"Boss, the materials you needed have basically all arrived. They're in the lab now."
"It's just... regarding the lithography machine needed to make the chips, according to your requirements, it would take at least 100 million dollars to purchase one. Given the scale of your order, I contacted a company in the park that specializes in chip research. They said that if we need it, they can rent it to us for 100,000 dollars a day, but the work would have to be done at their site."
"Of course, if you insist on buying a lithography machine, Boss, here's the contact list for the manufacturers. I already reached out in advance. As long as the money is in place, by tonight at the earliest, you'll be able to meet your new darling."
After hearing her boss's instructions, Lisa immediately swayed her alluring figure as she walked into Killian's office with the materials she had prepared long ago and began reporting.
"Mhm, you did very well, Lisa. I like this kind of thoughtful work style of yours."
"But this time, I still suggest we go with my method. Order a high-end lithography machine and have it delivered to the lab as soon as possible. I need it urgently."
Killian naturally did not think Lisa's proposal was unreasonable. After all, if he did not know Baymax's future potential, he definitely would have chosen her second suggestion as well.
But since he knew Baymax was guaranteed to become a bestseller, the first thing he needed to do was secure the production channel in his own hands.
And besides, making chips at someone else's facility... he did not know what other people would do, but if it were him, he would definitely find a way to install surveillance nearby and copy the production data.
Whether it ended up being useful or not did not matter. The data itself would not take much space, and even if it just sat in a hard drive gathering dust, that was fine.
But as long as even one of those projects turned out to have real potential, even if it only happened once in several decades, that alone would be enough to feed someone for a very long time.
So, following a principle of caution, Killian would rather spend more money now than leave hidden dangers unresolved.
"Understood, Boss. Is there anything else you need?"
After hearing Killian reject her suggestion but also praise her, Lisa felt disappointed at first, then a little happy, and immediately asked him.
"Nothing else for now. I'll be staying in the lab for a while, so don't let anyone come disturb me."
"Just place my three meals a day in the isolation room. I'll go pick them up myself."
"Oh, right. I want to build a technology tower and an underground research facility in the suburbs. When you have some free time, help me keep an eye out for any design firms that can handle it."
After hearing Lisa's question, Killian thought for a moment and then said.
"Build a new tower? But Boss, we only renewed the lease on this building not long ago, and I don't think we really need to build one, do we?"
After hearing Killian's words, Lisa blinked her big eyes and looked at him in disbelief.
"Trust me, Lisa. In just a few months, we're going to experience earth-shaking changes. What I'm doing now is laying out the future in advance. And for the new tower, I'll need at least several hundred employees. An ordinary tech building won't be enough for me."
In response to Lisa's doubts, Killian straightened his suit, stood up, looked at the morning sun rising outside the window, and spoke word by word with complete certainty.
"If that's the case, then I suggest we go directly to Stark Construction."
"In this industry, their construction standards are absolutely the best."
Looking at the way Killian spoke, Lisa blanked out for a brief moment, but quickly recovered and offered her suggestion.
"..."
"Go ahead and contact them."
For a split second after hearing Lisa's words, Killian was speechless.
He had not expected that the famous Stark arms empire, a colossal giant specializing in military industry, artificial intelligence, aerospace, and all kinds of high-end cutting-edge fields, had also expanded into construction.
"Understood. I'll notify the R&D department to cooperate immediately."
After nodding, Lisa quickly turned to leave the office.
Looking at the respectful blonde secretary as she closed the door and left, Killian could not help but feel strong approval for his own taste in hiring.
This secretary might have her own little thoughts, but no matter what he asked her to do, even if she had doubts, she always carried it out to the end.
And for a manager, that was exactly the kind of person they liked most.
After all, no one liked subordinates who had to question every little thing whenever they were given a task.
Then, after adjusting his clothes, Killian headed toward the laboratory.
Not long after, Killian arrived at the underground lab.
Because this was originally a startup park, and Advanced Idea Mechanics was also a pharmaceutical development company, they had been assigned to the medical sector, and the laboratory here was located underground with strict confidentiality and lockdown measures built in.
It could be said that Killian did not even need to build a dedicated facility like the Hive just to research the T-Virus. He could focus on researching it here to his heart's content without worrying about leaks.
Of course... Tyrant experiments were another matter.
If it were just Lickers, then looking at the high-strength bulletproof glass in front of him, made from composite materials and a full twenty centimeters thick, Killian felt absolutely confident.
After all, the official claim was that this thing could withstand a rocket launcher.
Although Killian had no idea why a medical sector facility needed bulletproof glass of that level.
But then again, since it involved the medical profession, an occasional rocket blast inside the lab probably counted as normal operations.
And it was precisely because of this that Killian knew his company would eventually touch all kinds of fields, which was why he had chosen this place as the base for his company's development.
Of course, aside from all that, the rent here was also the most expensive.
Not long afterward, as the researchers in white coats passed through layers of isolation doors, several of them finally arrived at the designated testing area.
Killian, meanwhile, was already standing with his back to them, writing something on the laboratory workbench by himself.
But looking at the deeply focused Killian, although everyone had already arrived, they all naturally remained where they were and waited.
"You're here. Sorry, I was writing something just now and got too absorbed in it."
After a long while, having finally finished writing out the production steps currently needed for Baymax, Killian turned to look at the group in the distance, who had consciously refrained from approaching him, and said with a smile.
(End of Chapter)
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