Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 630 Talent and Listing

The classic 007 music kept playing from the phone, waking Gao Dongxu from his afternoon nap.

Gao Dongxu reached for his phone without even opening his eyes, answered it, and lazily said "hello."

"What time is it? Are you still sleeping?" Director Luo's voice came from the phone.

Gao Dongxu still didn't open his eyes, and lazily said, "Afternoon nap—"

"Okay, you can get up and have dinner now," Director Luo said helplessly on the other end of the phone.

"Did you need something?" Gao Dongxu rolled over, finally opened his eyes, yawned, and asked.

"Get up right now and come to the bureau. I've already screened some candidates for you; come over and choose the ones you want."

Gao Dongxu's sleepy eyes finally brightened, and he asked with a smile, "Are there any beauties?"

"No—" came Director Luo's impatient voice from the phone, "Aren't your girlfriends enough for you to mess with? You want to mess with your subordinates too?"

"That's boring. Even if we don't do anything, it's still pleasing to the eye to look at beautiful women every day. Alright, stop joking around and hurry up and get ready to come over."

"it is good--"

After hanging up the phone, Gao Dongxu stretched comfortably, then lifted the covers, got out of bed, walked to the wardrobe, opened it, and picked out a set of clothes that Ma Lili had bought for him.

From socks to thermal underwear, there are at least a dozen sets of matching pants and tops, as well as matching shoes.

It has to be said that mature women are incredibly considerate and caring, and they never refuse new experiences or new knowledge. They not only work seamlessly together, but they also know how to enjoy themselves immensely.

Gao Dongxu took off a sky-blue turtleneck sweater and jeans, threw them on the bed, and then put on a new outfit from head to toe.

After leaving Ma Lili's home, I drove my Ferrari straight to the Cultural Relics Protection Bureau.

Upon meeting Director Luo in the office, Gao Dongxu was about to sit down when Director Luo stood up and stopped him, saying, "No need to sit. Here are everyone's files. Let's go to the conference room and discuss them as we go—"

Gao Dongxu took the file bag, chuckled, and followed Director Luo out of the office into the conference room.

A projector sits on the long table in the conference room, and all the curtains are drawn.

After gesturing for Gao Dongxu to sit down, Director Luo said to a staff member, "Turn off the lights, let's begin—"

Soon, the conference room lights were turned off, making it very dim. The projector turned on, and a beam of light shone on the screen, displaying a personnel profile with a photo.

Each set of personnel information is followed by a one-minute video; the information for twenty people is played out.

Director Luo said to Gao Dongxu, "These are all top-notch elites. These twenty people have all undergone 72 hours of continuous high-pressure work and sensory deprivation testing, and all of them have achieved excellent results. It can be said that they are the real sharp blades."

“Play it again—” Gao Dongxu said, his brows slightly furrowed, as the projection flowed across the screen. His gaze leaped between the twenty personnel files, like a sophisticated scanner, weeding out the mediocre and locking onto the extraordinary.

It must be said that everyone's resume is impressive, but what Gao Dongxu wants is "extraordinary".

"Alright, let's move on to the later ones—" Gao Dongxu had already made his decision.

"This student is from the 'Qianlao Innovation Class' at the National University of Defense Technology... This is a researcher from the 'Brain Science and Intelligence Technology' Center for Excellence in Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences... Each of them has mastered the terminology systems of at least three disciplines."

These three are cyber warfare codebreakers. The other two are intelligence analysts; I had a hard time getting them here. They passed the speed test for extracting useful information from millions of data points of noise.

Anomaly signal recognition expert, criminal investigation expert, micro-expression recognition expert...

The documents were played out one by one, and Director Luo introduced them with great familiarity. He valued these elites and geniuses he had selected highly.

It's important to understand that without establishing 749 and receiving full support from above, Director Luo wouldn't have been able to get his hands on any of these people.

Soldier kings, special agents, scientific researchers, cryptography experts... Judging from the information, they are indeed pillars of the nation. However, this does not mean that these talents are capable of handling the work of 749.

Gao Dongxu pondered for a moment, then looked at Director Luo and said honestly, "Director Luo, they are indeed very rare talents, or rather, geniuses."

However, Director Luo, these people may be excellent, but they may not be suitable for 749. For example, to give a simple example, they have been instilled with scientific knowledge since childhood and have established a complete scientific worldview. If we suddenly tell them that the world is not scientific and that there are demons and monsters, do you think they can accept it?
Even if they accept it, won't they be afraid? Some people aren't afraid of people, but they might be afraid of the strange.

Director Luo was taken aback at first, then frowned slightly, nodded, took out a cigarette from his pocket, tossed one to Gao Dongxu, lit one for himself, and asked Gao Dongxu, "It is indeed a problem. Do you have any good ideas?"

“Two tests.” Gao Dongxu said with a wicked grin, puffing on his cigarette. “Isn’t there a strange tree in that church in Tianjin? Gather all these people here, and I’ll lead them to remove that strange tree.”

"Whether you're brave or not, you'll find out by trying. There's another test. In Shanghai, there's an old house where a film crew was shooting a horror movie. A group of Koreans foolishly summoned a spirit from a Ouija board. That spirit is still in that old house. Try to find the owner, rent it for a few days, and let them stay for a few nights. I want to see their reaction."

Upon hearing this, Director Luo's lips twitched involuntarily. He said, with a wry smile, "These are all treasures of their respective departments. You mustn't go too far. Even if you don't want them, you absolutely mustn't let them get into trouble."

"Don't worry, Director Luo, nothing will go wrong with me here. 749 wasn't established to be my personal stage. No matter how capable I am, I can't be in two places at once to handle every case personally."

"Therefore, we need to cultivate talents who can act independently. As long as they can overcome their psychological fears and anxieties, and with the help of some props, they can handle ordinary strange events," Gao Dongxu said with a faint smile.

Upon hearing Gao Dongxu's idea, Director Luo's eyes lit up slightly. He looked at Gao Dongxu and smiled, "Tell me the truth, kid, can you mass-produce talismans and other treasures for catching ghosts and exorcising demons?"

Gao Dongxu chuckled and looked at Director Luo, saying, "It seems I really need to be careful when I talk to you in the future. That's right, but it's not a talisman, it's talisman water."

Director Luo looked at Gao Dongxu with great satisfaction and said excitedly, "That's great! As long as we can mass-produce talisman water for catching ghosts and exorcising demons, those unresolved cases that have plagued us for many years across the country can be solved."

Gao Dongxu smiled and decided to practice the Yuanling Water Technique properly when he got back. It seemed that in the future, 749 would be able to rely on his talisman water to dominate the world.

"Come on, let me show you your office area. I've had it tidied up recently. Take a look and see if you're satisfied. If you need anything, you can ask your logistics manager to buy it..." Director Luo stood up, drew back the curtains, turned off the projector, and smiled at Gao Dongxu.

Gao Dongxu smiled and stood up, saying, "As long as it's half the size of the area where your office is located, that's fine."

Director Luo chuckled and said, "Don't worry, the environment there is no worse than my office."

Gao Dongxu followed Director Luo out of the conference room with some anticipation. After walking for twenty minutes, they arrived at the courtyard that had been marked with the sign "749". Looking at the two tightly closed vermilion gates in front of him, Gao Dongxu stepped forward, pushed them open, and made way for Director Luo to go first.

Director Luo smiled slightly and stepped into the courtyard. Gao Dongxu followed closely behind and entered the courtyard, his eyes lighting up.

The Cultural Relics Protection Bureau's offices occupy a large corner of the Western Hills Royal Garden, so the environment inside is beyond question.

The office area of ​​749 features Suzhou-style garden architecture, and the water system perfectly encapsulates the essence of Suzhou-style gardens.

The construction of mountains, management of waterways, scenic windows, afforestation, and the compact layout of pavilions and towers create a picturesque scene at every turn, making one feel as if they are in a water town in Jiangnan.

Although small, it possesses a serene and elegant charm. The elegant and dignified architecture complements the exquisite rockery, while the clear, emerald-green pond adds a touch of vitality.

"Isn't it nice? I had the pond water cleaned up. Whether it's the willows and flowers in the streets, the morning bells and evening drums, or the four seasons, this place has unique scenery." Director Luo turned around and smiled at Gao Dongxu.

"It's really nice." Gao Dongxu smiled, looking at the clear, emerald-green pond water. "I'll release a group of koi carp into it, and I can go fishing when I have some free time—"

"..." Director Luo, who had expected Gao Dongxu to talk about admiring fish when he had free time, was first taken aback, then laughed and scolded, "You brat, you almost blinded me..."

"Haha, when you catch one, I'll treat you to some oil-splashed koi!" Gao Dongxu laughed.

"You'd better stop messing with the koi. I think you should just have someone put a pond full of ordinary fish in it. You won't even care if you ruin them," Director Luo chuckled.

"That won't do, it has to be koi, ordinary fish aren't good enough for my fishing," Gao Dongxu joked.

"You—you're such a waste of talent—" Director Luo laughed and shook his head, making a sarcastic remark.

Just then, six staff members walked quickly toward the two of them.

"Director—" the six men greeted him respectfully from a distance of more than ten meters.

"Well, Lao Wang, Lao Zhao, you two have come at the right time. This is your new direct supervisor, Gao Dongxu, Director Gao—" Director Luo introduced Gao Dongxu to the six people with a smile.

The six men's eyes lit up. Although they had heard Director Luo say that the head of the newly established department was very young, they never expected him to be this young.

"Xiao Gao, this is Wang Jing, your CFO, and this is Zhao Chuan, your logistics manager—"

Gao Dongxu smiled and shook hands with the two chiefs and the other four staff members.

"Chief Zhao, buy a hundred or so koi and put them in the pond. I'll fish for them when I have some free time," Gao Dongxu instructed Old Zhao, the logistics officer.

"Huh?!" Old Zhao instinctively thought he had misheard, but quickly realized what he meant and hurriedly smiled, "Okay, boss—"

Although everyone else wore smiles, they were inwardly speechless and filled with mixed emotions. Their new boss was truly... quite the character!
Director Luo looked at Gao Dongxu, both amused and exasperated, and said, "You—"

Everyone present was shrewd and immediately sensed Director Luo's indulgence and pampering of Gao Dongxu. Yes, pampering.

What the hell do you mean by fishing for koi in your spare time? — Those are koi, they're very expensive!
(End of this chapter)