"I want ten percent of Wayne Enterprises' shares," Luo Xia told Bruce Wayne.
"I looked into it. Although your company's profits are temporarily nowhere near Wayne Enterprises', your patents will earn you more than ten times Wayne Enterprises' annual profits over the next thirty years," Bruce Wayne said, puzzled.
After returning, he had already decided that he would give everything for Gotham City. A large portion of Wayne Enterprises' profits would go toward charitable causes rather than making more money.
Therefore, a mere ten percent in shares would not bring Luo Xia any particularly considerable returns. And that same ten percent would not affect Bruce Wayne's control over the company.
"I'm very interested in your Applied Sciences division," Luo Xia said.
Bruce Wayne did not believe that reason. The Applied Sciences division, which had been sidelined, now consisted only of Lucius Fox and himself, existing entirely to create equipment for Batman.
But Luo Xia did not seem inclined to explain further. Just as Bruce Wayne was about to continue questioning him, he turned into a cloud of black smoke and vanished before his eyes.
Bruce Wayne reached out to grab Luo Xia, but caught only a cloud of rapidly dissipating smoke.
"That really is cooler than the way I disappear. Maybe I could learn it," Bruce Wayne said unwillingly, then vanished into the darkness as well.
Back at his residence, in the Batcave beneath Wayne Manor, Bruce Wayne did not even remove his armor before asking his loyal butler, "Alfred, how much do you know about Luo Xia?"
Alfred froze for a moment and asked, "Master Wayne, how did attending a banquet suddenly make you interested in men?"
"That's not the point. Tell me what you know," Bruce Wayne said awkwardly.
"I only know that he has two wives and