Who could possibly farm cockroaches worth a hundred million dollars?!
"Director, can you tell me who this 'kindhearted person' is?" Dr. Hugo asked through gritted teeth. "I'd like to thank him in person."
Li Wei failed to notice Dr. Hugo's murderous intent at all and replied with a cheerful smile.
"Falcone. He's a generous friend..."
Have You Ever Heard of Nine-Turn Sausages?
Of course, Dr. Hugo was only complaining.
Although he hated Falcone enough to gnash his teeth, without Li Wei's orders, he would never dare lay a finger on Falcone.
"Director... how about we open a farm ourselves?" Dr. Hugo said with a headache. "You really can't buy a hundred million dollars' worth of cockroaches."
"Can't buy them?" Li Wei scratched his head. "Is there really anything in this world that money can't buy?"
He truly had no concept of what a hundred million dollars' worth of cockroaches meant. Before this, the only dealings he had ever had with quantities measured in hundreds of millions were—
Doing the math, five million dollars could buy thirty million cockroaches. A hundred million meant twenty lots of five million.
That was... six hundred million cockroaches.
Li Wei froze.
What kind of sight would six hundred million cockroaches be?
Never mind how much enhancement they could bring him—the sight alone would be horrifying enough!
And six hundred million cockroaches really were not that easy to buy.
More importantly, he did not merely need six hundred million cockroaches. Once those six hundred million were used up, he would have to keep buying more.
As long as life continued, enhancement would never stop!
Maybe he really could do as Dr. Hugo suggested and open a breeding factory. Just like Gotham now, it could develop sustainably!
Li Wei scratched his head again. "Dr. Hugo, I didn't think this through. Go back to your work for now. I'll give this some serious thought."
He never put on airs around his own people.
After careful consideration, Li Wei put the insect farm on his agenda.
The insect farm could provide him with a steady stream of bugs and would be the foundation of his future continuous enhancement!
Building an insect breeding factory was not as simple as finding a plot of land and putting up a factory building.
Creating an environment that could maximize insect reproduction required no small amount of technology!
Li Wei still had plenty to deal with. Even he had not expected that after coming to the DC Universe, the first business he would acquire would be an insect breeding factory...
Meanwhile, Gordon returned to the police station.
The moment he and Harvey entered the station, they were both summoned to the Police Commissioner's office.
"Gordon, this bullet came from your service weapon, didn't it?" The Police Commissioner placed a bullet sealed in an evidence bag on the desk.
"Huh?" Gordon was somewhat baffled. How could she tell that it had been fired from his gun? And what was the Police Commissioner trying to do?
"Gordon, you're fired. Forensic analysis confirmed that this bullet was fired from your service weapon. An innocent Gotham City resident was struck by it and could not be saved. The hospital has issued a death notice."
The Police Commissioner spoke expressionlessly.
This time, even Harvey, who was known for being a seasoned veteran, could no longer stand it!
The anger in his heart flared up at once!
His face rapidly turned red, like a monkey's butt.
Harvey pulled out the flask he carried with him and slammed it onto the desk with a bang.
The loud noise drew the attention of the officers working outside the office. They all looked over curiously, wondering what trouble Gordon, that antisocial guy, had gotten himself into again...
"I object! This is obviously a setup!" Harvey roared angrily. "Everyone we fought last night was one of those damned gangsters!"
The Police Commissioner shot him a sidelong glance and walked expressionlessly to the office window. She first warned the curious officers with her eyes, then irritably pulled the curtains shut.
Only after returning to her office chair did the Police Commissioner speak helplessly.
"Harvey, Gordon, I know everything you're saying. I also know what happened in Gotham last night." The Police Commissioner took the bullet out of the evidence bag and tapped it against the desk. "I'm neither blind nor deaf. I even know that this so-called Gotham City resident was a member of the Maroni Family."
"Police Commissioner, you..." Harvey was stunned.
"But there's nothing I can do. This came from above." The Police Commissioner helplessly pointed upward. "I can't stop it. They specifically named Gordon to take the blame."
Harvey wanted to say more, but Gordon tugged at his clothes.
"Enough, Harvey. Don't say any more. The Police Commissioner can't do anything either."
It was the first complete sentence Gordon had spoken since entering the office, but Harvey had not expected him to say that.
"Gordon, you..." Harvey was momentarily speechless.
Gordon merely shook his head at him. Though his face was full of disappointment, there was not the slightest hint of dejection in his expression.
"Police Commissioner, I don't mind taking the blame, but I have one request." Gordon looked at the Police Commissioner and spoke calmly.
It was not actually because Gordon had become disappointed in the Gotham police department.
During his time in the Gotham police department, he had already understood just how much darkness was hidden within the department and even Gotham's entire political and judicial system. It was like an abyss, unfathomably deep.
He had never held any hope to begin with, so how could he be disappointed?
This sort of thing was nothing unusual. It was even extremely simple for those in high positions.
Since the people above had specifically named him to take the blame, as a detective, he was not at the very bottom, but he still had no way to resist.
If the Police Commissioner dared to defy them, then she would be the next one to suffer.
He might as well take this opportunity to do something he wanted to do. Perhaps he could use it to think about how he should fit into Gotham...
"Go ahead." The Police Commissioner's expression softened. "I'll do my best to help you."
"After I'm fired, I want to work as a security guard at Arkham Asylum." Gordon looked directly into the Police Commissioner's eyes as he spoke.
"That won't be a problem." The Police Commissioner breathed a sigh of relief. "I can agree to that right now."
In the Police Commissioner's eyes, it was only a small asylum. Arranging for a retired police officer to work there as a security guard was something she could manage with her position.
It had to be said that as a Police Commissioner sitting in an office, she simply could not compare with a detective like Gordon, who worked on the front lines, when it came to intelligence.
Even Gordon had realized that something was wrong with Arkham Asylum, yet the Police Commissioner still treated it as an ordinary hospital...
"Fine, then I'll wait for your news, Police Commissioner." Gordon merely smiled and did not remind her of anything else.
Watching Gordon turn and leave, Harvey shot the Police Commissioner a dissatisfied look and left her with only one sentence.
"You'll regret this."
Then he turned and chased after Gordon.
Outside the police station, Harvey caught up with Harvey.
"Buddy, do you really think the Police Commissioner can get you a security job at Arkham Asylum?" Harvey took out a cigarette and handed it to Gordon, then lit one for himself. "It's not like you don't know what Arkham Asylum is like."
Gordon took a deep drag from his cigarette, looked up at the perpetual gloom hanging over Gotham, and tugged at the corner of his mouth.
"I know. So what? If she can't get me into Arkham Asylum, then she can't fire me. If she can, then I'll go to Arkham and see what exactly is there! I've always felt that Li Wei and Arkham Asylum aren't what we thought they were."
Harvey: ...
Well, damn. Who would have thought that even you, Gordon, with those honest-looking features, had learned to play dirty?
Gordon felt that he seemed to have found a direction for fitting into Gotham, though that direction was still unclear...
Through his vision at Arkham Asylum, Li Wei witnessed this scene. He really wanted to ask Gordon one question.
Gordon, have you ever heard the story of Nine-Turn Sausages?
Gotham Needs More Villains!
As one of Li Wei's key targets, Gordon was never forgotten, even while Li Wei was preparing the insect breeding farm.
Li Wei saw everything that happened to Gordon after he returned to the police station, and it had all gone exactly as he expected.
Naturally, he knew that Gordon being framed had to be Falcone's handiwork!
For Gordon, being fired from the Gotham police department might be a devastating disaster, but for Falcone, it was merely a trivial effort.
That was how the world worked. A small gesture from an important figure could easily become a catastrophe for those beneath them.
It was easy to imagine that, if nothing unexpected happened, the criminals and evil forces Gordon had arrested before would likely begin taking revenge on him.
Fortunately, Gordon was smart. He knew that, for him now, Arkham Asylum was the safest place.
"Sure enough, Gordon is gradually getting smarter..." Li Wei smiled silently.
He was merely watching these events for entertainment. To him, Gordon's arrival meant that his "Gordon Enhancement Plan" was about to begin!
Over the next day, nothing major happened. Li Wei remained busy with the insect breeding farm.
Land? All he had to do was call Falcone. Without even needing to visit in person, he had secured a sizable plot of land beside the asylum.
The City Councilor who had originally belonged to the Maroni Family had disappeared along with the Maroni Family's destruction.
Their fate certainly had not been pleasant.
Now, every member of City Hall, including the mayor, was Falcone's person.
It was no exaggeration to say that this was the peak of the Falcone Family's power!
With Falcone also overseeing the development plan for the Arkham district, getting Li Wei a plot of land was effortless.
As for Falcone...
As long as Li Wei did not come looking for trouble, Falcone would give him money if he wanted money and land if he wanted land! As for everything else, that could wait until later.
However, things did not go as smoothly in other areas. For example, when it came to equipment and construction, Li Wei contacted several manufacturers that claimed to be professional, only to find that the breeding equipment plans they could provide were far too ordinary. None of them could raise insect reproduction efficiency to the highest possible level.
This was not something that could be solved through violence or power. Nor could he simply make do, because insect reproduction efficiency was directly tied to Li Wei's future enhancement efficiency.
With no other options, Li Wei turned his attention to Wayne Enterprises.
Wayne Enterprises did not have ready-made equipment either, but it owned several high-tech companies. They were fully capable of custom-building a set of insect breeding equipment according to Li Wei's requirements!
But the issue was that this kind of custom equipment had little market demand. The research, development, and manufacturing costs would be extremely high. Unless the price was outrageously high, no company would accept an order like this.
Obviously, Li Wei did not want to spend that much money.
He wanted the goods without paying the money, so he had to think of another way!
Just as Li Wei was considering how to get Wayne Enterprises to custom-build equipment for him for free, the mayor of Gotham City called...
"Director Li Wei, the Police Commissioner of the Gotham police department has submitted a report requesting that Detective Gordon be transferred to your Arkham Asylum as a security guard. Do you think I should reject it..."
The mayor asked cautiously.
Although he did not know much about Li Wei, after seeing Falcone's respectful attitude toward him last time, he understood what kind of person Li Wei was. Naturally, he would not provoke him.
If he had not been uncertain of Li Wei's intentions, he would not even have called Li Wei. He would have simply rejected the Police Commissioner's request outright.
"No, Mr. Mayor. Just approve it." A smile curled onto Li Wei's lips. "Sorry for the trouble."
"No, no, it's no trouble at all. You're far too polite, Director Li Wei." The mayor was flattered over the phone.
Li Wei merely exchanged a few polite words with him before hanging up.
According to his conversation with the mayor, Gordon would come to Arkham Asylum to report to him first thing tomorrow morning.
A thought suddenly occurred to Li Wei.
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