"Did you hear that?! We're going to have a makeover here too!! A child rushed into the cellar, waved the newspaper in his hand and said, "Look! We're on the first phase of the plan! ”

The other children gathered around and said, "What transformation? What retrofit? ”

The boy shook off the newspaper and said, "It seems that we are going to build an overpass here, but in order to build a bridge, we need to change the building here to ...... It is...... You've been to Living Hell, haven't you? That's the kind of house where all the houses are put in one building, and then connected by passages, and they become very tall, and everyone can have a house! ·

"Really? I had long heard from my uncle that houses on the other side of Hell are very expensive, because everyone can have a single room there, and some rich people can even have a living room! ”

"If it really turns out like this, can we have a room to live in?!" A girl said excitedly: "And the overpass, isn't it the same as the bridge next to our street?!" ”

"Come on, the bridge over that stinking ditch. If you've ever been to the city center, you'll know that the overpass is taller than the buildings here!

"I love living hell!" A little boy raised his hand and said, "When I went there to deliver things, the people there were arrogant, but also, they lived in new houses, drank clean water, and downstairs were shops to buy things, and even the children there were cleaner than us!" ”

"Great, if it turns out like that, I'll have to live in a room with a window, the kind where I can see the outside, and I'll have a pot of flowers......"

The children were very excited to imagine the future scene, when a sleepy voice came from the next room, and he said, "What's wrong?" Noisy? ”

"Oh! Boss, come and see, look at today's newspaper! The children immediately gathered around and said, "Boss Jason, look, we're going to renovate here!" ”

Jason struggled to open his eyes, last night, he read too late, only slept for four or five hours, and is still very sleepy.

He took the newspaper and saw that it was written that the second phase of the Gotham road reconstruction plan was about to be put into construction, and the second phase of the plan included their street, and the content of the renovation included building renovation and traffic renovation, and the building renovation will start in three days.

"Chief, you are well-informed, you say, will this place become like a living hell, everyone lives in a big house, everything can be bought in the house, no more rain, no more worrying about the streets flooded?"

"Can we also have a house with windows? Well, it can be a room for four people, or a room for six people, as long as there is a window, I can raise a pot of flowers...... ·

Jason's face gradually became solemn, because he not only paid attention to the news of the start of the transformation, but also paid attention to the way of the transformation.

This transformation. It is no longer a joint fund of the gangsters and the Wayne family, but the government takes the lead, the Wayne Group injects capital, and contracts the project, from design to construction to put into use, all of which are controlled by the Wayne Group, and there is no need for the gangsters to pay a single person or a penny.

Jason was different from these kids, and he was able to see it more clearly. How much investment is required for such a large amount of work? Is the Wayne Group crazy?

In the last Living Hell Transformation, in addition to the Wayne Group, the Falcone family and the government participated, and the leaders of the twelve families also injected funds, and the final effect was quite good.

The sideline industry there is quite prosperous, providing a lot of supporting services for the logistics industry, and after the people there become rich, the gangsters who rule there can pay more protection fees.

But this time. The Wayne Group is entirely responsible for the renovation costs, but the gangsters are able to use the buildings and roads completely free of charge, which looks like sugar-coated cannonballs no matter how you look at it.

Jason told him about the books he had just read. Don't expect the capitalists to be merciful, but as soon as he finished reading these books, the biggest capitalist in the city was merciful and intended to improve the lives of all the people here, without any compensation.

Jason narrowed his eyes, looking a little wary, and he said to all the children in a deep voice: "Cheer up, there may be a big change recently, go, let those people who are running around outside come back quickly......"

"Boss! Chief! Oops! Big Sister Six-Fingered has injured her head, and Sister Cookie has brought him back, so go and take a look! A very young child rushed in and screamed, and Jason's face immediately sank.

Jason hurriedly ran out and saw that Sister Cookie was bandaging the arm of the six-fingered sister, and the smell of blood was spreading, he walked up, looked at the wound on the six-fingered sister's head and asked, "What's the matter?" How? ”

"It's okay, I got into a fight with someone else and accidentally scratched it." The six-fingered eldest sister tilted her head to the side, and then said, "Do you hear the wind?" Recently, this place has been renovated, and I think we should change places. ”

"Why?!" Another child raised his voice and said, "It's because of the transformation." We're supposed to stay here, we'll get a house! ”

The six-fingered eldest sister showed a painful expression and said, "Have you read the resettlement plan?" I'm afraid we'll have to get out of here to survive......"

Jason turned his head back, picked up the newspaper he had just put down, and continued to look down, and he saw that the resettlement package was unexpectedly generous, and all the residents here, whether they had a driver's license or not, could get a place in a room.

The minimum standard of the room is a single room with no kitchen or bathroom, but with windows, at least three hours of sunshine per day, and furnished.

Merely. If you want a better studio, such as a studio or a bedroom with a kitchen and bathroom, you need to add money.

If you don't add money, it's a single room that can only fit one bed, but the floor where the single room is located, there will be a public restroom and an open-air kitchen.

But this is also an incomparably superior living condition for these children, after all, they are now twenty or thirty people crammed into the basement, not only do they have no windows, but they also leak from time to time.

As for the bathroom and kitchen, not to mention, even the bed in the room is made of crates, Jason's small bed, there is a mattress that has been picked up, and some others are covered with mattresses, and some even have only a thin layer of sheets.

It's written in the resettlement plan. Each room comes standard with a bed, a mattress, a lamp, a small bedside table, a flower pot on the bay window, and even a painting hanging at the head of the bed.

Jason saw that the contractor of the building renovation and decoration part was Wayne Decoration Engineering Company, which was the company that decorated the Wayne Hotel, and the materials and fineness can be imagined.

But Jason's face is getting worse and worse, because according to the rules of the gang, these things are not something they can have.

At this moment, there was a "bang", the door of the cellar was directly pried open, and several gang members jumped down, pointed guns at all the children and said, "Get out!" Hurry up! All to the ground, not allowed to stay here any longer! ”

The children all climbed up tremblingly, and when they reached the ground, they stood against the wall, including Jason.

The gang leader said, "Give you an afternoon to move out, and you won't be allowed to appear on our gang's territory again, and whoever asks you will say that you have never been here, and if someone asks you, you will say that you moved from someone else, do you understand?" ”

The six-fingered eldest sister covered her arm and said hatefully: "You only give us one afternoon to move, and you can't even take things away!" ”

"It's not my business, it's the boss's order, in short, before tonight, you must get out of here, after all, work will start in three days, if those big guys see you asking for food here, I don't know what to say!"

The gangster flicked his finger at the barrel of the gun and said, "You'd better get acquainted, it's enough to let you stay here for so long, get out of here!" ”

After the gang members left, the children turned pale, and the younger sister of the Cookie Sisters asked, "Why did the Gang suddenly move out of here, why did they drive us away?" ”

The six-fingered eldest sister squatted down with tears in her eyes, covered her arms and said, "Don't you know? A single room in the living hell, a room can be rented for a high price of $10 a week......"

"We have more than 20 people here, we can get more than 20 rooms, and if we don't live here, the gangsters here can earn more than $200 a week, which is close to $1,000 a month......

"As long as they evict us and rent out the house we were assigned to, they will earn three times more money every month without having to do anything, and everyone knows how prosperous Living Hell is now, and it will be the same ......here."

Jason clutched the newspaper tightly in his hand, and he said, "As long as we can make money, they won't care about anything, they won't care where we go, how we live next, whether we will die on the street......"

Jason's arm began to tremble, he took a deep breath, and said, "Pack your things and get ready to move."

All the children had tears in their eyes, and there was nothing like despair after having hope. It's even sadder.

But Jason became calmer than ever, and the six-fingered elder sister looked at him and said, "Jason." You've changed a lot, and if it was before, you would be very angry. Say something that is going to trouble them. ”

"Because, lately, I have learned a truth." Jason's tone was calm and frightening, and he said, "It's useless to just say it, no one will be afraid of me because I am yelling louder." ”

After speaking, he pursed his lips and walked to the mouth of the cellar, and before going down, he said to the six-fingered eldest sister: "There will be such a situation, there must be more than one of us, and the three nearby streets must be renovated, that is." All the kids will be kicked out. ”

The six-fingered eldest sister heard some bad premonitions, and she asked, "What do you want to do?" Jason! Jason...... Don't do stupid things, we can live somewhere else......"

Pressing the manhole cover in the cellar, Jason smiled a little, and then said, "Go somewhere else?" What if other places are also transformed? ”

"If the whole of Gotham were to be transformed little by little into a city like this, into a city where everyone could have a place to stay, do you think that would make our lives better?"

"Nope. Even if those houses could house everyone, people with money and guns would occupy them, and even if they left the houses empty, even if we froze to death in the streets, they wouldn't let us live in them. ”

Jason closed his eyes and said, "In Gotham, we can't live on the mercy of others...... We don't need mercy anymore. ”

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