Lu Wensheng, a modern business negotiation expert, traveled back in time to the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty and became a petty official who was used as a knife.
But he soon discovered that he had an incredible ability - "listening to the heart": he could hear the true thoughts of everyone within a ten-foot radius.
Does his boss want to punish him? He knew it in advance.
Colleagues want to trick him? He took advantage of the situation with his backhand.
What does the emperor want to find out? He conveyed his true intention in three sentences.
Fan Zhongyan came to him for consultation on reform, and he gave a SWOT analysis in three minutes; Ouyang Xiu asked him to polish his article, and he easily changed it into a hit.
Others rely on guessing to play tricks, but he relies on listening.
It only took him three months to go from a downtrodden clerk to a "shadow military advisor" relied upon by the emperor.
But there was a secret that he couldn't even hear - what was the girl who was always reading in the corner of the tea shop thinking about?
