mtl008 Chapter 1518 Bat Nest Farce
Chapter 1518 Bat Nest Farce
Chapter 1518 Bat Nest Farce
In the study room of Gordon Manor, Barbara Gordon was writing hard. After a while, she finally raised her head and pushed the glasses on her face. At this time, Gordon standing behind her brought her a cup of hot tea , smiled and said: "How is the account settled?"
Barbara sighed helplessly and said: "The peripheral cost has been calculated, and it can be handed over to the foundry to place an order. The cost of the venue part is still being calculated...I said, you really plan to point at me alone Do you want to hold this concert?"
"Of course not." Gordon sat down at the table and said, "The gangsters in Gotham are at your disposal, as long as they can hold the concert well, you can tell them to do anything."
"The problem is that they don't know anything!" Barbara said with a bit of a breakdown: "I went to a meeting with them yesterday and proposed to enrich the types of peripherals. They actually said that the small metal badge is too girly, and suggested selling the album logo directly. Grenade! Why don't they think about how much it costs?!"
Barbara slapped the pen on the table and said: "The most important thing in the peripheral industry is to control costs, and these words are completely absent in their minds. The gangster's financial management system is simply a piece of shit. ..."
Gordon hurriedly comforted: "Don't be angry, don't you know that they are all grassroots teams? The cold chain industry made them a lot of money a while ago, and now everyone has money to burn. You make a report, and I will Show it to Evans tomorrow, he'll pass."
Barbara covered her forehead and said, "It's not just about the finances. The management plan of the entire concert is a mess. If this continues, I don't know if it will be successful..."
While the father and daughter were discussing issues related to the upcoming Gotham Music Festival in the study, a special guest came to the Gordon Manor. Gordon looked a little surprised when he opened the door, because the Outside the door is Bruce Wayne.
He put away the umbrella in his hand, walked unceremoniously into the porch of the Gordon Manor, looked around, and said, "I'm sorry I didn't come to your housewarming party, Sheriff Gordon, I hope it's not too late. "
"It's so late, what are you doing here?" Gordon took the umbrella from Bruce, put it in the umbrella bucket next to him, and made room for him to walk into the manor.
At this time, Barbara just came down from upstairs, and when she saw Bruce, she instinctively called out "Batman", then cleared her throat with some embarrassment and said, "I mean, Bruce, it's so late, you're looking for me What's up with James?"
"It's nothing, I heard that the planning of the music festival is not going well?" Bruce walked to the fireplace and sat down.
Barbara nodded, and was about to complain, but Gordon said: "It's not worth you to come to me in the middle of the night, tell me, who did you quarrel with this time? It won't be yours." Professor?"
Bruce shook his head, then sighed deeply, recalling the farce that happened in Wayne Manor in the past few days.
Thomas and Alfred were shocked when Bruce brought Martha back to Wayne Manor.
Because Bruce who invaded the Flashpoint universe didn't wear Batman's costume and covered his face, and Thomas was drunk, so he didn't realize that he was taken away by Bruce, so when he learned that he actually appeared suddenly that day When the accident in the operating room of the hospital was caused by Bruce to save Martha, he was very excited-excited and punched Bruce directly.
There is no doubt that Thomas, like all Batmen, does not like drugs, which is the main reason why he and Bruce put on an all-out fight.
And Alfred was simply happy. He never thought that he would be able to reunite with the Wayne couple again in his lifetime. The Wayne Manor, which had been deserted for several years, finally became lively again.
Since the Wayne family is a very typical family structure of strict fathers and mothers, in Bruce's childhood, Thomas was busy with business most of the time, while Martha took care of the whole family, so Bruce was more dependent on his mother. After returning, he did re-enjoy the care and love from his mother for a few days.
But the good times don't last long. The scene where a family reunited after a long absence can immediately return to the original harmonious atmosphere will probably only appear in TV dramas, not to mention that the long separation of the Wayne family has spanned an entire life stage— —Bruce has turned from a child to a young man, while Thomas and Martha are old.
When they meet again, they will inevitably have a sense of strangeness between life and death for ten years, and it is difficult for a family that has missed each other at the most important stage of life to immediately put aside the thorns domesticated by suffering and embrace each other without any scruples. After the initial warm reunion atmosphere faded, many problems began to emerge gradually.
First of all, Martha couldn't accept that Thomas smoked and drank heavily, and almost broke her body. As a mother in the most traditional rich family, she devoted her life to maintaining the health of every member of the family.
At the same time, when Martha was a young lady of the Kane family, she studied in a girls' school with a strong religious nature, and her thinking was relatively conservative. She believed that parents and elders must set an example in order to teach good children and keep them away from bad habits that may hurt the body, including But it's not limited to smoking, drinking, taking drugs, going to nightclubs, etc.
She is so demanding of herself, and so is her husband. Before the tragedy of her son happened, the Wayne couple had maintained extremely healthy living habits. The Wayne family is a model family praised by everyone in the upper class. .
Without the influence of the crazy virus, when Martha saw her husband again, she found that he had changed from a tall and handsome successful businessman to a decadent alcoholic. How could the former Mrs. Wayne accept it?
Of course, Martha knew that there was a reason for this, and she could only blame it on unfair fate, but now that the past is over and the family and children are back, it is time to get rid of those bad habits and do a better job for the children. role model?
But Thomas is also suffering and can’t tell. Now the entire Wayne Group’s business pressure is on him. Cigarettes and alcohol are the only things he can relieve stress and fatigue. If he doesn’t hate the side effects of hallucinogens, he will It is also possible to resort to sedative drugs.
It's not impossible to quit smoking and drinking, but it's not possible now. The body and emotions are already on the verge of collapse. If you endure the withdrawal reaction, you won't be able to work at all. But if he doesn't work, what will the huge Wayne Group do?
If it was in the past, Thomas would definitely consider her feelings and take a few days off if his wife persuaded him with good words, but Thomas knew that the burden on his shoulders was too heavy now, and he had no time to rest.
On the one hand, the Gotham renovation project is constantly drawing the blood of the Wayne Group. Thomas can't even keep it. Instead, he has to look for good investment opportunities everywhere like a newcomer in the business, and further expand the business in order to have more fresh The blood is in Gotham.
He and Martha have been doing charity work for so many years, and the combined results may not be as much as the progress of the Gotham renovation project in a month. Seeing that the hope of saving Gotham is in sight, how could Thomas be willing to give up?
On the other hand, it must also be considered that there are so many children in the manor now, except for one or two of them who are talented in business and can inherit the Wayne Group, the others have to seek development on their own. If there is no sufficient capital, how can we provide for them? Paving the way in all walks of life?
Therefore, Thomas knew that overdrafting his body would cause dissatisfaction with his wife, so he still had to continue working. What he thought in his mind was similar to that of his parents who were worried all over the world.
Therefore, Martha persuaded every day, and Thomas explained every day that there was no progress in the whole matter, and the two parties inevitably had emotions. In order to prevent the relationship from being further worn down, Thomas could only stay in the company as much as possible and not go home.
In a stalemate with her husband, Martha turned her attention to her son again. Of course, her first concern was Bruce's marriage.
When she learned that Bruce had a girlfriend, Martha was quite happy. After learning that the two of them had a stable relationship and had experienced a long-distance relationship without breaking up, Martha was even happier.
The only thing that made Martha feel a little hesitant was that Selena's two professions were a thief and an actress, both of which were not welcomed by the upper class.
But fortunately, here is Gotham, and it is not unacceptable. After all, Gotham's dark curse is fair to everyone, and the chances of bad people appearing in the upper class and the lower class are not much different.
It can be seen from Elliott and Roman that the high society in Gotham is not much better. It is considered good if it is unrestrained and crazy. There will be one every few years, and Martha didn't have high expectations.
But what made Martha very confused was that Bruce and Selena had been in love for five years. From just entering college to graduating from college, every child in Wayne Manor knew Selena, and Selena's friends also knew Selena. Knowing Bruce, why didn't the two of them get married?
In Martha's time, there was no such thing as a long-distance love race. From the beginning of love between a man and a woman to a stable relationship, they should naturally enter the palace of marriage. Since the relationship is stable, why not get married?
According to Martha's relatively simple emotional concept, Bruce must have taken the initiative in this relationship. After all, the status and status of the two are very different. It can be said that it is a replica of the Cinderella love story. Bruce decided, so why didn't Bruce get married?
Martha tried a few times at the dinner table, but Bruce didn't seem to understand. This made Martha's whole heart hang. She was worried that her child hadn't learned how to deal with a relationship. and a family in charge.
But since Thomas showed Martha a lot of diagnosis reports and drug lists of Bruce, Martha also felt that she should not rush too hard.
This responsible mother gradually regained contact with the sisters and elders of the Kane family, and picked up the intersection with classmates and close friends of the girls' school. From time to time, she asked Bruce to visit her aunt and aunt's house, or invite them Come to the house as a guest and talk about family topics.
But Bruce is also very busy. He has to conduct various researches at the Arkham Psychiatric Hospital and help with the construction of the space station base. When Pamela, who is studying botany with him, and Diana, who often travels to and from the space station base, appear When she was in front of Martha, Martha became even more anxious.
An anxious atmosphere began to spread among the three of them, and the triple relationship between father and son, mother and son, and husband and wife continued to friction and collision. This family, which had just escaped from suffering and reunited after a long absence, began the pain of the running-in period again.
It's not a big deal at first, but after the initial awkward period, someone will realize that communication is the only answer to these problems.
But the bad thing is that in this already complicated family relationship, there are two sets of Robins, big and small.
(End of this chapter)