Chapter 1525: Bat Nest Farce (Part 1)
In the study room of Gordon Manor, Barbara Gordon was immersed in writing. After a while, she finally raised her head and pushed up the glasses on her face. At this time, Gordon, who was standing behind her, brought her a cup of hot water. Tea, smiled and said: "How is the settlement going?"
Barbara sighed helplessly and said: "The peripheral costs have been calculated and can be handed over to the foundry to place the order. The cost of the venue is still being calculated... I said, you are really planning to point at me alone. Do you want to hold this concert?"
"Of course not." Gordon sat down at the table and said, "The entire gang members in Gotham are at your disposal. As long as the concert can be successfully held, they will do whatever you ask them to do."
"The problem is that they don't know anything!" Barbara said with some collapse: "Yesterday I went to a meeting with them and proposed to enrich the variety of peripherals. They actually said that the small metal badges were too girly, and suggested that we just sell the ones with the album logo printed on them. Grenades! Why don’t they think about how much this costs?”
Barbara slapped the pen in her hand on the table and said: "The most important thing in the peripheral industry is to control costs, but they don't have these words in their heads at all. The gang's financial management system is simply a piece of shit. …”
Gordon hurriedly comforted him: "Don't be angry. Don't you know that they are all grassroots teams? The cold chain industry made them a lot of money some time ago. Now everyone has money to burn. You can prepare the report and I will I’ll send it to Yin Wensi tomorrow, he will definitely pass it.”
Barbara covered her forehead and said: "It's not just a financial matter. The entire concert management plan is in chaos. If this continues, I don't know if it can be successfully held..."
Just as the father and daughter were discussing issues related to the upcoming Gotham Music Festival in the study, a special guest came to Gordon Manor. Gordon seemed a little surprised when he opened the door because he appeared in Outside the door is Bruce Wayne.
He put away the umbrella in his hand, walked into the porch of Gordon Manor unceremoniously, looked around, and said: "I'm sorry for not coming to your housewarming party, Chief Gordon, I hope it's not too late now. "
"It's so late, what are you doing here?" Gordon took the umbrella from Bruce, put it in the umbrella bucket next to him, and stepped aside to let him walk into the manor.
At this time, Barbara happened to come downstairs. When she saw Bruce, she instinctively called "Batman", then cleared her throat with some embarrassment and said, "I mean, Bruce, it's so late, why are you looking for me?" What's going on with James?"
"It's nothing. I heard that the planning of the music festival was not going well?" Bruce walked to the fireplace and sat down.
Barbara nodded and was about to complain, but Gordon said: "It's not worth it for you to come to me in the middle of the night. Let's talk about it. Who did you quarrel with this time? It can't still be yours. Professor?"
Bruce shook his head, then sighed deeply, recalling the farce that had occurred in Wayne Manor in the past few days.
Thomas and Alfred were shocked when Bruce brought Martha back to Wayne Manor.
Because Bruce who invaded the Flashpoint universe was not wearing Batman's costume and had his face covered, and Thomas was drunk, he did not realize that he was taken away by Bruce, so when he learned that he actually appeared suddenly that day When the accident in the hospital's operating room was caused by Bruce trying to save Martha, he was very excited - so excited that he punched Bruce directly.
There is no doubt that Thomas, like all Batman, does not like anesthesia, which is the main reason why he and Bruce went full martial arts.
Alfred was simply happy. He never thought that he would be reunited with the Waynes again in his lifetime. Wayne Manor, which had been deserted for several years, finally became lively again.
Since the Wayne family is a very typical family structure with a strict father and loving mother, during Bruce's childhood, Thomas was busy with business most of the time, while Martha took care of the whole family, so Bruce relied more on his mother, while Martha After returning, he did enjoy the care and love from his mother for a few days again.
But the good times don't last long. The scene where a family reunited after a long separation can immediately return to the original harmonious atmosphere probably only appears in TV series, not to mention that the long separation of the Wayne family spans an entire life stage - —Bruce grows from a child to a young man, while Thomas and Martha grow old.
When they meet again, they will inevitably feel a strange feeling that has lasted for ten years, and it is difficult for a family that has missed each other in the most important stage of life to immediately put aside the thorns tamed by suffering and embrace each other without any scruples. After the initial warm atmosphere of the reunion faded away, many problems began to emerge.
First of all, Martha couldn't accept that Thomas actually smoked and drank, and almost destroyed his health. As the mother of a most traditional wealthy family, she devoted her life to maintaining the health of every member of the family.
At the same time, when Martha was still a young lady of the Kane family, she attended a girls' school with a strong religious nature and had a relatively conservative ideology. She believed that parents and elders must set an example to teach their children well and keep them away from bad habits that may be harmful to their bodies, including But it is not limited to smoking, drinking, taking drugs, visiting nightclubs, etc.
This is what she demands of herself and what she demands of her husband. Before the tragedy of her son happened, the Waynes had always maintained an extremely healthy living habit. The Wayne family was a model family praised by everyone in the upper class. .
Without the influence of the crazy virus, when Martha saw her husband again, she found that he had changed from a tall, handsome and successful businessman to a decadent alcoholic. How could the former Mrs. Wayne accept this?
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Of course, Martha knew that this happened for a reason, and she could only blame the unfair fate, but since the past was over, the family and children were back, she had to change those bad habits now and set a good example for the children, right?
But Thomas couldn't say anything. Now the operating pressure of the entire Wayne Group was on him. Cigarettes and alcohol were the only things he could do to relieve stress and fatigue. If he didn't hate the side effects of hallucinogens, he might have turned to sedatives.
It's not impossible to quit smoking and drinking, but it's not possible now. The body and emotions have already reached the edge of collapse. If he endures the withdrawal reaction, he can't work at all. But if he doesn't work, what will happen to the huge Wayne Group?
If it were in the past, Thomas would definitely consider his wife's feelings and take a few days off, but Thomas knew that the burden on his shoulders was too heavy now, and he had no time to rest.
On the one hand, the Gotham Reconstruction Project was constantly drawing blood from the Wayne Group. Thomas couldn't even keep it, but had to look for good investment opportunities everywhere like a newcomer to the business world, and further expand the business, so that more fresh blood could flow into Gotham.
He and Martha have been doing charity work for so many years, and the combined results may not be as much as the progress of the Gotham Reconstruction Project in one month. Seeing the hope of saving Gotham is just around the corner, how could Thomas be willing to give up?
On the other hand, it should also be considered that there are so many children in the manor now. Except for one or two of them who have business talents and can inherit the Wayne Group, the others have to seek development on their own. If there is no sufficient capital, how can they pave the way for them in all walks of life?
Therefore, Thomas knew that overdrawing his body would cause his wife's dissatisfaction, but he still had to continue working. What he thought in his mind was similar to that of all the worried parents in the world. It was nothing more than suffering himself a little more and getting through it.
So, Martha persuaded every day, and Thomas explained every day. The whole thing made no progress. Both parties were inevitably emotional. In order to prevent the relationship from being further worn out, Thomas could only stay in the company as much as possible and not go home.
After being deadlocked with her husband, Martha set her sights on her son again. The first thing she worried about was of course Bruce's marriage.
When she learned that Bruce had a girlfriend, Martha was still very happy. After learning that the two of them had a stable relationship and had not broken up after a long-distance relationship, Martha was even happier.
The only thing that made Martha feel a little hesitant was that Selina's two professions were thieves and actresses, and these two identities were not popular in the upper class.
But fortunately, this is Gotham, and it is not unacceptable. After all, Gotham's dark curse is fair to everyone, and the probability of bad people appearing in the upper class and the lower class is not much different.
From Elliot and Roman, we can see that the upper class of Gotham is not that good. Being dissolute and crazy spendthrift is considered good. There will be one like Elliot every few years, who kills his father and mother and is filial. Martha didn't have too high expectations.
But what makes Martha very confused is that Bruce and Selina have been in love for five years, from the time they just entered college to graduation. Every child in Wayne Manor knows Selina, and Selina's friends also know Bruce. Why didn't they get married?
In Martha's era, there was no such thing as a long-term relationship. From the beginning of love to the stability of the relationship between men and women, they should naturally enter the marriage hall. Since the relationship is stable, why don't they get married?
In Martha's more simple emotional concept, Bruce must have taken the initiative in this relationship. After all, the difference in status between the two is very large. It can be said to be a replica of Cinderella's love story. So whether they can get married must be decided by Bruce. So why doesn't Bruce get married?
Martha had tried to probe Bruce several times at the dinner table, but Bruce didn't seem to understand. This made Martha's heart hang in the air. She was worried that her child had not learned how to be responsible for a relationship and a family.
But since Thomas showed Martha Bruce's pile of diagnosis reports and medication lists, Martha felt that she couldn't push him too hard.
This responsible mother gradually resumed contact with the sisters and elders of the Kane family, and picked up the intersection with classmates and close friends in the girls' school. From time to time, she asked Bruce to visit his aunt and uncle's house, or invite them to visit her home to talk about family topics.
But Bruce was also very busy. He had to conduct various researches at Arkham Psychiatric Hospital and help build the space station base. When Pamela, who studied botany with him, and Diana, who often traveled to the space station base, appeared in front of Martha, Martha became even more anxious.
An anxious atmosphere began to spread among the three people. The three relationships of father and son, mother and son, and husband and wife kept rubbing and colliding. This family, which had just escaped from suffering and reunited after a long separation, began the pain of the running-in period again.
Originally, this was not a big deal. After the initial awkward period, someone would always realize that communication is the only answer to these problems.
But the bad thing is that in this already complicated family relationship, two sets of Robin, large and small, were inserted.