American comics: Playing Spider-Man at the beginning, wandering around and losing contact

Chapter 101 High Reward
"Wayne Group?" Kaelus was slightly startled, and then asked tentatively, "The boss of this group is not called Bruce Wayne, right?"

Nick looked at Kailus in surprise and nodded, "Yes, since the death of the former chairman Wayne, his shares in the group were inherited by his son Bruce Wayne. However, due to the young master's young age, most of the group's affairs are now handled by his butler."

Robert, who was sitting with his legs crossed and eating watermelon, interrupted:

"Is this Wayne Group very rich?"

Remi on the side laughed and said, "It seems that you have been in the greenhouse for too long. You don't even know about the Wayne Group."

Afterwards, this old veteran from Las Vegas explained to everyone present what he knew about the Wayne Group.

It is said that this group originally started in New York State, but at that time, New York was not called New York.

The entire group was founded by the Wayne family, which is well-connected in both the black and white worlds. The Wayne family can be compared with the legendary Rothschild family. However, due to the family's low-key family style, the rise of the Wayne Group seems a bit abrupt in the eyes of the world.

But in fact, in today's American Federation, from the military industry to the people's livelihood, the shadow of the Wayne Group can be seen. It can be said that it is one of the major forces behind the secret influence and control of the Federation.

More than a decade ago, when the Wayne Group was at its peak, its chairman was assassinated. As a result, the entire group left New York State and went into hiding in the Midwest of America. In recent years, it has entered Las Vegas, with a tendency to take over the gambling city.

"...I have a few brothers who went there and won some money. But because they refused to pay the tribute, they had one of their legs broken." Remi shrugged helplessly.

Nick also nodded in agreement. A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Besides, outside the coastal states in the east, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s appeal is not enough to call itself a strong dragon.

This is also the reason why their investigation stopped in Las Vegas.

"After destroying Hydra's secret base, the military tracked down the leader of the organization all the way to Las Vegas, and then the clues were cut off."

Then Nick took out a news bulletin from his arms, with black words clearly written on it.

A reward of $100,000 is offered for anyone who can provide clues about the Hydra leader.

A reward of five million US dollars is offered for anyone who can capture the leader of Hydra.

And at the end of the signature is the seal of the federal government.

On the one hand, this bounty also shows that the Federation really wants to eradicate Hydra this time.

On the other hand... this organization is so deeply rooted that even the federal government can't do anything about them in the short term and has to rely on civilian forces.

"Five, five million dollars?"

The sky-high reward stunned many people present.

Nick nodded and added: "This is just the most basic. In fact, if someone can really catch it, the actual benefits will be far more than this." However, despite being shocked, some people still calmed down and thought about the pros and cons of this matter.

"Nick, you said that the young master of Wayne Group... is very rich. Is he as rich as Tony?" Captain America Steve suddenly asked a tricky question.

This immediately aroused the curiosity of those present.

Almost everyone in the Federation knows about Stark Industries, a company that is rich enough to rival a country. Arms, the most profitable industry in the world, is almost monopolized by Stark Industries.

"Um..." Nick touched his chin and thought seriously for a while, "Steve, I don't know how to answer this question, but I suggest you ask Tony in person. After all... Tony doesn't like people saying bad things about him behind his back."

What Nick implied was that the Wayne Group's financial power was even more exaggerated than Tony Stark's!
"Then what does this have to do with Doctor Octopus Otto?" Kalus brought the topic back on track.

Wayne Group, if it is so mysterious, how could Otto be related to them? Before he turned evil and became Doctor Octopus, Otto was just a normal scientist in the field of nanotechnology.

Hearing this, Nick turned his head to look at Natasha and nodded to the SHIELD agent, who then took a computer from his side and placed it on the coffee table. After turning it on, several photos appeared on the screen. The photos showed some broken electronic devices that were pieced together again.

And there is an obvious symbol on these electronic devices, a capital "W" in the shape of a bat. This is the standard of the Wayne Group!
"Not everyone can make money like Tony by relying on his genius IQ. Scientists like Otto are studying profound and abstruse fields, but because they are too obscure and difficult to understand, they have not produced any results after years of research, so the Federation has stopped funding him. However, Otto is almost obsessed with science and technology, so he can't just stop his research like that."

"And it just so happens that there is a group of people who are not short of money, but only lack the technology they like, so these wealthy people will invest in them."

Obviously, Doctor Octopus received financial support from the Wayne Group, which enabled him to develop the nanomechanical tentacles he had dreamed of ahead of time.

But what is their purpose in doing this? Will the Wayne Group not realize that the emergence of this technology may bring unexpected disasters?
Or is it that bringing disaster is the purpose behind it?
"After learning what Otto said, we began to realize some things that we had not noticed before. So, we conducted a preliminary investigation into the flow of funds of the Wayne Group over the years." Natasha then showed everyone a report chart.

"However, the Wayne Group's information security system is very good. Even with the most advanced cracking technology, we can only know the general direction of its capital flow. Over the years, the Wayne Group has indeed invested in some scientists and organizations to secretly develop science and technology..."

At this moment, some incomplete and blurry patterns flashed quickly through Kailus' mind.

However, when he was about to ask, there was a knock on the door.

The knock on the door interrupted Natasha's words and also interrupted Kailus's thoughts.

A white woman dressed as a secretary came in and said to everyone present in an apologetic tone:
"Excuse me, my dear guests, I may disturb you for a moment."

This secretary was one of the people in charge of the president's schedule. Seeing this, Nick turned around and asked:
"What happened, Miss Secretary?"

The secretary handed him the telegram he had just received and said:

"I'm sorry, dear guests. Mr. President suddenly said that something happened and some of the activities originally scheduled for today may have to be temporarily postponed. So..."

(End of this chapter)