I Am Gwen's Spider-Man Mentor.

Chapter 16 Choosing a Madman to Manage a Mental Hospital

"The spider woman who appeared in New York recently, is there any news about the FBI who is chasing it?" Stephanie, the director of national intelligence, carefully cut off the beef with a knife, and asked Nathaniel Wade next to her without squinting. "If there is any, is it real news or news used to confuse Congress."

"It's not even enough to prevaricate Congress." Nathan shook his head, "But that little spider is quite harmless. It can catch drug dealers and gangsters at most. It's a good neighbor. The little bastards in New York have her to balance it out. , It can also be used to beat NYPD (New York City Police Department), ATF (Tobacco, Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives Administration), DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) to work hard, and it is not a bad thing for DA (District Attorney) and the Attorney General. "

"A girl who has super powers but is still so restrained..." Stephanie touched her chin, "Sounds good, if it is true."

“不过——”内森咬了一小口手中的三明治，“根据情报分析，我们认为她大致是一位16到24岁的年轻女子，短发，身高在5英尺4英寸（162.5）到5英尺8英寸（172）之间，体重约在110到120磅之间。”

"For a girl of this age and height, she is a little too thin." As a well-informed middle-aged woman, Stefani's intelligence director sharply commented on the young woman, Spider-Woman Gwen Stacy and guessed maliciously: "I think her size is not big, it should not exceed a C cup. Those boys who exude hormones all over their bodies should not like her very much."

After she finished speaking, she shrugged her shoulders, and the two big lumps of flesh on her chest trembled with her movements and turned into waves.

Nathan, who has no interest in women, looked embarrassed. He didn't want to participate in the boss's daily discussion of sexual jokes, so the technical expert changed the subject abruptly: "The FBI doesn't seem to like this vigilante. They accused her in the briefing. So reckless."

"Those blue jackets are pure nonsense." Stephanie continued to comment sharply, "Probably this Miss Spider caught them without pants while investigating crimes, and maybe accidentally stabbed them in the butthole, That's how it's called."

"Cough..." Nathan's goosebumps fell all over the ground. As a sexual insulator, he was really insensitive to this kind of metaphor.

"If you want me to say that this messy law enforcement and intelligence department should have been rectified a long time ago, there is just a lack of opportunity..." Thinking of the three-star department under her, which has to boast of a simple business line, Stephanie decided to change. Topic, "Forget it, let's talk about something more important recently. How about Stark's disappearance?"

Nathan, who was let off by his director, took a breath, and replied with relief: "The CIA and the army are in a mess. They seem to be afraid that something will happen to the business of a coffee cup that costs a thousand dollars in Afghanistan. They're sending for Obadiah one by one."

It is not a secret in American political circles that the CIA and the military have done some shady things in Afghanistan.

"Mr. President hopes that the CIA will be more obedient, and the Pentagon is the same." Stephanie knocked on the dining table, "The business in Afghanistan should be closed as soon as possible, and don't wait for the sword of Damocles to fall."

As the director of national intelligence, the head of the U.S. intelligence community, and the most senior intelligence official reporting directly to the U.S. president, Stephanie’s actual power is not as great as it seems—thanks to the separation of powers and wrangling features of the U.S. bureaucracy, she Naturally, they want to scold these intelligence bureaus and centralize power.

This is also the expectation of the current president.

"So, Nathan, from the perspective of a technical expert, who do you think should take over Stark Industries? Obadiah, wait for Tony Stark to come back? Or choose a third person from the board of directors ?”

"It's hard to say, it's like choosing a lunatic to manage the St. Elizabeths Mental Hospital." Nathan, who is familiar with the management files of Stark Industries, gave his answer very precisely, "Considering that Stark Industries is the national intelligence community and The main supplier to the Ministry of Defense, I can only say that the current and potential candidates, whoever they are, will be very controversial, and even this cabinet needs to show courage."

Nathan knew that for these civil servants, "courageous" was a hint-generally speaking, "controversial" only meant "will lose some votes", and "courageous" meant "would lose the entire election"!
"Boldness? That's a bad word, especially for the blood pressure of Your Excellency the President." Stephanie raised her head, wiped her mouth with a dining cloth, and continued to ask with some displeasure, "Is there any other option that is not so 'vigorous'? , such as a Stark Industries executive who is willing to share news with us for a long time?"

"That's hard to say." Nathan frowned and thought, "It's hard for the top management to find such candidates, and most of them are existences that seem to make people suspect that the doctors at St. Elizabeth's Hospital are also crazy. Director, you also know that Stark himself is not normal, and the people he appoints are not very normal."

"Then we will cultivate a high-level person, one who is malleable, flexible, easy to be accepted, has no clear factional background, lacks personal opinions, is not sharp in thinking, has no ability to change the status quo, and is recognized as a good manipulator—"

Stephanie frowned, and then her eyes lit up, staring at Nathan with more anticipation, "I mean, I'm good at listening to other people's opinions, and I'm willing to listen to professional evaluations from third parties."

"Ah... uh... um... oh..." When Stephanie mentioned the word "easy to be accepted", Nathan immediately understood the potential object of Ms. Director and his intention to recommend this object. After weighing whether to pull the old friend into the muddy water, he found that the old friend not only jumped in, but also swam to the middle of the muddy water. With the mentality of breaking the jar, Nathan began to read the disclaimer before recommending:
"Actually, uh... I do know a guy... To be precise, I met him before I joined the job... I think I should have mentioned it in the annual review... Anyway, he is not a real high-level person , and according to the summary of various materials, he does not like to deal directly with federal agencies...Of course he is always very honest with Lawner—”

"You mean Professor Xu from Empire State University?" Professor Stephanie, who had no time to listen to her subordinates chanting the disclaimer, waved her hand and interrupted Nathan's spellcasting directly, "I have heard that the talented young man from Empire State University, Stark Industries' top technologist, a guy who made a good impression in Congress and the Pentagon and got federal funding. Although he is as self-righteous as other high-level intellectuals, with unrealistic expectations of society, and There's a frenzy of jumping back and forth between soft and hard like a root Dick, right?"

Although she is a woman, Stephanie herself does not shy away from these "colorful jokes", and is even quite proficient in it. Nathan himself privately believes that this is also a major reason why Stephanie can secure her position.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Nathaniel still had to say that Raymond Xu was indeed such a person. To be honest, he was not incapable of changing the status quo—it was because he lacked someone who wanted him to change the status quo; and He is also happy to exchange questions with himself as a third party.

"If you want to talk about a fanatical and hard relationship, when he was my roommate, he often borrowed my car to catch girls. He was quite fanatical at that time." Nathan finally replied.

"Oh..." Stephanie stared into Nathan's eyes meaningfully, "So this time you recommended him as a so-called alumni mutual aid?"

"Maybe." Nathan nodded, recognizing the label "alumni mutual aid" widely praised in the political and business circles, "I think this candidate is very good, Professor Xu is a smart person. You don't need to worry about dealing with smart people Their face or their thoughts, this allows us to save a lot of resources."

Stephanie generally trusted Nathan's recommendation, she didn't even look up, she just poured herself half a glass of red wine, "Are you sure that your friend can access Obadiah's office intranet?"

"You can try it, but you can't guarantee it." Nathan is still not as unreliable as he usually seems when dealing with his work, using a water-tight explanation as an exemption clause, "He is not Obadiah's confidant, nor is he The core decision-making layer of Stark Industries is just a vase used by Stark Industries to appease Congress and respond to political correctness."

"But he wants to check on his immediate boss." Stephanie shook the wine glass in her hand and closed her eyes slightly, "This shows that he has ambitions, and a vase with ambitions means that we have room for cooperation, and it also means that we Cooperation is one of the few options for him, isn't it, Mr. Wade?"

Nathaniel sighed and flattered without emotion: "Your judgment is correct, ma'am."

"Excellent." Stephanie put down her wine glass, pulled the salad plate over, and replied seemingly unintentionally, "However, there are many vases, and there are also many ambitious vases. To get our help, he still needs to show his A trait."

When she said this, Stephanie finally raised her eyes, and looked at Nathan sitting next to her through the edge of her glasses. She couldn't find anything unusual between the man's brows, but Stephanie, who was familiar with her subordinate, The director knew that this was a sign of Nathan's inner "strangeness".

Stephanie doesn't care what these "abnormalities" are, as long as there are "anomalies"-as the Director of National Intelligence of the United States, her responsibility is to control, use and guide these "anomalies".

"He has to have killer instinct." Stephanie made a calm decision while stirring Sarah in front of her.

Nathan nodded in agreement.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Nathan opened his mouth again and said, "By the way, we found out that Xu went to California to meet Pepper Potts. We haven't got the specific meeting information yet."

"He's a wonderful guy, and now I think he's a bit qualified."

　The stalks of the will of the universe are indeed unpopular (behind-the-sighted eyes), so they are all deleted.

　　It may be that my personal grasp of some of the online articles is behind some versions (cover your face and hold your forehead)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)