Chapter 1: Small Abacus

"Cao Muwen, what the hell is this doing!" Cao Muwen scolded in his heart, and of course he thought so.

Maybe it's a stupid mistake to come to this place. If Cao Muwen had learned about the current situation before, he would have found an excuse to slip away without even thinking about it. He looked up and quickly swept around and lowered quickly. He was both anxious and expectant.

Now, this is a small room with more than 100 people in it, and there is a person talking loudly on the front podium. The voices came one after another, nagging, constantly bombing Cao Muwen's eardrums and spirit.

"I thought it was like an illegal pyramid scheme, but I didn't expect it to become a cult organization--" Cao Muwen muttered to himself, "Maybe it's a cult. Shit, it's still haunted!"

In fact, it should be a financial fascination.

Cao Muwen looked around again, and then turned to a place. There was a young man sitting on the ground with his legs crossed (everyone in the room was sitting in this posture, including Cao Muwen himself, except the speaker on the stage) and listened attentively to the talk on the stage without noticing that someone was looking at him behind him. Well, this is the 'goal'. Hey hey, what an unlucky child!" If you are only 20 years old, you may still be a college student!

People gathered here and are carrying out this activity called "Historical and Cultural Exchange Seminar". Of course, this is the name printed on the propaganda paper in the pamphlet that Cao Muwen is opening. It is unknown whether it is legal or not. However, the content of the speeches of several speakers before Cao Muwen came to the stage for nearly an hour has something to do with "historical and cultural exchange".

Cao Muwen began to think secretly, hoping that he could come up with a ranking to make a more academic summary. Um~~~," is not so much 'academic cultural exchange' as ~~~~ agitation propaganda, accompanied by brainwashing language fatigue bombing. Cao Muwen raised his hand and picked up a bottle of water and suddenly poured a few mouthfuls into his mouth. The cold feeling spread from his throat to his stomach, which made Cao Muwen feel a little sober.

Cao Muwen raised his head and began to carefully observe the situation in the room - since he came to this damn place.

There is only one double door near the podium in the room. A middle-aged man with a gloomy face sat closest to the door, blocking the road between the door and the podium. There are many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the surrounding walls. Including landscape painting, flower and bird painting, and many calligraphy. Although it is a little far away and can't be seen clearly, Cao Muwen still saw that the calligraphy on the wall closest to Cao Muwen is Wang Xizhi's Lanting Preface. Yonghe is nine years old. It's clear at a glance. It seems that the organizers of this event hope to decorate the venue with some elegant culture.

The curtains in the room were tightly closed and opened. However, this also made Cao Muwen affirm his previous opinion. Hey hey, we are good young people, and we are right to follow the organization!" Cao Muwen thought so. Why are you pulling the curtains when you have nothing to do in broad daylight!? Are you afraid that others don't know what you guys are doing here!?"

At this time, Cao Muwen felt that his arm had been pulled. Cao Muwen turned his head and saw an elderly person looking at him. The man smiled at Cao Muwen and showed two yellow front teeth.

"Alas~~, Professor Liu has finished speaking. If it doesn't end, Cao Muwen will fall asleep." Then Cao Muwen asked, "Young man, how do you feel about Cao Muwen's speech?"

"Uh~~," Cao Muwen was stunned for a moment, because he was either distracted or peeking around before. In fact, he didn't listen to what the people on the stage said.

"Cao Muwen~~ Cao Muwen wants to say something good."

"Oh, isn't it?" This one seems to be enthusiastic. "The next person to give a speech on the stage is Professor Li. Cao Muwen likes him very much. Uh-huh~~, the title of Cao Muwen's speech this time is "Democratic Political System in the Ming Dynasty"~~~, Cao Muwen~~~, hey! No more, no more, they are going to take the stage!" This man immediately turned his head and ignored Cao Muwen.

I saw Professor Li slowly step on the stage with the excitement and applause of the people under the stage. At this time, Cao Muwen looked at the previous 'target', and Cao Muwen seemed to applaud particularly vigorously. Cao Muwen turned his eyes to Professor Li and couldn't help but be stunned. Professor Li is wearing a very special dress - Hanfu. This made Cao Muwen slightly surprised. The color of this Hanfu is plain, green and blue, the skirt is slanted and large, and the wide sleeves cover the wrist. It feels like a good fit, but Cao Muwen was a little surprised when he looked up again. Hey hey, I didn't expect Professor Li to play retroism quite thoroughly! I don't know how many years this hair will stay!?" Cao Muwen couldn't help muttering in his heart, accompanied by a little **.

Professor Li tied up his long hair and fixed it with a hairpin, and put on a soft black hat that seemed to be made of gauze. The inverted trapezoidal shape on his head made Cao Muwen feel more and more strange. He seemed to be a little familiar with it. He thought to himself and remembered that this seemed to be called "Sifang Pingding Towel". This is one of several standard capes customized by Zhu Yuanzhang when he was emperor, and Cao Muwen seems to have a river and mountain hat. Although he can't see anything on his feet, Cao Muwen thinks it should be that kind of long cloth boots. Thinking of these, Cao Muwen couldn't help but be complacent. After all, he was not only good at history from primary school to junior high school to high school! That's just a meal! Hey, if you don't expect this in the college entrance examination, you may even miss the university!

As long as he thinks of the stories that have to be told between himself and history under the exam-oriented education, Cao Muwen can be regarded as mixed feelings in his heart, and he loves and hates the subject of history. What I love is that history is Cao Muwen's specialty, and the exam points to add points; what I hate is that I can only rely on it to get extra points in the exam in the future. Alas, my bet is on this. However, Cao Muwen carefully thought about whether he loved or hated more, and he was not sure, but Cao Muwen guessed that it was the former. Because I really like it when I go out, I work so hard on history (in it is mathematics). But Cao Muwen, who first fell in love with history, can't remember clearly. It should be because of my father. There are not only genetic reasons, but also my father's enlightenment or teaching in childhood.

Memories gushed out of Cao Muwen's mind like a spring. Cao Muwen sneered and thought to himself: What kind of vote, cabinet! Hey hey, it's all about it! Although I am good at history, it is not good to study history!

Professor Li's speech on the stage about the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the cabinet vote system, and the side restrictions on the monarchy were ignored by Cao Muwen.

When Cao Muwen was in junior high school and high school, there were many people who studied cattle, and there were many people who were omnipotent in all subjects. Of course, this also includes history. Cao Muwen made a lot of efforts to protect his job from being broken.

"Now the history textbooks under exam-oriented education are really too low-level!" Cao Muwen couldn't help but come up with this idea. Indeed, from the experience gained from my long study career, the falsification of history is too serious now! Many historical contents have been changed completely, and some have been vaguely written in textbooks; some have been directly hidden and become a dusty memory, slowly fermented in the garbage heap of history, and then decayed~~~~ eventually disappeared (forgotten by everyone).

"Cao Muwen thinks that Cao Muwen is not so knowledge-seeking!" Cao Muwen thought to himself.

There is a lot of knowledge that is not available in history books but can be known elsewhere~~ For example, the Internet. At worst, Baidu. Although Baidu is not very reliable now, Du Niang is often arrogant. Recently, she has raised a river crab. But in the end, it's always better than nothing. If it really doesn't work, there is Brother Gu. Although it's not easy to see Brother Gu, not only to climb the wall, but also to be accompanied by Tianmen and so on, but in the end, it can be quite fruitful!

"Hey," Cao Muwen couldn't help laughing when he thought of this.

"Uh~~, I just got a little complacent. If someone pays attention to Cao Muwen, the next step will be difficult to do.

Cao Muwen's attention turned slightly to the topic of Professor Li's speech on the stage. Now Cao Muwen is talking about the specific contents of the Ming Dynasty emperor's cabinet and minister's vote proposal system.

"Hmm! This is just a group of idle old guys who fooled their own system, and it will play a role in comforting Cao Muwen. Alas~~, it's just to add some comfort!" Cao Muwen thought to get up slowly and thought, "Well, it's time to go out and ask about the situation."

Because Cao Muwen's legs have been sitting on the ground for a long time, now when he suddenly stands up, his legs are a little weak and numb. Yo! My legs are weak. It's a little similar to the feeling after every 'Since Cao Muwen's comfort'! Cao Muwen saw that if those emperors and ministers also sat cross-legged for a while, Cao Muwen would have no time to do those boring things! Anyway, it's also 'comfort from Cao Muwen'. This is not simpler and convenient. You don't have to get together to do it. It's not as harmful as 'self-comforted by Cao Muwen'. What a good activity to kill many birds with one stone! However, considering that those old people really want to comfort Cao Muwen, it is estimated that they are also comfortable but weak.

At this time, Cao Muwen suddenly found that many people were staring at him. He was slightly stunned and found that he had stood up, but stopped there without moving. Many people have influenced Cao Muwen's strange behavior and began to look at Cao Muwen.

"Well, no, you can't think like this anymore. Although ** can not only kill boring and long time, but also strengthen the country, the plan may be ruined if it goes on like this!"

Cao Muwen walked to the door and took a few glances at the previous 'target'. Cao Muwen still listened to the speeches on the stage as attentively as he did just now, as if he was not moved by the outside world at all. Cao Muwen walked to the door and just as he raised his hand to the doorknob, he happened to look at the gloomy-faced man. Cao Muwen coughed gently, with a trace of vigilance in his eyes and said, "Excuse me, what are you going to do?" Cao Muwen felt that Cao Muwen might be someone who would leave during Professor Li's speech and was not very happy.

Cao Muwen seemed to know that Cao Muwen might not be very good at answering Cao Muwen, so he continued, "Cao Muwen is one of the organizers of this activity."

"Oh, nothing. Go out and go to the bathroom."

The man seemed to be no longer suspicious and waved his hand to let Cao Muwen pass. Hey hey, the management is quite strict. Fortunately, Cao Muwen urinated and ran away. Cao Muwen was proud again. He opened the door and went out. When he walked to the bathroom, he pushed the door of the room, and then swaggered to the bathroom.

"Well, I didn't hear the door closing. The old boy is quite suspicious!" When turning into the bathroom, Cao Muwen glanced at the door of the room with the corners of his eyes, and a figure was looking out in the crack of the door. When Cao Muwen walked into the bathroom, Cao Muwen heard a slight sound of closing the door.

Cao Muwen breathed a sigh of relief. Put your left hand into your coat pocket, quickly press a few keys on your mobile phone, and send a text message. He untied the two openings on the collar of the coat, revealing what had been hidden inside - the miniature listener.

When Cao Muwen returned to the speech room, he went straight back to his previous position and sat down cross-legged, without looking at the gloomy buddy.

"That death* instructed Cao Muwen again!" Cao Muwen thought to himself.

After Cao Muwen sat down, he recalled this task, and the idea of washing his hands and not doing this industry came to his mind, although this was not the first time Cao Muwen had this idea. Alas, it's always so dangerous and tired; you have to rack your brains to do this gray job, and you may get how much money you can get in the end! What I'm most afraid of is that if something goes wrong, I will be lost by others and become the blame.

The more Cao Muwen thought about it, the more angry he became.

So~~~~, Cao Muwen looked at the 'target' young man again. Wu Zhi, male, 22 years old, a senior student of XX University in Beijing. Well~~." Cao Muwen thought, "It's still a rich second generation!" Cao Muwen is very clear about his information, including his father's. Specifically, his father, the chairman of a real estate enterprise in Beijing, is a major shareholder. It is unknown how many assets Cao Muwen has, and he doesn't want to know. Generally speaking, it was Wu Dong who hired himself to find his son.

Wu Zhi is the only son of Wu Dong, and Wu Dong is very caring for him. Wu Dong only got a son in middle age, so he can use an old saying to describe his attitude towards his son - he is really afraid of flying when he holds it in his hand and melts in his mouth. He sincerely hopes that his son will become a phoenix so that he can give him such a big family business. Originally, when my son was in his senior year of high school, he planned to send him abroad to study in college, but after thinking about it, he still gave up the idea: first, he was afraid that no one would take care of his child abroad and he would learn badly; second, he was afraid that people would not have to be in Beijing abroad, and he might encounter any danger. After all, there are many reports of international students encountering dangers or accidents abroad for various reasons. So after thinking about it, it's better to spend money to let your children go to school in Beijing. After all, there are also some of the best universities in China. It is convenient for the child to be close to him, and he can rest assured. If you are more or less in charge, you are not afraid of the child because no one is watching to do anything illegal and disorderly. You can go abroad after graduating from college. What's more, his son can teach by words when he is close to him. Let my son also familiarize himself with some company affairs, see more of the world, and take care of his own connections. After all, my middle-aged son is now 50 or 60 years old, and my son has grown up. I have to prepare for some things early!

However, to Wu Dong's disappointment, the baby son doesn't seem to be very interested in his company. At first, it was okay, but after a long time, he began to excuse that there were many things to do at school and he was busy with his studies. Sometimes he didn't take the initiative to call Wu Dong for more than ten days, and sometimes Wu Dong was refused to answer the phone call.

Later, some rumors somehow spread to Wu Dong's ears. There are several! Some say that Wu Zhi did not want to live under the shadow and protection of his father and wanted to start his own business. I don't know whether it was because of his lack of experience or he made a left-leaning and progressive mistake. He was successfully brainwashed by an underground pyramid scheme and became one of the members. Some people said that it was even more amazing that because Wu Zhi couldn't stand his father since he was a child. The great psychological pressure caused by his expectations, and his father's expectations seem to be getting bigger in recent years. In the end, it led to psychological breakdown, pessimism, and the idea of seeing through the world. I don't know whether I joined any religious group or converted to that sect. Wu Dong was even more shocked when he heard the second rumor and thought it was a "circle skill"! But if you think about it carefully, it is impossible for China to rekindle. Later, I vaguely heard that it seemed to be a new religion for 2012. It seems that there are strange names such as "2012 Save the Earth" and "Push Back Federation"!

Wu Dong saw the movie 2012 at that time, but it was just a movie entertainment. But I have never believed it. Wu Dong also thought carefully that his son grew up by himself and still knew him. Wu Zhi has loved his parents since he was a child. He is a master of eating, drinking and playing, but he is by no means the master of illegal crimes, and he does not seem to be a person with religious beliefs, which is the same as the general state of Chinese people at present.

Through his own inquiry, Wu Dong also initially learned that his son Wu Zhi was indeed obsessed with some activities, but it should not be an illegal pyramid scheme and cult.

Wu Dong also knows that it is unlikely to force his son to say it. He is busy with company affairs and has little time. Finally, I accidentally saw a book on the bookshelf and thought of it.

Holmes!? That's right! Why didn't you think of it before!" Wu Dong was a little annoyed by his dullness. Why don't you hire a powerful private detective and let professional people investigate what your son does after school!"

"Money is not a problem! Send your best investigators! But you must hide. You must not let Wu Zhi know that someone is investigating him, nor can he find that he is being followed. That's what Wu Dong said to Director Fan, the head of the XX investigation office.

At the thought of this old man Fan (his own boss), Cao Muwen felt a headache. And the other bastards in the office!

Because I am also very young, I have just come here to work, and I am basically the lowest among the investigators of the firm. Usually, when there is no business, the other guys don't come to work, but they come on time every day (of course he definitely doesn't want to) and do some cleaning work. Shit, it's simply taking Cao Muwen as a part-time cleaner, completely using Cao Muwen as cheap labor and completely squeezing Cao Muwen's surplus labor force!" Cao Muwen is often indignant. Of course, he has heard a lot of nonsense such as "Xiao Cao, this is to experience you first." Shit! If you really want to practice Cao Muwen, then send Cao Muwen a task to let Cao Muwen go out to practice. Hey, I won't scare you to death!" If he really says ability, Cao Muwen is still quite confident. Cao Muwen has read the Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes Detective. After watching it every once in the future, I will have different insights every time. Even the plot of every case can be memorized! Works by mystery writers of genres such as Agatha Christie, Edogawa Ranbu, Hitchcock, etc., as well as Japanese Benge School and metageist school have been involved. Hey hey, as the saying goes, 'If you are familiar with 300 Tang poems, you will be slandered if you don't know how to write poems'!"

Basically, this also has to be regarded as some of my father's enlightenment! And in this regard, I have personal experience and practice, and it is by no means the kind that ordinary people understand............

I remember that a few weeks ago, Director Fan suddenly found himself and said that Cao Muwen had been here for a period of time and could send some simpler tasks. Humph! Fart!" Cao Muwen scolded in his heart.

The commission to investigate Wu Zhi was not carried out by Cao Muwen from the beginning, but by another person. After several weeks of investigation, Wu Zhi came up with a more detailed daily schedule, and the most important thing is to investigate what he is obsessed with.

After investigation, Wu Dong finally learned what his son was obsessed with. When he knew this situation, he was a little happy, because his academic qualifications were not very high (which refers to real academic qualifications), and he didn't even believe in those gold-plated academic certificates. And since they started their own business, later generations didn't go to school much. Wu Dong has been ups and downs in the business world over the years, and from the perspective of the current social orientation, Chinese traditional culture and Sinology have become more and more popular. I remember that the popularity of Yu Dan's Interpretation of the Analects of Confucius of the Three Kingdoms in Yizhongtianpin Three Kingdoms in previous years has increasingly shown a psychological attitude of Chinese people towards traditional culture. Wu Dong is also particularly concerned about this, because he doesn't have much ink accumulated in his student days, and he has been at the highest level of the company for many years and has learned a lot about management experience. One of the words particularly impressed him: contemporary management in the world, China learns from the West; in ancient management in the world, the West should learn from China. I remember that even Voltaire, the French pioneer of enlightenment, talked to people about China's civilian selection system and Confucianism, which made many French people envious at that time. Wu Dong has a lot of feelings about this.

Therefore, when Wu Dong knew that his son was obsessed with things related to traditional culture and sometimes went to attend exchange seminars, he was greatly relieved. He even thought that his son had thought about it and was interested in docking with his father's class.

"Oh, what a deep love between father and son! But it may be stabbed horizontally!" Cao Muwen is even a little uneasy.

"Hey, I can't control so much." He is not a gentleman, a non-toxic husband. He is a good man, a man! What is this? The bigger Cao Muwen has done it!

Cao Muwen remembered the text message just sent in the bathroom. Cao Muwen is now starting to look forward to what good things will happen in the next few days.

Cao Muwen looked at Wu Zhi and showed a slight smile that he might feel obscene even when he saw it, and he was still ignorant of the boring "thing" on the stage.