Marvel's The Dark Knight Rises

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On the New York beach at night, a bonfire was burning in front of the vacation cabin. Bruce and Steve sat opposite each other. There was a grill in front of them, and the good snowflake beef was sizzling over the charcoal fire. Bruce held a large beer glass, clinked it with Steve, and said calmly.

"Honestly, I don't know, Bruce, I don't know if they've done anything like this before, even though they told me I was the first to do it, but who knows? I don't want to think about it , it’s just that Dr. Erkins is a good man, a kind, upright man, and he didn’t deserve to end up like this.”

Although he promised not to tell Bruce what happened to him, Bruce pressed him a few more times, and Steve finally revealed some of his thoughts, what had happened to him during this period, and some of his depressed emotions. , his reason told him that there was something wrong with doing this, but his reason would always "fail" in front of only a few people, especially here with Bruce.

The bonfire illuminated Steve's slightly sad face, and Bruce secretly said sorry in his heart. Looking at Steve, he raised his glass and said: "I'm sorry, Steve, but this may be Destiny... To Dr. Erkins, thank him for all the changes he has brought to you."

Hearing this, Steve just silently raised his glass.

Both of them drank it down in one gulp. This little alcohol had almost no effect on them now, let alone getting drunk.

"Since I've been sitting here, I've been saying, Bruce, tell me about you, how's it going lately? The cannery you and Alfred opened must be doing very well recently? The troops over there in Europe need it every day There are too many supplies, including our people, the British, and the French who are staying in the UK... It is said that the cans being shipped to Europe now are tens of thousands of tons..."

"I sold the factory."

Bruce shook his head with a smile, interrupting Steve.

"You sold it? But when I left, wasn't that factory operating well?"

"We are no longer in the canning business. The fact is, we discovered oil in Texas, a huge, crazy-making oil field, so Alfred and I sold the cannery and took out a large loan from the bank. ..We started a new company, Steve.”

"Wait, you didn't lie to me?"

Bruce shrugged, "Of course not."

"This is really, really crazy news..."

In the United States at the beginning of the [-]th century, the gold rush and oil rush were very popular. People who became rich overnight because of the discovery of gold mines and oil fields were the best embodiment of the "American Dream" at this time. Countless Americans rushed to the West, Alaska, or Whether Texas joins the gold mining army or the oil mining army, although very few people will be defeated by the goddess of luck in the end, Americans are still not enthusiastic about these two "causes".

So now when Steve knew that Bruce was "lucky" to discover a large oil field, he was also very surprised, and even the first reaction was that Bruce was making fun of him!

"Don't look so surprised, Steve, you're about to become one of the bosses of a new mining and energy company. Just relax."

"Me? Become the boss of the company? Bruce, this joke is really not funny..."

Bruce stood up, put down his wine glass, turned around and looked at the horizon not far away from the two of them under the bright moonlight, and said to himself: "Do you remember? Steve, we came to this beach together that year , was also in this resort at that time, and also in front of this hut?"

Steve seemed to be awakened by Bruce to some long-dormant memories. He looked at Bruce, his eyes flashed with memories: "I know, I still remember... we rented a Ford car that day. But it ended badly...Bucky was drunk that night, and of course I was drunk too, and it was you who got the two of us into the room in the end."

Bruce just smiled faintly, not caring at all that the sea breeze ruffled his casually styled hair, "We both said that night that no matter how each of us develops in the future, we will leave some space for the other two in our own growth. The next one, the honor that belongs to us, is shared by three people, and the shame that belongs to us is also shared by three people, Steve, do you remember?"

As if he understood what Bruce meant, Steve wiped away the smile from the corner of his mouth. He frowned and shook his head, "No, Bruce, that's just from when I was young..."

"A word of loyalty? Or a joke?"

Bruce turned around and looked at Steve indifferently, but the firmness and determination in his eyes made Steve choke on the words he wanted to say.

"But I mean it. I didn't take those words as a joke when I was a teenager. Steve, whether it is for you or Bucky... you and Alfred are the only relatives I have in this world." , so no matter what success I have now or in the future, I will always leave a share for you, Bucky, and Alfred."

"Bruce, I, I can't..."

"Of course, this is also a responsibility and a trust. Steve, I can't always hold all the company's shares in my own hands. Rather than handing them over to others later, it's better to hand them over to you first, and I also believe that you will always hold them in my own hands." They are all on my side, and this is also my trust in you, Alfred and Bucky. I can’t trust others, do you understand, Steve?”

Steve looked at Bruce's serious look. He had grown up with Bruce. Steve also knew that Bruce was decisive and would not change his mind easily. In the end, he had no choice but to smile and nodded, "Okay. Bruce...but let's talk first! I'm just keeping these shares for you. If you need them in the future, you can take them from me at any time, or when you have children, I will hand these shares over to your children! Of course, the premise is that your company can be open until then~"

Bruce smiled and stretched out his fist, stopped in front of Steve, "Deal!"

Steve also stretched out his fist, and lightly touched Bruce, "Deal!"

After finishing speaking, Steve seemed to have remembered something, and said somewhat politely: "By the way, how big is your company now?"

Bruce thought for a while, and replied truthfully: "Dozens of employees, several small factories under construction, rented an office building, and used it as a temporary office location."

After hearing this, Steve breathed a sigh of relief.

"But Alfred is now negotiating with those consortiums in Texas. It won't be long before the company can get no less than 5000 million US dollars in development funds, right? I am planning to buy a building in Brooklyn as the company's headquarters. Then we started to build our group’s industrial zone. Of course, the current funds are far from enough, so we can only build a few first... Steve, what’s wrong with you?”

Steve covered his chest, frowned, looked at Bruce seriously and said, "Wait a minute, you just said, how much development funds will the company get?"

"5000 million, what's wrong?"

"Bruce."

"Ok?"

"Can you take back the shares you left for me? I'm afraid that I can't take them back..."

Bruce: "..."

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