Chapter 1215

Martha stared with wide eyes, hands on her hips. Clark and Bruce could only stand at the kitchen door with their heads down to be scolded, while Jonathan leaned on the refrigerator next to them to watch the fun.

"Clark! I really didn't expect it. How could you take Bruce to play with water?!" Martha stared at Clark and said.

Clark opened his mouth and pointed his finger at Bruce. He wanted to explain that Bruce was the one who started it, but Martha immediately interrupted: "Bruce is our guest, and you actually let him wash dishes?!"

"I hadn't watched you for two minutes, and you not only took the sick guest to wash dishes, but also got him covered in water! Don't you know that wounds can't touch water until they are healed?!"

Clark said dejectedly: "I know, Mom, I'll clean it up."

"Alright, stop being angry." Jonathan immediately went up to smooth things over. He hugged Martha's waist and took her away, saying: "Young guys are always like this. They are still far from knowing things and being sensible. This reminds me of the days when my brother and I camped by the Mississippi River. He never beat me in a water fight..."

As the sound of the two went further and further away, Clark looked at Bruce helplessly, but seeing that his collar and sleeves were stained with water, he said with some concern:

"Go upstairs and change your clothes quickly, don't really get the wound infected."

Bruce shook his head gently and said: "I'm not that fragile. I went to hell once before and swallowed a lot of soul energy. After the soul strength overflowed, it would actively heal the flesh. My self-healing ability is much stronger than ordinary people."

Clark walked up and touched Bruce's forehead, saying: "Look, you have a fever. Leave here quickly, I'm going to mop the floor."

Bruce shook his head and walked back to the sink, saying: "You clean up the ground, I'll finish washing the dishes..."

"Hi, gentlemen, need help?" Diana leaned against the kitchen door, tapped the door lightly with her fingers, and looked at the messy ground, seeming a bit surprised.

Clark felt a bit embarrassed. After all, the water fight was indeed a bit childish. He had to explain: "No, nothing, Ms. Prince. You and Lois can go upstairs to change into clothes convenient for work. We'll go for a walk in the field later."

"Did you have a water fight here?" Diana looked at the traces on the ground and said bluntly: "It looks like you didn't beat him."

Clark was even more embarrassed, but at this time Diana took the initiative to change the subject. She put her gaze on Bruce, her face was slightly upright, and said: "I heard about what you did in Cat Getan. You took the initiative to transform the buildings in the slums, built more real industries, provided more employment positions for the poor, and actively developed tourism to prepare for urban transformation. Seriously, you are a hero."

Bruce was a bit surprised. He looked at Diana with surprised eyes. Diana shook her head and said: "You shouldn't be the kind of old-fashioned person who thinks women won't pay attention to political news, right?"

Bruce turned around to wash the dishes and said: "I just didn't expect you to know so detailedly."

"Of course, this also thanks to the reporter in front of you. The reports he published in the Daily Planet about Cat Getan also attracted my attention. I am very interested in that city, so I checked some information about it." Diana replied.

"I mean, you learned some information that ordinary people can't learn."

"Of course, I am the Princess of the Amazons after all, belonging to the royal family. I also have my own political consultants. More importantly, Paradise Island holds quite a few Wei En Group stocks. Some of your actions can't escape our eyes."

Bruce nodded, considering it an acceptance of this statement. Paradise Island is about the same as most small countries in the world, basically having no real industries, mainly developing tourism. But because of its unique geographical environment and social structure, it still has a certain right to speak in the international community.

It is also the same as all small countries. Their main economic sources are investment and trusts. It is very normal to hold Wei En Group stocks.

Diana's fingers tapped lightly on her arm and said: "Maybe it's a bit rude, but I still want to advise you: taking too big a step is not necessarily a good thing."

"Are you worried about the stock falling?" Bruce looked back at Diana slightly.

"On the contrary, I am worried that you will draw blood from the main artery of the Wei En Group like this. If it leads to a break in the capital chain, then all the renovation projects will have to be abandoned."

"For the rich, abandoned buildings don't affect anything anyway, they don't live there. But for the poor, the impact is huge."

Diana frowned slightly. Such an expression showed extra compassion on her bright face. She said with some worry:

"I have seen many rich people who wanted to do good things with a hot head. They moved fast, invested a lot, and their hearts were good, but in the end, they didn't get good results because they were too anxious."

"What they gave to the bottom-level people was what they thought the bottom-level people wanted, not necessarily what the bottom-level people really needed. And because the stall was laid too big and couldn't be controlled, the project was abandoned, and they owed a debt."

"When some projects were moving forward, they gave hope to the poor, and the cruelest thing in this world is to give others hope and then destroy this hope with your own hands."

"And after not achieving good results, they will also feel that their kind heart has been let down, and their feelings have been hurt. This is completely a lose-lose situation."

"I think, to do good things, one must also pay attention to long-term development, pull the timeline long enough, and have the advantage of latecomers. Even if there are problems in the middle, it is easier to save, and it is easier to learn lessons from later projects and do better."

Bruce looked at Diana with even more surprise. He didn't expect to hear such advice from Diana's mouth.

In fact, after the Wei En Group decided to carry out the Cat Getan transformation, many people expressed their views on this.

But they mostly had two views. One was that the Wei En Group couldn't complete such a large project at all and was completely wasting time. The other was that no matter how much the Wei En Group did, having this heart was good.

What made Bruce feel surprised was that Diana's advice was indeed pertinent, and she had a mature temperament that didn't match her age.

This beautiful black-haired princess looked very young, definitely under thirty, but her behavior was like someone in her fifties or sixties.

Looking at Bruce's expression, Diana laughed out loud. She waved her hand and said: "Do I look like an old lady?"

"Thank you for your advice." Bruce said very sincerely.

Diana shook her head, recalled again, and asked: "I heard that you have already transformed a quarter of the East District. This is really an amazing achievement."

Before Bruce could say anything, Clark widened his eyes and looked at Bruce, seeming not to believe that his good friend had done such a big thing without a sound.

Although Clark reported on Cat Getan, he was more inclined to cultural customs and didn't pay special attention to the economy and renovation projects. But the data in Diana's mouth still made him feel very surprised.

Cat Getan is a mega-city on the East Coast, with a total area of about 1,000 square kilometers, including sea areas, and a land area of about 700 square kilometers, of which the East District accounts for more than a quarter of the area, about 200 square kilometers.

The actual residential area used for living is just about 100 square kilometers, so 1/4 is 25 square kilometers.

Sounds like this area is not large, about the size of a small town. However, Cat Getan's East District is the most dense residential area in a mega-city. Whether it is building density or population density, it is incomparable to a small town.

The population squeezed into these 25 square kilometers is equivalent to a small city. And to push down and rebuild a city, the manpower and material resources required are simply unimaginable.

Of course, if the one doing this is a country, then it will be much easier.

If a country has a complete industrial system, then construction costs are approximately equal to raw material costs. With various policies and multi-party cooperation, it is not difficult to build one or two cities.

But the problem is, no matter how powerful the Wei En Group is, it is only a private group. Its business scope is limited. It cannot be like a country, having mining, smelting, casting, producing building raw materials, manufacturing furniture, and connecting water and electricity.

Then, all these missing industries need to be filled with money, which is to buy finished products directly.

Even if bulk transactions are cheaper, they won't be much cheaper. At this cost level, the wealth consumed to build a small city with a dense population will be an astronomical figure.

Diana saw this point, so she wanted to remind Bruce, worrying that this young entrepreneur was too anxious and put all the costs in at once, leading to a break in the Wei En Group's capital chain.

In that case, not only would it not be able to save the poor in Cat Getan, but the bankruptcy of the Wei En Group might cause many people to lose their jobs, making Cat Getan's situation even worse.

And the reason why Bruce would sincerely thank Diana for her advice was that Diana was right. He was now investing the Wei En Group's money into Cat Getan's construction, which was completely drawing blood from the main artery of the Wei En Group. This was not a sustainable business behavior, and the risk was already high to the point of no return.

Before, Bruce would worry about money, also because of this. He wasn't really broke, just that compared to the astronomical costs, it made him look broke.

Soon Clark also reacted and looked at Bruce anxiously: "Then what should we do? You want to save people, but you also have to ensure your own safety! If something happens to the Wei En Group, the trouble will be big."

But then he sighed and said: "I don't mean you should go back to work immediately. Don't misunderstand. Still, health is the most important thing."

Diana raised an eyebrow and looked at Bruce: "... Are you injured?"

Bruce just wanted to speak, when Clark immediately said: "Yes, he is very seriously injured. If I hadn't brought him out, he would still be planning to fight to the death with that group of criminals in that crazy city!"

Diana showed a disapproving expression, looked at Bruce and said: "Since you know what you want to do, you should be even clearer that you must first preserve yourself to complete your ideal."

"At such an important juncture, if something happens to the controller of the group and it affects the confidence of the shareholders, it will be even more dangerous."

Diana said, getting anxious herself. She began to pace back and forth at the kitchen door, speaking quickly:

"In your series of actions to transform Cat Getan, I saw the possibility of this city being saved. I think the citizens of Cat Getan think so too."

"You let them see hope. They are willing to wait for you, willing to wait for you to return a brand-new Cat Getan to them."

"But if this hope falls halfway, perhaps they will never have hope again. And if anyone else wants to change this city later, they won't choose to believe it again."

"With Cat Getan's situation, these 7 million people here all need to be saved. You are the hope of their hearts, with thousands of hopes tied to you. Do you really have sufficient preparation to deal with the trouble I mentioned?"