When a person was unwilling to do something, they could always come up with countless reasons to refuse.
For example, when your parents told you to go out and find a proper job instead of spending all day dreaming about joining a Fortune 500 company and starting in middle management,
you would come up with plenty of reasons to convince your parents to keep agreeing to let you "wait" for an opportunity at home.
As for whether you were truly waiting or merely using waiting as an excuse to evade responsibility, nobody could say for sure.
After all, as someone "chosen by destiny," how could you possibly take up the jobs only ordinary humans would do?
But when you wanted to persuade someone else to do something, there were far fewer reasons you could use.
You could use "my foot hurts" as an excuse not to go to work, but if you wanted others to agree with you and follow you, "my foot hurts" clearly wouldn't cut it.
That was why persuading others to do something was extremely difficult. Many people believed Lin Qi had succeeded because of his communication skills.
He had persuaded others to hand their money over to him and let him use it to make money for them—from Mr. Old Fox at the beginning, to the auction, and then to his entry into the world of capital.
Every step he took seemed to be a coincidence, with someone standing on his side and giving him a push—uphill—whenever he needed help most.
It was a very special ability. It wasn't something unrealistic where communication was as simple as having a mouth; effective communication was something people had always found difficult to master.
Except for Lin Qi.
Mr. Patu did not possess this ability either, but fortunately, the