Chapter 248: The End of the Old and the Beginning of the New

On the white wall, a latest model LCD TV was constantly playing news.

"The United Nations meeting is officially held in New York, USA. Heads of state from over two hundred countries will participate in this discussion about the alien spaceship, but they all acknowledge the interests of our United States..."

"Governments are starting to bicker again. These congressmen are probably going to put on a show again." Ye Nan flicked his finger, dusting off his sleeve.

"Congressmen are just this hypocritical, aren't they? Like those celebrity members, it's disgusting." Stark looked disdainfully at the guys on the TV station talking big about American interests.

Peter lay on the bed, hearing Stark's words, his eyebrows raised: "At least they represent the public."

"They represent financial groups." Stark corrected Peter's words, "They are whores. On one hand, they please the public; on the other, they please the financial groups. In fact, they are whores who can be bought as long as there is money."

"We are the financial group, aren't we?" Peter's light sentence immediately made Stark shut up. "By the way, is this guy called Congressman Kelly one of our financial group's people? He supports suppressing mutants."

Peter said worriedly, "We are also mutants. If we are suppressed, our days won't be very good either."

"And I don't think suppressing mutants is right, especially his proposal to establish a mutant file. That is simply carving a brand on the forehead of mutants. When the public maintains prejudice against mutants, this brand will bring more destruction to mutants, pushing them to the opposite side of humanity."

"Peter, you probably don't know where humanity's fear of mutants comes from." Ye Nan watched Congressman Kelly on TV promoting his plan and couldn't help but smile, "Humanity's fear of mutants comes from their power and their uncontrollable power."

"The desire for power derives a mentality of wanting to destroy; the fear of power derives a mentality of exclusion. This is humanity—humans composed of countless contradictions."

"But this is only a small part. More exclusion comes from out-of-control power. As more and more mutants awaken, they don't know how to better use their power, so they go astray."

"It's always a heart—a heart full of desire. After gaining power, the desire in the mutant's heart will also continue to expand with the increase of power. These are the sources of society excluding them."

When a mutant awakens, if there is no one to guide them correctly, then after having power, they might be dominated by the desire in their hearts and do things that are not tolerated by society.

"Then how to solve it?" Peter's eyebrows were tightly knitted together. He knew the power of mutants very well. Although he couldn't be completely counted as a mutant, he had also had wrong thoughts. But fortunately, this thought was corrected, so it didn't cause greater disaster.

But not every mutant had such a good opportunity. When they first awakened their power, people would be unable to control their power, and once out of control, it would cause various disasters.

"Establishing a mutant school—in fact, our dear Professor X is already doing it. By collecting mutant children and teaching them how to control their power and establishing correct values for them, I have to admit that Professor X's approach is very correct. This approach can minimize the harm of mutants to society." Ye Nan said lightly.

Even as an opponent, he had to admit that Professor X was indeed worthy of praise in some aspects.

"Since this is the case, why are we fighting against them?" Peter looked at Ye Nan suspiciously, not understanding why Ye Nan wanted to fight against Professor X. According to his understanding, since Professor X had such actions, he must be a good person, and fighting against him, wouldn't he become a bad person?

"Because of interests." Stark gave a cold sentence, then shook his head, "Forget it, I'm only suitable to be a listener for these things. Ye Nan, you explain the pros and cons to Peter, lest this fool treats an enemy as a friend."

"You've pushed it all away cleanly." Ye Nan glared at Stark, then revealed a cunning smile, "Since you won't explain to Peter, then continue to develop weapons."

"First statement." Stark raised his hand, "I am improving my iron suit recently and have no time to manufacture weapons. Besides, there is a group of mechanical experts in the company. Developing weapons should be their business. I am the boss."

"But you are a genius." Ye Nan widened his eyes, "Compared to you, those idiots are not on the same level at all."

"Then I won't do it either. At most, I'll help them overcome difficulties. As for the rest, it has nothing to do with me. I don't want to be like Zhuge Liang in your China: 'Dying before the mission succeeds'." Stark said very straightforwardly, making an expression that no matter what you say, I won't be moved.

"You dare to compare yourself to Zhuge Liang? Stop being so narcissistic." Ye Nan sneered, "At most, you're a Sima Yi."

"Sima Yi is Sima Yi. No matter what you say, I won't do it. Enjoying the flourishing world and beautiful girls, why go do scientific research? Is my brain short-circuited?" Stark spoke very shamelessly.

"Forget it, go hug your iron suit and die." Ye Nan saw he couldn't persuade Stark and immediately turned his face, "Since you won't do scientific research, then don't use the materials for the particle cannon."

"No, I am also a shareholder. I have the right to allocate the materials in the company." Stark's face changed drastically upon hearing this.

His iron suit planned to use a brand new particle cannon, which could completely ignore the restrictions of ammunition. But if there were no materials provided by Ye Nan, it would be impossible for him to manufacture a particle cannon.

"Damn, hellish particle cannon. What kind of material is that? It hasn't appeared at all." Stark muttered.

"You are a shareholder, that's right, but the company's materials have been tight recently. You have to learn to save materials for the company. You also know that Terminators are big consumers of materials." Ye Nan smirked.

"You profiteer. Fine, I'll go improve the weapons, but this must be after I modify the iron suit." Stark said angrily.

In his heart, Ye Nan had completely equated to a profiteer. He regretted how he had been blind to make friends with him in the first place.

Ye Nan heard Stark agree and immediately became happy, "Hehe, that's right. As one of the company's shareholders, you have the obligation to make your contribution to the company's development."

"You'd better go explain to your Peter. He is a righteous hero." Stark said sarcastically, preparing to watch Ye Nan make a fool of himself.

"Explain what? Peter understands everything." Ye Nan winked at Peter.

Seeing Ye Nan's expression, Peter was a bit confused, "What do I understand?"

"Haha... Ye Nan, you've made a fool of yourself this time." Stark saw Peter didn't understand and immediately laughed out loud.

"Cut, what fool or not? What fool did I make?" Ye Nan immediately pushed himself away cleanly.

"Forget it, I won't talk nonsense with you." Ye Nan's expression straightened, putting away all the playful expressions just now, "Peter, in this world, enemies are never because of good or evil, but because of interests."

"Our conflict with Professor X is also because of interests, and this conflict was buried a long time ago."

"As an ICQ Company supported by Douglas, it doesn't want to continue to be controlled by the William family. Then breaking away from the William family is the best choice."

"But the William family is not a vegetarian either. They invested so much to protect ICQ Company. Now ICQ Company wants to break away from their palm. How is this possible? So the conflict came."

"We don't have to break away from the William family." Peter interjected. In his eyes, since others invested so much, breaking away suddenly was not honorable.

"Why don't we break away?" Ye Nan sneered. "A real financial group cannot live under someone else's wings for a lifetime. It must be independent and experience wind and rain. And if it wants to be independent, it must cut off the brand of the past. Otherwise, it will be someone else's puppet for a lifetime and be subject to great restrictions."

"You probably don't know that the reason ICQ Company has been developing in the three lines of network, arms, and high technology is entirely because of Douglas's restrictions."

"If you want to break through the restrictions and step into more commercial fields, you must break away from Douglas. Otherwise, you will conflict with Douglas's subsidiary companies, and after the conflict, it will inevitably be our concession."

"So, breaking away is the most in line with the company's interests."

"Now do you understand why our ICQ Company would conflict with Professor X?" Ye Nan's sneer became even stronger.

"But are we their opponent?" Peter finally stopped struggling with good or bad people, but thought about the company's interests.

He learned from Ye Nan about Douglas's vastness and also knew that ICQ Company was not on the same level compared to the William family, so he worried that ICQ Company would fail. After all, winning big with small is not so easy.

"Don't worry. Although our ICQ Company is weak, in the network and arms fields, it is an absolute hegemon. It is impossible for him to move us. And in other fields, our ICQ Company has not been involved at all. The only handle is probably monopoly."

"But with the precedent of the Rockefeller family, how could I let him use my handle to show off? Striking first is the right way."

"I am now taking the initiative to launch an offensive, exposing mutants in large numbers, promoting public panic about mutants. I want to eradicate the trump card in Douglas's hands."

Returning from the warship, he had already planned his future path. Except for the network and arms industries, he was no match for Douglas in other industries. And if the network industry were used as a battlefield, whether it was a win or a loss, it would shake his position as a network hegemon.

But it would be different if mutants were used as the battlefield. The organizations in Douglas's hands were all established based on mutants. Using this as the main battlefield, no matter whether it was a win or a loss, he wouldn't hurt the foundation. Plus Magneto's assistance, he had a great chance of winning.

"Douglas, Professor X, I want to see how you resist my attack. I will tighten the rope step by step and lock all your energy on the mutant battlefield." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.) ===== CHAPTER 249 =====