Chapter 201 Training
Mrs. Qian said no more nonsense and took Lei Tingting to the elevator to the seventh floor.
Entering the clean and tidy corridor, there are offices of different sizes on both sides of the building. Judging from the nameplates, they are all medium and large companies. Those who can gain a foothold in this office building are all the best in the city. People passing by are also wearing exquisite professional suits. The office is bright and clean, and everyone is busy in an orderly manner.
Opposite the elevator entrance is a magazine. Lei Tingting is not unfamiliar with this magazine. The publications they publish mainly introduce fashion trends and various high-end luxury brands. They are sold nationwide and can be easily found in various newsstands. Lei Tingting was a loyal reader of theirs for a while. But she didn't know what this had to do with the ant tribe.
Mrs. Qian saw her confusion and pointed casually, "This is our information department. Publishing magazines is just a sideline."
Lei Tingting asked, "So their main business is to collect information for the ant tribe?"
Mrs. Qian asked, "What's not clear?"
This is not difficult to understand. In addition to providing equipment to the military, some military-industrial enterprises also develop products for the civilian population. Lei Tingting just couldn't imagine that the ant tribe has such power.
Next to the magazine was a photo studio that specialized in wedding photography. Mrs. said, "This is our clothing department."
Lei Tingting made an analogy: "Photographing wedding dresses is just their sideline. Their main job is to design clothes for the ants?"
"Yes." Mrs. Qian said, "The Costume Department and the Props Department are both under the leadership of the Technical Department. The departments are undergoing adjustments recently, and they may be integrated together."
Lei Tingting looked at an advertising creative company nearby and said, "Is that our technical department?"
Mrs. Qian said, "No, it's an advertising company. It has nothing to do with us."
Lei Tingting: “…”
Mrs. Qian took Lei Tingting up to the 14th floor. They entered a fitness club that only accepts members. A white-collar beauty greeted Mrs. Qian and then took Lei Tingting's hand and said, "I have received the notice. I will apply for a membership for you right away."
Mrs. Qian said to Lei Tingting, "Go with her. This is our human resources department."
The so-called "card" does not have a physical object, but the beauty led her to collect all the information that could be collected, including fingerprints, irises, voice, and even measurements. After chatting with the beauty, Lei Tingting learned that this office building is the property of the ant tribe, and the various departments of the ant tribe are scattered on different floors of this building. There are some things that the beauty did not say clearly, but Lei Tingting has guessed: the ant tribe allows other companies to move into the headquarters building, not to save costs, but just to let them achieve the purpose of cover. As a newcomer, after she had this invisible card, those mysterious departments were truly open to her.
After leaving the "HR Department", Lei Tingting asked Mrs. Qian: "Where are we going next ?"
"Training." Mrs. Qian uttered two words.
Lei Tingting asked in surprise: "Haven't you already interviewed me?"
Mrs. Qian said, "An interview is an interview. Passing the interview only means that you have the potential, not that you are qualified."
Lei Tingting asked: "What if I fail the test this time?"
Madam Qian stood there coldly, saying word by word, "I know what you are planning. Listen, from the second you enter the Ant Tribe, you are a member of the Ant Tribe for the rest of your life. Any evil thoughts will do no good to you or Zhang Nianzu. From now on, you will only listen to what I say!"
With Lei Tingting's temper, if someone dared to talk to her like this in the past, she would definitely fight back immediately, but at the moment, she had a guilty conscience and could only shrug awkwardly.
Mrs. Qian took Lei Tingting to a door and said in an imperative tone, "Go in."
Lei Tingting became suspicious and asked, "Where is this? Isn't this a training session?" She thought Mrs. Qian would take her to a shooting range or something like that.
Mrs. Qian urged, “Go in, this is the first lesson.”
Lei Tingting had no choice but to go into the house. It was pitch black inside, and it seemed as if there was an abyss just one step forward. She turned around and was about to ask something, but Mrs. Qian had already closed the door from the outside. She could not see anything at all. Lei Tingting stood alone in the darkness for a while, and finally mustered up the courage to shout "Hello". She only heard a reverberating echo, which showed that this was an empty place, but this made her even more confused.
At this moment, a large screen suddenly lit up more than ten meters away from Lei Tingting. There were dozens of empty seats in the room. She stood in the last row. After all, this was just a small screening room. Lei Tingting couldn't help laughing, and felt more at ease. She walked to the middle and sat down in the seat at the edge. Four words flashed on the screen: internal information. It turned out that the first lesson of the ant tribe training was nothing more than watching a learning video.
Judging from the texture of the video, it should have been made a long time ago. The content also cuts straight to the point, with the first line of text that appears on the screen: Throughout history, the existence of the tribe has caused great harm to ordinary humans.
Lei Tingting was stunned.
A simple diagram began to appear on the screen. A red arrow moved back and forth between the river and the area. Everywhere it passed was marked with a special mark. A voice-over sounded: "The tribe has lived a monotonous life of living together and migrating collectively since ancient times. After humans entered the semi-feudal and semi-slave society, they mainly made a living by extorting and threatening the princes."
When Lei Tingting heard the words "extortion threat" being applied to the word "princes", she felt a great sense of absurdity and humor.
The arrow on the screen was still moving on the map, and the voice-over continued to explain without any emotion.
The tribe originally had less than a thousand people, but after generations of reproduction, it had reached several thousand people during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. If it were an ordinary tribe, this number would not cause any waves, but for the tribe, they became a terrifying military force. At that time, wars were frequent, but all forces had to figure out one question before taking action: where is the tribe? How far are they from the target they want to attack? What is their attitude towards it? If you act rashly without paying attention, the consequences may be to shoot yourself in the foot, or even worse.
Under this situation, the ant tribe developed rapidly during the Sui and Tang dynasties. Their predecessors were usually spies sent by major families or military governors. Their main task was to search for information about the tribe, including their whereabouts and political inclinations. Sometimes, two hostile forces would even exchange information about the tribe before fighting. Gradually, the ant tribe became a new force on the historical stage. With the support of major financial groups, they had both people and money. At first, they only relied on selling information to maintain their operations. Later, they were completely reborn and became the prototype of today's ant tribe.
