Chapter 1480 Difficult Choice
Batman is a master at catching criminals, conducting investigations like a detective, and sneaking up on super strong men from behind, but he is a weakling when it comes to fighting in the political arena. He has been running Gotham for decades, but he has been awakened with countless criminal suspects. Two days later, the Joker was defeated in the election and almost became a public enemy of Gotham. He was surrounded and suppressed by both the black and white factions of Gotham. His reputation as Batman and his image in the minds of the people of Gotham City must be poorly managed. Lost so badly?
When it comes to dealing with the world, Bruce Wayne is still a bit too straightforward. He doesn't want to lie or deceive others. He doesn't bother to engage in sleazy tactics. He doesn't care whether the public likes him or not. Various personality traits make him not very popular with the public. He has never been misunderstood and thought that he is not a good person.
In the more than a year since he took office, his poll support has been declining sharply, and public criticism has become more intense. Opposition to him has also begun to emerge within the party, believing that his continued stay in that position will affect the entire party. The popularity of the party drags down the performance of other members of the party in the mid-term elections.
The decline in his prestige has also had a fatal impact on his governance efficiency. The bills he proposed were rejected by Congress, and the orders he issued were ignored by government departments. He was trapped in the White House. Although he was nominally the supreme leader of the country of hope, his orders could not leave Washington.
Damian blatantly announced in the news media that he would invest in a competitor of Wayne Group. He wanted to issue a bill to ban the investment of Bradero Company, but there was a legal problem, that is, he could not publish anything related to his own interests. of laws.
Although he resigned as president of Wayne Group, he still owned shares of Wayne Group. As president, he could not make any national decisions that were of interest to Wayne Group. Damian told Wayne Group's competitors If he orders a ban on investment, he is using the power of the president to protect Wayne Group. This violates the Constitution and uses public funds for private purposes. He will be impeached and removed from office immediately, and he will most likely be imprisoned after he removes himself.
The magic power of money is extraordinary in the Land of Hope. Back then, Bruce also used his invincible power of money to become the leader of the Justice League as a mortal. This time, he experienced the feeling when others used the power of money to deal with him. How uncomfortable it is.
The Wayne Group is very rich, but Damian, who does the most important superhero job in the DC Universe as a business, is even richer. What profession in the DC Universe is the most high-end and can best represent the most advanced productivity in the world?
There is no doubt that they are superheroes. This world is a world with superheroes as its core. Without superheroes, this world will become ordinary and no one will regret it if it is destroyed on the spot.
Treating superhero services as a business is simply equivalent to contracting the Hunter Association in the world of "Hunter", accepting all pirates as subordinates in the world of "One Piece", and being the leader of all ninjas in the world of "Naruto" Same as above, it can be said that he is standing on the biggest hot spot in the DC universe. Even a pig can fly into the sky and make a super fortune.
The profit of Bredro Company's paid crisis rescue business is countless times higher than that of selling arms, human trafficking, and banned drugs, and the investment cost is still very small. The orcs, Bai Jue, and the ninjas he took away from the League of Assassins are all Cheap labor, all the skills of his subordinates were trained by him, the labor cost is very low, and the gross income is not much different from the net income.
It stands to reason that the Justice League, the most powerful superhero team in the world, should be very profitable, but superheroes must flaunt their glorious image of impartiality and selflessness. They cannot shamelessly accept money like Damian and operate purely as a non-profit charity organization. , so it only maintains a balance of payments and collects more than a billion in headquarters maintenance fees from the United Nations in a symbolic way. It is not about making money at all.
With the support of this huge profit, it is not difficult to use endless money to destroy Wayne Group, not to mention that Damian also spent a lot of money to buy it from the highly intelligent inmates of Arkham Asylum at a high price. The black technology came from the military and was transferred to civilians for civilian development and utilization, which greatly improved the technological strength of Wayne Group's competitors.
Wayne Group lacks Bruce at the helm. Although Lucius Fox, who replaced Bruce as president, can be considered a talent, his business intelligence and cunning are far behind Damian. In this inherently unfair situation, After losing ground in the business war, Wayne Group's stock price fell three times in one day, becoming the only stock to fall by the limit in a stock market that was soaring across the board.
It seems that the downward trend of stock prices cannot be reversed in the short term. Investors all know that there is a super market maker who is shorting Wayne Group's shares at all costs. If they don't sell Wayne Group's shares at this time, they will line up to go to the rooftop soon. .
While impacting the share price of Wayne Group, Damian also began to maliciously acquire Wayne Group shares, increase his shareholding ratio, and publicly declared that once he obtained 51% of the shares and obtained the company's decision-making power, he would directly dismember Wayne Group. , divide all the industries with the highest profitability in the Wayne Group, reorganize, split and establish new companies, so that the unprofitable industries can continue to be retained. In short, once he takes power, he will bankrupt the Wayne Group.
The business leaders across the country have evaluated the financial strength of Bredero Company and combined with the current situation of Wayne Group, they have made a judgment that Wayne Group is afraid that it will be difficult to escape. In such a large-scale capital crushing, Under pressure, there is no way to survive.
Wayne Group's stock price plummeted, and Damian's shareholding in the Wayne Group's shares was getting higher and higher. It was about to reach more than 50%. Bruce was about to go bankrupt and become a pauper.
His reputation and prestige in the political arena have plummeted, and his family business is on the verge of bankruptcy. His main business of Batman is also about to be out of business due to the activity of the Orc Rescue Team - the quality of rescue services of any Orc Rescue Team is higher than that of Batman. , after all, the four plush super-orcs who work well together and are much cuter than Batman are more righteous than him in terms of cuteness, not to mention their strength.
If the situation continues to deteriorate, if he is impeached and leaves the presidency, he will probably have to rely on his son to support him for the rest of his life. After all, he has no skills except fighting. It is impossible to work part-time. Super You can't continue to be a hero. If you want to find another job, in addition to driving the Batmobile and being an Uber driver, you can only open a private detective agency and team up with an orangutan to make a living as a private detective.
Late that night, in the living room of Wayne Manor, Bruce Wayne was sitting on the sofa in the living room with a dejected face, drinking sullenly. He was struggling in his heart. If he continued to stick to his principles and not play dirty with Damian, he would use With those dirty tricks he hates most, it's only a matter of time before they fail.
With Bruce's intelligence, if he resorts to any means, no matter how embarrassed he is now, there are still ways to make a comeback.
However, once he breaks through the bottom line of being a human being and slips into the deep darkness, Bruce is not sure whether he can still climb out, or whether he will become black and degenerate, unable to extricate himself, and completely transform into the black-hearted politician Batman.