The Great Demon Lord of the American Comics World

Chapter 62, Little MASA, dares to snatch food from the tiger's mouth?
Looking at Li Xingzhou's smile and meeting his deep, dark eyes, Emma Grossman paused slightly, her charming smile fading and replaced by a serious expression.

"Of course we must abide by federal law and respect the human rights of prisoners. But prisons not only bear the living costs of prisoners' food, accommodation, medical care, etc., but also the heavy responsibility of guarding, disciplining, and reforming them. Therefore, the operating costs of prisons are extremely high, and prisoners should rightfully pay the prison authorities for this. Of course, we certainly cannot let prisoners pay for their time in prison, so we have no choice but to deduct it from their wages."

Li Xingzhou nodded with pleasure, then asked in a low voice:
"So what percentage of prisoners' wages do you think we should deduct?"

"Ninety-nine percent, at least ninety-nine percent."

Without realizing it, Emma blurted out what was on her mind:

“Our correctional company helps prisoners correct their personalities and gives them a chance to start anew. We don’t charge prisoners money, which is already charity. How could we possibly give them money? Now we can even leave them one percent of their wages. I think even God would sincerely praise our generosity and kindness.”

"very good!"

Li Xingzhou gently tapped the table, turned his head to look at Bancells, and saw that Bancells was also nodding repeatedly in amazement, his eyes full of satisfaction. He then smiled, stood up, and extended his hand to Emma:
"Congratulations, Ms. Emma Grossman, you've been hired. You can start working tomorrow."

Emma grasped Li Xingzhou's hand, a charming and confident smile blooming on her exquisite and beautiful face:
"Thank you. I will prove with my abilities that you made the right choice."

Li Xingzhou smiled slightly:
"Alright. Let's wait and see."

After Emma went out.

Bansel sincerely remarked:
“This Miss Emma Grossman is a born slave owner. I’ve gathered some information on juvenile detention groups, and even in the most extreme cases of prisons run by these groups, which are known as modern-day slave owners, the minimum wage is only $8 an hour, leaving prisoners with just 12 cents. But that’s still at least 1.5 percent of their wages, and Emma’s suggestion is to cut at least 99 percent… What a terrible girl.”

Born slave owners?

No, she is an extremely cold-blooded, born demon.

But these are exactly the kinds of people our company, Massa, needs.

Li Xingzhou thought to himself leisurely, while chuckling lightly as he said:

“Emma was right: We are already doing charity by helping prisoners correct their personalities and giving them a chance to start anew. How could we possibly give money to prisoners? Even if we leave prisoners one percent of their wages, God will praise our kindness and generosity.”

The rest of the day.

Li Xingzhou and Bansel efficiently interviewed over a hundred more people. Although they didn't find another exceptional talent like Emma Grossman, they managed to find nine barely usable clerical staff, which was enough to set up the framework for the company headquarters.

In the evening, Li Xingzhou brought another bottle of wine and visited the Grand Justice with Bansel. They had dinner at the Grand Justice's house, which strengthened their relationship with the Grand Justice's family. Li Xingzhou then introduced Bansel to the Grand Justice.

Bancells will handle the subsequent bidding for private prison contracts. With the Supreme Court Justice's power and connections, plus Kingpin's financial backing, securing at least one prison should be no problem.

Li Xingzhou didn't have a date tonight. After leaving the Supreme Court's house, he went straight back to the nightclub and gave Chloe Chloe an autographed photo of Tony Stark.

"Master, when did you meet Iron Man?"

Looking at the photo of Li Xingzhou and Tony Stark, Hit-Girl was both excited and surprised.

“Although we only met last night, you know I’m very good at socializing. Tony Stark saw me like he was seeing a long-lost brother, and we hit it off immediately.”

Li Xingzhou said with a smile:
"Look at the back of the photo; there's a message from Tony Stark to you."

Hit-Girl turned the photo over and looked at the inscription on the back, handwritten by Tony Stark at Li Xingzhou's request. Big Daddy also leaned closer to his daughter, admiring it, and said:

"Knowledge is humanity's most powerful force and weapon... I never expected that Tony Stark, that playboy, would actually be such a positive person! Okay, Iron Man has convinced me. I'll make sure Mandy studies hard."

Hit-Girl curled her lip:
"That being said, not everyone can be like Tony Stark, turning knowledge into an Iron Man suit..."

Li Xingzhou raised his hand and ruffled Supergirl's hair:
"Aren't you a genius girl? I believe that as long as you are willing to study hard, you will become just like Tony in the future, arming yourself with knowledge and becoming even stronger."

Hit-Girl seemed a bit listless:
"Okay, I'll try my best not to let Master down. By the way, Master, didn't you say you could get me an autographed picture of Spider-Woman?"

"I'll give it to you in a few days. Also, I've already found a house for you and your father in Forest Hills, not far from my house. You can move there tomorrow."

"Actually, I think staying in a bar is not bad. There is an underground shooting range and a training room. The bartenders and security guards are also nice. They speak nicely and are all quite good at fighting. I can have a great time every day."

However, you're just using them as punching bags on your own.

Li Xingzhou thought to himself, but said aloud:
“A young girl like you should live in a more normal environment. This place isn’t really suitable for you. Damon, pack up tonight, and we’ll move Mandy over first thing tomorrow morning.”

The old man nodded in agreement: "Yes, Boss."

The next morning, Li Xingzhou took his father and daughter to Forest Hill and moved into the large house he had rented for them, which was only half a street away from Li Xingzhou's house.

The next period of time.

Li Xingzhou spends his days at home training his disciples and refining Blood God Seeds.

Iliana would occasionally visit him to drink his treasured wines and learn his spells.

Of course, she wasn't just taking advantage of him for free. Every time she visited, she brought Li Xingzhou a small gift and even taught him a few tricks of dark magic. Most importantly, Li Xingzhou always got to eat her big white dumpling...

Although Iliana always fled in defeat in the end, not daring to let Li Xingzhou continue, at this rate, she probably wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer.

Sometimes, Li Xingzhou would take some time to go to the safe house in the abandoned tunnel, practice his skills with blood-burning techniques, and then nourish himself with the blood-red werewolf that had just recovered some of its strength.

Unfortunately, even with Jason and the werewolf as experience packs, the effectiveness of the Heavenly Demon Four Eclipses on these two experience packs gradually decreased as the number of training sessions increased and Li Xingzhou got closer to the "Martial Arts Innate" realm. It was time to find new experience packs.

Just as Li Xingzhou was figuring out where to gain experience, someone else started to have their eyes on him—or more precisely, on MASA Company.

"What the hell is that damn MASA company? We've already spent so much money and lobbied so many people. The prison contract is almost finalized. How come MASA company suddenly appears and dares to snatch our business away?"

“What’s even more absurd is that they’re almost succeeding. They have the support of His Excellency the Chief Justice and are actually trying to take over Rex Island Prison! That’s the main target of our plan, the other prison is just a bonus… No, we have to stop them!”

"How can we stop it? You know, MASA has the support of a New York State Supreme Court judge!"

"What good is the Supreme Court's support if MASA doesn't exist? Call Ajax, have him send his mutant killers to find the key figures in MASA, and then... send them to meet their maker."

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