The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

The thinking and behavior of most human beings are regular and logical. What kind of thoughts and actions a person will have depends on the situation he is facing now.

It was not surprising that Strange had such a bold idea. At this time, he was a successful and wealthy man, not only rich, but very rich.

In the months before he came into contact with Ancient One, his daily life was dealing with the richest and most powerful people in the world.

And he came into contact with magic, and it wasn't because of setbacks that he had to ask for help from magic. The invitation to learn magic from Gu Yi was more similar to an invitation to an academic exchange meeting in a new field.

Therefore, Strange at this time has no reverence for magic. His point of view is similar to that of Stark. Magic is just another kind of energy that can be used. What magic is depends mainly on how people use it. it.

And Schiller helped him do an elimination method, allowing him to block Wang's so-called self-cultivation and Zhongzheng's peaceful rhetoric, and made him discover that sometimes, although solving problems by violence is simple and crude, it is very effective.

Under such circumstances, Strange will inevitably start thinking, trying to find a simpler and more effective path than burying his head in Karma Taj.

This is the thinking that will inevitably arise from the scientific education of human beings. The ultimate goal of all experiments is to improve efficiency and speed up production.

And it's not surprising that he would find Stark. Although the two had some conflicts before, things have developed to this point, and they have more common interests. Obviously, in the matter of magic, they will have greater common interests. Benefit.

Stark sat behind the experimental bench, propped his elbows on the table, put his hands on his temples and said, Having said that, it's just an idea at the moment, and it lacks too many necessary conditions for execution.

He waved his hand and said, You walked in here, showed me what your magic is, and then the two of us started thinking about those powerful aliens.

If you want me to say, dude, if you're not looking for me, or Stark, who is full of genius and creativity, others will definitely throw you out as a psychopath.

Humans have not even built a spaceship, and we start thinking about borrowing money from aliens, which is really crazy.

Strange sat on the other side of the experimental table, folded his arms and said: This idea is indeed bold, but it is not impossible to achieve, it just takes some time.

It takes a lot of time. Stark said to Strange: I haven't touched the threshold of magic yet, and you, you are just a magic apprentice, and you haven't even used magic formally.

It seems that we really want to treat this as a long-term plan. By the way, have I reminded you? You can't talk about magic casually, so don't tell too many people about this plan.

Don't worry, even if it wasn't for the magic, I'd keep some people from knowing about your wicked plan, they'd be blah blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The foolish boy who swings around, and...

Strange said: I don't know who this plan is to guard against, but...

Then he looked up at Stark, and Stark also looked at him with a tacit understanding, and said, ...you must know that this plan must not guard against anyone.

In the S.H.I.E.L.D. office, the light bulb above the head was flickering on and off. Below the light bulb was a square table with four corners, and a person sat on each of the four sides of the table.

Nick and Schiller looked at each other, and Nick said, So, you're going to rob aliens?

Don't make it so ugly. Stark denied: This is essentially borrowing, borrowing, do you understand?

Okay... Nick opened his mouth to say something, but there seemed to be too much to say, and he couldn't say it for a while.

After a pause, he put his hand on the table, made a calm gesture, and said, I understand what you just said. There are some powerful creatures with magical energy in this universe. Ordinary People call them aliens, but magicians call them cosmic gods.

They can use some method to lend their power to humans and let them perform magic, so the essence of magic is the power of the Cosmic Demon God.

Now you plan to borrow some strength to arm yourself, refuse to pay back the debt, and then borrow more strength.

It doesn't matter if it's technically feasible or not...

As soon as Nick said this, Stark interrupted him and said, I know it's kind of wicked, but he came up with the plan.

As soon as Stark pointed at Strange, he betrayed his teammates without any psychological burden. Strange was taken aback, and then glared at him.

Nick was also stunned. He said, What's so wicked about it?

Both Nick and Schiller looked at Stark and Strange suspiciously, Stark and Strange looked at each other, and then Stark said, Well, we shouldn't overestimate the strength of the two of you. Ethical standards.

Nick was very surprised and said: It turns out that after putting aside technical issues, the first issue you considered was moral issues. This really surprised me.

But what I'm talking about is not a question of morality, it's a question of logic.

First of all, according to what you said, the cosmic demon gods are intelligent and can communicate, which proves that they are not stupid.

Just like the human credit system, if you take a loan from a bank for the first time and refuse to repay it, then the bank will not be able to lend you any more. If the amount is huge, other banks will also block you.

I know that this kind of behavior is more like robbing a bank than borrowing a loan, but the bank is immovable. If you have enough force, you can indeed rob it repeatedly, but the Cosmic Demon God has no legs. They find that you refuse to pay back the debt. , and can’t beat you, can’t we just run away?”

Nick asked Strange suspiciously: According to what you said, your teacher just borrowed strength and didn't repay it, and then beat all the creditors to the ground. Doesn't it mean that all the cosmic demon gods will run away when they see him? , then how can he borrow more power?

Is there a possibility? Schiller looked at Nick and said, If you don't want to use his strength, you can't run away.

Strange gave a more reasonable explanation: The cosmic demon gods are not wandering in the universe. Some of the more powerful cosmic demon gods often have their own territory, such as... what is it? What is the dark dimension, and Crimson Dimension, this is what I heard from the king, these are equivalent to the territory of the Cosmic Demon God.

That's a bit feasible. Nick touched his chin and said, But there are still many problems, especially at the technical level.

Then, the three of them began to discuss how to borrow money to buy a gun, and then use the money to rob.

I said... Schiller knocked on the table, and said as if he couldn't listen anymore: Why are your thinking always so limited? Why are you always thinking about violent robbery, can't you be a little more flexible?

The other three looked at him, and Schiller said helplessly: This is why you and I are always at odds, do you know? Your speech just now was like gathering in a farm warehouse while playing poker and yelling loudly about rednecks. .”

Give up your straight-forward violent thinking, that's the most inefficient way. It's not popular in this age to rob banks, buy guns, pull people, prepare cars, refuel cars, step in advance, and plan escape routes. Wait, this is really troublesome.

Just tell me if you have any plans. Nick looked at Schiller and said, I see you have been holding back for a long time.

Compared to robbery, we can change the way.

What?

cheat.

Schiller spread his hands and said, What's the highest record for a bank robber? Millions of dollars? And a crook?

That depends on what kind of liar you're talking about. If it's the kind of successful liar... Nick looked at Strange and said, You have to ask him.

What are you looking at me for? Strange said angrily, Compared to some people, what kind of successful liar am I?

He looked at Stark again, Stark stared and said, What are you looking at me for? I'm an industrialist, I don't engage in financial fraud, and I didn't create the immortality factor...

After finishing speaking, he looked at Schiller, and the other two also looked at Schiller, Nick said: At present, you can ask yourself and answer this question yourself, I haven't seen a liar with a more brilliant record than you yet.

Well, I have a plan. The routine of borrowing money and not paying it back is outdated. Let's change it to a fashionable term.

for example?

Like investing.

Schiller put his hands on the table and began his narration:

You see, the Cosmic Demon God's trading methods are all one-to-one. This trading mode is really crude and primitive in the eyes of human beings.

“They are still at the level of bartering, face-to-face transactions, but modern finance has completely broken away from this level.”

The first step is to break away from the one-to-one transaction model. We can completely conduct one-to-many transactions or many-to-many transactions. Simply put, it is to let the Cosmic Demon God invest their power in us.

And then? Investment must pay off, right?

Cosmic Demon God... Schiller moved his hand to the right.

... Invest your strength... He put his hand in the middle again.

...Give it to us. Finally, he put his hand to the left again, indicating that this is three stages.

More cosmic demon gods, invest more power in us. Schiller made three more moves.

Under the curious gazes of the other three, he suddenly sped up his speech and spit out a long paragraph:

We use the investment power of other cosmic demon gods to feed back to other cosmic demon gods as a return on investment, and tell them that the more they invest, the more they earn.

Set up a ladder system, formulate promotion ranks, and increase rewards layer by layer. If you pull one Cosmic Demon God, you can draw 3 points from the transaction amount as a reward. If you pull two Cosmic Demon Gods, you can draw 7 points, and so on. The more people you pull, the more you earn...

After making the basic market bigger, start to use later stage investment. As the return of early stage investors, the investment income will increase and the return on investment will increase. When the difference reaches an ideal value...

Schiller spread his hands and said: ...the industry is facing some difficulties caused by force majeure, and we can only bid farewell to you temporarily. We deeply regret this.

After he finished speaking, the meeting room was quiet for a minute, and it was Stark who spoke first: It's really a very creative concept... Shit, isn't this a Ponzi scheme???

Nick also looked at Schiller and said: Although I have estimated your moral bottom line as low as possible, it is still frighteningly flexible.

Schiller suddenly said seriously: I have always believed that what humans need to go to the universe is not only the essence of human civilization, but also some dross.

Garbage is just resources that have been misplaced. The essence is the driving force to the universe, and the dross is a weapon. After all, I am afraid that no cosmic civilization has as much dross as human beings.

Of course, this is just an entry-level method. Shiller shrugged and said, After expanding the concept of one-to-many or many-to-many transactions, we need to change the status quo of bartering, which is It’s something from the primitive man’s time, and there is no general equivalent, so they still have the nerve to call themselves powerful and developed aliens?”

With the general equivalent, there is the concept of currency, followed by the market, supply and demand, crowdfunding, companies, stocks, futures...

What human beings should do is not a buyer who fails to pay back their debts, nor a villain who violently treats creditors, but a banker with a good reputation and image, praised by the whole universe, fair and conscientious.

And force is only a necessary means to ensure justice. We can even promise that we will never use the Supreme Mage first.

And if they refuse to join, let the Supreme Master go to his house and knock on the door, right?

Don't say that, the Supreme Mage has gone to knock on his door, and he even has a chance to live. This is already a great improvement. We are simply a cosmic anti-violence vanguard organization.

When we have both force and reason, we can start to establish a trading system, formulate trading rules, and then carry out class division and subdivision layer by layer. It is justified and logical...

The other three looked at each other in blank dismay, but Schiller behaved very flatly, not at all like a conspirator who intends to capitalize the entire universe.

Of course, these things are for later. Let's talk about the first plan first. There are many advantages to doing so.

Actually, this cannot be regarded as a scam, because at the later stage, those early investors will know the truth, but they will not stop. For their own sunk costs, they will help us keep this secret, not only keep the secret, but also take the initiative to help us We got more people.

This solves the problem of Earth's information occlusion. Although we don't know the Cosmic Demon God, the Cosmic Demon God must know the Cosmic Demon God.

You don't need to explain the principle of the Ponzi scheme. We all know it, but the biggest problem with this scheme is that when you run away with the money, you must have a way to hide yourself and launder the money.

If this is an individual, it may be easier to hide and change identities, but the earth cannot escape. We can't give up the entire solar system just to get the wool of the Cosmic Demon God? Nick asked a question.

If we really start manipulating, it may be difficult to hide ourselves, but there is another way of thinking, that is to find a strong enough backer, promise him benefits, and let him help us avoid the troubles after running away with money .”

As he said that, Schiller looked at Strange, and said, Before you said that your teacher, the Supreme Mage, once mentioned to you, what is she busy with recently? A new god is born?

That's right, as I told you before, it seems that a mysterious existence has been dealing with him, telling her that something is about to be born near the earth, and she is preparing for it.

The mysterious existence behind her, are you interested in participating? Schiller moved his elbow supported on the table, and then said: With the reputation of the supreme mage as the guarantee for the opening, the existence behind her will be the host. First, recruit a few little demon gods into the group, use the power of their investment to make a play, and pull out a positive model for publicity.

When there are more people joining the group and more strength has been accumulated, then focus on attacking a big demon god, spend money to open the way, promise him a high return rate, let him enter the field first, and then taste the sweetness, so as to fool a few more times. A great devil.

Wait until these powerful demon gods join the group, and then propose the principle of pulling people, let them help us squeeze those smaller demon gods, and we will give them a commission.

When I was about to run away, I gave back the fists as big as they were. Everyone who was close to it chopped up and ate the meat together. Some of them paid protection fees to the existence behind the Supreme Mage, and we kept the other part for ourselves.

When the little demon god in the universe grows longer, he can use this part of his strength as capital to make another wave.

There is a question... Stark frowned and said: You also know that a very important point of a Ponzi scheme is that there must be real objects to defraud investment in the early stage. What are you going to use as an object to fool them into investing?

Didn't Stephen mention it before? The existence behind the Supreme Mage told him that a new beast totem is being born.

Speaking of which, what's going on here? Nick asked Strange: What is the beast totem? He was born on the earth, will it have any bad influence on us?

Strange shook his head and said, According to my teacher, it's a symbol of cosmic power. It's all mystical stuff. Although it was born on Earth, it has nothing to do with people on Earth.

Nick touched his forehead and said, I guess, it must have something to do with the big bat last time?

As he spoke, he looked at Schiller, who gave him a positive look, and said, This thing can be used to make a fuss.

The new totem power in the universe is slowly rising, and we need your help. Give someone a rose, with a lingering fragrance in your hands. The return on investment during the birth of the new god is 200%. Join the totem gods and embark on a successful magic life. How about it?

Stark and Strange clapped their hands, and Nick commented: Theoretically, it does work, the great demon god who has the ability to retaliate is also a vested interest, and those little demon gods who have been deprived of power will definitely not be able to defeat them The strong united.

Coupled with the existence behind the supreme mage, ensuring that no one dares to stretch out his hands, the chain of exploitation and harvesting has basically completed a closed loop.

Nick sighed and said: The plan is good, but the risk is still very high. The disadvantage of the earth is too great. The human beings here are too fragile, and the civilization is still backward. If you don't rely on other people's power, you can hardly make any progress with any cosmic power. Game, once chased to his hometown, there is no resistance to fight.

I always think... Stark said firmly: If one day the earth is facing a catastrophe and we are powerless to resist, then at least we must have the ability to avenge it, so...

Stop! Schiller directly interrupted Stark's next words, he said: Don't say such an unlucky thing, and the earth is not powerless to resist.

Perhaps in your opinion, the force of resistance must be force. I admit that there must be enough force to qualify us to sit on the negotiating table.

But when we really can't develop enough force in a short period of time, it's not shameful to use other means to accumulate resources and buy time for us, just like what we just planned.

Actually, I think your thinking is limited. Strange continued Schiller's words: You think that the nuclear bombs made by humans may not be able to effectively kill those strange aliens, but we can actually Change the way of thinking, for example, use magic to create one.

If we can really deceive those cosmic demon gods...I mean borrow enough power, it can also become a weapon for us to defend the earth. The two are actually just different routes, and there is no essential difference .”

Nick sighed again, and he continued: Everything is difficult at the beginning, but there is a plan, but where do we start?

We do know too little about things other than the earth. Stark also said, Anyway, I don't know those cosmic demon gods.

Strange shrugged and said, I can go back and discuss it with my teacher, but I always feel that such a wicked plan...

He also sighed, and then said: This will definitely seriously lower my image in her eyes, and make her think that I am an ignorant liar.

And I'm not sure if she will really go to the existence behind him to talk about it. After all, it's a bit too wicked...

The most urgent task now is to find someone who has a full understanding of things beyond the earth, especially the demon gods and other forces in the universe, to help us clear up the confusion, so that we can screen out the first batch of victims... …I mean the list of participants, Schiller offered.

It's not that easy. The vast majority of people on Earth don't believe in the existence of aliens. Even space agencies and astronauts can't understand those mysterious things. Nick said while holding his forehead.

Even if you can find it, you have to make sure that he is not dangerous and can communicate with humans normally. Stark added,

It's better to have a lower IQ, so that we can use clichés and won't guess our purpose. Strange also added.

The three of them sighed in unison, feeling that they were daydreaming.

At this moment, Nick's phone rang suddenly, and after he picked it up, he said, Yes, that's right...what's the matter?

What did you say?...Are you sure?

Really? What else?

After Nick hung up the phone, he repeated what was reported to him on the phone: It is suspected that an alien fall has been found in New Mexico. At the same time, the state also reported that a mental patient who claimed to be a god attacked the staff who went to investigate the scene. .”

He claims to be a god from Asgard, and the fallen alien fallout is his weapon. Since he has been deprived of all divine power, he cannot hold his weapon...

Speaking of this, the four people looked at each other and said like Solitaire:

An alien?

An alien who has lost his powers?

An alien with no powers and no weapons...

An Alien with no powers, no weapons, and doesn't seem to be working too well! ! !