Subtitle of this chapter: I want to be emperor

"John, do you have any dreams?"

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It's a pity that John is so clever that he didn't take the words, but said a little impatiently: "Neo, just say it." ”

"Hehe......" our Master Yuan chuckled and asked in a very serious tone, "Mr. McCall, do you think this world is ridiculous?" ”

"Hmmm......"

"The people around us are ridiculous, aren't they?"

"Ah......h

"Take your Miss Helen Brown, for example. Of course, I have to admit that she is a very cute girl, and even I am a little tempted. But she's really ridiculous, isn't she? ”

"Neo, you ......" Mr. Lawyer was a little uneasy, trying to interrupt him.

"Please don't interrupt me, Mr. McCall." Master Yuan said to himself, "Miss Brown obviously has no talent, but she is dreaming of being an author. Well, she realized this herself, so she switched careers and became an editor. But if she wasn't the daughter of the president of New York University Press, would she have the opportunity to intern at a publishing house? ”

"Rather than an author and an editor or something, she should obediently marry you, a promising lawyer. But I think you should understand that Miss Brown will realize this one day, which is why you have waited so patiently for her. However, she is just going around in circles on the road of life. Aside from wasting time and learning a lesson, it won't do you any good or her. ”

"John, isn't she ridiculous?"

Mr. Lawyer fell silent and nodded after a long while.

"And our good friend Mr. Louis Baker, for example. He was really a good man, but unfortunately not as smart as his grandfather. ”

"Mr. Baker Jr. longed for socialism, supported feminism, and sympathized with the toiling masses...... But he himself did not realize how cheap and ...... his compassion was Amusing. ”

Yuan Yanqian waited for a moment and saw John nodding slightly, and then continued: "Don't talk about the people around us. Let's talk about the two presidents of the United States. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Harding, a brilliant idealist failed, and a beautiful nothingist came to power......"

"Alright, Neo, don't talk about it." Mr. McCall interrupted him with a loud voice, and asked, "If the world is so ridiculous, what are you going to do?" ”

Our Master Yuan raised his index finger and shook it: "No, no, no, what are we going to do?" ”

John said with some anger: "Okay, so what are we going to do?" ”

"We ......" Yuan Yan cracked her mouth and smiled, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth. In the eyes of his lawyer, his big client is like a big monster who chooses people to eat, "Of course we want to make the world a more ridiculous place!" ”

"Those who are looking for money, we make them rich overnight and then leave them with nothing."

"Those who are looking for honor, we let them go to the top and then beat them to the dust."

"Those who seek nobility, we let them move the world and then make them laughing......"

“CYNIC。” This time Mr. McCall interrupted him calmly, then shook his head and sighed, "Well, I should have thought that you were a believer in Antisthenes and Diogenes. ”

"I'm so sluggish, I should have thought of it when you turned me down five thousand dollars. A poor student living in a shabby apartment wouldn't care about $5,000, then he would be hopelessly romantic or materialistic! ”

"You're going to burn my checks, you're going to give half a million dollars, and you're going to spend it lavishly when you have it. So it's not that you don't understand the benefits of money and it's not that you won't enjoy it, you just don't care! ”

"What you just said is, 'The world is a big absurd, a big joke, and I can only treat it as a ridiculous and a joke.'"

"Yes, you're a complete cynic!"

"Hahaha......" Yuan Yan looked up to the sky and laughed, "John, I thought you already knew. ”

Cynicism has nothing to do with Confucianism, but is closely related to the Zhuangzi of the Sailis Taoist family. The most famous story about cynicism is one day when Alexander came to visit Diogenes, who was lying on the ground basking in the sun, and asked him what he wanted. Diogenes replied, "If only you don't block my sun."

It can be seen that these two are only concerned with absolute individual spiritual freedom, and despise all social hypocrisy, customs and cultural norms. To a lesser extent, it can be called cynical, and a more serious degree is cynicism.

But our Master Yuan is really not a cynic, he just can't face the world seriously. So he decided to take the world ...... Well, his world is a little more fun.

"John, I think you're a very hidden cynic, too."

"No, I'm not. I consider myself a fatalistic and non-ascetic Stoic. ”

The Stoics, along with skepticism, cynicism, and Epicureans, are known as the four major philosophical schools of the Hellenistic period (334 BC to the 1st century BC). It has something in common with cynicism in that it also declares that all external things are not important. Its founder, Zeno, was originally a cynic.

"A half-Stoic? Infys listens. Yuan Yanqian whistled lightly and changed the subject, "Then Mr. Stoic (Mr. Porch Stoic originally means porch), would you like to join my organization? ”

"Your organization? What organization? ”

"SCP Foundation. It's the Special Containment Procedures Foundation. ”

"Strange name. So how many members does your organization have? ”

"So far there are only two, and if you join, there will be three."

"Haha, Neo. It's funny. ”

"Haha, John. It's funny......"

By the way, I should have given the SCP Foundation members a codename that was full of coercion.

"John, I'm serious. Now the SCP Foundation has me, Dionysus, and a ...... Well, Hermes. If you come, you can be a ......."

"Zeus, I'm going to be Emperor!" (note 1)

"John, you always surprise me, even the tarot cards know it. Well, you're the Emperor. Your Majesty the Emperor, please drive. ”

Mr. McCall struggled to rekindle the fire...... In these years, it was very troublesome to start the car, and some people even broke their arms in order to start the car with a crank.

After a while, John suddenly spoke, "Neo." I have a suggestion. ”

Yuan Yanqian asked casually, "What suggestions?" ”

Mr. Lawyer said seriously, "You should hire a secretary." ”

"Secretary ......"

Of course I want a secretary, isn't there a saying in Seris, work as a secretary during the day, and work as a secretary at night.

I only heard Mr. McCall say in a somewhat aggrieved tone: "You know how many letters and telegrams I have received for you when you are not in New York these days." Neo, I'm your lawyer, not your secretary! ”

It turned out that he was talking about this.

Yuan Yanqian said indifferently: "It's just a few telegrams and letters, where do you need a secretary?" Let's talk about it later......"

"Neo, you don't understand it yet, you'll know when you get home."

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Note 1: All three are tarot cards. And the fool, that is, Dionysus, the god of wine, is the beginning of the tarot card.

So, did you get that foreshadowing? If you don't get it, see the next chapter.

This week, there is also a chapter for the long-term patients.