“I see you haven’t been in Modu for long, so you’re probably not familiar with the city. I just got off work too. If you need to find someone, you can give me the address and I’ll drive you there.”

Emily Parker took the initiative to speak. Of course, this wasn’t because she had any feelings for Brian Carter, but simply out of curiosity. After all, what Brian Carter had shown had overturned more than twenty years of her understanding, and she wanted to learn more.

Brian Carter looked at Emily Parker in surprise. After a moment, he finally nodded, because what Emily Parker said was true—he really didn’t know much about this city, and having someone to guide him would be much more convenient.

“Thank you, then.”

“No need to thank me. My name is Emily Parker. My car is parked at the end of the street. Wait here for me, I’ll go get the car and drive it over.”

A few minutes later, a red BMW Z4 pulled up in front of Brian Carter. It was a convertible sports car. Although Brian Carter usually lived in Miaohé Village, there was internet there, so he knew a bit about cars. This car cost over 800,000 yuan, so it seemed that Emily Parker’s family was quite wealthy.

Without any unnecessary fuss, after getting in the car and giving an address, Brian Carter took out his phone and started browsing.

The whole time she was driving, Emily Parker noticed that Brian Carter was looking at his phone and ignoring her, a beautiful woman, which made her a bit annoyed. She pouted and said, “Brian Carter, I thought people like you, the real experts, wouldn’t use cell phones.”

Hearing Emily Parker’s words, Brian Carter smiled. This was a common misunderstanding people had about them. They always thought people like him should be just like those in ancient times, strictly following old traditions without any change.

The wisdom and heritage of the ancients certainly had their unique value, but that didn’t mean they couldn’t change. Sometimes, understanding and using modern technology as an aid was essential.

Take feng shui masters, for example. Nowadays, many of them use satellite maps online to get a comprehensive view of the terrain, while in ancient times, it could take months to understand the shape of a mountain range. That’s progress.

Of course, both approaches have their pros and cons.

The former is clear at a glance and saves time, while the latter, through hands-on experience, can reveal subtle details. It all depends on what you choose.

Besides, the reason Brian Carter was looking at his phone was because he was browsing a forum at that moment.

Chapter 8 Master Carter

China National Studies Promotion and Development Forum!

It’s a very grand-sounding forum name, but in reality, it’s just a grassroots forum with no official status. The section Brian Carter entered was a sub-forum called Metaphysics Exchange.

“Welcome administrator Master Carter back to the forum.”

Closing the forum’s welcome message, as the sub-forum’s administrator, Brian Carter began his daily tasks.

“Home alone today, don’t know what to do. Any kind-hearted big brother want to chat?”

“Macau’s largest casino, live beautiful dealers dealing cards online…”

“Big brother feeling lonely, three great places to go, don’t miss out…”

Seeing these posts, Brian Carter couldn’t help but twitch his lips. Even with keyword filters, it was impossible to block all these adult ads—there were always loopholes to exploit.

After finishing his daily post-deleting tasks, he casually browsed the forum. Just as he was about to log out, Brian Carter was drawn back by something Emily Parker said.

“I just remembered there’s a building under construction here. This section of the road has recently become two lanes, so we’ll probably be stuck in traffic for a while.”

Hearing Emily Parker’s words, Brian Carter looked out the car window. On the left side of the road ahead, there was a building under construction, over eighty meters tall.

Such a height wasn’t much in the bustling downtown area of Modu, but this was already close to the suburbs, so an eighty-meter building really stood out.

“Tianmao Building!”

Brian Carter looked at the huge red banner hanging on the tall building, as if something occurred to him. He opened his phone again and clicked on a post in the forum.

“Only two years to complete—Tianmao Building’s rapid construction is about to finish.”

This post was in the Feng Shui sub-forum of the Metaphysics section. The post had been there for quite a while, but at first Brian Carter hadn’t been interested. Now that Tianmao Building was right outside, he was curious about the post’s content.

The poster was an architect. According to what he wrote, he was a doctoral student in the civil engineering department of a certain university, and the chief designer of this building was his advisor, a renowned expert and professor in architecture.

The post was somewhat like a diary, with the author sharing the difficulties encountered during the construction of Tianmao Building and how they were eventually solved.

Of course, the author didn’t post this for academic discussion, but to prove a point.

Because after the site for Tianmao Building was chosen, quite a few so-called feng shui masters made pessimistic comments, all saying that it was impossible to build a skyscraper over fifty meters tall in this area, or something bad would happen, even endangering nearby residents.