6.17 Looking at New York from a different perspective
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"Mr. Wu, that island is worthless." The mayor spat on him. To be able to become mayor of New York City and be re-elected, you must have basic political literacy.
"The first is traffic. The only way to get from Staten Island to Manhattan is a ferry, and the old suspension bridge can only connect Brooklyn. New Yorkers can't get around without the subway. Staten Island doesn't even have a subway station, not a single subway entrance. The cost of living is low, but the cost of living is high. It's like New Yorkers often say that time is money. It took too much time to get from Staten Island to Manhattan to work.
It's also not hard to see from the map that Manhattan is closer to several other boroughs. Staten Island's location is one of the worst of the five zones, both for inland waterways and for shipping. So, for a long time, this remote island was the ...... of New Yorkers Backyard. ā
Seeing that Wu Chen didn't seem to understand. The mayor simply said: "Staten Island is the garbage can of New York." All the unsightly filth was dumped on that damn island. Of course, as the owner of the new Hong Kong and the moon, you must be able to understand the true meaning of the trash can. ā
"Politics and life." Wu Chen hit the nail on the head.
"Exactly." As a potential target of the Hellfire Club, the mayor also wants to consolidate and deepen his personal relationship with Wu Chen, so he tells Wu Chen some secrets that only the mayor of New York knows about: "Although we yearn for the freedom of capital itself, political compromise is the inevitable price to pay. As you can see, there are a lot of strange structures built on Staten Island. Temples, lamas, mosques, and even witches' huts and some organizations that are considered cults by other places on earth to be located. We cannot refuse these badges of freedom and democracy that have been presented to New York in the name of beauty. However, we can choose whether to put them in the window of the living room or throw them in the trash can in the backyard. So, without exception, these strange buildings and organizations were housed on Staten Island, far from the city center.
In life, Staten Island is a veritable garbage dump. Since the founding of New York, for a long time, hundreds of thousands of tons of garbage have been transported from Manhattan and Brooklyn to the island by ferry. In addition to household waste, the island has also buried the bodies of street drug dealers, gangsters, prostitutes, homeless and stateless people for more than 100 years. This damn island is saddled with all the filth of New York. Now it's covered in green, an idyllic landscape. However, perhaps just an arm's length away beneath the greenery lies endless squalor and filth. A casual step on it will ooze rancid sludge. You're a gentleman, and you shouldn't have to dig over this abscess-ridden island. Doing so will only make you feel sick. ā
"......" Wu Chen thought it was just a forgotten island. Who would have thought that there was such a deep secret here. But for the follow-up plot, Wu Chen has to own this island no matter what.
After a pause, Wu Chen smiled and said, "Your Excellency Mayor, please tell me how to get this island." ā
"Yes, sir." Seeing that Wu Chen had made up his mind, the mayor didn't say anything. He did what he had to do. As for whether Wu Chen can listen to it, it is not his problem. Of course, he was also curious, what did Wu Chen want this island for?
As Wu Chen thought, it is far easier to acquire real estate on Staten Island than Manhattan.
Compared with the scattered buildings on Manhattan Island, the ownership of low-rise single-family houses scattered on Staten Island is relatively simpler. Moreover, compared to the mixed fish and dragons, the aliens of bulls, ghosts, snakes, gods, and aliens, Manhattan, who have everything, and the new immigrants who choose to settle on Staten Island, are all low-energy, can't afford to spend money, and are at the bottom.
Quite simply, the real rich will choose Long Island.
Only new immigrants who don't know the details of New York will choose this barren 'virgin land' that seems fresh but is actually full of pus.
The mayor of Persimmon picks up soft pinching, and in this matter, he has shown great courage.
The entire New York City government, from top to bottom, almost acquiesced in Wu Chen's acquisition of Staten Island.
Of course, finding a suitable way is also a must.
Wu Chen's purchase of the entire island will obviously arouse all kinds of vigilance from all sides. After all, to New Yorkers, Wu Chen is a pure outsider.
Getting an outsider to buy the entire New York region?
This kind of title is too scary.
So he contacted Wayne Enterprises, Stark Industries, Osborne Group, Trask Industries, KSI, and Su Yueming's Jianneng Group to work together for a semi-public spin-off of Denton Island. The entire island was divided into several districts, each of which was in charge of a large enterprise, and finally all the property rights were gathered into Wu Chen's hands.
The demands of the owners of the moon, whose opponents hold the global supply of helium-3, these cooperative enterprises simply cannot refuse.
As mentioned earlier, the energy of the inhabitants of Shijima is very limited, and they are powerless to resist in the face of the attractive conditions offered by the thunderous big companies. They all disarmed and surrendered. Even if a few people want to open their mouths, they are forcefully pressed down by various means. can only obediently.
Wu Chen couldn't help but sigh that power exists everywhere.
Coupled with the fact that the New York government kept the relevant behind-the-scenes information tightly sealed, Tony and others also came out to explain to the public from time to time the use of acquiring land, such as building a golf course, building a resort hotel, building a playground for his son, and so on. Anyway, Staten Island is just a piece of ringworm in New York after all, and it hasn't attracted much attention.
The concerted efforts of all parties have enabled the Staten Island acquisition plan to move forward quickly.
The puzzle soon followed.
There are no problems with the acquisition of private real estate. However, land belonging to some private organizations, state governments, and even state-owned land is somewhat difficult to acquire. For example, the green belt around the central hill of Staten Island, covering an area of 2,800 acres, is the second largest "permanent nature reserve" in New York.
The word "permanent" says it all.
There are always more solutions than difficulties.
Referring to the renovation of Rockefeller Center, it is also a good idea to cover these private or public lands that cannot be acquired with transparent structures, and then continue to build 10,000-meter skyscrapers. There are difficulties that are certain, but how to say, after all, it is not the sacrosanct Manhattan. Here, anything can be discussed. Both the New York government and the rights holders have shown to be flexible.
As for the cults that have fled to New York from all over the world (huh...... ), Wu Chen directly thundered and eradicated.
It's so easy to find trouble with them. Especially for the white swan, who can listen to everything and penetrate everything. Secret donation accounts, obscene dark rituals, and various criminal records were sorted out by TT40 one by one and passed on to the New York City Mayor's Office through a special line.
The New York Police followed suit. Caught to catch, killed to kill, extradition to extradite, banished to exile (huh?) ), the seal of the seal (huh?) Wu Chen's X-Squad cleaned up the acne all over Staten Island with one hundred.
In the words of Mrs. Cobweb, the best cure for a stubborn illness is to wash it in blood.
With her indestructible claws, the Dead Woman expressed her complete approval.
There are not too many non-human creatures hidden in New York, a place where time and space converge. Wu Chen unexpectedly discovered the vampire's cave! Sneaked behind the female stand-in of death, and bit down on the neck, but the fangs were broken by the hard B alloy Qi brush.
The female stand-in of death grabbed her throat with her backhand, and the other claw swung out left and right, cutting the old vampire of unknown age into the dices of the kung pao chicken.
Another wanted to sneak away the vampire servant quietly, but the dead woman who was blocked at the back door grabbed her throat and cut it into the soup in the West Lake beef soup.
Staten Island has become a treasure trove for X-Men to fight monsters and level up. The Queen of the Storm, the Female Sentinel, the Lady of Death, and the Lady of the Spider Web, together with the elite team on the White Swan, completed the cleanup of the entire island.
Jianneng Group needs Su Yueming's chairmanship. can't accompany Wu Chen on adventures every day. In addition, in order to give yourself a honeymoon vacation, there are also many things that need to be coordinated in advance. Fortunately, the black technology on the white swan is everywhere, and Su Yueming can connect with New Hong Kong in real time in Wu Chen's private living cabin, and handle the affairs of Jianneng Group through remote work.
The reason why he didn't send Su Yueming and the female sentinel Gilgamesh back to New Hong Kong first was that whether it was to acquire Staten Island or find clues to the X-Men and Sentinel Robots, Wu Chen needed Su Yueming and Gilgamesh.
When Shu Li receives a summons that the plane transporting the Winter Soldier has taken off from the Wakanda Jungle Kingdom and will arrive in New York in the near future. Wu Chen is hanging out in Daredevil's territory, Hell's Kitchen. The purpose of finding Daredevil is to contact the American team hidden in the darkness through him. Hoping that through the American team, Logan's whereabouts will be found.
Because according to Wu Chen's known comic plot line, the American team is plotting to form a new Avengers, and is doing the work of Daredevil and Wolverine. I hope to recruit two. Of course, Wu Chen did this with some luck. Even if no clues are found in Daredevil's body, he still has a better way.
That's right, it was the Winter Soldier who was speeding up towards him.
As a good friend, the American team heard that the Winter Soldier is in Wu Chen's hands, no matter where it is, it will come non-stop.
Hell's Kitchen is truly a treasure trove of monster farming. Daredevil almost never goes out of the air (seems strange to say). It's just that it's busy every night anyway. The demons and monsters that haunt Hell's kitchen are of low level. Aside from Kingpin, there are few supervillains who can handle it. It is said that almost 40% of the criminal activities in North America come from the Golden Union.
At this point in time, this underworld boss entrenched in Hell's Kitchen is undergoing reform in prison, learning how to change his mind and become a man from scratch. The gangs in Hell's Kitchen are now leaderless, fighting on their own and staying all night.
Daredevil naturally has a heavier job.
It wasn't until the second half of the night that Wu Chen found Daredevil panting next to a garbage heap in a backstreet in Hell's Kitchen.
"Hurt?" As soon as Wu Chen turned into this back alley, he was discovered by Daredevil. That's why he was defenseless and let him go to his side.
"When won't you get hurt?" Daredevil laughed gruffly.
Compared with superheroes with extraordinary strength, Wu Chen admires ordinary people like Iron Man and Batman more. But after all, the two of them are taking the route of domineering presidents, escorted by various black technologies that transcend the times, and what does Daredevil have?
Aside from his sensory vision, which he traded for blindness, he had almost no superpowers of his own. There are no super armors like Batman and Iron Man, all kinds of weapons and vehicles that blow up the sky, and some are just a set of leather suits that are not outstanding.
Anyway, from him, Wu Chen verified a famous ancient truth.
Kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 yourself.
It's really bleeding all over the body!
Wu Chen sometimes thinks that a real superhero should be like this.
In any case, in the boundless darkness, there is a faint light of justice, guarding Hell's Kitchen. It is the greatest value of Daredevil's existence.
And at what cost?
Lying bruised on a garbage heap in a dark corner, covered in blood and filthy.
With a sigh, Wu Chen casually took out a needle and stretched it out towards Daredevil.
Daredevil didn't move. Let Wu Chen inject the injection into his arm.
"What is it?"
"Cell Repair Solution." Wu Chen smiled and pulled out the needle.
Before the words fell, the miraculous repair effect has been revealed. Daredevil's wounds are healing at an accelerated rate visible to the naked eye.
"Thank you." Daredevil tried to stand up and move his body, but not only did the wound heal, but even the pain disappeared.
"It's fine. I'll give you some more later, and I'll use it slowly. "It's all said, Wu Chen has the potential to become an epic hero.
"Hmm." Daredevil didn't refuse. Wu Chen's words and deeds, and his deeds, have won his trust. With like-minded friends, there is nothing polite to be polite.
"Something?" He couldn't see with his eyes, but Daredevil knew it in his heart.
"Well, I'd like to ask, is there any way you can get in touch with Captain America?"
"Yes." Daredevil really had contact with Team America!
"Can you help me contact Captain America?"
"Yes." Daredevil, who was busy with other things, prepared to leave: "Wait for my news." ā
Before the words fell, the female sentry behind Wu Chen, her eyes lit up, and she jumped up!
This time, Wu Chen had experience. Without saying a word, he immediately chased after him.
By the time he arrived, the battle was already over.
Gilgamesh was also unable to see the fleeing attackers. Wu Chen hurriedly switched to the perspective of the energy spirit body, and still saw the residual force field of the two spirit bodies. One tall and one short. It is impossible to tell who it is.
Daredevil also rushed over: "This is a new group of powerhouses. (To be continued.) )