After taking the check for a thousand dollars from Tony, Li Jie left the Stark Industries building accompanied by Pei Bo.
The conversation between Tony and Pei Bo just now reached Li Jie's ears. If he remembers correctly, Tony Stark was kidnapped by armed terrorists called Freedom Fighters when he showed the latest Jericho missiles to the US military in Afghanistan.
Tony, who always thought that the weapons he made were used to protect the country, didn't know until that time.
It turned out that his weapons were not only used to protect the people, but also became accomplices of the executioners who caused a lot of casualties in war-torn countries.
From that moment on, Tony really began his transformation and began to shoulder the responsibility given to him like a hero.
Sitting in the car, Li Jie smiled at the rearview mirror. "Without the ups and downs of life, Tony Stark will always be nothing more than a hedonistic genius."
It took two nights for Li Jie and Peter to distribute the drug money they got from the drug dealers.
Many orphanages and welfare organizations in New York had received some donations from them. Although they were generous, they were still doing a good deed.
However, Li Jie was still depressed about something. The fight in the underground garage had been covered up by the Stanich family.
Neither the media nor the Internet mentioned it, which caused Li Jie's reputation to become very low, because only a small number of people in the Stanich family knew about it.
Other ordinary people in society didn't know what Li Jie had done.
What made Li Jie even more depressed was the act of donating money. The media in this era were all the same. They wanted explosive, impactful news.
For example, a murder, a celebrity scandal, or a politician's scandal. And the really positive news was basically mentioned in passing.
Because modern people put entertainment first and fast food to death. They didn't like those things anymore. Many people had dark speculations in their minds.
Was there an unspeakable shady deal behind every good deed? Did every person who did good have a team behind them to hype them up?
Under such circumstances, there were fewer and fewer reports of good people and good deeds, and fewer and fewer people paid attention to them. Instead, it was the dark side of the news that rose.
All kinds of conspiracy theories filled this impetuous era, and the social news became more and more hostile. The donation to the New York Welfare Foundation this time was not much of a splash.
The news only mentioned this incident in the corner, and it did not receive much attention at all. This time, Li Jie had risked his life to obtain only a few hundred Reputation Points.
Li Jie couldn't help but sigh. Did the world really need heroes? In this busy world, everyone was only concerned about themselves.
Hero wasn't a normal profession. It wasn't a job that required one to clock in on time, receive a salary at the end of the month, and work overtime with bonuses. Of course, he wouldn't be compensated by medical insurance for his injuries.
Everything that Li Jie did was for himself to become stronger, but he also hoped to bring some positive energy to others, and he also hoped that his actions would be recognized by others.
On a tall building in Queens, Li Jie sat on the edge of the roof, looking at the endless stream of cars in New York City at night.
The headlights of these cars moved along with the cars, like a colorful river, rushing and roaring in this colorful city.
"Nightcrawler, what are you thinking about?" Peter had changed into a better outfit, a red and blue tights, and a prototype Spider-man.
The two of them had been more low-key for the past two days, because they were avoiding the Stanich family's search. So, other than the occasional killing of a few petty thieves for practice, Peter did not do anything.
Other than giving money to those welfare organizations, Li Jie did not do anything at all.
"Peter, have you ever thought about what you've sacrificed as a real hero?" Li Jie organized his thoughts and said after organizing his words.
"We gave up our comfortable lives in our own homes to stop crimes at night." Li Jie sounded a little lost. "We donated most of the money we got to people in need in this society."
"But we have to take the risk of getting injured or even risking our lives every time." Peter looked at Li Jie worriedly. But Li Jie continued.
"Even so, it's hard for more people to recognize our actions. Let's take a look at what's being reported in the news. "Li Jie felt a little uncomfortable as he said that.
"Tom Cruise has a secret date with his new girlfriend, Kardashian is pregnant, ah ~ and Tony Stark invited the twin girls on the cover of Playboy in August to a hotel! And there's no news of us donating money to so many welfare organizations in New York! "
"Haha ~!" Peter suddenly laughed out loud. "Man, I thought it was a big deal! So you're jealous ~. Haha. "
"I'm not!" Li Jie frowned and retorted. "Don't lie, bro. You're jealous!" Peter calmed down his laughter and said.
"You're jealous that you haven't gotten more attention after doing so many things!" Peter said with an experienced tone. "I understand this feeling very well."
"I have two very good friends. One is smart and talented, and his family is rich. The other one is very approachable, good at cooking, and very handsome, "Peter told Li Jie, who was dressed as a Nightwalker, about his worries.
"The three of us are good friends, but I'm always ignored when I'm with them." Peter said in a relaxed tone.
"I study very hard. I want to show myself in front of my classmates and friends, but they always steal the limelight." Peter continued. "I'm the best student in the whole school. I work hard to show myself, but why can't I get more attention?"
"A rich friend will be the focus of others as soon as he appears. Many people will try to flatter him. And a friend who can cook will be worshiped by a group of girls as a hero just because he had some conflicts with the bullies of the basketball team. I was very, very jealous of them at that time! "
Li Jie never knew that Peter had such a thought in his heart. "But later, I gradually understood that they don't get attention because they want to get attention." Peter said slowly.
"It's because people naturally like to pay attention to those who are different from others, like movie stars or super tycoons." Peter was now like a life coach to enlighten Li Jie.
"Just like what we do, people don't pay attention to our donations, because people are more interested in paying attention to those who they can't become in this life, or those things they can never accomplish."
"My uncle once told me that we don't want to be praised when we help others. It's because we have the ability to help others, and that person happens to be in need of help. "Peter continued to instill chicken soup for the soul into Li Jie.
"Do you still remember the donation we made to a child with leukemia that day? That child is only eight years old. What we did was to help him, right? If there were no news reports on what we've done, would we have just watched an eight-year-old child die in a hospital bed because of a lack of money for surgery? "Peter had always been a big boy with a heart full of justice and a heart full of sunshine.
In his eyes, helping others was more important than being praised by others. As a person whose mental age was actually that of an uncle, Li Jie actually cared more about the results and the recognition of others.
But Peter's sincerity still moved him a little, and his mood improved a lot. In his heart, he might really be jealous of those people. Perhaps, as Peter said, helping others was only because he had the ability to help those who needed help.
And being a hero was only because he had the ability to be a hero. Sometimes, people should learn to enjoy the process, not just the result.
"Do you want to have a race?" Peter suddenly suggested. "Then do you dare not use spider silk?" Li Jie smiled and asked.
"Spider silk is a part of Spider-man. Buddy, you are afraid. Afraid that you can't outrun me, Spider-man!" Peter saw that Li Jie was a little guilty.
Now that Peter could swing in the city with spider silk, Li Jie really couldn't catch up with him in terms of speed. But even if he lost, he didn't want to lose. Li Jie still opened his mouth. "Ha ~ Then let's try!"
After saying that, he took a vigorous stride and rushed to start the race. "The first person to reach the base is the winner! The loser has to treat tomorrow's supper! "
(Today is the third watch. The second watch is arranged at around two o 'clock in the afternoon, and the third watch is still at around eight o' clock in the evening)
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