The biting cold wind above the Himalayas persists all year round, and the snowflakes blown by the wind are like pure white knife light, shuttling through the lonely and vast valleys.
The sound of the wind was like the whimpering of the earth, covering up the horns blown by travelers at the end of the world. He turned his head and looked back. Behind the layers of mountains, there were curls of smoke floating up like incense threads.
When the last incense stick in the incense burner burned to the end, when the fire went out, the straight incense string also dispersed. At the last moment when the smoke dispersed, the clear sound of the chess pieces hitting the chessboard echoed in the quiet room.
A fair and slender hand twisted the chess pieces and gently placed them on the chessboard. There were no traces of time on the hands of the Supreme Mage, but they had a rough texture left by the years of farming. The lines spread along the back of her hands.
, Gu Yi's eyes were still calm when he looked at the chessboard.
She turned her head slightly, glanced at the burned out incense, and said, "That's it for today."
Strange, who made the final move, glanced at the chessboard. The game was not intense. It was obvious that both parties were a little distracted.
Gu Yi flicked his robe, and some fine dust rose up around her. She stood up and walked slowly to the incense table, and lit another stick of incense. Strange could smell it, and the fragrance of the incense candle became lighter.
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The king came in carrying a tray. Strange put away the chess pieces and chessboard on the table and put them under the table. The king took out tea and snacks from the tray he was carrying.
Strange thought, there is a reason why Kama Taj can be called a holy place. This is a completely different feeling from living in New York.
He looked around the room. It was not big, and there was very little furniture. The floor was made of rough felt, and the entire wall opposite was covered with wooden museum shelves. There was an incense table in front of it, and the walls on the left and right sides
There are paintings hanging from the top and two bonsais placed in the middle.
There is a low table in the center of the room. The chessboard and chess pieces are usually stored under the table. After Strange has finished practicing his magic, he will play a game of chess with Ancient One here.
Strange originally didn't know how to play Go, but after practicing for a few days, he became proficient at it.
The game with Gu Yi does not determine the outcome. It only counts time. After a stick of incense, they will put away the chessboard, drink tea and chat. It was during this period that Strange learned about the universe from Gu Yi.
's mystery.
The atmosphere here is completely different from what Strange imagined before arriving.
In Western mythology, the concept of holy land often appears to be glorious and grand, the architecture must be majestic, and the atmosphere must be mysterious.
This is not the case with Kama Taj. Although the existence of such a building in the deep mountains of the Himalayas is already a miracle, the temperament here is more primitive and natural than sacred.
But Strange had to admit that such an atmosphere gave him a long-lost peace and relaxation, and his brain, which was almost blinded by money, gradually calmed down.
But again, in this atmosphere, Strange felt that what he was going to say next would not be easy to say.
He looked around the room again. Although the furnishings here were simple, everything was just right, and traces of the vicissitudes of time could be seen.
Everyone here, whether they are the Supreme Mage or the young apprentice who has just started, has a calm and agile temperament. In comparison, Strange always seems out of place.
And what he says next may make him even more out of place.
"I see you are a little absent-minded." Gu Yi sat back down again, she blew the tea and said to Strange.
"Sorry, teacher."
"I can see that you have something to say. You don't have to be shy. There's nothing you can't say here."
Ancient One's tone always had a calm power, making people involuntarily believe what she said. Strange took a deep breath first, then sighed, and said: "Okay, but this is really too much."
It’s hard to speak.”
He looked at the tea leaves swirling in the cup, tried hard to imagine this place as the financial center of Wall Street, and then said: "Here's the thing, we have a plan..."
Having said this, Strange already regretted it. He always felt that he would be thrown out of this place in a short time.
So he paused, pressed his eyebrows, and tried to persuade himself to continue talking.
"My teacher told me before about how to get along with the Dimensional Demon God. I was quite enlightened after listening to it, so I discussed it with a few friends. They all agreed that the prosperity of the earth today is inseparable from the determination of the Supreme Mage.
belief……"
In order to prevent his posture from being too ugly when he was thrown out, Strange still laid the groundwork first.
"But human beings have never been a race that sits still and waits for death. We don't want to place all our own safety on the protection of others, so..."
Strange sighed again and said: "I'm sorry, because the next turn may be a bit shocking, you'd better not drink tea."
When Gu Yi heard this, he put down the tea cup, but Wang was distracted when Strange spoke, and continued to drink slowly by himself. He blew on the hot tea and took a sip.
Strange was heard saying: "...We made a financial fraud plan targeting the Dimension Demon."
"puff!"
Wang squirted the tea in his mouth all over the table.
Strange quickly took out a rag to wipe the table, and said helplessly: "I warned you, the next turn may be shocking..."
"But it's too amazing! Ahem!" Wang choked and coughed.
Gu Yi was very calm and even seemed quite interested. She asked Strange: "Financial fraud plan? Please tell me in detail."
Strange took out a small projection device from his pocket and placed it on the table.
When the three people's eyes were focused on this device, a projection suddenly popped up, and Strange's face was still on it. He waved to the camera and said: "Hello, I am Strange, and I am Strange."
The person explaining this plan..."
Wang looked at the projection, and then at Strange who was sitting next to him. He asked doubtfully: "Can't you just sit here and explain it to us? Why do you need to bring a projection over?"
Strange pointed at the projection and motioned for Wang to continue looking down.
At this time, the projection camera paused. Just when Wang and Gu Yi thought they were about to start speaking, the camera suddenly zoomed out and captured the entire conference room, with people in suits and leather shoes on both sides of the long table.
Then, the content in this projected video gave Gu Yi and Wang a full, detailed and concise explanation of what the Universe Demon's financial fraud plan is.
The plan discussed in the SHIELD conference room at that time could only be regarded as a prototype. In fact, any such scam involves very complex numerical calculations. For example, how should the requirements for promotion be set? Early investment and later stage
What should be the proportion of return? How to specifically arrange the timeline for each step?
Since none of the four people participating in the discussion had a background in financial education, after completing the prototype of the plan, SHIELD hired some powerful financial practitioners to help them improve the plan.
Most of these people were fished out of prison, their moral bottom lines have been tested, and many of them have practical experience, so the plan quickly became perfect.
They explained how the scam worked in as detailed and understandable a way as possible.
The so-called Ponzi scheme, also known as pyramid schemes, is the most classic financial fraud scheme and the oldest one. However, among all financial fraud schemes, this scheme can be said to be enduring and everlasting.
Generations of people have done this, and generations of people have been fooled.
Moreover, this routine has evolved to this day, and the people who will be fooled have changed from the original nouveau riche with low education and no knowledge of economics and finance to young people who are knowledgeable, capable, and well-educated.
Many people even know that this is a Ponzi scheme, and can even explain the history and principles of this scam clearly, but they still fall for it in the end.
The reason is that this scam accurately attacks the weaknesses in the thinking of intelligent creatures, which are profit-seeking and luck-based psychology.
Low investment, high return, intelligent creatures are always chasing profits, and many people know that this tower will collapse sooner or later, and they always feel that they will be the one to take the money and run away.
Through the explanations of these professional financial personnel, this principle has become better understood and more feasible.
They cited several examples that had happened in the past, as well as various variants based on this, and even Wang, who had no interest in finance and economics, listened with interest.
While listening to the lecture, he glanced at the Supreme Mage from the corner of his eye from time to time. He noticed that Gu Yi's eyes were getting brighter and brighter. Wang instinctively leaned to the other side, only to find that the person on the other side of him had proposed this plan.
Strange, who is also the future Supreme Mage.
A very tacit understanding suddenly appeared between the two generations of supreme mages, old and young, and the king now had only one idea - the universe demon, Danger.
After the projection ended, Gu Yi calmed down his mind and then said: "I didn't expect you to surprise me like this, Stephen."
"Well, I know this plan is wicked, but...wait, surprise???" Strange looked at Ancient One in confusion, and found that Ancient One looked at him with admiration and surprise.
Gu Yi picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and said with satisfaction: "It seems that my stories before were not in vain. I really didn't expect that from these fragmentary stories, you can find the key to the current situation."
"Uh..." Strange choked for a moment. He actually wanted to ask what the key was, but it was obvious that Ancient One had more to say.
Gu Yi sighed, and then said: "As mentioned in the story I told before, there are demon gods in this world, and there are many of them."
"Just like human beings, they have wisdom, can communicate, have their own interests and positions, and also have different personalities and personalities."
"They are born powerful, with powers that humans cannot understand. Most of them also have their own domains, distributed in every corner of the universe."
"And to explain who they are, we have to mention what the universe is."
Then, Strange learned the truth about the entire world from the narration of the Supreme Mage Ancient One.