[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world":3,"chapter-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1710":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Super Detective in the Fictional World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1483828,1930,"Chapter 1710 - Team Development and Growth","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1710",1710,"\u003Cp>Once Ultima reached a certain stage, Luke would break down the results and give them to the New Hope Research Institute for verification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were now more than 200 researchers in the research institute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke was paying them a high salary so that they could do their best as research assistants and help complete some of the experiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for those who weren’t content with their lot and wanted to invent their own small things, they were removed regularly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These sort of “geniuses” who were ambitious but lacked talent, or who just had no self-awareness, were fired – they could go and fleece some other investors of their money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke had worked hard for his money, and it wasn’t enough to fill these bottomless pits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were genuinely talented and creative, he would set them up with a separate research team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they produced certain results, Luke would look at the situation and decide to either keep these people or pack them off to other companies — the latter made up the bulk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, research was the fastest way to burn money in the world! Plus, it was all legal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how rich he was, there was no way he would spend so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony, the spendthrift, was no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spending hundreds of millions of dollars to shoot a TV show was already astonishing; when it came to research, that amount was nothing more than water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For truly top-notch technology, hundreds of millions or billions of dollars would be thrown in every eight to ten years, and most projects might not produce results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there were results, they might not be perfected until much later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a good thing that Luke had “learned” Tony’s armor skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a morally upright young man like him would continue to give benefits back to the tycoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, it would be impossible for the tycoon to recoup his losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, New Hope Research Institute had been developing steadily in the last two years, and was gradually becoming famous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although most of the research projects came to nothing, the institute wasn’t stingy with funding as long as there were some genuine results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of money-burning projects increased, but naturally, nobody paid attention to the failures, while the several successful cases earned a lot of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more money the institute had, the bigger its reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bigger the reputation, the more attractive the institute was to researchers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, New Hope Research Institute was a high-tech R&D company with some reputation in America, and it wasn’t as careless at recruiting talents as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, most of Adrian’s group had been invited to join as a separate research team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than a year, Adrian and the others were no longer interested in being small shareholders in the freight company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison, doing research was more to their liking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The research institute was located right next to Queens, and paid a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their friend, Phineas, had already joined the research institute for a period of time and had exaggerated the conditions there. Why should they hesitate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian’s research team could be said to be the second surprise for Luke — the first was naturally Bent, the R&D master developer of “social death” weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he saw the results Adrian’s team produced, Luke could only sigh. Electric engineers were indeed monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These guys actually used some lousy Chitauri components to DIY a “vulture” flight suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it wasn’t very sturdy, wasn’t very flexible, and wasn’t very stable, it was indeed a freaking suit of armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the Whiplash armor which Ivan had created in the beginning, the impoverished appearance of this Vulture suit couldn’t conceal the brilliance behind its design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was because defense, agility, and stability could be slowly improved – only real geniuses could create this main skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If armor development was calculated out of 100, Tony’s level was 120, with the extra 20 coming from inspiration, power and money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan was over 80, which was outstanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Adrian’s team was only in the 60s, just above the pass line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, ordinary people couldn’t compare with Tony at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the researchers in Stark Industries together couldn’t substitute for what he alone could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a similar way, what Adrian’s team could do wasn’t something that any one of Stark Industries’ research departments could do since most of the departments didn’t even meet the 60-mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end of the spectrum was Roxxon Corporation, which had developed the technology for the Death Soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roxxon had wanted to upgrade the Death Soldier to the level of Mark armor, but was unable to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the company poached Adrian’s team, it could rely on the abundant Chitauri parts to create a batch of experimental special models.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In doing that, perfecting the armor wouldn’t be impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A suit graded at 60 was indeed poor compared with Tony and Ivan’s skills, but would be very useful in an asymmetric battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was a world which looked at qualifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian and his group of ordinary electrical engineers didn’t accomplish anything grand in the past, and they had very ordinary academic qualifications. Big companies wouldn’t look at them at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that they were under Luke, nobody could steal this team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bobby Max, Luke’s former PR manager, who had Mental Communication, came regularly to assess the research institute members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bobby worked at Titanium Phone Company HQ next door; it was easy for him to drop in and carry out a monthly assessment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he never showed his face at the research institute, and was just as sneaky there as he was at the cell phone company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the assessment, he sat on the other side of the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the admin staff had no idea that he was there. As they went through a list of questions with the employees, Bobby observed in secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Bobby had kicked out at least a hundred problematic employees this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because there was this “mature system” in place that Luke could take it easy for half a year and enjoy his capitalist benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a capitalist, if he could push the basic work off to someone else, he would naturally hand it over to his employees and his A.I..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t afraid of anyone trying anything funny with the research institute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The research institute was a private company that he 100% controlled. Nobody could interfere with its management, so nobody could blatantly try anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for trying something in the dark, the darker the better; the best would be if a bright red name stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disposing of a problem might not be easy, but wasn’t it simple to dispose of the person who created the problem?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could also earn experience and credit points in passing. It was perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was probably the case when it came to technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of putting together a team, the biggest gain in the last six months was the addition of a top-tier support-type personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person was none other than Richard Gere, the shadow man who had gone into hiding in Brazil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke had been stunned for a moment when he first heard the name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever the case, Richard was indeed a top-tier support genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a 23-year-old white man who looked… like a geek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His appearance, manner of speech, and clothes were all ordinary. His only merit was that he was thin, and didn’t have to worry about his weight, like most shut-ins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke gave the guy half a year off. Then, he dragged Richard out of a VIP room in a five-star hotel in Rio, and woke him up on a dark and empty beach.\u003C\u002Fp>",1291,"2026-06-06T03:36:36.830Z",1,"novelbin.me","35e44a5de18eee760d63ee09becc2a008d2b2aa73bcfb24ed8a1b598c58bf3aa","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1711","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1709",2233,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsuper-detective-in-the-fictional-world-cover.jpg"]