At this moment, Ross and Striker exchanged a glance and found a hint of tacit understanding in each other's eyes. They both thought of the top-secret Pegasus project!
This plan had to be traced back to the 1940s and 1950s.
After the victory of World War II, Howard and Caite established S.H.I.E.L.D. together and launched three research projects: They were Project Goliath, Project Breakaway, and Project Pegasus.
Project Goliath was a study of body transformation, enlarging and shrinking matter at the atomic level.
cold| During the war, Hank Pym, who had been working at S.H.I.E.L.D., had made a breakthrough in the Goliath research project and developed Pym particle technology. He became the first generation of ant-people and took the next step in quantum technology research.
It was said that it was recently contracted by a person named Reid and his research team. (The future Fantastic Four)
As for the Pegasus Plan, it was a little special.
Its content revolved around the dark energy of the Tesseract and developed a fighter jet that could travel faster than the speed of light to achieve the goal of crossing interstellar space and time.
Unlike the other two projects, the Pegasus project was the most difficult and ambitious one. Therefore, it was a joint research project between NASA, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the military.
Just five years ago, with the progress of the research, a woman named Wendy. Lawson's scientists mastered the core technology and even developed a fighter jet equipped with a light speed engine.
However, just as the Pegasus Plan was about to achieve great results, an accident happened.
During a test drive of the light speed engine fighter, scientist Wendy. Lawson and Air Force pilot Carol were involved in a bizarre plane crash. Lawson died on the spot, and the pilot, Carlo, was nowhere to be found.
Along with Wendy. Lawson's death caused the Pegasus Project to be ruined. The entire plan came to an abrupt end, and a series of mysteries were sealed.
It was worth mentioning that this was the top secret of the military and S.H.I.E.L.D., so people of Colonel Rhode and Nick Fury's level were naturally unaware of this secret that had been sealed for many years.
However, after five years, a technological product that was even more powerful than the light speed engine fighter appeared!
With the appearance of this mini spaceship, the Pegasus project once again welcomed a turning point.
Whether it was Ross or Striker, they were keenly aware that this might be an opportunity to restart the Pegasus project! At the thought of this, they were instantly immersed in a mixture of surprise and joy.
"How long will it take for this kind of universe ship to be completed?”
"It will probably take another three months.”
Colin said after a rough estimation. Tony and his technical team were currently in the midst of intensive research and development. It was estimated that they would be completed in three months at the earliest, and no more than half a year at most.
Ross was delighted when he heard that. He immediately asked,"Then how much is your company's offer? How many ships can I sell at most?"
"Three billion dollars. According to the current progress, we should be able to build three ships by the end of next year!”
His fingers drummed rhythmically on the table. After thinking for a moment, Colin directly made a bid.
The F-22 fighter jet in the United States was priced at 300 million dollars. Colin calculated that the price of this spaceship would have to increase by seven or eight times.
"What? Three billion dollars? That's too exaggerated! An F22 fighter jet was only worth 300 million USD.”
"This is simply asking for too much. Stark Industries is too greedy.”
A few high-ranking military officials were dumbfounded when they heard this price and said with some dissatisfaction.
In their opinion, Colin was asking for an exorbitant price. He was treating the Hexagon Building like an ATM, right?
Norman Osborne and Nelson Hammer were also shocked.
Three billion dollars? This price was too daring. In comparison, the weapons and firearms they sold to the Hexagon were cheap.
"Nonsense, don't the research and development of this spaceship cost money? If you don't have the money, can you build one for me? The price had been set. It was three billion dollars. If you were willing to buy it, then buy it. If you weren't, then forget it!”
Colin waved his hand and said willfully. His words were filled with unquestionable dignity.
This spaceship was a seller's market.
Moreover, Colin's offer was one thing, but whether he was willing to sell such an epoch-making product was another!
If he didn't want to buy it, then forget it. He didn't have to worry about where to go anyway. Colin believed that as long as he leaked some information, he would win.| As long as the big dogs in the east get the news, they will definitely come over to buy it!
With that, Colin was about to call Jarvis and leave the meeting room.
" Wait a moment..." General Roth quickly stood up to ask him to stay and smiled apologetically.
He quickly made a call with his personal landline, then paced back and forth in the conference hall with his hands behind his back.
After a long while, Ross clenched his teeth and punched his palm. He seemed to have made an extremely difficult decision, and his eyes were filled with pain."Okay, according to the unit price of three billion dollars, I want all three universe ships.”
What?
When they heard General Ross 'words, there was an uproar.
Nick Fury, Coulson, and Colonel Rhode couldn't help but gasp in disbelief.
Even though they knew that Colin was asking for an exorbitant price, Ross and the other higher-ups still made this decision.
The unit price was three billion dollars. This meant that if all three ships were bought, it would be nine billion dollars. It was an order of nearly ten billion dollars!
How terrifying!
Thinking about it carefully, this should be the largest purchase order in the history of the pentagon!
In the arms dealer row, Norman Osborne and Nelson Hammer were also shocked, their pupils contracting, full of shock and disbelief, their jaws almost falling off!
A huge order of nearly 10 billion yuan, was the Hexagon crazy?
After all, the total assets of the entire Hanmo Military Industry were only worth 100 billion!
Stark Industries and Hexagon, one dared to make a bid, and the other dared to place an order!
Norman Osborne and Nelson Hammer looked at each other, their faces pale, revealing bitter smiles.
Who would have thought that Colin would throw out such a heavy bomb at the docking conference? And he would even have the last laugh, becoming the true winner!
This time Stark Industries was doing a really big project. In contrast, Osborne's 500 million and Hammer Military's 1.9 billion orders were really dwarfed.
Without comparison, there would be no harm!
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(P.S. I really put my heart and soul into writing this book. In order to write this book well, I found a lot of information. Every day, I did my best to conceive, perfect the outline, and work hard.) It could be said that he had racked his brains and spent a lot of effort.）
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