The Highly Profitable Industry

Lacey’s words made Renoli, Kyle, and the Precognitor’s eyes flash.

They had only considered the difference between individual strength and the Iron Man armor’s strength. They had not considered how the weapons carried by such an army of steel could deliver a decisive blow in large-scale wars.

This immediately made Renoli, Kyle, and the Precognitor regard Tony with newfound respect.

With a mind like Tony’s, it was inevitable that he would develop many advanced technologies in the future.

Not only could he bring the Void Cult a steady stream of funding and allow all kinds of facilities to be built.

Tony’s technology would also inevitably become one of the Void Cult’s trump cards in the future.

They could play a role in all kinds of battles, but in large-scale wars, unless an individual’s power directly surpassed the limits, their impact would be limited.

That would be when technology took the stage and blanketed the battlefield with firepower.

Considering that Tony himself was not very strong yet and lacked combat experience, they would likely have to protect him when necessary, lest something happen to Tony, one of their trump cards.

While the group was talking.

Tony had already installed gravity devices on sixteen space fighters and had them begin test flights to assess their performance.

During the process, Tony obtained a great deal of useful data, which made him extremely pleased.

The crowd around him admired Tony even more.

Because they saw a possibility: if Tony could prepare a set for new Void Cult members, it could perfectly help newly joined members get through their initially weak period.

It might not be possible now, but as the Precognitor had said, it would become possible in the future.

The representatives of the sixteen major companies signed orders worth one hundred million each with Tony after testing the performance.

They planned to try them out on a small scale first. If there were no problems after a year of use, they would continue placing orders in the future.

They also asked about the Iron Man armor. Although they were somewhat disappointed to learn that it was not for sale, it was within their expectations.

Tony Stark was capable of creating such high-tech mechanical armor, so his mind was undoubtedly exceptional.

They would have opportunities to cooperate with Tony Stark and purchase other technologies he developed in the future.

After each paid a fifty-million deposit to Tony Stark, they left first.

That brought in eight hundred million at once, though Tony knew he had not truly earned that eight hundred million yet.

"Miss Sonia, tonight I’ll have Jarvis send you the factory blueprints and the equipment that needs to be purchased."

"Once the factory is completed, I’ll have to trouble you to recruit some people and begin production."

Tony transferred seven hundred ninety-five million to Sonia, keeping five million for himself to spend, then spoke.

"Alright, I’ll make the most efficient use of this money."

"Construction can begin within a month at most."

Sonia nodded upon hearing this and gave him a fairly specific timeframe.

"I’m relieved to leave it to you."

"Then go get busy."

Tony smiled and nodded.

Then Tony shot into the sky and swiftly headed toward his laboratory.

Having just scanned a huge amount of data on space fighters, he could begin studying and using it as a reference to construct his own space fighter ahead of time.

After seeing Mr. Tony Stark leave, Sonia glanced at the Void Cult members who were still watching and left as well.

She needed to report this good news to Mr. Kassadin. As for the five million Mr. Tony Stark had left for himself, she did not care about it.

Previously, Mr. Tony Stark had been unable to make money, so whenever he wanted to do something, he had always needed to apply for funding.

Although Mr. Kassadin would generally approve whatever he applied for.

Still, whenever he wanted to use money, he had to submit an application. To Mr. Tony Stark, that surely meant there were no secrets.

Now that eight hundred million had finally come in, it was normal for him to temporarily keep five million.

"Eight hundred million? He just made eight hundred million?"

"Is money really that easy to earn?"

"If eight hundred million were piled up in front of us, how high would it be?"

"How would I know? I’ve never even seen one hundred million."

The other Void Cult members had heard Tony Stark’s conversation with those people clearly.

Now that Tony Stark and Miss Sonia had left, they immediately began discussing it.

"Sure enough, if you want to make big money, you have to start a business."

"A large part of why Tony Stark was able to succeed in business so quickly was because he has such a brilliant mind."

"That’s why Lord Kassadin was willing to provide funding for his research."

"Is your mind that good? Starting a business takes ability."

"No…"

"Then there you have it."

Some of the Void Cult members were incomparably envious. They chatted as they gradually dispersed.

Although they had not heard it firsthand, they had seen Miss Sonia, Lord Kassadin’s butler, occasionally come forward to speak with Tony Stark.

This time, they had even appeared together. It was obvious that Miss Sonia had most likely helped find the people willing to come conduct the assessment.

Therefore, it was not difficult for them to see that Lord Kassadin had supported Tony Stark’s research and development of the gravity device in this transaction.

However, Tony Stark was already so formidable through technology alone without even relying on his own strength, which stirred the fighting spirit of some Void Cult members.

They did not have such brilliant minds, so they would strive to evolve themselves further.

Meanwhile, Sonia returned to the villa and reported the details of the transaction to Harvey.

"Once the factory is completed, approximately how long will it take to finish the first batch of orders?"

After listening, Harvey spoke.

"These seven hundred ninety-five million will be used to purchase a small island."

"Then the factory can be built while workers are trained to operate the equipment at the same time."

"According to Mr. Tony Stark, the first batch of orders can be completed in an estimated four months."

"At that time, the other side will transfer the full payment."

"As long as Mr. Tony Stark’s name is promoted, there should be more orders afterward, so the number of factories will need to be increased."

"By estimate, after taxes and dividends for Mr. Tony Stark are deducted, there should be at least three billion in annual revenue within a year. And that is still a conservative estimate."

Sonia then laid out the timeline for officially beginning to turn a profit, as well as the additional investments that would be needed afterward.

High technology was an extremely profitable industry, especially since Mr. Tony Stark had researched a common device suitable for all kinds of space fighters and Cosmic Battleships.

However, entering the high-tech industry was not something ordinary people could accomplish.

Even a genius like Tony Stark had spent only five months on development, yet purchasing all kinds of equipment and materials had still cost more than eight hundred million.

If an elite team had been hired to carry out the development instead, the expense would have been even greater.

But now Mr. Tony Stark had succeeded. As long as he updated and improved it from time to time, keeping the gravity device’s core high-performance and low-cost.

In this interstellar age, there would be no need to worry about a lack of buyers for hundreds of years.

Even if, centuries later, some planet suddenly developed a spacefaring craft that was generations ahead of its time.

The old era’s Cosmic Battleships would not be eliminated so quickly, since the universe was simply too vast.

Not every civilization could completely phase out old-era Cosmic Battleships immediately.

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