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The single-family house that Carl finally fell in love with was located in Queens, and he came here early in the morning and waited.

After all, the intermediary recommended by Obadiah might not be that simple, so it would be better to leave a good impression.

As Carl was walking down the street in Queens, he suddenly saw a young man hurriedly walking out of an alley--

"Hey - Peter?" Carl waved his hand in surprise.

"Mr. Carl?"

Yes, this familiar young man is Peter Parker, our Spider-Man.

He looked a little disheveled now, and his school bag was unzipped.

Peter quickly closed his backpack - otherwise the spider suit inside would be exposed!

Seeing this scene, Karl joked: "What did you do when you came out of it disheveled? Could it be..."

As he spoke, Karl turned sideways and looked inside: "Could he have a girlfriend?"

"Oh - don't make fun of me, I hope so." Peter shrugged helplessly, "I'm just...well, I'm trying a new sport recently."

Fighting criminals in tights is indeed a sport.

"What about you? Your clothes look good...how have you been lately?"

Although he asked this, Peter actually roughly guessed where Carl worked--

The day he went to fight black boxing, he saw Karl.

Probably not a good job.

"Not bad. I have to thank Uncle Ben for his recommendation - by the way, is he feeling better?"

"He's recovering well, but he won't be able to go out to work for the time being - he's very frustrated about this."

"Everyone is having a hard time now. By the way, didn't I say that if you want to find something to do, you can come to me - what year are you in high school now?"

"I'm graduating soon - speaking of that, the last time I went there was an accident. Uncle Ben probably doesn't want me to do black boxing."

"I'm not saying this, I'm saying..."

Just when Karl was still about to say something, the phone in his pocket rang. It was the agent who had arrived.

"It seems we can only chat next time. I still have to help Aunt Mei buy eggs. Goodbye, Mr. Carl."

After saying that, Peter ran away.

Karl thought to himself that you are such a naughty kid, how fast you are to find connections for you to get an internship.

Forget it, maybe this is Spider-Man, born poor.

After picking up the phone, Karl went straight to the house agreed by the agent.

……

Queens is actually a wealthy area, but now a terrible financial crisis is sweeping the United States.

This financial crisis is the famous subprime mortgage crisis. Because of the complicated financial system, the real estate industry has blown up a huge bubble, and Carl is in the stage of popping the bubble.

This has caused U.S. housing prices to fluctuate violently - basically falling.

The decline also caused a problem: when housing prices are rising, people will buy houses crazily, or even take out loans to buy houses.

As the value of the house increases, the interest rate exceeds the interest rate, and you can even make a lot of money, the loan will certainly not matter.

The bolder people will start to use loans to support loans. Over time, even the whole people will do it, and the bolder they are, the more houses they will have.

This leads to the fact that when house prices start to fall, they will inevitably default on their loans and end up with this kind of house -

"The owner of this house has no choice but to put the house up for auction because he can't repay the loan. Let's take a look."

The agent is a well-dressed middle-aged man. Although he is well-dressed, he is not wearing a suit, but regular casual clothes.

Just when Karl was sizing him up, he was also sizing up Karl - to be honest, this kind of young man with little money and many things to do was not the target of his service.

We don’t have much money, and we have to try our best to find a single-family house in New York. Only people with strong connections like their company can get this kind of house.

But after all, it was Mr. Obadiah who built the bridge, so he might as well take care of it.

"Okay, Mr. Baker."

The house is in pretty good condition and is mostly simply decorated. Subsequent renovations will be very convenient and painless.

There are three floors in total. The house covers an area of ​​150 square meters, and the remaining 100 square meters is a garden. The environment is quite good.

The most important thing is that there is a basement with a lot of space - this is what Karl likes.

He wants to build a laboratory here.

After reading it, Carl satisfactorily negotiated the deal. The house cost a total of US$50, and the mortgage was paid off in one year.

"Then just sign here, sir, and I will help you complete all the subsequent procedures."

"That's great, Mr. Baker. To be honest, I'm not too familiar with this area."

"These are all small things. If you need any further services, you can contact us."

With that said, Baker handed over a business card:

United Construction Group, Ella Baker.

"Then this house is yours, enjoy your new home - I will take you to your apartment in the city center the day after tomorrow."

After sending Baker away, Karl lay directly on the sofa. Although it was a little dusty, the soft feeling was still relaxing.

Looking at the ceiling, Karl sighed: Is this his own house?

I never dared to think about a single-family villa in my previous life...

After taking a long breath, Karl picked up his phone - take a look at the United Construction Group. This company seems to be quite promising.

You wouldn't know it, but you would be shocked at first glance. This company was actually established or reorganized in the past two years.

Several real estate and construction companies that went bankrupt due to the financial crisis dumped their non-performing assets and resurrected from the ashes, forming the current United Construction Group.

But...how did the bosses of these predecessor companies swallow all the debts themselves and then spit out the money they made?

Thinking of this, Karl turned his attention to the name of the chairman of United Construction Group:

Wilson Fisk.

This name made Karl stunned on the spot--

Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin!

The most powerful gangster in New York and even North America!It can be said that he is the chairman of the North American gang!

But he hides it well on the surface. He is a philanthropist and a rich man - and his money originally comes from here!

Carl seems to have seen Kingpin's evil past of taking advantage of the subprime mortgage crisis to expand the power of the gang, and then using force and conspiracy to force these entrepreneurs to give up their interests...

Unexpectedly, I accidentally got involved with the villain again...

Thinking of this, Karl looked out the window strangely.

The location of this house is very coincidental. How coincidental is it?

Across the street is Peter Parker's home.

The Green Goblin, the Negative Man, the Scorpion Man, and now the Kingpin…

It seems that I am always involved with the villains of Spider-Man.

Forget it, no matter how much it is, let’s take a rest first, we will start preparing for the expo tomorrow, and we will be busy in the next week.