Chapter 17 Resolving Conflicts
Opening a hotel in the chaotic Hell's Kitchen must be a terrible choice.
Whether tourists or employees on a business trip, they generally prefer to cross a few streets and leave the Clinton District to find safer and cheaper hotels in other areas of New York City.
Although the Mulgore Hotel has two beautiful waiters as its signature, its business is still stagnant - no one would choose to spend the night here, and those who want to drink have better options such as bars and nightclubs.
Although there is no business, Kausi is still dedicated to expanding his product categories. He has completely digested the skills that an innkeeper should know. The “Wine Festival Keg” unearthed from the glove box became a new source of drinks.
[Brew Festival Keg: Click on the keg to get Brew Festival wine. 】
The so-called "Wine Festival Brew" is a light beer of good quality. It is a product that can be continuously regenerated and can be used as a low-end dumping product to meet the needs of the poor class.
The high-end Morning Dew wine, coupled with the low-end Wine Festival wine, completes the configuration of the high + low product line.
It is a pity that even one night more than a month later, when Daredevil Matt Murdock broke into the Mulgore Hotel with blood stains on his face, there was still not a single guest in the lobby. Only the employees were sitting around the fire eating with their mouths watering.
He was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly took a few steps back as if he had seen a ghost.
"Ai... Erica? Why are you here?"
"Hmm, Matt?" Erica waved the tender wolf steak in her hand, "Would you like some? The food here in Kaus is really great!"
Daredevil dug his ears with his blood-stained hands and rubbed his face, trying to confirm whether the familiar scent sitting there was that of an ex-girlfriend.
"Okay, Erica now works for the Mulgore Hotel!" Kausu interrupted Erica. He patted the empty chair next to him, "It's not business hours now. Matt, why are you covered in blood?" What's going on? Let's eat something together, it will be good for your injury!"
Matt breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the stove and sat down.
"I found Mr. Custer, and we teamed up to sabotage one of Kingpin's big deals. Drugs worth at least four hundred million dollars—damn it, was Kingpin planning to turn all of New York into a drug den?"
"Four hundred million dollars of heroin is only three tons...or even less!" Erica despised Daredevil's ignorant appearance and couldn't help but sarcastically said, "The United States has only five percent of the world's population, but More than 60 percent of all drugs are consumed, with more than five tons consumed a month in New York City alone.”
Matt opened his mouth, but no words came out. Jia Li, who was next to her, raised her head and asked enthusiastically: "What is that? Can it be eaten?"
"No!" Kausi patted Carrie's little head and said with a smile, "You will die from poison!"
"I'm not afraid!" Carrie stuck out her tongue.
After getting along with each other for this period of time, Kaus has become very familiar with these two beauties, one older and one younger.
The well-behaved and diligent Carrie is said to be an orphan, without a mother, and her father is a completely unreliable tramp. She has not seen her father for many years. Although she is only 16 years old, Carrie's figure has developed very maturely. It is difficult to imagine how she has survived in this chaotic world until now.
In contrast, Erica kills both young and old. Her temperament can seamlessly switch between charming and cold. Her past experience as a killer allows her to handle Hell's Kitchen with ease.
He originally wanted to share the joy with his new friend, but was knocked out of his mood by a blow to the head. Daredevil Matt Murdock could only sigh and reached out to take the steak handed over by Kausi.
Erica looked Murdock up and down, and suddenly chuckled: "Didn't you say that Daredevil never kills people? What's going on with these blood stains?"
"I didn't kill anyone, it was Mr. Custer who did it."
"Does it make a difference? You break people's bones and then let someone else pull the trigger - Matt Murdock, when are you going to get over your damn hypocrisy?"
"I have my own beliefs! Erica, don't impose your code of conduct on others!"
Seeing that the two seemed to be quarreling again, Kausi shook his head and interrupted the two of them: "Matt, Erica, do your own thing, you don't need to let others act according to your will! "
Murdock and Erica turned their heads at the same time and looked at Kaous.
Kausi ignored the two of them and said to himself: "Everyone in this society is a unique individual. The rich have their own way of doing things, and the poor have their own way of survival. The rich teach the poor the secret of getting rich," You only need to spend 100 million to invest in a promising project, and you are likely to get more than 30% profit every year.’ And for the poor, he doesn’t even know where the money for tomorrow’s bread is.”
"Erica is struggling for survival, and Matt hopes to create a sound legal society. You two have different goals, so why do you need the same means?"
"Things determine the direction, and the pattern determines the ending. This is my advice to you, my friends!"
Both of them fell into deep thought.
The wind blowing through the crack in the door made the stove sway constantly, and the only sound in the hall was the sound of Carrie humming and eating.
After an unknown amount of time, Murdoch suddenly nodded and said, "Kaus, maybe you are right!"
"I always thought that Erica was in the dark, and I wanted to pull her out and stand in our camp. But I didn't take her past experiences into account, which caused her to act in an indefinable swing."
Erica stared at Murdoch, suddenly showed a bitter smile, and said slowly: "I was attracted by your kindness and integrity. But your indecision and ridiculous persistence made me very disappointed. . Now it seems that we are not actually the same kind of people..."
"I learned a saying when I was in the Hand Club, maybe it's a proverb passed down from an ancient Eastern country: If you are different, don't conspire against each other!"
"From now on, Matt, I will never interfere with your actions again!"
Murdoch also raised his head, "looked" at Erica, and smiled: "I believe that Mulgore Hotel is a good place for you to stay! Kavus can let you learn a lot of things, and -"
He suddenly increased his tone and said word by word, "The true meaning of life!"
"I think so!" Erica suddenly smiled. She tilted her head slightly and glanced at Kausi, "It's just... before that, I have to get rid of some unnecessary troubles!"
Kausi didn't notice anything. He resolved the conflict between the two with a bunch of seemingly unreasonable principles, and then he was busy snatching the few remaining grilled wolf steaks on the stove with Carrie - which he got from the basement. I ate the ingredients I unearthed today, but I don’t know when I can find them next time.
In the end, he finally gave up and watched helplessly as Carrie grabbed the last piece of barbecue. He stood up helplessly, "Guys, I have to go look in the basement to see if there is anything else edible..."
"I'll go too!" Jia Li jumped up with the trophy in her mouth.
"You?" Kausu hesitated, looked at Carrie seriously, nodded, "Okay, you have to swear that you won't touch the things inside!"
When the two figures, one large and one small, disappeared from the compartment, Murdoch suddenly stood up and said, "I have to go!"
"Bye, Matt!"
Daredevil could feel the relief in his ex-girlfriend's voice, and he smiled and waved to Erica.
"Bye, Erica!"