As an important part of modern life, the conditions around us are becoming more and more mature, and many things that used to be only seen in science fiction movies have now become commonplace. For example, mobile phones, 20 years ago, I probably thought that at most they were the same as the big brother in Hong Kong movies, at least in that era, it was already the top and most luxurious tool to show off wealth, and now, when you look everywhere on the street, at least half of the ten people are playing with mobile phones, and today's mobile phones are all so advanced, and the kind of touch operation that I tried to imagine before has now become a fact.

There are many more examples like this, and what I want to express is actually saying that our generation happened to encounter a technological leap in an era, and such a leap span may be the span of several dynasties in ancient times, but we have achieved it all in just a few decades, and there is no sign of stopping. And when some things become more and more convenient, the intersection between people begins to seem more and more unnecessary, for example, I can pay the phone bill, water and electricity bills with my fingers, so why should I go to the business hall? For example, in many cases, things can be clearly explained and agreed upon on the phone, so how much is there need to meet? While technology brings us more and more convenience, the people around us are becoming less and less, and then become a bunch of very convenient, but very cold machines.

So today's story is about machines.

A few days after returning from the movie theater, it was almost New Year's Eve, because Hu Zongren refused to propose to his own woman with me, so I took the initiative to contact him less during that time, because this person is a person who can't hide words, it is easy to tell Fu Yunni my plan, considering the relationship between Fu Yunni and Sister Cai, then my careful preparation seems to be meaningless. And Hu Zongren himself is also busy, in addition to the two of us have to work together to deal with the Xuanyuan Society's more perverted case than the other, he also has to prepare for his own wedding, so in those days he asked me to borrow a car, saying that he was going to distribute the wedding card, and when he came to pick up the car, he even handed the wedding card directly to me. For several days, Hu Zongren didn't return the car, until one day, he suddenly called me in the middle of the night.

At that time, I was between falling asleep and not falling asleep, and it was a refreshing time, so his call made me feel very angry, and I was angrily asking him why you didn't sleep in the middle of the night and called, are you a thief, but Hu Zongren told me that he had just received a notice and a new case was coming. I said don't expect me to go out with you to handle cases at this time, I'm not so dedicated. Hu Zongren said, tomorrow morning, you get up a little early, and I will drive to pick you up.

After saying that, Hu Zongren hung up the phone, but he seemed to have forgotten that it was my car, and I just lent it to him.

Although we will avoid many detours when the situation is clearer in advance, Hu Zongren and I have long been accustomed to handling cases and deducing the facts of the case based on our own analysis over the years. It's not that we have doubts about the employer's dictation, but the things that deal with this person and ghost, the variables are too big, any careless action may lead to the end of this case, and what we need to do is to control the outcome of the case within a range we expected, which is relatively safe for me and Hu Zongren, and it is also the best for ghosts and employers. It is precisely because of this variable, which we did not anticipate at all, that we continue to grow and mature while handling cases, provided that we survive.

When he woke up the next morning, he simply washed up and ate, called Hu Zongren and stood on the side of the road waiting for him. After Hu Zongren received me, he changed to the co-pilot position and asked me to drive by myself. It seems that he has not forgotten that the car is surnamed Li. He told me today's destination, which is not very far from me, located on the edge of the Guanyinqiao business district in Jiangbei District, and the flow of people and vehicles is very large, so it is very difficult for me to find a place to park at this time. So Hu Zongren said that it was okay, I would call the employer over there and ask them to take us to their special garage. I asked Hu Zongren, you have the employer's phone number, it seems that the employer himself contacted you, right? Hu Zongren: Yes. I said what about Zhao Jing, haven't you been in touch these days? Hu Zongren snorted and said, she knew that if she called me, I would scold her to death, didn't she fight it. I said, the black mark on your hand, did you do it every day according to the method Situ said? Hu Zongren said of course it must be done, Situ is really knowledgeable and diligent, his method is particularly effective, but it can only cure the surface but not the root cause, I estimate that this question, at least until we finish the twenty-four cases, can there be a conclusion. I asked Hu Zongren, then Zhao Jing went to Chengdu, she didn't call you, didn't you call her? Hu Zongren said that he had tried to fight, because he was angry when he saw his black wrist that day, and he now wears long sleeves when he sleeps just to prevent Fu Yunni from seeing it, but he called Zhao Jing, and the phone has been turned off. Hu Zongren paused and said, can you still say that she has no ghosts in her heart?

I didn't answer him, although Zhao Jing's appearance was not a good kind for us in the first place, but I never wanted to think of people as completely bad all of a sudden, but according to the current situation, Zhao Jing is at least still a person opposite to us.

Hu Zongren called the employer and told him that we were almost there, so they sent a staff member to wait for us on the street early. As soon as the staff member got in the car, I knew that he was from the bank. Then when we got to the garage door, he got out of the car, went to say hello to the doorman, and told us to go down and find a random place to park. When I drove in, I asked Hu Zongren, it turns out that this business is from the bank? Hu Zongren said yes. I said that you don't have too much conscience about the fees, you see that the people in these banks have lost money in their annual reports, but the income of their employees is higher than that of many people. Hu Zongren smiled slyly and said, don't worry, I can still be disproportionate?

After parking the car, we retreated to the entrance and found the staff member who had led the way, and he led us towards a building that looked like a European-style building, and I looked up at the stone lions on either side of the gate, taller than my own. And the four metal words of the brilliant bank on the top of the head simply give people a feeling of being rich. The staff led us into the inner hall, which was a window for ordinary people, just like the bank counters we saw every day. The staff whispered a few words to the security guard of the bank at the door, and the security guard immediately looked at me and Hu Zongren in awe, and then let us go through a side door behind him, through a two-story staircase, to the office area on the third floor.

This was my first time in the bank's office area, and I had always wondered if the bank was just the counter part that we could see. Now I realize that the people sitting at the counter are all grassroots employees, and the real managers are still in places we can't see. For a moment I was a little scornful of this hierarchical feeling. There were many offices on the third floor, and there were calculators, money counters, and the sound of crackling typing, but no one spoke. And when Hu Zongren and I followed this staff member past an office, the people inside all projected strange eyes. I don't know if it's because there aren't usually outsiders who aren't employees here, or if they all know what we're here for, but from their eyes, the latter is more likely.

Walked to the door of an office near the end, and the door of the office did not even have the name of the department on it. The staff knocked on the door, and then said to me and Hu Zongren, please stay here later, and I will leave first. Hu Zongren nodded at him, Hu Zongren's always noisy personality did not speak since he came in, I think he, like me, is very unaccustomed to this kind of work environment where there is no light, everyone does not speak, and it is very depressing. It seems that there is a reason for the high salary, and if I were to sit in an office like this for a morning, I guess I would have to cause something.

The door was opened by a woman who looked to be close to forty years old, but I think she must be older than we see, because the bank staff seemed to have a uniform policy, so I couldn't tell her age from the way she dressed, but the plain makeup on her face and the voice of her voice sounded like I thought it was. Sure enough, rich people are good at maintenance. And judging from this posture, her rank is at least that of a vice president, and may even be a president.

After welcoming us into the house, the woman closed the door. She looked relaxed, as if she had invited us to do something light. When we sat down on the sofa, she was very kind to make us tea and bring it to us. Then she sat down in a small chair across from us and began to introduce herself. Sure enough, as I guessed, she was the vice president of the bank, probably because the president usually doesn't handle such things himself, and she is not the only vice president, and it may be that the field in charge has allowed her to take over this matter. She told us that her surname was Xu, and it was very abrupt to come to us this time, but there was no way, because as a person in the financial field such as their bank, in principle, even if they don't believe in these things, they should be suspicious, she stressed, but if it weren't for the conclusive evidence this time, no one in the bank would believe it. Hu Zongren interrupted her and said, So, starting with the security guard who just entered the door just now, all the way to the staff on your floor, almost everyone knows about this matter?

Governor Xu said that the circle of the bank is very small, and everyone has been colleagues for many years, and some things will basically be known up and down quickly, but this kind of thing should have been kept secret, but when we first discovered this matter, many people found it together. Hu Zongren said that please tell us the details of the matter, the more detailed the better.