A Common Man

After reading many comments in the comment section, I'd like to share my humble opinion. This book is quite unfriendly to readers who are reading this author for the first time. Because the protagonist of this book has traveled through time five or six times in a row, and each time he is the protagonist of the author's book, the protagonist has all sorts of skills.

A near-miss with being scammed: I took my child to Hainan, and the night before our return trip, I received a call informing me that our flight was canceled and I needed to pay a rebooking fee. All the information I checked was correct. I was instantly overwhelmed; my hotel was due for check-out; my child needed to go back to school; and I needed to go back to work…

This is totally my cup of tea! It reminded me of reading "My 1979" before. The writing is delicate, full of local flavor, and I was immediately drawn in by the extraordinary hidden within the seemingly ordinary daily life. They are one of only two authors I can find on Qidian who truly capture the essence of life. The other is Huahuamao.

Here's a very basic check scam. This scam exploits delays in the bank's check clearing system to create a false impression and deceive people. Firstly, most people have never used checks and might question whether they're even necessary. However, checks are actually very common in corporate settlements.

One, I'm an old reader who came from "Fishing Around the World," and I've been chatting and joking with the author in the group for 5 or 6 years. This book is written in a style that avoids pretentiousness and melodrama; it's too realistic and is destined not to appeal to some novice readers.

Helping others brings no benefit to oneself, only to be criticized behind their backs. Yet, one shamelessly does favors for others, investing money, time, and connections in the process. Two hundred thousand yuan was used to pay off a debt owed to an uncle who had no intention of repaying it, and the uncle still looks down on one. What kind of lowlifes are they? The book title should be changed to "The Chinese Captain in the Streets".

Telephone scams are more common overseas. The first step is to use technical means to change the caller ID display so that it shows an official phone number. Once connected, the scammers impersonate officials from consulates, courier companies, banks, customs, police, prosecutors, etc., Initially deceiving the victim by accusing them of crimes such as drug trafficking and money laundering.

Hehe 😄

In his numerous time-travel adventures, Hong Tao has been the world's richest man, an emperor, circumnavigated the globe by sailboat, sown the seeds of love around the world, and even journeyed to the stars… After experiencing so much, what's next? Returning to the mundane world, to a small, ordinary alleyway. With his experience and intelligence, how can human deception hide?!

The more it's written, the less immersive it becomes. They should change the protagonist. There's no point in continuing with Hong Laoshu (a character from a popular novel). The first two parts were alright, but it got progressively worse starting from the Southern Song Dynasty. This part is so bad it makes you want to drop it. It's full of negative energy, just wasting time and having messy relationships. I don't know what the author is trying to say.