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Three days later, "Lin Mu" had gained the trust of his elder sister Qiu Cuiru, and was taken to a border town called "Three No Matters" at the junction of Yin County and Biancheng.

Lin Mu: "Sister, I don't know anything, can I make a fortune with you?"

Qiu Cuiru: "You have a good face and are suitable for this job. The thorny head with you before is no good, and you look fierce."

This is a large-scale MLM group called "Youshan Gang", which is distributed in Yin County and Biancheng.They had previously suspected that the deceased college student who graduated from a prestigious 211 school was tricked into this pyramid scheme organization. During the autopsy, his stomach was empty. It was suspected that he was abandoned by the gang after falling ill, and finally died of starvation.

The gathering place where Lin Shixin was taken was a building for the family members of former power plant employees. More than 100 people stood in a densely packed three-room and one-living room.Lin Shixin was brought to the center and received the attention and welcome of a large group of people.

"Young man, do you know how Jack Ma got his first pot of gold?" A man who looked like a boss asked.

Lin Shixin: "...I don't know."

"You're already on the same path as him, excited?"

Lin Shixin: "...so excited."

Lin Shixin was arranged to sleep in a bunk bed similar to a staff dormitory. In order to greet him as a newcomer, everyone expressed "friendliness" to him, gave him new sheets and quilts, and provided him with a lot of food. of.

He really didn't eat and sleep well these days, and he went to bed and fell asleep after eating and drinking, and slept soundly.

Early the next morning, his ID card and mobile phone were confiscated, saying that it was convenient for him to attend class.His ID card is fake, and his phone's address book has also been changed, so he is not afraid of being checked.

The content of the class is a set of speech skills, the specific content is to pull someone's head into the "Friendly Gang", and then sell a set of cosmetics if the target is a young girl, if it is an elderly person, it is a set of health care products that can cure all diseases, if the target is young For men, it is "Brother, do you want to get rich? Let's start a business."

The three sets of different sayings can be memorized quickly, and the rest of the time is just shouting slogans.

The slogan of the "Friendly Gang" is: "Help each other, be united and friendly, and earn 500 million before next year."

Every morning, noon and night, I have to recite this sentence several times, and I have to make a fist with my right hand and place it next to my temple to recite. If the voice is not loud, I have to keep shouting until the leaders are satisfied.

There are a total of 107 people in Lin Shixin's den. Every day, everyone sits around to share experiences and imagine the future.

"It's your turn, Lin Mu. What are your expectations for the future?" The person on the left pushed Lin Shixin after finishing speaking.

Lin Shixin cleared his throat: "Strive for one generation, rich for three generations. My future is in the near future. My children and grandchildren will all enjoy happiness because of me!"

"Good!" Everyone cheered.

After getting familiar with the process, Lin Shixin understood that he had given Qiu Cuiru 3 yuan as a membership fee in order to come here to "make a fortune", of which 6000 yuan was taken away by Qiu Cuiru as a commission.He thought to himself that he had to develop multiple downlines in order to recover the cost.

Another week later, Lin Shixin had already figured out the specific deception routines and pyramid schemes. Now he was thinking about how to pass the news out, but the three leaders here, Cao Ding, Xu Geping, and Wang Kuan, were all big-bodied, and Kong Wu Powerful, although he is not as weak as before, but if he is singled out, he can't beat any of them, and he really has no chance of winning.

During this period of time, other than going to the toilet every day, someone would watch him do anything, and whenever his expression changed, someone would come to ask him: "Xiao Lin, are you homesick? Tell me if you have any difficulties, and we can solve them together."

He pretended to be sad and said, "I'm a little homesick."

The call was hands-free, and the call was to Xu Guizhong, a female reporter from the TV station who had passed the retirement age and was now hired as a consultant.

"Hey, mom, I'm Xiaolin, I miss you." Lin Shixin choked up.

Reporter Xu understood as soon as she heard it. Lin Shixin usually called her Teacher Xu, but this time she called her mother, it must be another mission.

"Son, where are you? When are you going home?" Reporter Xu also cried.

"I'm in Yin County..."

Before finishing speaking, the phone was hung up roughly.

Cao Ding, one of the bosses who hung up the phone, said with a smile: "Xiao Lin, you haven't made enough money yet, and you are worrying your old mother now, how ignorant you are, wait until you earn enough 500 million and go home in style." , that would be great."

Xiao Lin sniffed, and said aggrievedly: "I think I have learned quite well, and I can go out and flex my muscles."

"Young people are impatient," Cao Ding put his arms around his shoulders, "Come on, let's go back and discuss."

It was another three days and three nights of brainwashing. For new recruits like Lin Shixin, the persuasion education is long and torturous. Sometimes the organization will deliberately starve you for two meals, or do not give you water for a long time, saying What they want is "hunger education". In fact, Lin Shixin knows that they use this method to destroy people's will.How many famous college students and white-collar elites have lost their ability to think in this round of "brainwashing-frustration-encouragement".

It is impossible to fight alone. Lin Shixin carefully observed the people here, and found that most of them have been completely brainwashed. He knew that it would definitely not be possible to develop into an ally.He observed one by one, and finally saw a boy who seemed to be about the same age as him. He was not so excited when he was chanting the slogan, and there was serious thinking in the corners of his eyes and brows.

Lin Shixin saw that he was raising his hand to go to the bathroom, so he immediately raised his hand, followed him to the urinal, looked around, and whispered, "Hey!"

The other party was taken aback, shaking everything he was holding on to, and asked vigilantly, "What are you doing?" also in a low voice.

"Where are you from?" Lin Shixin approached.

"I'm from Changzhou." The little brother replied.

"Ah, I've been to that place, and it's beautiful. By the way, what do you think of this place?" Lin Shixin asked tentatively.

"Very, very good." The younger brother replied hesitantly.

The two washed their hands, and the younger brother said his name was Shi Xinlei.Lin Shixin joked: "There are a lot of stones, a lot of money, and a lot of names."

Shi Xinlei forced a smile.The two chatted for a while, how long have the topics been here, do they have brothers and sisters in the family, what major is the university, do they have a girlfriend, etc. From time to time, someone poked their head in to see them, and then they lowered their voices.

Lin Shixin looked at him, felt that he could basically trust him, and asked, "Do you think this place... looks like a pyramid scheme?"

Shi Xinlei immediately covered Lin Shixin's mouth.

Lin Shixin was shocked and said, "You know? Then why don't you run away?"

Shi Xinlei showed sadness: "The one who escaped before has been beaten to death."

The sunshine in California, as it is said in the legend, is not just a bunch of strands, but overwhelming the world, so that the red flowers, green trees, running children, water waves in the swimming pool, and beautiful girls in platform shoes and polka-dot dresses, All become more vivid and lively, as if you are in a colorful oil painting.

On a table in the corner of the Central Coast Cafe, there are several sheets of paper, which are the list of A-level press card holders recorded in the China Journalists Association website.

Only 32 journalists across the country have won this honor, and they can be called the real uncrowned kings.

In the internal file photos of the Journalists Association, Lin Shixin Yuanyuan has clear and bright eyes and an innocent smile. He is the youngest of the 32 members.

"So, with this certificate, you can go to heaven and earth to do anything?" A steady voice asked.

"Yes, it took us a long time to hack into the internal network and find out his name. This A-level certificate can go up to the public security bureau, representatives of the Congress, down to the districts, counties, towns, and all enterprises for investigation and interviews. "

A sneer sounded, slightly mocking.The tall man lightly stroked the cheek of the person in the photo and closed the file.He nodded to the other party, got up and picked up the dark blue suit jacket draped over the back of the chair, turned around and put it on, and strode away from the Central Coast Cafe.

California's sunshine is shining on Highway [-], the hood of the car is open, and the breeze is blowing, but it can't blow away the haze on the driver's face.His facial features are deep and distinct, the ends of his thick black eyebrows are always raised, and his eyes are sometimes impatient and sometimes gloomy.Years of wind and sun have turned his complexion into bronze, and the dark black thin-striped shirt was blown against his body by the wind. The huge chest muscles and abdominal muscles are prominent, and the sleeves are loosely pulled at the wrists. His hands are wide and thick, His knuckles were thick, and he was holding the steering wheel hard at the moment, the tie was tied casually, and the thin end was flying in the wind.

Qi Feiran glanced at the file bag in the co-pilot seat from time to time. The news about Lin Shixin they brought this time did not surprise him.As he said, in the future, he will "write all the injustices in the world" and be a just reporter.

He thought sarcastically: On the road of growing up, Lin Shixin really didn't miss a single step.

Qi Feiran's car was heading towards the western part of the United States along the California Highway No. [-]. On one side is the vast Pacific Ocean, and on the other side are towering cliffs and mountains. The scenery is praised by the world and is known as "the most beautiful road".But Fei Qi turned a blind eye to these things, and he couldn't help asking himself: "Why do I want to check his news again, and why am I so irritable when I find out?"

Five years have passed, and in the past two years, he finally stopped thinking of Lin Shixin when he bit his wrist, poked his thigh with a knife, and hit his head against the wall.

In the past few years, as long as the tide of self-loathing flares up, it will force him to crazily injure himself. But when he wakes up, it's as if nothing happened to him.He escaped the attention of everyone around him. No one knew that he was a Ph.D. from Stanford Business School, founder of Magnificenttimes VR technology, and CEO of WF Online Finance.

The Maybach drove into Monterey Bay on the Pacific coast of central California, turned into several country roads, and finally stopped in front of a small villa with a yard. Qi Feiran entered the door with a rage.

Sitting on a chair at the main entrance on the first floor is an...an old monk. Seeing him coming in, he thought to himself, the vvvip client is here.

"Little Fanzi, pour tea!" Master Wu shouted.

The little boy who was playing games with an iPad heard his master call him, and he scrambled and fell down the stairs. When he saw Qi Feiran coming, he hurriedly ran to make tea.

Qi Feiran found a chair and sat down, tilting his head back slightly, frowning and not speaking.

Master realized in an instant: "What trouble did you hear again? Last time he posted a Weibo, took a picture of a dog's tail grass and asked if it looked good... You have been sullen for three days when you come to me, what is it today? gone?"

"It's nothing, it's hot and I'm upset."

"Hot, why don't you take off your clothes?"

Hearing this, Qi Feiran took off his suit jacket and threw it on the chair.

Xiao Fanzi handed him the tea, he took a sip and found it was lukewarm, so he stopped drinking and put it aside.

"I don't believe it. You can control your temper very well now. How long has it been since you had an attack? Let me see your hands..." Master Wu Wu walked up to him, took his hands and looked at his wrists, there were no teeth marks.

Qi Feiran took back his hand, raised his eyes and said to him: "It's okay, I've recovered, I haven't committed a crime for two years."

Their first acquaintance was on a rainy night four years ago, when Qi Feiran's car stalled nearby, he jumped out of the car, took out a shovel, and braved the rain to dig the silt that trapped the wheels of the car, until he lost control of his emotions, Jumping and crying in the mud pit, he was bumped into by the old monk and the young monk who came back late.

The little monk shouted: "Wow, he stepped on the puddle, Peppa Pig!"

The old monk laughed out loud.

Take the drenched man home with muddy legs, put him in the shower, and give him a clean suit of clothes.After taking a shower, Qi Feiran changed his clothes and came out, sat on the chair and squinted at the old monk: "It's so fresh, you can still see bald donkeys here."

The old monk and the young monk came to a foreign country to take care of their seriously ill relatives. The relatives finally left. The old monk and the young monk inherited a fortune. Decided to stay for a few years.

"Is it your relatives or lover who abandoned you?" the old monk said straight away.

Qi Feiran was taken aback at the time, this is much more powerful than a psychiatrist who pays $2000 an hour.One sentence narrowed the distance between the two, so I said a lot of things to the master, and felt a lot more relaxed.Time flies, they have known each other for four years, when Qi Feiran is in a bad mood, he will come here to sit for a while, listen to the old monk's sermons, and help him cultivate himself.

Master Wu Wu saw that Qi Feiran didn't want to say why he was unhappy today, so he took out a wooden fish and a small hammer from the drawer and threw them at him: "Here, knock for half an hour."

Qi Feiran became angry when he saw this crap, glared at Master Wu angrily, and thought: I'll hit your big bald head!

"I know, you want to knock on my head." Master Enlightenment peeled off a chocolate bar and ate it with relish. "If you can calm down after knocking on my head, then hit it."

Qi Feiran sighed, put the wooden fish away, picked up the small hammer, and began to strike in a dignified way.