"A riot broke out in front of the police station. Are the police going to stand against the citizens?"
"Gotham City's new savior? Who is Vitya Ivanovich Ivanov?"
"Does the government manipulate citizens' thoughts through intelligent computers? Deciphering the truth behind Mayor Morley's rise to power."
...
The next morning newspapers all reported the riot in front of the police station yesterday.
Because of the subsequent impact of this incident, not only the broken cups and vases in the top floor office of the city government, but also other major companies have been looking for connections to find out the background of this person who made such a big news.
Also interested in Xie Qi is the owner of the Iceberg Restaurant, Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, known as the Penguin.
As a member of the Cobblepot family, one of the four major families in Gotham City, he originally had a huge underworld force in Gotham three years ago. The huge manpower and weapons and equipment allowed him to form the largest criminal empire in Gotham City. Because of this, he is also the enemy of Batman.
It was only because of his extremely high IQ and flexible use of the law that others could not punish him by legal means.
Now, the former ruler of the Dark Empire, who was completely opposite to his short and fat appearance and had an extreme desire for power, was sitting on the top floor of the Moore Building.
After Sergei poured a cup of American coffee for the guest, he placed the coffee with milk and sugar cubes in front of Xie Qi.
The Penguin was wearing a black tuxedo, and his tie on his chest was tied with a complicated Windsor knot. He held the cup with his waist straight.
Xie Qi was wearing a white casual suit. He didn't sit in any way. He just bent over and added six or seven sugar cubes to the coffee, and then poured a small half cup of milk. Only then did he feel that the sugar content was right. He leaned on the sofa behind him and drank the coffee contentedly, looking at the uninvited guests opposite with a smile.
The Penguin looked at this man who looked natural and without any pretense even though he had no external decoration and behaved very rudely. He couldn't help but feel jealous.
Because of his congenital physical deformity, he felt inferior and hated people like Xie Qi who seemed to have a smooth life and no worries.
Xie Qi drank a few sips of sweet coffee, then put down the cup, crossed his hands on his stomach, and asked with a smile: "I didn't expect that a small person like me would bother Mr. Cobblepot to come in person. What do you want to talk to me about?"
"You are too modest. I'm afraid no one in Gotham doesn't know your name now."
The Penguin pulled a twisted smile, which was the result of his hard work.
"Really? It's an honor."
Speaking of meaningless social nonsense, the Penguin took the lead in getting to the point.
"Mr. Ivanov's speech yesterday really opened my eyes. I came here for the free world you mentioned."
"Oh? You were there yesterday?"
The news did not mention what Xie Qi said specifically. Only those who were there knew what he said.
Of course, Penguin would not say that he knew it from the birds he tamed in every corner of Gotham. He only said that his men happened to pass by and reported it to him.
"You can also see how much I was ridiculed when I was a child. I also understand what you said about seeing myself as a victim. It was only in my later experience that I found out that they despised me and laughed at me only because I gave them this right. I allowed them to hurt me, and then I was hurt in this illusion I created."
When Penguin said this, he was immersed in memories. Xie Qi seemed to be very concerned and looked at him intently.
"So I realized it! Only by holding the power in my own hands can I make this world the way I like it!"
He waved his short hands excitedly, and his eyes were burning.
Snap! Pah! Pah!
"You said it very well!"
Xie Qi's applause pulled Penguin back to his thoughts, and then he sighed and shook his head:
"You don't know, I actually have the same past as you."
Penguin's eyebrows jumped, and he sneered in his heart.
He didn't believe that the other party had a bad past with this appearance. He must have noticed his purpose of selling misery, so he wanted to turn the tables.
"You may not believe it, which is normal, because most tragedies always happen to the most unlikely people."
Penguin didn't refute, and continued to listen to Xie Qi talking about his youth.
"Unlike you who grew up in a wealthy family, my parents are immigrants. They are the least welcome group of people in the community of M country, especially I am a Chinese-Russian mixed race, so I am even more in life."I have to earn all the expenses by myself, whether it is school or daily life. My father is always drinking and never cares about the family. My mother is very weak, and most of the money she earns from handicrafts is taken away by my father to buy alcohol. I not only have to face discrimination from the outside world, but also have to bear the pressure of supporting the family." Hearing this, Penguin Man was a little moved. Although he was also discriminated against when he was a child, he never lacked anything materially, so he didn't know that there were people who had difficulty in surviving. "You see, we are all people with unbearable pasts, and now we are sitting in this position by ourselves. Isn't this a kind of God's will?" Looking at the smile on Xie Qi's face, Penguin Man blinked and smiled as well. "That's true. We are really destined. "
The first round of confrontation ended in a tie.
The Penguin wanted to win sympathy by pointing out his tragic past so that he could take the initiative in the following conversation, but Xie Qi turned the tables and said that their pasts were the same and no one needed to sympathize with the other, and the situation did not change at all.
Seeing that the Penguin's cup was empty, Sergei took the initiative to pour him another cup.
Looking at the refilled cup, the Penguin did not want to beat around the bush.
His former criminal empire was extremely powerful and involved many industries. Even Batman and Gordon could not find any handle on him.
But after Molly came to power, the intelligent brain he promoted made Gotham have no secrets.
All the money laundering or smuggling activities of his subordinates were exposed under the popularization of intelligent brains.
So the Penguin The Penguin had no choice but to move all his businesses to District 50, and only the Iceberg Restaurant was still under his name.
Even though he reacted quickly, Molly still got some evidence of his illegal activities through the intelligent brain, and then threatened him with these evidences, forcing him to stay in a corner and be the owner of his restaurant.
With the character of the Penguin, he certainly would not let himself be wronged. In the past three years, he has been secretly collecting evidence of Molly threatening major companies by manipulating the intelligent brain. The directors of these companies are just like him. After being caught, they use related transactions between companies to transfer benefits.
In just three years, the wealth that Molly has secretly accumulated is not something that can be counted on one's hands.
"As the old saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
The Penguin touched the umbrella that he never left and said to Xie Qi:
"I think we have a common enemy, don't you think?"
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