The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

The original living hell is now in front of the window of the three-dimensional residential apartment at No. 23 Xiangzhang Street. Selena is sitting on the bay window of the window, playing with a bunch of trinkets like beads in her hands, and turning her head to look at the courtyard in the center of the building.

Maggie opposite her was not in a wheelchair, but leaning against the bed. There were two boxes on the bedside table and three bags at her feet, all of which were filled with shiny gadgets.

Maggie held a thin nylon rope in her hand. She carefully threaded the small parts that had been selected and placed in the box onto the rope, and knitted patterns at intervals. As her fingers flew, a delicate piece with Gotham The style bracelet is completed.

The reason why this bracelet has a Gotham style is because the decorations used on it are not ordinary delicate gems or round beads, but brown-red nuts, chain clasps, and bullets with the names of popular rappers printed on them. The shell has a metal tag in the middle with a bat pattern printed on it.

The string Selina was knitting was similar to the one in hand. It had more metal parts, as well as resin-simulated hearts and brains and other accessories with a slightly Gothic dark style.

Bruce is very busy during this time, and Selena is not idle either. Since the last time she became popular in Hollywood, many directors have taken a fancy to her face and figure and want her to play some vase roles in movies.

Selena always wanted to be fresh in acting, and would rather not take on a script she didn't like. After a period of idleness, she returned to Gotham. At this time, her good friend Maggie found a new job, setting up a stall.

Maggie couldn't do heavy work because of her poor health. She had been helping out at the church, helping the old priest count donations and write purchase orders. Although this job was leisurely, it brought in almost no income. Maggie had always wanted to save money to buy sperm from a sperm bank. She wanted to have a child of her own, so she was looking for a better-paying job.

At that time, Gotham's tourism industry was just emerging, and Maggie found that the style around the gangs was a bit too rough. Basically, whatever was produced in the factory, they put it up for sale, without even wearing badges or pins. Not to mention some small accessories with high practical value.

Maggie keenly seized the business opportunity. She found a black mother she had met before who was in charge of food in a gang, and bought a small pack of mini badges through her. She also went to the second-hand market to buy ropes and second-hand accessories, and made them at home. I got a few bracelets and took them to sell near the beach.

Because she didn't set up a stall or take up any space, she just hung these items on a piece of cloth on her wheelchair and walked into the crowd to sell them, so the gang didn't bother to care about her.

Either out of sympathy, or because Gotham really lacked such trinkets, Maggie's business was quite good. The dozen or so bracelets she made were sold out in less than two hours, in exchange for a huge sum of nearly thirty dollars. payment.

For a woman with poor health, this is indeed an extremely large amount of income, because there is almost no cost. Buying factory-produced accessories with Gotham elements from the gangsters cost Maggie more than half of her savings. But it was only seven or eight dollars. The remaining ropes and accessories combined were less than three dollars but made twice the profit. This is quite amazing.

It's not that there aren't more lucrative jobs in Gotham, but Maggie is in poor health and almost relies on a wheelchair when going out. She can only earn thirty cents a day as a helper at the church. She could only save a few dollars by living frugally, but it only took her one day to make and sell, but she had an amazing amount of savings compared to the people at the bottom of Gotham.

Before Selina came back, Maggie had been doing this job, but after Selina came back, she saw greater business opportunities in it. Although Catwoman had no interest in doing business, she could make it in Gotham. It turns out that she has a very bright mind.

She approached the gangsters who managed nearby streets and showed them the results of Maggie's handicrafts. At first, the gangsters were dismissive of it, so Selina set up a stall in front of the gangsters.

It was impossible for the gang to let it be arrogant, but in the ten minutes it took them to gather their people and prepare to go out, the trinkets on Selena's stall were swept away by a group of spray-painting enthusiasts passing by.

They hung chains all over their bodies, put pendants with locks directly on their ears, and asked Selena to come over the next day to set up a stall because they thought it was really cool and wanted to give it to their friends. Send it over.

The gang thought it was very profitable, so they cooperated with Selina to organize those people in the gang who had little fighting ability and were inconvenient to go out and socialize. They used the design drawings provided by Selina to convert the metal produced from the factory. The parts are made into trinkets and set up as takeout stalls.

Because of their special living environment, the aesthetics of Gothamites are somewhat different from the mainstream aesthetics. The designs Selina gave them were just hanging some metal badges on ropes or making some exaggerated ornaments. Into earrings and pendants.

But the whims of Gotham people have allowed them to take a big step forward in their unique style. People who have been working in the gang for a long time choose accessories to match according to their own understanding, so there are a lot of pure prison styles. of bracelets, earrings and charms.

Selena was helpless about this, but unexpectedly, outsiders were very interested in this style of accessories, especially those with industrial style made of bullet casings, bolts, metal bearings, etc. It will be sold out almost as soon as it is put out.

There was no way, Selina could only adjust the design drawings, and the gangsters saw that this style was profitable, so they asked the factory to produce more parts of a similar style. Before long, almost all the accessories on the Gotham stalls were It became this style.

This has very well solved the employment problem for most of the old, weak, sick and disabled people in Gotham. As long as they can still move their hands, they can sit down and weave. It also allows many children who have been admitted to the school to have extracurricular activities. They are often a The children in the class divide the work and cooperate. Some are responsible for purchasing, some are responsible for manufacturing, some are responsible for occupying positions, and some are responsible for selling.

Suddenly, there was another type of vendor in Gotham, that is, children covered with necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and earrings, walking around the streets selling small accessories they made to tourists.Maggie also wanted to get involved, but she found that she really had no business acumen. She was not as aggressive as Selena. She was out of breath even if she spoke more than two sentences. It was just good luck that she was alive today. , unable to do the work of negotiating with gangs or seizing stalls.

So Selena reached a deal with the gangster she initially cooperated with, and they obtained the right to use a stall three days a week. Maggie took five or six children upstairs and downstairs to make products, and when the time came, she would go to the stall to sell them. .

Although the products are somewhat saturated, and their production speed is not as fast as those of gangsters with sufficient labor force, they can still earn dozens of dollars a week, and Maggie will almost have enough money.

The stalls will be set up again tomorrow, but three of the children in the small team led by Maggie have suffered from heatstroke and are unable to work at all. Now they can't even get enough products for one table. Too sparse stall layout will be a huge problem. Reduce the desire of passers-by to buy, so Selina came over to help Maggie catch up on the work.

While Maggie was knitting the bracelet in her hand, she looked up at Selina and asked, "Have you read the latest newspaper?"

Selena nodded and said, "Of course, the recent headlines are so lively."

Maggie smiled bitterly and sighed and said, "You are too optimistic. Do you know that those reporters are looking for you everywhere, trying to get evidence of Bruce Wayne's mental abuse from your mouth."

Selina curled her lips and said, "I'm only sure of one thing. If Bruce really wants to sleep with that woman named Talia, he doesn't need to take drugs at all. He doesn't even need to be rich. That face is the best." arms."

"And I'm even more convinced that if he really drugged Talia, there's no way Talia could have tested positive for drug residue in any hospital in Gotham, or any hospital in the world."

Maggie covered her face with her hands and said, "I simply don't know how you two get along on a daily basis. I'm very sure that you two go to a mental hospital together and don't even need an extra caregiver."

"That's all." Selina waved her hand and said.

"But I'm still a little worried, Selina. Of course, I'm not saying that he really mind-controls you or anything like that. You will scratch his face all over." Maggie shrugged and said, "But you asked me several times I complain about the restrictions of the upper class. If you two really get married, there will be more troubles. Can you adapt to it?"

"Forget it, I get a headache just thinking about it." Selina dropped the things in her hands, covered her head, walked to Maggie and sat down, then lay back, looked at the ceiling and said, "Honestly, before we We’ve talked about getting married and I’m exhausted just thinking about it.”

"You know what? He's probably going to invite the whole world over to watch the ceremony, and then show them that I'm going to put on a wedding dress that may have been prepared by Jesus for his mother to get married, as well as the wedding dress that was taken from the heads of 26 British queens. A necklace made of gems cut off from the crown, a carpet that has been woven since humans jumped from the trees while strolling through it, and a necklace made of 72 kinds of the most poisonous poisonous mushrooms in mankind, but it is completely non-toxic and can change into countless colors. The way her lipsticked lips kissed him."

Maggie laughed softly and said, "Don't you think he values ​​you?"

"Oh, 'pay attention', that's the word." Selena stretched out two fingers on each hand and said, "Just to tell everyone, even if I marry a girl from a slum, I Or dress her up like Queen Mary, like a 'you'll never see a bit of earthiness in her' contest."

"Selena, don't say that." Maggie reached out and touched Selena's head and said, "This is not an auspicious metaphor."

"But just by the look in the Italian designer's eyes, I knew he was going to strangle my neck with a collar that weighed about ten kilograms."

"I don't know why this is happening." Selena sighed and said, "I always feel like he has misunderstood something. Maybe I should find a time to talk to him."

"It's always good to talk." Maggie encouraged: "Maybe you can tell him that this makes you uncomfortable."

"Then he would look very sad, as if it was my fault that I didn't play those little games with him about 'how many things can be hung on a doll?' and that I failed him, so he He plans to die right now, do you know how lethal this expression combined with his face and eyes can be?"

"Wait a minute." Maggie suddenly looked at Selena warily and said, "I take back what I said before. Are you sure you are not being mentally manipulated by him?"

"Hell, of course I do - just like you'd be mentally manipulated by every pathetic soaking wet puppy you see in a cardboard box on a street corner on a rainy night."