pjbooks Chapter 137 Marriage
Chapter 137 Marriage
Chapter 137 Marriage
Even with lower electricity prices, the income is still considerable, given the low cost of generating electricity.
Osborn Corporation has surpassed Stark Industries in market capitalization. However, although Link's personal assets are very high, he has almost no personal investments, and even his other assets under his private name are pitifully small.
Aside from a few cars, there's an apartment building, which McCall and Frank currently live in, and it's registered under his name.
Link was too lazy to invest or buy, since he really didn't need it. The Osborne Group was already very wealthy and didn't even need to take out loans, which made the banks very anxious, but there was nothing they could do.
Link disliked loans to the core. He figured those power companies were lambs to the slaughter, and the timing of their move depended on the Osborne Group. There was absolutely no need for him to take out a loan.
The group's current shareholding structure is simple, with only three shareholders: Link, Osborn, and Stark Industries, in addition to the publicly traded shares.
Furthermore, without loans, it would be wishful thinking for other capital to manipulate the financial system.
Norman Osborne is also safe, because Osborne is no longer his; he is merely the CEO with a small shareholding, so it makes no sense for others to touch him, and would only offend Link.
Link is no saint; otherwise, where would his reputation as the Grim Reaper come from?
The Osborn Group has now built a protective layer for itself, ensuring that others can only gain real benefits by targeting Link, and no one else can. This is the safest approach.
This is also a framework that Link intentionally created!
He placed his shares in the Jessica Charitable Foundation, so he didn't need to give Jessica any shares. After they got married, Jessica had the right to inherit them, and the key point was just the position of the legal representative of the foundation.
She doesn't inherit all the assets, but once she becomes a legal entity, she can mobilize all the resources within and avoid inheritance tax.
Jessica now earns a million-dollar monthly salary, which Link decides. Everyone else's salary is within a reasonable range, and some even receive bonuses, like Matthew Murdoch and Virgil Nelson.
They receive salaries, and the law firm pays them commissions on profitable business, while legal aid is a project of a charitable foundation.
The reason Link paid Jessica such a high salary was that he couldn't give her pocket money every time, as that wouldn't comply with US law, so he simply offered her a high salary.
After all, with assets worth hundreds of billions, it's reasonable for him to receive such a high salary, isn't it?
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With Link's words in mind, Jessica decided to directly invite Dorothy Walker, her adoptive mother.
At the same time, she had her own plans: she would give her adoptive mother $100,000 a month for living expenses, so that her adoptive mother wouldn't have to bother Tracy.
Jessica thought it could improve the relationship between the mother and daughter.
With all the remaining guests settled, Link began preparing for the wedding. He didn't plan to invite a pastor; the sun would be the witness to their wedding.
That's right, it's the source of his power, the yellow sun.
In this Marvel universe, no one knows his secret. The reason he doesn't kill Thanos with one punch now is because there is no yellow sun around Thanos.
The sun around Titan isn't yellow, and Thanos's lair is easy to find—just ask Heimdall. There's no yellow sun around, so Link wouldn't dare go there.
He is not invincible; he must protect his secret. Right now, only Jessica knows he is Superman, but Jessica has never thought about the question of the sun.
She was unaware that the sun has other colors in the universe.
At this time, Steve Rogers also proposed to Peggy Carter, and he received a positive response. He then shared the good news directly with Link.
The two then began preparing for the wedding and announced it to everyone. Everyone congratulated them, except for Stark, who complained that they came in without waiting for him.
However, Stark certainly won't have a wedding in space; his wedding can't be as low-key as Link's and Steve's.
The Stark family has been in power for quite some time, and their network of connections is enormous; they would never abandon these relationships.
Link and Jessica have simple interpersonal relationships, while Steve and Peggy need to keep a low profile, so holding their wedding in space is the most appropriate choice.
Although the number of attendees at the wedding was small, the atmosphere was quite good. Each of the two couples had their own witnesses. Stark also attended despite his injuries, but thankfully Link was able to open a portal for him.
The others arrived aboard the Avengers. The secret of the Space Ring is currently known only within the Avengers organization and will not be made public.
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After Link and Jessica got married, not much changed between them. Their lives remained the same, since they had been living together for a long time.
However, their relationship is no longer that of boyfriend and girlfriend, but husband and wife. This is a formal relationship, which is different from the past in both legal and spiritual terms.
Link was free for the time being, so he thought of Killian. Why was that guy completely silent?
He had previously cooperated with Hydra, but it's clear from their cooperation that Killian was hiding his true intentions, only sending out some Extremis warriors.
He himself didn't show up at all, and even Maya Hansen didn't come to remind Stark.
What exactly happened?
Link checked AIM and found that it had become a shell company, no longer even having an office address, let alone Kirian.
Link didn't let Stark use his connections to investigate the other party's cooperation with the military, and there haven't been any humans exploding at any time.
As if he had completely disappeared, Killian didn't create a Ten Rings gang to spread rumors and attract attention; he must have gone into hiding.
Is it to continue research and development targeting the Extremis virus?
Did he get the funding?
Link had to consider this possibility; if this guy really developed the perfect Extremis virus, the consequences would be unpredictable.
However, he has no way to find him now, and S.H.I.E.L.D. is definitely looking for him too.
After all, Maria Hill wouldn't let go of the line of inquiry that his people had previously appeared at S.H.I.E.L.D., especially given their unusual circumstances and ability to quickly recover from injuries. How could Maria Hill easily give up on such a thing?
The only clue we have now may be in the hands of Hydra, but it's hard to say which Hydra branch it is.
(End of this chapter)