Chapter 181 The Sky Falls (16) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]
Ren Zhiling: "Uh... sorry?"
Are there really people in modern society who don’t have ID cards?
"I have a friend who works at the police station's household registration office," she took out her phone, looked through her WeChat friends, and said enthusiastically, "How about I help you contact him and ask him to reissue your ID card? Otherwise, how are you going to live?"
After spending these few days together, she got to know Ye Dian quite well.
Although he usually seems to be too lazy to talk to anyone and dresses like a rapper who can start rapping at any second, he is surprisingly familiar with various professions and his rich experience does not match his face at all.
How come he doesn't have an ID?
"I can't get a replacement," Ye Dian said quietly as he sat on the sofa, "I'm not stupid. If I could get a replacement, wouldn't I have done it a long time ago?"
"Why?" Ren Zhiling asked blankly, holding up his cell phone.
The exploration team members nearby also gave him strange looks.
"There is no life track to prove that you are not illegally entering the country, no living relatives to prove the blood relationship, and no place of residence to provide proof of no household registration." Bai Jinshu opened his mouth and spat out a bunch of unfamiliar terms.
There is absolutely no trace of Ye Dian's twenty years of living in the magical world in modern society. If we check the system, the only conclusion that can be drawn is that he emerged from the ground.
It is also necessary to prove one's identity when registering an illegal household. How can Ye Dian prove it? He has no life track, all his relatives are dead, and the place where he lives is in a magical world that ordinary people have never heard of and cannot even reach.
It's simply a tragedy.
Not to mention that his graduation certificate was withheld. It was a hellish start that made anyone cry and feel sad.
The members of the exploration team who knew that Ye Dian was a mage looked at each other.
From Ye Dian's familiarity with various professions, it can be seen that his native world must be a world with similar technological development to this space. In modern society, it is almost impossible to move without an ID card. How did he live to this age?
At this point, most investors have woken up, and the live broadcast room is lively again:
[I just arrived, what is my ID card? ]
【？ Damn, how come there are still investors in our live studio who don’t know what an ID card is. 】
[Fuck, buddy, you must have gone to the wrong time zone. If you are in the ancient world, then the ID card is the household registration jade disc, the origin information, the family tree, whatever you call it. If you are in the future world, then the ID card is a citizen ID, identity information, terminal identity, etc. Anyway, it is an identity certificate that contains certain origin information, residence, and date of birth. Normal work positions require ID cards to sign contracts. ]
[Uh... Speaking of which, isn't Ye Dian a mage? He can just transform into one. ]
【? Wake up, the ID card is connected to the Internet. Even if he can create a card, how can he also create the identity information after swiping the ID card?】
[And generally speaking, you have to pay five social insurances and one housing fund for work, and you also have to deduct taxes and so on. Even if you can hide this from the HR when you start working, it will be exposed later.]
[Then he can only do some illegal jobs that don’t require an ID card…]
[No wonder he is so familiar with the stall, I love it. 】
…
As the discussion continued on the barrage, complex expressions appeared on the faces of the exploration team members.
On the screen, Ye Dian shuddered at the strange looks of the crowd, shook off the goose bumps on his body, and said in disgust: "What are those expressions on your faces?"
"How do you admire me, Brother Ye, for not having an ID card?" Lu Changfeng asked tentatively.
In modern society, how did Ye Dian manage to go from being an illegal resident to a working god and then to a rapper?
What a legendary experience this must be.
"Brother Ye, all roads lead to Rome!" He continued to flatter him, "Gold will shine wherever it goes!"
Bai Jinshu was confused by the fat man's sudden flattery. He didn't know what strange thing he was thinking of. He frowned and looked at Lu Changfeng for a few times: "I'm not the only one without an ID card. It's just that compared to others, I had a small accident."
Small accident: refers to having his graduation certificate from the magical world confiscated and being forced to leave the magical world.
Of course, there are no ID cards in the entire magical world, and only a small number of people know about the existence of magicians. It is simply a fantasy to want these wizards to be registered.
Some wizard families that have more contact with modern society are better off. At least their parents have some interest exchange relationship with modern society to a certain extent, and thus obtain fake identities that allow them to move conveniently in modern society.
But these identities are only obtained temporarily when needed. It is not because the mages do not want to solve them all at once, nor is it because the mages need these things in their daily lives. The situation is very complicated. Just take Ye Dian’s mentor in the Mage Tower as an example.
The old man has lived for almost seven hundred years, and is considered one of the longest-lived wizards in the magical world. When he was born, not to mention identity cards, even computers and the Internet had not been invented.
In the magic world, the lifespan is linked to the wizard's race, magic level and the types of magic he studies. As long as the buffs are stacked well, with immortal species + high magic level + long-lived magic type, a wizard can even live for thousands of years.
If these real birth ages are really registered at the household registration office and ID cards are issued, no one will believe this outrageous identity information.
The old man was very out of touch with modern society and spent most of his time doing research in the tower. When Ye Dian was forced to leave the Mage Tower, the kind old man gave him some self-defense equipment that he would need to walk in ordinary people's society when he could not use magic.
It is said that his mentor had given him the sword when he was a child, and now the old man passed it down to himself as his only disciple.
Later, when Ye Dian entered the modern society, he realized that the thing given by the old man has a new name in modern society - controlled knives.
The half-meter-long sword almost attracted the police. In the end, a cosplayer who was passing by caught up with him before the police could arrest him. He said that Ye Dian's imitation of the medieval broadsword from more than a thousand years ago was very good, but it was too new and had no signs of aging. Could you recommend the prop store that made this prop to me? I also want to order one! Brother, you are so cool!
Ye Dian, who had just left the magic world, threw the extremely heavy broad-bladed sword to this guy who looked very familiar. He was wearing a wide robe with long sleeves and a hood, and he was lost in thought as he looked at the square box flying past on the road.
Teacher, it seems that times have changed.jpg
The enthusiastic cosplayer next to him failed to catch the heavy broadsword and accidentally hit his foot. He grimaced and shouted, "Holy crap, you are so dedicated. Isn't this made of foam board and PVC?!"
Ye Dian, a graduate of the Mage Tower who had not yet become a working god, glanced down at him condescendingly.
Haha, the "thing" you are talking about is the sword of the Supreme Mentor of the Mage Tower in the magic world. What are those foam boards and PVC?
In short, as a native wizard born and bred in a magical world, no one there has an ID card.
The only difference is that Ye Dian had a little accident and was forced to survive in a place with an ID card.
The focus of the barrage also involuntarily became distorted:
[In fact, without an ID card, apart from the inconvenience of formal employment, you will only be restricted from some long-distance transportation that requires identity information, such as high-speed trains and airplanes. However, short-distance transportation such as buses, subways and taxis is fine, and it is not a problem to live in some remote places for decades. ]
[The guy in front of me is really experienced... You haven't tried it before. 】
[Because I have seen it a lot, I wonder if you have ever pursued loan repayment? Many people who borrowed too much and couldn't pay it back and finally ran away are those who have lived in remote areas for decades without ID cards. ]
[Yes, and it’s not just about loan debts. In fact, many wanted criminals who haven’t been caught are also like this. If you don’t live in a big city, in some rural areas, you may never need an ID card in your life.]
[Damn, I'm also wondering today, who are the investors of the foundation?]
[So why doesn't Ye Dian have an ID card? And he also said that there are many people like him who don't have ID cards. It can't be that a group of people have committed crimes, right? ]
[Mage! Mage! Does anyone still remember that Ye Dian is actually a mage? ]
[There are no ID cards in the magic world! He probably meant that he was the only one who entered modern society.]
[…Shit, sorry, I forgot.]
[I really don't remember a bit. I often forget that this guy is a mage and not a career counselor.]
…
Almost everyone in the barrage forgot that Bai Jinshu said he was a mage before entering the project this time. Ren Zhiling, who had no idea of Bai Jinshu's identity on the screen, naturally would not think about this aspect.
But unlike the investors, when she first met Bai Jinshu, he was a security guard sent by the authorities to protect the scientists attending the conference, so she didn't think he had committed any crime.
She just mistakenly thought that Ye Dian and the others were some special national talents, so they couldn't use their identities outside.
It just so happened that Bai Jinshu said that he was not the only one without an ID card, and the other members of the exploration team present were obviously also classified into this category by Ren Zhiling.
Even someone who is proficient in selling pancakes, running his own media and working as a security guard has been transformed from a working god into a police undercover in her eyes.
"No wonder you changed so many careers! I understand!" Ren Zhiling blurted out.
For normal people, their career direction will at least not change all the time. After all, after working in a certain field, switching to another field is equivalent to starting from scratch, and the gap between these professions is so large.
But if it was an undercover police officer, then everything would make sense!
If you want to be an undercover agent, don't you need to do any job? The more professional you are, the less likely others will suspect you are an undercover agent. After all, who would suspect that a stall owner who can skillfully sell pancakes and sausages, is familiar with the market and is proficient in research and knows where to buy seasonings is an undercover agent...
And if you think about it this way, it seems very reasonable that Ye Dian has done everything and done it to the extreme but not for long. Generally speaking, isn't the identity of an undercover agent constantly changing?
No matter how good his disguise is, the undercover operation will come to an end one day.
There is also the issue that Ye Dian said he was an illegal resident. As an undercover agent, he certainly could not use his own identity to get a job.
Thinking about my own situation again, although it may be a bit far-fetched to say this to people five hundred years later, as a target of attack at an international conference, it is normal for someone to come to protect me and guide my career direction, right?
They have also been in constant contact with their superiors, otherwise how could the concert hall attack have been suppressed.
Maybe Ye Dian was specially selected as a professional who is skilled in undercover work in many professions!
So within just a dozen seconds, everyone's eyes looking at Ren Zhiling changed from confusion to understanding, then to admiration, and finally to a hint of "I understand it all".
Exploration team members and investors:?
Wait, what do you know?
They don’t understand!
Why did Ye Dian leave the magic world and why did he enter the modern society?
Why did he change from a wizard to a self-media operator, then a photography assistant, then a sausage seller, and then a security guard?
Why?!
As the topic went off topic and couldn't be more off topic, Bai Jinshu glanced at everyone silently, raised his wrist to check his watch: "It's almost eleven o'clock."
He looked at Ren Zhiling and said in a flat voice: "If you don't decide what kind of job you want to find, Liu Yi will be here soon."
In fact, this time was still more than six hours away from the five o'clock when Liu Yi arrived, but it did not prevent everyone from becoming nervous as soon as this sentence was uttered.
Yeah, I almost forgot.
Today, Ren Zhiling has not made a decision to change careers that would change her future.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Ren Zhiling, who blinked uncomfortably: "How about...Boss Ye, you make the decision?"
She knew very little about security guards, and just from the types that Ye Dian mentioned, it seemed that none of them were suitable for her.
"You have more experience, I'll listen to you!" She said sincerely, "Boss Ye, what suggestions do you have?"
"My suggestion?" Bai Jinshu looked calm. He turned the room card in his hand and it made a crisp sound when it hit the table. "If you want my advice, then I suggest you don't have to consider most of the security guards."
"Ah..." Ren Zhiling said in confusion, "Why? Because most security guards are male, so I'm not suitable?"
"No," Bai Jinshu sat on the sofa in the lounge area and looked up at Ren Zhiling, "It's still the same question. Now your goal is to try to make the future go in a different direction every day. Whether it is to prevent disasters or to piece together the answer to why you are the source of the genetic disaster from different Liu Yi's mouths, your career choices are disposable."
He held the thin room card between his fingers and tapped it twice on the table: "In this case, you don't have to consider most of the positions that require signing a contract or going through an interview and waiting for news before entering."
The time available for Ren Zhiling to change her career was only from the time Liu Yi left at around 5:30 p.m. that day to the time the new Liu Yi appeared at 5 p.m. the next day, a short period of 23 hours.
We also need to deduct the time Ren Zhiling spends resting at night, so the time she has available for career planning is only about fifteen hours.
The career direction that can be chosen in such a short time is completely unrelated to white-collar jobs that require interviews and written tests, highly professional jobs that require study and certification, or business jobs that require renovation.
"The only choices suitable for you are day laborers who can enter the industry at any time and quit at any time, or single-person jobs that do not require cooperation with others," Bai Jinshu tapped lightly on the table. "I am familiar with these jobs because most of them do not require ID cards or signed contracts, and can be completed by one person."
"Then I will..." Ren Zhiling said tentatively, "change direction?"
It seems that security, an industry that requires signing contracts, is not suitable for her fast-paced career change.
"No need," Bai Jinshu thought for a while while sitting on the sofa. "Security is indeed a safer direction for the future. The ceiling of the industry is very low. It is not possible to develop into a world-renowned industry like the two types of self-media and street vendors mentioned above. The influence is relatively much smaller."
In this case, Liu Yi, who appeared at five o'clock this afternoon, was restricted by the ceiling of the security industry. When telling how Ren Zhiling caused the disaster, he could not fabricate the future from a high-impact direction.
He would have to work on other aspects instead of crudely adopting the methods of the previous few days and simply using the expansion of influence to explain the fall of the sky.
Thinking in this direction, maybe they can get some other information out of him tonight.
"Then..." Xu Zichen frowned, "If security guards need to sign a contract, Ren Zhiling can't be a security guard. I've never heard of security guards being paid daily."
Of course he thought of Liu Yi who appeared at five o'clock, but the future Liu Yi would continue to change according to the choices made by Ren Zhiling in the past, but they had to continue living in this continuous time.
Ren Zhiling signed the contract and then resigned. It doesn't look good no matter how you think about it.
If it gets out, it may cause more problems and chain reactions.
"How is your relationship with your teachers at school?" Yin Liantao asked.
"Very...very good?" Ren Zhiling scratched his head in confusion. "I have a good relationship with all the teachers. Last time in the concert hall, the professors of the school heard that I was on annual leave after returning from abroad, so they wanted me to go back and give a speech."
No teacher will have a bad relationship with the outstanding graduates in his or her major. Especially for such a highly professional subject, most of the outstanding graduates will become members of the research institute after graduation.
"Besides, my alma mater actually has very strong faculty. Many industry leaders are listed as professors in the school, so most of the teachers in the school became my colleagues after teaching me. In addition to school, we also have contact with each other at work," she thought for a moment and added, "That... For example, Mr. Xi, who you were in charge of last time, is listed as a professor. When we met in the corridor, you said that Mr. Xi was giving a lecture inside. So I have a good relationship with the teachers. If I continue to work in this industry, maybe when I get older, I will be hired as an honorary professor or something."
If she hadn't mentioned Xi Enze, most people would have almost forgotten about this person's existence.
Fortunately, Ren Zhiling only wanted to give a more vivid example to the exploration team members who didn't know much about their line of work, and did not expand on Xi Enze's topic.
"That's great!" Yin Liantao affirmed, "Why don't you ask them?"
"So Yin Liantao, you want me to be a school security guard?" Ren Zhiling tilted her head in embarrassment. "That's not a good idea. The security guards in our school seem to have a fixed system..."
"Then..." Fu Yandong and Ning Xiao looked at each other and asked tentatively, "Dorm Manager Auntie?"
Ren Zhiling: “…Ah?”
"The job of dormitory manager is not bad," Lu Changfeng also joined in. "There is not much work to do on weekdays. You just need to register the students coming and going, monitor the gender of the students going upstairs, and have a place to live, as well as five insurances and one fund!"
"The only downside is that this type of position is just like being a firefighter or security guard in an office building. You need connections to get it," he stroked his chin. "Don't you have some connections?"
【That’s good. 】
[The dormitory manager sounds a little more relaxed than the security guard.]
[This is OK.]
Ren Zhiling: "Well... yes, there is."
But if these teachers knew that she called because she was working as a dormitory aunt in the school, they might think she was mentally ill...
"But..." She looked embarrassed. "All the teachers in the school know my dad to some extent. If I were to become a dormitory manager, it's very likely that he would come to my door right after I start working."
[Ah, this…]
【really. 】
[Thinking about it this way, Ren Zhiling is pretty miserable. As long as she works in a related industry, there will be a constant stream of news about her that will reach her father's ears.]
[And if she was caught by Old Liu while selling grilled sausages, her father would be furious. If she really went to school to work as a dormitory auntie, she would probably run into countless of her father's former and current colleagues every day, and her father would be crazy.]
[Oh my god, now that you mention it, I'm afraid Ren Zhiling's father will be killed in the dormitory building.]
[If you told me that her father hanged himself at the school gate with a rope after hearing the news, I would believe it.]
[The first two don’t look fake.]
[It’s not impossible.]
[Fuck, don't die in my phone. ]
…
"It's really unrealistic for the dorm aunt. If your father sees you, it will be troublesome. And he doesn't want you to work in this industry. Even if you bite the bullet and get through it today, he might ruin your career in the future. If you change your career, your future will be uncertain," Bai Jinshu said calmly. "I don't recommend it."
Ren Zhiling breathed a sigh of relief subtly.
"But isn't the essence of being a security guard a boring job with no room for promotion and repetitive and simple work at the same workplace all year round?" Bai Jinshu crossed his legs. "All roads lead to Rome. If you want to find such a job, you don't have to stick to the security industry. Although many professions are not called security guards, in fact, the work content is similar to that of security guards."
"And there are no gender requirements," Bai Jinshu said in a relaxed tone, "You can slack off as you like during work, just like security guards, and you don't even need connections to get the job."
"Boss Ye, for example?" Ren Zhiling asked humbly.
With her social experience, she really couldn't think of any security-related career that fit this description.
Bai Jinshu: "For example..."
Everyone looked over there.
"Internet cafe administrator."
The author has something to say:
In the early years, not only did you not need an ID card to surf the Internet in a black Internet cafe, but you didn't need an ID card to be the network administrator of a black Internet cafe. That was called equal treatment.
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