Batman didn't know what Bruce was planning, but he was sure that this overly trendy Batman was serious. He even had a ready strategy to persuade the Gotham Gang.
Gangs are not groups with firm positions; they gather together only for their own interests. In engaging in illegal criminal activities, their senses are more acute than hyenas. As Gotham's gang population is too large, not everyone is short-sighted. The shrewd ones have long realized that even in major cities, the gang system would eventually solidify and then come to an end.
The tragedy of the dynastic cycle has been played out countless times in history, and no group of vested interest wants their dynasty to end. If they can't exist here, they will exist elsewhere. The Gotham Gang has developed to this day, not lacking such wise men and ambitious people.
Although for Batman, Gotham's timeline is still early, the Gotham Gang had been around for many years. Those that had once swallowed up the city had discovered they were trapped in a stagnant pool and were in desperate need of a wider ocean.
With Batman's tacit approval, Bruce successfully persuaded Falcone. They didn't immediately head to Mexico to start from scratch. Instead, they first conducted visits and then settled down, gradually shifting the main body to another country.
No one could resist the temptation of controlling a country. With Bruce's gang bridging the gap for Gotham's Gang, they could land directly into the higher ranks. After all, the Mexican elites were already rotten to the core, collaborating with local gangs was one thing, but collaborating with American gangs might lead to bigger profits.
With this mindset, Gotham Gang's plan to air-drop into Mexico went surprisingly smoothly. Falcone and his gangster families effortlessly infiltrated the upper echelons.
Regardless, Mexico is a vast country. The economy of Mexico in this era is not even a small one. The afterglow of its economic boom still lingers, and the superior natural conditions of South America make it a Golden Kingdom as long as they have a breath left. The countless gold and silver treasures here are not reserved for the local gangs who only know how to grub in the soil.
In terms of the crime industry, the arrival of Gotham's Gang is like dimensional warfare to any regional criminal organization. The real crime industry that governs a city, even the FBI, has no solutions. In Mexico, a disorderly yet lucrative country, it can be considered a fish back in water.
Before long, this emerging force from the Dark City made its mark in Mexico. But as one can guess, this had greatly aroused dissatisfaction amongst the local gangs, and conflicts between the two sides soon erupted.
The Gotham Gang has always been different. The notorious gang conflict is usually violent, but Gotham's Gang took a different approach. The shrewd ones among them had long identified where their advantage laid.
Decades ago, Falcone had unified all the gangs in the city. They were a cohesive collective.
Local Mexican gangs were not only scattered and divided, but also embroiled in insurmountable conflicts amongst themselves. The power transition was not smooth, and a large gang could fall apart overnight due to the assassination of the boss by a subordinate.
This resulted in the greatest difference between the two sides: not in strength, but in economy. The unified Gotham Gang controlled the resources of a whole large American city.
Gotham was never impoverished. After years of ruling, the Gotham Gang had plenty of money. Their structure was extremely stable and there was almost no possibility of severe turbulence in a short period of time, making their capital operation and usage very stable.
Simply put, the gang from Gotham arrived looking less at the art of warfare, but more at economics. As Bruce notes, this must have been a dream revelation from some Dark Knight, which they suddenly understood on their own.
As the economic warfare unfolded, the local Mexican gangs were utterly defenseless. Gotham's Gang, with its ample liquid capital, bought up local businesses without discrimination. The goal was not to possess for themselves, but to deprive others.
Cultivation, processing, secondary processing, packaging, warehousing, logistics - these were the parts of Mexico's drug trafficking industry that needed to be completed within the country. However, as long as there is cultivation, it implies that it shares the same weakness as the agricultural goods industry.
Opium poppies are not evergreen plants. The economic value that a plant can provide has a limit, unlike idle games where coins can be endlessly generated. The best time for harvest is arranged by nature, not by human will.
Hence, like all agricultural products, if they are not promptly transported for processing after harvest, or not timely processed for the second time after being processed, or are not quickly packaged and warehoused for shipment after secondary processing, a large amount of goods will be lost.
Plant-based drugs may not entirely include plant parts, but they do share some properties with plants, and improper storage leads to spoilage. This is why synthetic drugs could outstrip them later.
The problem facing Mexican gangs was that Gotham's Gang was invading the processing, logistics and warehousing sectors on a large scale. The raw materials had already been harvested, but the warehouse was still under siege and the road had not yet been seized. The raw materials could only be left with the initial purchaser. Could they be expected to construct the world's most advanced cold storage facility to protect these?
What's worse is, a delay in one batch of goods would result in a lack of investment funds for the next batch. No capital for investment means a break in the financial chain.
If you don't understand the drug manufacturing and trafficking industry, you can completely view Mexico's drug industry as the agricultural product industry. This industry is quite fragile, almost every country must enact sound laws to ensure timeliness in the logistics and warehousing of agricultural products, or else a situation in which people cannot eat while produce on the other side is rotting in the fields may occur.
Obviously, Mexico could not possibly have any laws ensuring the production and sale of opium poppy agricultural products. Even if there were, no one would obey them. Gotham's Gang waved enormous amounts of cash, officials who originally provided protection umbrella to local drug lords also changed their tune collectively. Local gangs with overly single industry soon entered a vicious cycle.
This would lead to another issue, which was the desperation of local gangs.
The more they experienced a lack of funds to invest, the more they desired to make money. In their view, if my investment in crops hasn't brought me any returns, why should I continue to pay up?
Just like that, the crops that Mexican farmers had painstakingly planted for an entire quarter no longer guaranteed them any form of sustenance. Their previously comfortable lives were gone. What could they do?
Apart from the farmers, the workers engaged in processing and secondary processing in this industrial chain also faced a severe economic crisis.
At first, the gangs would still pay them salaries to maintain current production, but the more they tried to reclaim whatever they could, the more force they needed to exert. Buying weaponry also cost money.
Cut-off from financial sources, they had to defend their existing resources by spending money. They could only exploit money from existing sources heavily. However, exploiting too harshly was akin to cutting off their own financial sources.
The local gang was trapped in a bottomless pit, struggling to see who was more financially powerful. Clearly, none of them could compete with the Gotham Gang, which has operated in Gotham for many years. Therefore, the workers' wages could not be paid.
Actually, if all the gangs in Mexico united, they might not fear the Gotham Gang. The problem though was that they couldn't unite. Such a highly exclusive organization that miraculously formed a stable system would not happen a second time in any area other than Gotham.
Upon realizing that the local gangs were powerless and the vast land was indeed promising, the once doubtful family heads finally let down their guard. The Gotham Gang began to move its focus to South America.
This was not an impossible event to them. The origins of the Gotham Gang were from the Italian Mafia. At that time, the lack of room for development in southern Italy and the Prohibition Era in America had led Falcone to lead the Italian aristocratic families to America in search of a larger stage.
In their view, this industrial transfer was normal. After not too long, the main industry was moved in its entirety.
After the economic transfer of the gangs, indeed the economy of Gotham was affected. At this time, Batman had found that Gotham no longer had the four major families, and Wayne Industries did not exist. Instead, there were other groups, none of which originated from Gotham.
However, it gave Batman room to act. He began utilizing his unmatched business acumen to rebuild Gotham's economy and improve people's livelihoods, and the situation soon improved.
While the reform of Gotham was steadily progressing, Batman had no choice but to shift his attention to the south. He was truly curious about what Bruce was up to.
If this new generation Batman was really in cahoots with the gang, Batman did not believe it. So, what is his real intention?
Soon Batman discovered, this peculiar Bruce Wayne was far more unconventional than he had thought.
In the late fall of November 1986, an unprecedented great revolution broke out in Mexico.
The leaders of this revolution were not the self-styled left-wing Mexican Revolutionary Party nor the so-called advocates of democracy and freedom, but all the farmers and workers of Mexico.
In real history, Mexicans have never lacked revolutionary spirit. Even in Latin America, which is known as America's backyard, they have started a fierce anti-imperialist and anti-feudal revolution.
Although the historical outcome of this revolution did not truly alter the survival situation of the majority due to its time-limited nature, it does prove that the people on this disaster-prone ancient land have never lost their spine.
Desire for a stable life, not wanting war to come is not wrong, but when repeated oppression makes the majority of this nation unable to survive, then there is no choice but to revolt.
By this time, the Revolutionary Party and the Liberals, who were still squabbling over the next election and had long neglected the people's livelihood, finally realized the seriousness of the situation.
But it was too late.
Once the nationwide vigorous revolution started, it was like a colossal plough of the era running over all obstacles. With the most suitable revolutionary ideology as a weapon, this blood-storm only hovered over Central America for three months before the dust settled.
On January 13, 1987, in the Dreamworld, the National Palace of Mexico in Mexico City sent a broadcast to the whole world, announcing the founding of the Democratic Republic of Mexico.