Chapter 844: Danger Savage Danger (Part I)

The Wei En Group had a lot of money, but perhaps many people knew that assets and liquid capital were two different things.

Liquid capital, to put it plainly, was cash. Many people might have cars and houses, which were considered assets. If cars and houses were counted, many people were millionaires, but when it came to liquid capital that could be called upon, most people didn't have that much.

The Wei En Group was the same. As long as it was a company or enterprise existing in the real world, it would be constrained by liquid capital. If many adventurous investments were carried out at the same time, draining the company's liquid capital, it was very dangerous. Perhaps many people had heard the term "capital chain rupture," but might not understand what it meant.

In folk terms, it was tearing down the east wall to patch the west wall; sooner or later, there would be a day when it was all torn down. Using credit cards to pay off credit cards; sooner or later, there would be a day when it couldn't be paid back.

So what the Wei En Group needed now wasn't new assets, but a means to immediately turn assets into cash or obtain a large amount of liquid capital.

If Bruce invented a new technology now and wanted to turn this new technology into cash, there were two methods. One was to use the Wei En Group's industrial advantages to put it into civilian use and earn a large amount of funds.

But the problem was that the process from investing in production materials to production and then to selling was very long, and the return couldn't be accurately estimated. If the Wei En Group's other funds were overdrawn in advance before revenue was generated, and if the revenue wasn't good, it was very likely to lead to a capital chain rupture.

Another way was to sell this technology. This was a method to quickly turn it into cash and earn liquid capital. The only problem was who to sell it to.

To tell the truth, the vast majority of Bruce's technologies weren't very related to civilian use, and he rarely thought about using practical technology to improve people's livelihood. Perhaps geniuses were always like this; they preferred to use their wisdom to change the fate of the entire race and weren't willing to spend time on subtle happiness.

The vast majority of technologies Bruce could take out were related to Batman's equipment, such as the material of the Batsuit, the storage device of the utility belt, the defense weapons of the Batcave, the engine system of the Batmobile, etc. From the names, these things were closer to military use.

If Bruce was willing to take these technologies out, the final recipient would definitely be the military. But the problem was that Bruce didn't trust the military.

Many people said the Joker was an anarchist, but in fact, from the perspective of concepts, Bruce was the real anarchist. He never trusted the military and the government, never counted on anyone else, and he didn't even trust himself, so how could he trust that the military would take these things to do good?

It wasn't impossible to downgrade these things to civilian versions, but private enterprise acquisition had many problems. One was that the budget was limited and they couldn't be sold for a high price, and another was that they might not choose to pay in a lump sum because their liquid capital was also limited.

In this way, wanting to get a large amount of cash in a short time became a bit difficult. And in the process of thinking about these problems, Bruce had to sigh. Schiller once said a sentence: the methods of making money were all in the criminal law. Now he realized what this sentence was actually saying.

In fact, if he was willing to lower his moral bottom line a little, getting money wouldn't be a problem at all. In his eyes, the physical and virtual defenses of any bank or website in this world were not worth mentioning. Even if he went to gamble, earning tens of millions of dollars would be easy.

Just when Bruce was worrying about these problems, it was time to hand in the internship summary after the second round of internships. Bruce didn't participate in the second round of internships, but he was considered to have participated, so he also had to hand in a summary.

Although he didn't know what kind of summary was needed for being studied as a research object, Bruce still bit the bullet and wrote a summary. When he went to Schiller's office to hand in the summary, he heard Schiller holding the phone and saying to the other end:

"You investigated it? So what is the background of that Vandal Savage?... Of course this matter has something to do with me. You should know Jason Todd, right? That kid. I am very optimistic about his talent in psychological academic research and intend to cultivate him."

"As a result, that day... Yes, that day one or two months ago, he went to that hotel to investigate the traces of this Savage, but he was injured. I was very angry..."

"No, Savage didn't hurt him, but it also had something to do with Savage. If Savage wasn't wandering around the city, why would he go to investigate? He is only 11 years old, can he lie?"

"The wound was very deep, right under his ribs. If it hadn't been treated in time, it would definitely have festered and become infected. After that, Cat Getan cooled down and it rained so heavily, and he didn't have parents, so he could only be hospitalized alone..."

"Is that so? That Savage said he was an immortal? Lived for a very long time... How long? 50,000 years?? My god, did he eat dinosaurs?"

"He lived for such a long time and accumulated countless wealth, but since he is so rich, why does he have to come to Cat Getan? He doesn't want to rule the world, does he?"

"He hasn't been able to rule the world after living in this world for 50,000 years, and he is still persevering now. Then I can only say, he is disabled but has high aspirations."

"Yes, James, my meaning is, if Alberto is looking for him and finds him, you must tell me. I am really angry about Jason's encounter!"

"No, of course not. It has nothing to do with money. You know I am a person who doesn't admire fame and wealth. It's just the wealth accumulated over 50,000 years..."

The hand of Bruce outside the door grabbing the doorknob paused, but just at this moment, Schiller put down the phone and said to the door: "Who is it? Why don't you knock?"

"It's me, Professor..." Bruce pushed the door and walked in, put the summary on the table, and then paused. Schiller looked him over and said: "What's wrong? If there's nothing, go back. Cat Getan University doesn't have a quota for recommended graduate students..."

Bruce, whose head was full of money, suddenly woke up and said: "Recommended graduate student? What recommended graduate student?"

"Are you still not going to prepare for your graduate entrance exam? Do you expect me to write a recommendation letter for you? Do you want me to write on your recommendation letter: Dear Mr. Bruce Wei En, failed twelve subjects in four years, didn't participate in the first round of internships, participated in half of the second round of internships, and handed in the internship summary two days later than others?"

Bruce covered his forehead and said: "No, Professor, I won't study for a graduate degree..."

"Oh, is that so? But Lex said he would. Your helicopter engine is already prepared for graduate school. By then, you will be the one with the lowest education among the three of them..."

"I'm going back to read." Bruce turned and left. He said: "But I'm going to transfer to the Physics Department..."

"It doesn't matter. The one teaching physics is Victor. If you don't hand in your homework, I will only let you consider it carefully psychologically, but he will let you calm down physically."

Bruce, who had no hope for his future study career, left the office building full of pressure. However, Schiller's phone call just now gave him a way to break the situation.

Bruce actually knew long ago that Savage had broken into his Batcave, but he didn't pay attention to it. One was because he had been busy recently, and the other was because, just as Schiller said, you broke into the Batcave and didn't take anything away. The priority of dealing with the mentally retarded was always the lowest.

However, Bruce didn't know that Savage was actually very rich. After all, from the surveillance camera, Savage's dress didn't look like a traditional rich person, but it was normal for people who had lived for so many years to be low-key.

If Savage really had a large amount of liquid capital, Bruce wouldn't mind letting him voluntarily contribute to Cat Getan's construction cause, provided that there was a large amount of funds, and it must be voluntary.

If you want to deal with Savage, you have to collect information about him first, and Bruce happened to know who to go to.

"You said Savage?" In the canteen of Cat Getan University, Captain Cold touched his cheek and said: "Actually, he took the initiative to find us, saying that he could give us a large sum of money and the power to rule a city, and let us work for him..."

Bruce put the focus on a large sum of money and asked: "How much money is he willing to give you?"

"The initial talk was ten million dollars, but actually we didn't have much hope. If he is so rich, why come to find us?" Captain Cold cut the steak on the plate and said: "If he were like you, a rich man who could easily take out tens of millions of dollars, then why wouldn't he go to run for election? Although he might not necessarily rule the world, he could definitely rule the United States."

Bruce thought to himself, now I can't easily take out tens of millions of dollars, and even a few million dollars have to be used sparingly. Those construction sites that started working were like blood-sucking machines.

It just so happened that he wasn't willing to make do, and he wanted to use the best for everything. Plus, Cat Getan's area was already large, and the first phase of the project was better than others' third phase. With over 100 large construction sites working, money flowed out like water.

"However, we feel that he is indeed quite rich." Captain Cold touched his chin and said: "Last time Mirror Master ran an errand for him, he directly gave Mirror Master two big gold ingots. That's quite valuable."

"And, according to Mirror Master, he put a lot of collectibles in his room, from all over the world and all periods. I heard that a famous painting can sell for tens of millions of dollars."

Bruce frowned and said: "What you said before also makes sense. If he is so rich, why hasn't he ruled the world yet?"

Bruce felt very strange. This was actually completely unreasonable. A person lived for 50,000 years. Even if he started as a tribal chief from the time of Homo sapiens and then ruled each tribe one by one, it should have been unified by now, right?

To take a step back, even if he didn't have this idea before and just thought of it now, he could also completely organize his own campaign team, first become a legitimate president, and then gradually rely on his wealth and experience to achieve unification.

At the very least, as long as you live long enough, you can know enough people and have a large enough relationship network, and it is very easy to do many things. How could he go to Central City to find strangers to work for him now?

Captain Cold shook his head and said: "According to my observation, he doesn't seem to have been awake and living until now. Maybe he needs to hibernate for a while every once in a while. After waking up, he has to re-adapt to society. It is estimated that human society has developed too fast recently, and he hasn't reacted yet."

"Just woke up," "not adapted to modern society," "hasn't reacted yet." When these phrases were together, Bruce knew who to go to. ===== CHAPTER 845 =====