Chapter 16:
Under Alex 's efforts, his and Wanda's family business quickly took proper shape.
The group of subordinates that Alex had previously sent to the rehabilitation center also successfully graduated and returned.
Watching the commercial empire he had single-handedly built growing stronger day by day, Alex felt both pleased and satisfied.
A few days ago, Happy had come to find him, saying that after Tony learned Alex had established his own foreign trade company, he was very happy and hoped to sign a trade contract with Alex 's company, allowing it to sell Stark Industries' products overseas.
Alex knew very well in his heart that this was simply Tony showing goodwill toward him.
Stark Industries' reputation was already well-known worldwide. Every major company around the globe knew about Stark Industries.
So there was absolutely no need for his newly established and unknown foreign trade company to cooperate with Stark Industries.
However, there was no reason to turn down free money. Moreover, Alex 's next plan urgently needed a large amount of funds.
After sending Happy away, Wanda walked into the office.
"What did he come to find you for?"
Watching Happy get into the car downstairs, Wanda asked without turning her head.
"He came on behalf of Stark Industries to sign a cooperation agreement with us."
"What? Did I hear that right? The Stark Industries?"
Facing Wanda's surprise, Alex could fully understand it. After all, in anyone's eyes, Stark Industries was an absolute giant in the business world. Only a few equally well-known domestic companies were worthy of Stark Industries personally coming to discuss cooperation.
It wasn't that Stark Industries looked down on other companies. It was simply like an adult specially asking a child to help carry something too heavy for them.
In short, if your ability was insufficient, even if they gave you the order, you wouldn't have the strength to complete it.
During this period, Wanda was mostly in charge of managing the foreign trade company, while Alex focused more on leading his subordinates to maintain public security in his territory.
In the second month of the new year, on the territory under Alex 's control, more than eighty percent of the drug dealers had already been caught and sent to the police station.
As for the drug users, Alex had mostly sent them all to rehabilitation centers.
Alex had thought that once these people re-entered society, they would inevitably face discrimination from others. So when they had just started to show improvement in rehab, he went to the centers and recruited them all into his ranks.
He did this entirely out of concern that these people, who had finally stepped out of the shadows, would fall back into darkness due to external social factors.
The most effective way to completely eradicate drugs was for no one to need them anymore. Once there was no business, the drug dealers would naturally switch to other trades over time.
"Knock knock knock!"
"Come in."
Bill walked in holding a large pile of documents.
"Boss, these are some recent bills from our company that need your signature and approval."
Looking at the mountain of documents in Bill's arms, Alex felt a headache coming on.
"Bill, take them all to my office. From now on, leave this kind of thing to me."
Seeing Alex 's troubled expression, Wanda didn't want him to be too tired. After all, he was handling all the trivial matters inside and outside the company. She only hoped to help share some of the pressure.
After seeing Wanda leave, Bill walked up to Alex and said softly:
"Boss, the public security environment in the neighborhoods we control has basically been brought under control. However, there are still many scattered drug dealers in other neighborhoods of New York who are not behaving and want to encroach on our streets."
Hearing this, Alex narrowed his eyes slightly. Someone was trying to cause trouble on his turf.
"Bill, go find people and mark all these unruly ones for me. We'll deal with them together after some time."
"Understood, Boss. Also, how should we handle the drugs that were recently delivered?"
"Contact Nick Fury and have him send people to take them away. Remember, charge them at market price — not a single cent less. We're almost unable to pay salaries this month."
"Don't worry, Boss. I'll handle it right away."
It had to be said that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s efficiency was truly high. Bill had only called in the morning, and by noon Nick Fury had already arrived at Alex 's office, looking travel-worn.
It was obvious that something was wrong. Normally, such matters would only require sending a few agents to escort the goods, but Alex hadn't expected Nick Fury to come personally this time.
"Director, what brings you here in person?"
As soon as he saw Nick Fury, Alex asked directly.
Nick Fury was momentarily stunned. Was his current state really that obvious?
Actually, it wasn't entirely Nick Fury's fault. The current time point was simply too sensitive for Alex .
It was now 2012. By his calculations, it should be around the time Loki came to Earth.
Nick Fury's current state was most likely affected by this matter.
Facing Alex 's question, Nick Fury first sighed, then said with obvious fatigue:
"Kid, do you still remember the cosmic threat I once mentioned to you?"
Although Alex already knew what Nick Fury wanted to say, in order not to let Nick Fury notice anything, he could only pretend to look curious and ask:
"I remember, but wasn't that just something to scare children?"
Nick Fury simply shook his head and continued:
"You should know that nothing in this world is groundless. Everything that has passed has left traces. The rumors of aliens have spread so widely among the people, which is enough to prove their authenticity. It's just that over the years, in order to maintain public stability, the government has desperately tried to cover it up."
"Then I don't know why the Director came specifically to tell me this. It couldn't be that some aliens are going to invade Earth, right?"
Alex asked knowingly.
Compared to Alex 's casual tone, Nick Fury looked extremely serious at this moment.
"You guessed correctly. That is indeed the case."
After receiving Nick Fury's confirmation, Alex roughly understood the purpose of this visit.
Seeing that Alex didn't show much reaction, Nick Fury felt he understood the young man in front of him even less. But from another perspective, it also confirmed that his choice to come this time was not wrong.
"The purpose of my visit this time is to recruit you into us."
Upon hearing this, Alex raised his head and looked into Nick Fury's eyes.
"Us?"
"Yes. The Avengers!"
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