On this day, Dane Davis, President of Vanguard Technology, met with several Department of Defense generals.
After several years of development, Vanguard Technology was no longer the "nouveau riche" that had become an overnight sensation with Kuaishou a few years ago.
After securing a sufficient market share, Vanguard embarked on a frenzied acquisition spree.
During Vanguard Technology's most difficult times, Dane still had to rely on money earned from suppressing the stock of rival companies to acquire them.
But having developed to this point, Vanguard's core technology was already sufficient to extract even greater profits to expand its business empire.
And one of Vanguard's most outstanding achievements was the sale of arms.
Ever since he decided to set his sights on Kahndaq, he thought for a long time and finally decided to support the local Resistance to fight for their "freedom."
War, of course, required weapons and money.
The International Gang, backed by eternal metal mines, possessed formidable technological power.
However, it was evident that although the International Gang had high technological capabilities, they couldn't achieve mass production or full-line equipment.
That is, their industrial strength was relatively poor.
Only a very small portion of their special forces could be equipped with high-tech eternal metal, while the majority still used common firearms available on the market.
This gave the Kahndaq Resistance a chance to continue resisting.
Dane thoroughly studied the development history of Stark Enterprises in the adjacent Universe and developed a variety of new weapons with immense power and wide applicability.
Without mentioning anything else, the Jericho Missile that Tony Stark hawked to the Military in "Iron Man 1" was easily produced by him.
There were also many other types of weapons, which won't be introduced one by one here.
In short, relying on these new weapons, he smoothly established connections with the Military.
He also successfully sold goods to Kahndaq through the Military's connections.
No, it should be said that he gave the weapons to the Kahndaq Resistance at cabbage prices.
In the name of humanitarian aid, of course.
Currently, the war between the International Gang and the Resistance there is raging, and it should be difficult to determine a winner anytime soon.
Although he greatly desired Kahndaq, Dane had no intention of becoming its President or King.
His primary objective remained to enhance his accumulation in magic and technology, and incidentally, to improve his strength.
Political affairs could be entrusted to trustworthy subordinates; he would simply be a qualified behind-the-scenes manipulator, lying back and counting money.
He always believed that waiting for heroes to save in political issues was meaningless.
Just like in "Black Adam," what good would it do even if Adam killed all the International Gang members?
If he could be sealed once, he could be sealed a second, third, or countless times.
And then Kahndaq would just have to watch as a second International Gang occupied it again?
It still needed to become strong itself, and Dane's weapons and economic support were the foundation for their strength.
Just like a certain country with a blue six-pointed star flag, relying on support from its U.S. father, it managed to take root amidst numerous enemies... Dane felt he could also learn from this model; wasn't it just a proxy war?
He didn't believe that Vanguard Technology's strength couldn't handle even the International Gang.
After waiting for a moment in the reception room, the invited Department of Defense generals walked in.
"We meet again, Dane."
The speaker's tone was cordial, as if he were very familiar with Dane.
Leading the way was a middle-aged man with slightly graying hair; his face was resolute, and his demeanor was tough, clearly an old Military man at first glance.
His name was Sam Lane, the father of the Reporter-Woman Lois Lane.
"Welcome, General Lane."
Beside Sam Lane stood a Black General who appeared to be in his prime.
General Lane introduced him to Dane: "This is Calvin Swanwick, a General with a promising future."
"I've heard much about you, Mr. Davis."
Swanwick had clearly engaged in similar social interactions many times; he politely shook Dane's hand.
"General Swanwick, you're too kind; please just call me Dane."
Dane smiled, and at the moment their hands met, Swanwick suddenly looked up, staring at him in shock.
Because the moment their palms touched, a voice echoed in Swanwick's mind:
"Hello, friend from Mars, Ron Ronz."
Telepathy, this is a very common form of mental magic.
Dane, of course, also knew it, but he generally wouldn't use it.
Casually prying into others' privacy not only easily causes resentment but also easily leads one into the dark side of others' minds.
But there's also a very convenient way to use this magic: don't try to read others' minds, but rather implant your own thoughts into their minds.
This method of use has almost no side effects.
Swanwick quickly calmed down; he forced himself to be rational.
But Dane released his hand after conveying the message he wanted to convey, and then began to chat and laugh with General Lane.
After that, it was as if nothing had happened at all.
Dane focused on introducing new products to them, never again using any supernatural power to try and contact Swanwick.
Making the Black General almost believe that what had just happened was an illusion.
But when he tentatively tried to read Dane's mind, he found nothing.
Moreover, an extremely dangerous premonition warned him, and Swannwick could only suppress his thoughts.
Dane diligently showcased Vanguard Technology's achievements to General Lane.
It's worth noting that Ferris's Sabre series drones are now equipped with an operating system jointly developed by Vanguard Technology and the Military.
During the test flight demonstration, although Hal recklessly and audaciously blew up two fighter jets, it couldn't overshadow the excellent performance of this drone.
However, the Air Force was not satisfied with its intelligent system and operating framework, so they commissioned Vanguard Technology to collaborate on the design, hoping to develop a new intelligent control system.
This is the field of artificial AI!
In this regard, if Vanguard Technology said it was second, who would dare claim to be first?
Dane coded a segment in just five minutes, but only delivered it to the Military for acceptance the day before the deadline.
The other side was immediately amazed, but honestly, this code couldn't even compare to Jarvis.
Although it already surpassed all artificial intelligence code on the market.
"The artificial intelligence system you designed, the Air Force guys are very satisfied with."
"But I hope you can also provide some suggestions for Army development."
After General Lane finished visiting the weapons exhibition, he gave Dane a hint, then left with Swannwick.
Before leaving, Swannwick looked back at Dane.
He found the other party looking at him with deep meaning in his eyes, and he frowned, getting into the car and leaving.
Dane was not in a hurry; he uncharacteristically stayed at the company until closing time and even worked overtime for a while.
When he finished his work and looked up, it was already dark.
His office was on the top floor of the building, with floor-to-ceiling windows.
From here, he could overlook the streetscape of the entire city.
He watched the crowd below, and it wasn't long before a figure appeared in the distant sky.
He flew very fast, and soon arrived outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
Dane uncorked the whiskey and asked him, "Come in for a drink?"
Swannwick outside had now transformed into a green-skinned Martian Manhunter, but traces of Swannwick could still be seen in his facial features.
He said nothing, but his body easily passed through the glass, entering the building like an insubstantial Shadow.
After standing firm on the ground, the Martian Manhunter transformed back into his human appearance, but his expression was somewhat solemn.
"You know me?"
"Yes, Ron Ronz, I know you."
"But that's impossible; only one friend knows my identity, and he is already deceased."
"I didn't find out through investigation, my friend; it was through magic."
"What?" Ron was surprised.
The Martian Manhunter is a technology-oriented superhero; his abilities mainly come from Martian genes and biotechnology.
Although he had lived on Earth for a long time, he did not understand the power of magic.
He did know about legends of magic on Earth, but had never witnessed it firsthand.
It can only be said that, as a Martian, he played the role of a human very successfully.
How many people, when watching Zach Snyder's movies, didn't realize that this guy was actually the Martian Manhunter?
But what Dane didn't understand was, you say you treat Earth as your second home, but why didn't we see you take action in several major events?
If you say he was slacking off, he was also commanding Military troops to fight aliens.
He did appear a few times; it seemed like he was slacking off, but not entirely.
What is certain is that in resisting crises, the Martian Manhunter's enthusiasm was indeed not high.
With Parallax on the verge of invasion, Dane had to clarify his stance.
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