Chapter 695 Planning

After the community school in Hell's Kitchen opened, life for everyone here began to get back on track.

The Stark Group took the initiative to undertake the renovation work of the dock area and began to recruit a large number of temporary construction personnel, which made Hell's Kitchen seem to be a lot more prosperous all of a sudden.

After all, this is a huge project. A huge dock area with a radius of several kilometers requires a lot of basic buildings, which requires a lot of construction workers.

The vague unrest caused by gang layoffs recently seemed to have been eliminated.

Stark invested a huge amount of money and took over the overall transformation of the dock area with a gentle attitude.

But he only retained the property rights of his convention and exhibition center, and the other investments would be regarded as charitable investments without any return.

The reason is that the dock area has the interests of most gangs in Hell's Kitchen. If the transformed dock area falls into the hands of the Stark Group, they will not be happy.

Because if the property rights of the newly built dock area are in the hands of the Stark Group, many of their illegal businesses will have to be relocated.

So what’s the point of this dock area? The Stark Group can never rent its properties to gangsters for illegal activities.

In fact, for the Stark Group, the value of this dock area is really not great, and the property cannot be changed to develop real estate here. How much money can it make by building a warehouse?

Now, under the influence of Alvin, Pepper is doing this project as a charity, and the property rights of the dock area are still in the hands of the city government. In this way, what is good for you, me, and everyone will definitely be supported by everyone.

The city government was delighted and completed the largest reconstruction project without spending a penny.

The Stark Group has gained a reputation and has not spent much money.

The gang's interests have not been harmed, which will keep them quiet. Otherwise, other than looking for people to start a war and expand their territory, they have no other way to make up for the loss of a perfect place for goods storage and trading. After all, every street in Hell's Kitchen now has an owner, which one can you sacrifice?

In this way, the police will also be happy. If the gangs are quiet, won't the police be happy?

Pepper was sitting in a booth at Alvin's restaurant taking stock of the benefits of her move. She was surprised to find that maybe in the next five years, the Stark Group might not spend much money but would have the greatest gains.

This was not possible with the Stark Group in the past. Giant companies did not need to care about what other people thought. As long as I did not break the law, or even slightly broke the law, I could directly do whatever I wanted to do.

Input and then output is the business model recognized by everyone.

This kind of investment by one company, where everyone is happy, was unimaginable in the Stark Group in the past. This kind of thing did not even need to be discussed by the board of directors.

What now? The Stark Group has experienced several turmoils. Stark has eliminated all objections. The second largest shareholder SHIELD has habitually remained silent. This has given Stark or Pepper the greatest power.

Pepper operated it without much effort, and then discovered that this "charitable project" that took care of everyone was really an excellent project.

Putting aside the reputation, the annual tax benefits are a considerable amount of money.

The most important thing is to use Alvin's words, the government cannot watch a socially responsible company make "philanthropic investment" without any reward afterwards, right?

Let’s see what the Stark Group needs from the government. As long as it’s not something particularly egregious, we’ll just “offer” it. How fun would it be?

Pepper drank coffee and recalled the "horrified" look in the mayor's eyes when he "discussed" with Donald Depp in the city hall. The feeling of "playing a gangster" made Pepper both excited and a little shy!

In the past, such "dirty" things usually had special people to do it. Now, after Pepper did it himself, he discovered that "blackmail" is actually really interesting!

Alvin was sitting at the bar and chatting with Raymond. He saw Pepper with a strange expression and shook his head in amusement.

This girl who has been sitting at the top of the pyramid may not have realized that the biggest help their "charity projects" have brought to this place is actually providing a large number of jobs, which is really important to Hell's Kitchen now.

Raymond pinched the bridge of his nose a little tiredly. In the past few days, he had finished dealing with the people from Harvard, and then he went to negotiate with the people from the city government according to Alvin's request at that time.

Alvin promised that those who came forward to fight when the demons invaded would have the opportunity to settle down here and live with dignity.

“Donald Depp was very cooperative and the prices for those government apartments were “reasonable”!

Alexei and Pluto will take over the allocation of those apartments later, and these bastards will make money this time.

Home prices in Hell's Kitchen have been rising faster than the Nasdaq has fallen recently, and these guys are making 50% profits without doing anything. "

Alvin poured a glass of wine for Raymond with satisfaction, then raised the glass to clink with him, and said with a smile: "Thank you, you have done a good thing for this place."

Raymond raised his eyes, tilted his neck and thanked Alvin rudely, and then said with a smile: "Don't forget, I am also a resident here now. The house I just bought is being renovated. On the street next door.”

As he spoke, Raymond took a sip of whiskey and said with some emotion: "It's really not easy to find your place here!"

Alvin glanced at the tired Raymond and said with a smile: "But it's not difficult. I once thought you wouldn't be able to stay here long, because it's really difficult for an alien snake to find a place here "without bloodshed."

That's not something I can fix by saying "Welcome to Hell's Kitchen."

You're doing a great job now, if you just want to get a foothold here, you do. "

Raymond glanced at Alvin thoughtfully, squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, and said, "It sounds like you have something else to do?

If I say now that I want to go back to sleep, will all my previous "efforts" be in vain? "

Alvin was stunned for two seconds, then looked at the old poisonous snake like a human spirit, and said with a smile: "No, I do have some things I want to "consult" on, but if you feel you don't want to get involved, well, then Sweet dreams!"

Raymond nodded with satisfaction. This was what he wanted. He came here to take refuge, but he definitely did not come here to be a slave.

Everything I did before was of my own free will, and it actually helped me a lot. But if you are forced to do something, it feels different.

"If it's convenient for you, you can tell me, but I don't guarantee that I can agree. I hope you can understand."

Alvin nodded indifferently and said: "Stark wants to use a robot team to solve the demon problem in the Middle East. If possible, he even wants to restore stability to the society there."

As he spoke, Alvin poured himself and Raymond another glass of whiskey, and then said: "I don't understand international politics, but I know it must be difficult and it will take time.

You are the expert on this and I want to hear your opinion! "

Raymond didn't expect Alvin to ask such a question. He clasped his hands on his chin and thought for a few minutes. Then he looked at the very patient Alvin and said, "It's definitely not difficult to deal with those demons. I even have a way to do it." You guys get some support.

But it is very difficult to help those countries restore stability. The interests there are too concentrated. Many people are waiting for the complete collapse of those countries so that they can go in and snatch the fruits of victory.

The most important thing is that your demands are contrary to those of the big shots, and it is difficult for you to get enough space.

And how can you guarantee that people there will look at you with kindness?

Half of the instability there is caused by those who have been raised there.

Maybe in the end, in the eyes of those people, there is actually no difference between you and other people. "

Alvin waved his hands indifferently and said with a smile: "I understand what you said, we just want to do something, and the minimum standard is to free the place from the harassment of demons.

As for Stark's ideals, I hope we can do the best we can, and the results don't matter in this matter.

We make our own, the choice is in the hands of the people themselves.

When most people there get bored, we'll get out of there! "

As he spoke, Alvin looked at Raymond and said seriously: "But before that, we need to eliminate outside interference. So I want to hear your opinion!"

Raymond looked at Alvin funny and said with some emotion: "I didn't expect you to have the idea of ​​​​being a savior!

There is no pure beauty in this world. If you enter there with a charity mentality, I guess you will gain "nothing" in the end. "

As Raymond smiled and stopped what Alvin wanted to say, he shook his head with a strange expression and said with a smile: "I know that's definitely not your idea, I'm just curious about why Stark is so "Immature"?

Doesn't he know that as an inventor and developer of new energy, it is impossible for him to find friends in the Middle East? "

Alvin shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "He is definitely not there to make friends. Maybe it is because of people like Stark that this world is so wonderful.

Nothing is certain or necessarily how it should be. How will you know if you can break the rules if you don't try it.

Winning or losing is not that important to us, we just need to complete the minimum goal and then strive for the best result possible. "

After hearing this, Raymond pursed his lips and thought for a moment, smiled, shook his head, and said, "Stark is lucky to have a friend like you.

I hope Stark thinks so too! "

As he spoke, Raymond took a sip of whiskey, and then said in a deep voice: "The person in charge of Middle East affairs is a vice president. He is the representative of a huge interest group, and he is an ally of the CIA. I want him to direct his attention from there. Moving away requires a little unconventional means.”

Alvin looked at Raymond with a smile, knowing that this guy agreed to help.

Now I just need to listen to his plan. The most ideal situation is to leave professional matters to professionals.

Raymond was very satisfied with Alvin's attitude. He smiled and drew a circle on the bar with a little drink on his finger, and said, "This is the vice president's camp."

Then he drew another circle and said with a smile: “This is the camp of his political opponents.

I will think of ways to create some irreconcilable conflict for them, which is actually not difficult at this point in time.

But the time I can buy is limited after all, or~"

Alvin waved his hand to stop Raymond's next words, and said: "There is no need to kill him, and I won't do it. He is not my enemy, and the people in the Middle East are not my friends.

If you want to solve this kind of problem by killing people, I guess only extremists would do this. "

As he spoke, Alvin looked at Raymond and said with a smile: “This matter should be limited to the scope of their games.

We just have to hold them back, find some scandals or something like that, and that's the good thing about America, people are into these scandals.

As for how long it can be delayed, it depends on how noble the Vice President is.

I guess it will be a long time, am I right? "

Raymond nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, you have the final say!

I roughly understand what to do, and I like to deal with things this way. Although it is a little troublesome, I like work with technical content.

I don’t know since when, death has become the main theme of this kind of struggle. This is really not a good habit! "

Alvin smiled and nodded, and said, "Then pick up this good habit.

You are a poisonous snake, this is in line with your personality, haha! "