Chapter 103 Black Pyramid

Bruce never dreamed that after he returned to Schiller and gave him a positive answer, he would hear such an amazing plan from Schiller.

His professor, who claimed to be an ordinary person and a good man, told him personally: "It's not Gotham that is wrong, but the world."

And for this, Schiller took out a plan, a plan that made Bruce want to retreat, although the professor said that it was just a flash of inspiration in his morning.

In this plan, Schiller elaborated in detail how he would bring a new order to Gotham. If Bruce had to make a summary of this plan, he could only say that the name Schiller Rodriguez would likely go down in history, but it would not be because of any good reputation, but because his professor would likely be hailed as the "father of modern crime."

In this plan, Gotham was described by Schiller as an "excellent" city that occupied the right time, right place, and right people, but this "excellent" was for the black industry.

The first step of this plan is to connect the three major ports on the east coast of the United States, namely Gotham Port, Chicago Port and Miami Port. Coincidentally, the specialties of these three cities are all gangs.

When gangs meet, their eyes are filled with tears. What's more coincidental is that Gotham has a unique advantage in this regard. The gangs of Chicago and Miami cannot beat the gangs of Gotham when they are tied together.

Connecting these three cities in series, with Gotham as the leader, almost controls more than half of the port trade on the east coast of the United States.

No matter which of these three cities, it is impossible to digest the black industry in the United States alone, but if the three port cities are added together, it is definitely not as simple as 1+1+1=3.

The black industry chain that cannot be completed by an independent port city will be further improved by other downstream cities. The three ports echo each other, with the same order structure as the twelve gang families in Gotham, and subdivided layer by layer, they will be able to undertake more than 70% of the black industry chain in the United States.

Most cities on the west coast of the United States are still orderly cities, such as the seaside city where Green Lantern Hal is located, and Los Angeles and Seattle. Although the overall crime rate is not low, it is actually much better than that on the east coast.

Look at these cities on the east coast. Gotham is the largest crime center in the universe, Miami’s specialty is tornadoes and gangs, Chicago is known as a crime paradise, and Chicago typewriters are famous throughout the United States.

The average crime index in the United States is 30~40, but the crime index of Gotham, Chicago and Miami may exceed 300 when added together. It is a strong combination.

What Schiller didn’t say in the plan he showed Bruce was that as a time traveler, he knew that about 7 months later, in October 1987, there would be a Black Monday. The country would usher in a severe stock market crash, with stocks hitting the limit, companies going bankrupt, a large number of unemployed people taking to the streets, and the crime rate almost doubling.

The gangs were replenished with countless fresh blood, a large number of unemployed financial personnel began to go into business, many street gangs that were not well-established began to transform into professionals, and the big gangs with a new batch of professional talents took a big step towards the corporate system and the joint-stock system.

Then, the Cold War will end, a large number of arms will be removed, and the consequences of excessive investment during the competition period will gradually emerge. Many personnel will be laid off. Most of these people have undergone professional military training, but they have no livelihood skills. After arming their brains, the gangs can also improve their physical strength.

After that, the large amount of hot money fleeing caused by the stock market crash in 1987 created the Mexican economic crisis in 1994. Yes, Mexico’s specialty is also...

It can be predicted that if this plan is followed, the next few years will be the most prosperous years for Gotham.

Of course, Bruce does not have clairvoyance. He only knows that one of him and the person who made this plan must be abnormal.

When you want to bring a new order to a crime capital, what will you do?

Most people might think about how to suppress the gangs, or use violence to eradicate the root of crime from the root.

But it will never be "Since I can't get better, let's all get worse together."

However, if this plan can really succeed, Bruce's genius brain is very clear. Once the Gotham gang model is applied to the entire East Coast, Gotham will become the top of the black pyramid, just like the current status of the Falcone family in Gotham.

Becoming the top of the pyramid of the largest criminal industry chain in the United States means that Gotham is likely to become the most developed city in the United States. Everyone in this city will passively become the phoenix head, even the last feather of the phoenix head, it will definitely be more glamorous than other feathers.

Of course, Gotham will not change its nature as a crime capital because the top of the black pyramid is also black.

But what makes Gotham different from other cities is that, whether it is the head or tail of a city, it is already rotten to the bottom. There is no lower limit that Gotham can break through. So it is rotten anyway, why not make it more prosperous and thriving?

Bruce had many opinions on this plan, but they were all blocked in his stomach.

Because he had given Schiller a positive answer before.

He originally thought that this was just a question that Schiller asked on a whim, just like the countless questions that the professor had asked him before. He just needed him to think about it for a while and then give him an answer, and the matter would be over.

Empiricism harmed him. After Bruce gave Schiller the answer, the professor quickly came up with such a thorough, absurd and potentially very effective plan.

Bruce suddenly felt like he was tied to a pirate ship.

But he had already promised Schiller. He always felt reluctant to lose face in front of Schiller, so he agreed to participate in the preliminary arrangements.

The first step of the preliminary arrangement is to replace a new mayor for Gotham. The previous mayor died in a traffic accident, and Gotham has not had a new mayor for some time.

Generally speaking, the mayor of Gotham cannot be appointed because no one is willing to come here to risk their lives, so most of them are hired by the Wayne Group. Among so many politicians, there are always a few who value money over life.

But this time, Gotham is eyeing the former mayor of Chicago. Just like Gotham, the two previous mayors of Chicago, one had a car accident, and the other committed suicide with two gunshots in the back.

The former mayor is still alive because he is the leader of the Gospel Gang, the second largest gang in Chicago.

Schiller believes that such a resume should be very suitable for being the mayor of Gotham City. At least he manages Chicago's traffic well. After all, most drivers will be very courteous when facing Chicago typewriters.

So this is the scene at the beginning of the story, when Bruce appears in Chicago and successfully picks up the sister of the boss of the Gospel Gang.

Of course, this was not the original plan. Batman certainly would not come up with a plan to get close to the target by picking up women.

But the problem is that if Bruce wants to accomplish this, he can't use the identity of Batman. After all, Batman is not that famous now. He is just a little famous in Gotham and can't control Chicago. So of course he uses the identity of Bruce, the world's richest man.

When the playboy Bruce arrives in a city, of course he has to eat, drink and have fun for a few days, otherwise he will seem a bit too dedicated.

When he heard that the world's richest man was coming, of course he would be invited to every dance. Bruce attended several dances in two days, which included almost all the socialites in Chicago, including Roy Brown's sister Tina Brown.

She is very beautiful and dances well. The man and the woman are interested in each other. Of course, the two of them quickly got together and were very passionate.

Bruce hugged Tina's shoulders and said, "... This is the thing. I really can't find any suitable candidates. Politicians can only live for a short time in Gotham. I can't always spend such a large sum of money to buy only a few months of peace, right?"

Tina gathered her hair and said while lying on Bruce's bed, "I almost doubt whether you came at this time. My brother has been in a lot of trouble recently and he is worried about where to hide."

"What happened to him? What kind of trouble can make the boss of the Gospel Gang avoid him?"

"Just a few days ago, a seven or eight-year-old boy died in a gang fight. Of course, he was a white man who was shot by a bullet on his way home from school. This incident has a great impact. If you have read the newspaper You should know that many places have sent condemnations. "

"The Gospel Gang was not involved in this incident. After all, we are a branch of the Mafia. We don't advocate shooting around with guns every day. But unfortunately, this incident happened on the territory of the Gospel Gang. I don't know which blind person shot the bullet so far..."

"My brother is not afraid of local gangs, but the joint investigation team is very troublesome. They are composed of legislators from several states, and there are different forces behind them. It can't be solved by giving them a few shots..."

"So your brother wants to hide away from the limelight?"

"Of course, if you are willing to spend some money to help my brother solve this trouble, the Brown family will thank you." Tina said.

Bruce didn't care about the purpose of her words. He knew from the beginning that Tina was coming for him. After all, Bruce's own purpose was not simple. This was just a show.

"You should think it over carefully. Being the mayor of Gotham is not that easy."

Tina raised her eyebrows in surprise and said, "Don't you know? The godfather of the most famous Falcone family in Gotham is actually a branch of the Chicago Mafia, and we are actually of the same origin. My father has always been in contact with this godfather. After he passed away, my brother even went to Gotham to visit Mr. Falcone."

"Of course, I also know that my brother can't stand firm just by this favor, but if you stand on his side, things will be much easier."

Bruce didn't say anything, but he felt that the most important thing that the future new mayor might rely on was the crazy plan of the professor.

The meeting with Roy was still one morning in Gotham. He was a very typical Chicago gang leader, wearing a windbreaker, a felt hat, and carrying a violin case, which contained the most famous Chicago typewriter.

The new mayor was very satisfactory to Schiller, because in just one cigarette, he fully understood Schiller's intention to let the Gotham gangs and Chicago gangs work together in a friendly manner and develop together.

And he fully agreed with the view that there was a lot of room for development.

This Roy was also a ruthless person. In the era when Chicago public housing gangs were rampant, he relied on the legacy left by the mafia to defend the territory of traditional gangs.

Although the Chicago gangs were not as terrible as those in Gotham, they were actually more complicated, because it involved disputes between traditional gangs and modern gangs, and also involved fights of different skin colors. Of course, those who could fight out of such a complex situation would not be stupid.

As a gang leader in Chicago, he certainly wouldn't dare to think about linking up with the gangs in Gotham, which would be no different from inviting a wolf into the house. But if he could join the gangs in Gotham and then link up with the gangs in Chicago, he would become the wolf that entered the house.

And he has a legitimate reason. The Falcone family is also a branch of the Mafia, and the old Godfather Falcone is the most authentic Roman with Italian blood flowing in his body.

What does it mean that the Mafia is orthodox in Gotham? This wave, this wave is called returning to the roots and recognizing the ancestors.

It is precisely because Roy knows the gangs very well that he knows that this plan has a great chance of success.

In this era, the idea of ​​uniting to make the pie bigger is relatively rare. Everyone is a scattered soldier, but as long as the smart people among them can see the huge benefits that can be obtained by doing so, they will naturally unite together.

So Roy became a spiritual Gotham person without any burden, and it would be better to fast forward to that broken place in Chicago.

A foreigner from Chicago who came to Gotham to make decisions would certainly be rejected by the gangs, but if this person was the godson of Godfather Falcone, it would be different.

Some people also speculated that perhaps the Godfather felt that his biological son Evans was unable to take on the responsibility, so Roy came to Gotham. Although Roy was indeed older than Evans, he was not much older and was still very young, making him a good candidate for successor.

The first step of this plan achieved relatively significant results. The largest gang family in Gotham and the second largest gang family in Chicago joined forces, and the effect was outstanding.

They subdivided the source of goods at the docks, and reallocated the landing locations of the cargo ships according to the different types of smuggled goods and the distance of logistics transportation. All the docks controlled by Gotham and the docks controlled by the Gospel Gang in Chicago joined forces to quickly sort out the smuggling routes that were fighting each other and somewhat chaotic.

Of course, they did not forget to attract foreign investment. For smuggling, basically all parties have some connections. At this time, they only need to pay a small price to enjoy the berthing and transportation rights of the two important docks of the two cities with preferential policies, and even open a new logistics channel between them to speed up the circulation of smuggled goods on the entire East Coast.

The effect of this measure is very significant. The economic report that continues to rise in Falcone's hands is the most powerful evidence.

Originally, the old godfather has reached his old age, and his greatest wish is to quickly hand over the Falcone family smoothly so that his life's efforts will not be wasted.

But now, Schiller suddenly brought a big cake and claimed that it was just an appetizer. Falcone's appetite, which had been declining for a long time, suddenly revived.

Falcone has been invincible in Gotham for too long, but the godfather's appetite has never been small. When he saw Schiller's somewhat crazy plan, Falcone suddenly felt that it was not impossible for him to rule Gotham for another 40 years.

Falcone thought that if the black pyramid described in this plan could really be realized, no, as long as it could be realized halfway, then perhaps the black industry of the whole world would usher in a major reshuffle.

The cigar in the hand of the Godfather, who had been dominating the world for many years, went out, but what rose again was the huge ambition he had when he first set foot on this land.

Standing in front of the French window of the manor, he heard the bells of Gotham Cathedral ringing again, just like decades ago when he stepped on the waves on the coastline to go ashore and floated in the tide of sin in this city.

In countless dreams of glimpsing the truth, Falcone remembered that in every Gotham rain, the dark clouds that blocked most of the raindrops were the first half of the Godfather's life.

He thought that dark clouds are also clouds, just as black pyramids are also pyramids.

He hoped that he could live to see a pyramid rising from the ground on this land that he hated and deeply loved, facing the bone-eroding rain line.

In the office, Schiller stood in front of the window, listening to the dull bells echoing over the city, passing through the curtain of layers of clouds and drifting farther and farther away.

Now, these thinning clouds are about to dissipate, and next, Gotham will face all this malice.

He thought, here, the only thing that can deal with evil is evil, and the only thing that can resist darkness is deeper darkness.

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