the pricing of products in the three price ranges is just at the bottom line of the corresponding consumer group. Whether you are in the middle-income group, middle class or wealthy class, Mark’s pricing is only slightly beyond their bottom line. , with the attraction of virtual reality technology coupled with the installment payment strategy, it can be said that as long as you have your mind set, it is impossible not to send a small amount of money to Mark.

The day after the press conference, news with the keywords of Mark Research Center and virtual reality technology appeared in major news headlines and hot searches on websites. On the official website, the deposit for booking this NERvGear was already as high as 4,000. With a huge amount of US$100 million, it can be said that people all over the world are rushing to buy NERvGear as soon as possible, whether for experience, showing off or reselling.