Ye Sansheng hurried to the Fourth Experimental Building, entered the elevator, looked at his phone, spent nine minutes, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Professor Gu lives up to his name, being old-fashioned, eccentric and retro.

He wears a long gown, long hair, and a long scarf in winter, black-rimmed glasses, and a long beard, all in the style of the Republic of China.

He gave them ancient Chinese classes. He arrived at the classroom five minutes early for each class and ended the get out of class on time. He never delayed class or left early.

He never looked at the lesson plans during class. Once he stood on the podium, he spoke calmly and leisurely, quoting from classics, never missing anything, and his writing on the blackboard was neat and meticulous.

Except for the course content, he hardly participated in any hot social discussions. Unlike some teachers, like current affairs commentators or politicians, he would tell and analyze the social events that had just happened a few minutes before each class, showing that he had the world in mind and had extraordinary knowledge.

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Of course, he hardly communicated with his classmates outside of class. When there was no class, he would stay in his office, read and write, and stay there until six o'clock like his colleagues in the administrative class.

He had no ears to hear what was going on outside the window and only read the books of sages. This was almost all the students' evaluation of Professor Gu, and the same was true for Ye Sansheng.

So now I suddenly received a call from Professor Gu and wanted to meet with him. I was very shocked and strange, but I just got rid of Jia Maojin's entanglement.

After getting out of the elevator, I quickly walked to Professor Gu's office, calculating that the time was exactly ten minutes.

The School of Humanities is not the first-class campus in the school, and the office space is a bit tight. Usually three or four teachers share a room, but Professor Gu's office is for one person alone.

A few years ago, he chaired a project on the study of Qian Zhongshu, which received support from the National Arts Foundation and enhanced the status of the School of Humanities in the school, and he himself received additional benefits as a result.

There is a bronze plaque with the official script of "Qian Zhongshu Research Institute" hanging on the door of the office. It should be written by Professor Gu himself.

Ye Sansheng knocked on the door, and Professor Gu's calm voice came from inside: Please come in.

Ye Sansheng pushed the door open and walked in. Professor Gu was sitting on his seat, typing on the computer, nodded slightly and said, "Sit down for a moment and I'll finish this."

Ye Sansheng said yes, walked to the sofa and sat down, then got up and went to the water dispenser to pour a glass of water from a paper cup and sat back down again.

He didn't know why, but he felt that this professor, who everyone regarded as rigid and indifferent, wouldn't care about what he did.

The position of the sofa is very good, and the air conditioner can be blown directly. Of course, if you stay here for a long time to work, you will not be able to bear it. Professor Gu should have considered this when decorating his office.

Ye Sansheng slowly calmed down and looked at the office dedicated to Professor Gu.

It covers an area of ​​about twenty square meters. It is neat and tidy like the old professor's usual clothes. In addition to the desk and sofa, there are wooden bookcases neatly placed on the walls on both sides. There are various books in them, mainly ancient ones.

There is a couplet hanging on the wall behind Professor Gu’s desk:

Qianjiashan Guo Jing Zhaohui

Great things are going to happen

But it is in running script. It seems that it was written by Professor Gu himself.

Ye Sansheng finished scanning and couldn't see anything he was interested in. He wanted to touch his phone. He felt it was impolite and seemed out of control, so he gave up the idea and simply sat there thinking about the scene he had just met with Jia Maojin at the door of the dormitory.

, thought for a while, and laughed dumbly.

Professor Gu didn't let him wait any longer.

In less than five minutes, Professor Gu stood up and brought a tea cup over, sat down on the sofa next to him, and said: "Talking is not a fight, it needs to be fought head-on, so I will let you sit down for a while until your body is no longer hot and your mind is quiet."

Come down so we can talk."

Ye Sansheng was stunned. He didn't expect Professor Gu's opening remarks to be so strange. He couldn't answer the words, so he had to smile naively.

"You are the one I am most optimistic about among the students in this class." Professor Gu ignored what the student in front of him was thinking and continued speaking according to his own thoughts: "That's why I specially called you here.

I want to give you some advice when you leave school and enter society."

"Thank you, Professor Gu." Ye Sansheng thanked him quickly and sat up straighter.

"This is what a teacher should do. Preaching is more important than imparting knowledge and solving doubts. Of course, every teacher has his or her own interpretation of Tao. As for me, I focus more on social experience and historical experience." Professor Gu said tightly.

Staring at Ye Sansheng, he asked abruptly: "Do you want to be an official in the future?"

Ye Sansheng was startled.

After being startled for a moment, he decided to answer honestly: "I just received the official admission notice this morning."

Professor Gu nodded: "It should be Mr. Zhang's company, which asked you to go directly to be the supervisor, Shanchang Pharmaceutical, and West China Securities all had good remuneration, but you refused. I heard that you took the civil service examination and have been reading, so

I want to give you some... suggestions as a teacher before you leave school."

Ye Sansheng once again felt embarrassed about being seen through.

The Mr. Zhang that Professor Gu is talking about is the chairman of Gongcheng Binjiang Real Estate Development Company. Ye Sansheng went there to do sales during his internship. He sold seventeen houses in three months and won a monthly sales championship. Mr. Zhang hosted a dinner for the sales elites.

When I was in college, I made a special promise to Ye Sansheng to go to him after graduation and directly serve as a supervisor and lead the team. I don’t know how Professor Gu knew.

In addition, Shanchang Pharmaceutical and Huaxi Securities are both companies where Ye Sansheng worked part-time, which left a good impression. When they recruited Ye Sansheng in the school, they must have mentioned Ye Sansheng. Professor Gu is so deaf to what is going on outside the window.

People also know?

More importantly, how did Professor Gu know that his ideal was to enter politics?

Although it is still far away to enter politics now, Ye Sansheng really planned this.

He always thought he was hiding it, but who knew that not only Jia Maojin could see it, but also the inexplicable Professor Gu.

"Thank you, Teacher Gu."

He could only stammer his thanks.

"You all think Teacher Gu is weird, right? Yes, he is weird, and his words and deeds are unusual. This is the personality and label that Teacher Gu has made for himself. In university, this is allowed, and it is easy to give people a

The cognition of being arrogant and arrogant, unknowingly regarded Teacher Gu as a person, as a person with profound knowledge and eruditeness. This is exactly the result that Teacher Gu wanted. For example, those artists like to have bald heads and keep their hair long.

Pigtails and fancy clothes. Of course, Teacher Gu is indeed knowledgeable and worthy of this label." Professor Gu smiled and suddenly changed his voice: "But being an official is not like this. When you enter the government in the future, the first principle is: be

Don’t be weird about the officials.”

Ye Sansheng was a little stunned. He couldn't keep up with the thought in front of him that refreshed his understanding of the teacher.

"For example, what you are wearing today. I know that you worked hard during college and earned a lot of money, much more than the average working-class person. But when you are going to work in a government agency, you cannot do sales like you did in the enterprise before.

Suit, tie and leather shoes every day, King Zheng on Friday, mature and confident. Instead, you should return to your duties as a student. Be young when you should be young, be cautious when you should be cautious, pretend not to understand when you should, and make jokes when you should.

It’s a joke, and you should look poor when you should show off. People who are well-dressed are either liars, or ** and hypocrites. Although this is a kind of prejudice, once this kind of prejudice exists among one of your colleagues, the leader

In your mind, you may become a victim. Your experience and maturity far beyond that of your peers will be a powerful boost for your future growth. Even if you want your colleagues to think that you are a talented person with outstanding abilities, there must be a process.

Let them understand and familiarize you with the process from a newbie to a slick veteran. You can't startle everyone with your skills as soon as you appear on the stage. This is the same as what the chairman said, 'You talk nonsense when you get off the bus.' This is also strange."

Ye Sansheng was even more confused.

"So, at least in the beginning, you need to be like the light and do as the Romans do, instead of being independent and outstanding."

"Then, the second rule is to be good at getting along with your colleagues and uniting with all those who can be united. This is derived from the first rule. Some people have said that politics is actually very simple, it is to make more of your friends and make enemies worse.

A little has been done, but how to achieve this goal? Also, is it just about unity, the more unity the better? There is still a certain degree in this..."

In the next ten minutes, Professor Gu had some free time and calmly told him about the ways of being an official for ten minutes. He was as organized and detailed as his previous lectures. Finally, Professor Gu concluded firmly and said: "Today was a little sudden.

You are not mentally prepared. You may not be able to digest and receive so much new knowledge immediately. Don’t worry, I have made a document and I will send it to your QQ mailbox later. You can go down and slowly break it down and master it.”

They have a grade group, and although Professor Gu has not added him as a QQ friend, he can find his QQ number.

Ye Sansheng had come to his senses during Professor Gu's explanation. He listened carefully and understood most of them. As for the application, that depends on the future. He said sincerely: "Thank you, teacher. I will definitely chew on the experience and live up to the teacher's teachings."

Hard work."

"No effort, just a little effort, just a little skill." Professor Gu said something long, now relaxed and happy, he exhaled contentedly and said disdainfully.

A doubt flashed through Ye Sansheng's mind, and he mumbled about to speak. Professor Gu seemed to see his doubts, and said with a smile: "Do you want to ask, Teacher Gu knows so much about... human nature and insight into worldly affairs, why there is no such thing in school?"

Have you ever held an official position? If you can do it, you can do it! Haha, this is not what you want to do."

He pointed to the row of bookshelves behind his desk, "The top two rows are all my books. They can be regarded as my achievements. Being an official is too tiring, and it is not enough to just know how to do it. Many times you have to

I have to force myself to do that. I am not an official. I cannot change my mind and conform to the secular world. I cannot follow the crowd and join in the evil. So I have already thought clearly. I am not an official, I am a scholar. I am a Hinayana and I just want to write a great book.

By crossing yourself and the three provinces, you can become Mahayana, you can be an official, and through being an official, you can do great things and help more people."

"Thank you, teacher, for your consideration," Ye Sansheng said with a forced smile.

"It's not that you value it, it's that you have the ability and the ideals. You don't have to doubt yourself, you will definitely be able to go far on this road, but what will you do when you gain power?" Professor Gu said with bright eyes.

Staring at him, "This is the second question I want to ask you today."

Ye Sanxiang thought for a moment, and replied half-truthfully, pretending to be confused: "Serve the country and the people. The greatest chivalrous person."

"If you really have such a determination, then of course it's good, and you don't need a teacher to help you." Professor Gu was noncommittal, "If you haven't really tried the taste of power, you won't understand how corrosive power is, just like the self-selected items in a supermarket.

Just like commodities, it seems that everything is there for you to take, and there is nothing to stop you, but you have to understand that you have to pay a price in the end, and it is often a price beyond your imagination."

Ye Sansheng frowned slightly.

"If you have the power to use it, it will be wasted when it expires. You have a sharp weapon, and you have a vicious intention. Power has immediacy and is very easy to expire. It seems that officials are always reminded to cash it in immediately. Power is also violent and coercive, and can crush those at any time."

Ordinary people can easily instigate officials to use them wantonly, hurt others, and satisfy their own desires. It’s like if a person is rich, if he doesn’t show off, half of the meaning of his wealth will be lost. Therefore, when becoming an official in the future and having power, he must restrain himself even more.

I have restored my etiquette, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, be modest and prudent, and have awe."

Ye Sansheng's expression became serious.

"You may think that the teacher is rude and rude, but if you don't say these words, the teacher will feel uncomfortable." Professor Gu rubbed the beads on his wrist, "More than three years ago, when you were still a freshman, you

Do you think Mr. Dong doesn’t know that he used his tricks to squeeze into the student union of the college? I advised him to keep silent. Although this kind of behavior may be speculation and ambition, it can also be seen as positivity and advancement. We don’t want to praise it, nor should we oppose it.

I didn't kill the seedlings when they were growing. In fact, I knew at that time that I couldn't kill them. I observed you and saw the ambition hidden behind your calm eyes. What do you look like? Who do you look like? A bit like the movie actor Zhang Ziyi

.I think you may be the most developed classmate among this batch of students."

"Later on, you made money and were able to sponsor Hu Li anonymously. You should be credited with her being admitted to the National Normal University as a graduate student. It also made me feel relieved about my original decision."

"There is another reason." Professor Gu smiled in a self-deprecating way: "I have the dragon-slaying skill, but I have nowhere to use it, and it feels uncomfortable. When I meet a student like you, I want to give it a try. So I have been killing you for four years, and sometimes

I will help you quietly when I can, so I am looking for you to say this now."

Ye Sansheng suddenly realized. It turned out that he had been doing things so smoothly in school, and he really thought he could do anything.

When Professor Gu talked about this class of students just now, he wanted to use Jia Maojin as a humility. Now he wanted to talk about Jia Maojin just now and asked Professor Gu for advice. He hesitated, but finally did not speak.

"The last one: Rules are not rigid dogma, but adaptable to adaptability. The way of Tao is mysterious and mysterious, and the secret of application lies in one heart."
Chapter completed!