Frank's innocent words made Tony stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but laugh.

Others don't know what the amount of this fund is, but he knows it in his heart. If he wants to revitalize the United States today, at the very least, he must be able to double the dollar reserves of the United States at its peak. That's a lot of money, almost $10 trillion. And what is the concept of ten trillion dollars, I'm afraid many people can't figure it out.

Let's take the past 2016 as an example. At that time, when the United States was the world hegemon, the world was still using the gold standard dominated by the dollar. At that time, China, as the country with the largest foreign exchange reserves, had about 3 trillion US dollars in reserves, followed by Japan, with 1.2 trillion US dollars. This figure is ranked down, and it is probably up to the thirtieth place of Denmark - 64 billion foreign exchange reserves, which can barely save up to the figure of 10 trillion. And Tony wants to get so much money, then it is almost equivalent to doubling the foreign exchange wealth of the whole world.

Of course, this is also an exaggeration. After all, the dollar today cannot be compared to the dollar back then. But even if half of that value were cut off, the rest would still be a burden that Tony couldn't bear.

You know, the most valuable company in the United States today is estimated to have swallowed up the Osborne Group of General Electric and Mobil. And even so, Osborne's market capitalization is estimated to be less than a trillion dollars. One trillion, even if you count the Stark Group and Nano Neuron, plus all the large enterprises that the United States is now on his side, at most they can only make up three trillion and less than four trillion, and the remaining more than one trillion is still a bottomless pit that cannot be filled, even if Tony is killed, it is absolutely impossible to come up with so much money.

And besides, the previous estimate was just an estimate. From a practical point of view, this is simply not possible. Even if it was an alliance, Osborne would not have worked so hard to support him to such an extent, let alone other beings who were only in collusion with him for the sake of profit.

Therefore, the deep pit in front of him is far more than a trillion, but 20,000, 30,000 or even 40,000. It's an astronomical amount that he won't necessarily be able to get in his lifetime.

With Frank's intelligence, Tony didn't believe that he wouldn't know what the number was, and he dared to say such a thing at this time, the only thing Tony dared to think was that this son said something romantic and innocent that belonged to a child in order to comfort himself.

That's a good thing, he thinks so. So he immediately smiled at Frank and said.

"All right, my little fellow. Tell me what you have in mind, and let me see what you can do to help me get through this difficult time. ”

"First of all, I need to know one thing, Dad. What is the funding you need. Is it something that can actually be linked to money, or is it just synonymous with the value of money? ”

Frank asked seriously, and Tony opened his mouth after a moment's thought for his question.

"If I can get something, I want it to be substantive. Resources are the best choice because he is stable. If it's just the currency itself, to be honest, I'm worried that my enemies will sabotage all my moves by striking at the currency as I build. ”

"That is to say, what you want is a physical product that can be directly linked to the currency, such as resources. Are there any other special requirements? ”

"Of course, man. If it is a metal mineral that is needed for petroleum and various manufacturing industries, it is best not to have too much. In other words, what we lack is not resources, but the space that allows capital to flow and the market to operate. If possible, I'd prefer to have enough money to consume resources in our market, rather than piling up a whole bunch of resources in a warehouse. Do you understand what I mean? ”

"I understand, Dad. What you mean is that we are not going to be a resource-exporting country, but a resource-consuming country. By consuming resources to revitalize the market, through the activation and upgrading of the market to achieve the rapid development of the entire U.S. economy. So what we need is not resources, but luxury goods such as gold, silver and gemstones that can be directly converted into money, right? ”

"That's right, that's right. That's what it means. If you can dig up some mountains of gold for me, that's the best. Of course, if it's a diamond mine, a gem mine, or something, I can accept it! ”

Tony said this in a joking way, and he didn't think Frank could do such a thing. But soon, when he heard Frank's answer, the smile on his face had unconsciously retracted. Because that's what Frank said at this time.

"It's not a problem, Dad. I already have an idea for a solution. ”

"For Dad, what you need right now is a huge amount of resources that can be directly converted into money. And this resource does not represent a superfilm, because even if you mobilize the power of the whole country to print money, as long as the international recognition of your monetary value, you will not be able to achieve your goal. The gold standard of the United States has been lost, and the dollar is no longer the main currency of international transactions, as it was in the past. So printing money is unlikely to work. ”

"And if it's not money, then it's just other hard currency. And among them, as you said dad, gold, silver, and the like are the most stable hard currencies. Especially gold, because of the recent disasters in the world, the status of gold has not only not fallen, but is slowly rising. So, if we use gold as a means to change our current situation, it is definitely the best way to do it. ”

"I know what you're worried about, Dad, the United States doesn't have enough gold reserves to solve the problem at the moment. This gold is a drop in the bucket compared to the gap we need. But Dad, I'm going to tell you, it's not a problem at all. Because I know a technology that can help us solve this problem. That's Ultron's nanoscale micro-transformation technology, which can help us make gold. ”

Nanotechnology, this technology was first in Zhou Yi's hands, then passed to Tony, and finally fell to Ultron, becoming his housekeeping skill. Even with Tony's natural intelligence, he has to admit that Ultron has indeed carried forward this technology, and even developed it to the extreme.

However, even if he already had this realization in his heart, he still couldn't imagine that Ultron could already achieve such an extent. To make gold, this chemical element gold is present elementally. This almost means that he already has the ability to create things out of thin air using nanotechnology.

Is this possible? If someone else said such a sentence, Tony would definitely sneer in his heart, and then directly slap him in the mouth to make him sober up. But if his own son said such a thing, he would not have the slightest suspicion at all.

This is because the son he gave birth to knows that although this little guy is brilliant and talented, he has not yet reached the point where he can casually lie to his parents. The second is because he knows very well in his heart that his son may have an indescribable connection with Ultron, and his understanding of Ultron is definitely far beyond his own. So, when he says that, then there is a chance that it will become an established fact.

Although he already had such an understanding, if he really wanted him to believe that it was true, Tony couldn't help but be speechless in his heart. In order to get an affirmative answer, he was already eager to ask Frank.

"Man, are you sure you're telling me the truth? Are you sure you're not talking nonsense to me? Please, this is very important, it's really not something to be said casually. ”

Frank understands Tony's mood right now, so he doesn't have any problem with Tony's change of attitude. As a son, he took this for granted, even with his answers.

"I'm sure, Dad. Although Ultron has never done anything like this, judging by the technology in his hands and my personal calculations. It's entirely possible. Using the closest elements to transform the atomic structure, it only takes a few experiments to get us gold from sand. ”

The affirmative reply made Tony's heart tremble. And while trembling like this, he couldn't help but think about it in his heart. The recent international gold price is about $1,300 an ounce, and judging from the depreciation rate of the dollar and the rise of gold, it is likely that this figure will rise to 1,400 or even 1,500. And if this is calculated, he will need to produce more than three billion ounces of gold to meet his plans for a rejuvenating country without drastic changes in the international gold price.

More than 3 billion ounces, that's almost 90,000 tons of gold. Don't look at this number when converted to tons, it's a bit inconspicuous, but compared to other data, it's simply an astronomical number. The first thing you need to know is how much gold there was in the heyday of the United States. This figure is more than 8,000 tons, firmly occupying the first place in the world.

And secondly, you have to know how much gold has been mined on this earth. The current figure is 160,000 tons, which means that if the Stark government dares to make such a large amount of gold, the United States will have more than a third of the world's gold reserves.

Is this a good thing? This is of course a good thing for Tony, as long as he does not put gold into the market in one go, he can use the current value of gold to continuously transform the current environment of the United States, so that the American economy can really recover. However, this comes at a price, and even as the president of the United States, he absolutely cannot afford it. So at this moment, he couldn't help but hesitate and be scared.