Chapter 833 Red Hood (Part 2)

"Have you heard?! We are also going to renovate here!!!" A child rushed into the cellar, waved the newspaper in his hand and said: "Look! We are in the first phase of the plan!"

Other children gathered around and said: "What renovation? What renovation?"

The child shook the newspaper and said: "It seems that we are going to build an overpass here, but in order to build the overpass, we have to first change the buildings here into... that is... living hell. Have you been there? It's the kind where all the houses are placed in one building and then connected by passages, becoming very tall, and everyone can have a house! ·

"Really? I have heard from my uncle that the houses over there are very expensive, because everyone can live in a single room there, and some rich people can even have a living room!"

"If it really becomes like this, can we also have a room to live in? !" A girl said excitedly: "There is also an overpass, is it the same as the bridge next to our street? !"

"Come on, the bridge over the stinky ditch. How can it be compared with the flyover? If you have been to the city center, you will know that the flyover there is taller than the buildings here! ·

"I like that place very much!" A little boy raised his hand and said, "When I went there to deliver things, the people there were very arrogant, but it is true. They all live in new houses, drink clean water, and there are shops downstairs. Even the children there are dressed cleaner than us!"

"That's great. If it really becomes like that, I must live in a room with a window that can see outside, and I will also grow a pot of flowers..."

The children were very excited to imagine the future scene. At this time, a sleepy voice came from the room next to him. He said, "What's wrong? Noisy?"

"Oh! Boss, come and see, look at today's newspaper!" The children immediately surrounded him and said, "Boss Jason, look, we are going to renovate here!"

Jason tried to open his eyes. Last night, he read too late and only slept for four or five hours. He is still very sleepy now.

He took the newspaper and saw that it said that the second phase of the Gotham road reconstruction plan would be put into construction soon, and the second phase plan included their street, and the reconstruction content included building reconstruction and traffic reconstruction, and the building reconstruction would start in three days.

"Boss, you are well-informed. Do you think this place will become like a living hell, where everyone lives in a big house and can buy everything in the house. No more rain and no more water on the streets?"

"Can we also have a house with windows? Well, four people in one room, or six people in one room. As long as there is a window, I can grow a pot of flowers...

Jason's face gradually became solemn, because he not only paid attention to the news of the start of the transformation, but also paid attention to the way of transformation.

This transformation is no longer jointly funded by the gang and the Wayne family, but the government takes the lead, the Wayne Group injects funds and contracts the project. From design to construction to commissioning, all are controlled by the Wayne Group, and the gang does not need to pay a single person or a penny.

Jason is different from these children. He can understand more clearly. How much investment is needed for such a large project? Is the Wayne Group crazy?

The last time the living hell was transformed, except for In addition to the Wayne Group, the Falcone family and the government also participated, and the heads of the twelve families also invested, and the final effect was quite good.

The secondary industries there are quite prosperous, providing a lot of supporting services for the logistics industry, and after the people there become rich, the gangs that rule there can pay more protection fees.

But this time. The renovation costs are entirely borne by the Wayne Group, but the gangs can use the buildings and roads here completely for free. No matter how you look at it, it's like a sugar-coated bullet.

The books Jason just finished reading told him. Never expect capitalists to be merciful, but just after he finished reading these books, the biggest capitalist in this city showed mercy and planned to improve the lives of everyone here, and he didn't charge any compensation.

Jason narrowed his eyes, looking a little alert. He said to all the children in a deep voice: "Cheer up, there may be a big change recently. Go and let those who are running around outside come back quickly..."

"Boss! Boss! It's bad! "Six-fingered sister is injured, Cookie sisters carried her back, you go and have a look!" A very young child rushed in and screamed, Jason's face immediately darkened.

Jason ran out and saw Cookie sisters bandaging Six-fingered sister's arm, the smell of blood was everywhere, he walked up, looked at Six-fingered sister's wound and asked: "What's the matter? How did it happen?"

"It's okay, I had a fight with someone and accidentally scratched it." Six-fingered sister turned her head aside and said: "Did you hear the news? This place is going to be renovated recently, I think we should move to another place."

"Why?!" Another child raised his voice and said: "It's because of the renovation. We should stay here, we will be allocated a house!"

The six-fingered elder sister showed a painful expression and said, "Have you read the resettlement plan? I'm afraid we have to leave here to survive..."

Jason turned back and picked up the newspaper he had just put down, and then continued to read. He saw that the resettlement plan was unexpectedly generous. All residents here, whether they have a driver's license or not, can get a room quota.

The minimum standard of a room is a single room without a kitchen or a bathroom, but with a window, a minimum of three hours of sunshine per day, and equipped with furniture.

However. If you want a better single room, such as one bedroom and one living room or with a kitchen and bathroom, you need to pay extra.

If you don't pay extra, it's a single room that can only fit one bed, but there will be a public toilet and an open-air kitchen on the floor where the single room is located.

But this is also an extremely superior living condition for these children. After all, they are now 20 or 30 people squeezed in the basement, not only without windows, but also from time to time there will be wind and rain.

As for the bathroom and kitchen, let alone the room, even the beds were made of crates. Jason's small bed was covered with a mattress he had picked up, while others had mattresses or even a thin sheet.

It was written in the resettlement plan. Each room was equipped with a bed, a mattress, a lamp, a small bedside table, a flower pot on the bay window, and even a painting on the bedside.

Jason saw that the contractor for the renovation and decoration of the building was Wayne Decoration Engineering Company, which was the company that did the decoration for Wayne Hotel. The materials and sophistication were imaginable.

But Jason's face became worse and worse, because according to the rules of the gang, these things were not theirs.

At this moment, there was a "bang" sound, and the cellar door was pried open. Several gang members jumped down, pointed their guns at all the children and said, "Get out! Hurry up! All of you get on the ground, you are not allowed to stay here any longer!"

The children climbed up tremblingly, and after reaching the ground, they stood against the wall, including Jason.

The leading gang member said: "I'll give you one afternoon to move out. You are not allowed to show up in our gang's territory again. No matter who asks, you must say that you have never been here. If someone asks you, you must say that you moved out from someone else's place. Do you understand?"

Six-fingered sister covered her arm and said angrily: "You only gave us one afternoon to move, and we can't even take our things away!"

"This is not my business. It's the boss's order. Anyway, you must leave here before tonight. After all, work will start in three days. If those rich guys see you begging here, I don't know what to say!"

The gang member flicked the gun barrel with his finger and said: "You'd better be sensible. It's enough to let you stay here for so long. Get out of here!"

After several gang members left, the children were pale. The younger sister of the Cookie sisters asked: "Why do we suddenly have to move out of here? Why are they driving us away?"

Six-fingered sister squatted down with tears in her eyes, covering her arm and said: "Don't you know? ? A single room in the living hell can be rented for a high price of 10 dollars a week..."

"We have more than 20 people here, and we can be assigned more than 20 rooms. If we don't live there, the gangs here can earn more than 200 dollars a week, which is close to 1,000 dollars a month..."

"As long as they drive us away and rent out the houses we are assigned, they can earn three times more money than before without doing anything every month. Everyone knows how prosperous the living hell is now, and it will be the same here..."

Jason held the newspaper tightly in his hand and said, "As long as they can make money, they won't care about anything. They won't care where we go, how we live next, whether we will die on the street..."

Jason's arms began to tremble constantly. He took a deep breath and said, "Pack up and prepare to move. ·

All the children had tears in their eyes. Nothing is more sad than despair after getting hope.

But Jason became calmer than before. The six-fingered elder sister looked at him and said, "Jason. You have changed a lot. If it were the past, you would be very angry. You would say something to cause trouble to them. "

"Because, I have learned a truth recently." Jason's tone was frighteningly calm. He said, "It's useless to just talk. No one will be afraid of me because I yell louder."

After that, he pursed his lips and walked towards the entrance of the cellar. Before going down, he said to the six-fingered sister, "There will be such a situation. There must be more than one gang. The three streets nearby will be renovated. In other words, all the children's gangs will be driven out."

The six-fingered sister heard some bad premonitions. She asked, "What do you want to do? Jason! Jason... Don't do stupid things. We can also live somewhere else..."

Pressing the manhole cover of the cellar, Jason smiled and said, "Go to other places? What if other places are also renovated?"

"If the whole of Gotham is transformed bit by bit into a city like this, a city where everyone can live, do you think this will make our lives better?"

"No. Even if those houses can accommodate everyone, people with money and guns will occupy them. Even if they leave the houses empty, even if they let us freeze to death on the streets, they will not let us live in them."

Jason closed his eyes and said: "In Gotham, we can't live on the mercy of others... We no longer need mercy."

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