greek gods in new york

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Hermes, one of the twelve main gods of Olympia, is also one of my many cheap uncles.

I looked at Hermes, dressed like a hooligan, and was as shocked as I was when I first discovered that Dionysus was an extreme metal fan.

He is the god of business!

Like the god of thunder and lightning, the god of hunting is really useless in the 21st century.

But from ancient Greece to modern times, business has always existed.

Human society is inseparable from wine, let alone commerce, and with the progress of the times, commerce should be more and more developed.

As far as I know, the power of the old gods comes from faith, and faith comes from offerings, prayers and sacrifices.

Even if everyone no longer enshrines the statue of Hermes, and no longer sends prayers and sacrifices to him, but he is the god of commerce, and if he can't be a god, he can do business by himself!

No matter how I think about it, I can't figure out why Hermes fell to this point.

"you……"

I looked at Hermes with a complicated expression: "Is your company bankrupt?"

Hermes gave me that "I know what you're thinking" smirk.

"Hi."

He spread his hands, looking foolish: "You must think that I should go into business, but girl, think about it carefully, what does a businessman look like now? Suits and leather shoes, sitting in a decent high-rise building. Where is that?" It suits me, I wear a suit and trousers every day, do I still have time to run around?"

It is true.

Hermes is also the angel of Zeus. He has a pair of winged shoes and runs fast.

If I want to say what impression Hermes in Greek mythology left on me, it's that he can't be idle, plus he is "hands-on".

These old gods have each lived for 800 years, and they are old fritters.As long as the mind is clearer, it is not a matter of minutes to make money in business?

It's just being the president of the company, sitting in the back of the office, and flying a fixed-route flight every month-thinking about it carefully, it really doesn't match Hermes' style of painting.

He probably prefers to measure the ground with his feet rather than take a vehicle... No.

I suddenly came back to my senses.

"You like running," I asked again. "Why don't you go to the Olympics? Bolt's world record was broken by you!"

"I thought so."

Hearing what I said, Hermes put his head in his hands, went to the dirty ground, and looked up at me: "But then I went to prison for stealing things several times. Delay training and registration for the competition."

I:"……"

In Greek mythology, Hermes stole Apollo's cattle as soon as he was born, and his achievements were even more fruitful afterwards.

He is the granddaddy of thieves and swindlers.

That's why Loki said that Hermes and he are "travelers".

But to put it in a bad way, even if you are a thief, you can do it well, right?

My mind instantly thought about Luo Ping the Phantom Thief, "Ocean Arhats", the Three Sisters of Maoyan, and a series of characters from legendary movie animations.

"You can't delve into it," I couldn't help complaining, "It's good to be a thief?"

Isn't it more promising than playing dice under the bridge hole!

"You think I can't think of it, little girl?"

Hermes smiled triumphantly: "I, I thought about it before you were born! About 20 years ago, I thought that now it is a technological society, and even if I want to be a thief in the future, I only need to track and pick locks Good or bad. So I started working on electronic locks, and that was 20 years ago!"

Twenty years ago, that is, in 20, I was not born yet.

The computer at that time was still Windows98 system, and Hermes began to study electronic locks.

My eyes widened slightly: How advanced is this!

"As a result, I accidentally researched it too thoroughly. It just so happened that I was in Silicon Valley, and when I joined forces with the God of the Internet, I developed a new technology for electronic locks, started a company, and almost went public. Just before the listing, I Wearing the suit that someone stuffed me, I was thinking-after doing so much, am I still in business?!"

I:"……"

Hermes waved his hand hastily: "No, no, I don't have time to run around after starting a business! So before the company goes public, I managed to run away."

I:"…………"

"Don't make that expression, no matter how much money you make, I won't give it to you."

Hermes was optimistic. He didn't care how dirty the ground was or how old his clothes were. Instead, he tilted his head and looked at me with a playful smile: "How good I am now, free! Playing dice travel, every place Staying soon, very happy."

I understood it.

No wonder Loki called him "a polymath".

Hermes, this guy, has taken on too many "useful" responsibilities, coupled with his unstable personality, which has led to him being able to get involved in everything in the 21st century, but he doesn't want to go too deep into anything.

As he said, he is also very happy now.

However, Hermes' "happy speech" only got Loki's disdain.

"free?"

Loki glanced at Hermes: "You still owe me two thousand dollars."

Hermes spat on the ground: "Bah, I don't owe you anything because you gambled a trick."

Loki: "Then why are you running?"

I looked at Hermes dumbfounded: "Have you been tricked by Loki?"

The God of Deception was deceived by the God of Deception!

This is related to the dignity of the entire Olympus pantheon, so Hermes immediately put away his idle posture.

He suddenly sat up straight from the ground, met my questioning eyes, and Hermes said seriously: "Little girl, don't talk nonsense, Loki has borrowed supernatural power, he uses supernatural power to cheat, that's not the same ! If I have supernatural powers, I might not be able to tell who is lying to whom!"

Fine.

Although it is better than any liar's deception, it is not something worth promoting everywhere.

Having said so much, I roughly summed up the cause and effect: as the god of deception, Loki and Hermes are the same kind of people, er, gods.

I know that Loki has a lot of fun, and listening to Hermes nagging about his "history of entrepreneurship", his relationship with "God" should not be bad.Being able to cooperate with the God of the Internet to start a company proves that he can also speak for the God of the New God.

As for the little rascal's outfit...

It can only prove that he himself is a little hooligan.

Loki got up leisurely, unlike the sloppy Hermes, he still moved forward with his princely airs.

He waved his hand, and Hermes' right foot, which had been hanging in mid-air, landed on the ground.

"Okay," Loki held out his hand, "do me a favor, you don't have to pay back the 2000 yuan."

"Bah ah."

Hermes didn't appreciate it: "I wouldn't have paid you back."

That's what he said, but he held Loki's hand and let the other party pull him up.

The two liars stood together, and Hermes repaid the two brothers and gave Loki a punch: "My lord has a lot, so it's okay to help you."

Me: oh well.

So it's really a liar who meets a liar, and they all smell like each other.

In fact, they have a good relationship.

"Help me and Nicole enter a contest."

"Competition? Ah, this is easy," Hermes nodded nonchalantly, "I'm good at it."

Because of his fast running, he is also a patron of competitive games.

Calling him to help participate in the competition is considered Hermes' old profession.

I suddenly came to the spirit.

Although looking at his appearance is not very reliable, but if you don't look for him, it seems that there is no one else.

Even if it is unrealistic to pray for a god to appear, but with thousands of years of competition experience, there will always be one or two that can be used in the encyclopedia knowledge competition, right?

I looked at Hermes excitedly: "You can do it!"

only……

After listening to Loki's presentation of the content of the quiz, Hermes took out his mobile phone and looked at the introduction on the official website, but he looked embarrassed.

"Some trouble."

He sat on the ground, casually put his elbows on his calves, and tilted his head in distress: "No, it's not a little bit, it's very troublesome."

"Is it because competition is not considered sports?" I asked in a low voice.

"No, no, it's much more troublesome than this."

Hermes shook his head exaggeratedly: "Our problem is more realistic."

I sink my heart.

Didn't he ask for money? !Or do you need more funds to participate in this kind of competition?

However, when I was thinking wildly, Hermes stretched out his hand and pointed to his street gangster's attire: "Real problem: If I apply to be a tutor with this appearance, the security of your school will definitely kick me out." .”

I:"……"

Hermes looked at Loki: "Get me an Armani outfit? You don't need a new style, just the one you wore to MetGala three years ago."

I:"…………"

Met Gala?As for the high-end charity gala that the world's top fashion and entertainment circles will attend?

Forget it, I will not ask how Rocky was invited to the MetGala, anyway, he will definitely not use his real identity.

"no problem."

Rocky was very generous: "Come over with a reliable identity, and I will pay for your clothing."

Hermes smiled happily: "No problem!"

I couldn't help wondering: "Does he have other identities?"

"Of course, my dear niece."

Hearing my question, Hermes was very proud.

He gave me a thumbs up: "Just expect a surprise!"

…………

……

A few days later, on Monday, the school auditorium.

I sat in the back row and kept yawning: "The school meeting is so long..."

Meryl: "Miss Smith is on stage, it should be over soon."

I couldn't help muttering: "She is the one who talks the most."

It's all Meryl's fault, she insisted on dragging me to play online games last night, but the two of them accidentally became obsessed, and today both came to school with dark circles under their eyes.

But Miss Smith's chatter was too hypnotic, and I began to nod and doze off after listening to it.

In a daze, I barely heard the end of Miss Smith's tirade, and then her always stern voice softened a little, and there was a lot of excitement in it.

"I want to tell you the good news. From today, the famous Mr. Harold Johnson will be a visiting professor of our school, and we will offer economics and mathematics courses taught by him in the next semester. Everyone applauds and welcomes Mr. Johnson!"

Sparse applause sounded, waking me up from my sleep.

I rubbed my eyes: "Mr. Johnson, who is it?"

Meryl was also bleary-eyed: "I remember... It seems that I have written a few best-selling books on business? It is said that there are some theories that have influenced the direction of Wall Street. He is a big boss. But why did the big boss come to a place like ours? .”

Me: "Yeah, [-]% of them are... cheaters..."

Charlatans.

I was shocked and woke up.

Amid the applause in the auditorium, an extremely young man stepped onto the stage.He was wearing a high-end suit that was expensive to the naked eye, his hair was pulled back, and his beard was carefully trimmed, but the expensive clothes could not hide his street spirit.

It was Hermes who was pressed under the bridge hole by Loki a few days ago.

Business tycoon, best-selling author, influenced Wall Street.

With this status, what kind of hooligan are you? !

Understood.

I crazily slandered in my heart: You are all bosses, only my father is really poor.