Miami, a beachfront villa, a lounge by the inland pool.

An old man with gray hair sat at the card table, and he was accompanied by several young and beautiful bikini girls, and the old man was amused by these women from time to time and laughed, and suddenly a tall black man walked in, and when the old man saw him, he motioned for several women to stand down, and these women immediately bowed their heads and walked away quickly through the door that led to the inland pool on the other side, and they did not even dare to look at who it was, and whether they had anything with them.

The black man didn't even look at these bewitching women, as if they were a ball of air, walked straight to the old man's side, bent down and said something in the old man's ear, the old man immediately diǎn diǎn head, and gave the black man another look, and then saw the black man walk to the cabinet next to the room, took out a laptop, and after a few operations, sent the computer to the card table in front of the old man.

The old man squinted at the computer screen, ignoring the black man who sent the computer over, and the black man deliberately walked to the place where the old man could see him out of his sight, and waited for the order in an orderly manner.

The old man looked at the computer for a long time, but the black man stood motionless, as if he was a guard statue standing there, the old man looked at it for a while, looked up and said to the black man: "Oh, Edward, you don't remind me, there is always a place that people can't take care of when they are old, find a place to sit." ”

The black man, who had been expressionless just now, suddenly pursed his lips and nodded in greeting, and then sat down at the foot of the wall that could not be seen in the doorway and window, where a chair had already been placed.

The old man raised his eyebrows, nodded slightly, and looked at the computer screen again.

After a long time, the old man seemed to say to himself, "Oh, it seems that this little guy is very powerful." ”

No one answered his question.

After a while, the old man raised his left hand, and his index finger swiped a few times in the void, and the black man quickly took out his mobile phone, dialed a number, and handed it to the old man.

The old man took the phone and said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Douglas, it's me, Willie." ”

Douglas on the other end of the line was also an old man, and said in an old voice, "Oh, which Willie?"

"Come on, Doug, you're an old bookworm who swears to read the National Archives, and your memory won't be so bad. The old man who called himself Willie scoffed.

"Well, Willie, aren't you feeling the energy of youth in Miami. Why are you free to call me?"

"Old Doug, I'm not like you, it's enough to read, but I can't, I still like an active lifestyle. ”

"Then it seems that you are old and confused, and you are here to show off by making a phone call?"

"Oh, Douglas, you're still the same, you don't like to talk to people, but I'm afraid in a few years, even if you want to, there will be no one who can talk to you like that. Willy said with some self-deprecation.

Douglas's voice on the other side of the phone was a little harsh: "Hey, Willie, I'm going to die before you, remember to help me officiate my funeral." ”

"I was about to say that to you, hahahaha~"

The laughter of two old men came from the phone.

The two laughed for a while, and Willy said with a grimace, "Do you see the children's new discoveries?"

"What did I find? I was in my study all afternoon, and I didn't let them disturb me, what happened?" Douglas's voice was a little puzzled.

Willy said: "That's right, there is an adopted daughter of an alliance family, which seems to have opened up a new industrial chain. ”

"Oh, what programming discovery or something?" Douglas's voice was full of disdain.

"This is different, before the children noticed her, she was implementing her plan, and expanding her influence according to the plan, you know, it took her less than a year to pull the original northern agricultural state to her side, and some children behind the Food and Drug Administration may also be on her side. ”

Douglas was visibly interested: "Oh? So there is going to be a good little guy in the league again? Is there someone behind her to help? Chinese? Romans? Or Russians?"

"She does have Chinese ancestry, but she has always grown up under the watchful eye of the Alliance. Willie laughed.

"Oh, so that's all there is to her, how about we go and see if we have a chance?" said Douglas.

"But there's a problem here, the origin is really fine, but the child himself seems to have some problems. Willy shook his head slightly.

"What's the problem? You know, in the eyes of ordinary people, people who are really good at layout are incomprehensible. Douglas said.

"Not only that, you listen to me read it to you, oh yes, this is the behavior analysis report that the children have made up themselves over the years. Willy's voice was a little playful, and then he said, "You listen to this paragraph first." The target is not like the average female, note: adolescent female. In that way, I pay more attention to appearance and appearance, but in private, I pay more attention to low-key, not only dress, but even all shoes are easy to exercise. ”

Douglas said: "So what, it's not that athletic girls don't have it. ”

"But she's still a singer, to be precise, a singer in the form of singing and dancing, and the group she is in is a youth group, I think you don't need me to say that you understand, what such a girl should be like in private, right?"

"Oh, that's really problematic, maybe she's shy by nature?"

"No, you're wrong again, you listen to me, but after counting her table on TV talk shows, I found that her table is not an introvert at all, but more like an extrovert. ”

"Is this deliberately disguised by her? You know what's going on in the entertainment industry. ”

"The children can be said to have fought for her, and those ** officials also seem to think that she is a little dangerous, do you know why?" Willy suddenly smiled and sold Guanzi.

"I don't have a report in my hand, tell me quickly. Willie could hear it in Douglas's voice, and his old friend was intrigued.

"She was a survivor of a massacre in '98, and Langley's children did a Sky Lock program, and in that plan, because of the strategic needs of the new century, the adoption of the Alliance's families was expanded to Asian children, and it was at that time that she became the adopted daughter of our ambassador to South Korea, well, two. ”

"Massacre?"

"It's normal that you don't know, I dare say you haven't been out of the National Archives for the last ten years, except for the time when the Twin Towers fell. ”

"Well, you're right. ”

Willy leaned back in his chair and said: "Okay, no gossip, in fact, everyone thinks that this adopted daughter will have psychological problems because of the massacre, but since she was included in the Sky Lock Project, she has always behaved like a normal person, this diǎn alliance family knows, ** officials know, but at first they all felt that it didn't matter, because she was sent to South Korea." ”

"Well, it was the right choice. ”

Willie also diǎn diǎn head: "It's very correct, at least Langley's children think that this adopted daughter is very affectionate and close to them, as can be seen from the last report they sent to her protective agent, she is very friendly to a child named Barbara who is about the same background as her and is an agent of Langley Company." ”

"So, what are the children worried about?"

"Langley's children are very upset because they boverstepped their authority to investigate this adopted daughter, and we don't know the cause of the matter yet, and you know that the judges have to keep a sense of mystery at all times, it doesn't matter. However, they recently sent B's behavioral analysis unit to South Korea to investigate a kidnapping case that implicated this adopted daughter in it many years ago, oh, a homicide case to be exact. ”

"Oh, what? Our little wolf showed her fangs when she was a child?" Douglas's voice was excited.

"No, it's the opposite, she's not only kidnapped, she's also a survivor of that murder, but from the MIA, the Behavioral Analysis Unit found the intelligence, they believe that they kidnapped our adopted daughter at the time, and eventually went crazy and killed the person who helped him kidnap his entourage, who was the chief psychiatrist responsible for the psychological evaluation of this adopted daughter. ”

"Interesting, so did he leave any manuscripts behind?"

"Not at all. So his motives have always been unknown, and our adopted daughter, oh, by the way, her name is Phoebe, Phoebe Song. ”

"Phoebe, one of the most mysterious of the twelve Titans of Creation in Greek mythology, she only left a name, but never a story. ”

"That's right, it's that Phoebe, by the way, the company that Phoebe founded is called Annn. ”

"Hehe, Titan 9? ”

"Young man. Willie smiled and said, "Without further ado, I'll read you another analysis report." ”

"Well, I'm interested. ”

After becoming a survivor for the second time, Phoebe still did not have any psychological abnormalities, and her behavior was the same as usual, so although Langley's children didn't say it, they were also a little worried about this Phoebe, but they were not as worried as the ** officials. ”

"Well, it's true that even adults can collapse when they experience such a big event as death, let alone a child, and they should indeed be in awe of her. ”

"Old man, do you mean awe?"

"That's right, awe, you know, the more I've seen in the National Archives over the years, the more I've discovered that people are hierarchical. ”

"We all know that," Atlas shrugged. ”

"No, it's more than that, it's for the whole upper class, so there are some things that haven't been said, and there are parts of Ms. Rand's manuscripts that are not suitable for publication, and our elders put them here. ”

"National Archives?"

"Well, I was fortunate enough to meet it, and I think that while there are some things she said that are not right, there are some things that she said are right. ”

"Do you think I need to read it?"

"No, you'd better enjoy your sun and bikini beauty. I'm just going to tell you that a layout person who really stands at the top of the ladder will not be afraid of death. ”

Willie held the phone and said dismissively, "Hey, you talk like a dictator." ”

"Dictator? no, the dictator will be overthrown, and the person who is really good at the layout will take into account all the opponents of her at the beginning of the layout, and gradually make these opponents his supporters or allies, and their layout will rarely require violent means, and by the time his opponents really understand his layout, they will no longer be able to oppose him. ”

Willie was a little puzzled: "You are talking about the exchange of interests?"

"No, although there is some exchange of interests in the process, the real arranger will not let any opponents enter his system, lest his opponents grow up in the system he has established. ”

"Like, no one in history has ever done this, right?" Willie hesitated.

"No, there are such people, but they have all become gods in our eyes. Of course, a living God, or, a dead God. ”

The two old men on both ends of the phone were silent for a long time, and Douglas spoke first: "Willie, do you think she is such a person?"

Willie shook his head and said: "I don't know, at least from the current point of view, although she is very smart, as smart as those little guys in Silicon Valley, and she is also very good at exchanging interests, but I really haven't seen the layout you said." ”

"I'm interested in meeting this Phoebe, what should we call her?"

Willie listened to the sound of closing the book on the phone, and suddenly smiled: "Great-great-great-grandnephew?" ”

"Willie, I hear pranks waiting for me in your voice, tell me old man, my heart can't stand your new stuff right now. ”

"Hehehe, it's nothing, well, you have to be careful, in fact, this great-great-great-grandniece of ours is very beautiful, and it can be said that she is very charming. ”

"Oh, then I'm more interested in meeting her. ”

"Leisurely diǎn old man, now is not as good as forty years ago, many people don't know us. ”

"Don't worry, I'm going to give you a funeral. ”

"Bastard, I'm going to give you a funeral!"

The two teased each other again before ending the call.

Willie didn't greet the black man sitting there, he quietly watched the sunset in Miami, until the sun completely disappeared from the sea level, he smiled and shook his head, slowly stood up, and said with a smile while tidying up his clothes: "Edward, arrange the plane, let's go to Korea, oh no, she should be on her way back to Boston." Edward, let's go to Boston and meet Willie's bastard first, huh. ”

Edward bowed slightly, and hurriedly stepped forward to follow the old man Willy to the other door......