Chapter 1674 No Time to Die (Thirty-Seven)

Judging from the era background of the main universe, this place is no longer in an era of economic upswing like Schiller's universe. The United States, which has experienced two economic crises, has gradually moved away from the golden age. In this era background, People's expectations of leaders naturally change.

In a period of economic boom, people hope that leaders can be wise, far-sighted, and have the potential to become great people, leading the entire country and even the world to go further and create real miracles.

However, during the economic downturn, people always complain about not being able to make money, high prices, and declining quality of life. People no longer care about the affairs of their country and the country, and they hope that leaders can actually change the current predicament and let people life gets better.

In this era of the main universe, most voters think so. They do not want great men who boast about the eternal glory of the United States, but they hope that someone can actually see the plight that the vast majority of people are in and let the economy develop. The road is back on track.

This has resulted in that, from presidential elections to governor and mayor elections, voters are more inclined to doers who are close to the people. The vast majority of candidates are working hard to show that they are energetic, capable, and able to propose effective solutions to every issue. The image of smart and diligent people who implement practical solutions, and at the same time, use some small hobbies that are close to the people to close the distance with voters and make them feel that they are on the same side with them.

The campaign teams of Lincoln March and current Mayor Magan both have rich experience, and having sufficient campaign experience in this era means that they have created such images for several candidates, so when it comes to Magan and March On the head, they naturally also want to eat all over the world with one move.

The image created by the campaign team for March is that of a talented businessman who has made great achievements at a young age. He has a keen business sense and a genius investment vision. He wants to participate in politics because he is worried about the current economic downturn. Turn the situation around with your own hands.

Therefore, when he gave speeches, he often borrowed some of Roosevelt's famous quotes on bailing out the market, emphasizing that professional people should do professional things, claiming that he would run the city as his own industry, and as long as he could make the economy prosperous, he would solve all problems. can be solved.

Magan's campaign team chose an image of an old fox with rich political experience and maturity. They also emphasized that he came from a farmer's family and climbed to where he is today by relying on his own ability, showing a poor boy's counterattack in the political circle. The miracle of Red Man.

In his speeches, he often calls his opponents "young boys" to take advantage of his age. At the same time, he secretly belittles other opponents as being too idealistic, while he is mature and stable, and will not mess around. Develop steadily while stabilizing the status quo.

Obviously, of the two people, March wants to win the favor of the new rich, while Magan wants to stabilize the support of the wealthy family, but both of them have forgotten one thing - this is Gotham.

If other cities are now at the bottom of their development, then Gotham has always been an abyss. If the citizens of other cities have the impression that the leaders who can turn things around are only economic doers, then I am afraid that in the impression of Gotham citizens, it is possible to improve this situation. The image of the leader of this city must be an iron-blooded emperor.

Smart and capable doers can be called hard-liners in other cities, but in Gotham, this level is far from enough. Iron-fisted leaders often appear in war years, because the people of this era need clear guidance and toughness. attitude to build their confidence.

And Gotham can no longer be said to be in a long-term war era. It is more like experiencing a very complete defeat every few days, so even an iron-fisted general-type leader is not enough. To put it bluntly, what this place needs is a tyrant.

Perhaps a sufficiently tyrannical and tough emperor would not be able to solve the root cause of Gotham's darkness stemming from metaphysics, but he could at least tell the people of Gotham what they should do now. Even running towards death without looking back would be better than It's better to live in confusion now.

What Gotham needs now is not justice, but direction.

Gangster-style violence, tyrant-style power, and even theology that is centuries behind the times, as long as someone can firmly implement the line to the end, the situation will be much better than it is now, even if darkness will still bring to Gotham The people are suffering physically, but they have spiritual support, which can be regarded as salvation in a sense.

Looking at the comics, it is not difficult to find that in a world where the vast majority of Batman chooses to change his route and stand on stage, Gotham is much more likely to be saved. But the question is, can Batman in a universe change his route? He decided it himself.

In some remote universes, editors may of course make decisions that go against their ancestors just to have fun, but the main world represents the face and dignity of the DC world. The games played by Batman and the villains are the most popular ones in DC comics. content, so it is impossible for the Batman of the main universe to stand on stage.

It's just that Batman is still Batman, Gotham is still Gotham, and even the Penguin is still the ambitious Penguin. The Penguin becoming mayor itself has happened in thousands of universes. , but the arrival of the Robins accelerated the process.

But perhaps they themselves don’t realize that the changes in language and style themselves will also affect the actors themselves, that is, the so-called character becomes true as they act.

After Jason completely taught Penguin about Roy's speaking and acting style in his universe and his experience of running for mayor of Gotham City, Penguin suddenly realized that this trick was so damn easy to use.

As the saying goes, "As long as I have no morals, you can't morally kidnap me." You can also say, "I'm so bad, why can't I be bad?". In short, as long as you clearly understand the positioning of Gotham as a city, and If your moral bottom line perfectly fits this position, then living here will be like a duck in water.

The Penguin's previous dilemma was that he was born in the chaotic city of Gotham and used gangster methods to accumulate resources for himself. However, after achieving some success, he gave up such direct methods and wanted to cover himself with a civilized cloak. Blending into the so-called upper class society.

But the fact is that this requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and requires step by step and extreme caution.

But in fact, there is no need to go to such trouble in Gotham. You just need to drag the opponent to the same level as yourself, and then use your rich experience to defeat them. This is the biggest advantage of Gotham's home game.

The war now taking place in Gotham's Midtown made Penguin realize this, and then he abandoned the pretense of civilization as quickly as possible and began to do what Gotham people should do.

What deep water port approval, what do Gothamites need approval for? I am going to knock the first wooden pile of the pier into the sea now. If you are dissatisfied, come over and beat me.

What? Environmentalist organizations condemn from public opinion? But even if Gotham is environmentally friendly, there is no shortage of condemnation! Then why should I care about condemnation? We work hard to build deep-water ports and drain sewage. Even if a Godzilla emerges from the sea, we will solve it ourselves.

Penguin's criminal connections were much stronger than Robin's. He directly attracted several regular customers of the Iceberg Restaurant, and brought along smugglers he had previously contacted from other places. The group of people directly ignored the environmental protection bill, the state assembly, and the engineering team. We drove to the location of the wharf in a mighty manner.

Of course, the deep-water port was not built so fast, but the smuggling ships of the smugglers were impatient. Large ships could not stop, but small ships could do it. They would directly dock and unload the cargo in a blatant way, and whoever stopped them would die.

Do you think the Gotham police don't care? Isn't this a small war going on in Midtown? Even if Gordon has three heads and six arms, he can't fight against normal crimes, prevent wars, and inspect smuggling at the same time.

This brings us to another point: Gotham doesn’t have enough police, so why doesn’t the FBI come? A small war has broken out here, but the army is nowhere to be seen?

How could Gotham be in such a bad state if the federal government and state legislators hadn't acted like cowards? Then why can't we die? We will die!

Facts have proved that as long as a person has a smooth logic that can dump all mistakes on others, his waist will no longer hurt, his legs will no longer be sore, and his life will become better.

Penguin not only built a deep-water port in violation of regulations and sent people to pick up smuggling ships, but he also directly told what he had done in his speech.

"Dear audience friends, I think you have heard that our dear state legislators cursed Gotham again at the last regular meeting, especially I, Oswald, cursed."

"But do I care about him? No, I don't care at all. No matter what they say, I don't care because they never cared about me."

"How advantageous the geographical conditions of Gotham Bay are, and how suitable the estuary delta is for transshipment and trade. They never care. How many people could have gone to the docks to work as porters to earn money, and how many people could have gone to work as sailors on ships. They never care about living a stable life.”

"What do they care about? They only care about that bullshit environmental law!"

"Just last week, our Congressman Lauder just bought a private jet for his newlywed wife, and traveled between the metropolis and San Francisco more than a dozen times within a week. Just now, he said on his private media Claiming that 86% of factories in Gotham have energy waste problems, and requiring illegal factories to shut down for self-inspection.”

"They came not only for Gotham, but also for me, because I hired more than two thousand workers to build the dock without getting approval, and introduced thousands of strong young men to my business partners. Instead of running a boat, I let them smuggle, work as mercenaries, and join gangs.”

"But no matter how heinous I am, it won't be the turn of these cowards who only know how to talk and point fingers at me - Andjis Lauder, listen to me, you are not saying that I am dirty. A remnant of the gang, an executioner with blood on his hands? When I put you on the guillotine and cut off your head with a knife, you'd better pray that the environmental protection law in your hands can save your life!"

Batman in front of the screen slowly narrowed his eyes. Penguin wants to kill the congressman? No, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Batman's brain was working rapidly, and he immediately guessed the Penguin's intention. After a brief pause, he disappeared from the Batcave, and then a Batfighter took off into the sky and disappeared into the vast night of Gotham.