Chapter two hundred and nineteen major discoveries
"Uncle, did you remember something?" Gao Yi asked.
The latter, overwhelmed by emotion, ignored Gao Yi and still held his head, whimpering in grief.
Gao Yi took a sip of coffee, remembered the store manager's previous words, and thought about it carefully.
coffee……
In other words, coffee-related scenes or experiences have touched the dusty memories?
Gao Yi opened the Qiandu Map, centered on his own community, where the soul first appeared, and radiated to the surrounding areas, filtering out the coffee shops that existed in it one by one.
Fortunately, so far, coffee is still a threshold item for both producers and tasters. Gao Yi found only about seven or eight stores.
"Next, it's time to take uncle with you to try your luck."
He wrote down the information about the coffee shop one by one in a memo and stretched: "It's almost time to set off."
Outside the window, the heavy rain stopped at some point. On the road, there was a wet scene. The cool midday wind shook the green Luan trees and swayed gently.
"Guest, are you leaving?"
The store manager who was wiping cups at the front desk smiled when he saw Gao Yi stand up.
"yes."
The expression on Gao Yi's face was relieved: "Thank you, store manager, for your words, which helped me find the way forward again."
“Welcome to visit next time.”
The store manager raised his little round hat and made a gun gesture: "Then, I wish you a safe journey, ciao~"
Ding bell~
Gao Yi walked out of the coffee shop, took a breath of fresh air, and was about to leave for the first coffee shop.
In my pocket, my phone suddenly vibrated.
"Hello? Descartes."
"How's it going? Did you make any new discoveries in Zishan?"
The other side of the phone.
Descartes stood in front of the hotel's LCD TV, staring at the hijacked Zishan excavation site on the screen, his voice trembling unconsciously.
"Mr. Gao..."
"You'd never guess what was found underneath the farmhouse."
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——12:56 pm
Donghai, Executive Bureau Building.
Tuk Tuk!
Director Tao raised his head and looked at the knocking on the office door. He rubbed his brows tiredly and stood up from his chair: "Please come in."
Click.
The door opened, and a middle-aged man about the same age as Director Tao walked in and looked around at the layout of the office.
The person who came was suddenly one of the judges from earlier.
"What's wrong, old friend, you suddenly came to see me..."
Director Tao walked to the sofa, opened the lid of the pot, poured the tea into it, and said without raising his head: "Since you went to the headquarters, we haven't seen each other for several years."
"yes."
The middle-aged man also had a nostalgic look on his face and sat down: "In the blink of an eye, it's been another troubled year."
What may seem like a mindless conversation to others is, to them, an implicit encrypted communication that holds information on an equal footing to complete mutual confirmation.
"You are in big trouble this time."
The middle-aged man relied on him a little tiredly: "The successor of the Old Fool, one of the eight upstarts, why do you focus on you?"
Director Tao rinsed his cup, and the whole movement was done in one go: "From ancient times to the present, all battles are based on the word profit.
"The upstarts who have been in power for a short time are in urgent need of an opportunity to establish their authority and win over old and new tribesmen. At this time, it happens to be the local review period for hostile factions."
"You think, would he not do such an effortless good thing?"
Director Tao looked thoughtful: "Your team leader has no intention of doing research at all. I'm afraid he was determined to get rid of me from the beginning."
"If nothing unexpected happens, I guess at this time, he should be leading a group of people to act privately, right?"
Director Tao brought over a cup of tea.
The middle-aged man was noncommittal, with a sullen look on his face: "What he did was too inconsistent with the rules. What's the point of us doing this?"
"It makes no sense."
Director Tao said leisurely: "In fact, from the very beginning, when he used his power to change the selection of the jury for the second time, you have already lost the sacred mission given by the original rules."
"Now you are just a group of bystanders, just items drifting among the chess players. You know, old friends, we are supposed to be born for stability."
The middle-aged man watched Director Tao picking out the tea leaves one by one without saying a word.
"But because of the increasingly fierce battle at the tribunal, it had no choice but to become what it is today."
"If you don't take sides, you would rather die than obey. It's too idealistic."
"Standing in line and collaborating..."
"Your city is no longer your city. It is just a fermentation ground for ambition, operated by their lawless secrets."
The middle-aged man still chose to remain silent. After a long while, he whispered: "So, originally you planned to pass the selection of the jury from different factions and pass the handle of the one above you to all the judges?"
Director Tao nodded slightly and explained: "When many people stand together, reputation is often more useful than strength."
"Unfortunately, I didn't expect that the original plan would be interfered with by him. Not only did I fail to share the information, but I fell into a huge ground zero."
"Once some things are discovered, I will definitely become the target of public criticism. The person above who abandoned his soldiers to protect the commander will not have any impact at all."
Director Tao took a sip of tea and showed a self-deprecating smile on his face: "Maybe it's because people are not as good as God, or maybe it's just a mistake. Anyway, after this review meeting, I will probably leave...
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"Old friends, the more difficult days ahead... will all depend on you."
Listening to Director Tao's words, the middle-aged man was sad, but also had a sense of crisis: "The family behind the eight seats has been building momentum for a long time, and how many forces have interacted with them..."
"The Executive Board says it is an official organization, but in fact how many people are left who are sincere in doing things..."
"But it's all at their mercy."
Outside the corridor, footsteps sounded. The two of them kept silent and looked in the direction of the door.
Tuk Tuk.
Outside the door, there was a knock on the door.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously, and Director Tao said:
"Enter."
Click.
A subordinate pushed open the door and entered with a look of urgency on his face.
"Director, there is news from Zishan."
Director Tao and the middle-aged man stood up together and frowned: "What's going on? Why do you need to tell me the news about Zishan City?"
"Some time ago, another change occurred in Zishan. The authorities conducted an in-depth investigation and made major discoveries."
The confidant handed over a document and gasped: "When it comes to secrets from that year, cities that have participated in the joint investigation have the right to know."
"Look."
Director Tao took the document, and a set of extremely clear pictures on the title page first attracted his attention.
In the picture, several excavators surround a farmhouse. It seems that they have been working for a long time, and a large hole has been dug out of the ground of the entire house.
And the major discovery is coming from underground!