"These things are really long overdue for obsolescence."

When Lu An walked out of the carriage, he was baptized by the oncoming heat wave, as if he had entered the hot water from the cold storage in an instant. The icy air inside the carriage is like being in cold storage, and the sultry air outside the carriage is as thick as boiling hot water, which is the most torturous in summer.

Lu Anxin complained and walked out of the station with hot water.

Ground rail transit is still a product of three or four centuries ago, and the air conditioning in the carriage is said to be a product of the fifties of the last century, and now it is 416 years old in the galaxy calendar, and these old antiques are still stubbornly struggling to serve.

Unlike most of today's smart air conditioners, which fine-tune the temperature according to age, the outside season and weather, and the different times of the day, these old cabin air conditioners will always have only one temperature.

"It's almost the age of the old man, and it's really the same cold. Is it really old and strong? ”

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The station where Lu An came out was next to the Hujiang River, and the holographic screen at the entrance of the station was still intermittently playing the glorious history of the past, but the crowds of people had long been ancient, and now there was no one at the entrance of the station, only Lu An went out of the station under the scorching sun.

Lu An's destination is on the edge of the Hujiang River, surrounded by green trees, and there is a six-story gray-and-white building, which is the Hujiang Taoyuan Information Technology Company.

Perhaps to echo the name of the company, most of the surrounding greenery is peach trees, and now that it is late summer, some ripe peaches can be seen in the leafy trees that have been specially set aside for landscaping.

Today's Shanghai-Hangzhou Union City has a population of hundreds of millions, and the city center of the North District is even more expensive, basically lined with high-rise buildings, although the place where Taoyuan Company is located is not very core, but such a large area of woodland is empty, just to surround a six-story building, which is indeed difficult for many people to understand.

Some people say it's propaganda to attract attention, while others think it's purely the bad taste of the nouveau riche boss.

There are winding bluestone paths in the peach forest, which are already covered with moss, and few people walk except for making landscapes. After all, with such a big peach orchard, it's good to take a flying car directly to the parking lot, so why bother walking?

Probably only Lu An really walked through the trail.

After walking for more than ten minutes, he arrived at the main gate of Taoyuan Company, Lu An couldn't wait to enter it, and the comfortable air made the heat of his body disappear immediately.

"Mr. Lu." The front desk lady at the door greeted Lu An politely when she saw Lu An coming in.

"I came to find Mr. Wu, I don't know if he's busy now?"

"Mr. Lu, please wait a moment." The front desk lady clicked twice on the terminal of the company's giant brain, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, please go up." ”

"Okay, thank you."

It is also strange to say, Taoyuan company, as one of the world's top virtual office equipment manufacturers, the production of virtual intelligent reception personnel sell well all over the world, it is said that even at the main entrance of the coalition government, the two perfect figures, tactful voice of the virtual reception lady, are specially ordered in Taoyuan company.

Even in Lu An's military academy at the beginning, some students had their brains open and proposed to order two heroic virtual female soldiers from Taoyuan Company to act as receptions, but they were beaten by the fat man from the security department who rushed into the classroom on the same day and had a blue nose and swollen face.

"Bastard, do you want to steal Lao Tzu's job? Do you have an issue with me? ”

Later, the matter was dismissed, and the school's official statement was that because of the military school's military network security regulations, civilian purchases were not allowed to be used to access the synchronous communication network.

However, Taoyuan's own front desk hired a beautiful woman, instead of using Taoyuan's own proudest products.

The reason is naturally unknown, after all, this is the company's president personally instructed, so he will not explain the reason. As a result, it had to be understood as a quirk.

Naturally, the six-story building does not have a maglev elevator, so Lu An had to take the stairs.

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Wu Renli, the boss of Taoyuan Company, works at the staircase on the sixth floor.

His office was open on all sides, with no partitions, no shields, and not even a lot of furnishings to show his identity. If it weren't for the word "President" written on the sign, at first glance, people would feel that he was just like an ordinary employee.

"Uncle Wu."

"An An, you're here." Wu Renli smiled and pointed to the chair in front of the table, "Sit down, why did you suddenly come over today?" ”

"Uncle Wu, I'm here to apologize to you." Lu An said with a wry smile, his face full of apologies.

"Oh? What happened? ”

"I may not be able to come to Taoyuan. At home, let me go to the army for an internship, I ......"

"Huh? You're only twenty years old, and you're not at the age of army recruitment, how can you ......?"

Wu Renli suddenly stopped his mouth, smacked his lips, and then said: "The old man is really ......, uh,......"

Lu An stood up and bowed and apologized: "Uncle Wu has been taking care of me before, and I'm really embarrassed this time." ”

"What is this?" Wu Renli waved his hand and said, "You sit, you sit." If you really go to the army to exercise, that's fine. Speaking of which, your father and I met in the army. That's fine, that's fine. ”

"Besides, even if you do an internship in the army, you don't necessarily have to stay in the army in the future. After two years, if you want, you can continue to come to Uncle Wu's company. ”

"Well, thank you, Uncle Wu." Lu An nodded and said, "Then I'll hand over to Mr. Liu first." ”

"Okay." Wu Renli raised his head and shouted, "Xiao Liu, come over here." ”

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By the time Lu An returned to the station by the Hujiang River, it was already an hour later.

Before entering the station, he looked back at the peach forest.

Since the death of his brother, Lu An has completely lost his additional financial resources and can only support himself and his sister on his own.

The CEO of Taoyuan Company is a former student of the military academy, and his company also has some military cooperation projects, so there are often internship programs in the school.

And when Lu An went to apply for an internship opportunity, he was recognized by Wu Renli at a glance, he claimed to be Lu Yingbang's comrade-in-arms, and enthusiastically pulled Lu An in.

Basically, every other month, he can receive some small projects from Taoyuan Company, complete them alone, and then get some remuneration and rewards.

Lu An once also thought about when his father had such a comrade-in-arms?

His father, as a posthumously awarded "Special Hero", can easily be queried and learned in the public information of the Joint Command.

Before his father's death, he was the commander of the 2nd Independent Special Fleet, which had three independent squadrons, the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd, and the list of officers above the rank of major can all be found on the website of the Combined Command.

However, there was no Wu Renli among them.

Moreover, as a well-known emerging company established and rising after the war, although Wu Renli has different reputations, his identity and origin are rarely known to the outside world.

Lu An didn't know why Wu Renli took extra care of himself, he didn't know if the old man who had always been like a stone suddenly had an abnormal brain and made any hints to Wu Renli.

After all, the relationship between Lu An and Commander-in-Chief Lu of the Joint Command is rarely known, and Wu Renli broke down when they first met, and even knew that his father Lu Yingbang was the son of Commander-in-Chief Lu Yong.

However, Lu An couldn't ask.

After all, he needs money, very much money.

He needs Anna to be able to live without worrying about food and clothing, not to worry about tuition fees, to live with peace of mind every day, and not to worry about anything else except for illness and suffering.

Now that I am saying goodbye to Wu Renli, perhaps, this answer will no longer need to be known.

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In the afternoon, back at school, Lu An went to the medical center to pick up his sister Anna home.

Lu An and Anna's home is on the shore of the big lake, a house of about 50 square meters, one bedroom and one living room. On weekdays, Anna lives alone, and occasionally Lu An comes back from school and sleeps in the living room.

When Lu An first ran away from home, he and Anna lived in his parents' previous house, which was located on the bank of the Shanghai River, which was very spacious and livable.

It's just that after Lu An's brother died, Lu An could only sell the villa and take Anna to live on the shore of the big lake.

At that time, Lu An had been specially recruited into the Third Military Academy, and Anna's illness from time to time made Lu An dare not let her leave too far. It's like the night before, if Lu An hadn't slept in the living room, maybe something would have happened that scared him.

The door opened, and the room was still messy, the tables and chairs were kicked open, and Lu An's bedding was kicked aside, just like when Lu An rushed out with Anna in his arms the night before.

Lu An put down Anna's small bag containing her clothes, turned around and closed the door, and turned her head to see her sister caressing her chest and standing between the living rooms.

"Anna, what's wrong?"

"Brother, before I fell into a coma the day before yesterday, I didn't know if I could wake up, I didn't know if I could see here, and now I'm a little happy to come back."

"You, you say that every time."

Lu An carried the small bag and walked to the living room, picked up the table and put the bag down, and said while cleaning up the blanket: "Okay, don't worry, there will be no next time." You'll be able to see it every day in the future, so don't worry about it anymore. ”

"Hmm."

"Are you going back to school tonight?"

"yes, it's still summer. You've long been a big girl, and it's inconvenient for my brother to stay here. I'll make you dinner, and I'll go back when I'm done. ”

"Oh." Anna said in a dejected manner, kicking Lu An's bedding with her foot.

"Otherwise, when I'm well and we're less nervous, buy a sleeping pod for my brother, so it's much more convenient to fall asleep in the house." It doesn't have to be too expensive......"

"Forget it." Lu An shook his head and said, "You know, I'm not used to that thing." ”

In fact, before Lu An was ten years old, he didn't have this problem. As for the reason, it could not be explained in front of Anna.

"Besides, you're sixteen years old now. In two years, it's time to go to college, and you have to save some more living expenses, the money from selling the villa is only enough for tuition, and you have to save for living expenses. ”

Anna listened to Lu An's nagging, pouted and said, "I know, I know, don't buy, don't buy." ”

"Okay, I'll go cook, you clean up the living room."

"Oh."

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Lu An and his sister had dinner together, cleaned up the house, and appeased Anna, who had been in trouble for a long time, before going out to school.

When he was about to walk to the dormitory building behind the school, Lu An remembered the package that he had forgotten three times and twice.

"Hey, I almost forgot about it."

Lu An looked at the time, it happened that the fat man with a straightforward temper should have just finished dinner at this time, and it was the best time of the day.

"Forget it, let's turn around and get it. lest you forget again tomorrow. ”

Lu An reluctantly turned back and went to pick up the strange and mysterious package.