Chapter 1242: The Farm of Justice (Twenty-Four)

Martha's eyes were wide open, her hands on her hips. Clark and Bruce could only stand at the kitchen door and bow their heads to be scolded, while Jonathan leaned on the refrigerator next to him to watch the fun. 蠰

"Clark! I really didn't expect it. How could you take Bruce to play in the water?!" Martha stared at Clark and said.

Clark opened his mouth and pointed at Bruce. He wanted to say that it was Bruce who started it first, but Martha immediately interrupted: "Bruce is our guest, and you asked him to wash the dishes?!"

"I didn't watch you for two minutes, and you not only took a sick guest to wash the dishes, but also made him wet. Don't you know that you can't touch water before your wound heals?!"

Clark muttered dejectedly, "I know, Mom, I'll clean it up."

"Okay, don't be angry." Jonathan immediately went up to smooth things over. He put his arm around Martha's waist and led her out, saying, "Young guys are always like this. They are still far from knowing and being sensible. This reminds me of the days when my brother and I were camping on the Mississippi River. He never beat me in a water fight..."

As the two voices became farther and farther away, Clark was helpless. She glanced at Bruce, but seeing that his collar and sleeves were stained with water, she was still a little worried and said, "Go upstairs and change your clothes quickly, don't let the wound get infected."

Bruce shook his head gently and said, "I'm not that fragile. I went to hell once before and swallowed a lot of soul energy. After the strength of the soul overflows, it will actively heal the body. My self-healing ability is much stronger than that of ordinary people."

Clark walked up and touched Bruce's forehead, saying, "Look, you have a fever. Get out of here quickly. I'm going to mop the floor."

Bruce shook his head, walked back to the sink and said, "You clean up the floor, I'll finish washing the dishes..."

"Hi, gentlemen, do you need help?" Diana leaned against the kitchen door and knocked on the door with her fingers. She looked at the slightly messy floor and seemed a little surprised.

Clark looked a little embarrassed. After all, playing water fights was indeed a bit childish. He had to explain: "No, it's nothing, Miss Prince. You and Louise can go upstairs and change into clothes that are convenient for work. We will go to the fields later."

"You played water fights here?" Diana looked at the marks on the ground and said bluntly: "It seems that you didn't beat him."

Clark was even more embarrassed, but Diana took the initiative to change the subject. She turned her eyes to Bruce, her face was a little more serious, and she said: "I heard about what you did in Gotham. You took the initiative to transform the buildings in the slums, built more industries, and provided services for the poor. It has provided more jobs, actively developed tourism, and prepared for the city's transformation. To be honest, you are a hero. "

Bruce seemed a little surprised. He looked at Diana with a surprised look. Diana shook her head and said, "You are not the old-fashioned person who thinks women don't pay attention to current affairs news, right?"

Bruce turned around and washed the dishes while saying, "I just didn't expect you to understand it so carefully."

"Of course, I have to thank the reporter in front of you. His report on Gotham published in the Metropolitan Daily also attracted my attention. I am very interested in this city, so I checked some of the situation there." Diana replied.

"I mean, you have learned some information that ordinary people cannot."

"Of course, I am the princess of Amazon after all, a member of the royal family, and I also have my own political advisers. More importantly, Paradise Island holds a lot of Wayne Group's stocks, and some of your actions cannot escape our eyes."

Bruce nodded, accepting this statement. Paradise Island is similar to most small countries in the world. It has basically no real industry and mainly develops tourism. However, due to its unique geographical environment and social structure, it still has a certain voice in the international community.

Just like all small countries, their main source of income is still investment and trust, and it is very normal to hold Wayne Group's stocks.

Diana's fingers tapped lightly on her arm and said, "It may be a bit rude, but I still want to advise you that taking too big a step is not necessarily a good thing."

"Are you worried about the stock price falling?" Bruce turned his head slightly and glanced at Diana.

"On the contrary, I'm worried that you're just drawing blood from the Wayne Group's artery. If it causes a break in the capital chain, all the renovation projects will be left unfinished."

"For the rich, unfinished buildings don't have much impact, because they don't live there anyway, but for the poor, the impact is huge."

Diana frowned slightly, and this expression showed extra compassion on her bright face. She said with a little concern:

"I've seen many wealthy people who want to do good things on a whim. They act quickly, invest a lot, and have good intentions, but in the end they often don't get good results because they are too impatient."

"What they give to the lower class is what they think the lower class wants, not necessarily what the lower class really needs. Because they spread their business too wide and couldn't control it, the project was left unfinished and they still owed a lot of debt."

"When some projects started in full swing, they gave the poor hope, but the cruelest thing in the world is to give others hope and then destroy that hope with your own hands."

"And after not getting good results, they will also feel that their kindness has been betrayed and their feelings have been hurt. This is a complete lose-lose situation."

"I think that to do good things, we must also pay attention to the long-term, and if the timeline is long enough, there will be latecomer advantages. If there are any problems in the middle, it will be easier to recover, and it will be easier to learn from experience and lessons in the subsequent projects and do better."

Bruce looked at Diana with even more surprise. He didn't expect that he would hear such advice from Diana.

In fact, after the Wayne Group decided to transform Gotham, many people expressed their opinions on this.

But most of them have only two opinions. One is that the Wayne Group can't complete such a big project at all, and it is a complete waste of time. The other is that no matter how much the Wayne Group has done, it is good to have this intention.

What surprised Bruce was that Diana's advice was indeed very pertinent, and she had a mature temperament that did not match her age.

This beautiful black-haired princess looked very young, definitely less than 30 years old, but her behavior seemed to be a person in her 50s or 60s. 蠰

Looking at Bruce's expression, Diana laughed out loud, waved her hand and said, "Do I look like an old lady?"

"Thank you for your advice." Bruce said sincerely.

Diana shook her head, she recalled again, and then asked, "I heard that you have completed the transformation of a quarter of the East District. This is really an amazing achievement."

Before Bruce said anything, Clark stared at Bruce with wide eyes, as if he didn't believe that his friend had done such a big thing quietly.

Although Clark reported on Gotham, he was more inclined to culture and customs, and did not pay special attention to the economy and reconstruction projects, but the data from Diana still surprised him.

Gotham is a megacity on the east coast, with a total area of ​​about 1,000 square kilometers, including the sea area, and a land area of ​​about 700 square kilometers, of which the East District occupies more than a quarter of the area, about 200 square kilometers.

The actual residential area used for living is almost exactly 100 square kilometers, so 1/4 is 25 square kilometers. 蠰

It sounds like this area is not large, and it is about the size of a small town, but the East District of Gotham is the most densely populated residential area in the megacity, whether it is building density or population density, it is incomparable to small towns.

The population squeezed in these 25 square kilometers is equivalent to a small city, and the manpower and material resources required to demolish and rebuild a city are simply unimaginable.

Of course, if it is the country that does this, it will be much easier.

If a country has a complete industrial system, then the construction cost is approximately equal to the cost of raw materials. With various policies and the cooperation of multiple parties, it is not difficult to build one or two cities.

But the problem is that no matter how powerful the Wayne Group is, it is just a private group. Its business scope is limited. It is impossible for it to have mining, smelting, and foundry industries like a country, and it can produce building materials, manufacture furniture, and provide water and electricity.

Then, all these missing industries need to be filled with money, that is, to buy finished products directly.

Even if bulk transactions are cheaper, they are not much cheaper. At this cost level, the wealth spent on building a small city with a dense population will be sky-high. 蠰

Diana saw this point, so she wanted to come over to remind Bruce, worried that the young entrepreneur was too anxious and filled all the costs at once, causing the Wayne Group's capital chain to break.

In that case, not only will it not save the civilians of Gotham, but the bankruptcy of the Wayne Group may also cause many people to lose their jobs, making the situation in Gotham worse.

Bruce sincerely thanked Diana for her advice because what she said was right. He was now using Wayne Group's money to invest in the construction of Gotham, which was completely drawing blood from Wayne Group's aorta. This was not a sustainable business behavior, and the risk was already too high.

Bruce was worried about money before, and it was the same. He was not really poor, but compared with the sky-high cost, he seemed to be poor.

Clark soon reacted. He looked at Bruce anxiously and said, "What should we do? You want to save people, but you have to ensure your own safety first! If something happens to Wayne Group, it will be a big trouble."

But then he sighed and said, "I don't mean that you should go back to work immediately now. Don't get me wrong. As I said, health is the most important thing."

Diana raised her eyebrows, looked at Bruce and said, "...Are you injured?"

Bruce was about to speak when Clark immediately said, "Yes, he was seriously injured. If I hadn't brought him out, he would have fought to the death with those criminals in that crazy city!"

Diana showed a disapproving expression and looked at Bruce and said, "Since you know what you are going to do, you should know that you must protect yourself first before you can achieve your ideal."

"At this critical juncture, if something happens to the controller of the group and affects the confidence of shareholders, it will be even more dangerous."

Diana said, and she became anxious. She began to pace at the kitchen door in a somewhat irritable manner, and said quickly:

"In your In the series of actions to transform Gotham, I saw the possibility of saving this city, and I think the citizens of Gotham also think so. "

"You let them see hope, and they are willing to wait for you to give them a brand new Gotham."

"But if this hope falls halfway, perhaps they will never have hope again, and if anyone wants to change this city later, they will no longer choose to believe it."

"In Gotham's situation, more than 7 million people here all need to be saved. You are the people's favorite, and thousands of hopes are tied to you. Are you really fully prepared to deal with the troubles I mentioned?"

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