Chapter 841: Danger of Savage (Part 1)

The Wayne Group is very rich, but perhaps many people know that assets and working capital are two different things.

Working capital, to put it bluntly, is cash. Many people may have cars and houses, which are considered assets. If cars and houses are counted, many people are millionaires, but most people do not have so much working capital that can be called upon.

The same is true for the Wayne Group. As long as it is a company or enterprise that exists in the real world, it will be subject to working capital. If many aggressive investments are made at the same time, it is very dangerous to drain the company's working capital. Perhaps many people have heard of the term "broken capital chain", but they may not understand what it means.

To put it in a more folk way, it is to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall, and sooner or later the day will come when the wall will be broken. Credit card cards will be used to cover the card, and sooner or later the day will come when it cannot be paid back.

So what the Wayne Group needs now is not new assets, but means to immediately realize assets or obtain a large amount of working capital.

If Bruce now invents a new technology, he wants to realize this new technology, then there are two ways. One is to use the industrial advantages of the Wayne Group, put it into civilian use, and earn a lot of money.

But the problem is that the process from investing in means of production to production and then to selling is very long, and the return cannot be estimated very accurately. If the Wayne Group overdraws other funds in advance before generating any income, then if the income is not good, it is very likely to lead to a break in the capital chain.

Another way is to sell this technology, which is a way to quickly cash in and earn working capital. The only question is who to sell it to.

To be honest, most of Bruce's technologies are not related to civilian use, and he rarely thinks of using practical technology to improve people's livelihood. Perhaps geniuses are always like this. They prefer to use their wisdom to change the fate of the entire race, rather than spending time on subtle happiness.

Most of the technologies that Bruce can come up with are related to bat equipment, such as the material of the bat suit, the storage device of the bat belt, the defensive weapons of the bat cave, the engine system of the bat car, etc. These things are closer to military use from the name.

If Bruce is willing to take out these technologies, then the military must be the one who will take over in the end, but the problem is that Bruce does not trust the military.

Many people say that the Joker is an anarchist, but in fact, from the perspective of concept, Bruce is the real anarchist. He never trusts the military and the government, never counts on anyone else, and he doesn't even trust himself. How can he believe that the military will use these things to do good things?

It is not impossible to downgrade these things to civilian versions, but there are many problems with private enterprise acquisitions. One is that they cannot sell them at a high price due to limited budgets, and the other is that they may not choose to pay in one lump sum because their liquidity is also limited.

In this case, it becomes a little difficult to get a large amount of cash in a short period of time. In the process of thinking about these problems, Bruce had to sigh that Schiller once said that the way to make money is in the criminal law. Now he realizes what this sentence is about.

In fact, if he is willing to lower his moral bottom line a little, then getting money is not a problem at all. The physical and virtual defenses of any bank or website in the world are not worth mentioning in his opinion. Even if he goes to gamble, it is easy to make tens of millions of dollars.

When Bruce was worrying about these problems, it was time to submit the internship summary at the end of the second round of internship. Bruce did not participate in the second round of internship, but he was also involved, so he also had to submit a summary.

Although he didn't know what to summarize as a research subject, Bruce still wrote a summary. When he went to Schiller's office to submit the summary, he heard Schiller holding the phone and saying to the other end:

"You found out? So who is that Vandal Savage?... This matter is of course related to me. You should know Jason Todd, that kid. I am very optimistic about his talent in psychology and intend to train him."

"But that day... yes, that day a month or two ago, he went to that big hotel to investigate Savage's whereabouts, but he was injured. I was very angry..."

"No, it wasn't Savage who injured him, but it was also related to Savage. If Savage didn't wander around the city, how could he go to investigate? He is only 11 years old, can he lie?"

"The wound was very deep, just below his ribs. If it hadn't been treated in time, it would have become festered and infected. Then, Gotham cooled down and it rained so hard. He had no parents, so he had to be hospitalized alone..."

"Really? That Savage said he was an immortal? He lived for a long time... How long? Fifty thousand years?? My God, has he eaten dinosaurs?"

"He has lived for so long and accumulated countless wealth, but since he is so rich, why did he have to come to Gotham? He doesn't want to rule the world, does he?"

"He has lived in this world for 50,000 years and has not been able to rule the world. Now he is still persevering. I can only say that he is physically disabled but mentally strong."

"Yes, James, what I mean is that if Alberto is looking for him and finds him, please tell me. I am really angry about what happened to Jason!"

"No, of course not. It has nothing to do with money. You know I am a person who does not seek fame and fortune. It is just the wealth accumulated over 50,000 years...

Bruce's hand holding the door handle outside the door paused for a moment, but at this moment, Schiller put down the phone and said to the door: Who? Why don't you knock on the door?"

"It's me, Professor..." Bruce pushed the door open and walked in, put the summary on the table, and then paused. Schiller looked at him and said, "What's wrong? If you have nothing to do, go back and read. Gotham University does not have any guaranteed admission to graduate school..."

Bruce, who was full of money, suddenly sobered up and said, "Graduate school? What guaranteed admission to graduate school?"

"Aren't you going to prepare for your graduate school exam? Do you expect me to write a recommendation letter for you? Do you want me to write on your recommendation letter, Dear Mr. Bruce Wayne, I failed twelve times in four years. Department of Physics, didn't participate in the first round of internship, participated in the second round of internship halfway, and submitted the internship summary two days later than others? "

Bruce covered his forehead and said, "No, professor, I won't study for a master's degree..."

"Oh, really? But Lex said he would study, and your helicopter engine is ready for graduate school. By then, you will be the one with the lowest academic qualifications among the three of them..."

"I'll go back to read." Bruce turned and left, saying, "But I'm going to transfer to the Department of Physics..."

"It doesn't matter, Victor is the physics teacher. If you don't hand in your homework, I will only ask you to think about it psychologically, but he will let you calm down in physics."

Bruce, who had no hope for his future academic career, left the office building with a lot of pressure in his heart, but Schiller's call just now gave him a way to break the deadlock.

Bruce actually knew that Savage broke into his bat cave a long time ago, but he ignored it. One reason was that he was busy recently, and the other was that just like Schiller said, you broke into the bat cave and didn't take anything away. Dealing with the mentally retarded is always the lowest priority.

However, Bruce didn't know that Savage was actually very rich. After all, judging from the surveillance cameras, Savage's dress didn't look like a traditional rich man, but it was normal for him to be low-key after living for so many years.

If Savage really had a lot of liquid funds, Bruce wouldn't mind letting him voluntarily contribute to Gotham's construction, provided that there was a lot of money and he had to be willing.

If you want to deal with Savage, you have to collect intelligence about him first, and Bruce happens to know who to find.

"You mean Savage?" In the cafeteria of Gotham University, Captain Cold touched his cheek and said, "Actually, he took the initiative to find us, saying that he could give us a large sum of money and the power to rule a city, and let us work for him..."

Bruce focused on the large sum of money, and asked, "How much is he willing to give you?"

"The initial agreement was 10 million US dollars, but we didn't have much hope. If he was so rich, why did he come to us?" Captain Cold cut the steak on the plate and said, "If he was like you, a rich man who could easily take out tens of millions of dollars, why didn't he run for election? Although he may not rule the world, he can definitely rule the United States."

Bruce thought to himself, now I can't easily take out tens of millions of dollars, even if it's a few million dollars, I have to save it. The construction sites that have been opened are like blood-sucking machines.

But he is unwilling to make do, and he wants to use the best of everything. In addition, Gotham is large in area, and the first phase of the project is equivalent to the third phase of others. With more than 100 large construction sites opened, money will flow out like water.

"But we think he is indeed quite rich." Captain Cold touched his chin and said, "The last time Mirror Master ran an errand for him, he directly gave Mirror Master two large gold ingots, which are quite valuable."

"Moreover, according to Mirror Master, there are many collections in his room, from all over the world and all periods. I heard that one famous painting can be sold for tens of millions of dollars."

Bruce frowned and said, "What you said before makes sense. If he is so rich, why hasn't he ruled the world yet?"

Bruce felt very strange. This is actually not reasonable at all. A person has lived for 50,000 years. Even if he started as a tribal chief in the period of Homo sapiens and then ruled each tribe one by one, he should have unified by now, right?

Take a step back and say that he didn't have this idea before, but now he thinks of it. Then he can organize his own campaign team, become a legitimate president first, and then gradually achieve unification with his wealth and experience.

At the very least, if he lives long enough, he will know enough people and have a large enough network of relationships to easily accomplish many things. Why does he have to go to Central City to find strangers to work for him?

Captain Cold shook his head and said, "According to my observation, he doesn't seem to have been awake all the time. He may need to sleep for a while and adapt to society again after waking up. It is probably because human society has developed too fast recently and he hasn't reacted yet."

"Just woke up", "Not adapted to modern society", "Haven't reacted yet", when these words are put together, Bruce knows who to find.

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