Chapter 849 Savage's Bad Luck (Part 2)

As autumn gradually came, the temperature in Gotham began to drop. It was particularly cold in the morning, but the conference room on the top floor of Wayne Building was full of gangster bosses in suits.

Bruce stood in the front and said, "I'm sorry, but Wayne Group only accepts cash investment..."

As soon as this was said, the whole audience was in an uproar. Lawrence immediately stood up and said, "Wayne! Are you kidding us? How can urban and transportation construction only accept cash investment? Don't you need raw materials and transportation costs?"

Bruce cleared his throat and looked down at the document in his hand. In fact, there was nothing written on the document. The technical information was all in his mind, but he still pretended to read it as if he was speaking to a speech written by his staff team:

"Everyone, please be patient. I only accept cash investment for a good reason. The reason is That is, the construction level of Wayne Group has reached a technological gap. The raw materials and transportation costs you can provide are not worth mentioning in our opinion. "

"Everyone can take a look at the TV screen. It shows the raw materials used by our company in the first and second phases of the project. All the parts with vague marks involve technical secrets..."

A lot of professional technical terms that the heads of the twelve families can't understand at all appeared on the screen. The unfamiliar English words can only be guessed by roots and affixes. The words, roots and affixes of most professional terms are also relatively obscure. If you don't know them at all, you can't even guess them.

Bruce raised his voice and said, "As you can see, the materials I use to build the house are not ordinary concrete and steel bars. The structure of the whole house is integrated, earthquake-resistant, fireproof, and even fearless of tsunamis."

"The raw materials you can buy on the market, the workers you can hire, and the engineers you can recruit cannot participate in this kind of construction because their technical level is not enough, and it is much worse."

"Now. Only the production line of the Wayne Group can produce similar buildings, and those defense systems. Can only be used in such buildings, otherwise. A laser cannon will hit it, and a big hole will be punched in the floor, and the whole building will collapse. Then why should I build it?"

Bruce said it very confidently and directly to the core. He did not entangle the amount of investment, but directly said that you don’t understand my technology, so you don’t even need to think about investing in technology or production line materials. The only way to participate is to invest money.

Originally, the heads of the twelve families were not short of money, especially the funds injected by the twelve families combined, which could also give a shot of adrenaline to the entire project, but they just spent a lot.

Although the prices of the precious collections sold by Savage were very low, that was also based on its market price. There is no need to talk about how much the original works of the three masters of the Renaissance, Van Gogh, and Monet in their heyday are worth. On this basis, even if there is a 10% discount, it is still very expensive.

And Savage is not selling just one or two pieces. From oil paintings to sculptures, from antiques to rare and precious gems, the collections he owns are all weighed by tons.

He was in a hurry to cash in, the discounts were very fierce, and the quantity was very large, so the twelve families bought them fiercely. As a result, after this wave, their liquidity in hand also hit the bottom.

Everyone hoarded collections, intending to buy at low prices and sell at high prices. Some people also wanted to collect them themselves, and the liquidity in hand was barely maintained at the safety line.

At this time, they realized that the construction plan that Bruce came up with threatened their foundation, and at the same time, they realized that as long as they could participate in it, the future returns would be amazing.

But Bruce just wanted cash, and now the leaders of the twelve families were a little uncomfortable. Save your head or save your butt? This is an eternal question.

After the meeting, the leaders of each family squeezed each other and filed out of the conference room, all talking in low voices.

"I just got a genuine Van Gogh two days ago. The appraiser of the auction house I know told me that as long as the auction process is completed, it will be at least this amount. If you sell it privately, it will be difficult to break even..."

"Who doesn't? Didn't I buy two sculptures? The appraiser said they were real after the appraisal, but if you don't go through the auction process, you can't sell them at a high price..."

"Even if you sell it urgently, you have to lower the price. If they lower it by 10%, it will be several million dollars. Who can bear it?"

"But this damn Bruce just wants cash. You say, his project should not be completed so quickly Build the whole city?"

Lawrence coughed and said, "In my opinion, we should just drag it out and make trouble for him from time to time. When we have money, we can talk to him again."

"I think so too. The art market is pretty good recently. As long as I can go through the auction house, I will have money again in a year at most."

"Yes, it's the same for everyone. Since no one has money, there is no need to worry that they will take the lead and leave others behind. We can unite and drag it out until we have money, right?"

The leaders of the twelve families exchanged opinions. They all felt that there was nothing wrong with this method.

This is also very common in the business world. If you don't have enough liquidity but want to take over the project, it's nothing more than a "delay". If there are competitors, they will make some trouble and wait until they have more money before investing.

But Bruce, who walked out of the meeting room, knew that he had won this battle.

In fact, the biggest difficulty of the Gotham transformation plan is that once the core interests of the gangs are touched, they will unite and violently resist, and once the gangs start fighting, many people will be endangered.

Bruce's biggest goal is to eliminate violent conflicts as much as possible and not turn them into a city-wide war.

Before, the anesthetic injected into the gangs was still useful, but in the end, the twelve families would definitely react, and at this time, the knowledge of psychology and behavioral science would be used again.

When people make investments, they all hope to maximize their returns, and the lower the price, the better. Therefore, when Savage began to sell his collection at a low price, Bruce handed the olive branch to the leaders of the twelve families, and they naturally accepted it.

At present, there is no sign of collapse in the art market. The experts they invited came to the same conclusion after analysis. As long as they can get those precious collections from Savage at a low price, it is equivalent to increasing the value of their family's assets.

However. Assets and working capital are different. What they are paying now is working capital, and what is increased is the estimated assets in the future.

At that time, their decision was correct, because at that time, they did not need so much working capital.

But Bruce asked them to pay more working capital at this point and downplayed the matter into an investment.

It is a fact recognized by everyone that you can't invest without money. If you don't have money, you can't blame me for not taking you. Bruce stood firm from the perspective of axiom.

The members of the twelve families will take the strategy of procrastination, which is also based on the fact that Bruce is a businessman who wants to recover costs and make profits. In their view, Bruce cannot invest without restraint. Since he wants their investment, he can naturally be dragged.

But this is exactly what Bruce wants. What he wants is this year's buffer period. The twelve families can make money in this year, and so can he.

The reason why he was in a hurry to use the money before was that he planned to build everything in one go before the gangsters reacted, in order to prevent them from reacting and counterattacking fiercely in the middle.

But since they planned to delay, Bruce would delay with them. In the same year, Batman's speed of making money is not at the same level as others. Bruce is sure that he can earn enough money to transform most of Gotham in one go.

After a year, the twelve families who have regained liquidity will find that they may be facing a half-terminal producer. It is only a matter of time before Batman, who is fully fired, buys the earth.

It can be said that this injection of anesthetic was not given to them by Bruce, but by themselves.

The leaders of the twelve families wanted both. They wanted the collection to appreciate in value and make money while lying down, and they also wanted to participate in Bruce's investment and completely control everyone in Gotham.

Therefore, they failed to be so decisive, and they sold the collection urgently and took out funds to enter the market to play a game with Bruce.

In the final analysis, it is still the interests that move people.

"That's what I said. We can use their lack of long-term vision to set up a game..." In the office, Schiller smiled and said, "The price they got for those collections was too low, so the profit margin was too large. This is very certain money that they can get, and they will not be willing to give it up."

"But at the same time, they are reluctant to give up the future you mentioned, and they can't see your fundamental purpose, so they made the choice you want most, that is, not to raise guns to resist, not to have violent conflicts, but to drag it out peacefully for a year, and win both ends."

Bruce gently rolled his fingers and said, "One year..."

He shook his head and sighed softly. Alberto turned his head and looked at him. He knew that Bruce only took 20 years to learn almost all the knowledge in the world. One year is already a long and unbelievable time.

"Don't forget our agreement." Alberto said, "The Twelve Families are just dogs raised by my father. Maybe he will sigh a few words, but I am different. I just want to move forward in the new era."

"Aren't you afraid that he will average you out?" Schiller asked.

"I don't plan to stay in Gotham. That's not the end of the Falcone family." Alberto looked down at the watch on his hand and said, "My father wants to go back to Italy to retire."

"Maybe one day, Wayne really rules the world..." Alberto glanced at Bruce and said, "Then maybe we can go somewhere farther away. You won't mind, right?"

Bruce turned to look at him and said, "Your father spent forty years to establish the order of Gotham. If you want to surpass him, Gotham is indeed not your end..."

Alberto stood up, looked at Bruce and said, "In fact, I don't care at all whether the people here live well or not, what the end of the twelve families will be, or when the gang will perish. The same is true for the Godfather..."

"In that era, he tried his best. Whether he succeeded in the end or not is not important, because he knew earlier than you that it is not the one who reaches the end of this road who wins."

Before leaving, Alberto turned his back to Bruce and said, "He also asked me to tell you that he doesn't like this sentence, because it sounds like an excuse for a coward to give up running to the end."

"Bruce Wayne, the Godfather said you are not a coward... You'd better not be."

Bruce sat there in silence for a long time, and then he asked Schiller, "Do you think I will change?"

"People will change." Schiller paused and replied.

Then he said, "You might as well ask your butler about this question."

Bruce left in silence, and Schiller looked out the window.

The rich green is fading, and the most luxuriant vitality of summer is gradually withering away with the autumn wind. The red of maple leaves is like the blood of the earth, telling everyone who is in the midst of great changes that autumn has come to Gotham.

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