Chapter 40 Section 7 Brainwashing of MLM

When I opened my eyes, it was already the next morning, and a ray of sunlight came in through the crack of the window covered with newspapers, and shone on the torn and dirty quilt.Looking at this ray of sunlight, I suddenly felt as if I had passed away, and I didn't know where I was. After staying for a few minutes, I got up to go to the bathroom and saw some early risers standing in the yard.They nodded and smiled at me in a friendly way, and another man pretended to be very friendly and shook hands with me, but took advantage of the situation and blocked the gate.I understand that this is to prevent me from suddenly rushing out of the gate to escape.

After coming out of the toilet, I went back to the room.Compared with last night, the smell in the room was even more turbulent. In addition to the smell of sweat and feet, there was also the smell of fart, which made people want to vomit.I can't believe that I was here last night, sleeping under the same dirty quilt with Dazhi. Dazhi also woke up.He sat up, yawned, stretched a long waist, and said contentedly, "I slept soundly last night." The middle-aged man also woke up. He was sitting in the quilt against the wall with a blank expression on his face.Maybe he also encountered the same stalking as me last night, maybe he is regretting coming here now.

Dazhi woke everyone up and asked them to stand in two rows in the yard.Like a leader, he stood at the front with his arms behind his back, lecturing to everyone.He said in a hoarse voice: "This is not our dormitory, this is the devil training camp. We can only become masters if we endure hardships. Every successful person starts from poor and poor. Bao Jianfeng started from Sharpened, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold." After he finished speaking, everyone applauded excitedly, their faces flushed with excitement.Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the middle-aged man hesitate, and I couldn't help clapping my hands.

Dazhi's words are extremely provocative, and everything he says sounds reasonable.No wonder these men and women sleep in such a harsh environment, enjoying themselves one by one. After Dazhi finished speaking, it was time for dinner.Some people hurriedly brushed their teeth and washed their faces in front of the tap, and some rushed into the kitchen with enamel bowls without brushing their teeth or washing their faces.The yard was noisy, like a brick thrown into a mouse's nest. Before I had time to buy bowls and chopsticks, Liu Yun said, "After I finish eating, you can use mine."

Many people like me who have no bowls and chopsticks are waiting outside the kitchen with their hands down.They looked at the food in other people's bowls, and their Adam's apple rolled up and down.The so-called food is boiled cabbage in clear water with a few slices of carrot floating on top. Liu Yun picked up the bowl and gulped it down. Within a few minutes, the enamel bowl bottomed out.Many girls are like her, eating extremely savagely.A girl in a red top dropped a piece of carrot on the ground.She picked up the slice of radish in full view, wiped it on her trousers, and put it in her mouth.

After Liu Yun finished eating, she handed me her bowl.She ate very cleanly, not even a leaf in the bowl. When I walked into the kitchen, a woman in her 30s held a spoon in her hand and only poured half a bowl of vegetable soup into my bowl. She said, "It's almost gone, and the people behind can only have half a bowl for each person." Looking at the half bowl of vegetable soup, even though I was so hungry, I still couldn't eat it.The quality of the food here is not as good as the food I had when I unannounced visits to the blood slave community.However, everyone here is full of energy and high spirits, and the dream of getting rich encourages a person to be round and round, like a ball, bouncing when touched.

I barely swallowed the half bowl of vegetable soup, and it was time for assembly.We stood in a single file, with Dazhi walking in the front, weaving all the way to a small river.Here the dead trees and branches, the weeds are desolate and desolate.Everyone stood facing the small river, with long whistles coming out of their mouths.Some of them sound like cracking silk, some are hoarse, some are as ugly as walnuts crushed by a door leaf, and some are as terrifying as meeting a ghost... This bunch of messy sounds run along the ancient road like a rope. The tree spiraled up and flew over the woods, sending shivers down the spines of everyone who heard it.

Dazhi said: "Doing this every morning will allow us to call out the garbage in our hearts. After the garbage is removed, there will be room for good things." What he said sounded reasonable again. It is these words that sound reasonable, which make these people deviate step by step from the normal standard of good and evil, step by step onto the path of evil. After shouting, Dazhi led the team of 20 to 30 people into a building, walked up the stairs, and his eyes suddenly opened up.Hundreds of heads gathered in the hall on the second floor, and these heads sat on the ground, facing the podium.On the podium, there is a blackboard.On both sides of the wall, there are some photos hanging. The photos show the scenery of forests and grasslands.

We sat one by one at the back of the crowd.Beside me is the middle-aged man.He kept looking at all this with puzzled eyes, a pimple formed between his brows. The crowd was as noisy as flies in a toilet.I reached out and tugged on the sleeve of the middle-aged man, and asked him softly, "What is this for?" The middle-aged man looked at me and shook his head. I continued to whisper, "Where are you from?" The middle-aged man glanced at me again, his eyes were red, and he was about to cry.He said, "I'm from Zhejiang." "What did you do before?" "University teacher."

I was shocked that university teachers were also tricked into engaging in pyramid schemes.The charm of MLM is so great! I whispered again, "Why did you come here?" Before the middle-aged man could answer, he heard someone in the aisle next to him yelling in a rough voice: "Don't speak." I turned my head and saw a hideous and ugly face, as black as ink.Seeing me turning my head, Hei Lian yelled again, "What are you looking at?" I had to bow my head. At some point, a man wearing glasses stood on the podium. He was fair-skinned, about 30 years old, and looked refined.He stretched out his arms, palms up, and made a gesture for everyone to stand up. The crowd cheered and stood up, and the space in the hall suddenly seemed very small.

The person wearing glasses is the lecturer of this pyramid scheme gang.He raised his arms and shouted enthusiastically: "Let's sing, let's sing." His expression reminded me of the "flaming age" during the great iron and steel smelting period. The lecturer was leading the singing, and everyone sang songs full of personal struggles such as "Work hard to win" and "Get ahead" with him.All kinds of voices burst out from different throats, swirling in the hall, making my eardrums buzz.I secretly looked to both sides, and saw that except for the middle-aged man and me, everyone here looked passionate, blood boiled, teeth were clenched, and their faces were distorted.If there is a stone in front of them, they will bite the stone into pieces; if there is a cliff in front of them, they will jump off one after another. This is a bunch of crazy people. After singing, the lecturer asked everyone to sit down.He raised his arms high, and said in a very slow and steady voice: "The long night is about to pass, and our dawn is about to come..." His voice has a terrifying magnetism, and everyone praises it Looking at him like a moon, looking at him like a sunflower blossoming towards the sun, with infinite piety on his face.The crowd was very quiet.I don't know who secretly farted a twisted fart, very delicate, with a slender voice, but no one laughed.People's attention is all focused on this magic lecturer. It is said that Hitler in 1939 relied on this kind of extremely provocative speech, this kind of magnetic voice, to make a nation accept his point of view and voluntarily go to destruction. The lecturer is a natural speaker.His language, his movements, his demeanor, his eyes...all matched to the best state.Sometimes he cried out, sometimes bitterly, sometimes passionately, sometimes muttering to himself.Everyone's demeanor and mood changed with his changes.He is like a wizard holding a magic wand, and everyone seems to be enchanted, following him in joy, anger, sorrow, and involuntary shouting or lamenting. He likes to use parallel sentences, and he likes to use question sentences.When I was in middle school, the Chinese teacher said that these two rhetorical techniques have a strong rendering function, and the lecturer used these two rhetorical techniques with great proficiency. "Why are you poor? Why are you unsatisfactory? Why do you not have a bright future? This is because you have no opportunities. Opportunities can change your life, change your future, and change your children and grandchildren." The lecturer said as if It makes sense, he always starts with the most obvious truths, and then slowly leads people into the trap. Everyone was mesmerized.They looked at the lecturer without blinking, like a suckling lamb looking at a lactating ewe, like a devout believer looking at a preaching priest. "Why can some people enjoy all the glory and wealth? Why can some people earn a lot of money and marry beautiful women? Why can some people buy a luxury house and drive a good car? This is because they seized the opportunity. Now, there is an opportunity in front of us, you ——" The lecturer pointed to a person in the audience, pointed to the eyes burning like gold, and pointed to the red faces under the stage, "Can you catch it? ?” "Yes." The audience shouted out in unison, and the sound shook the room.The arms under the stage were raised together, forming a forest. "Are you afraid of difficulties?" "Not afraid." The voice was overwhelming. This scene can only be described as crazy. I heard that the armies of many countries have to mobilize before the war.The mobilization report made everyone's blood boil, and then they rushed to the battlefield.Such an army has super combat effectiveness. I also read in a book that during the Warring States period, the Qin army was invincible because of mobilization and agitation, and after the agitation was over, the soldiers were allowed to drink.In this way, the slightly drunk soldiers rushed to the battlefield without fear.Decades ago, Terracotta Warriors and Horses were unearthed in Lintong, Shaanxi. The terracotta warriors and horses dressed as soldiers had slightly bulging abdomens, which was the result of drinking. The lecturer burned everyone's blood to the boiling point, and walked away satisfied. Then there is "showing up." A man in a suit and leather shoes came up. The suit was neat and neat, and it looked expensive.He was fair-skinned, wore gold-rimmed glasses, and had shiny black hair, clearly well-groomed.With his arms in front of his lower abdomen, he bowed slightly to the audience, looking graceful.A young woman came up and introduced, "This is our gold medal manager." There was a storm of applause from the audience. The gold medal manager first introduced himself.He said that his surname is Mei, and he has been poor for generations. In the past few years, he has won his own career and country by relying on his own hard work. "I believe that heaven rewards hard work, and every effort will be rewarded." All the big things they say are correct, and every word they say contains a simple philosophy, which can be understood even by people who have not been to school for a day.However, it is precisely because of these principles that these people have slipped into the quagmire of pyramid schemes without realizing it. Manager Mei said that before he joined this team, he worked as a manager of a certain group and earned tens of thousands of yuan a month.Later, a friend introduced him to come here and joined the team, and his life jumped to a new level.Now, his monthly income will be more than 100,000 yuan. More than 100,000 yuan!There was an involuntary admiration from the audience. "My today is your tomorrow." Manager Mei said with a charming smile. So-and-so, this is one of the most famous companies in China. Many European and American families have such-and-such electrical products.And this Manager Mei gave up such a good job to join this team, and finally achieved such glory.His struggle experience is really admirable.People clapped and clapped. Some people's palms were red and painful, and they were still clapping desperately.Manager Mei raised his head slightly amid the thunderous applause, looking very pleased and intoxicated. No one doubted the identity of Manager Mei, and no one suspected that he was lying, because he had a fair face and a suit and leather shoes; because he was eloquent and easy to use;His gestures, his every move, are completely in line with the image of the manager we see on TV. I saw that many people in the audience couldn't help puffing out their chests. Maybe they have regarded Manager Mei as a role model and a role model.They also see themselves as managers, and managers cannot be sluggish and stooped. The power of role models is infinite, and the power of role models is terrifying. I remembered the scene of living in that small county a few years ago. Around the mid-1990s, MLM came to that remote town, and even to the countryside.Once, when my father and I were pulling manure in the field, we saw a middle-aged woman writing and drawing on paper in front of the canteen at the entrance of the village, surrounded by several young people.The woman said: "As long as you recruit a person, you can get as much commission as you want." The woman is eloquent and can speak well.My father said: "These people always want to get something for nothing. Where in the world is there such a good thing?" There is a simple truth contained in the simple words of my father: if you fantasize about getting something for nothing, you will eventually be fooled. I also met a few people who were pulled into the pyramid scheme in the county town. A young man who rented in the same yard as me used to ride a tricycle.One morning, he dipped a comb in water and combed his hair back.I asked him what it was for.He said with a serious expression: "I will work in the company from now on, and I will look like a company employee in the company." The man later sold the tricycle and moved out of the small yard. where. At that time, I had a first love, whom I had loved silently in my heart for many years, but never had the courage to confess to her, because her parents were both state cadres, while mine were farmers.We are middle school classmates.Later, her work unit was better than mine. Although she only graduated from high school, her father entrusted someone to place her in a very lucrative department. After I graduated from university, I finally entered a Qingshui Yamen by myself.One day, she walked into my unit, which made me ecstatic. However, she didn't say anything about feelings, and asked me to pay 3888 yuan, saying that there was a tap water purifier, which was very suitable for my use.I was really tempted, not for the water purifier, but for her, to make her happy.But I don't have any money, so I still try to borrow money from others, as if she would marry me as long as I buy this purifier.In the end, I didn't borrow enough money, I didn't buy a purifier, and she didn't marry me. Thinking of myself at that time now, I feel ridiculous.At that time, I completely believed her words, and felt that my behavior was not funny at all, but noble and great, because it was for sacred love. People who are in love are fools. I can totally understand these crazy people, I can understand their thinking, I can understand why they are so deep in it that they can't extricate themselves. Because I have had such an experience. After Manager Mei walked down, the young woman in a skirt said, "Manager Mei has just returned from giving a lecture in the United States. He heard that we are having a class here. He rushed over without taking a break." Everyone was very moved, some people gasped in admiration, and some people had tears in their eyes. Now, it was the turn of the young woman to speak. The young woman also introduced herself first. She called herself a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge and a "sea turtle".Her father was a deputy minister of a central ministry.She said emotionally: "It stands to reason that I can enjoy a high-end life without doing anything, but I don't. Why should I start my own business? Because I believe in my ability and I want to create value in life." There was a lot of applause from the audience, applauding for this self-employed strong woman.The woman paused for a moment, and then said: "Also, I have taken a fancy to our brilliant and great business. Here, my income is no less than that of my father." A manager of a well-known company, a rich lady from a wealthy family, they are all willing to join this team. So, those of you who come from the bottom of society and earn a few hundred yuan a month, why hesitate?What doubts? As a result, the dream of getting rich burned everyone's eyes. The woman's voice is crisp and sweet, and has a hypnotic effect.You can't help listening to her every word, every word, because her voice is so beautiful and gentle.You never doubt what she's saying.Moreover, her smile is so beautiful, and her face is so sincere.How could she lie?Her temperament is so noble, her language is so appropriate, and her appearance is so beautiful, she must be a veritable lady.You no longer have the slightest doubt about her identity.It's like when you stand in front of a sweet-looking girl, you don't have the slightest doubt that she is a whore; when you stand in front of an innocent and lively boy, you don't have the slightest doubt that he is a thief. With so many people gathered together, what kind of business are they doing? The woman talked about the "Three Business Laws".Later I learned that "Three Business Laws" is one of the necessary lecture contents for many pyramid schemes.The theoretical basis of the MLM group is the "three business laws" and the "five-level three-tier system", if they also have a theoretical basis. MLM is blooming everywhere, and it seems to be unrelated, but their lecture content and deceptive methods are exactly the same.So, is there a group controlling the MLM?If this is the case, it is terrible! What is the "Three Commercial Laws"?I heard all of them during my many unannounced visits to pyramid scheme dens. The MLM explainer said that the traditional sales methods are "first business method" and "second business method", and the profits are earned by layers of wholesalers, while the "three business methods" are currently the most advanced marketing methods.Because there are no layers of wholesalers, the profit is very considerable, and you can get a high commission. Just like being an agent needs to pay a certain fee to the manufacturer, if you want to join this gang, you must pay a "membership fee". The "membership fee" is 2,800 yuan.And if you can develop a downline, you can get a commission, and every time you develop a downline, you can get a commission of 800 yuan; if you develop two downlines, your position will also be promoted.According to the five-level three-tier system, you can be promoted from director to emerald manager, and the annual salary of emerald manager is tens of millions. The "Three Business Law" deliberately uses geometric steps to calculate, going around, saying that if you invest 2,800 yuan now, you can earn 280,000 yuan in two years, and the five-level and three-level system shows you a bright prospect .You have reached the highest level of emerald manager, even if you are a mayor.And Jade Manager is even higher level than the Gold Manager I saw just now. And Jade Manager is the goal of these people from all corners of the world who have dreams of making a fortune. The training session that day was hours of bullshit, not a word of which was true.They also used very complex calculations, what points, what levels.I believe the following people did not understand.And they don't want you to understand, they created a virtual dream for you. MLM gangs generally have their own products. Many MLM gangs claim to sell cosmetics, because the price of cosmetics is not fixed. It can be said that it is worth tens of thousands of yuan, or it can be said that it is only worth a few yuan, because there is really no value scale to measure it.This is why beauty salons are making a fortune.MLM gangs are also eyeing this, usually under the guise of selling beauty cosmetics.Regarding how the beauty industry makes huge profits, I wrote about it in the above "Unannounced Visits to Black Labor Dens". An injection of sheep placenta and human placenta costs only a few cents, while it costs tens of thousands of dollars in beauty salons.The non-existent golden beauty method uses a box of cosmetics worth tens of yuan, and the makeup artist will help you apply it on your face, even if you dare to ask you for tens of thousands of yuan.The beauty and makeup industry is dark and dark. Beauty cosmetics have no pricing and no value scale, so it also provides an opportunity for pyramid schemes. When we buy a book in a store, there will be a price.When we buy a piece of clothing in a mall, we judge its price from its fabric and style.When we buy vegetables in the supermarket, they will also have a value standard. Even the most expensive organic vegetables must be clearly marked in the supermarket. And the MLM gang I visited unannounced, their skills are better than selling cosmetics.They're going to break the ground, they're going to create a new city.They don't have a product, their product is a city like Shenzhen. That day, the so-called upper class members of the pyramid scheme gang came on stage one by one, performing wantonly.They entered the stage like a revolving lantern, and the crazy crowd in the audience responded with thunderous applause. A man in his fifties appears on the stage. He has lost all his hair on the top of his head, and his sideburn hair is very long, combed upwards, and the covered scalp is looming.He introduced that he is the company's secretary-general, while the company's chairman and emerald-level managers are currently visiting ten EU countries, accompanied by French President Chirac, German Chancellor Schroeder, and British Prince William. "Why are there so many big names in politics accompanying our chairman and Jade manager?" The man tilted his head, with the innocence of a young pioneer on his face. Before the people in the audience could react, he immediately asked himself and said: "Because our country wants to develop the old Northeast, and we have already obtained the project approval index." He pointed to the podium and said, "Just now, standing The lady here, that Dr. Sea Turtle, her father is the deputy minister. This time the country develops the old Northeast, and her father is the actual commander." There was a burst of exclamation from the audience. He pointed to the people in the audience: "You are the founders and builders of this city. The people of this city will remember your names for generations to come." Everyone in the audience had flattered expressions on their faces. The man was swaying horizontally and vertically on the stage, carrying forward his strength, chatting about world affairs for a while, and analyzing the domestic situation for a while.When addressing the leaders of the country, he always dropped the surnames and called them by their first names, followed by "comrade".His tone was exactly like that of an old soldier who had participated in the war for many years and experienced the hail of bullets, and he also regarded himself as an old hero who had come out of the civil war and the Anti-Japanese War.He also said that Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou are his good friends.He plans to invite these two to film their entrepreneurial experience, "Which one is better, Kaige or Mouzi? Tell me." He called Chen Kaige without a surname, and called "Lao Mouzi" without even the "old". to show their proficiency. Discussions in the audience were intense, some said that Chen Kaige had a high level, and some said that Zhang Yimou was more suitable.The man waved his hand, and the audience was silent. He said: "This issue will be discussed after the meeting. Now, please take a look at the photos on the walls on both sides." Under the stage, those sitting on the left looked to the left; With a fearless heroism, the man said impassionedly: "We are going to build a modern city on this mountain forest." Then, the man told the specific location of the city to be born, which is in the East Longitude How many degrees to how many degrees, how many degrees to how many degrees north latitude.Someone in the audience stuck out their tongue, and the shock in their hearts was like heaven and earth: Look, people use "Comrade XX" to address national leaders, call famous directors by their first names, and use latitude and longitude to specify locations.Such a person must have a lot of background, such a person is born to be a big shot who can turn the world around. "Now, as long as you pay 2,800 yuan, you will be an entrepreneur in Northeast China in the future and the founder of this great city. Please cherish this great and glorious opportunity." The man has always been very conceited. After every sentence he said, he still kept the mouth shape of saying the last word.The tone of his speech is unquestionable, his gestures are strong and powerful, and every word that comes out of his mouth is sonorous and firm.His gaze seemed to have penetrated the broken walls of this house, passed through the messy woods outside the door, and looked at a very far, far away place.He is trying to imitate the image of a famous character played by a famous actor in a TV series. I work in journalism and pay attention to the news every day. I have never heard that the country is going to build a new city on the Sino-Russian border.This is clearly a lie.But how would these isolated people, with no TV, no newspapers, know it was a lie? The MLM gangs I have come into contact with before are all tricking you into buying products: cosmetics, drinking water purifiers, swing machines, etc., but this MLM gang has no products at all, it relies on pulling people's heads and paying membership fees to carry out fraud . People who enter the MLM gang lose money, but most importantly, they distort their mentality and become mentally handicapped. The middle-aged man next to me has been listening very carefully.I saw a puzzled look on his face first, then golden sparks burst out of his eyes, and finally, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. I quietly asked him: "Do you believe these words?" Before he could answer, I received a heavy blow on the head, and stars burst out in front of my eyes.I endured the pain and turned my head away, and saw a man holding a bamboo pole standing behind him, staring at me viciously. It turns out that when listening to lectures, you are not allowed to whisper, look left and right, or whisper.Here, it is much stricter than the elementary school classroom. After the conference, there will be a "group discussion". We returned to the yard where we stayed last night and formed a circle.Dazhi is the leader here. He asked everyone to introduce themselves first, and then talk about their experiences. I saw that everyone introduced themselves solemnly with raised faces like childish students.Some people have a crisp voice, some people are old-fashioned, but everyone has a sacred brilliance on their faces. From their introductions, I learned that there are all kinds of people in this gang, from different regions, and previously engaged in different occupations.But the same thing is that they were all deceived, some by their fellow villagers, some by their classmates, some by their children, some by their lovers... When they were deceived just now, they With a skeptical attitude; however, after several times of brainwashing, they began to believe that what they were engaged in was a great and glorious cause, and they wanted to be the founders and pioneers. When it was my turn, I just said that I was a vagrant and came here just to watch: "I didn't see the news on TV that the country is going to develop a city on the Sino-Russian border." "How could you do this?" A gray-bearded man pointed his finger at me angrily, "You are demagogic, and you have committed a heinous crime." He was filled with righteous indignation, and his expression was like that of the rebels in the "Cultural Revolution". Another woman said: "We have already seized the opportunity. When such news is broadcast on TV, many people will also develop, and we will have no advantage." A well-mannered man beside him immediately interjected: "We are engaged in a great cause, and such a great cause cannot be questioned by a vagrant like you." He straightened his chest, as if he was the embodiment of justice. Dazhi looked at me and said, "Since you are a first-time offender, you will be exempt from prosecution. I don't want to hear such reactionary remarks from you in the future." I feel deeply sad, and I have to admit that MLM brainwashing is very successful.