Chapter 1650 No Time to Die (Thirteen)

Since meeting Bruce, for a long time, Schiller thought that Bruce wanted to be Batman because he saw bats flying over the dark attic on the night his parents died. The fear that remained in his heart at that time made him think that bats were the embodiment of fear, and when he became a bat, he could bring fear to the criminals in Gotham.

But after Bruce graduated, Schiller found that there were not so many twists and turns in it, and it was not because bats had any special connotations - Bruce just liked bats.

It was after that that Schiller learned that Bruce had always wanted to keep bats in Wayne Manor, but Alfred disagreed. In addition to the fact that these things may carry germs, it was also because their excrement was too difficult to clean. This was one of the few things Alfred would refuse Bruce.

After having the other world, Bruce finally fulfilled his dream of keeping bats. After all, the buildings here are made of magic and have self-cleaning functions, and no one here is afraid of bat germs.

And because magicians often have to make potions and draw magic circles, bats can be regarded as traditional farmed animals in the magic world. They have quite mature artificial breeding varieties, as well as very stable breeding methods and practitioners. So Bruce funded the reconstruction of the Forgotten Bar, and the Dark Master helped him find a group of dark elves from the magic world Maia to help him raise bats.

Perhaps it was also because of some special disturbances that all the naturally existing urban animals in Gotham were very good at magic, and they were a little too thorough.

After creating a two-story-high magic spider spirit, a demonized stray cat with eight tails, a stray dog ​​that would transform into the king of werewolves on a full moon night, and a demonized sparrow demon with a wingspan of 22 meters, Schiller and other magicians agreed that Batman's move to raise bats was quite forward-looking and practical.

Of course, ordinary people know that bats cannot deliver letters. On the one hand, they cannot be trained to gain a sense of space and distance like pigeons. On the other hand, their body shape is not suitable for carrying heavy objects, and they do not have the endurance of pigeons. However, these shortcomings are not a problem in front of magic.

Although bats bred in the magic world were used to extract alchemy and alchemical materials before, they can deliver letters as long as their wingspan and bone structure are slightly adjusted. However, in order to make the admission letter less monotonous and old-fashioned, Bruce, the largest sponsor in the whole world, put a lot of private goods in it.

First of all, the letter paper is printed with bat patterns, the envelope is a variation of the classic bat logo, and the wax pattern used to seal the envelope is a combination of bats and the Wayne family crest. A keychain-sized bat doll is made of rabbit hair, soft and furry.

Bruce had previously made samples of about four versions of bat dolls. In order to observe the effect of the wax seal, he also customized some badges with the same pattern as the seal. In addition, there were bat stickers, bat flashlights, bat spray guns, bat biscuits, bat candies, and even bat oil barrels, bat gas tanks and other chemical products.

In short, Bruce tried all the production lines of the Wayne Group and made a lot of bat peripherals. Thomas was very confused but helpless. After all, playing with bat peripherals is better than being a bat peripheral yourself, right?

But soon, Thomas discovered that the positive impact of this incident was more than that. Suddenly one day, Mayor Luo Yin found him and hoped that the Wayne Group could establish a special cultural and entertainment industry department to connect with the municipal government and commercialize all bat peripherals, especially for the upcoming music festival.

As we all know, the first time the city of Gotham appeared in the public eye with a positive image was because the photo of Batman taken by Clark became a little popular. It is not surprising that people naturally associate Gotham with bats.

Because Gordon had previously borrowed Batman's first-generation bat light as the traffic light of the central turntable, and the police obviously did not have the technical ability to change the pattern of the bat light, so far, the traffic light of the central turntable will still project a red or green bat pattern into the sky when it is turned on.

Most tourists who come to Gotham will pass by the central turntable no matter which scenic spot they are going to. For the magical bat pattern, the first person who sees it is puzzled, the second person is curious, and the third person is just checking in and taking pictures. By the tenth and hundredth time, this magical bat pattern has been made into dozens of bizarre story versions and has become one of the classic attractions that Gotham tourists must visit.

Although the Internet media is not very developed in this era, various web pages have been developed relatively well. Coupled with the word of mouth of tourists who come here, bats have gradually become the representative animal of Gotham and even the image symbol of the city.

Ordinary people in Gotham have no opinion on this. There are indeed many bats in Gotham that fly past the window at night. Few people usually pay attention to these animals, but since those outsiders like it, it is not impossible to become a tourist attraction.

Under the guidance of locals, many tourists have found an excellent place to watch swarms of bats. At night, a large number of wild bats will fly from the outskirts of the West Side all the way to the North Side, passing by Gotham Cathedral on the way. The dark night, the ancient church, and the swarms of flying bats create a fascinating Gothic atmosphere, and the photos are great no matter from which angle you take them.

Mayor Luo Yin is more accepting of this situation than ordinary people, and even feels very happy about it. Many city tourism logos often take ten or even decades to build. Many of the logos that seem classic now were criticized for being ugly when they were first built, such as the most classic big characters "Hollywood" standing on the hillside.

Surprisingly, people are very receptive to the fact that bats, an animal with a bad image, are used as the symbol of Gotham. Luo Yin hurriedly struck while the iron was hot. He first made several fake bat lights and placed them in the center of the turntable. At night, a gorgeous light show was launched to attract a group of tourists to the roof of the building next to it.

Then he worked with the animal science major of Gotham University to come up with a bat bait that can make wild bats outside the city perform flight performances according to the routes he planned, and then set up different viewing points in the city to divert tourists.

Then he added the image of bats to the final promotion of the music festival to deepen people's understanding of bats representing Gotham.

After this, there is only one last step left, which is how to drive all industries to transform the virtual fame of the bat image into a real bat economy, and the simplest and easiest step is to sell bat peripherals.

Whether it is the small stalls on the street near the central turntable or the rooftops of buildings around various viewing points and scenic spots, Gotham citizens have already set up stalls, but Gotham has never done tourism business before, and many people don’t know what to sell to make more money.

Either the things sold are weird and no one buys them. For example, there are gangsters who set up stalls to sell guns on the spot. Tourists don’t want to buy them, but the key is that Gotham’s prices are expensive, and the price of guns is not cheap. Gotham sells not small pistols, but large firearms. People come to travel, not to be kidnapped, so how can they have such a high budget to buy a submachine gun back?

Most of those who don’t sell such dangerous goods sell food and drinks, but there are only a few ways to make local snacks. At a glance, there are no more than three ways to make small stalls on a street. Most of them are the ones who open the front and make more money. There is no need for tourists to eat the same snacks in the back a second time.

Now the street stall economy in Gotham is in a state of being busy, chaotic and unprofitable. If it continues like this, it will easily dampen the enthusiasm of local people and gangs for the tourism industry. The city government must find a shot of adrenaline to make everyone realize that tourism can make money, and it can make more money than before.

Luo Yin thought of the bat peripherals because of Gordon, and Gordon was blessed by Jack the Clown. As mentioned before, Bruce made several versions in order to create a bat doll with the right image and size.

After the final version was determined, the previous version was useless, so he gave one to each of his friends. Jack the Clown got the largest bat doll with a wingspan of two meters, which was magnificent.

When Gordon went to Jack's house once, he saw this big doll at a glance. He thought it was very interesting, so he took a photo with his mobile phone and sent it to Luo Yin. Luo Yin was overjoyed and asked Gordon on the spot whose general this was. In the end, he found out that this thing was produced by Wayne Group.

When Luo Yin found Thomas, he held his hand with tears in his eyes, praising his foresight and business acumen. Thomas spent a long time to figure out that the messy things Bruce had piled up in the warehouse could be sold, and what was even more surprising was that someone actually bought them.

The fact is that not only did someone buy them, but they also sold them very well. After all, the expected price of peripherals is different from that of food and beverages. Ten yuan for a snack may be expensive for some people, but ten yuan for a beautiful city souvenir to take home, everyone will think it is worth it.

After obtaining Bruce's authorization, the factory of the Twelve Families immediately produced bat refrigerator magnets, bat T-shirts, bat car stickers, bat ornaments, and even bat doll bouquets, and then distributed them to various scenic spots for sale in different categories.

Then, all the gangsters were surprised to find that this thing made more money than selling powder. Almost all plastic or metal peripherals had very low costs, and the more they were produced, the lower the cost. Even if they couldn't be sold, they would not take up space or go bad in the warehouse, and they could be sold the same next year.

Printing products require a little more effort, but the price is also high. An ordinary white shirt sells for a few dollars, which is very expensive even in Gotham. However, as long as a slightly more complex special pattern is printed on it and it becomes a city tourist souvenir, it can be sold at a high price of more than ten dollars.

In the early 1990s, the US economy was on the rise, employment was quite full, and there were many holidays. Everyone had extra money in their hands and was willing to spend money when traveling. All the tourist cities that became popular in this era made a lot of money, and Gotham was no exception.

So before the music festival started, tourists who arrived here in advance and wanted to travel around Gotham had already brought a lot of income to all walks of life in Gotham.

This made people from all walks of life in Gotham, especially the twelve gangster families, fully realize that in what era are they still working hard to engage in traditional robbery? Isn’t it faster to rob tourists by selling tourism peripherals than to rob banks?