After finishing the introductions, Manager Chun did not linger. Instead, he turned and led Zhou You farther inside.
There was a larger computer room farther in, but it was even more primitive—the whole room felt like a steamer. Fifty or sixty people sat in rows, and the clatter of keyboards swelled into something like a tidal wave, making his ears buzz.
Speaking over the noise, Manager Chun told Zhou You,
"We have several ranks here. What you saw earlier was the advanced training team. You can only join after working here for a year. New arrivals like you go into the beginner team—you'll just be doing the simplest web-scraping work. Don't worry if you don't know how. We'll have someone teach you one-on-one..."
At last, Zhou You found an opening to speak.
"Teach me what? Scamming?"
Manager Chun was not offended in the slightest. He merely smiled.
"Don't make it sound so ugly. All we do is redistribute wealth—our little operation barely amounts to anything. The stock market, Bitcoin, every financial instrument you've ever heard of—those aren't scams? They fleece the people at the bottom too. So we're scammers, but they aren't?"
Before Zhou You could respond, he continued.
"Besides, as the old saying goes, every man for himself. You don't look like you've ever had much of a good life. This trip to Thailand was either a budget holiday you saved up for ages to afford, or you got lucky and won some prize... am I right?"
Zhou You tacitly agreed.
Manager Chun patted his shoulder. "Here, we can give you everything you want—money, women, luxury cars, mansions. As long as you work hard, anything you want is yours. If you don't believe me, I can find you several examples right now. Successful people who all came out of