Marvel World New Magneto

Manhattan is the most densely populated area in the country. Its name originates from the Algonquin languages, which means "island of many hills" or "land of intoxication". Bought it, but now it is one of the most expensive areas in the world. It is not easy to buy a property here. When he came to the destination, Eric felt that he should look at Stryker with admiration.

Handing a tip to the housekeeper, he immediately ducked out, and Warren led Eric into the lobby of the building, which was empty, save for an old table with a few newspapers haphazardly placed on it.

"Osborn Industries in Crisis," Eric read the headline, which was a few days ago.

"Big companies aren't safe right now. This is the trick of the Department of Defense," Warren said. "The head of the Defense Acquisition Committee has changed. They are more inclined to purchase the flight armor of Exploration Aerospace, so they made an excuse to throw away the pre-appointment, so that Osborn can't recover a large amount of investment, but they have now turned the corner."

"Osborn's management is doing well?" Eric asked.

"That's not it. It's just that something went wrong with its competitors, there were reports in the newspapers today that Discovery Aerospace's testing grounds were attacked and its humanoid armor was sent to God along with the pilots inside, including the new procurement committee. Some people, including Chairman General Sroka, also lost their lives."

Warren's expression was solemn, but there was a bit of schadenfreude in his tone. It seemed that the Stryker faction had a bad relationship with the unfortunate person in charge.

Next, Warren led Eric to the window, opened the window to reveal the distant scenery, and pointed them to Eric.

"It's in a great location, just north of Morningside Heights. If you go to the top, you can see Morningside Park to the east, Harlem to the north, Riverside to the west, and Broadway not far away. You can walk along the Hudson River, watch the sunrise and get some fresh air, and at night if you want, you can walk down the road to the Opera House in Times Square to watch musicals, where there are often stars." The real estate agent explained to Eric. "This building has seven floors and more than an acre of land—I mean pristine land, which is extremely hard to come by, enough for you to host a battalion of mutants."

"Then they have to live like canned sardines." Although he felt a little exaggerated, Eric nodded in agreement, there was no way he could refuse such a place.

The "Land Price King" of the original Manhattan land was sold a year ago on a small piece of land not far away.Prices are approaching $500 million, an average of over $[-] per square foot.In other words, even if the investor wants to buy the land for a phone booth, it will cost $[-] to $[-].

"Since it's so hard to get, how did your boss get it? Don't tell me there are several headless corpses buried in a corner of the basement, I don't want to be with the police who came in with a search warrant as soon as I moved in. Let's do it." Eric looked at Warren suspiciously. The stern-looking Stryker Dalmatian immediately shouted his grievance. Now that his precious daughter is in the academy, the most respected boss and his future are all relying on him. The gentleman offered a helping hand, and it was no wonder that he kept his posture so low.

"Look at what you said." Warren shook his head again and again. "The doctor will never ask for trouble, the truth is this..."

Then he told the truth.

The building fell into Stryker's hands entirely out of a big lawsuit.

A few years ago, the local government proposed a revitalization plan, including the construction of a waterfront hotel, a financial information center and a business club here, so as to better attract tourists and promote employment. This plan involved land acquisition and demolition, and was subject to demolition. Affected residents joined forces to file a lawsuit in court.

"But I remember that the government can requisition private land for development in accordance with the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution." Eric questioned.

According to the provisions of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, if the land is used for the purpose of public use, the government has the right to expropriate private property.

"But there's a key issue here," Warren said, spreading his hands.

The key problem is that the development project involves both commercial development and private development. The government does not own the development enterprise itself, but entrusts the private development company to complete it.Therefore, the plaintiff residents questioned whether the government's actions were in the public interest or for the rich?Their questions were not supported, and the Supreme Court finally ruled in favor of the government [-]-[-].

"So I'm walking in a waterfront hotel or an information center now?" Eric looked around, it was just an ordinary office-residential dual-use building.

"Of course not, because it's not over yet," Warren continued.

Some residents say the government's land acquisition is unfair and they don't want to move no matter how much the government pays.Their self-protection was very effective, and they got sympathy from the media, so things dragged on for a long time until the government raised enough money to coax them out.Then an accident happened. An economic crisis hit the entire western world. The original plan had to be shelved. In order to prevent the debt-laden local government from going bankrupt, the expropriated land was divided into small parcels for auction. Go out, one of the pieces---is here---after many times, it fell into the hands of a Japanese rich man.

"So, did Mr. Stryker persuade the Japanese rich man?"

"Very effective persuasion," Warren almost assured. "There will be no trouble."

Eric believes this.

With Stryker's ability and the resources in his hand, it is not difficult to settle a foreigner with no background.

Eric didn't bother to ask about the details, it had nothing to do with him, as long as things were not troublesome, things were done so well, so he didn't hesitate to praise them.

"Did I say you're good at things, Warren?" he asked.

"No." Warren answered honestly.

"Then I'll say it now." Eric looked at the hall for a while, then walked up the stairs to watch the floors, pushed open the doors of the rooms, opened the windows, and looked from the inside to the outside. Over and over, until the structure of the entire building was roughly figured out, he went back downstairs.

"Excellent, here I can receive mutants and ordinary visitors from all over the place, both conveniently and without disturbing the peace of the house. The only thing missing now is a few good clerks, I can't let the students do this, That's really overkill. Maybe I need some incompetent ordinary people here to help run errands and guard the goal." Eric pondered, and Warren heard and quickly helped to make plans.

"There's no better solution to this problem, sir," he said attentively.

"Any suggestions?" Eric asked.

"Look, across the river is the municipal high school. The 12th graders there are about to graduate. Every year, there are always many people who are not listed. As long as you wave your hand, you can recruit a few helpers from them. They can help You receive some unimportant guests, and you can also complete some simple tasks, which is what I saw in the nearby stores." Warren pointed to the door, and there were some students and parents in the small square opposite. Gossip there.

"Good idea, I think I have found a candidate." Eric saw a familiar old gentleman talking to the boy from a distance, and he said with a smile.

Warren didn't ask much, he wanted to get things over as soon as possible, as far away from Eric as possible.

"Because it is an independent property right here, there is no need for a 1.5% property fee, and at the same time you can enjoy five years of land tax-free services. It should be said to be quite superior. If you are willing, we will cover it together with the decoration cost. What do you think? ?"

"It's good to have a rich man as a friend." Eric praised, and finally got his opinion, and Warren's heart finally fell to the ground.

Stepping out the door, Eric glanced back at the building, where he was the owner from now on.

In the next few days, Congress initially formed a resolution to allow the temporary establishment of a department to deal with the relationship between mutants and ordinary people.

Of course Eric himself didn't care at all. In fact, he didn't want this mission to fall on him at all. It was what he liked to stand in the spotlight and hide himself deeply, so when the news came At that time, he was very enthusiastic and even enthusiastic to celebrate Hank, making Hank a little ashamed, feeling that he stole Eric's achievements.

Privately, people hold another view, that is, the members of Congress did not want to deal with Eric directly after seeing Eric's negotiating ability, so they chose Hank, a rough-looking but gentle mutant, as a representative.

This view has been confirmed in some newspapers, and that hearing will be deeply remembered by many people. Eric almost single-handedly used his strength to call the wind and call the rain in front of many senior politicians, and beat Trask and the Ministry of Justice. Broken down.

Of course, there is no shortage of credit for Stryker. If the outside world knew that the two rivals had colluded, there would definitely be a large number of spectators.

Regardless of these ups and downs, Eric has been running between the college and Manhattan for a while, watching the progress of the office.Inspired by Warren's big money, the renovation was completed in a snap, and Eric put in more hard work. He was gradually transforming the building into another look. When it's all done When the construction was completed, it happened to be the day when the resolution was officially announced. At that time, the office could also be officially established.

"Boss, are you going to call Miss Selena again?" When Eric was going out again, Allison imitated John's name for Eric, and came over and asked.

As more and more reporters paid attention to the matter after the mutants were exposed, reporters began to appear around the academy. In order to avoid the attention of them and the agents, so as not to affect Selena's safety, Eric insisted on contacting from a distance.

But today he was going to Manhattan to see the future office.

"We want to go too." Lorna lay on Alison's shoulders, her eyes twinkling at Eric, followed by her classmates.

Looking at the pair of longing eyes, Eric compromised.

"Okay, let's go," he said.