Chapter 22: Justification
Back in the Batcave, Jason begins to learn how to use the bat computer to analyze the retrieved objects. Dick always said that he had no talent for computers, and Jason felt that he was probably no better than Dick after actually operating computers. A few casual keystrokes of the keyboard under Bruce's hand can get the information he wants, but in the actual operation process is much more difficult than Jason imagined, professional computers are different from home computers for gaming, and the actual operation requires a lot of professional code instructions to make Jason anxious.
"Jason"
Bruce stood behind Jason and watched Jason busy in front of the computer all the time, and finally decided to call him;
"Wait a minute, I'll be able to do this soon"
Jason didn't look back and continued to operate the computer, which Bruce had taught him before.
Bruce didn't say anything, just sighed and stretched out his arm from behind Jason to manipulate the keyboard a few times, and the system quickly obeyed the command and began to compare the object with the sample stored in the system.
"Learning to ask for help is also a form of growth, Jason. You don't have to be in such a hurry to compare yourself to Dick."
Jason's hard work Bruce sees that whatever Dick can do on his own, Jason wants to do alone. But how could it be that Jason could catch up in such a short period of time with the experience that Dick had accumulated over the years by his side.
Jason looked at Bruce's side cheek and scratched his cheek, and he had the impression that Dick seemed to have said something similar. But it felt a little strange to say that from Bruce's mouth.
"I hope you yourself can lead by example with this sentence, Master Bruce"
Alfred stood behind the two of them with refreshments, and said this coldly. Then Jason could clearly feel an emotion called unpleasantness on Bruce's face.
"Jason, there's something I want to ask you"
Maybe to change the subject, maybe to wait for the results of the system comparison, Bruce suddenly spoke.
"Huh?"
Jason turned his head to look at Bruce, who was about to speak.
"I've never understood why homeless children don't want to go to welfare homes."
This is Bruce's question, whether it is the welfare homes under his name or in the name of others, almost all welfare homes have children running away.
What Bruce didn't understand was why these children would rather be homeless than stay in the orphanage.
It's even stranger to see children in that environment today, as long as they run to the nearby orphanage, they will be protected, and the volunteers are always looking for these children everywhere, but the efficiency is very low, it's too young to talk about it, but children of Jason's age seem to be extremely disgusted with the orphanage.
Jason looked at Bruce and thought for a moment before saying:
“..... I don't know the situation of other people, anyway, as far as I'm concerned, the welfare home is not very good, there is not much food and it must be eaten in a fixed time, those who come to adopt children prefer young and well-behaved, I am already overage, the possibility of being adopted is very low, of course, because of the old man, I can't be adopted; And in a place like the welfare home, where a lot of people gather, there will always be all kinds of violent incidents, and usually the people in the welfare home turn a blind eye to this, you don't look at Carter and them, at least they will never allow such a thing as lynching; And there's .... Those guys in the welfare home always have a self-righteous attitude, which makes people very annoying......."
"Not much food?"
This answer surprised Bruce a little, although the corruption of the whole Gotham has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, even in the welfare home under his name, it is difficult to guarantee that this kind of thing will not happen, but it is a bit too bold to be so blatantly withholding food, maybe he needs to find an accounting firm to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the welfare home's finances.
“...... The welfare home under your name is better, but the other welfare homes are not so good."
Jason had mixed meals in many orphanages, and after making a rough comparison of the meals inside, he came to a conclusion.
“.. Sorry"
"That's none of your business, Bruce"
If it was before, Jason would definitely scold Bruce and other funders, but after coming to Wayne Manor, he learned that funders are only responsible for paying, in order to prevent money from being misappropriated or deducted, so most charitable funds will decide the amount of distribution according to the number of heads in the welfare home.
This is also the reason why various charities are keen to take in street children. It's just that in the process of implementation, there will always be some distortions, such as deducting food or something.
"Master Jason, you still have to go to the school for an interview tomorrow morning, please rest early"
Alfred's voice was the right time to dissolve the sudden embarrassment in the air.
"Huh? Didn't I pass the exam? ”
"Yes, but the school has two parts: exams and interviews, and you need to go to the interview tomorrow"
In terms of teaching, except for the knowledge that Batman should learn is taught by Bruce, the rest of the knowledge has been selected as a private teacher. The purpose of sending Jason to public school was mainly to prevent him from being too detached from the society, so Bruce would not have allowed Jason to go to a public school that was too poor.
The only public school with enough educational resources to compare with the aristocratic private schools is Gotham Middle School, which was formerly a private school, and the final owner decided to donate it to Gotham City for free to serve more families, so the admission conditions of this school are very strict, and all students must pass the written test and interview.
"Master Bruce, I know what you're thinking"
After Jason is forced to leave the Batcave, Alfred looks at Bruce's back and doesn't quite agree with what he is about to do.
"I know, Ah Fu, I know"
In fact, from the very beginning, Bruce knew very well that some of the money from the charity money would definitely go unnoticed, and he actually turned a blind eye to it. You can't eradicate the evil part of human nature, you can only control it as much as you can tolerate and acquiesce to it.
The evil of corruption is deeply rooted in the whole Gotham, and Bruce has great ability to take care of every corner, he knows that the welfare homes under his name are much better than other welfare homes, because the welfare homes under his name cannot collect money, and everything is based on the accounting system, so that the possibility of corruption will be much less. But in addition to the welfare homes under his name, he also donated money to many welfare homes, and the only way he could know the whereabouts of these charitable donations came from the account books of the welfare homes.
Hearing Jason say that many orphanages have food deductions made Bruce want to implement the billing system of the orphanage under his name again. But as Alfred objected, many orphanages are actually privately run, and if they can't make money, then there will inevitably be a large-scale divestment, and Gotham is not a city where he Bruce alone, and he needs these people to work together to promote and improve Gotham's philanthropy. But in any case, if there is not enough to eat in the welfare home, there must be some way to do it.