Chapter 840: Gotham's Transformation in Progress (Part 2)

The renovation plan of the East District was in full swing, but soon, the first resistance came. The four gangs on Elizabeth Street jointly protested and demanded an explanation from the Twelve Families. The Wayne Family built something on their territory without telling them and even killed several of them.

The leaders of the Twelve Families held a meeting and decided to call Bruce Wayne to talk, although they did not expect this playboy to give them any explanation.

So far, the Twelve Families still think that Bruce Wayne suddenly wanted to save Gotham, so he was in high spirits and started some renovation project. Perhaps, after playing for a while, he lost interest.

Bruce no longer planned to pretend, so he led his staff team to the meeting site.

"Now I want to introduce John, the main planner of this reconstruction plan. John, please tell these gentlemen about what I will do and the benefits it can bring..."

As soon as John walked up, one of the leaders of the twelve families said, "Mr. Wayne, we understand you, your kindness, and your desire to improve the living environment there, but you have to give us some face..."

"The four leaders of Elizabeth Street have been making trouble for me for three days. They almost carried the coffin of the dead to my door. What do you want me to do?"

Bruce cleared his throat and said, "Elizabeth Street is 6 kilometers away from the place I want to renovate. How can it be their territory?"

"The people of the Blue Jacket Gang told me that they killed the gangster boss there, regained the territory there, and became the new boss there."

"When my project just started production?"

Hearing the sarcasm in Bruce's tone, the gangster boss gloomy and didn't speak again. Soon, John began to introduce the entire construction project.

When the construction part was first mentioned, everyone's face did not change, but soon, they began to talk about the overpasses supporting the buildings.

In the conception of a three-dimensional city, overpasses are the top priority. Three-dimensional transportation will bring a lot of convenience. As long as the technology is in place, there is the possibility of unlimited extension.

What are the gangs most afraid of now? They are not afraid of change, but they are afraid that they will not make money after the change.

Even if they do not make money from the logistics industry, more overpasses can alleviate the problem of traffic congestion and allow them to free up more time to take care of their own business. Whether from the perspective of interests or emotions, they hope that someone can build roads.

The problem is that most people are unwilling to pay for road construction themselves, because once too much money is invested in the construction of public facilities, their families will weaken and then be divided and eaten by others.

Last time, the upgrade of Gotham's transportation system and the construction of the living hell were led by the Godfather, and the twelve families invested equally. As long as everyone was weakened on average, there was no need to worry that the other party would take advantage of the situation.

This time, the Wayne family actually said that they didn't need to pay, they just needed to cooperate with the construction. The price they paid was just a little manpower, but what they gained was an extremely convenient overpass system covering the entire city.

Gotham is not without overpasses, but the construction time is relatively long, and it was built when Bruce's parents were alive. Many overpasses are neglected in maintenance and can no longer be used, occupying space for nothing.

There are also some bridges that are located in a level that can be used but is very uncomfortable to use. When they were built, they were often for temporary needs and poorly planned, resulting in awkward locations for the upper and lower bridges. Sometimes, after getting off the bridge, you have to make a big turn to reach your destination, which is no longer suitable for the current Gotham City.

No one is willing to pay. They can only make do with it, but now Wayne is willing to pay, and they have no reason to refuse.

"I must emphasize that the building renovation is to cooperate with the renovation of the flyover. Even with the Wayne Group's technology, there is no way to guarantee that a flyover hundreds of meters high can stand in the air. It must rely on the building."

"If the flyover can be directly suspended in the air, why should I renovate the building? Do I have money to burn but nowhere to spend it?"

Bruce found that Schiller's way of speaking, hating everyone equally, was really useful. The mentally ill person could say whatever he wanted without caring about anyone's face.

"I gave those people houses, not out of kindness, but because if I renovated the building, there must be residents in it. Only with residents can there be consumption, and with consumption, there will be business, and with business, there will be money to be made..." Bruce Wayne crossed his arms and said, "It is completely short-sighted to regard those people as redundant. Only when the people at the bottom keep working can we create a steady stream of income for us. If they all disappear, do you plan to work by yourselves? To drive a truck? To be a porter?" "I have to admit that those poor people you look down on are the cornerstones of the city. In order to make them work better, you have to provide them with a house. If you drive them all away, no one will have a good life."

The leaders of the twelve families looked at each other, and one of them cleared his throat and said, "If that's the case, you should have told us in advance to prevent the people below from causing trouble..."

"I'm not worried about them causing trouble, because I have installed defense facilities on each floor, and those gang members you mentioned were probably hit by it." Bruce knocked on the table and said, "The property of the Wayne Group is my personal private property, and private property is sacred and inviolable. If anyone wants to enter my construction site to steal things or want to cause damage, I have the right to defend."

Bruce paused, as if he felt that he had not learned the lesson from Xi Jinping. The essence of the le, one of the gang leaders said: "You can't do this, you have to abide by the rules here, if you want to fight with that gang. You must..."

"Okay, okay, I will fight with this gang, and then fight with that gang, then you just wait, in ten years, I will spend nine years catching thieves, and then spend another half a year fighting gangs, and finally spend another half a year to deal with the bridge. It collapsed less than half a year after it was put into use. At that time, you can repair it yourself."

The other gangs were also speechless by his rogue attitude, but although Bruce was very aggressive, what he said made sense.

No one knows the morals of their people better than these gang leaders. Not to mention the construction site of the Wayne family, even if the manure truck passes by the door, you have to dip your hands to taste the saltiness.

If those gangs use various excuses to harass the Wayne family to start construction, then they must provide people to protect them, otherwise, the bridge cannot be built. Everyone still has to block it together.

But if you provide people to protect, you will inevitably offend the people below, making them feel that you are biased towards outsiders and unfair.

But now, the Wayne family is very sensible and has become the bad guy, so the twelve families just need to pretend that they know nothing.

The Wayne family cooperated with the government in a legal form, put out a large amount of money to buy land, and invested countless manpower to build bridges. In the end, the gangs, especially the twelve families, benefited, because they have the most industries and the highest transportation requirements.

In this case, why not let him build it? Isn't it just an overpass? It's not a nuclear weapon. He can't threaten the gangs with just a bridge, right?

After Bruce deliberately blurred the point, all the gang leaders turned their attention to the overpass plan.

But it's not surprising. The three-dimensional transportation system designed by Wayne is indeed very novel and very attractive. Compared with it, the architectural transformation that is similar to the living hell has no highlights.

At most, there will be a few more living hells. The leaders of the twelve families all thought so. The living hells did not cause any waves. It was just that the rent increased a little. Moreover, because the public security there was relatively good, there were fewer troubles and the money collected was high. It was no big deal to have a few more such areas.

In this way, the meeting ended with a happy atmosphere. The leaders of the twelve families said that I would deal with the troublemakers on Elizabeth Street. You just build your bridge, build it quickly, and put it into use quickly. It is good for you, me, and everyone.

Bruce found that the anesthetic injected into the bridge took effect, so he quickly accelerated the construction speed. Before the first phase was completed, the second phase was ready to lay the foundation, and the construction materials of the overpass between the first and second phases were also put into production.

In fact, the technologies involved in the building renovation were all left over from the Batcave.

These technologies were not created by him in a day or two. When the Batcave was built before, many problems had been solved, and the chip authentication system was actually what Batman planned to use to provide defense for the Batcave later.

If it was just him, there would be no need for any certification, but since he has adopted Dick and Aisha, these two assistants will inevitably have to go in and out of the Batcave in the future, so an authentication system will also facilitate their entry and exit.

This authentication system can be used to implement the resettlement plan to prevent some people from over-occupying housing resources, and it can also pave the way for the subsequent authority system, so Bruce modified it and integrated it into the building.

Everything went smoothly, and Gotham began to build a lot, but soon, Bruce encountered another problem.

He found that he had no money.

This is a very scary fact, but it is actually reasonable. Although the Wayne Group is large in size, most of the funds are circulated in production, and there is not much working capital.

At this time, it is not just one or two construction sites that are under construction. The first and second phases plus the overpass project together have more than 130 construction sites under construction at the same time. Even the largest real estate developer in the United States rarely starts so many buildings at the same time.

Wayne Group has a professional engineering team, but they are not professional real estate developers after all. Even though many raw materials are obtained through replacement and technology does not require additional costs, the labor and consumables alone have already emptied almost all of Bruce's working capital.

This is a very dangerous signal. Bruce knows that once a company loses too much working capital, it means that its risk resistance ability decreases, it loses more trial and error costs, and its business strategy can only turn to conservative. If this continues for a long time, assets will inevitably shrink, forming a vicious cycle.

Bruce found that the project he was working on accounted for less than one percent of the renovation projects in Gotham City.

He knew that he had to find a way to make money now.

Then he found that, as Schiller said, living in the upper class was not much easier than living in the slums. With the size of the Wayne Group, it would be difficult to go further.

Make money, make money, make money...

Bruce never thought that he would have a headache for money one day.

Perhaps, this is tit for tat, not that there is no tat, but the time has not come yet.

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