American Comics: The Matrix

Chapter 23 Spider-Man is the earliest welfare machine (please read)
Early the next morning.

Bant looked down at his old cell phone and walked out of the room.

Harry texted him.

The text message said that the funds had arrived and other procedures had been resolved.

"Harry is pretty efficient."

Fortunately, there is Harry, a rich second-generation, otherwise, even if Bant has money, it is not easy to start a company. The biggest problem is that he is not old enough. But now, with the help of Harry's money and identity, these are not a problem.

He and Harry agreed to meet at the Williamsburg Bank after school today to open a Business account.

In addition, you will have to go to the tax office and the state government.

In fact, Bant had been impatient for a long time. He originally wanted to ask for leave from school and go there in the morning, but Harry seemed to have something else to do.

As he walked downstairs, he heard another door opening behind him.

Peter seemed to be in a hurry as he hopped down the stairs and put on his coat.

"Will you come with me to Osborne today, Ben?" asked Peter.

"What are you going to Osborne for?"

Peter heard the question and looked towards the kitchen. He saw Aunt May was still making breakfast, so he whispered:

"The lizard man from last night might show up again. Dr. Connors is an expert in studying reptiles. I think he might be able to analyze the habits or other weaknesses of the lizard man."

At this moment, Peter had no suspicion that Connors had turned into a lizard man.

"No, I have other things to do," Bant said.

This time, Peter's eyes became suspicious.

"Something else?"

"Why have you suddenly become so busy recently?" he asked curiously, "You used to go home right after school, and I never saw you doing anything else. Are you hiding something from me?"

"Don't meddle in your brother's business." Bant sat down on the dining table.

"Good morning, kids." Uncle Ben was reading a newspaper at the moment. When he saw them coming, he immediately greeted them. "This world is really not peaceful. Even lizard monsters have appeared."

"What, Uncle Ben, how do you know about Lizard People?" Peter was startled and asked quickly.

"Newspaper." Uncle Ben spread out the newspaper for them to see.

"Masked Spider-Man and Lizard Man, two monsters wreaking havoc on the Williamsburg Bridge!"

"What monster?" Peter shouted in disbelief.

"I am... Spider-Man is saving people! How can he report Spider-Man like this?"

Bant glanced at the newspaper.

"The Daily Bugle, that's fine."

He didn't find the Daily Bugle's attitude towards Spider-Man strange at all.

J. Jonah Jameson, known as the 1.5 generation Spider-Man, has always hated Spider-Man and is Spider-Man's biggest anti-fan.

Jameson's devilish smile flashed through Bant's mind.

"He's talking about the spider monster. Why are you so angry?" Uncle Ben looked up and asked curiously.

"I, just, this..." Peter was speechless and tried to argue, "I just think he is doing good things. Just like you told me, he has the ability, so he goes to help others."

"That's all very well, but how well do you know him?" said Uncle Ben.

"This……"

It's not a good feeling to try your best to help others, but in the end you still feel doubted.

Especially since Peter couldn't reveal his identity, he had no way to defend himself.

Seeing him so aggrieved, Bant couldn't bear it and said quickly:

"At least he has good reviews on YouTube."

This is the truth. The news about the masked man fighting the lizard monster on the Williamsburg Bridge has been all over the place for a long time.

The blurry video on YouTube received a lot of likes.

Although it was Peter's first day, he still attracted a lot of admirers by saving the cars on the bridge that were about to fall into the East River.

Currently, the only known superhero in the world is Iron Man. Now with the emergence of Spider-Man, this gap has obviously been quickly filled.

"I believe that time will prove all this for Spider-Man, what do you think, Peter?"

"you're right!"

In fact, Peter was easily satisfied. After listening to Bant's words, he immediately sat down happily and prepared to enjoy breakfast with them.

After breakfast, Bant and Peter prepared to go to school.

"Aren't you going to work, Uncle Ben?" Bant asked.

Uncle Ben usually goes to work at this time, but today he is still at home reading the newspaper.

Uncle Ben's expression looked a little unnatural.

"No, I have half a day off this morning. Do you want me to take you to school?"

"No thanks." Bant and Peter shook their heads.

When the two of them walked out of the house, Uncle Ben sighed sadly, looked at his wife, and said exhaustedly: "I really don't know how to tell them that I'm unemployed."

"I have been a technician for 35 years, but they want to reduce costs and increase profits..."

He sat at the dining table reading the newspaper early in the morning, actually wanting to see if he could find some work to do in the newspaper.

"Don't worry, Ben," May reassured him, "We've been through tougher times than this. It's nothing."

"But the kids have to go to college," Ben said.

It would be fine if Peter and Bant's academic performance was not good enough to get into college, but one of them is a genius and the other studies very hard.

"They need to go to college, and I can't let them lose that opportunity because of money."

Mei walked over to him and hugged him.

"You'll find a job."

Outside.

Bant and Peter stood in silence.

"I don't know. I mean, he never told us." Peter was a little incoherent.

"Uncle Ben just didn't want us to worry or miss out on an opportunity that could change our lives," Bant said.

They walked together towards the bus stop.

Along the way, Peter said solemnly: "Xiaoban, we have to find a way to help him share his worries. We have grown up."

"You're right, Peter." Bante nodded, and he thought of something interesting.

"I do have an idea for making money that's perfect for you."

"what?"

“Remember the Bugle?”

Peter nodded blankly: "They wrote reports to discredit me, I mean Spider-Man. But I believe that they will slowly change their views."

Jameson will never stop discrediting Spider-Man unless he disappears.

Bant thought.

"They're actually paying for pictures of Spider-Man, and the YouTube videos are so blurry."

"Yeah!" Peter's eyes lit up, "You're right! I just happen to have a camera, and I know where to find Spider-Man!"

Who can say that Peter Parker taking pictures of Spider-Man and selling them is not a welfare-oriented behavior?
(End of this chapter)