The giant of light in the marvel world

"It's not just about profit investment, Mr. Stark, it's about people's passion and attention." Richard explained, "Movies are just a vehicle, and in a way it's the same as the news media. It’s the same, it’s about what message and values ​​the filmmaker wants to convey to the audience. It can create topics, attract attention, and also allow superheroes to gain higher social attention.”

At this stage, Tony doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, and he doesn't have the great sense of responsibility to protect the world like he did in the later stages of the MCU. For him now, in addition to doing justice as Iron Man, what he values ​​most is reputation.

In fact, this is not only true for him, but also for many rich people. When wealth accumulates to a certain level, their meaning becomes nothing more than numbers. If you can directly exchange a certain amount of wealth for reputation and popularity, it is undoubtedly very cost-effective.

Otherwise, why would Fisk, a criminal leader, donate money to charity all day long, and be packaged by public relations as a living Bodhisattva who saves the suffering? No, according to his size, he should not be a Bodhisattva but Maitreya Buddha.

Tony was still slightly interested in this proposal. After all, it’s just a movie. How much can it cost? You can't survive more than a few hundred million, right? Isn't that just drizzle?

"But I don't think I need any movies to increase attention." Tony crossed his arms, "I'm already a household name."

This is also true. Ever since he stood in front of the TV and said "I am Iron Man", his name has been on the hot search list for the next whole week. I'm afraid no one knows the name of Iron Man at this time. .

"But people are paying attention to you now mainly because of 'super' rather than 'hero'." Richard continued, "People pay attention to you more because of your magical armor and because of what you can do, not because of The symbol and meaning of Iron Man itself. This will also be what we plan to focus on in the movie. The focus is on the spirit and spirit of being a hero, not just on super powers."

Tony curled his lips and showed disapproval: "The speech is well written, have you prepared it in advance?"

"No, I just thought about it temporarily."

I don’t know if Tony was impressed by this rhetoric, but he finally agreed.

Maybe even Tony himself hasn't realized it yet, but in fact, there is a heroic soul living deep in his heart. It wasn't about the armor, or anything he had created, it was just him, a true hero. Otherwise, he would not have rushed into the unknown world with a nuclear bomb when New York was facing annihilation, and he would not have finally saved the world with his snapping fingers that burned out his life.

But in the end, he added a condition: "There is no problem with investment, but if it is to be filmed, I hope that Iron Man will appear in the movie. In fact, I insist on this."

"Okay." Richard agreed readily. This is an expected condition and not a bad thing. Originally, they only had the copyright to Spider-Woman, but now that they have authorized it and Iron Man has joined the franchise, the popularity will definitely be even higher.

It's just that he hasn't figured out how to make a movie yet.

Do you want to make an Iron Man movie first? Another Spider-Woman movie?

Or two characters together?

For example, shoot "Iron Man vs. Spider-Woman: Dawn of Justice" or something like that?

Why do you unexpectedly feel so sexy?

Well, it’s decided, let’s do it.

"Also, if Iron Man is to appear, the lead actor must not be as handsome as me. That would be too harsh, but he must be at least half as handsome as me, right?" Tony touched his mustache.

Richard: "."

do you know? If it weren't for your wallet's sake, how could I say that? Kiss your ass hard with my boots!

"Also, he must be able to interpret my genius and personality." Tony continued, "Of course, I do have some personal flaws, but there is no need to cover up these. After all, such a character is more three-dimensional and fuller. wrong?"

Richard: "."

Okay, at least he admits that he has "a little" personal flaws, even if it's just a little bit

"Okay, no problem." Richard finally agreed.

This is like a project manager negotiating with a client. No matter what the customer's request is, you just keep nodding and that's it. As for whether the requirements can be met and the functions can be realized? Whatever, it shouldn't be a headache for me anyway. Someone down there will always find a way.

What? Want to design an APP that can change color according to the phone case?

No problem, we'll take care of it.

At the end of the conversation, Tony naturally returned to the question he was most concerned about: "No matter what you just did to me. Can you do that again?"

Richard was delighted. Why are you still addicted?

"Sorry, it can't be."

"I can pay." Tony showed off his famous skill - the ability to make money, which was a series of high-value critical hits. "Two hundred thousand a time, what do you think?"

As the saying goes, money can make the world go round, and money can buy a soymilk machine. If there's anything money can't solve, it's definitely because money isn't enough.

Richard chuckled. What a joke, do you want him to use the power of light to drive away poison and stay alive? Did he think it was a cheap thing that money alone could buy?

Then Richard patted Tony's shoulder and injected another burst of light power, buying more time to delay Tony's next poisonous attack.

Oh, you can make money by just doing something low-key. If you don’t make money, you’d be a fool!

He even wanted to ask the boss if it would be a monthly subscription? You can get a discount when you apply for a monthly card!

In the end, Tony really asked: "In this way, I hire you to be my recuperation consultant, and you will use your super power to visit me regularly. What do you think?"

Is it really a monthly subscription for me?

But Richard shook his head without hesitation: "No."

Tony was stunned: "Why?"

It seemed to him that the other party had no reason to refuse.

"It's nothing special. It's just that I'm tired of working for others." Richard shrugged, "Have you never heard of a famous saying? It's impossible to work part-time, and you'll never be able to do it in this life. Maybe a part-time job."

Tony: "???"

I read a lot. Don’t lie to me. Did a famous person say this?

Just kidding, but Richard would not accept such an invitation, no matter how high the price Tony offered, he would not agree.

Not wanting to work for Stark was indeed one of his reasons. He was now used to the days of making his own decisions without restraint, so he had no interest in being Stark's employee. In addition, he can actually guess that Nick Fury must also be planning to drag him into the Avengers Club of Earth's heroes, and he has no interest in this - even if Fury pays.

In addition, this is also for Stark's own good.

In the final analysis, all Richard can do is "delay", but he cannot continue to live like this for Tony forever. The upgrade of the arc reactor was a threshold that Tony had to cross, a problem that he was destined to face on his own. But if he had other options, he might become lazy and dependent, and instead lose this opportunity to be reborn.