Chapter 780: Deadly Joke (VII)

When Bruce woke up the next morning, he knew that he had to find a job today. He didn't have much of the $20 left. If he continued like this, he would really go hungry.

But is it so easy to find a job? This place is far from the dock, so it is definitely not possible to be a porter. But to be a gangster, you need a letter of introduction. The gang must make sure that you are trustworthy before recruiting you. They will not recruit someone with unknown origins.

If you are the son of a gang member, your parents may introduce you to this gang to work, or they may introduce you to a gang in another few blocks that has no interest relationship with the gang they are in now.

And the distant gangs also accept such members. Some gangs even go to the farther gangs to ask if they have good next generations when they are short of people.

But where does Bruce Wayne have a gang background? Without an acquaintance to introduce him, he can't even get into the gang.

There is no way to become a formal member of the gang, but you can become an external member. Many people are like this. Not every waiter and security guard in every bar is a formal member of the gang. Many of them just work for the gang.

Bruce wanted to be a security guard. After all, he has an advantage in body shape and very strong fighting skills, but unfortunately, the security guards in the East District do not need any fighting skills. They need more eyesight.

You must be able to observe within three seconds to determine whether the other party is a normal guest, a thief, a spies who come to smash the place, or other gang spies. But Bruce has only been here for two days. The only thing he can distinguish is the other party's gender.

Being a security guard is not okay, so being a waiter is okay, right? Bruce did find a similar job, working as a waiter in a nightclub. Of course, he is not the kind of serving dishes, but just cleaning and sweeping the floor.

However, Bruce has a very handsome face, which always leads to some unacceptable situations. He worked there for three days and met seven gang bosses who wanted to support him, six of whom were men.

Even if he covered his face, it would not work. The guests would think he was a bomber with a bomb, which would affect the business of the nightclub. In the end, the owner of the nightclub wanted to introduce him to the strip club opposite, so Bruce had to quit the job.

It is not impossible to make a living by relying on your face. It is best to be a greeter in front of the mansion.

Generally speaking, no one dares to mess around in the mansion covered by the big gangs, but the problem is that the leaders of the big gangs all know Bruce Wayne. As soon as he wanted to go in, he was taken to the top office by two greeters. They treated him with good tea and good wine. Bruce drank a belly of expensive wine and went back.

If you can't do this kind of low-level job, you can always be a skilled worker, right? Now the gangs are most in need of skilled workers. Bruce doesn't plan to do any difficult work, because this will deviate from his original intention. After all, the knowledge he knows also depends on his excellent education conditions, and ordinary people in the East District definitely don't have such conditions.

Bruce was targeting a truck driver. After all, driving is not a difficult technical job. Most children in the East District, when they reach a certain age, will be taught to drive by their elders or gang leaders. Even if they don't transport goods, they can occasionally replace the driver to run errands.

Since the gang was really short of people, Bruce said he could drive, so they immediately assigned him a truck and asked him to be responsible for the freight from the city center to the dock.

This is not difficult at all. A year ago, there was an elevated bridge from the city center to the dock. After getting on the bridge from the entrance, it takes less than three minutes to get to the distribution point at the dock.

Bruce thought, what kind of moths can go wrong in such a job? The freight in the city is less than 20 kilometers in total. He doesn't have to worry about loading and unloading goods. The gang also provides a lunch. Is this finally stable?

But the facts proved that he thought too simply. Driving a truck is really difficult, and things other than driving are even more difficult.

First of all, this truck is not hired by a gang. Generally, it is a gang in a region. They will use trucks in this region. The styles of gangs are different and must be carefully identified.

Some gangs like to overload and point guns at your head to make you pull more goods, regardless of whether you can pass the inspection. Some gangs like to carry contraband. If they are found out at the distribution point, the truck driver will also get into trouble.

Moreover, if you are not familiar with the people at the distribution point, you can't find a good position in the queue for unloading, and no one helps to direct the reverse, the efficiency will be very slow.

Others arrive at the distribution point, just jump in line, and then they can run the second trip. Bruce is holding the steering wheel outside and waiting for two hours.

Moreover, seeing that he is young and unfamiliar, many porters like to play tricks and knock on the car window to ask for money. If you don't pay, you can wait for the goods to be bumped here and there, and you will be in trouble with the gang.

In addition, the traffic situation in Gotham has improved, but it has not completely improved. In most cases, once there is a traffic conflict, it is common to see a shotgun sticking out of the car window. Bruce had to buy a gun and a riot shield as soon as he earned some money.

If you want to park your car at a distribution point overnight, it is useless to just lock the gas tank. You either have to leave someone to guard it, or ask someone you know to watch it. If you want to have someone you know, you have to pay for dinner to build relationships. This is the same in any country.

Bruce worked like this for a week, and his savings increased from a dozen dollars to a few dollars. If the gang hadn't taken care of a meal at noon, he might have really come here to lose weight passively.

This is the case for working at the bottom level. If you don’t join the industry, you will get paid no matter how much you work and how long you work. If you want to join the industry, in addition to spending time and energy, you must lower your profile and seek advice from people who are integrated into the industry. Do some behaviors that you may have found very annoying before, and become the person you used to hate.

The four words "forced to make a living" are really too heavy. No one knows what kind of burden is on the shoulders of the person who said these four words.

These days, Bruce discovered that what was more terrifying than the fierce criminal conflicts was the peaceful, long, and endless poverty.

The people of Gotham are not poor, at least they are rich compared to other cities. However, such a hard-working life day after day consumes all their energy and energy, leaving them no time to think and dying slowly.

When Batman stood on the top of the building and looked at all this, he didn't understand why these people didn't have the strength or courage to break away from this kind of life.

But when he was deeply involved, he found that in the cold and windy night of Gotham, the flame lit by the anger of revenge could not even light a cigarette.

In less than two weeks, Bruce had the idea of ​​retreat for the first time. He felt that he had collected enough material, but a thought in his heart told him that this was not enough. He hasn't hit rock bottom yet.

So, he could only set sail again, and he did not plan to change jobs again, because he knew that ordinary people here did not have so much cost of making mistakes, and they did not have such strong bodies. If they went hungry for a week, they would not be so strong. With his fighting skills, he can still run away when gangsters are looking for trouble.

Among all the sufferings Bruce experienced, at some point, ordinary people could only write one word with blood in a deserted corner - accept fate.

One day, Bruce was driving on the viaduct again. When he was stuck in traffic, he turned around and saw a familiar face.

The driver next to him was pale and wearing red lipstick. He was biting bread with his mouth wide open. Bruce rolled up the window in a hurry, but the driver opposite had already turned his head.

Seeing Bruce sitting in the driver's seat of the truck, Jack the Clown was also stunned. The bread in his mouth suddenly no longer tasted good. He took the piece of bread that had not been bitten off from his mouth and took it out. Got some residue.

He lowered his head to pick up the scum and threw it into his mouth, rolled down the car window, and desperately reached out to hook Bruce's car window.

Bruce turned the steering wheel to hide, but there was a traffic jam and there was no room to hide. Jack got out of the car window, holding on to the edge of the truck window with one hand and knocking on Bruce's glass with the other.

Finding he couldn't break the glass, Jack got back into his truck, rummaged around the seats, and pulled out a large bomb.

Bruce immediately rolled down the window and said, "Put that thing down! I'm warning you, this shipment of mine is very important. It's an urgent order and it has to be delivered within two hours. If you blow up the bridge, If it collapses, I will throw you out of here!”

Jack, who was holding the bomb in his hand, was stunned again. He took out his ears and said, "What did you say?"

"I said! If you dare to blow up the bridge! I will..."

"No, I said the previous sentence!" Jack shouted at him.

Bruce paused and said: "This batch of goods is very important, it is an urgent order!"

Jack turned the corners of his mouth downwards, and glared at Bruce with a sullen look and said, "Why are you here? Why are you driving a truck? Why don't you stand on the roof of Wayne Tower to blow the wind?"

Bruce didn't want to answer him. Just as he was about to roll up the window, Jack got out of his own window again, put his hand on the window, and stuck his head into Bruce's truck.

Bruce rummaged around the seat, then took out a mineral water bottle and hit Jack on the head hard, but he completely backed down and grabbed Bruce's arm and asked him: "Damn it, why are you here? Answer me, answer me Batman, are you crazy?"

Bruce took a deep breath and glanced toward the other window. There was a traffic jam in front of us. The road in front of us was still blocked. The cars were moving forward at a frequency of once every five minutes. If nothing else happened, we would definitely not be able to get off the bridge within half an hour.

So he looked at Jack and said, "I'm driving a truck because I want to make money, because I'm a human being and I have to eat!"

Jack was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst into a series of laughter. He looked at Bruce with his mouth open and asked: "What did you say? Say it again, this is really the funniest joke I have heard this year!"

"I said, I am a human being and I have to eat. How can I eat if I don't have money?"

Jack laughed hard again and kept patting the car window until he burst into tears. Then he looked at Bruce with tearful eyes and said:

"How can we eat without money? Hahahahahaha...hahahahahaha!

yes! How can you eat without money? "