Chapter 105: Gotham Longzhong (2)

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Chapter 105: Gotham Longzhong (2) Developing tourism in Gotham? If someone had said this to Bruce before, he would have suggested that person go to Arkham Asylum to get their head checked. Who in their right mind would dare to come to Gotham for tourism? If someone did come, Bruce could just offer them a one-way ticket because they probably wouldn't need a return ticket. But to Bruce's surprise, his friends didn't seem shocked by this idea, and many of them even supported it. "Actually, Gotham has decent natural conditions, right? We're not at a high latitude, it's not cold, and we have a subtropical monsoon climate without natural disasters like tornadoes. We also have a golden beach, and the quality of the beach is one of the best on the entire East Coast..." "Of course, of course, I know the gambling industry isn't great either. Gamblers are no nobler than drug addicts, but it's still better than drug trafficking, arms dealing, and smuggling dangerous goods, right?" Harvey took a sip of his drink, patting Bruce's shoulder, and said, "You haven't graduated from college yet, so you might think the world is all black and white. If Gotham wants to improve, it needs to improve all at once..." "But in reality, that's unlikely, and even from the current perspective, it's impossible for Gotham to completely change for the better. It's either rotten or even more rotten." "However, the large number of job opportunities that casinos can provide can reduce unemployment. As more regular jobs appear, the possibility of gang violence shootouts will be reduced, and the city will become more stable." "This is good for any city. Although I don't think Gotham is likely to become a normal city like Imperial City, it will definitely be much better than it is now..." "But..." Bruce understood the logic, he was a genius and could see the benefits of this industry transformation and upgrade. Even the Wayne family would benefit from it. However, he found it absurd. Bruce's attitude towards Gotham was actually quite negative. He knew better than anyone how rotten this city was, and he never expected it to develop in any good direction. But now it seemed that Gotham was not developing towards a better direction but rather down a bad road. It was like changing from one dead end to another dead end. Black had undergone a series of operations, becoming a colorful black. The city had gone from the capital of sin to a flashy capital of sin. The connection between Gotham and Chicago alone has brought about some changes to this city. As we all know, smuggling requires warehouses for storage, and the cooperation with Chicago has greatly expanded the routes for smuggling, increasing the amount of smuggled goods that need to be stored in warehouses. Your boss tells you that there are many positions waiting for people to work and earn money, but your children are still wandering the streets every day, causing trouble everywhere. The vast majority of Gang parents will choose to bring their children back and give them a beating, and then send them to learn some skills. Even if they can't learn, it's better than causing trouble outside. Of course, this school model is basically finding an empty space, finding someone who knows what they're doing, and explaining it while gesturing. How much the students can understand depends entirely on their aptitude, and application is mainly based on practical experience. It can't even be considered a prototype of a school and can only be said to have just moved away from the medieval oral transmission education model. But having something is always better than having nothing. The more foresighted members of the Twelve Families have already begun to think. If they can open schools that belong only to their own families, and educate a batch of professionals who are unique to their own families and only serve their families, wouldn't they be leading other families by a whole era? As long as they hire better teachers and educate stronger professional managers with higher salaries, their industries will be stronger than others, and they will be able to get a larger slice of the pie. This idea has not yet been put into practice because Gotham's tradition of relying on luck has persisted for decades, and the people of Gotham have no habit of education or being educated. They are not willing to take risks for a while. However, as this industry model gradually develops, they will realize that everything fundamentally relies on education. They will find that the large amount of money they spend on hiring out-of-town technical personnel can be invested in training local residents and their own family members, which will not only produce professional technical personnel but also bring in a lot of reputation and benefits. Including Falcone, the previous generation of strong people have already seen the future in this model. The 21st century will be a century of talent cultivation. All competition, in the end, will depend on who can cultivate more and stronger talents. Once this relatively advanced model is introduced, smart people who have been limited by the times will quickly complete all the following tasks. So it is not surprising that the old Godfather Falcone took the lead and wanted to establish a family school. Of course, this school is not for civilians, but for the descendants of the Falcone family members. They will study a large number of elite courses here to better manage the resources of the Falcone family in the future. Every member of the Falcone family wants their children to enter this school because once they enter this school, it means they are in the sight of the Godfather. If they can achieve excellent results, they are likely to be assigned to better positions and reach higher levels. The Godfather's actions are obviously not hidden from other families, even though this school currently only has seven students and the teaching location is just a reception room in the Falcone estate. But for the past many years, the other twelve families have only learned to copy and nothing else. This Gotham Rising event, proposed by Schiller, improved by Falcone, and jointly launched by all the gangs in Gotham, has amazed everyone with its significant effects in the early stages of implementation. People resist reform not because they resist the part of reform that can bring benefits, but because they resist the change in the distribution of benefits and lifestyle that is too drastic. When a reform doesn't actually change people's way of life, the Gangs are still Gangs, and no one wants to eradicate them. The Twelve Families are still the Twelve Families, and no one wants to eliminate them. Instead, everyone joins forces to exchange a small investment for a bigger share of the pie. Then everyone will feel that reform is just a means to seize more benefits. And those who benefit from it will be carried along to continue, using the profits they have gained to invest more in this kind of reform, hoping to get an even bigger share of the pie. What's more important is that Gotham's first step towards reform has proven one thing to everyone - that even in a rotten mud pit, gold can still be found, and the key to panning for gold in feces as long as the gold is genuine. They may be rotten, but when it comes to making money, it's nothing to be ashamed of.

Chapter 105: Gotham Longzhong (2)

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