Life goes on, and before I knew it, it has been more than two months since I came to Chengdu. During these two months, floods have swept through the city and everything has changed dramatically.
The most common movie posters on the streets were still "Saving Private Ryan". Andy Lau released the album "Silly Kid". The distant Hong Kong media was freed from the previous battlefield-like atmosphere. The Hong Kong government repelled international speculators. The SAR government announced that the linked exchange rate system implemented in Hong Kong was by no means an "ATM" as claimed by some international speculators, which would deliver money continuously by pressing a button.
The general trend is rolling, and the storms and waves of these times seem high and distant.
Only the small life is real and accurate. Life in No. 10 Middle School is fulfilling, comfortable and peaceful. But behind this surface, there are also subtle waves.
It’s like the Beituo attack that Fu Long is facing now, and it’s also like the Lu Wei that appeared in Jiang Hongshao’s world.
The night after coming down from Mount Emei, Cheng Ran would also think, is this a bit too ridiculous? How could such a thing happen to me? After experiencing two lives, although this world advocates equality for all, Cheng Ran knows that some things have existed since ancient times. For example, there are classes for the rich and the poor, classes for status and identity, classes for talent and wisdom, and even classes for playing games.
Cross-level monsters, apart from the game background, usually lead to a miserable death. In the 1960s, there were still a few elite hunters in World of Warcraft who could kite Tremus the Devourer to Stormwind City to massacre the city, but that was just kiting the world boss. A mistake in the middle of the fight would cause a fatal injury to the body and soul. There was no confrontation. Ordinary players and RMB players are naturally inferior to each other in the same field. If they are at the same technical and intellectual level, it will be a one-sided cat-and-mouse situation.
These things exist and cannot be ignored.
It is like some people have a good life after arduous struggles, and can provide their offspring with natural luxury and pave a smooth road, but some people do not have the opportunity and ability to reach that point, and naturally cannot understand and explore such a world. The gap in information and intelligence resources has created classes.
The state is a machine for one class to oppress another class, and a machine for the dominated class to be controlled by another class. The most ideal state of a country is that classes exist, but people can be allowed to cross classes through their own efforts. The state does not want to see this process too slow or too fast. Too slow will accumulate contradictions among the lower classes, and too fast will inevitably be accompanied by social reforms, which will cause turmoil and panic among the vested interest classes. Generally speaking, it is not conducive to the operation of the state system. Therefore, a mature country will have a system of various clauses and regulations to fix many bugs that make people rich overnight and reach the top overnight. Of course, the situation of making the cake bigger and achieving a win-win situation for this society is another matter.
This is why in many so-called developed countries, there are too few opportunities, society is relatively stable, and it is difficult to get rich overnight.
But Cheng Ran knew that, at least from now on and for many decades to come, China would not be in such a situation. The country was constantly in a state of change, reflection, and turbulence. Although it could become the world's second largest economy in the future, its social system was still not sufficiently developed.
Since the mountain ahead has appeared, let's face it. With Cheng Ran's experience and state of mind, he will not be afraid of heights and sink into despair. Just like what he said to Jiang Hongshao, he is Cheng Dachui, he understands that some things exist objectively, and since it is inevitable to hit it, he should prepare early.
The popularity of Tianxing Dojo still attracted many jealous people.
People from various channels began to send messages to Jiang Zhou, hoping for win-win cooperation, some wanting to participate and buy shares. Some also came to ask whether Tianxing Daoguan would open authorized branches.
There were also those who wanted to collect protection money openly, some were civil and some were military. The military ones were some hooligans in the neighborhood who saw that such a theme coffee shop was so popular and wanted to collect protection money directly. The civil ones were some people who wrote gossip or comments from newspapers, most of them were small and difficult people, and they just wanted a certain amount of publicity fee.
As for the former, Jiang Zhou got a feel of the other party's background and found out that it was not the Chuannan Group that wanted to take back the store because of the booming business. At the same time, he also found out that the other party was a group of authentic gangsters from Biancheng Street. It was said that there was a person named Lin Jiu who was protecting them. Lin Jiu was a bit famous in that area. He ran a teahouse and should be a gambling dealer in private. He had some connections, but they were second- or third-tier figures. They were definitely not as well-known as the Lei Wei Gang in the Rongcheng underworld. So the next time people came, Jiang Zhou first showed the group of people the cameras installed in every corner, even the 360-degree coverage outside the building. At the same time, he directly brought out the big backstage Fu Long and pointed out the relationship between the other party.
That gang of thugs also had connections. Jiang Zhou gave his name as "Jiang Erwa", and after some further inquiries, they found out that what Jiang Zhou said about being from the Fulong Compound was true.
Although it was embarrassing, Jiang Zhou didn't break up with them. He used courtesy first and then force. The other party wanted protection money. According to the previous method, if they couldn't get it, they would probably just come to the store to make trouble. But in front of the camera, it seemed that doing so would not get them any good.
On the other hand, Fulong's reputation in the underworld of Chengdu is that he can compete with Lei Wei's gang. Lu Xiaodong, the number one ruthless man in Chengdu, is in prison. It is Lu Xiaodong. Many people know what kind of ruthless person he is after asking about his "bad deeds". Especially when Lu Xiaodong was surrounded, there were rumors in the underworld that Fulong's security guards were all retired special forces soldiers and a gang of hooligans. They could bully ordinary people in street fights, but when facing soldiers with a clear purpose, it was a one-sided situation. Even Lu Xiaodong was knocked over by Mr. Cheng who jumped down from the second floor.
It is said that Fulong has a military background and was recently commended by the provincial government for his work in flood control. With such a person and background, who dares to challenge him? At least ordinary hooligans cannot do it.
As for those writers who wrote small comments, they were completely ignored. Most of them were just trying to extort money. When Tianxing Daoguan was promoting its event, it directly bought space from major newspapers. The influential newspapers had taken care of it, and some small comments were just scratching the surface. In the face of the general trend, these evil spirits were useless.
After all, those who can do such things don't have much ability. They know they can't blackmail the other party, and the other party is a smart person, so they just retreat in embarrassment.
The ones that were really threatening were those involving some famous journalists and a group of people with capital backgrounds who came to "negotiate".
There is one more chapter, so I don't recommend waiting. I'll read it tomorrow.