[Comprehensive] The painting style of time travel is wrong

The meeting with Luther was still in the meeting room on the top floor of the Lex Group.

The decorations are still the same, and the people have not changed.

But this time, Tang Xuening seemed a lot more cautious.

——Well, the girl didn't see anything awesome about the middle-aged bald head in front of her, and she deserved the respect of many dark forces. ——

After Hu pretended to be Huwei and used Luthor's name to successfully hug two thighs of the mastermind behind Gotham

——Well, according to Luthor, seeing the girl returned to his office alive proved that the girl succeeded. ——

Luther's "guidance" finally entered a substantive stage.

Yes, into the topic:

——How to save Gotham. Shithole. Criminal Paradise.

"Eliminate organized crime in Gotham and prevent its resurgence - that's the essence of your desire to save Gotham."

Sitting on his boss chair, Luther waved his hands and exhaled dense three-dimensional images—countless trend charts full of icons, column charts, and cross fluctuations, a large layer of images that girls feel dizzy just looking at.

"We first need to understand the main reason for the formation of Gotham's criminals-do you know Gotham's unemployment rate?"

"do not know."

The girl shook her head honestly.

"Well, I guess you don't know - then you probably don't understand what sociology is being told to you, so let me make the problem simple:"

Seeing Luthor's expression of "it's hard to explain to you with your IQ", Tang Xuening felt that she almost lost her breath.

However, Luther's next sentence did give her a flash of inspiration, as if she understood something but didn't understand why.

"Do you think a person who works in factories and businesses during the day would put on a hood and go grab silver at night?"

Luther didn't wait for the girl to answer, and then asked:

"So, what if you replace this person with a man in his prime who doesn't have a steady job and is barely making ends meet by doing odd jobs and going hungry from time to time?

What if it happens that this person has no money to participate in medical insurance, and his wife and children need money for sudden illness? "

"..."

Yes, when a person decides to gain property by hurting others, no matter what their reason or their unknown grievances, they do not deserve sympathy.

Because the people they hurt also have families, and they may even be working hard to maintain their own lives!

It's not worthy of sympathy, but at least it's not so bad to take a desperate risk for one's own family.

If there is such a criminal, the girl really can't hate it

——If he didn't hurt anyone maliciously, at least the girl wouldn't give him another shot with the idea of ​​"eliminating all evil" after putting him down.

"Very good, understanding the direct relationship between the unemployment rate and the crime rate, this is the first step."

Luther stretched out his fist, raised a finger, and drew a half-arc in the air:

"Then, let's think about why Gotham has such a high unemployment rate?

Well, don't just listen to me here, tell me what you think. "

"No suitable job?"

Facing Lex Super Scholar Luthor, the girl who was a little smaller unconsciously replied timidly.

"Yes, there are no suitable jobs, but it's not all right

——So there are so many people who can't find suitable jobs even though Gotham has a world-leading company like Wayne Enterprises? "

Luther slowly raised his second finger:

"The next thing we're going to talk about is the second step: cost.

For enterprises, while employees create profits, they also need to pay salaries and find someone to manage them—this is what we generally call labor costs, so every qualified capitalist is desperately trying to increase the profits created by employees, and at the same time find ways to Reduce labor costs..."

"But isn't there such a thing as human resources?"

Interrupting Luther's words, Tang Xuening curiously showed off what she had learned from Angela.

"Theoretically, not everyone has value, and the difference is only the level of value?

According to this theory, as long as the ratio between the value that each person can create and the labor cost is calculated, shouldn't the company hire everyone it can find?

Because everyone can create profits for the company, right? "

"It is true that manpower is also a resource - but a premise should be added:

Human resources that can be used at low cost and generate profits are resources.

The situation you mentioned can only happen when labor is extremely scarce. The question is, do you think Gotham is short of people now?

Let's not talk about market supply and demand, employee management and other extremely complicated words that you may not understand.

I just ask, if you were a business owner, would you be willing to hire a poisonous bug?

In the same way, obviously I have so many people who can make me worry-free, why should I hire someone who is likely to cause trouble for me in the future and not generate much profit? "

Luther ignored the girl's layman's rhetoric:

"Under the same cost, generally speaking, people with higher education levels will create higher profits, and a more stable environment will create higher profits.

On the contrary, with the rise of management costs, the cost will be higher and higher.

For Gotham, a city with the highest crime rate in the United States, how can it compete with those East Asian countries on the other side of the Pacific Ocean for jobs that do not require academic qualifications or professional skills? "

"But the Wayne Group is obviously one of the most profitable companies in the United States!"

Tang Xuening said that Luther's conclusion was reasonable and convincing, but no matter how you look at it, the reality is slapping the face of this conclusion.

"Yes, this is the third part."

Luther showed a "Watson, you found the blind spot" expression and raised his third finger, but instead of directly answering the girl's doubts, he asked:

"Miss Tang, as a former member of the Wayne Group, please tell me the main areas of the Wayne Group."

"Technology development and application in the high-tech field?"

Tang Xuening, who had been dawdling for more than half a year, gave a somewhat uncertain answer.

"Yes, then what kind of people do you think the Wayne Group needs?"

Luther is persuasive.

"All kinds of highly educated talents?"

The girl was given that answer by Luthor's guide.

"Did you know that Gotham's academic qualifications are not recognized by any other city, and Gotham has the highest crime rate in the United States, and it is also the city with the lowest average salary in the United States?"

Yes, when Luther asked this question, the girl finally completed the puzzle in her mind—as Luther said, the reason why Gotham is Gotham.

A means of extracting value from everyone with a disgusting method that doesn't get your hands dirty, and everyone is still grateful to you.

"That is to say, among the millions of Gotham's population, the most determined, self-disciplined and smartest graduates who are under the pressure of student loans.

If he wants to have a proper job, he can only take a fraction of the salary elsewhere, and only work hard for the interests of Wayne Group.

-- that's why Wayne Corporation is one of the most profitable companies in America.It was also the Council of Owls that spent countless hours establishing and maintaining that, although they didn't have any positions, actually made them the mastermind of Gotham's uncrowned king. "

Luthor replaced all the projected charts with personal information, especially the salary column in red.

Then, he sighed and said with some self-deprecation:

"On the one hand, the employees are treated at the level of Southeast Asia, on the other hand, local companies can get various tax incentives, and on the other hand, they can get benefits from local councilors every year because of the tens of thousands of jobs in their hands...

But in the end, because of enough jobs and large donations to various organizations, Bruce Wayne is the conscience of the capitalists and I am an asshole. The world is really unfair. "

"Then you mean to let me borrow the Assassin League to kill the Owl Council?"

Tang Xuening clenched her fist and made a "click, click" sound.

"I'd be more than happy to watch the destruction of a bunch of scum."

"If my opinion is to destroy them, why should I ask you to meet them?"

Luther asked with some dumbfounding:

"This system has been formed, so even if you and the Assassins hang their heads on the top of the Wayne Group building, there will be other organizations and other people to replace them. .

In my opinion, Gotham City under their jurisdiction has not become the worst situation at any rate-the worst order is better than the best chaos.

So Miss Tang, whether you want to change Gotham's status quo or fundamentally change Gotham, you need their help. "

"Could you please elaborate?"

The girl frowned suspiciously.

"If you want to change the status quo in Gotham, you only need to communicate with them in the name of the Assassin's Alliance—although not many people in the Owl Council know about that period of history, the people in charge still know the truth.

You use the rhetoric of "give up confrontation and acquiesce to the status quo, but Gotham must change according to the alliance's ideas", it is not too difficult for them to change to a more elegant and ugly exploitation system.

As for after the change, in case they die, they run to establish a 'new partnership' with the Assassin League?

What does it matter to you whether they die or not? "

Luther smiled and erased the countless three-dimensional images between the two.

"But to solve it fundamentally is more... no, it is very troublesome.

As I said before, to curb crime, you have to build a self-sustaining industry in Gotham that can provide employment for most of the people.

Do you know how hard it is?

You can’t afford any risks, but you must have enough profit-generating projects to expand production, a large amount of funds invested in purchasing equipment and hiring personnel in the early stage, and you must have enough contacts to provide a huge sales channel and corresponding advertisements Put in, and finally you have to get consumers to buy into your product!

And now, as far as I know, you have nothing in your hands..."

"..."

Luther's words made Tang Xuening bow her head and fell silent.

"Until you address those prerequisites, your desire to change Gotham is just an unrealistic dream — there are many such dreams in a person's life, but chasing dreams and realizing dreams is not a concept of difficulty."

Seeing the young girl's appearance, Luthor leaned back on the back of the chair a little bored, and the slightly commercial smile was no longer on his face.

"Sorry, I won't provide you with any substantive help in this regard. If you can't even overcome this level of difficulty, you don't need to talk about the more difficult ones. I'm not interested in investments that are bound to fail. of."

"So, can you provide a little help with intelligence and communication channels?"

But obviously, Tang Xuening was not overwhelmed by these problems.

When she raised her head again, her face was full of confidence.

——The intelligence advantage brought by reincarnation can always be manifested at this time.

"for example?"

Luther asked with some interest.

"Can you project a map of Gotham in front of me?"

Tang Xuening did not answer, but made a request.

"of course."

The next moment, a 3D projection map of Gotham appeared in front of the girl.

"Although I don't have what you said, but I know where~"

Tang Xuening smiled and stood up, pointing to a certain place

"And I also know that someone is interested in it recently, can you help me find out who it is?

I think I can talk to him~

By the way, can you contact a few more people for me? "

After seeing where the girl was pointing, Luther also stood up with a smile and gave a very standard gentleman's salute.

"Happy to oblige~"