Chapter 117 New·Hell's Kitchen
The day after taking down the Kingpin, the real Steve Rogers used the wealth accumulated by Fisk Group and the Hand to start promoting his plan from Sokowi in Hell's Kitchen. Asia learned the operation.
Open community factories and short-term technical training courses, organize daily patrols, maintain the hygiene of the neighborhood, take over the property management company proactively, and provide real and useful property services to the owners.
He even funded the elementary and middle schools in Hell's Kitchen, asking his subordinates to intimidate teachers into taking classes seriously. At the same time, they sent reformed gangsters to supervise the classrooms. Any naughty children who caused trouble would be severely punished. .
After some rectification by Steve, Hell’s Kitchen has a completely new look.
The streets are tidy and smell-free, and idle young people are no longer seen. All the gangsters have disappeared and are locked up in factories for forced labor.
The sound of reading aloud has resumed in the community school. Although the children and teachers are afraid of the gangsters who supervise the class, they are also happy with what the classroom should be like.
Of course, the Hand would secretly contribute to this, and all the thorns that dared to oppose were physically eliminated.
This is the first time the killer organization has been used for business.
Steve had no idea how much trouble was being intercepted by the Hand, and he was extremely pleased with the new community.
"See, you don't have to put on a straitjacket to eliminate crime." Steve took Matt Murdock to visit the new Hell's Kitchen.
Matt couldn't believe it. When he was young, he never thought that the dark Hell's Kitchen would have a bright side.
"This...how was this done?"
Matt's outlook on life was strongly impacted.
His father is an underground boxer. He grew up in a poor family, so he has a natural affinity for the poor because he himself is of this level.
However, Matt, who studied law in college, has a kind of arrogance like a "fine eagle". He has never really understood the thoughts of the poor, and has always had a condescending attitude of giving alms.
As a lawyer who maintains order during the day and a vigilante who breaks the rules at night, Matt has the emotional impulse to do something for the poor, but he has never been able to get in touch with the essence.
No one told him either that the poor do not need charity or rescue, they just need a guide who can truly stand with them, and a fair opportunity.
What they need is not a superhero, but a leader.
"As you can see, we don't actually have to save them. As long as we give everyone a chance, everyone can save themselves." Steve finally understood this truth after practicing it with his own hands.
"It's a pity that no one gives them a chance..."
In these days, the Hand has worked hard and accomplished a lot. Although many people were killed and injured, under the pressure of the five fingers, there was no trouble at all. out.
The Hand is an organization with strict management. Ninjas have been brainwashed since childhood and have long since become killing machines that obey orders.
The five old guys relied on their immortality to firmly control the power. Apart from the five of them, there was no other voice in the entire Hand.
With such organizational strength, the Hydra next door was drooling when they saw it.
If Hydra could raise and lower a voice like this, it might have brought back the hive long ago.
"Old... no, Captain!"
According to the script, a certain leader of the Hand came to Steve and reported: "We just found an old warehouse. There are a lot of valuable things that you need to see.”
Since he started to change Hell’s Kitchen, Steve doesn’t like his subordinates to call him boss, but wants them to call him captain.
In his explanation, the captain is the one who leads everyone forward.
"Matt, take a look around for yourself." Hearing that he found another warehouse, Steve naturally wanted to go over and count the belongings.
Renovating Hell's Kitchen is a great feeling of accomplishment, but it requires a large investment of money. Steve has already plundered all the gang's small treasury, and he is still spending money like water.
After the community factory was put into operation, Steve discovered a serious problem: the things could not be sold at all!
The community factory in Sokovia is able to achieve a slight profit. Firstly, it is because Hydra has blocked the influence of external forces, including commodity dumping. Secondly, Sokovia’s economy is backward and residents are not interested in daily necessities. The requirements are not high, so daily necessities produced by backward community factories still have a certain market.
But this is Hell’s Kitchen, close to Manhattan, one of the most economically developed areas in the world. Just relying on the poor production efficiency and backward craftsmanship of community factories, it is impossible to beat the outside with a loss-making sale. Finished product.
The residents of Hell's Kitchen would rather buy daily necessities from outside than buy things produced in community factories.
Because the things outside are not only cheaper, but also of better quality.
Steve had to spend his own money to buy the things first, and then racked his brains to find sales. Now he is in urgent need of money!
So as soon as I heard that there was a new investment, I ran over immediately.
"Captain, the dust is too heavy, please wear a mask." The leader of the Hand was very considerate.
Steve walked into this dusty old warehouse and found some old but still circulating banknotes inside, as well as a lot of jewelry, jade, weapons and ammunition.
It was a normal gang warehouse and did not arouse Steve's suspicion.
“What is this?”
Steve walked to the wall and saw a crystal clear bone fossil placed on an old wooden table.
Long and curved, it looks a bit like an ivory ornament.
“I don’t know, but it might be something valuable.” It was time to test his acting skills again. The leader of the Hand lowered his head slowly, for fear that Steve would notice something strange.
"Okay, take it out and find someone to estimate the price." Steve hugged the fossilized bone directly.
At this moment, a golden air mass erupted from the bone fossil. This air mass quickly climbed up along Steve's hands and spread all over the body in the blink of an eye.
All the injuries on his face caused by Hydra's malicious plastic surgery have recovered, and even his pants have grown a bit bigger.
Yes, it's the familiar bulging feeling.
“I’m sorry!”
“Captain, you...you’ve become more handsome!”
“Captain, you seem...like...”
The several Hand leaders around him began to perform exaggeratedly.
They naturally knew what this bone was. If they hadn't been brainwashed since childhood and knew the function of the dragon bone, they would have stolen it and escaped long ago.
"This..." Steve was stunned.
He immediately reached out to touch his face, and then reached down again.
“It’s back!” Steve was extremely surprised: “Haha, it’s back!”
“What’s back?” The Hand’s Ma Zai was confused.
This question is out of scope and not in the script.
Of course Steve would not answer them. He pointed at the keel happily and asked: "What is this? Why is it so magical?"
"I don't know." Several tetrahedral horses They all shook their heads: "We have never been to this warehouse. It may be something collected by the previous boss."
"But such a magical thing, why would the previous boss leave it here?"
“Could it be that the previous boss didn’t have this magical effect when he discovered it?”
Steve looked at a few people, and then suddenly pointed at one of the guys who also had scars on his face.
“Come here and touch me.”
The man immediately reached out his hand without thinking.
As a result, no golden air mass appeared on the keel.
"Strange..." Steve was surprised: "Does it take a certain amount of time to regain energy?"
"The captain is right!" Several Hand Club players responded in unison: "That must be it!"
Solemn reminder: When brothers comment in the next chapter, try to use pronouns, or use pinyin. , I’m a little panicked...
(End of this chapter)