The next morning, before Anton even woke up, Norman Osborn's compensation had already arrived.
Osborn Industries delivered brand new filming equipment to DC Company.
And the footage from the Cyborg crew, which was backed up daily, hadn't been affected by the Lizard incident. It seemed the incident's impact on the Cyborg crew was close to zero.
The biggest impact was probably that Anton had to give the crew a day off.
Because Osborn Industries was currently locked down, almost all work had stopped, including other, undamaged laboratories, which were now off-limits to outsiders.
Norman had found Anton a new cutting-edge technology research facility, but the venue wasn't available until tomorrow.
It was also worth mentioning that Norman had already paid the rental fee for the cutting-edge technology research facility, and his words still expressed his gratitude to Anton.
To this, Anton readily agreed.
When he woke up and went to work, sitting around bored at the DC Company, Eddie actually came looking for him.
"Anton, there's been a new development regarding the Lizard!"
Eddie's expression was grave. He said in a low voice, "I received news that Connors was kidnapped by a group of masked bandits."
"What?"
Anton was taken aback. "Who's got the guts to snatch someone from the police?"
"I don't know, but it happened last night. The police were transferring Connors to prison when he was taken," Eddie said. "The details are unclear, but I only know that no one from the NYPD was injured. Those bandits were rather sensible."
"No injuries? It seems their target was only Connors, and they didn't want to fall out with the NYPD!" Anton stroked his chin.
Eddie continued, "The NYPD has locked down the news. Only a few people in the know are aware of the situation. Of course, I think most of our media colleagues will get the news too. Should we..." He hesitated at the end of the sentence, looking at Anton.
Anton understood his meaning and shook his head. "Since the NYPD has locked down the news, let's give them some face. If this matter is exposed, we might end up on the NYPD's blacklist… I think other colleagues shouldn't be that stupid!"
"I understand," Eddie nodded; he actually had the same idea as Anton.
The purpose of the group that kidnapped Connors was unknown.
However, such behavior offended the NYPD's dignity.
As far as he knew, the NYPD Commissioner, George Stacy, was furious and had joined forces with multiple departments, preparing to turn New York upside down to find these people.
The authorities even offered a reward of 2 million US dollars, which shows just how angry the NYPD was.
To be honest, the reward wasn't the point. The key was the NYPD's attitude, which made many people back down, not wanting to embarrass the NYPD at this time.
Eddie turned back to work.
"Oh, by the way, the papers are selling well today."
He remembered something just as he reached the door, turning back with a smile. "Anton, congratulations. You've conquered everyone again."
He was referring to last night, when Batman, under the public's gaze, dealt with the Lizard in a near-brutal fashion and brought him back to Osborn Company.
Batman's reappearance made many New Yorkers, who weren't as familiar with him, fully aware of this new superhero.
They realized that Batman's presence was completely different from the other street heroes, or illegal vigilantes, who had long existed in New York City.
If these vigilantes were just community-level figures, then Batman was a city-level, or even a national-level superhero.
Just look at the enemies Batman has taken down since his debut.
Continental Hotel!
Life Foundation! Kingpin! Mutants from Osborn Company, the Lizard! This is completely different from the small-scale squabbles in Hell's Kitchen; it's on a whole other level.
The green leaves complement the red flower.
The green leaves highlight the rarity of Batman, the red flower.
Besides, Americans love to promote individualism.
In contrast, people are turning to Batman, seeing him as the ultimate idol.
Not to mention the whole country, but at least in New York right now, no one is more popular than Batman, not even Hollywood stars.
Hearing Eddie's words, Anton understood what he meant and smiled.
Honestly, the growth rate of Batman's fan value has reached the same level as when the movie was released.
This wave of fan value harvesting is truly unparalleled.
His Batman fan value balance reached a whopping 26 million. This was after replenishing the 9.98 million spent on exchanging for Batman and the 4.2 million spent on repairing the armor. The total accumulated should be over 40 million.
This means that his fan base completely covers New York City, a city with a population of just over ten million, reaching one-eighth of the total US population.
Of course, this doesn't mean that his fans are only distributed in the US.
Countries like Canada next door, and Western countries in the EU further away, are not unfamiliar with Batman, who frequently tops the internet's trending searches and even becomes a hot topic online.
You see, the movie Batman Begins has a global box office of about one billion US dollars, completely establishing Batman's popularity in all aspects.
In a way, Batman's sudden emergence has replaced everyone's original focus on Iron Man.
Now, even if Iron Man is born, it won't cause the same sensation as in the original story.
Because there's already a precedent.
Of course, if Tony Stark, as always, announces to the world—I am Iron Man—the hype wouldn't be any less.
After all, he's Tony Stark, a playboy and billionaire who was born under the spotlight, with a reputation comparable to a Hollywood superstar.
Anton's thoughts flickered.
Looking back on the five months since he'd transmigrated, he felt he'd done quite well.
At the very least, he'd made his father's name known in this Marvel-dominated parallel world.
Movies, novels, and comics, et cetera, all the projects were being carried out systematically.
Eddie had come to, leaving the DC Company and returning upstairs to the Daily Bugle to handle his daily work.
Anton yawned.
He thought again about Connors, who had been taken from the police by unidentified thugs.
"Connors..."
He stroked his chin: "Who would take Connors from the police? Or rather, who would need a failed scientist?"
Suddenly, he found this question somewhat interesting.
But he didn't dwell on it.
As long as Connors didn't reappear as the Lizard, even if he were sitting in front of Anton right now, Anton wouldn't bother with him.
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