Chapter 126: The Difference Between Geniuses

"Wuaaah." Henry let out a long sigh. To make the future Iron Man hold such a grudge, Mr. Fantastic must have truly offended someone badly.

However, this also made Henry notice something. Although both Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic are among the top geniuses in the Marvel Universe, their attributes and character settings still differ.

Putting aside the superhero halo, Mr. Fantastic is a pure scientist, while Iron Man is first a capitalist, then a scientist. That is to say, Mr. Fantastic's greatest advantage is his intelligence, whereas Iron Man's true advantage is his money power.

So now it seems, Mr. Fantastic Reed Richards' life consists of causing trouble, cleaning up the mess, plus a schedule of scamming funding everywhere.

According to the movie settings, even getting married was done in his spare time. In a certain version of the setting, he once believed that women would only hinder his scientific research, so he had planned to leave Sue.

If his wife hadn't directly married a girl from within the team, ensuring the fat water wouldn't fall into outsiders' fields, Mr. Fantastic would probably have remained a bachelor until the end of time.

It's just that Henry didn't quite understand the mindset of these scientific big shots, so he asked, "Even if that Mr. Richards thinks his research is too advanced, he should still be able to produce some scraps.

"They don't need to be too good; just slightly surpassing current technology a little bit should be enough to satisfy the wolves and tigers on Wall Street, right? Could he not even do that?"

Tony then said, "Because to do that, he would first have to hand over his research results so others could conduct downgraded research. Or he would have to personally conduct this kind of downgraded research.

"But that guy refuses to hand over his results and doesn't want to waste his time on downgraded research, so everyone who has cooperated with him has complained."

Henry finally understood and said, "So that's why some people criticize him as just a scammer of funding."

"Yes."

"Then what did your father think?" Henry asked again.

After all, the current Tony Stark is just a rich second-generation kid slacking off at school and picking up girls in Hollywood.

The head of Stark Industries is his own father, Howard Stark. So Henry was also curious about that person's thoughts, wondering if they were as extreme as his own son's.

Although mentioning that person made Tony somewhat unhappy, Tony still remembered vividly the words Howard, also a top scientific figure, had said about Reed Richards.

He said, "The old man's evaluation was that things surpassing Earth's technology by thirty years or more are just flashy toys. They can be proposed, but are not worth the time to realize.

"Furthermore, so-called future technology must inevitably eliminate certain old technologies, which touches the red line of certain vested interests. Unless he is willing to share his benefits, these people will inevitably become obstacles to him in business.

"Or his political power must be strong enough to block those dissatisfied voices. Even so, political power must also be exchanged for one's own benefits. Until that guy learns these things, his current situation will not change."

Oh, this truly is the evaluation of an old-school capitalist, speaking very much in line with the current situation and values of the United States.

Or perhaps, this could also be Howard Stark's own personal experience walking this path.

Henry asked curiously, "Didn't your father intend to recruit such talent?"

After a pause, Tony shook his head and said, "I think he wouldn't hire someone very much like himself. And we have no obligation to teach him these things, do we? If he is truly talented, he will find his own way to success."

But how many talents were thus extinguished?

Henry also thought of the two generations, Anton Vanko and Ivan Vanko, who had entanglements with the Stark family. Although he didn't know if this world had this Russian father and son pair, or if the story was exactly as he knew it.

Suddenly, Tony's tone changed, and he spoke in an angry tone again, "Do you think these people are sick? They produce things but won't let others use them, and even don't want others to know about them.

"Then what are they doing these researches for? That guy Richards is like this. According to what the old man said, he also met a jerk named Hank something, who had the same problem."

Now it was Henry's turn to regret, regretting why he hadn't brought a portable recorder with him.

If he recorded this sentence today, when the future US Department of Defense demanded Iron Man hand over his armor, Henry would play this for the future Tony Stark to hear.

To see what expression this genius would have when hit by his own past boomerang.

What a pity~

Slightly curbing the joy of watching the show and eating melon, Henry tapped the bone-conduction microphone switch on his neck and said, "Now approaching are Bloomberg CEO, Mr. Mike Bloomberg, and his wife, Lady Susan Brown."

It turned out to be the other side; the Stark couple, who had already exceeded their talking time, finally finished occupying Lady He Ben's time, and another group of heavyweight figures took over.

Watching Henry's action, Tony pointed at the little gadget on his neck and said, "You can make such a thing, so why are you content to be a small assistant? As long as you want, not to mention building a big company, worrying about food and clothing is no problem, right? Just like me."

"Like you?" Henry said with a provocative tone, "I don't have a good dad."

"Hmph, since I started university, all my living expenses have been earned by myself. I didn't rely on anyone."

"Is that so? What is the source?"

"Patent licensing fees."

"Then do you know how long it takes roughly to apply for a patent?" Henry asked.

"I don't know, lawyers handle it all. It should be done in a few days," the ignorant young master Tony said with great confidence.

Henry sneered and said, "Heh, a few days. Applying for a patent, including the review time, takes an average of seven to eleven months. Usually during this period, certain big companies will know the content of the patent.

"As long as they are interested, they will talk to the owner. If they can't reach an agreement, there are naturally other means. But don't think that after selling the patent to a big company, you can just sit back and collect money safely.

"Many big companies would rather spend a lot of money to shelve a patent technology that conflicts with their business than let anyone gain benefits from this technology. So trying to make money from patents is something that has an invisible threshold for ordinary people.

"Without the legal team of Stark Industries as a backing, if an ordinary person can still keep the patent in hand, it only proves that those big players don't see potential in this technology and can only earn a little money. Or there is a simple alternative solution.

"So please don't say that making money from patents is easy. From this perspective, it is not hard to understand why that Mr. Richards doesn't use the scientific research results in his hands to raise funds."

(End of this chapter)