An apartment building on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York, USA

John Leto, a former Columbia University alumnus, was obviously unlucky at the age of 43, a senior investigator who worked in the IRS for 15 years, and his annual salary has been raised to the level of a director of $200,000, but because of some negligence in his work, he violated the so-called strict discipline of the IRS, and offended his boss, and was ordered to resign voluntarily at the end of last year and left the job that he was going to work until the pension, and his ex-wife and children left him three years ago, The reason is not because of alcoholism or other bad habits, on the surface, because of less gathering and more time away from home all day, in fact, the drama is nothing more than a housewife being seduced by a fitness coach and leaving home......

The huge amount of alimony and the protracted divorce lawsuit have exhausted John Leto's family savings in his career as an IRS investigator, which also directly leads to the fact that the lord is a little self-defeating after resuming his career as a single Wang Lao Wu, for example, as the director of investigation of the IRS, he has an ambiguous relationship with the taxpayer under investigation, and the other party's husband is actually a member of the House of Representatives.

From the standard American middle class with an annual salary of 200,000 US dollars to a middle-aged down-and-out uncle who has no food to apply for a resume everywhere but hits a wall, it is just the inevitable result of the sluggish business of John Leto Private Detective Agency in the three months since it opened, so in a free world like the United States, don't take it lightly to engage in divorce wars, housewives with babies must have the upper hand, and almost all of the houses and family savings on Long Island are swept up by negative people in divorce lawsuits, for cheating men, Leaving the house is both a punishment and a consequence of the cause.

Although John Leto's one-man private detective agency has a detective company license issued by New York State, as a newcomer to the 1,000 New York State detective firms, he has changed from a tax investigator at the IRS to a private down-and-out uncle detective who everyone shouts at, and the transition has not been as smooth as expected.

John Leto certainly couldn't afford to live in a high-end apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, and a humble cheap apartment in Brooklyn was his and his detective agency's home. It was only by solving the seemingly simple anagram on the advertisement that he found it.

The janitor of the apartment looked suspiciously at John Leto who pushed the door in, and the latter was obviously taken aback by the crowded scene in the apartment hall, originally thought that the people who could guess the anagram and find this place were very few, maybe the audience of the New York Times was too large, maybe there was no shortage of smart people in the world at any time, anyway, there were at least a dozen men and women of different heights, short, fat and thin skin colors in the apartment hall that should have been empty, and they were silently lined up, a guy with a gloomy face who looked like a janitor, Guarding the staircase, this is a 5-storey high-end apartment, and there are three elevators, but at the moment both elevators are sealed, and only the only one is open.

John Leto hesitantly looked at the people queuing in the hall, and although the people in the queue also focused on John Leto's side, no one spoke, and the expressions on everyone's faces were different, for the 93-year-old American society with an annual income of 50,000 yuan even if it was the middle class, once hired, the hired private detective advertisement with a remuneration of 10,000 US dollars can definitely bring warm expectations to most people on this early spring day, no one can't get along with money, so the sign at the entrance of the hall indicates "Quiet, Don't talk to anyone! "It's a deterrent in any way......

John Leto got his number, No. 12, and at this time there were less than 5 minutes left before the advertised interview start time at 8 o'clock, and the 11 people in front of him obviously scoffed at John Leto, who was 43 years old and looked like he had not cleaned up his beard, and strict compliance with time was just the most basic requirement for applying, this belated down-and-out uncle, I am afraid that he couldn't decrypt it and hurried here before the interview began, in fact, the nearest subway station is on the corner 300 meters away... …

The clock hand in the hall pointed to 8 o'clock, the janitor closed the door to the hall on the ground floor of the apartment, it looked like the apartment was like a mysterious palace was wrapped up by a recruitment planner, a few janitors looked at the security company from the professional, big waist round face gloomy, full of deterrence A businesslike posture, closing the door is not counted, but also directly locked, which caused a commotion of 12 people in line, fortunately no one linked this with the criminal group in broad daylight, the people who can appear here, Obviously, IQ is much luckier than those who can't solve the anagram and can't find the interview address, and of course, it's normal that a $10,000 gift is tempting enough.

After the door closed, the janitor or security guard at the staircase began to call, "No.1, you can enter the elevator, there are five floors in total, if you can't find the target within 5 minutes, you can leave the fire staircase, remember, you only have 5 minutes, all questions are considered to be unreasonable!" The $20 is the cost of your application! If you take it and lose it, you will come for nothing! ”

Holding the No. 1 piece of paper was a skinny and malnourished old man, who heard the last words of the janitor leader, swallowed the question in his mouth deeply, quickly took the $20 and put it in his pocket, while muttering and stepping into the elevator, the elevator door closed automatically, and what he originally wanted to ask was, of course, what was the goal? Is it the interview room or is it just looking for an object? You can't just pinch your watch without any hints, right? Old man No. 1 originally thought that the prompt would be in the elevator, but after the elevator was closed, he looked around blankly and found nothing, thought for a while, gritted his teeth and pressed the button on the 5th floor, from the top down at least to save some effort to climb the stairs, right?

In fact, pressing the button on the 5th floor has already announced that the biggest gain of the old man coming to apply for the job today is the crumpled $20 paper in his pocket, the elevator rose to the 5th floor and opened the door, No. 1 did not leave the elevator in a hurry, but probed out, outside was a long corridor with fluorescent lights, and when he saw the arrow in the corner of the wall happily stepped out of the elevator, it was irreversible, the elevator closed and automatically began to fall, and No. 1 followed the arrows that kept appearing in the corner, and soon arrived at the position of the fire ladder, a hugeThe "OUT" sign reminded the old man that he had failed the assessment, and when he turned around unwillingly and wanted to go back, he found that the automatic door behind him had been closed and could not be opened, and finally he was helpless and climbed the 5th fire elevator down to the back alley.

Facing the building on his back and was about to scold, but he saw two uniformed and armed security guards turn around the corner, and after signaling him to leave the back alley quickly without saying a word, the No. 1 old man detective had to give up his attempt to be angry, private detectives belong to the disgusting role in American society, and they are used to being beaten and chased at any time when they are discovered.

Two hours later, the 11 candidates in front of the queue without exception returned home, of course, this is just John Leto's private speculation, most companies recruit, often after the admission of the right candidates, will directly end the day's recruitment process, these two hours as a latecomer with the No. 12 plate, John Leto sweated in his palms, a mere $20 car and horse fee is only enough for him to mix today's living expenses, and he will have to pay the 2nd quarter of the room fee, If they don't get orders and don't make any money, John Leto and his one-man detective agency will have to ask the landlord to sweep the floor and go out to the street to be a homeless man!

Since the 11 lucky or unlucky people in front of him could not communicate with each other, and the door of the apartment behind him was also closed, John Leto judged that it was impossible for all 11 people to have passed the assessment, and it was more likely that everyone was blocked by the mysterious exam questions in front of the successful embankment, but he still quietly turned around many times, hoping to see the unlucky ones who were ordered to leave from the fire staircase from outside the door, but surprisingly, no one came back at all, It's weird, even for curiosity!

"No.12, it's your turn, take it, $20 for the carriage and horse fare, good luck!" The janitor boss grinned and didn't look like he was smiling, obviously, the more people failed in this mysterious project to recruit private investigators, the longer the business would be for these hired temporary security guards, and it was better to have such a list to do every day, and the ease of going in the wind and rain was high and risk-free.

John Leto took the $20 bill, almost at the urging of the janitor and even pushed into the elevator, the elevator door automatically closed, John Leto, who was standing alone in the elevator, spent 1 minute looking around, the elevator walls and corners of the ceiling can not let go of any clues, he even took out a sprayer from his pocket and sprayed it in the elevator button area, after the white fog, a faint trace made the fingerprints on the button on the button revealed, it can be seen, The 11 people in front of you have pressed all 4 buttons on the 2nd to 5th floors, maybe? The key is to choose the right floor?! John Leto's heart raced.