Chapter 37 Tony, I'm here to negotiate!
Chapter 37 Tony, I'm here to negotiate!
Toby turned around, smiled slightly, and pointed to the area behind Tony's seat: "There's a laptop in your bag. You can check it out now."
Tony looked back in the direction the bag had been placed and indeed found a laptop bag behind the seat.
Upon opening it, there really was a laptop inside!
Tony pulled his laptop out of his bag and grumbled, "How come you have all sorts of things in your car? An RPG, a laptop—are you Doraemon?"
Snapped--
Toby didn't answer. Instead, he reached back from the driver's seat and slapped Tony's laptop, which Tony was about to open.
Tony's lips curled into a wicked smile:
"What, you want me to come to the front seat and watch it with you?"
Toby slowly shook his head and said seriously:
"I have no interest in watching such offensive content with you. But I have to tell you in advance that if you plan to harm the people in the content, you'll have to ask me to carry it out. If you agree, you can continue."
Upon hearing this, Tony looked at Toby with disdain:
"Pah! What do you take me for? You can just look at this stuff; who would want to invite a teacher to come and give a lesson? Do I look like that kind of horny person?"
"I'm putting it this way: no matter how good-looking the lead actors are, I, Tony Stark, won't have the slightest reaction!"
Toby shrugged, didn't reply, and silently withdrew his hand from the notebook.
Tony, with a victorious smile, opened his laptop, plugged in the USB drive, and, not forgetting his hapless buddy Ethan, pushed the screen towards him:
"Ethan, come on, sharing is caring! We've been suffering for over two months, let's see something good to cleanse our eyes!"
"Hiss... We're still in the car, no... this isn't a good idea..."
Although he said that, Ethan, who looked very serious, couldn't help but glance at the screen.
Tony grinned mischievously and pointed at the stubborn Ethan with the same gesture as Ip Man, then smiled without saying a word and opened the only video on the USB drive.
"Aaaaaaahh ...
Upon opening, a shocking opening scene unfolds: even before the visuals, the groans emanating from the video are heard.
Is the "generous gift crab" dish really that exciting right from the start?
But immediately, Tony frowned, realizing a big problem!
Wait a minute! Something's not right! Why does that voice sound like a man's?
And that sound is so familiar?
When the camera emerged from the black screen, Tony was shocked to realize that the person shouting in the video was actually himself!
The reason for the shouting is that Ethan is performing a simple open-chest surgery on himself in the scene!
They didn't use anesthesia!
So he was screaming in pain!
Tony's forehead veins bulged, and he felt a dull ache in his chest again. He gritted his teeth and looked at Toby in the driver's seat:
"Is this what you call SM, bondage, and getting wet?"
Toby, barely suppressing a laugh, said from the driver's seat, "Yeah, they've already cut it with a knife, isn't that enough S&M?"
"I...you...okay! So what about the bondage and getting wet?" Tony asked through gritted teeth.
"Don't worry, we'll be there soon."
Sure enough, as soon as Toby finished speaking, the bondage and wetness segment that Tony "wanted" to see arrived, which was also the most important part of the video.
In the video, Ethan is no longer there; instead, Tony is strapped to a chair, soaking wet and unconscious, and the desperate bald captain who was killed by Toby during takeoff is also present.
The first name the bald leader called out made Tony's body tremble, his eyes filled with disbelief!
Because the name the bald man shouted was Obadiah Stan!
The second-largest shareholder of Stark Industries, a good friend of his father, and his most trusted uncle in the company!
It was him! He betrayed me!
"Fuck you! That bastard! I should have known it was him who betrayed me! He's in charge of Stark Industries' arms business, and only he could have secretly sold Stark's weapons to terrorists behind my back!!"
Tony was so angry he was cursing and punched the laptop, smashing the screen to pieces!
"The laptop costs 10,000."
Upon hearing this, Toby casually uttered this remark.
After unplugging the USB drive, Tony threw the entire laptop out the window, panting, and yelled, "I'll give you ten million, shut up!"
Ten million?
Toby immediately transformed into a silent lamb.
After waiting a while, Tony couldn't hold back any longer and spoke up: "You just said that if I watched this video and planned to take action against the people in it, I would have to ask you for help, right?"
Toby nodded silently.
Tony's lips twitched: "Now you can speak. Answer me with 'yes' or 'no'!"
Toby then spoke: "The customer is king, yes, so would you like to become my second customer?"
Ethan, who wasn't dead yet, and who hadn't completely transformed from an arms dealer into Tony with a heart of gold, resolutely nodded:
"Of course, I need you to make that guy pay for his crimes in blood. Name your price!"
What price are you offering?
This really stumped Toby.
Considering he's been in the industry for so many years, it seems he's never actually set his own price.
Whether Kingpin approaches him or he takes on missions in the underworld, the price is already set.
Kingpin always asked for high prices, so he naturally had no complaints about it.
So he himself has never offered a price...
So, after thinking about it, Toby decided to throw the question back at Tony: "How much do you think your uncle's life is worth?"
This really stumped Tony.
This is quite a statement, considering that his uncle is the second-largest shareholder of Stark Industries, holding a full 15% of the shares, which, together with his own 45% stake, forms absolute control.
If valued in terms of commercial worth, this 15% stake is simply incalculable!
So, if we have to say exactly what Obadiah Stane is worth, it's only 15% of Stark Industries' shares; there's no way to calculate the exact amount.
But Tony couldn't really give Toby that 15% stake as compensation, since commissions aren't calculated based on the target's net worth.
Therefore, Tony pondered for a moment before deciding, "How about this, I'll give you two choices."
"First, I'll just give you 500 million. With your worth from saving me, helping me take down Obadiah Stanislavsky, isn't that a good deal?"
Upon hearing this, Toby shrugged: "Indeed, it's not a loss. Killing is much easier than saving someone. Five hundred million, I actually made a huge profit!"
Tony frowned. "So you're going to just choose option one?"
Toby, however, simply said, "No, I choose number two."
Tony was a little surprised: "I haven't even said anything about number two yet, how do you know it'll definitely be better than number one?"
Toby turned and smiled: "Someone as smart, handsome, and incredibly wealthy as you, would you really offer a lower price for the next option than the first? That's not like the style of a rich and handsome guy..."
"I love hearing that!" Tony narrowed his eyes. "I've realized I'm starting to like you a little..."
"That's right, I never lower my asking price; I always raise it!"
"Option two: I'll give you 5% of Stark Industries, but you not only have to help me take down Obadiah Stanislav, you also have to promise me two things."
Upon hearing this, Toby nodded without hesitation: "Okay, I agree."
This has stumped Tony again.
Dude, that's way too casual!
If you had chosen option two before even hearing the conditions, that would have been fine, but now you've agreed without even hearing the terms?
Therefore, Tony asked speechlessly, "Aren't you afraid I'll propose conditions that you wouldn't dare to do, or conditions that would be detrimental to you?"
To this, Toby said calmly, "I'm not afraid. As long as the money is right, there's nothing I wouldn't dare to do. And what's bad for me? Ha, if you dare to mention it, I'll throw you out of the car right now."
Upon hearing this answer, Tony was truly impressed!
If you can't solve the problem, then get rid of the person who caused it, right...?
Tony covered his face and said helplessly:
"Okay, actually these two things aren't really bad for you."
"The first thing is that if I'm in danger like this again, even if no one hires you, you have to come and save me again."
"The second thing is similar, but the goal isn't to save me. If I unfortunately die, Little Chili will be in danger, and you'll need to help me save Little Chili again!"
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