142 Chapter: 142
The war ended, and Thor, the God of Thunder, returned to Asgard with the Tesseract, the war criminal Loki, and the gift from his friends.
Thor promised that Loki would receive a fair trial in Asgard, and no one questioned this. The deep camaraderie among the Avengers made the others trust Thor completely.
After Thor left, everyone went their separate ways according to their pre-established goals.
Although the Avengers had disappeared from the public eye, people were still curious about the Avengers. Discussions about the members of the Avengers were constantly heard in the news. Some admired their actions and bravery, believing that they were being protected. Others considered their power to be the biggest threat in the world. Some even believed that the Avengers should bear the primary responsibility for the immense damage to New York City, and their disappearance was seen as an act of evading responsibility.
In short, the enthusiasm and discussions among the people amazed Mark, who was directly involved. After all, there had been a spatial portal opening in the sky of New York, and aliens had appeared, confirming humanity's speculations about extraterrestrial life and civilizations over the years.
However, people seemed to be indifferent and uninterested in that. Instead, all the focus was on the Avengers.
Within this, Mark sensed a scent of conspiracy. It seemed that even though the Avengers had disbanded, some paranoid authorities couldn't let their guard down. These media reports could be seen as attacks targeting them.
Because living under the media spotlight at such times, once a flaw or vulnerability was caught, it would become a target for the puppeteers behind the scenes to rally against them. At that time, they could easily crush the entire alliance with the help of societal fishing nets.
Tony, who was more experienced and shrewd, naturally saw this point as well. Although he was unhappy about being manipulated by others like this, he didn't have a better way to fight back. After all, the enemy's strategy could be considered a legitimate deception. If the Avengers could truly be as righteous and selfless as saints, then what was there to fear?
But superheroes were not saints. In their daily lives, they also had their own joys, sorrows, and experiences of the ups and downs of life. After returning to their true selves, they were nothing more than slightly more powerful ordinary people.
However, since the other side had already made their move, Tony could only passively respond and not leave any obvious vulnerabilities for the enemy to exploit.
Therefore, on the third day after the great battle, on May 6, 2012, Tony and Mark held a joint press conference, announcing the establishment of the Damage Control Corporation to provide repair and reconstruction services for the buildings damaged in the battle against the Chitauri army.
Originally, Tony had no intention of bringing Mark into the company. However, the miniature magnetic axis robots in Mark's hands were like a cheat code when applied to the construction industry. The repair or even reconstruction of any building could be completed with a wave of his hand.
As long as there were sufficient building materials and a sufficiently intelligent brain, Tony believed that the Damage Control Corporation could rebuild the entire New York City overnight.
So, the new company was established, with Stark Industries providing building materials and Mark's research center providing construction technology.
Of course, since it was called a Corporation, it definitely needed to make a profit. It was also not feasible for Mark to control such a large number of robots using the mental wave controller for every repair. Therefore, all of this required decision-making.
First and foremost, payment was definitely necessary, whether it was from the government, companies, or individuals. The specific plans needed to be discussed in detail.
However, compared to other construction companies, the fees would undoubtedly be much lower because all the building materials were produced by Stark Industries or directly procured without any middleman markup.
In addition, during the process of building repairs, all the work would be carried out by the miniature magnetic axis robots. Mark had also developed a new miniature unit matrix program for this purpose. By transmitting the building blueprints to the server and allowing the program to identify and inspect them, it could automatically generate the entire repair process from start to finish. Then, the program would be preloaded into the miniature magnetic axis robots.
In this way, the miniature magnetic axis robots could complete the entire project without human control. Only a final inspection team would be dispatched for acceptance. It could be said that the labor required throughout this whole process was almost zero.
With low costs for raw materials and greatly reduced repair process costs, the Damage Control Corporation could minimize the costs of the entire repair process, allowing customers to enjoy more favorable prices.
If the Damage Control Corporation officially entered the construction industry, it was believed that it wouldn't take long to monopolize the entire industry. Affordable prices, guaranteed engineering quality—what developer could resist such temptations?
However, neither Tony nor Mark had any intention of getting involved in this business opportunity. The purpose of establishing the Damage Control Corporation was to quickly repair the damages caused by superhero battles and allow the city to return to normal as soon as possible.
If the Damage Control Corporation truly entered the construction industry, it wouldn't be able to restore the city to its former vitality quickly. Instead, it would result in a large number of construction workers being laid off, bringing more instability and impact to society.
Therefore, from the very beginning, both of them set a strict rule, firmly tying the company's repairs to the name of superheroes.
However, since it was a business, merely avoiding losses was not enough! With Mark involved, it was impossible to associate anything with a 0.3% loss. For Mark, a profit margin below 30% was considered a loss!
So, since those politicians behind the scenes had hyped up the concept of superheroes so much, Mark felt that he should also take advantage of the situation and not let them benefit for nothing.
Thus, a product called "Superhero Insurance" was introduced. Simply put, if you were worried that your property would be damaged due to battles between superheroes and supervillains, you could purchase this insurance.
And if your property was affected in the future, the Damage Control Corporation would repair it for free.
This breathtakingly profitable idea made Tony, a business tycoon himself, marvel at it and could only applaud Mark's ingenuity.
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