Chapter 30: The New Bartender

"So, you're out of work again?" Kane laughed dumbly, and early in the morning Peter came to the bar in a decadent manner, drinking a glass of stuffy wine.

After pouring a big mouthful, Peter wiped his mouth and smiled bitterly: "Yes, I just worked for a few days, and I lost my job again without even paying my weekly salary, and this time I was even more unlucky, and I didn't even have a letter of introduction." ”

"It's not just a matter of a letter of introduction, go to a lab and pour a lab, are you sure there are still labs that dare to use you?" Kane handed him a plate of potato wedges for him to cushion his stomach, and if he continued to drink like this, he would probably get drunk even if he was a spider.

"Yes, I guess no laboratory dares to ask me, but since Uncle Ben's death, the family's situation has been getting worse and worse, and Aunt Mei doesn't have much financial resources, so I have to continue to look for a job."

"And what can you do?"

"Some newspapers need close-up photos of superheroes for covers, and I thought I could start with that, because I've already sent a few photos of myself and can still make some money." After saying that, Peter seemed to think of something, and looked at Kane with burning eyes.

"Don't think about it, I'm not going to model you, you better go ask Matt." Kane said he wasn't interested in this way of being famous, and who knows what the news media would say just to attract attention, and he remembered that even a hero like Spider-Man could be hacked by Clarion Daily all the time, let alone him.

"Hey, I asked a long time ago, but he refused, and his characteristics are too obvious, and taking photos of him is easy to expose his true identity." Kane grinned, you thing really thought about it.

Kane thought for a moment, for the sake of the privacy of other superheroes, it was better to help Peter, the unlucky bastard, "Or, I'll find you a job to do." ”

"Oh? Which large lab do you also know? ”

"No, come and help me, I'm still short of a handyman."

"Hey, man, no jokes like that."

"I'm not kidding, Peter, think about it, will the newspaper report on the superheroes on the front page every day, if it's not the front page, who will buy the photo in your hand, and once there are more photos, it's not worth much, how much was the first Spider-Man photo you sold, and how much is it now?"

Peter stopped talking, he had to admit that Kane had a point, the first photo he inadvertently took, the Clarion Daily spent a full $300 to get the world's first close-up HD photo of Spider-Man, but as Spider-Man appeared more and more frequently, the price of the photo has also been decreasing, and in recent times, unless waiting for the front page photo to be published, the miserly boss of the Clarion Daily will pay $80 to buy one from him, which is obviously not a long-term job.

"Okay, then how much are you going to pay me?"

"$400 a week, 8 hours a day, no tip."

"Wow, really?" To be honest, Kane's price is not low, especially if the tip is not taken into account, if Peter does a good job, the weekly salary will not be doubled.

"This, how can I thank you..."Peter was not stupid, and soon he understood that it was Kane who was helping him, although Manhattan is the highest-paid place in the world, but this definitely does not include Hell's Kitchen, and besides, it is not a famous restaurant, nor is it on a busy street, only the surrounding residents consume, and the turnover here is not very high.

"Come on, this money is not given to you for free, besides, if someone knows that 400 dollars can hire Spider-Man as a security guard, I don't know how many people will rush to pay."

"Hey, didn't you say that you would do chores, how can you still have a job as a security guard?"

"There are only three people here, security guard, are you going to let the boss do it or the cook? Besides, doing chores is to do everything, it's good if you don't catch flies, hey, by the way, you also have to be responsible for catching flies in summer, after all, we do catering, hygiene is the first priority. ”

“... Get lost! ”

Peter started his new job that night, and the diners in the neighborhood welcomed the handsome big boy, and soon Peter discovered that the benefits of the job were not so much about the high level of tipping, but as about the long-lost sense of ease.

As a superhero, Peter doesn't have to hide anything anymore, and in his spare time, he can even discuss with Kane what kind of response he should take when facing different bandits, although sometimes they have some differences of opinion, but this discussion is of great help to Peter's actions, at least he learned to protect the surrounding civilians first when arresting bandits, and there are some hostage-taking incidents in the province.

Aunt May also came to visit Peter's working environment a few days later, and praised the bar and Kane, and after being in contact with society for a long time, the old lady knew how precious such a friend and such a job was, and she told Peter to work hard and not let this friend down before leaving.

Peter hurriedly agreed, and after obtaining the consent of Kane and Aunt May, he even rented a room above the bar to bring his luggage over, this time without worrying about his spider suit being discovered by his aunt.

Along with him, there are also various equipment of his family, the manufacturing and repair equipment of spider silk launchers, police FM interceptors, etc., I have to say, Peter is really a smart guy, he is a poor version of Tony Stark in terms of invention and creation, of course, the talent after the mutation is a little blind, and in the end he can only be reduced to a melee auxiliary meat shield, but it complements his natural taunt skills.

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"I'm sorry, Dr. Otto, although I would love to help you, but this time the loss is indeed a bit large, the board of directors is still discussing the feasibility of your energy experiment, although I will definitely help you argue with the case, but I'm afraid you will have to wait for a while, of course, if you can bring in some investment, the probability of me convincing the board will be greatly increased." Norman Osborne's voice came out of the microphone.

"Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Osborne, I can understand your difficulties, don't worry, I have some friends, I will convince them to invest in this project as soon as possible, you will get good news soon, that will not bother you, goodbye, Mr. Osborne." Dr. Otto, who was standing in the ruins of the laboratory, hung up the phone and muttered to himself, "Where can I find an investment?" ”

He was just trying to appease Norman Osborne, and in fact he didn't know any rich friends.

If Peter had been there now, he might not have been able to recognize Dr. Otto, who had been slightly bloated by years in the laboratory and had turned into muscular muscles, and when you looked closely, there seemed to be some protrusions on his exposed skin, which even reflected cold light in the moonlight.

Dr. Otto, who was casually walking around the ruins, seemed to see something out of the corner of his eye, and he turned his head to see a huge Commonwealth Bank neon sign shimmering across the river, and a strange smile rose into the corner of Otto's mouth as he looked at the sign.