The tragedy in Tahiti went on for more than a month, and then... nothing happened. As I have said before, people in modern society are very forgetful. People receive too much information, but people only have so much attention. Therefore, no matter how tragic things are, they will be constantly reflected on by the massive amount of information. Refresh and finally let it go.
There is a poem, in the past, cars and horses were slow and letters were far away, and there was only enough time to love one person in a lifetime.
The opposite of this sentence is that in modern society, with each passing day, people's focus will change rapidly. So naturally, I become forgetful.
In March, the weather in New York is still very cold, and the average maximum temperature is only nine degrees. But this does not affect the prosperity of New York at all. Likewise, this does not affect the activity of criminals. The New York police led by Kay has experienced a strong rise in the past two years, but this cannot affect criminals' longing for New York.
There is no way, there is gold everywhere, young people yearn for New York, and so do criminals. There are so many opportunities.
The positions of those gangsters who were weakened by the attack were quickly replaced by new gangsters.
Sometimes the police job is really helpless, because you will find that the city is always in a cycle. If you strike hard, the gang crimes will stop for a while, but it won't take long, and those new criminals will keep jumping out like leeks after the rain. Can't stop it.
So there is no break for the police.
The same goes for Kai. Of course, with Kai's position, it is impossible to appear on the front line anytime and anywhere. There are so many things, even if Kai is a god, it is impossible for him to do it all by himself. Besides, those policemen are paid, so they are not allowed to do it. Calling 666 behind Kai's back is just a salty fish, so except for very difficult things, Kai generally stays in the office more.
But today was different. Kai had to call out the police again and start patrolling the Clinton area in his car, especially the area along the river docks, which needed to be focused on patrolling.
Because just three days ago, the Clinton renovation project officially started!
The renovation is expected to be completed within nine months and will host the Stark Industries Expo.
To be honest, Kai was really surprised, nine months!
This is not American at all!
But it happened that the timetable announced by Pepper on behalf of Stark Enterprises was this time. Kai specifically asked Pepper if there would be any problems.
As a result, Pepper said with certainty that there was no problem.
Because the construction unit they hired...is from China.
Once he heard this, Kai was fine.
As a Chinese, Kai has a deep understanding of the infrastructure soul of his nation. As for whether some people think that the Chinese have taken away American job opportunities, of course they have. There is no shortage of such people in any world.
But the problem is that China in this world is not someone to be trifled with. In many cases, the United States does not actually have much confidence in facing China. China in this world is not inferior to the United States in terms of technological level, but it has always been very cold and does not like to get involved in international troubles, so there is no direct conflict with the United States. Of course, the United States has always wanted to penetrate into Asia, but unfortunately, it has not Yes, the entire East Asia, under the shadow of this mysterious power, has no room for Americans to play.
Generally speaking, the United States in this world always feels that there is a layer of fog when facing China, and it has no idea what is hidden behind the fog. Therefore, they are extra cautious, and the strength that China reveals from time to time also makes the United States feel extremely fearful.
Forget it, there’s nothing more to say. Back to business.
The problem that Kai was most worried about before was actually not the construction. After all, the economy would immediately be boosted after the construction, and even gangsters would not have the courage to harass the construction. The government cannot allow it. Kay's real concern is land acquisition.
This is a big piece of fat!
Whether it's gangsters or whatever, they're all going to want a piece of the action.
Unexpectedly, Pepper had already thought of this, so last year, when the Stark Group was interested in participating in the transformation of Clinton District, Pepper came up with a response plan. She secretly found many related companies with clean backgrounds and asked them to take action and requisition the land in a low-key manner.
By the time it was officially announced, the land had already been harvested.
Pepper has no evil intentions, and the compensation given is very good. Those owners have no reason to refuse. Even if there are some particularly stubborn people, they can easily get it done with the energy of the Stark Group. Of course, there will still be an exchange of interests involved. This is Indispensable, no matter how powerful the Stark Group is, it is impossible to get rid of the existing interest relationships.
What's more, the Stark Group itself is an important member of the American business interest network.
In short, those hyenas who planned to bite off a piece of meat found that...the meal had been divided up before they even entered the door.
What Kai has to do now is to maintain stability and not let those guys who have something but nothing cause any trouble.
After all, those people felt like they were at a loss since they couldn't eat meat.
As the Stark Group moved into Clinton District, it immediately changed the ecology of Clinton District. First of all, the Clinton District is undeniably a worry for the New York City government. No government does not want to change the status quo. Putting aside the fancy words, votes are real things. Therefore, there is no reason why politicians should not be tempted. Many politicians even feel that even if they cannot get some economic benefits from it, they will still make a lot of money.
After all, this is political capital! This kind of political achievement is enough to last a lifetime.
Therefore, the government attaches great importance to it, and many preferential policies and supporting policies have been quickly launched.
And the Stark Group is also generous. When they were collecting land, they also launched a low-cost apartment project. The Stark Group will fund the construction of several modern apartment buildings elsewhere, which will be sold at preferential prices to residents who have left Clinton due to land acquisition.
In the eyes of the capital market, this approach is simply stupid. What is capital for? For profit!
But Stark Group looks more like charity!
For this reason, Stark Group's stock price fell a little. For this reason, Pepper was questioned by other directors at the board meeting, but to no avail. The largest shareholder of Stark Group is Tony, and the second largest shareholder is Kai. Their combined shares exceed 69%, which means that they can initiate an acquisition at any time and then transfer Stark Group to delisted and became a completely private company.
With the support of these two major shareholders, others...can't do anything.
With these policies, many people in Clinton District naturally moved out. At the same time, with the news of the arrival of Stark Group and the opening of the expo, housing prices in the Clinton area began to rise rapidly! If house prices rise, that means rents will also rise!
Why so many poor people gather in the Clinton District is not because the rent is low. As the rent rises, many people have to move. This is an objective law of the economy, and no one can say anything about it.
Also, Wanderer Construction Company.
Large-scale demolition and construction is about to begin, and business for the Wanderer Construction Company will naturally increase. Therefore, more manpower is needed. Not only that, in the foreseeable future, this kind of business will increase, so the company's demand for manpower is very large.
Since the homeless construction company is actually a public welfare organization in nature, they specialize in taking in the poor, homeless and unemployed, and help them return to normal society. And it is not for profit, so it is essentially a charitable act.
So hiring a homeless company is tax-deductible!
Many companies and individuals may not have much interest in simply doing charity, but it would be different if it could be tax-free.
This is also due to the Parkers and Matt and Fergie, these four people have run the company very well. Word of mouth spread, which led to business growth.
As a result, the company can bring jobs to more people. Many idle young people, under the shameless and earnest persuasion of Matt and Fergie, entered the construction site to move bricks, which suddenly reduced most of the main crowd in Clinton District who had nothing to do but cause trouble.
In short, overnight, Clinton District seemed to have changed.
Kay also promised on the eve of the change that this trend should not be disturbed in any way.
Maybe this change is not perfect, but it is ten thousand times better than before Clinton District was called Hell's Kitchen!
At least those young people have more choices, instead of dying on the streets or dying of drug overdose in some moldy shabby house like before.
Kai drove around and found nothing wrong. But this is normal. Kai's name is still very useful in New York. It's not like those criminals are stupid. They insist on looking for excitement to cause trouble in front of him. That's a naked attempt to commit suicide!
Kai's patrol is more of an attitude, to make some people sober and honest.
After patrolling, Kai came to the downstairs of the Wanderer Company. This was Kay's property, and Kay rented it to the Nomad Company for one dollar.
It's been very busy here recently. Benjamin Parker has resigned from his previous job and is focusing on running the company. However, this good old man doesn't like to stay in the office, so he is basically at the construction site. Likewise, Matt and Foggy spend most of their time at the company, and even Matt's vigilante activities have become less frequent. Matt feels that making people better is more important than fighting crime. In fact, he fights crime for the same purpose.
So now Matt feels like he's full of energy. After all, vigilante activities will only allow him to see the ugliness of the world, but here he can face beauty all day long.
Although Matt has a strong self-destructive tendency, it does not mean that he rejects the beauty of the world.
Fergie went to court today. Although the company is very busy, Fergie has not forgotten his own job.
When Kai arrived, Matt was educating new employees on the law. Many people at the bottom actually lack legal knowledge. Matt feels that he must let them know what rights they have and how to fight back when their rights are violated.
Kai didn't interrupt, just took a disposable paper cup, poured a cup of instant coffee, and listened to Matt's lecture outside the door.
Before long, the time was up.
"It seems like you've been doing well recently." Kai Ting would like to see Matt like this, the kind of person who is always pitiful and pitiful, with a miserable face that bears the pressure of the world. The more he sees it, the more he feels like he's going to be depressed. .
Matt smiled. He wasn't very good at sharing his feelings with others, so he didn't say much. But in his current state, he knew that Kai was right.
After chatting for a while, Matt suddenly whispered: "Kay, I want to ask something."
Very serious.
Kai was a little surprised and said, "What's going on, so serious?"
"Frank's back, right?"
"Frank?" Kai was stunned for a moment, even more surprised. "No, what's wrong?"
"Really?" Matt asked doubtfully.
"Of course! I don't have to lie to you." Kai assured: "He has been staying in Jiade Town."
Kay wasn't lying, Frank had indeed been in Gartertown. And life is pretty good. Maybe it’s because men with stories are attracted to each other. Logan and Frank also became good friends, hunting and picnicking together when nothing happened, and they lived quite happily.
After all, Frank's revenge was avenged and his greatest wish was fulfilled. There was no reason to return to New York.
Matt was silent for a moment, as if assessing whether Kai was telling the truth.
After a while, he said: "That's good, that's good."
Matt also doesn't want Frank to become the Punisher again.
"what happened?"
Matt shook his head and said: "It seems... there is a new person coming to New York."
Then Matt told what he knew.
It turns out that in the past two weeks or so, a vigilante suddenly appeared in New York and was very ruthless! Basically, no one is left alive!
This is why after Matt found out, his first reaction was that Frank had returned to the world.
"How many people died?" Kai asked.
"Quite a few, it is said that there are more than twenty people." Matt said.
"Then why don't I know?" Kai was even more surprised. It doesn't make sense. With so many people killed and injured, he, a star policeman, didn't receive any news at all.
"They are all gang members, and they are not in your jurisdiction. Who will tell you anything? And the police over there also believe it is a gang vendetta."
The police's attitude towards gang vendettas has always been clear. As long as there is no noise, they can be ignored. They are all scum anyway. If they die, they will die. If they do not affect social order, they will turn a blind eye. And it didn’t happen within Kai’s jurisdiction. Who would tell Kai that there was nothing wrong?
"Does that mean it wasn't a gang vendetta?" Since Matt thought it was a new vigilante, it meant he must know something.
"I received news that the traces left at the scene looked like the murderer was very professional!" This is why Matt suspected that Frank returned to the world. After all, vigilantes are all born recklessly, and few vigilantes have received professional training. train.
"Also, have you heard the news a few days ago? The bodies of three gang members were hung on the Ferris wheel at the East District Amusement Park."
"I heard about it. I heard it was quite a big fuss, but it's not in my jurisdiction and it's not under my control." Kai nodded. Kai paid attention to it. However, since the jurisdiction was clear, Kai just paid attention. "Isn't this also related to the newcomer?"
"Most likely, yes. I heard Fergie say that something happened today, and now the prosecutor and the judge are going crazy."
"how?"
"This morning, there are rumors within the police department. From yesterday to today, a lawyer, a district attorney, and a recently retired criminal court judge have all died."
"Tsk..." This combination... is not simple as soon as you hear it.
"The lawyer was found drowned in his swimming pool. The whole house of the prosecutor was on fire, including himself. The house of the retired judge was bombed into the sky, and his body found at the scene was not enough to fit into an evidence bag. "
This method is too cruel. Especially the method of death of the judge in the last case was definitely full of hatred. Burning down the house is just a common method used by gangs to destroy the scene, so it is not unusual. Generally, gang members don't use bombs to blow up other people's houses and houses.
"I think you're right to doubt Frank..."
