As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings suddenly fell silent, but Peter Parker quickly reacted and laughed, "Sir, you must be joking. That joke is actually quite good, just a bit old-fashioned..."
As he spoke, Peter Parker's voice grew smaller and smaller because Xia Yu was still standing there with a shy smile.
"..."
"...You don't really not have a company, do you?" Peter Parker was somewhat dumbfounded.
"Well, that's not it." Xia Yu shook his head. Hearing this, the two people looking at each other breathed a sigh of relief; they were scared to death, thinking there really was no company.
However, Xia Yu's tone shifted: "There was a problem with that sentence just now. It should be that the company doesn't exist yet, the name is decided, there are no employees, but the funds are very sufficient."
"I just thought of the company's name just now; let's call it Talos."
Otto, Peter Parker: "..."
Peter Parker: (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻
Dr. Otto: (￣□￣)
"What's wrong? Is the name not good?" Xia Yu chuckled and asked the two of them.
The two being questioned exchanged a glance, and it was Dr. Otto who reacted first, clearing his throat to speak.
"Cough, the name Talos is very good. If I'm not mistaken, the origin of this name should be the metal giant from Greek Mythology."
"Um... you could say that." Xia Yu nodded. the talos principle was named after the mechanical giant Talos in mythological stories, so using this name wasn't wrong.
Seeing the two of them actually start a conversation centered around the name, Peter Parker looked at Dr. Otto, dumbfounded.
Doctor! What are you doing, Doctor! Your focus is wrong! Shouldn't the thing we pay most attention to be the fact that there is no company?
But seeing Dr. Otto and Xia Yu communicating so harmoniously and naturally, Peter Parker didn't know how to cut into the topic and could only watch the scene before him with a look of despair.
A moment later—
"Mr. Xia Yu, your knowledge has truly opened my eyes. It is truly an honor to have a boss like you." Otto took a deep breath and praised.
This wasn't him flattering the other; the other's knowledge was truly enough to warrant this praise. Peter Parker on the side also nodded in agreement.
To be able to converse back and forth with them, the other party's knowledge reserve was indeed not low. But thinking about it, the other party was someone who could produce research materials that surprised even them; how could he be an ordinary person?
"It's nothing. This knowledge doesn't rely on anyone else; it's all on myself." Xia Yu said a somewhat mysterious truth.
Then he pulled out his phone and gestured to Dr. Otto, "Doctor, send me your card number. I'll transfer some money to you. Go help me register the company. Hmm, the name will be Talos."
Although The Xia Yus hadn't reached the level of viewing money as nothing, they had long since stopped lacking it.
The gold mines from clash of clans alone were enough to make all The Xia Yus rich, even though most of them didn't need money at all.
If you really have to say it, it seems only three worlds can use money: resident evil, tomb raider, and his place.
resident evil goes without saying; Resident Evil Xia Yu has long since ruled that world. tomb raider doesn't seem to need it either; the antiques collected by Ancient Tomb Xia Yu alone could be auctioned for a large sum of money.
Not to mention his girlfriend Lara is still an old London 'Union Jack' through and through, a proper noble little rich woman.
Thinking carefully, it seems he's the only one who has been using money all along. What a sad fact.
Xia Yu wiped away non-existent humble tears. Once he gets the company running, he'll have other sources of income, and maybe he can even provide some experience in starting a company for future Xia Yus.
Hearing Xia Yu's words, Dr. Otto was stunned for a moment, but he still took out his phone. Not long after, the sound of a deposit notification rang out.
Dr. Otto glanced at the balance of his phone account and immediately gasped. Seeing this, Peter Parker also looked down curiously.
Peter Parker: "Hiss—!"
He had never seen so many zeros. Did this mean he could get a raise and finally stop owing the landlord rent?
"Alright, that's all for now. I'll come back in a while. I hope to see my company by then."
After casually waving goodbye to the shocked duo, Xia Yu just left like that.
"Uh... he just left like that?" Peter Parker looked at Xia Yu's departing back, feeling it was somewhat surreal.
Why did he feel like the other person's appearance was specifically to help them, and the kind of help that asked for nothing in return?
Dr. Otto also sighed with emotion, "He is our boss now. Since he trusts us so much, we can't let him down."
"Doctor, since he asked us to help start the company, what is there for me to do?" Peter Parker asked.
Dr. Otto shook his head and said, "Peter, don't underestimate me. You should know that I also had a hand in the creation of Oscorp back then."
"Hmm... but don't think you'll have it easy. I won't let a labor force like you go to waste."
Dr. Otto laughed lightheartedly, and Peter Parker was infected by the atmosphere, laughing lightheartedly as well... Xia Yu, having left their sight, directly raised his hand to draw a portal, then stepped through and arrived at the top of Avengers Tower.
It was quite ridiculous. Back then, Spider-Man fought so many supervillains alone, and finally had a decisive battle with Doctor Octopus not far from Avengers Tower, yet Avengers Tower didn't show the slightest movement.
Not only that, even the S.H.I.E.L.D. branch of Hydra, which meddled in everything, didn't show any movement at all, as if they were blind.
However, the game had its own explanation. According to the in-game explanation, the Avengers at that time had left New York for other missions, which was why they couldn't discover everything here.
It couldn't be that Avengers 2 started exactly at that time, right? Hmm... maybe it really did, otherwise it would be impossible for the Avengers to have no movement at all.
But he had already taken the mind stone... Damn! I almost forgot about that old bastard Hank Pym.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu had a bit of a headache. There were too many things to do; he almost forgot about that old bastard who created Ultron. That guy literally hand-crafted Ultron; he's way too dangerous.
Hmm, Hank Pym, you're too dangerous. I need to get you under control.
But if you really want to say it, the strongest shit-stirrer in marvel should be Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic from the Fantastic Four.
Mr. Fantastic's level of trouble-making makes even Iron Man admit defeat. Relying on his 'I think, therefore it works' power, he literally made a mess of the marvel Universe.
Thinking of this, Xia Yu was somewhat relieved. Fortunately, he hadn't found any trace of the Fantastic Four in this universe, otherwise he really wouldn't know what to do.
Getting them under control wasn't realistic either. After all, the son of Mr. Fantastic and Susan Storm, the Invisible Woman, is a natural-born Omega-level mutant. Even though neither of them is a mutant, they could give birth to an Omega-level mutant son. This kind of magical operation is simply beyond belief!
Most importantly, their son Franklin Richards possesses superpowers like time travel, time manipulation, causality, tier-one reality warping, creating universes, and destroying universes.
If he messed with the established future, he would definitely be resented by that kid. Just thinking about it makes one unable to help but put on a mask of pain.
Fortunately, this world has neither the trace of the Fantastic Four nor the existence of other mutants, so he doesn't have to flee to the worlds of other Xia Yus.