"He, she is trying to take your power and turn you blind." Tony advised earnestly, "Do you know what will happen if you continue like this? All your orders and requests must be completed by her. I have seen such a woman. When she has power, the next step is definitely to attack your other women. You will completely lose your status in the family."
"Is it so exaggerated..." Shen He was shocked for a moment, and then he shook his head repeatedly as if he had realized it, "We are not that kind of relationship."
"It's not up to you to decide." Tony looked at Shen He with pity in his eyes.
"..." Shen He was really a little hesitant this time.
With the character of the empress, it seems that it is not impossible for her to really do that.
"Anyway, you'd better do something now." Tony saw Shen He's hesitation and said, "I've checked her information. Semiramis in history is the Middle Eastern version of Wu Zetian. You don't want to be Emperor Gaozong of Tang, do you?" "
You even know about Emperor Gaozong of Tang." Shen He shook his head helplessly, and suddenly looked Tony up and down, "It seems that you also threw all the company's affairs to Pepper, and then became a hands-off boss."
"I'm different from you." Tony looked arrogant, "Pepper admires me very much. She helps me out of her feelings for me, not out of her own ambition."
"..." Shen He suddenly regretted asking this question.
He was indeed not as good as Tony in this regard, and the empress was not the type of Pepper.
"Anyway, I probably know what you mean. There won't be a day like you said." Shen He exhaled slowly, and then said seriously, "You didn't come just to remind me."
He knew Tony. If it was just a joke, there was no need to make a special trip. He could just say it directly in the video call.
"Indeed." Tony shrugged his shoulders, his face became more serious. "That woman sent someone to tell me that she gave me two choices."
"Which two?" Shen He was stunned.
"The first one is to take my Stark Industries and merge it into Chaldea, and from now on, I will be under her jurisdiction." Tony raised a sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth. "I have grown up, but no one has ever dared to say such a thing to me."
"...She doesn't understand your feelings for Stark." Shen He sighed, and looked at Tony with some apology in his eyes, "Sorry, I didn't know..."
For Tony, Stark Industries is not so much an asset as it is his longing for his father. This company has poured his father's hard work into it, and it is also the greatest love his father left him.
"You don't need to apologize, and I'm not here to hold you accountable." Tony stretched out his hand and put it on Shen He's shoulder.
Of course, he knew that this was not what Shen He meant, so he felt that Semiramis, this woman, was ambitious, and Shen He might be eaten to death.
"Then, what about the other choice?" Shen He frowned slightly.
"Let Stark Industries move to Sky Garden as a franchise like other companies." Tony's expression became serious again.
The second option seems to have no problem. Since they don't want to merge, they can only join.
But in fact, this is not fair to Stark Industries.
When Virtual Reality Company was just established, Stark Industries was almost solely responsible for it.
They provided manpower, material resources, funds, and land. It can be said that without Tony and Stark, Virtual Reality Company would never have been built and released products so smoothly.
Even Tony himself owns more than 20% of the shares and is the second largest shareholder of Virtual Reality Company. Shen He also owns nearly 10% of Stark Industries' shares.
Because of cross-holdings, the status of these two companies should be equal partners.
And now, Semiramis wants to kick Tony and Stark Industries out.
Let them go from being managers to the next level of competitors again.
"..."
Shen He slowly sat back in his office chair, frowning and silent.
The Queen is laying out the issue of interests nakedly.
And tearing off all disguises and excuses.
In doing so, he will be embarrassed.
"He, do you remember what you said when you established the 'Chaldea Earth Branch'?" Tony moved a chair and sat opposite Shen He.
"Of course I remember." Shen He sighed in his heart, "This force is not only ours, but also the earth's. Even if we leave one day, it can stay here and be left to you, becoming the biggest line of defense to protect the earth."
When he decided to establish a force to protect the lives of the servants in this world, getting the assistance of Tony and others was the fastest way.
After all, the so-called "Chaldea Headquarters" does not exist at all.
"So now, has this changed?" Tony leaned forward a little, his eyes fixed on Shen He.
He naturally knew that Coulson had lost most of his power, which must be the result of Shen He's acquiescence.
Otherwise, Coulson would find Shen He directly like him.
"..."
Shen He was silent for a long time this time, and finally shook his head.
"No, I don't think it has changed. The purpose of everything we do is still to protect this world, but... I have a little more ambition."
Shen He met Tony's eyes frankly.
Semiramis had already torn off the disguise in this regard. He knew that if he continued like this, such a conversation would come sooner or later.
"Ambition?" Tony asked back.
"That's right." Shen He organized his words in his mind. "For a very, very long time, we have been silently guarding the human civilization in various planes. Even when we need to take action, we only solve the problem and then retire. Sometimes, we will even try to erase our remaining traces as much as possible."
It is not easy to find a suitable reason to explain the ambition that has grown in one's heart and integrate it into the entire Chaldean system.
But it is actually not difficult.
"This is indeed an admirable thing, the guardian behind the world." Tony shrugged, "Then what?"
"The reason we protect human nature is because we believe that humans have great potential, and everything in human nature is worth our protection." Shen He's mouth twitched slightly, as if he was laughing, or as if he was mocking, "But unknowingly, we have become so powerful."
"......" Tony suddenly understood.
The purpose of protection is to look forward to the future of human civilization, but the guardian has always been far ahead of human civilization.
"The enemies of this world are so numerous and powerful that they are rare in most worlds we have come into contact with." Shen He continued, "So I must prepare in advance, including building forces and concentrating forces. All of this is to deal with crises, but - I saw another possibility in the process."
"Use the power of Chaldea to promote the development of human civilization?" Tony said the rest of the words for Shen He.
"That's right." Shen He nodded, leaned back in his chair, and seemed to be relieved, "This is not the opinion of the headquarters, but my personal ambition."
Being able to let the other party say what he wanted to express himself shows that this time's deception has basically succeeded.
I always feel that he has reached perfection in this regard.
"Will this violate the rules of Chaldea?" Tony asked again, "After all, you... prefer not to interfere."
"Rules are dead, people are alive." Shen He shook his head and chuckled, "Everything is to protect human principles, isn't it?"
"Flexible enough." Tony also laughed, "But I like it."
Real achievers never stick to the rules, they prefer to make their own rules.
And promoting the development of mankind... This great cause also attracted Tony's heart.
"So, I said it directly." Shen He kept a smile on his face, but his eyes became serious, "The meaning of this 'Chaldea Earth Branch' to me is no longer as simple as it was at the beginning. It carries my ambitions, so I will not kick you out without mercy, provided that you must keep up with our pace."
In other words, Shen He asked Tony to play an important role in the power as before.
Over-emphasizing friendship in the face of interests will only make this rare friendship deteriorate.
In the past, Shen He was so generous in handing over many technologies, rights, and interests to Tony. Friendship and trust played a part, but the more important reason was that he could get more from Tony.
"Interesting." The smile on Tony's face gradually disappeared, "Who do you think I am? Let me put it this way, there are only three kinds of people in the world, ordinary people, superheroes, and me, Tony Stark. You actually think I will hold you back? I am the greatest genius in the world!"
"Hahaha." Shen He laughed, "I like your cocky look, Tony."
He was completely relaxed at this moment. After talking about some things, people will indeed feel relaxed.
"You should worry more about yourself." Tony really put on a cocky look, "You are far worse than me in dealing with women. How about it, do you need me to teach you a few tricks?"
"Your playboy tricks can only deceive ignorant little girls." Shen He calmed down his smile and narrowed his eyes slightly, "As the master of Chaldea, how could I be led by the nose by the servants? To be honest, this is my job." It's
just a female emperor, can she really fly?
If he doesn't arrange her properly, then he, as a master, is really a failure.
"I hope so."
Tony had an expression of wanting to watch the show, and then he said casually:
"By the way, there is one more thing I want to tell you. I think I should have learned the magic book you gave me before."
"What..." It was Shen He's turn to be completely stunned.
Tony simply stopped talking, stretched out his palms and crossed them in front of his chest, concentrating his attention, and a pattern composed of jumping sparks formed out of thin air.