mtl008 Chapter 2520: Xiao Xiao Down (4)
Chapter 2520: Xiao Xiao Down (4)
Chapter 2520: Xiao Xiao Down (Part )
The new campus is quite far from the old campus. To be more precise, the new campus is quite remote compared to the main urban area. It takes more than an hour to drive there. In order not to make the already scarce funds of the school worse, these transportation trips are basically carried out by trucks only, and people sit in the truck compartments along with the furniture being transported.
Fortunately, they moved a few office chairs this time and fixed them in place so they could sit on them without getting dizzy from the shaking.
There were many professors and students on the same train with them. Schiller, Victor and Anna were squeezed in a corner.
"It's hard to imagine that one day we will ride in a car in this posture." Victor sat on a cushion and said with a smile: "Especially you, Professor Schiller, I reminded you that it's best to wear sportswear today."
Schiller was the only one among the three who was still wearing his suit, but he confidently retorted: "I'm not even wearing a vest or suspenders today. I think my shirt is as wrinkled as the surface of the earth."
Both of them laughed, and then they began to talk about the financial situation of the people around them. As expected, everyone's situation was not very good, and this range even included the rich people they had known in the past.
"There's something wrong with the Wayne Group's funding chain." Anna sighed and said, "When I was a data consultant for them before, I found that their funding chain itself was precarious and their ability to resist risks was very poor. They invested too much in the Gotham building renovation project in the early stage, resulting in the fact that they have not yet fully recovered their losses."
“Has their funding chain been broken?”
"If no new blood is injected, I'm afraid so." Anna shook her head and said, "But this is not surprising. Although he is still much richer than us, such a large group must be hit much harder than ordinary people in the economic crisis."
"I guess he has measures. Batman always has measures." Victor thought for a moment and said, "But I can't think of any measures that are both legal and effective. I don't think he will fall into the gray industry again, right?"
"He certainly won't be satisfied with working in the gray industry," Schiller said. "Even the black industry is not acceptable. No matter what industry he is in, he has to do legitimate business. That way, the money comes too slowly."
"So what is he going to do? He's not going to just rob them, is he?"
"It's almost the same as robbing." Schiller shook his head and said nothing more. After seeing the curious looks of the two, he couldn't help but said, "You will know in a few days."
After driving for quite some time, we finally arrived at our destination. Although there were still many things in the new campus that were not yet complete, and there was even a large pile of construction materials that had not been collected away, and everyone we saw was busy packing up, it was still a thriving scene.
Victor got out of the car first and stood at the gate, with his hands on the railings looking into the new campus. He tutted his lips with great satisfaction and said, "It's worthy of being a new campus invested by Wayne Group, designed by the School of Architecture of Gotham University, and constructed by the Falconet family. It looks really impressive."
Schiller also got out of the car. In fact, this was the first time he saw the completed version of the new campus. Although it was not far from his home, almost every time he passed by it, he saw a construction site still under construction.
He was a little curious before, why the building in the middle was always fenced off. Now he saw that it was not a building in the traditional sense. It looked more like a horizontal honeycomb with graceful streamlined curves. It looked less like a university and more like some kind of alien building.
The buildings scattered outside are also hexagonal in shape, connected to the building in the middle by thin corridors. There are several hexagonal buildings at the back, which are also connected to other buildings.
"It looks like the style of the East District." Schiller said as he walked in, "It's just not as densely packed, and the decoration style is more sci-fi."
"I like this style very much." Victor said excitedly, "Where is my cryogenic laboratory? They said that there is one of the most advanced cryogenic laboratories in the United States, and one-third of the funds for laboratory construction have been spent here! This will be my home field from now on!"
"It seems to be there. Do you see that over there? There is a huge snowflake pattern." Anna pointed to a hexagonal building in the distance and said, "I guess that represents the cryogenic laboratory."
Victor wanted to go over immediately, but Schiller stopped him and said, "Have you forgotten? Only the Academic Affairs Building and classrooms are open now. That is your future home, and you can't go in now."
Victor sighed, then dropped his arms and said, "Okay, then we can go see the office first. Now we have our own office, right?"
Because the former Gotham University was too old and too small, most professors worked in one office. No matter how famous they were in the academic world, they did not have their own independent offices.
The main reason why Schiller was able to have his own independent office was because his shredder was so active. If the shredder was not kept in a separate room, the academic achievements of other professors and the professors themselves would be in danger.
But in fact, Schiller's so-called independent office was not very big. Due to the poor construction quality, mold started to grow in the corners not long after he moved in.
Now they all have independent offices in the new academic building, and for communication needs, they chose three adjacent rooms.
The tall buildings at the back are the Academic Affairs Building. Their offices are on the 16th floor. After taking the elevator upstairs, they discovered that such a large building only had three offices per elevator, and each office was ridiculously large.
Moreover, the office is not an ordinary flat, but a duplex. The office area is downstairs and the rest area is upstairs. It is not an ordinary loft that can only accommodate one bed, but a real two-story building.
Anna and Victor's offices were on both sides of the elevator shaft, with Schiller opposite them. When he pushed the door open and walked in, he saw a huge floor-to-ceiling window that overlooked almost the entire new district of Gotham.
The sunshine today is pretty good, as if it is testing the cloud filtering system. It is bright but not too sunny. The modern furniture in the room is shining brightly, including the black leather sofa, modern electric fireplace, built-in TV and gray cabinets.
Then walking to the left is the office area, which still has bookshelves on three walls, a huge desk, and various cabinets. However, this time each desk is equipped with two computers. It is obvious that they are entering the era of information-based office.
There is a small door next to it. Pushing the door open is the stairwell. Going up the stairwell, the corridor leads to the reception area on the second floor. The entire second floor is covered with carpet. There is also a floor-to-ceiling window in the reception area. In front of the window are a coffee table and two chairs. Behind the window is a small kitchen for making tea and coffee.
Behind the door is a luxurious bedroom with a comfortable big bed, a custom-made wardrobe, and a bay window that has been converted into a bookshelf with gray-brown curtains.
When Schiller went downstairs again, Victor and Anna had already come in, not sparing their praise at all. Schiller could clearly see that they were a little too excited.
This office is definitely an improvement over the previous one, but to be honest, it's not even one-tenth as luxurious as Greedy's office in Marvel's Arkham Asylum.
Arrogance seemed to hear Greedy whispering in his ear again: "So as long as you let me go, you can have an office that is much more luxurious than mine. I will make all the money and even buy out the entire Gotham..."
"That's why I won't let you out because you will definitely do that." Arrogant replied: "I am an adult with normal self-care ability. I can make money by myself."
Maybe he was thinking too loudly, or maybe he accidentally spoke his thoughts out loud. Victor and Anna looked at him as if he were an alien creature, and they ran out of Schiller's office.
Schiller chased them out the door and shouted, "Stop chatting. We have to finish cleaning up today. We will be working here tomorrow. The students' classes cannot be interrupted for too long. I will fall behind!"
After hearing the perfunctory replies from the two people outside the door, Schiller returned to his office. Although the house was delivered in fine decoration, there was a lot of dust here because there was still some decoration outside, which needed to be cleaned thoroughly.
Schiller picked up the phone and called his housekeeper, asking him to come over with some cleaning tools. Although there were some simple brooms and other tools here, they were definitely not as efficient as a vacuum cleaner.
Merkel came over soon and brought a vacuum cleaner and various nozzles, brooms, rags, buckets and other things. Schiller picked up the vacuum cleaner and prepared to do the work himself, but was stopped by Merkel.
"My God, sir, you can't work in that," Merkel said. "Your suit jacket won't last a minute before it gets dirty."
"What about wearing a shirt?"
"What I mean is that this place is not big, I can clean it myself, or you can go back to the manor and rest, and come back tomorrow to make sure it is clean and tidy."
Normally, Schiller would have gone home, but today he looked at Merkel for a long time and then asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
Merkel touched his face hesitantly and said, "You can't hide anything, sir. That is... that is..."
"If you have anything to say, just tell me now. We still have work to do."
"Moscow said I was doing a good job and they wanted to transfer me back to headquarters."
Schiller was a little stunned. Merkel said, "But I am still a field agent. I might be transferred back someday. I..."
"I was wondering why they thought you did a good job. What kind of work did you do?"
"Well, as a butler, I'm pretty good, right?"
"But you are more than just a butler. Did you provide them with any useful intelligence? Or did you deal with any difficult target?"
Merkel's lips moved, and Schiller could clearly feel that he wanted to say, "Aren't you the most difficult one?"
"But you obviously didn't get me."
"Because you don't need me to fix it." Merkel spread out his hands and said confidently: "Excuse me, sir, you have held back Bruce Wayne and the Wayne Group, two powerful killers, for ten years, making them so busy that they didn't care about the Soviet Union at all. I think Moscow must award you a medal..."
"Okay." Schiller interrupted him helplessly, "When are you leaving? Have you packed your things?"
"I don't need to take anything, so I can leave now, but I have to clean up here first, and then..."
"I'll clean it myself, and you can book a flight," Schiller said. He then took out his wallet, gave Merkel this month's salary and said, "After you leave, the manor will be even more uninhabitable. I hope I can sell it soon."
(End of this chapter)