July is hot. Although it was almost dusk, the weather was still as hot as a cat's claws scratching one's heart. The street had been basking in the sun all day. At this time, it began to emit heat, and the heat began to steam. People were coming and going on the street, and it seemed to be a bustling atmosphere. , but if viewed from a distance, the crowd refracted by the heat wave seems distorted. At the entrance of the alley next to the intersection, a dozen elderly neighbors were shaking cattail fans, blowing away the heat while pointing at a building opposite that was completely covered by a plastic woven film. They were discussing from time to time, arguing about whether it could hold up this time. how long. The alley was called Hejia Lane. In the Ming Dynasty, it was called Dutai Lane. It was where Chang Yuchun's yamen was located. It was called "Dudu Ma Bu, Marshal Xingtai of the Navy" and was later used as a barn by the Chang Mansion, so it was named after Hejia Lane. During the previous dynasty, the great writer Zhu Ziqing lived here. He wrote a preface to his friend Yu Pingbo's collection of poems "Winter Night", and the inscription stated the place of writing, Hejia Lane, South Gate, Yangzhou. The following year, Mr. Zhu also wrote a preface to Wang Jingzhi's collection of poems "Hui's". "Wind" wrote the preface, and also indicated on the signature that it was written in Hejia Lane. Later, Zhu Ziqing went to the imperial capital to teach vocational education, and his father Xiao Po Gong was probably sitting here in a rocking chair reading his son's prose "Back View". "However, the neighbors in Hejia Lane did not take the great writer's old house seriously. No matter how outstanding the ancestors were, they had to make way for the younger generations. As the saying goes, no matter how poor they are, they cannot afford education, and no matter how miserable they are, they cannot suffer for their children. The Zhu family's old house had long been bulldozed, and the Yangzhou No. 2 Middle School was built on the original site. The only voices of boys and girls could be heard within the tall walls. Walking 20 meters to the right from the school gate is the entrance to the alley. Hejia Lane is located in a prosperous area of ??the old city. Later, the new city expanded to the west, and there were more and more high-rise buildings in the west. The old city is mostly composed of various old alleys and old houses. If Hejia Lane is the Point, stand at the entrance of the alley and look around. On the left, there are mostly tall buildings, while on the right, there are rows of houses with many eaves, and the houses are separated by wind and fire walls In a word, Hejia Lane makes the new city and the old city very distinct. The earth parted. The six-story building covered entirely by a plastic woven membrane was originally quite good. However, in recent years, urban construction work has been extremely fast, and there are countless high-rise buildings with dozens of floors. This building no longer counts as anything. However, the area occupied by this building is excellent. The old and new cities meet. The place where the most prosperous business district and the second business district meet is a prime location. It is a pity that this building has not been integrated into a department store, a large supermarket, etc. Dismantled fitness clubs, beauty salons As long as there is a business in the building, there is no loss of money. Later, it was said that the feng shui here was not good, and those who had good things to say were justified, because this building is close to Xianhe Temple, and Xianhe Temple is on the fourth floor of the Celestial Dynasty. One of the great Islamic mosques, can Allah like a place full of the smell of copper? But even if there are all kinds of rumors, there are always batches of businessmen flocking to it. The old neighbors in Hejia Lane are confused. Are these people stupid? As long as the merchants who have settled in have lost money one after another, why are there still those unrepentant people who want to chew on this old sugar cane? The dozen or so old neighbors were mostly wearing white sweatshirts, baggy pants, and flip-flops. They were all old people who had lived in the alley all their lives. Nowadays, it is a peaceful age. They are bored in their old age, and it is a pleasure to give advice. "Old Niu, let's make a bet, how long can we last this time? The bet is your coffin book, how about it?" An old man with drooped eyebrows that almost covered the corners of his eyes took a cattail leaf fan and patted the back of an old man next to him. The old man sneered, "Lao Li, you're half buried in the ground. You can't even wake up the next day even if you fall asleep. No matter how fast people close down at a loss, it will take a year and a half. You wait." "Can you afford it?" "Seventy-two bastards of yours, I'm only eighty-four this year, and I'm still young!" Old Man Li with long eyebrows retorted, "I'm still afraid of falling down. You are relying on my gambling account! As the saying goes, a good man will never escape death. You are exactly eighty-three this year!" The old people nearby laughed in good faith. Even if they are door to door, they are a pair of living treasures. If they don't quarrel for a day, they will probably feel uncomfortable. While he was talking, a head poked out of the school entrance in the alley and looked around. Then several figures jumped out and went straight into the alley across the street. Old Man Li, who had drooped eyebrows, stretched out his hand and grabbed the young man who was passing by. His eyebrows hanging at the corners of his eyes moved slightly, and he said with a half-smile, "Xiao Anzi, aren't you making up for your lessons right now?" You're skipping class again!" The young man tried hard to break free from the old man's hand, so he could only wave to a few teenagers of similar age with a grimace, and the best friends rushed across the street with a smile and quickly got in. The alley opposite. The young man who was grabbed had an ordinary appearance, but his eyebrows were very beautiful. The eyebrows were dark and neat, and they flew diagonally towards the temples. There were two or three long eyebrow hairs gathered together on the eyebrows, which were colorful. The golden embellishment in the eyebrows, if it were in ancient times, it could be called "born with a vision". ?The old man also liked the boy very much. He often said that his eyebrows were the most similar to his, but he didn't know that the boy complained about it in private. Even if it is the same thing, can it be the same if it is raised or drooped? "I said Grandpa Li, make up lessons and make up lessons only when needed. Just like you, old man, you need to take two Korean ginseng to make up for it. For someone like me, who is full of energy, do I need to make up for it?" The young man looked at the old man confidently. eyes. Old Man Li's eyebrows moved again, and he suddenly laughed, "Silly boy, sleeping on the cold bed depends entirely on your strong firepower. Yes, yes, yes, you don't need to make up for it. I always say, Xiao Anzi, you are the smartest, Forsythia The lessons are all one after another. However, Grandpa Li, I support you. Grandpa Li, at your age, I either go down the river to fish or go up the mountain to catch chickens every day. Your teachers are too inhumane. I still have to make up lessons during the summer vacation. Make up at night, you really don¡¯t treat your children as your own children" The old man surnamed Niu next to him couldn't help but interrupt, "If a young man doesn't work hard, the old man will be sad" The old man is not very enlightened, he just has a habit of bickering with the old man surnamed Li. However, Mr. Li slapped him on his back and ignored him. He just smiled and asked the young man, "Xiao Anzi, come on, come on, analyze it. This building obviously has bad feng shui, why are you still talking about it?" Is anyone moving in? " As early as the Chinese New Year last year, there were rumors that a big boss in Beijing had contracted the entire building. After the Chinese New Year, decoration workers came in and directly put up colorful woven membranes to cover the entire building. There are often various sounds of decoration inside. In May, overwhelming advertising began, and Caesars International officially opened for business on July 26th. Today, it is July 26th, and the entire building is still covered with colorful woven membranes. There is no sign that it is about to open. The security guards cruising around are not letting anyone who is curious to get a closer look. This made the old neighbors in Hejia Lane even more curious. An Pei, a young man with different eyebrows, was preparing to go to Feilengcui to play two games of DOTA with a few of his buddies. When the old man grabbed him tightly, he was really annoyed and said, "Isn't this obvious? Where is Hejia Lane? At the border between the most prosperous business circle and the second business circle in Yangzhou, there is such a big empty building. If I were a big boss from other places, my first thought would definitely be the same, the people here are stupid and the money will come quickly" Li Yichang Old man Li finally understood this [if people are stupid, money will come quickly], but he still didn't understand, "No way! It's so good, why don't others take advantage of this! Can it be his turn? Can he be a big boss? "Yes, you don't understand this?" An Pei looked at Li Yichang with some pity, "Isn't this business just like a gambler? If it succeeds, you call it a decisive blow. If it doesn't succeed, then of course it is. It¡¯s called indecision. Who wouldn¡¯t take advantage of such an obvious advantage? Those autobiographies of successful and struggling businessmen must have picked people who make money. If you think you can be a big boss, then you won¡¯t step on the dog. "Shit?" "You brat." Old Man Li reached out and slapped Ampei on the head, "Don't you think I understand? I only see thieves eating meat, but I don't see thieves getting beaten." I have never seen anything like this in the world. I think back then, when Ma Yongzhen in Shanghai was telling people numbers at a Dongtian Tea House, he was blinded by an ax gang and hacked to death after being sprinkled with lime powder. Grandpa Li, I was watching from the side" An Pei immediately covered his forehead with his right hand. Ma Yongzhen died in 1879. If Old Man Li could see it for real, it would be a hell of a job. But Old Man Li was used to bragging, and even he believed the lies he told. , I can¡¯t reason with the old man at all, so I¡¯d better run away quickly. But Old Man Li's arm looked so thin that it was just bones, but he was very strong. His hands like bird's talons tightly grasped his arm. He struggled several times, but he didn't dare to use too much strength, for fear of giving him a blow. Old Man Li stumbled, fell, and burped, which was unlucky. He looked up and saw Old Man Li looking at him, his eyes full of teasing. An Pei smiled resignedly and flattered him: "Grandpa Li, you are my grandfather, okay? I made an appointment with my classmates at Feilengcui at seven o'clock" "It's that girl Zhu Jiajia!" What a good kid, you've led him to skip school." Old Man Li refused to let him go. In fact, the old man was just that kind of typical old kid. If you asked him to go to the left, he would go to the right, and the harder he went. Said he was getting more and more energetic. "Grandpa Li, we are familiar with each other, don't talk nonsense!" An Pei's expression was extremely sad and angry. He used to be a good boy. Ever since he went to No. 2 Middle School and met Zhu Jiajia, he was led by this girl to skip classes. , the terrible thing is that this girl's academic performance is easily the first in the school, she is a qualified candidate for the National Mathematical Olympiad finals every year, and she is a favorite that every teacher holds in her hand for fear of her head getting cold and her head melting if she holds it in her mouth. No one will believe it. It was she who taught a child with average grades to skip class. But the fact is that it is like this. When Anpei just entered the second middle school, he happened to play "Fantasy Westward Journey" with ZhuHe wanted to use a server, but that day he was at the Feilengcui chain Internet cafe, and classmate Zhu Jiajia was sitting next to him. From that day on, Amp's life became a tragedy, and he became a miserable power leveler, and he was also the exclusive power leveler of classmate Zhu Jiajia. As for skipping classes, isn¡¯t that inevitable? This online game involves catching ghosts, running business, and doing tasks every day. How can a student have so much time? If he doesn¡¯t skip classes, how can he have time? Then, all we can do is squeeze like cleavage Under the encouragement of classmate Zhu Jiajia, An Pei finally started his career of skipping classes. Now, skipping classes has become a habit. Life is always like this, glamorous people will always be glamorous. Just like Zhu Jiajia's dragon girl baby, which is said to be the first full-skilled dragon girl in the server, ordinary players will only look at the red skill grids on the baby's skill interface, and will never look at Zhu Jiajia's power leveling classmate Anpei who is training every day. I went to class to catch all kinds of pet babies. Because there were so many babies, I even had to open a pet shop in the game Every time I mentioned this incident, Anpei was very sad and angry. Why did everyone think I was the one who brought it? Did she skip class? She was obviously the one who led me to skip classes Unfortunately, no one always believes the truth. "Okay, okay, I don't care about those things about you boys and girls." Old Man Li looked at him with a smile, "Just analyze it for Grandpa Li. If you were the big boss in Beijing, how would you run the business?" An Pei was eager to get away. , couldn't help but talk about the train, "Does this need to be said? If I were the boss, I would immediately recruit 1,800 girls, each of them speaking with a mellow imperial accent, and no matter who came in, they would all shout out " Hello boss]" "I mean, Xiao Anzi, can you stop being so vulgar?" Old man Niu couldn't help but interrupt, "Boss, this is so bad" An Pei glanced at him, "Grandpa Niu, so. You can't beat Grandpa Li. Do you know why? It's because your vision is worse than Grandpa Li's. What's wrong with the boss? , known as Boss Mei" Li Yichang smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes. "Lao Niu, I told you that you have poor eyesight, but you still don't believe me. Look, someone is telling the truth! Xiao Anzi, don't worry about him, you continue. "There are thousands of ladies renting houses here. There are many old houses here, and they are cheap As the saying goes, prostitution and gambling do not separate families. I will build a casino on the ground floor. I will usually have someone to cover it up, even if there is a surprise inspection." , behind are all old alleys and old houses, no cars can get in, I open the fire door to evacuate the guests, you can't catch anything I can even deal with drugs, if you come to arrest people, I will be cruel and let you go A fire, these endless old alleys and old houses, most of which are made of brick and wood, once it burns, do you arrest people or put out the fire" An Pei brought out the stuff from gangster movies and put a bunch of old people out. He was stunned for a moment, and felt a sense of accomplishment for a moment. He looked at Niu Fuyun and said: "Grandpa Niu, tell me, for such a high-end entertainment venue that has all benefits and no harm, how much do you think the minimum consumption is?" "Old man Niu was really frightened by him. He was speechless and said uncertainly: "How come it's only one thousand and eight hundred?" An Pei said disdainfully, "One thousand and eight hundred? The big boss from Beijing came to Yangzhou just to make money. This small amount of money? Grandpa Niu, let me tell you, it costs at least tens of thousands, so don¡¯t think it¡¯s too expensive¡± He was fooling a group of old men, and the sound of a bell sounded in the distance. Suddenly, the street The colorful woven membrane covering the building opposite suddenly slipped off like an evening dress on a female star. Immediately, dozens of high-intensity lights shot out from the foot of the building. Although the sky was not completely dark, the lights shot straight into the night sky The entire building suddenly The lights are brightly lit, and many parts of the first floor wall are replaced with glass. You can see inside from any angle. In the hall, there are hundreds of young ladies wearing neat and charming uniforms Niu Fuyun Old Man Niu murmured to himself: "You don't know how to call me boss?" Just as he was talking, some curious people couldn't help but push open the door and take a look. There was a swish inside, and thousands of ladies bowed in unison, making a sweet sound, " Hello, boss." The man was so frightened that he sat down on the shiny marble floor. The accent of the imperial capital is mellow. At the entrance of Hejia Lane, a dozen old neighbors and a young man had dull faces. Note: The story of this book is set in the Chinese Empire after 2000 AD. The leaders of Yangzhou are called prefects, the leaders of Jiangsu are called envoys, those responsible for national security are called Jinyiwei, and those who engage in secret intelligence are called Dongchang. Of course, fans Occasionally, I would go to a nightclub to check for ecstasy. This was obviously over the top. As the inspection department responsible for local security, I dare not speak out. Even an ordinary fan would not treat the police chief, not the inspection department director. In my eyes there are still planes in the sky, tanks on the ground, and aircraft carriers in the sea Don't ask me why, you have to explain.If so, is this a parallel space?