Chapter 676: Copyright Fee (Please Collect, Recommend, and Vote for Me) 4600 Words, Please Vote for Me!

Erica was favored by Shou Hehui and became Heikong, which Gunsou did not expect. The truth is... I can only blame damn fate.

"That's enough!" Matt didn't believe these so-called legends at all, or he didn't want to believe them. "If you still want me to help you deal with Shou Hehui, don't involve other people!"

"Matt...Erica has to..."

"I've said enough!" Matt grabbed the water glass on the table and threw it to the ground, interrupting Stickman's words.

The room fell into silence. Neither Gunsou nor Matt spoke. The two blind men looked at each other. It could be seen from their expressions that neither of them had any intention of changing their minds.

About three minutes later, Gunsou let out a long sigh: "Matt... you are so naive."

After saying that, Gunsou stood up holding his guide stick. He walked step by step to the door: "You don't have much time. If... I will complete the mission in my own way."

Matt turned to look at Gunsou, but Gunsou had already disappeared from there.

He knew that that was the last chance given to him by Stickman, to find Erica and defeat Shou Hehui. Otherwise, Zhenchun will definitely kill Erica!

Oh, and Daniel. Although Matt didn't understand the meaning of the Iron Fist, judging from what Gunsou meant, the Iron Fist was the key to dealing with the Shouhehui.

It seemed that Stickman had given in, but the pressure on Matt had not eased at all. Each of these things weighed on Matt like a mountain. Whether it's finding Erica or convincing the police to let Daniel go, it's not an easy task. Even finding Erica, the simplest thing, Matt doesn't have the confidence to do.

Exhausted, Matt threw himself on the sofa. He felt so tired.

After a while, Matt shot up from the couch. He couldn't rest yet, time was running out now. He had no time to feel sorry for himself. He had to find a way. Although Hand Hehui fell into silence, Matt felt a strong sense of worry. He felt that it was the calm before the storm, and they must be planning something.

At this time, Matt felt deeply lonely. He was too tired to be alone.

One person...one person?

Matt felt like he had caught something.

It’s true that I can’t fight against the Shouhehui alone, but what if I find some allies?

Matt immediately perked up.

The other party is not strong enough on his own, so why not ask for help?

For example...Batman!

…

Batman is so popular lately!

New York showed unreserved enthusiasm for the superhero who had moved to New York. All kinds of media were overwhelmingly promoting Batman's arrival in New York. It was as if Batman was a transfer of an NBA superstar. Even the New York Knicks came out to take advantage of the popularity. This NBA club actually immediately launched a Batman co-branded jersey.

It is said that after the joint jersey was launched that day, the Knicks were immediately sued, saying that they had violated their portrait rights. Of course, Batman couldn't be so bored and go to fight this lawsuit. It was Batman's fans who actually initiated this lawsuit. The Knicks immediately got the hammer and immediately became popular.

The Knicks held a press conference before the game that night, and they declared that fan behavior cannot rise to the level of idols. Of course, the Knicks are not completely shameless. They said that the Knicks are willing to pay corresponding fees for the use of image rights, and are even willing to offer a large contract and reach an agreement with Batman, provided that Batman is willing to negotiate with them.

Although this move is rogue, it has to be said that this move has allowed many businesses to see business opportunities.

Yeah, Batman is such a good publicity stunt, why didn't they think of that.

If the traffic is large, I don’t know how much better than those celebrities. The key is that it doesn’t cost money.

So overnight, all kinds of products related to Batman were put on the shelves, as if New York turned into the city of Batman overnight.

And Batman fans couldn't be more furious. They were offended, but... Batman himself was indifferent to it, and neither were they. They don't own Batman's likeness. We can only watch... well, it's not just watching, of course they want to buy, buy, buy.

This is actually nothing, and what is even more shameless is that someone actually registered the Batman logo and the name Batman, and declared that he owned the naming rights and trademarks of Batman. In other words, Batman If you want to use this name or logo, you must pay him!

As a result, this guy was besieged by a group of Batman fans that day. Fortunately, these fans knew that Batman is a righteous superhero, so they didn't go overboard.

It was just a matter of surrounding him and shouting at the top of his lungs: "Shame!"

Well, the theme of ice and fire was actually played out in advance.

This made the guy extremely embarrassed, but he still didn't feel that he was at fault. He just felt that he had discovered a business opportunity. Not only that, he became so angry that he even registered the trademarks of Chicago Trio, The Flash, and Hannibal in one go! He didn't even register the trademarks of Iron Man and Iron Patriot. After all, those two have always shown their true colors. Besides, those two people are not easy to mess with.

This time, this guy became the enemy of all superhero fans.

Then the next day, someone signed a petition on the White House's official website, asking the White House to rule on the matter.

Two hours later, the number of signatures exceeded 100,000, and by the next day, more than one million people had signed. The White House had to pay attention to this and began negotiations. In the evening, the White House spokesman talked about this issue at a regular press conference and said that the president had discussed the issue with the federal judges to see if the matter could be resolved from a legal perspective.

It is said that the nine federal judges also had different opinions on this. For this reason, the nine judges rarely debated and voted for such a small matter.

The consequence of this news was that on the third day, the number of signatures on the White House official website did not decrease but increased, breaking through 6 million at once, and was still increasing at a high speed. This time, the popularity of several superheroes suddenly exploded.

Many people who didn't pay much attention to these things also consciously or unconsciously participated in it, and it really became a hot topic for the whole people.

On the fourth day, the number of signatures exceeded 12 million, and the influence spread again. The herd mentality began to play a role. Many people who didn't care about this topic at all were inexplicably involved. In the afternoon, the White House official website officially crashed!

For this reason, the White House had to announce the official suspension of the signature, and said that the president had felt the surge of public opinion and was urging federal judges to give an explanation.

Originally, according to the efficiency of the US judicial system, such a thing would not be concluded in a few months. The efficiency of the US judicial system has always been worrying. It is normal for them to try a very ordinary murder case for several years. You can say that they are responsible for the case, but it is an indisputable fact that such inefficiency wastes resources.

But in this matter, the nine powerful judges were surprisingly efficient and gave an accurate statement on the sixth day.

"The name of superhero is a convention in itself. Before the parties make any response, these things should belong to everyone." So the brother's magical operation was declared invalid.

This is an unconventional case, and it even violates the US Constitution to some extent.

But surprisingly, no one brought this up. After all, if you really count it strictly, these superheroes are all illegal!

Of course, this may also be a concession to capital, because on the day when the federal government announced this decision, countless large companies began to use the name of superheroes unscrupulously, and various derivatives emerged one after another.

Even Hollywood got involved, and many film companies decided to start shooting superhero movies.

Kai couldn't describe his feelings when he saw these news.

So he felt that things were a little out of control, so he went directly to Stark. The two of them discussed it and authorized the Stark Group in the name of all superheroes. In the future, the copyright of superheroes will be handed over to the Stark Group for operation.

After that, Natalie and Pepper held a press conference to announce that the Stark Group had obtained the authorization of the superheroes. In the future, all copyright issues related to superheroes will be the responsibility of the Stark Group!

Well, strictly speaking, this is still illegal and invalid. Because no superhero will really leave his real name on the authorization document. But this kind of thing...right, it's not normal.

So in order to avoid some trouble, Stark Group announced that they would not pursue all copyright infringements before the moment they held the press conference.

But after that, a certain copyright fee must be paid. This copyright fee needs to be negotiated with the copyright company specially established by Stark Group.

At the same time, Stark Group guarantees that all relevant income will be collected into a special fund, which will be used for charity in all cities where superheroes are located. Regarding the charity fund, Stark Group's financial department has begun preparations and will be launched next month.

The content of this charity foundation is very large, including relief and employment training for the poor, protection and education for minors, subsidies and assistance to the police, construction and investment in poor areas, etc.

In this way, this trend gradually receded.

But it is precisely because of this that the names of Batman and others are really popular all over the world.

However, this also caused some trouble for Matt, because he had no idea where to start looking for Batman.

Matt actually has a simpler way, which is to find Kai directly.

Now basically everyone who should know knows that Kai is connected with Batman. As for how they are connected, no one knows. Anyway, Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't find out.

But since the Punisher incident last time, Matt and Kai have parted ways. It's not that they have no friends anymore, but... Regarding the vigilante thing, Matt doesn't think he and Kai have a basis for cooperation. He and the Punisher are the same kind of people.

On the contrary, Batman is very much to his liking, because Batman adheres to the principle of not killing.

Even those ninjas with hands and skills, Batman still didn't kill anyone.

This is something Matt himself didn't expect. Thinking of what those ninjas did, Matt couldn't help but kill a few ninjas, because those guys are all monsters! They can't be considered human at all. But Batman just didn't kill anyone!

In the eyes of others, this is a fool's behavior. But in Matt's eyes... This is simply an idol!!!

But the problem is that he really can't find Batman.

In fact, no one in this world can find Batman. Except Kai!

But what a coincidence.

Aren't those things going on very lively recently?

Kai thinks that Batman should go out more often. Damn, those people just see that Batman rarely goes out, so they make fun of the name of Batman. Really!

So Kai thinks that he should let his clone go out more often to make those idiots calm down a little.

At first, Kai didn't think that the clone was useful. At most, it was just a cover-up. But as the golden finger collected more and more energy, Kai consumed energy points on the clone power and found that it was really useful!

The clone power becomes stronger and stronger as it receives more energy points.

Although it is still weaker than the original body, it can last longer and longer, which also leads to the clone being able to stay away from the original body.

This is also the confidence of Kai to go around with several vests.

To be honest, other superpowers can't actually bring much bonus to Kai's strength. Whether it's the must-hit superpower or the vibration superpower, at most it makes Kai look more fancy. On the contrary, the clone can indeed bring Kai a lot of benefits.

So some time ago, Kai sent the Batman clone to Los Angeles to show his presence. Then Hannibal followed up and harvested a wave of souls. After appearing in Los Angeles twice, it's New York's turn!

...

Clinton District, the Viper Gang's lair.

The Viper Gang is a new gang. Although it has not been active for too long, it has expanded very quickly. They were originally a gang in Harlem, doing some illegal business, but due to the strong rule of Kingpin, the Viper Gang could only shrink in Harlem until the Viper Gang got in touch with government officials and somehow got through Kingpin's connections and allowed to expand their territory.

When Kingpin disappeared, the Viper Gang was completely released and began to expand rapidly!

Now, they have come to the holy land of gangs - Hell's Kitchen!

To establish a foothold here is equivalent to being on the list of New York gangs.

Mike Irving, a leader of the Viper Gang. Now he is in charge of the base in Hell's Kitchen. Irving is a native of Clinton District and has some connections in the local area. At the same time, this guy is also a drug addict. He is the kind of brain that goes crazy from time to time. He dares to kill anyone when he is crazy. It is said that his dead father was killed by him when he was crazy.

So many people are afraid of him.

Irving knows, but he doesn't care. On the contrary, he enjoys this feeling. When he was a child, he was very autistic and timid because of his father's abuse. Until he came into contact with drugs, he was completely released. He has been unable to extricate himself since then. Maybe he wants to make up for what he lacks. He was weak since he was a child, so he likes everyone to be afraid of him.

Today is the day of bulk delivery. Irving brought a large amount of drugs to those peddlers and settled the bills. These street gangs are the street salesmen of the gangs. They get the goods from here and are protected by the gangs. They can sell the goods on their territory, but in addition to the drug money, these people have to pay an extra protection fee every month.

It is rare for gang members to really sell goods. Most of the bulk sellers are these small gangs. Many of them are not actually in the gangs, but they are forced to do so by life.

Many gangs make money by doing this. The Viper Gang is no exception.

Originally, things were going smoothly, but just when it was about to end, the thick iron door made three crisp clang clang clangs and then stopped.

The two gangsters guarding the gate raised their guns vigilantly. This rhythm was not the signal of the guards outside.

Owen immediately looked at the bulk vendors. He suspected that these people had betrayed him.

But the bulk vendors were so scared that their faces turned pale. They didn't look like they had the courage to be traitors.

After a slight pause, three knocks on the door sounded again.

Still in the same slow and moderate pace, just like a very polite person going to a stranger's door to ask for directions.

Owen waved his hand, signaling the guards in the hall to take out their guns, be alert, and be ready to fire at any time.

Seeing that his men were ready, he gestured to the gangster at the door, asking him to open the small window on the door to observe who was coming.

Then he was stunned...

"Fuck!!!"