Chapter 1887 Business Is Business (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!!! Please
Chapter 1887 Business is business (please vote for the monthly ticket!!! Please subscribe!!! Please recommend!!!)
Keith used to be the main supplier of these "rats". All the gas masks, gas detectors, and various strong light flashlights flowed out from her hands. The most important thing is that the merchants on the market will not extend the market to the underground world.
So, everything depends on Keith's hands, such as gas masks. Those gas masks on the market are either too expensive or not good enough. What about Keith's? Cheap and easy to use. After all, Keith collected them from waste!
Anyway, there is no supervisory agency in the underground world, and no one will say anything about her products. She is very free.
This makes Keith a bit like a green-skinned master. The main feature of the products in her hands is to do whatever she wants, with all kinds of strange shapes, and the main feature is special customization. There is no saying that two products look the same.
"Jin? You haven't been here for a long time. What's up? Where did you go to make a fortune?" Keith was still sitting in her "shop" waiting for customers to come. Some time ago, she upgraded Liz's Nightingale and installed a new type of sonic cannon, which caused Keith's small coffers to run out of money. And her big moneymaker Kai didn't go home for many days. She could only work hard to make money to make up for the gap in her small coffers, otherwise, many of her researches would not be able to proceed.
The person visiting Keith at this moment was a black man, who was short and fat, with a small flat head and a big face. The most obvious feature was his teeth. When he grinned, a gap appeared between the two most conspicuous front teeth. His two front teeth seemed to be about to separate, and the gap between them was particularly large.
Jin was a very special person. He would always make himself look harmless, so he smiled at everyone, especially his funny front teeth, which greatly reduced his threat. Even if he was a homeless man, not many people would pay special attention to him.
But today, his iconic smile was gone.
"Keith, do you still have those things here?" Jin said in a low voice with a sullen face.
Keith was stunned. She looked at Jin carefully, probably wanting to see if the man in front of her was someone she knew. Then she looked behind him and found no one. So she immediately pressed the button under her desk.
The entrance to the underground passage was blocked by a thick steel door.
"Where did you get the news, Jin? I don't remember spreading such news to the outside world." Keith said with a serious expression.
Keith rarely made such an expression. You know, this girl is a little crazy. Seriousness has never had anything to do with her.
"Who am I? Keith! I'm the Beggar King!!"
Beggar... King? What is that? Of course it's still a beggar.
But Jin said it very seriously, even with pride.
Bowery King, this is Jin's real name. He is different from ordinary people. He is not an outsider, but a native underground person! In fact, the main population of the underground city in New York does not rely on natural reproduction... In fact, having a child here is basically seeking death. So in addition to gas masks, the best-selling product in the underground city is actually rubber condoms. After all, this is an underground city. No matter how mysterious or interesting you describe it, you can't avoid one problem, that is, the sanitary conditions here are ten thousand times worse than those of the toilets outside!
So it's not uncommon for people here to have any diseases, and AIDS is even more common. So it's good for everyone to prepare some rubber condoms. Even if you force yourself to have sex here, you will automatically wear that thing.
There's no way, there are no words on the faces of sick people.
So there are very few children in the underground city... because it's difficult for ordinary children to survive. Whether it's bad conditions or the evil of human nature, a child can die silently. Of course, there are exceptions, that is, children who are protected by someone can survive with difficulty.
So most of the people in the underground city came from the ground, and only a very small number of them are local natives. Bowery King is such a person. His parents fled to the underground city for some reason a long time ago... As for what the reason was, no one knows. After all, no one here comes to record history. For them, even the future is not important, and the past is even less worth mentioning. No one would ask the truth.
In short, Bowery King was born here, grew up here, and built his own underground kingdom.
He called himself the Beggar King.
This title has now been gradually recognized in the underground city, and he is indeed quite capable. He controls the external trade of the underground city, and he can get a lot of scarce materials in the underground city. It is said that this guy also controls some underground fortresses.
During the peak of the Cold War in the 1950s and 1960s, the United States, under the pressure and threat of the world war, took a step ahead of China and launched a national campaign of "digging deep holes and storing food". At that time, driven by fear, many American families funded the construction of various "radiation shelters" in their backyards.
The US government immediately introduced a corresponding tax exemption policy and began to mobilize the public to build basements to serve as nuclear war shelters. At the same time, the US Civil Defense Department began to distribute various engineering manuals to the public for guidance. For a time, American families started a trend of "digging pits in the backyard to build shelters". Almost every household would mobilize on Saturdays and Sundays to build in the backyard. It is conceivable that not all Americans are DIY fanatics with strong hands-on skills. Many commercial construction companies have seen this business opportunity and have been selling various nuclear war shelters to the American people. The appearance and built-in equipment of these shelters are different, but their purpose is the same: to let the American people live in the basement for two weeks. This requirement comes from the survival manuals issued by most US government departments. After statistics and estimates, officials believe that the war will come to an end within two weeks, and the people who take shelter underground can be successfully rescued. Therefore, when the American people build basements, they not only dig a pit, but also build toilets, drinking water and food storage rooms in the basements. In order to get timely information about the situation on the ground, the guidebook also recommends that people equip their basements with small radios so that they can listen to the latest broadcasts in time.
Even today, many American families prepare some emergency food, water and medicine in their basements. This habit comes from that era. Of course, the US government was not idle in the era when everyone was digging holes. They also developed many similar projects. For example, in many big cities, the government prepared many shelters and stored a large amount of supplies underground!
These are the so-called underground fortresses.
As time goes by, many underground fortresses have been abandoned. But the facilities and supplies inside have not been handled by the government... because it costs money to deal with these things! In this case, it is better to leave them there.
So now, even the government itself has forgotten these things. New York naturally has some, and some of them are occupied by Bowery King. These underground fortresses have very good conditions and are excellent places to become nests. In addition, those supplies are some unpalatable canned food or biscuits for people outside, which are not worth mentioning at all, but for people in the underground city, this is a rare treasure.
After all, this thing is not easy to expire, clean and safe, what else can you ask for? It is said that Bowery King has enough supplies to feed tens of thousands of people for several years. Think about how outrageous it is.
Relying on these wealth, Bowery King quickly became the most powerful force in the underground city, and also developed his power on the ground. He controlled many homeless people. These people seemed useless, but in fact they were everywhere and not taken seriously. They happened to be the best spies, which made Bowery King an underground intelligence donor! He knows a lot of things that others don’t know, and at the same time he can transport some things that are not easy to transport outside.
Bowery King now has a business, that is, to be a mule for others.
Mule is a jargon among drug dealers, that is, the kind of people who specialize in helping people transport. Bowery King does not do business in banned drugs because there is too much competition for this thing. Although he is known as the beggar king, the problem is that they are all beggars, so don’t expect any combat effectiveness. He ran out rashly to compete with others for the market, isn’t that just delivering food?
So he could be a mule without any worries, earning a lot of money and without any risk.
Because he holds the most powerful power in the underground world, he knows the entire underground world very well. So it is not surprising that he knows some secrets about Keith.
What is surprising is that facing the arrogant Bowery King, the crazy Keith did not talk back, but said in annoyance: "Damn it! You... can endure until now. What a terrible guy!"
Keith certainly knew what Bowery King meant by "those things".
The weapons of the Chitauri.
But after Bowery King knew about this, he did not have any abnormal reaction for such a long time. It's okay, it's conceivable how cunning this so-called beggar king is.
"What do you want to do?" Keith said helplessly: "You know this thing is not one of those small things on the market. If something happens, it will attract the attention of superheroes. You don't want Keith to look at you, right?"
Keith certainly still has those things. In fact, Keith has never given up researching these things over the years. Kai disagreed at first, but later, seeing that Keith didn't cause any big trouble, he didn't care about her anymore.
After all, it was science after all. Kai didn't understand much, but he was willing to support it.
Bowery King waved his hand quickly and immediately retracted his aura as the Beggar King! Are you kidding? What is the Beggar King? Still a beggar! Even if he didn't know anything, he knew what would happen if Kai targeted him.
He hid underground and didn't need to care about the police station, but the superheroes restrained him. No matter how dark your underground world is, can you stop those superheroes?
Don't be funny.
The last time a group of vampires made trouble in the underground of New York, even Bowery King almost fell, and many people died. They are much better than beggars like Bowery King. Others directly built a secret base deep underground, but what was the result?
They were still wiped out by a group of superheroes.
He didn't think he could hide better than those vampires. So even if the Beggar King developed his power, he would only dare to do intelligence work, and be a mule, which was not a big crime.
"No, no, no, I know your dad is powerful. I don't want to threaten you."
Everyone in the underground world knows that the most untouchable person in the entire underground world is not the Beggar King, but this underground store... because Keith's dad is Keith!
Of course, more people still don't understand why they have to stay in this dark underground even though they recognize Keith as their daddy.
Keith didn't really refute this rumor. After all, Keith is indeed her guardian and treats her very well. In addition to not liking to call Keith Daddy, Keith didn't disown this fake dad.
"Then why do you want those things? Can't hold it anymore, want to buy a big one? Then you can find those arms dealers, you definitely have a way."
It's really not difficult to buy arms in the United States, any gang can do it.
"No... this time, ordinary weapons will definitely not be able to handle it." Bowery King said seriously: "In these few months, I lost dozens of men! I thought it was done by my competitors at first, and I fought with them a few times, but later I found out that it was not them, and their people were also missing. Someone is cleaning us up!"
Dozens of men... In any gang, this level of loss is enough to make them disband on the spot. But for the Beggar King, it is not particularly painful. After all, except for the core backbone, the other men are some homeless people and rats in the dungeon. There really is no need to have too many of these things. If you give them to the stutterer, you can attract a large number of them.
But if this continues, the Beggar King's career will also be over! After all, no one wants to die unclearly.
"A few days ago, I joined forces with a few bosses to set up an ambush, intending to see who is causing trouble for us... As a result, our people suffered heavy casualties, and we all brought weapons. But we can't do it!"
The underground world is very large, and even the Beggar King can't think of unifying the rivers and lakes, so there are still many groups, some of which have a long-term competitive relationship with the Beggar King.
"So powerful?" Keith was a little surprised. Who is so blind as to run underground to grab territory? Although the underground city is a bit profitable, it depends on who you compare it with. Any criminal activity on the ground is more profitable than underground! Who is so blind?
"Well, I suspect that someone is deliberately cleaning us out... so we must fight back! This is our home, we must protect it! So I ask you to sell me some alien weapons, I will fight them to the end!"
Bowery King may be one of the few people who has a strong sense of belonging to the underground city. After all, most people who come here are forced to do so. Who would be a good person to live here? Anyone who can live a normal life will never stay here!
But Bowery King is an exception. He rarely leaves the underground in his life. He is even afraid to appear on the ground during the day because there is nothing above his head, which makes him feel particularly insecure. Even though he has become the beggar king, even though his wealth can live a very rich life, he still likes to live underground.
Keith understood this idea. She just liked living here. There was no other reason. She just felt comfortable.
So.
"How much do you plan to pay?"
She understood, but she would never be soft-hearted when it came to making money!