In a building next to the original Orange Industries in Lower Manhattan, New York.
This place has now been bought by Luca and renamed Orange Tower.
Don't be misled by the name 'Lower District'; although Manhattan Island is divided into several districts, none of them are particularly poor in terms of economic prosperity.
Even the infamous Hells Kitchen is only chaotic, not poor.
Or rather, in a highly capitalized city like New York, only individuals will be poor, not a specific area.
In fact, recently, due to two consecutive alien invasions in the Upper East Side and Midtown near Stark Tower, which caused extensive damage,
The housing prices in this Lower District have actually risen instead of falling.
And the reason Luca was able to buy this building so easily was, naturally, because the building was originally an asset of Stark Industries.
Stark, who had already invested a large sum in Orange Group, sold it directly to Luca at cost price.
Well, although Orange Group also incurred a large loan as a result.
But with the current prospects shown by Orange Group, banks are even eager for Luca to borrow more.
As for today, immediately after the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Orange Material Technology, the invited guests are continuing to network at the subsequent cocktail party.
And as the absolute protagonist of today, and the host of this cocktail party,
Luca, who should have been surrounded by people, was instead leisurely leaning against the bar, holding a wine glass, and boredly watching the lively crowd.
"Brat~ How old are you? Drinking is not something you should be doing at your age~"
Luca didn't even need to turn his head; just by hearing that slightly annoying voice, he knew who it was.
"This is just Sprite. I'm not interested in alcohol."
After explaining, Luca drank the Sprite in his glass, then turned around and looked at Tony with playful eyes.
"What, I just saw you chatting quite well with that beauty? Why do you have time to come over here?"
Hearing Luca say that, Tony's face immediately showed a disgusted expression, as if he had eaten something unpleasant, and he said angrily,
"You brat, did you know that was Hammer's daughter all along, and you didn't say anything in advance, just waiting to see me make a fool of myself?!"
Yes, the person Stark proactively went up to talk to was Justin Hammer, the current head of Hammer Industries.
The other party is also one of the shareholders of Orange Industries. Although the Group is the Group and Orange Industries is Orange Industries, Luca couldn't possibly not invite the other party to such a cocktail party and ribbon-cutting.
Tony probably hadn't paid attention to company and industry news for too long, as he actually went up and talked to Justin Hammer.
He was probably played by the other party and ran over to him for comfort.
In fact, among the guests present, most probably didn't know the true value of this newly established company, Orange Material.
But since Stark Industries was willing to invest a large sum, others would naturally take it seriously.
Chasing gains and cutting losses, human nature is nothing more than that.
However, Tony doesn't care much about company matters now, so when he came over to Luca, he naturally wouldn't talk much about that topic.
He reverted to his somewhat cynical attitude, looked at the woman in the center of the cocktail party, who was surrounded by the crowd but was still able to chat and laugh freely with everyone, and asked teasingly,
"Don't talk about me. Where did you find such a beautiful secretary, kid? How come I've never heard of this person before?"
Listening to Tony's teasing, a strange look flashed in Luca's eyes, and he replied casually,
"Well, I hired her. I'm not like you, where Miss Pepper handles everything for you. Naturally, I need to find some people to help share the work so I can focus on research."
Before, Luca had always asked Samira to help him find a suitable secretary to help him handle company affairs.
There have been many messy things at the company recently, so the demand for a secretary was naturally more urgent.
This woman named Lena Petersen was chosen by Luca from the information Samira provided.
After using her these days, she is indeed outstandingly capable; anything handed to her is ultimately handled in an orderly manner.
It's just that Luca always felt like he had seen Lena in that floral dress somewhere before.
However, there were indeed no suitable people available at the moment, so he simply didn't dwell on the matter.
Just as Luca and Tony were chatting happily, having just moved from clean energy to the extinction of dinosaurs,
Norman Osborn, whose gaze had barely left Luca's side the entire time, finally couldn't hold back and proactively walked over to strike up a conversation.
"Mr. Orange, I think perhaps we can talk privately about that matter you mentioned before."
Saying that, Norman Osborn subconsciously glanced at Tony, clearly not wanting to say too much in front of an 'outsider'.
Norman Osborn's action of immediately seeking out Luca and completely ignoring him made Tony instantly annoyed.
However, he guessed that what the other party wanted to talk to Luca about was most likely company-related matters. Not wanting to ruin Luca's business, he could only roll his eyes but stubbornly didn't move his butt.
Seeing Tony's childish behavior, Luca shook his head and smiled, then stood up and said to Norman Osborn,
"Let's talk in my office."
"Name your price. I only want the formula and your early experimental records. I can give you the patents and subsequent profits. After the drug is developed, I can also fully supply the medication for your mother, Ms. Gina, and it will not delay her treatment."
"You should know that with the laboratory you set up yourself, it will inevitably take a lot of time to complete the research and development of that drug."
As soon as he entered the office, before he even sat down, Norman Osborn impatiently stated his conditions.
However, Luca calmly sat behind the desk, opened a drawer, and rummaged for something on his own.
"Mr. Norman's understanding is quite detailed, but coincidentally, I've also paid a little attention to your situation."
"Although your wife currently suffers from a hereditary disease, the symptoms manifest very similarly to neural synaptic cocooning, where basic proteins continuously synthesize and envelop her nerves."
"Either you start from the genes and completely cure the disease, or you can only rely on similar methods, using medication to regularly decompose the cocooned proteins on the nerves. Is that right?"
Listening to Luca describing his wife's illness on his own, he naturally knew more about it than anyone else.
At this moment, he merely frowned slightly, already prepared for this kid to try to raise the price.
Who knew that after rummaging in the drawer for a moment, Luca casually pulled out a document bag and threw it in front of him, saying with a somewhat inexplicable smile,
"However, there's one point where Mr. Norman's investigation seems to have made a mistake. The targeted drug you want, I have already developed it."
"Now, I think perhaps we can change our method of cooperation~"