Chapter 488: A Little Expert in Getting Rich (Part 2)

After sending Constantine away, Merkel took a rag and rubbed the chair and table where he sat several times, and his disgust was almost written on his face.

Just as he finished all this, the second visitor arrived as scheduled. When Merkel went down to greet him, he saw Bruce standing outside the door of the manor.

Bruce had an appointment, so Merkel was much more enthusiastic. He walked up to open the door for Bruce. After Bruce entered the manor, he still went straight to Schiller's study.

When he came to the study, Bruce's eyes fell on the abacus. Seeing Schiller constantly moving the abacus on a bill, he knew what the theme of today was.

"You're here? Sit down." Schiller pointed to the chair opposite him. After Bruce sat down, Schiller glanced at him. Just as he was about to speak, Bruce said before him: "My paper will be finished tomorrow."

Schiller sighed and tried to speak again, but Bruce said again: "I have written 3,000 words."

Schiller opened his mouth again, and Bruce said again: "I will definitely not go off topic this time, and I have carefully proofread the symbols."

Schiller sighed and said: "You can answer the question, but this is not what I want to talk about today."

Bruce's face, which was always expressionless, showed a rare trace of surprise. The way he looked at Schiller was as if he was looking at a parrot that grew a second head overnight.

Schiller extended his hand and said to Bruce, "Where is the detailed bill for the reconstruction and compensation of damaged buildings in Gotham that I mentioned on the phone before?"

Bruce took out a document and handed it to Schiller. After Schiller took it, he frowned as soon as he opened the first page. He said, "I forgot to tell you that the unit of this reimbursement bill is not US dollars, but Green Lantern Rings."

"Are you asking the Green Lantern Corps for compensation?" Bruce immediately understood what Schiller meant, but he shook his head and said, "But they won't compensate. If they really take humans seriously, they won't come here so recklessly and make this place unrecognizable."

"That doesn't matter. We just need a name."

"If they don't compensate, what are you going to do?"

Schiller sighed. In a tone, he said to Bruce: "I'll say it again, it's not that I issue a bill to the other party, and then the other party decides whether to compensate."

"If they don't compensate, are you going to make another big incident, or even blow up their home planet?"

Schiller's expression suddenly paused. Seeing his expression, Bruce's expression also froze. He stared at him and asked: "You don't really want to blow it up?"

Schiller lowered his head and began to calculate non-stop. Bruce stared into his eyes and said: "I don't object to you seeking more benefits for mankind in the universe through certain means, but if you are too radical, it may cause unnecessary losses..."

Schiller coughed twice and changed the subject very stiffly. He said: "I know that the general process is that I After we issue the compensation bill, we will send it to the other party. If the other party disagrees, then we will take legal action, but the problem is that the other party is the court itself. "

"There is no third party in the universe that can judge this matter, or even if there is, it is not good for us to contact them too early."

"So, I don't plan to take legal action with them. Have you forgotten? We have people on the other side."

"Before, I have studied it. The structure of the Green Lantern Corps is very simple, even a little crude. The head of the Green Lantern Corps usually has two assistants, one responsible for external military affairs and the other responsible for internal management. Internal management is mainly personnel arrangements and financial management."

"However, because Sinestro suddenly rebelled against the Green Lantern Corps before, the current The head of the Green Lantern Legion was in danger. He did not find two deputys at all. These two positions were directly unified to a person's head. Now, Hal has been held in this position. " "When Schiller said", Bruce kept staring at him. After listening, he said: "It seems that your anxiety is really serious, and he has seriously reached the degree of personality splitting. Who are you?" Shock his head and said, Bruce's expression was surprised first, and then revealed the classic doubtful expression, but before he continued to ask, Siller took the bill and said: "Even if the price above is the US dollar, it is estimated that it is too conservative." Gordon borrowed your bat light and transformed it into a traffic light for the central turntable.

"What technology does your bat light use? ... Forget it, I can't understand you anyway, so just write about nuclear fusion."

Schiller put on his glasses, moved the bill a little further away, and continued to frown and look at it carefully. Soon, he said again: "The asphalt road surface is damaged... Well, you call the entire ground collapsed 5 meters and the road surface is damaged?"

"Let me think about it, your bat cave has an underground part, right? Do you have a land license?"

"You will go to the mayor later and count the bat cave as a public building part of the central turntable, count it as a common area, and report that the building is on fire and important equipment is damaged. As for which equipment is more important, it depends on you, Victor and other technicians."

"What else? Oh, here, the reconstruction part also needs to be changed."

"Didn't I say this when planning the traffic before? When the central turntable was first built, it was too limited because the area was too small, so the traffic volume was restricted. , just widen it a little bit. "

"How much wider?"

"2,000 kilometers?"

"...I'm afraid the Soviet Union won't agree." Bruce replied expressionlessly: "If you plan to turn the entire Pacific Ocean into Gotham's transportation hub, you need to negotiate with the Kremlin first."

"Then count the Pacific Ocean as Gotham's public area...Okay, let's repair it according to the damaged area first, how big is it?"

"The diameter has been expanded to five times the original. The joint report from the Urban Planning Administration and the Department of Architecture of Gotham University shows that it is enough for use."

Schiller sighed deeply, glanced at Merkel next to him, and asked, "Can't we really call the Kremlin?"

Bruce just looked at him with that classic expression. Looking at him, without saying a word, Schiller lowered his head and continued to read the report. Then he pointed to one of the items and said, "The warehouse damage is a big problem."

Schiller thought for a while and said, "Do you have a plan to go to the moon recently?"

When he heard this question, Bruce's expression changed slightly. Seeing Bruce's expression, Schiller's expression stiffened for a moment. He said, "You don't really have a plan to go to the moon, do you?"

Bruce had no expression on his face. Schiller sighed and continued to look at the bill and said, "For warehouse goods, fill in the space engine and its supporting parts, report the goods damage, and then report the electronic waste disposal fee, chemical disposal fee, radiation and hazardous goods disposal fee..."

"Do you want them to mortgage the planet to you?"

Schiller shook his head and said, "I don't want large planetary garbage , it's enough to ask for energy. "

He put the bill down, looked at Bruce and said: "The military asks for military funds every year to attack oil-producing countries. In essence, it is not the desert that they are eyeing, but the oil fields under the desert. "

"The emotional spectrum is equivalent to the oil fields in the universe. At present, humans do not have the strength to develop this oil field on a large scale. At this time, we have two choices. Either we use stupid methods to steal some oil like I did before, but this method is highly dangerous, unsustainable, and really troublesome. "

"Another way is to start a war, create a lot of trouble, let them reshuffle their internal cards, insert our own people, gradually shake the leadership, and then let some of them willingly sell oil to us. "

"So, next you have to..."

Schiller put away all the bills, gently moved the beads on the abacus, and then showed a smile that Bruce had never seen before.

The next day, in the detention room at the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps, Deputy Chief Owen stared at Hal in front of him, but Hal did not speak to him in that angry tone, but said calmly:

"I think you should be very angry now, and feel that I got everything you should have, but I have to tell you that anger is useless."

"Are you just going to mock me?!" Owen shouted angrily, but he was deprived of the green lantern ring, and faced with Hal who was full of rich green light, he had no power to resist.

"Don't get excited, to some extent, I can understand you, don't you think the screening mechanism of the green lantern is a bit unreasonable? "

Owen still stared at Hal coldly, but it can be seen that he was waiting for Hal's next words.

Hal turned the ring on his hand and said, "In fact, I am not outstanding in my hometown. Before I got the ring, I was not famous at all. I took a meager salary and did dangerous work."

"There are too many people in my hometown who are stronger than me. They are smarter and more far-sighted than me, but just because of an illusory willpower, they are blocked from the door of such a powerful force."

"I think you should be in this situation, right?" Hal looked into Owen's eyes. Owen turned his head away and didn't look at him, but from the corners of his tightly pursed mouth, it can be seen that Hal was right.

"I think you should be a leader in your hometown. You have received a good education since childhood and are quite talented. You have achieved considerable success when you grow up. You think you are a genius with extraordinary wisdom, but the green light did not choose you..."

"Enough! "Irving's tone was filled with suppressed anger, as if someone had opened up a scar in his heart. He said, "If you came here just to mock me, you succeeded, so can you get out now?"

Hal crossed his arms and said calmly, "I am not mocking you from the perspective of a successful person, but I want to tell you that I also think this is unfair."

"My hometown is in a remote area, but there are actually many geniuses there, but they are excluded by these vague rules. On the contrary, in some prosperous sectors, more people can obtain this powerful power. I think this is not fair."

"If my home planet can also produce dozens of Lanterns, maybe they would have flown out of the universe long ago. Now that I have reached this position, why can't I seek some benefits for myself and my hometown?"

Owen turned his head and looked into Hal's eyes. He didn't see any joking in Hal's eyes. Suddenly, he sneered and said, "I know that all those who keep talking about justice are just pretending."

"Tyrone is the head of the legion, and you are the deputy head. Isn't it obvious who to please? But it is also obvious who to do business with."

"What do you want to do?" Owen stared at Hal and asked.

"I've already said it..." Hal approached Owen, then looked at him and said, "No matter how you and I got to this position, we can unite and take back what we deserve."

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