Pan Yicheng noticed that she was confused and said humbly, "But I am not as accurate as them in predicting things, and I am probably not as good as your master in fortune-telling. Maybe I am not even as good as you. I am indeed more involved in civil engineering."

Chu Qianli looked strange: "It's written as civil engineering, and it's called Kanyu?"

Pan Yicheng said with a warm attitude, "Almost. If you study civil engineering, you must know Feng Shui. I was probably the worst fortune teller among the group. They all had family traditions or teachers, but I only had a university diploma."

“…”

Chu Qianli's perception was refreshed, and he was speechless for a moment, with only deep shock remaining.

Diploma is really important, the world is so realistic. An uneducated master is called a fortune teller, an educated master is called a Chinese studies professor.

Because Chu Qianli knew she had no chance when she entered the room, she didn't introduce herself in detail. Instead, she took the opportunity of the interview to chat with Pan Yicheng.

When Pan Yicheng was young, he traveled with his friends, including Chu Qianli's grandfather. Unlike other Taoists, he did not have a master or a sect. He was just an architect, doing civil engineering and learning Feng Shui. With his serious attitude towards learning, he learned more and more by analogy.

In short, Pan Yicheng is an academic giant. He may not have a natural talent for metaphysics, but through perseverance and tenacity, he has also gained certain insights. Of course, if being studious is also a talent, then he is definitely one of the best.

The advantage of other masters is in a single item, while Pan Yicheng's advantage is that he has no weaknesses.

"You are not very old?" Pan Yicheng looked at the resume and asked, "A college student?"

Chu Qianli answered honestly: "Senior high school student."

Pan Yicheng said in a gentle tone: "Oh, what major do you want to study? Do you have a goal now?"

“…Ma Zhe.”

"Department of Philosophy? Then you are welcome to apply to our university just like me."

Chu Qianli was troubled for a long time when facing the calm and composed top student. She whispered, "I may not pass the exam..."

Pan Yicheng laughed and said, "How could that be? The score requirement of the university I'm currently working at isn't that high, at least not as high as the requirements of my undergraduate school!"

Chu Qianli didn’t lose in fortune-telling, but was beaten by the college entrance examination score: “…”

Chu Qianli was usually a little bit arrogant, because she was the best fortune teller in the world, but she never thought that Pan Yicheng would open up a new competition. He competed with ordinary people in fortune telling, and with Xuanmen people in college entrance examination scores, introducing a brand new assessment standard.

When Chu Qianli entered the room, she knew that Pan Yicheng and the others had made the decision and that she would not be selected. She could not help but ask, "So I was eliminated because of my poor academic performance?"

"It's not simple because of this. You may not understand it." Pan Yicheng rummaged around and pulled out a thick stack of brochures, explaining, "This is like bidding. They also say that you can submit group resumes. Look, a sect has hundreds of people's resumes, but you only have two people. Isn't it a bit too much..."

Pan Yicheng waved the thick book in his hand, then held up Chu Qianli's thin resume, and said with a smile: "You can't cheat money like this, at least you should make sure the number of people is enough. I can't do this even when I write a report for the school."

Chu Qianli was exposed by him, and she lowered her head with a guilty conscience: "But the more people there are, the less money we get..."

Pan Yicheng: "But you don't even have the numbers, how can we dare to pay casually?"

Chu Qianli blinked and said seriously, "Because the project is still confidential, we are not sure of the details, so there will naturally be omissions. Now you tell us the specific requirements, and we will go back and reorganize the personnel, and everything can still be discussed."

There was a cunning look in Chu Qianli's eyes. He tried to fight to the death at this moment, but still refused to give up the huge reward, and lobbied Pan Yicheng with great confidence.

Pan Yicheng sighed and said, "Let me be honest with you. No one was chosen this time. There was no suitable person to choose at all."

Chu Qianli was shocked: "You have already made the final decision? Is the bidding just a formality?"

"No, no, no, I really wanted to find someone at first, and it was the first time I took out so much money. I have been a consultant for so many years and have never seen such a sum of money..." Pan Yicheng said seriously, "But it's really not suitable. They originally thought that as long as the money is in place, there will definitely be a rare master coming. The fact is that they can't find anyone, and maybe they are not as good as me."

"Anyway, the project has been made public, and I don't have a confidentiality agreement, so I can briefly tell you about the work. We plan to build a railway somewhere in the west, including surrounding supporting facilities, but the local mountains and rivers are complex and the terrain is dangerous. The key is that it is an area where ethnic minorities live and religious beliefs are common."

Pan Yicheng said solemnly: "This project is not a simple Feng Shui divination. It is also related to local customs and habits, and even to the local people's religious beliefs. One thing affects the whole body, and the problem is very complicated..."

"I know you guys make a lot of money out there. Maybe you can earn ten years of my salary just by reading a fortune for someone. This is thankless work, and you think we have high requirements and difficult exams. But the nature of this kind of work means that you can't just rely on your ability. You also need to have a certain level of ideological awareness." Pan Yicheng said, "If you only want to make money, you can leave if you don't want to make money. You can't just leave here. You may have to pass a political review."

Leading cadres of all kinds are not allowed to have religious beliefs, but cadres working in special areas must respect local customs and habits and the religious beliefs of local people. How to strike a balance is very challenging.

Chu Qianli was startled: "Are the people there very powerful?"

Pan Yicheng looked calm: "Fortunately, they belong to the primitive faith, and are legal religions recognized in the country. We should guide religions to adhere to and practice the core values ​​of socialism."

“…”

Chu Qianli could roughly understand the complexity that Pan Yicheng mentioned. She was always criticized for her integration of Chinese and Western astrology. It was obvious that Eastern and Western astrology had things in common, but many people only engaged in opposing views.

It is still possible to argue whether researchers of numerology are atheists or not, whether there is a concept of reincarnation or not, and how to define reincarnation, just like people from ancient times to the present have discussed what "Tao" is.

Pan Yicheng and others were not looking for a master to start a local fight. They wanted to reconcile the conflicts and push for the construction of the railway. This would test one's social skills, require feng shui and perhaps political awareness, and there would be nothing wrong with recruiting people at the civil service level.

"If it were someone else, I wouldn't say this to spoil the fun, but your situation is special, so I can be simple and direct." Pan Yicheng said kindly, "You are very good at numerology, and you should be able to feel that only knowing numerology without Tao is not enough. People outside only know numerology, and this is also our concern."

"Although you are extremely accurate in your calculations now, there are still things you can't do anything about. In fact, the more accurate the calculations, the better they understand."

Chu Qianli knew what he was hinting at. She pursed her lips and whispered, "Yes."

"Generally speaking, people in your situation would choose to convert and meditate, which would help you avoid some troubles."

Chu Qianli is destined to die young. One way to solve this is to stay away from relatives from a young age, convert to Buddhism, and devote himself to chanting scriptures and practicing Taoism. Perhaps this can prolong his life.

Chu Qianli retorted, "But that is self-limitation. The essence is still escaping. If a person is completely detached from the world, can he still be called a human being?"

"You encourage others to grow and change, to do good deeds, but you yourself don't even understand the seven emotions and six desires, and the various states of life. How can you empathize with others?" Chu Qianli lowered her eyes, "It's like you are a high and mighty god."

Chu Qianli discussed this with her grandfather. Converting from a young age was also an option, but she did not accept this choice. She learned these things to make others happy and to help those around her, but if she could not even experience all kinds of emotions, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?

Therefore, she chose a compromise and did not return to the He family immediately, but followed her grandfather to train near Yinlong Village. She needed to live in an environment with ordinary people, otherwise her ability would be meaningless.

Pan Yicheng nodded in agreement: "There is another traditional saying. The simplest way is to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. Donate money to charity like those rich people, or use your abilities to guide others..."

"That's what I'm doing now, but it's just a drop in the bucket to be honest." Chu Qianli had just been praised by Pan Yicheng for her achievements, and now she was pretending to be sobbing, "There's nothing I can do. I'm too talented, and it really doesn't work."

Pan Yicheng had the rigor of a science and engineering major. He thought for a moment and speculated, "It's not that it doesn't work, but that the quantitative change hasn't led to a qualitative change yet?"

Chu Qianli sighed helplessly: "This is the difficulty. According to this calculation method, I am afraid that I will not be able to save the entire nation. How is this possible?"

Chu Qianli occasionally felt that her future was bleak, mainly because the tasks were too difficult. She simply could not think of anything that could produce such a great consequence.

This is not just about helping or saving people on the surface. Metaphysics emphasizes that solving the problem from the root is the result of karma. For example, the same is helping others, giving money directly and helping to find a job will have different effects. If it is directed in a bad direction, it may not be considered as helping, but will be deducted points.

Even if Chu Qianli donated a few of the world's richest people, it would not be able to offset his own debuff.

She was also pressed for time. It would take decades to master any field, but she only had twenty years. She could only keep looking for valuable astrological data, explore more possibilities, and continue with her own abilities, bit by bit.

"So I just said that if it were someone else, they wouldn't say this to spoil the fun, but for you, you can say that your focus now is not to make money, but how to move up to the next level." Pan Yicheng said calmly, "It will be difficult for you to change your current situation by relying solely on the form of fortune-telling by one person outside. You must move to a larger platform."

"I suggest you join a big team and participate in a big project, maybe there is still a possibility. The power of one person is too small, just like I can never build a building independently, but my team and I can do it." Pan Yicheng said earnestly.

Chu Qianli seemed to understand, then pretended to be about to cry, and whispered: "Professor Pan, then please consider my team again. Isn't this a big project? I'm in urgent need of saving my life!"

Pan Yicheng didn't expect that she would take advantage of the opportunity and really go down the slope. It was really impossible to guard against. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How can I consider it? I can't decide this matter!"

"Why can't you decide? You are the examiner?"

"Alas, I would say this thing has no chance from the beginning. Spending 500 million to select someone, if the wrong person is chosen, who can take the responsibility?" Pan Yicheng clapped his hands repeatedly, "This doesn't sound credible!"

Chu Qianli began bidding at a low price, trying to give himself some room to maneuver: "What about 400 million? What about 300 million?"

Pan Yicheng said hurriedly: "My little classmate, you do know how to tell fortunes, but you also need to understand these tricks. There are so many twists and turns here that even I dare not be careless. It's really not a matter of money!"

Pan Yicheng was on high alert the whole time. He even sent books and dried fruits to Chu Qianli, but he didn't dare to agree to the matter casually.

After a while, Chu Qianli left the house in a depressed mood, carrying a box of dried fruits, and went to the lounge to talk to Muxing.

Tan Muxing still remembered that she came into the house empty-handed, and now she came back with dried fruits. He asked in confusion, "Where did you get this from?"

"The interviewer gave it to me." Chu Qianli threw the book aside. "This book is also given to me."

"Others give gifts to the interviewers, but when it comes to you, it becomes taking gifts?" Tan Muxing mentioned the details of the fruit stems in confusion, not understanding the interview routine of astrologers at all.

"Because I was fooled by this bunch of old foxes. He was just giving out dried fruits to please the kids!" Chu Qianli said angrily, "They are afraid of taking responsibility and dare not choose people. No wonder I can't make this money."

This project is too complicated. If the decision maker chooses the wrong person, it will be a big mistake. Naturally, it is necessary to think carefully and screen at all levels.

"Tsk, but as expected, they are professors from colleges and universities. Their speaking level is far higher than that of ordinary people. They are different after being armed with knowledge." Chu Qianli muttered while tearing open a small bag of dried fruit and handed it to Tan Muxing. "Do you want to eat it? I just ate it during the interview. It tastes really good."

Tan Muxing took the dried fruit and said softly, "...Thank you, I can do it myself."

Tan Muxing saw Chu Qianli casually throwing grapes into her mouth. He seriously suspected that the interviewer had gone to great lengths to coax her out. She might have been making trouble in the house. Otherwise, who would eat snacks during an interview?

Aren't these the kids who are rolling around in the mall who are encouraged by toys and ice cream?

"By the way, do you know this university?" Chu Qianli lowered her head and searched on her phone. She showed the information on the screen to Tan Muxing, "Does this school have a high score line? What ranking does our school have to get in?"

Tan Muxing was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Based on the ranking, He Shichen and Qi Yan are OK."

"Very good, your reference successfully persuaded me to back off. I'd better check the university where he teaches." Chu Qianli raised his phone again and asked, "What about this one? He said it's not as high as the previous one."

Tan Muxing looked away uneasily, and he gently encouraged her: "...you can do it if you try hard."

"Which characters are the Chinese characters for 'make an effort'? Is it 'yi' or 'yi' with the character 'ren' on the side?"

Tan Muxing's eyes wandered away, feeling quite embarrassed for a moment.

Chu Qianli read the answer from her deskmate's face. She put away her phone and angrily said, "Damn it! Not only is he a top student, he is actually a genius student. No wonder he was so proud when he said he had a higher diploma than my grandfather. It turns out his undergraduate school is so strong!"

When Tan Muxing learned about the interview, he weakly reminded her: "… college students were more valuable back then, but now it's all inflation."

Chu Qianli said calmly: "Let's not discuss this for now. My learning speed has never been able to keep up with the depreciation of my academic qualifications."

Tan Muxing: "..."

Chu Qianli has always been the one who crushes her peers, and she has never been treated like a Versailles by others.

It is obvious that Pan Yicheng is a person who has been a scholar since he was a child. He naturally exudes the aura of a scholar and never talks about money, power, fame, or fortune with others. He has grasped the temperament of a cultured person to perfection!

He even deliberately tried to make excuses, saying that he was not as accurate as other fortune tellers, that being a professor did not make money, that it was just a matter of studying for two more years, and that he was actually a waste and so on.

Chu Qianli was so spoiled by the academic genius, so what does her performance mean?

At home, Yu Xin passed by the corridor on the second floor. She found that there was no movement in Chu Qianli's room. She was worried: "Qianli has been so quiet recently? She even stopped watching animation."

Chu Qianli is always watching cartoons in the house. When she is silent, she is studying. She has been studying too much recently, which makes her parents feel a little uncomfortable.

He Shichen laughed, "Failure in the special talent selection is probably the first setback."

Yu Xin was surprised: "Then she doesn't have to work so hard, right? She didn't want to go to college before, why did she suddenly go to special talents?"

He Shichen helped Chu Qianli fill out a resume. He felt that the selection of special talents was unusual. He said calmly, "People who are selected will always be selected. I guess we met a special talent who is good at studying."

Chu Qianli was sitting at the desk, studying hard for a rare time because he was excited about the interview.

At that time, she wanted to compete with Pan Yicheng in fortune-telling and feng shui, intending to seize the opportunity to snatch back the project, but she didn't expect the other party to say that academic exchanges should be counted as working time!

Pan Yicheng asked her to get admitted to the university where he taught and then exchange ideas. These things should not be discussed during the interview because that is what professors do, not consultants.

Chu Qianli never imagined that one day when she wanted to fight with her peers, she would be blocked from receiving a university admission letter!