My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 53 Prestige
Chu Zhu was shocked. It should be, probably, maybe... impossible, right?
"Fine, I'll investigate him in my dreams anyway!" Chu Zhu stuffed her phone back into her pocket, her thoughts racing. "In reality, I'll see if I can get in touch with him too?"

……

Inside the office.

Professor Chen took a sip of tea and looked at Chu Zhu with a strange expression. "You mean, you want Zhao Shao's contact information?"

"Yes!" Chu Zhu said calmly. "I'm somewhat interested in AI. After you talked about it, I looked up Senior Zhao online after class... I think I should ask him for more advice."

"Um...you!" Professor Chen opened his mouth several times. If it were any other student, he probably would have given it to them, but, aren't you a sports person? Why are you researching AI now...?

If you really go and study AI and neglect your sports, won't the principal be nagging you every day?
"Don't worry, I was just curious and asking." Chu Zhu paused slightly before continuing, "I saw Zhao's schedule circulating online... He seems very busy, and I might not be able to contact him. Even if I did, he might not be willing to say much to me!"

Professor Chen thought for a while, then finally nodded, "Alright!"

Professor Chen realized that AI is not something you can master just by trying! Perhaps it's a good thing that Chu Zhu hit a wall and finally realized that her talent lies in sports!
"This is his WeChat, and this is his phone number! Wait a minute, I'll talk to him... Putting everything else aside, at least you can add him as a friend!"

After getting the contact information, Chu Zhu left the professor's office.

"Hmm?" Chu Zhu walked while playing on her phone, sending a friend request and waiting for confirmation. Suddenly, her counselor sent her a message.

Qian Tutor: I have the answer! Of the things you gave me, two are basically confirmed... However, those things are very strange and rare; they are almost never sold on the market.

Qian, the tutor: To be honest, if I sent you that stuff, you probably wouldn't believe it! Those things are real.

Chu Zhu deeply agreed, finding it indeed hard to believe. However, finding two? It seems that Tutor Qian, or rather the TCM professors he found, are quite capable.

Chu Zhu glanced at the phone casually, not paying much attention since he already knew the answer. He thanked the tutor, put his phone back in his pocket, and returned to his rented apartment off-campus.

……

Chu Zhu slowly opened her eyes, the roar of the movie still filling her ears.

"Nuwa No. 17, report the current time!"

"It's 6:01 AM Beijing time!"

"Very good." Chu Zhu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the words "Imperial Capital." Finally, she's been transferred back!

However, he did not completely relax. As usual, he had Nuwa turn off the movie, clear the records, and open the passage door before he went out.

The familiar women's restroom!
Chu Zhu went out, turned left, and came to the second floor.

"Officer, I would like to use a landline phone!" Chu Zhu said seriously to the guard.

Noticing the doubt and wariness on the other person's face, he immediately added, "I just joined yesterday, as a special forces advisor hired by Captain Li Kang! My identification documents haven't been processed yet."

“…Hmm? Oh!” The guard paused, then realized that there seemed to be such a thing, and immediately nodded and moved aside.

Chu Zhu skillfully dialed a series of phone numbers.

"What urgent matter has happened?" Li Kang's serious voice came from the other end of the phone.

"It's me!" Chu Zhu said calmly. Then, he could clearly feel Li Kang's breathing catch for a moment. "...What kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into now?" "I always feel like I'm a jinx in your eyes!" Chu Zhu rolled his eyes, then said in a heavy tone, "Something big has happened in the shantytown renovation area! Zhou Ze, and five other senior officers, have been assassinated."

Li Kang: "?"

"Wait, just a moment!" Li Kang sorted out his thoughts, his pupils slowly dilating, a tidal wave surging within him.

"There's no time to delay!" Chu Zhu said calmly. "Please inform them that no matter what happens in the shantytown redevelopment area, as long as it doesn't actually invade the city, the authorities should try their best not to intervene! Also, there might be some bloodshed... among the factory owners."

Li Kang: "...Are you kidding me?!"

Li Kang felt a chill run down his spine. The factory owners were already considered part of the wealthy elite in Jinghai City. And behind each factory owner were connections to the upper echelons of Jinghai City—

You think you can open a factory without anyone backing you up? Don't be ridiculous!
You can't suppress the number of fatal accidents that happen in the factory every year.

In this situation……

"Go directly to Governor Lu!" Chu Zhu said calmly.

“I understand… but to use connections now… never mind, since it’s your own decision!” Li Kang opened his mouth several times, but finally sighed.

What a pity, that person's connections are incredibly valuable... especially since they're still on the rise!
The sooner you use this favor, the more you'll lose!

"You've got it wrong, haven't you?" Chu Zhu laughed and said, "If I really managed to suppress this matter, then he should owe me a bigger favor. Besides, favors are meant to be used; there should be give and take, that's what makes a favor... Favors that aren't used are like stagnant water."

"?"

Chu Zhu didn't say anything more and hung up the phone.

Would he say that Lu's main policy initiatives after taking office are the redevelopment of shantytowns and the improvement of factory workers' wages?
Chu Zhu knew without a doubt that the previous timeline of the union riot had greatly harmed Lu Zhizheng... not so much that it directly threatened his position, but that it damaged his prestige.

Was Chu Zhu trying to cover up trouble for herself?
Big mistake!

That was to help Lu's administration suppress trouble, and to help the civil servants under Lu's administration who were in charge of the shantytown renovation plan suppress trouble.

When you think about it carefully, the people on the other side owe him even more favors! And it's not just one person surnamed Lu, but a whole bunch of people from his faction...

Otherwise, Chu Zhu has plenty of connections in Jinghai City, so why would he need to use this newly established connection?

After closing her eyes and pondering for a moment, Chu Zhu walked out of the phone booth and glanced at the wall clock at the end of the corridor.

"6:10! There's still time."

Chu Zhu took a deep breath, opened the window, and jumped out.

The security guard standing at the door of the phone booth: "???"

His eyes widened. Wait, this newly appointed special forces operative also knows kung fu?!

"No, no, no, the special forces are all martial arts masters! From this perspective, since he can become a guest elder directly, he might be a martial arts grandmaster or something. But he's too young. Could it be like in the novels, that he's practiced a skill that has the effect of preserving youth? Or is he the young master of some sect?" Although the guard's back was still straight, the plots of various novels were running wild in his mind.

(End of this chapter)