"Brother Wanli, I didn't say anything strange just now, did I?"

Standing at the foot of the tall building of the Hanging Pavilion, Pan Darong shook his head that was not yet fully awake and asked worriedly.

"No, that's what you said...... If you're dead, you're dead. Qi Wanli said calmly, patting him on the shoulder: "After drinking, you still said that it is comfortable to die or something." ”

"......" Pan Darong showed an expression like eating a fly: "What, brother, I'm joking, I've drunk too much nonsense, don't take it seriously!"

"Drink and spit out the truth. ”

Qi Wanli teased him and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

The building of the Hanging Pavilion is more impressive when viewed from a close distance than from a distance.

Although there are still many abandoned and old high-rise buildings on the mainland in this era, most of them are either missing the upper half of the building, or the side half of the building, and the high-rise buildings you see are almost exposed to steel bars, and the inside is all deserted.

For this reason, there are still many people who do not understand why people in the glory days would build such tall buildings, which do not look very comfortable and do not have much defense, and these are the ones that were the most damaged in the great earthquakes.

Therefore, there are many scholars who have written a large number of literatures, trying to explain and analyze why human beings in their glory days built such tall buildings, the possible uses of these tall buildings, and what kind of technology human beings would use to live in tall buildings at that time.

Most people believe that the main reason is the explosion of urban population and the lack of land, and the rest is related to aesthetic habits.

This statement is actually close to the truth.

However, although many people have come to the conclusion that they are "flashy" after analyzing the situation of the high-rise building, when they really come to Yunjing and see the Hanging Pavilion Building, the inner shock is still incomparable.

Qi Wanli will know this, because now beside them, at the foot of the building, there is an old man in an almost worshipful posture, spreading his arms and raising his head to the towering building, shouting loudly.

"This is a great achievement! It is the reproduction of the glory of the glorious era! It is the crystallization of the wisdom of human civilization! I was wrong, I was wrong! Such a magnificent building is a proof of the greatness of mankind!"

Not far away, a passer-by pointed and said, "Alas, you see, another, probably the kind of scholar who wrote an article saying that the tall building was useless, and then doubted himself after seeing the Hanging Pavilion Building." ”

"How can a high-rise building be useless? At least such a building shows that our capital is the most prosperous and powerful!"

Listening to the discussion of the crowd, Qi Wanli was in a trance again.

Once upon a time, weren't those international metropolises also characterized the development of cities with the density of high-rise buildings?

"Let's go, let's go. ”

Pushing open the door on the first floor of the Hanging Pavilion Building, the scene inside made Qi Wanli stunned for a moment.

He originally thought that this place would be the same as a real office building, with a beautiful front desk girl in professional attire entering the door, a lobby with bright windows on the first floor, a guide sign standing next to the front desk, and an elevator a few steps inside......

However, the facts still pulled him back to the present era.

Although the first floor of the building is also a lobby, it can also be called a bright and clean window, but there is no beautiful front desk girl in professional clothes, there are just two guards who look very difficult to mess with, of course, there is no elevator, and the power generation capacity and power transmission capacity of this era cannot support the long-term operation of the elevator at all.

"Who are you and what are you here for?"

Seeing Qi Wanli, Pan Darong and Xiaosi enter the gate, the two guards immediately asked.

Qi Wanli didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out Li Chengxin's warrant and handed it over.

"It turned out to be my own people!" It took less than three seconds for the guard to verify the authenticity of the warrant, and his straight face became much softer: "Which department is my brother from? Why haven't you seen it before?"

Qi Wanli said with a smile: "I was introduced by the fifth lady, and I am not a person from the Hanging Pavilion, I came today to visit the master of the Li Pavilion." ”

The guard nodded: "Do you have an appointment in advance?"

"Yes. Qi Wanli said: "I have sent an appointment letter through the post station a month ago, and I have just confirmed in the post station, saying that I can come to visit at any time in the last three days." ”

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll check the logs. ”

The guard took out a thick notebook out of nowhere, studied it for a while, and then called his colleague and another guard, and the two muttered for a long time, and walked back with a dazed face.

"That, brother, I do have your appointment record, but, Pavilion Master Li...... He's not here. ”

"Uh...... No, we'll wait?" Qi Wanli asked tentatively.

The two guards glanced at each other and said, "Brother, you may not know, our pavilion master knows the past and future of the world, if there is an appointment to meet in advance, before the person arrives, the pavilion master will definitely pinch the time to come back, no need for us to say, he will know." ”

"Someone like you who has made an appointment, but the pavilion master is not there, has never ...... This has not been the case. ”

Qi Wanli frowned in distress: "Then what now?"

The guard scratched his head: "It's really troublesome, we haven't encountered this situation." So, you have the warrant of Miss Five, you can go upstairs, and I'll take you to the rest area on the twentieth floor to sit for a while? ”

"Cheng, I'm sorry for you. "There is no better way to do it.

This Hanging Pavilion building has 33 floors, and of course it is impossible for people to walk on their feet. There was no elevator, Li Chengkong made a mechanism suspension ladder, which was guarded by several strong martial artists all day, and when someone stepped into the suspension ladder and pulled the bell of the corresponding floor, they turned the mechanism vigorously to drive the suspension ladder up or down.

To be honest, it's about the same as the elevator.

"Dude, let me ask. When the suspension ladder slowly ascended, Pan Darong and Xiaosi were lying on the edge, looking at the smaller and smaller pedestrians downstairs outside the glass, while Qi Wanli asked the guard: "There are thirty-three floors of such a tall building here, what does each floor do?"

The guard smiled and said, "If you really count it layer by layer, you can't remember it." You just need to know that the top floor is where our pavilion master usually works, and after that, every floor below belongs to a young master or young lady, a total of five floors. In addition, the 20th floor is a rest area where everyone goes to drink tea and smoke, the fifth floor is a canteen where everyone usually eats, and the other floors have their own departments, some are responsible for finance, some are responsible for logistics, and some are responsible for human resources, which is complicated. ”

Qi Wanli secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart, and said in surprise: "It is worthy of being the largest chamber of commerce in the world, and the people who handle affairs alone need such a large high-rise building to work." ”

In the blink of an eye, the ladder reached the twentieth floor, and the guards led them out of the ladder.

The 20th floor, unlike the other floors, has an open-air section for the employees of the Hanging Pavilion to smoke. In other parts, small tables are staggered, and one person after another sits at the table, with small cups of tea on the table, and they are either flipping books or writing and scratching on paper.

This scene reminded Qi Wanli of the cafés in some big cities, where countless business elites sat at the table drinking coffee and holding their notebooks and buried themselves in work.

"It's kind of interesting. ”

He smiled and followed the guard to an empty table.

"You guys rest for a while, I'll go and see if there is anyone who can speak, the pavilion master is not here, I have to find someone to receive you." The guard smirked.

At this time, even Pan Darong, who had always been defensive and hostile to the Hanging Pavilion, couldn't help but say: "Brother, your service attitude is really enough." ”

"It should. The guard smiled and said: "I am an ordinary person, I may be a third-order grandmaster at most in my life, and I can buy a house and marry a wife in the capital, all of which are given by the Hanging Pavilion for a lot of monthly money, which is earned by the hard work of everyone in the Hanging Pavilion, of course I thank you." ”

Soon, the honest but enthusiastic guard left, and before leaving, he did not forget to order three cups of tea for their table.

"I didn't expect that the business philosophy of the Hanging Pavilion has been so advanced. Qi Wanli sipped the tea and sighed: "I used to deal with Miao Fu in Linxue, I thought that all the people cultivated in the Hanging Pavilion were like wolves and tigers like him, but I didn't expect this to be a different scene. ”

"Really?" Pan Darong sneered: "The people here are not really business-doing people, they are just small nails in the huge organization of the Hanging Pavilion, and it is the presidents and bosses of the local chamber of commerce who really affect the lives of people everywhere." ”

"You have a point. Qi Wanli's eyes showed a contemplative look, and he touched his chin: "Perhaps, in the headquarters of the Hanging Pavilion, they adopt a more cordial and relaxed management method, while outside, their concept and cultivation method are another model. ”

"Who knows?" Pan Darong snorted, "After all, I am the real victim of the development of the Hanging Pavilion. Don't say that I am Miao Fu's personal behavior, in my opinion, he represents the Hanging Pavilion. ”

"At least, in the end, it was the people who directly broke him down. The corners of Qi Wanli's mouth hooked up and said: "Okay, if you hold such strong hostility again, before we see Li Chengkong, you should be finished." I remember you were a very good acting person, why are you so unstable now?"

"Hmph, you know, after all, it's my own life and death. Pan Darong said angrily.

At this moment, a man walked out of the hanging ladder not far away and walked straight towards them, the sound of his heel hitting the ground crisp and firm, attracting their attention.

When Qi Wanli turned to the side, he saw a woman who was not particularly outstanding, but with a graceful and delicate figure, wearing a light blue slim suit, standing at their table with a faint smile on her face.

"Excuse me, is it Mr. Bai Xiaoyao?" the woman said with a smile: "My name is Rong Qian, and when the pavilion master is away, I will be in charge of this building." ”