"Ding-a-ling."
Early the next morning, Maria Hill's phone rang. She looked at Levi, a bit dazed, then answered the call.
"What?"
As soon as the call connected, her sleepiness vanished instantly.
Still on the phone, she quickly put on her uniform.
Fortunately, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s uniforms were of excellent quality, otherwise, she wouldn't have anything to wear now.
"Alright, I'll be there right away."
Maria Hill hung up the phone, and Levi's hand reached over.
He had been woken up.
"What's wrong?"
Maria Hill, now fully dressed, leaned over and kissed his forehead: "Something happened. Your arch-rival was kidnapped in the Middle East."
"What?"
Levi also sobered up.
That fast?
"You'd better get ready quickly. Don't say anything out of line to the media, or you might be blamed."
Maria Hill didn't doubt Levi at all.
There was no need.
Levi merely engaged in verbal sparring with Tony Stark; it wouldn't escalate to 'personal attacks'.
Of course, this was also her trust in Levi.
But the public might not see it that way.
At such a critical time, with Tony Stark kidnapped, everyone would resort to conspiracy theories.
"Thank you."
Levi also got up quickly.
"Aren't you going to eat breakfast before you leave?"
"No, I'll just take a taxi."
Maria Hill was in a hurry and left immediately.
Levi, on the other hand, slowly ate breakfast, while 2B went upstairs to tidy the room.
Every time he came home, it was pristine and neat, which made Levi feel comfortable just looking at it.
He ate breakfast while taking out his phone.
Sure enough, many people on social media were tagging him, joking: "Did Levi do it? That way, he won't have any competitors."
Unfortunately, at this time, there was no 'doge' emoji to save them, so, as expected, some people believed it.
There was a lot of buzz around Levi.
But he was very happy.
Because Tony Stark's attack was incredibly popular, it immediately shot to the top of the trending list.
A billionaire, attacked in the Middle East, his life unknown!
With so many factors combined, it would be strange if there wasn't a lot of buzz.
So, the more Levi was discussed, the more prestige points he gained.
After all, being infamous is still being famous.
Levi checked his prestige points; they were already over eighty million.
"Awesome!"
He sighed with emotion; this was just the beginning.
Before Tony Stark returned, there would be so much buzz, and Levi had to capitalize on it.
He had already made preparations.
But before that, he called out Red Queen: "Red Queen, buy into Stark Industries' stock when it hits rock bottom."
Unfortunately, he could only acquire shares from individual investors.
He would then try to contact Stark Industries' senior management to see if they would sell their shares.
A behemoth like Stark Industries naturally didn't have all its shares in Tony Stark's hands.
This was an inevitable outcome for a publicly traded company.
Tony Stark held approximately forty-two percent of the shares, making him the largest shareholder of Stark Industries.
Unfortunately, neither the Military nor other shareholders would allow him absolute control, meaning he couldn't exceed fifty percent.
The second-largest shareholder was Obadiah Stane, holding a full twenty-five percent of the shares.
The rest were held by the Military and individual investors.
Even the Osborn Group held two and a half percent of Stark Industries' shares.
Only about thirteen percent of the floating shares were in the market, and these were Levi's target.
When Tony Stark returned, he would definitely get a surprise.
However, this was also Levi's way of making money.
Who told him that the value of Stark Industries would be even higher in the future?
"Alright."
Red Queen immediately began calculating.
"Although Stark Industries' stock started to fall today, it will take at least a week to reach its lowest point."
She analyzed and informed Levi.
"You handle it, just make sure the company doesn't go bankrupt."
Levi instructed.
Money was meant to make more money.
As for spending it, he didn't know where to spend it.
After all, 2B and Eve, who were by his side, didn't spend much of his money, and he had no desire to buy luxury goods.
He already had a car and a house, and his car was a Transformer, so he instantly lost interest in 'luxury cars' and the like.
No matter how cool a luxury car was, bumblebee could transform directly, but a luxury car couldn't become a Transformer.
Picking up girls was even easier; there was no need to 'flash cash'.
His status was already there; even Maria Hill was somewhat influenced by it.
Therefore, Levi didn't need to spend too much money.
After breakfast, 2B had already tidied the room, and the three of them then left.
Early in the morning, Levi rode in bumblebee, while Eve wanted to drive Alcee.
Seeing Eve sitting on Alcee, her figure was even more accentuated.
"As expected of Master Jin, at first glance, her figure seems a bit strange, but in reality, it's very beautiful."
Levi sighed in his heart.
Especially Eve's rear, it felt like it could perfectly lead to a direct insertion.
Outside Future Industries, there were an unusually large number of reporters today.
Some paparazzi also came to join the fun.
Logically, he should be keeping a low profile now, as many people suspected him.
But Levi was not low-key at all; he even got out of the car directly outside.
"Mr. Levi!"
As a female reporter shrieked, the reporters frantically swarmed over.
This scared the company's security, who quickly came over to form a protective circle around Levi.
They were also helpless.
There was clearly an underground garage, but the boss never used it.
The more reporters there were, the less he would go to the underground garage.
Levi, with a solemn expression, accepted the interview.
He pointed to a blonde female reporter.
Now, various media companies also knew his preferences, so the reporters they sent were basically all female reporters, just like with Tony Stark.
However, Levi's reputation was much better than Tony Stark's.
At least, interviews didn't end up in bed…
Therefore, the female reporters didn't mind coming to interview Levi.
The blonde female reporter said in a deep voice: "Mr. Levi, have you heard about Tony Stark's situation?"
"Yes, I have."
Levi said somberly: "I didn't expect something like this to happen. I believe Tony Stark will ultimately be fine. God bless him!"
As soon as they heard Levi even bringing God into it, the reporters who were ready to stir up trouble all reined themselves in.
However, they were still very sharp.
"Mr. Levi, if Tony Stark goes missing, what will you do?"
Hearing this question, Levi's spirits lifted.
He said: "Please rest assured, everyone, I will do my best to find him. Although his relationship with me is not good, I hope he comes back."
"Everyone can follow me. I will deploy the most advanced technology. Future Industries has already developed bionic eyes and search chips…"
Levi directly turned into a press conference, promoting the company's new products.
Not to mention, many people with disabilities were moved.
For example, people who had lost their eyes due to various disasters, they all wanted to have bionic eyes installed.
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