In Gotham, in addition to the most famous Wayne family, there are also many wealthy nobles, whose wealth may not be as good as Wayne's, but they have also taken root in this land for a hundred years, and their hidden heritage and influence are not necessarily much worse than Wayne's.

One of them is the Siannis family, who control Gotham's largest beauty industry, and their Janus Makeup Company accounts for more than half of the cosmetics market in Gotham and even in the state.

Unfortunately, after the previous head of the family, Charles Siannis, and his wife died in a fire, and his only son Roman took power, his failed business philosophy caused the company's market share to shrink several times compared with before, and it was in a state of loss throughout this year.

In fact, compared to other ancient families in Gotham, the rise of the Wayne family was relatively late.

The Wayne family has a long history, their ancestors can be traced back to medieval England, and they came to Gotham during the Revolutionary War, when a man named Darius Wayne established the Wayne Manor.

At that time, the Wayne family could only be regarded as a relatively wealthy small force, and they really began to rise to prominence in 1881, when Bruce's great-grandfather Alan Wayne single-handedly took over almost half of Gotham's construction industry, and also took the opportunity to acquire a large piece of land.

It can be said that the status of the uncrowned king of Gotham of the Wayne family today is the foundation laid by Alan Wayne back then, and without him, there would be no Wayne Group today.

But it is undeniable that Gotham City has existed for nearly a hundred years long before Alan Wayne led the Wayne family to soar into the sky, and there have long been many old powerful families.

Even the Copott family, like the Penguins, was once the first family in Gotham politics, and when Alan Wayne built Gotham New City, the mayor of Gotham was a Copote.

By the Penguin's generation, the Colberts had fallen into decay, and there was not much wealth left in the family, so much so that the Penguins were almost self-made and fought for everything they had.

The Siannis and Wayne families are among the city's top elites, and their children naturally attend the same private aristocratic school.

That's right, Roman Siannis and Bruce Wayne were classmates, from elementary school to high school, and they were even barely friends, and after college, Bruce began to exile himself and traveled the world, and they didn't have much contact.

When Bruce saw Roman for the first time at the charity party, he immediately recognized the old classmate.

"I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, I need to miss me now."

Bruce said apologetically to several beautiful women around him.

Then, he walked straight to Roman's side.

"Roman, I haven't seen you in a long time."

Roman looked up at him and replied expressionlessly.

"Bruce."

The coldness on his face did not make Bruce feel unpleasant, but asked with concern.

"I've heard that Janus Makeup has been doing a bit badly lately, and if you need financial assistance, I think Wayne Group can help."

Hearing this, Roman's face became more and more indifferent, and even his name for Bruce changed.

"My company is good! Mr. Wayne, you don't have to be nosy. ”

"Really? I'm glad you have the confidence to run the company well, old friend, just ......"

At this point, there was a meaningful glint in Bruce's eyes.

"There is a certain grapevine that the Janus Makeup Company has recently made an additional huge amount of money from unknown sources, and it is estimated to be tens of millions of dollars."

"What do you mean? Bruce! ”

Roman's face changed, and he asked with hidden anger.

"Are you accusing the Siannis family of hiding a huge amount of black income?"

"Nope! I didn't mean it, I just heard that there was such a statement, and I don't need to be so excited, Roman, I don't believe such baseless conjectures. ”

Bruce waved his hand again and again, and lowered his posture.

"Humph! You're as self-righteous as ever, Bruce, put away your hypocritical sympathy, I don't need any help from you! Thank God for having you born into the Wayne family. ”

Roman snorted coldly, unceremonious to Bruce.

"Jenus is my company, not yours! Wait and see, I'll be sure to restore Jenas to its former glory. ”

"I've had enough of this boring and hypocritical banquet!"

As soon as the words fell, Roman turned around and left directly, and rushed out of the banquet scene roughly.

"Who is this guy? Like a madman, he really doesn't have any gentlemanly demeanor! This kind of person also deserves to attend the Wayne Foundation's charity banquet? ”

The nearby guests were startled by Roman's yelling and complained dissatisfied.

Looking at Roman's back as he slammed the door, the smile on Bruce's face gradually faded.

"The tens of millions of black money laundered by the Penguin Man with the 'Pink Dream' scam before was his?"

At that moment, Dick came over to Bruce and spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Within three months, the only company with huge amounts of unidentified funds was Janus Makeup, and the number was just right."

"I thought Colbert's operation had failed."

"His operation was a failure, but Colbert still sent the money to Roman, and he allowed himself to suffer the loss of failure, which was Colbert's business philosophy for his criminal empire."

"So the penguins are a good businessman."

Dick shrugged.

Bruce didn't speak, just stared into the distance with deep eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

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Gotham General Hospital, DNA Laboratory.

"Dean, the test results you asked for have come out."

A laboratory technician handed a report and samples to the old man in a white lab coat in front of him.

The report was not much different from a normal DNA test report, but the DNA sample, unlike the most commonly used blood, was a hair that had been sealed and preserved in a test tube.

"Can you find the information of the owner of the DNA? Birth data or hospitalization records, etc.? ”

The dean asked.

"This hair was secretly given to me by Director Gordon of the GCPD for testing, and it is said to be related to a murderer who is on the run."

"Sorry, Director, I didn't find similar DNA in the hospital's database, maybe I can try my luck at another hospital."

The lab technician shook his head.

"I see, I see."

The Dean nodded, then asked, "Director Gordon has warned me that this matter must be kept strictly confidential, does anyone else know about it except you and me?" ”

"Don't worry, Dean, I'm the only one on night duty in the lab today."

The lab technician patted his chest and said.

"Hmm, are you sure you deleted all the DNA tests from your computer?"

"This report you have is the only one, everything else has been cleared."

"Very well, remember not to tell the second person, pretend that you don't know about it, even if you see me."

The dean cautioned.

"I understand, Dean."

Seeing that the dean's attitude was so serious, the laboratory technician also became serious.

(End of chapter)