1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 413 Things are developing in a very strange direction (1)

As everyone knows,

Due to the ownership of Weishan Lake, Qilu and Jiangsu have had a dispute that lasted for decades. The frequent disputes during this period, the abundant martial virtues displayed by the people of the two places, and the various bloody details in between are enough to make a 300-episode long TV series without any boring moments.

It was not until around 2010 that this dispute spanning two centuries was basically settled, with the rapid development of China's economy, the urbanization process entering a new stage, and the significant decline in the attractiveness of agriculture.

However, in 1990, the two places were obviously arguing most fiercely over the ownership of Weishan Lake.

Therefore, when it comes to going to Dezhou to conduct investigations and "fake fighting", among the many foreign media, the most active one is the media from a city that originally belonged to Qilu but was divided into Jiangsu after the founding of the People's Republic of China...

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"Fuck! This damn place in Texas is hotter than ours...it's almost as hot as Quancheng!"

As soon as he left the bus station, Du Bin staggered due to the oncoming heat wave and cursed in a low voice.

Unlike those interview reporters who need to face the camera all the time, investigative reporters like them don't need to worry about their image... In fact, because they have experienced so many things, few senior investigative reporters have good tempers in private.

When Qi Yuan, who was traveling with him, heard this guy compare Texas to Quancheng, one of the newly-minted "Four Furnaces", he just glanced at him calmly: "Although Texas and Quancheng are only a little over a hundred kilometers apart, there is still a difference in temperature between the two places... Lao Du, let me remind you that personal emotions are personal emotions, but as investigative reporters, seeking truth from facts is our most basic professional quality."

Hearing this, Du Bin waved his hands impatiently: "Old Qi, you are such a boring person. It's not work time yet, so what's wrong with a few words in private... I'm fed up with people like you who can't separate work from life. If the director hadn't insisted, I wouldn't have bothered to come out with you."

Qi Yuan was not angry when he heard this. He just put the snakeskin bag that only hid a camera, five rolls of film, and a set of simple recording equipment in his clothes across his chest: "From the moment we got off the bus, our work has already begun... Lao Du, the bus station is full of people, please pay attention to your package. We only have one portable video recorder, which is a Toshiba. If it is lost, you will have to explain to the director yourself."

Du Bin first lifted the travel bag he had been carrying in his hand, the zipper of which was slightly open at the front, and grinned: "I'm hoping someone will rush up and grab my bag... I've been an investigative reporter for almost ten years, and you don't understand the principle of opening your equipment before getting off the bus at a bus station?"

"If someone really rushes up to snatch the bag, hehe, our mission for this trip will be accomplished... "Foreign reporters went to Texas for an interview, and as soon as they got off the bus, their valuable equipment was snatched away." Well, this title is good and embarrassing enough."

Qi Yuan nodded softly: "I know you have practiced it before, but no matter what, Toshiba's video recorder is not cheap after all. If it is damaged during the fight, it will be difficult to explain when you go back."

Du Bin snorted indifferently, glanced around with his peripheral vision, squatted down and rummaged in the travel bag for a while, then moved a bulging envelope to the zipper opening, and covered it with clothes as if to cover it up, but as if accidentally just a small corner of the envelope was exposed: "Didn't the second episode of "Texas Story" that just aired praise the public security here to the sky? I want to see how clean it can be in a hellhole like a bus station!?"

After saying that, Du Bin stood up, and his whole temperament changed, becoming a little sneaky. His eyes looked straight ahead as if he didn't want to attract attention, but from time to time he quickly glanced left and right at any figure approaching him, and his hands half-hugged the travel bag as if he was worried but didn't want to draw attention. The nervousness that was trying to hide made it even more obvious, in the eyes of those who were paying attention, made it clear that he was definitely a big fish.

When Qi Yuan saw Du Bin preparing to go fishing, he couldn't help but frowned, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Their main task this time was to conduct a survey of the public security environment in Texas... As mentioned earlier, the quality of a region's social security is absolutely an extremely important factor at the moment. It has great social significance and reflects a lot of things.

Before coming here, their director, who didn't believe from the bottom of his heart that there would be no pickpockets in Texas, gave a strict order that enough materials must be collected.

Therefore, it is completely understandable that Du Bin used some fishing tricks in order to collect materials as quickly as possible.

Moreover, Du Bin has a very good sense of size.

His current behavior, which was a bit too obvious, was as eye-catching as a firefly in the night sky to the people who made that living, but to ordinary people, it was nothing more than a kind of nervousness and uneasiness that was common when they first came to your place.

Therefore, this can largely avoid the temporary actions of ordinary people; if the travel bag is really stolen or robbed, the perpetrator is almost certainly someone who specializes in this kind of thing... Since you already have three hands gathered on your side, then if you are blown out by the phishing technique and then exposed, it will not be considered unfair to you.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan reminded them to pay attention to their personal safety without making any comment. The two of them, like Granny Liu who had just entered the Grand View Garden, showed an expression as if they had never seen the world, and wandered around the exit of the bus station one after the other... Driven by Momo Baizha and Momo Baichao, a small market of a considerable scale has spontaneously formed outside the DZ City Bus Station. Like the common large markets in Qi and Lu, it sells everything and is crowded with people. The business can't be said to be bad.

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Logically speaking, a place like this with dense traffic and most of the consumers being outsiders should be where Three Hands and scammers are most active. However, unexpectedly, the two of them wandered around this small market with various tents for more than an hour and nothing happened... Not only was Du Bin's travel bag, which was deliberately exposed with some flaws, not robbed, but even the other people around him did not encounter any pickpockets.

"This damn place is a bit weird!"

Du Bin, who returned empty-handed, lit a cigarette and sat on the side of the dirt road with Qi Yuan, looking somewhat depressed.

Qi Yuan hummed softly: "It's indeed a little unreasonable. Could it be that Dezhou knew that our reporters were coming, so they made advance notice and cleaned up the train stations and passenger stations where hooligans gathered in advance?"

Du Bin glanced at the televisions placed in front of several independent shops in the small market, and the "Texas Story" playing on a loop, and nodded unhappily: "It seems to be the case, otherwise such places would not place expensive televisions and VCRs in front of the store, nor would they repeatedly play such a crappy program."

Qi Yuan knew that Du Bin looked down upon programs like "Texas Story" which had a strong official propaganda color. He thought that this somewhat exaggerated program in the form of an interview documentary was a blasphemy... In fact, he was also very disgusted with this exaggerated propaganda method.

But one thing is for sure, having a strong sense of social responsibility is a basic moral quality for a senior investigative reporter. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people who would risk their lives to investigate and collect evidence in all walks of life. So no matter what tricks you play, as long as you can control the public security in such a place where all kinds of people gather, it deserves praise.

However, the phenomenon is the phenomenon and the essence is the essence. Although the security environment at the Dezhou Bus Station is much better than he imagined, he still needs to figure out why it is like this. Otherwise, if he encounters a situation where "old habits return once the limelight is over", he will become a joke if he writes rashly.

"I don't think the situation is that simple. The reason why places like train stations and passenger stations have become a long-standing problem for public security in various places is because there are too many immigrants from all over the world gathered here, and they don't necessarily have to make a living here. There are many people who engage in guerrilla warfare and leave after making a fortune... In this case, even if the DZ city authorities rectify it in advance, it won't have much effect."

Qi Yuan lowered his head and thought for a while, then slowly shook his head, denying Du Bin's guess.

Du Bin curled his lips when he heard this: "Old Qi, Old Qi, are you underestimating them? Direct rectification may not be very useful, but what if they use barbarians to fight barbarians?"

As he spoke, he pursed his lips and whispered two words.

Looking in the direction Du Bin pointed, Qi Yuan was surprised to find that in the small market, every few steps, there would be one or two young people carrying brooms and backpacks.

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Looking at the suspicious objects on the backs of the little kids, which were hard to find without careful observation, Qi Yuan frowned when he noticed the problem.

After all, he has been an investigative reporter for so many years that he naturally knows that these little brats who are thirteen or fourteen years old and are in adolescence are the most dangerous... These people's values ​​have not yet been fully formed, and their concept of good and evil is even more confused. In addition, they are eager to show their presence. Not only are they young and energetic like a powder keg that can explode at any time, but they also have no scruples when they start to fight, and can kill people if you are not careful.

Not to mention ordinary people, even the old thugs on the road would retreat when seeing these little beasts that have no sense of propriety.

This shit...

Although "using barbarians to control barbarians" is a very useful method to some extent, and for those who make a living on the street, its deterrent effect is even more effective than having a police officer standing in front of you, but if these unscrupulous little beasts are allowed to watch the scene, once a conflict breaks out, it will definitely be a big trouble!

Qi Yuan glanced at a teenager who took out a dime from his pocket, bought a large pancake in front of a stall, and then split it in half. He and his accomplices stood outside and devoured it. His tone was a little cold: "I know these people look very well-behaved now, and they are young, so it is easy for these stall owners to misjudge and it is easy for them to have a good impression of these teenagers without knowing it;"

"But I know even more that these minors who have only received a few years of education and have come out to make a living, and who do not even have the most basic concept of good and evil, will cause serious consequences once they become impulsive!"

At this point, Qi Yuan sneered: "For the sake of appearances, Dezhou actually adopted this kind of drinking poison to quench thirst. I think they are really crazy... Regardless of whether these gunpowder barrels will explode at any time, the fact that they allow others to collect protection fees at will is enough to write a 3,000-word article to scold him to death!"

Du Bin had a strange expression when he heard this: "Hey, hey, hey, Lao Qi, we are investigative reporters. We can't just write without a thorough investigation!"

Qi Yuan glanced at him calmly and said, "Who said we wrote it ourselves? We are reporters from a TV station. Even if we want to report it, we will do it after collecting evidence and making a special news feature with video materials... Didn't you see how anxious the director is? I'll take a few photos later and call the director tonight to give him a brief description of the situation. The director will naturally be eager to find his friends in the media to take the lead with their pens."

Du Bin clicked his tongue twice, then raised his thumb without hesitation: "Old Qi, you are the more insidious one!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise coming from the room;

"Catch the thief!"

"Fuck your ancestors, you dare to run into our land and make trouble, you don't want to live, right?!"

Two drab voices that were just in the voice change period sounded one after another, and then two boys, about thirteen or fourteen years old, threw away the brooms in their hands, pulled out the tools from their waists, and ran towards a thin man who looked quite inconspicuous.

However, what surprised Du Bin and Qi Yuan was that, unlike the common screwdrivers and machetes, the things the two teenagers took out from their waists were actually two large rolling pins.

Although the weapons looked somewhat ridiculous and full of the flavor of grassroots kitchen, they were quite intimidating when combined with the two young men's aggressive demeanor.

Sure enough, the skinny guy who had just achieved great results with a double-edged razor blade against a fool heard someone dare to call him out. He was about to take out his weapon from his pocket with a fierce look on his face and yell at whoever was so ignorant, but when he turned around, he saw that the people running straight towards him were two half-grown boys. Being an old hand, he shuddered in his heart and ran out of the small market without thinking.

What a joke, who the hell doesn't know that this kind of half-grown boy is the most ruthless and has no regard for severity?
Even though you're only holding a rolling pin in your hand, if you're caught and hit on the head a few times, you'll still be skinned alive if you don't die.

Besides, a strong man can't fight four legs. Didn't you see that the guys in other parts of the street were also chasing him? Damn,

I didn't check the calendar before going out today. If I had known that the Dezhou Bus Station was guarded by this kind of little beast, I would never have come here to break my fast!
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More than twenty minutes later, watching the two belated policemen who were spontaneously clearing the scene, then took out their handcuffs and took away the three hands that were beaten into a large leech but were not at all in danger of life. Du Bin tsk twice: "These kids must have been trained, and they hit the most painful place in a person's body, but they all avoided the vital points. This kind of beating method that makes people worse than death, but can only constitute a minor injury at most... Tsksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksk

He had no sympathy for the three hands that had been crying for half an hour.

Unlike the situation after the millennium, people today are not rich, and migrant workers often leave more than half, or even all, of their belongings with them.
Therefore, if you steal all the money from someone, the consequences will often be no less serious than killing that person.
During his years as a reporter, he had seen countless cases of people becoming seriously ill and unable to receive medical treatment because their money was stolen or robbed, honest people having to take crooked paths to make a living, good girls having to go into the prostitution business to survive, and even parents having to sell their own children.

In short, don't use the situation in later generations to measure this era. In the north, where people are very attached to their hometown, a very large number of people who go to the city to make a living really can't make it in their hometown, so they have to leave their hometown.

Besides, severe punishments should be used in extraordinary times. Not to mention not beating this guy to death, even if he was sent to see the King of Hell in public, from a social and moral perspective, he didn't think it was excessive.

Qi Yuan glanced at him and said calmly: "The police showed up too late."

Du Bin knew what he meant and shrugged: "So?"

Qi Yuan snorted: "And the teenagers who injured people were not taken away... Even if they are minors, they should be sent to cooperate with the investigation and listen to the news, right?"

Du Bin sneered: "So?"

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The next day, DZ City Administrative Building.

The middle-aged man whom Ye Tao called "Old Li" rushed to the propaganda department without stopping after the meeting.

slap~
The middle-aged man slammed a newspaper from a neighboring province on the conference table with a gloomy face. "Very good! These foreign reporters are really quick. The news that they were going to come to Texas to crack down on counterfeiting just came out the day before yesterday, and they started reporting today!"

The middle-aged woman in charge of publicity work had her eyes twitching. She had read the newspaper report about the small market at the bus station yesterday early in the morning, so she naturally knew how passive she was at the moment... The second unit of "Texas Story" about the security environment in DZ City was just broadcast four days ago, and in just three days, people found out about its weakness. Although they just narrated the whole process of the small conflict in a straightforward manner and did not take the opportunity to make a fuss; but anyone with a brain knows that it is this kind of reporting method that will give those people who DZ City really wants to attract so much room for association.

"Deputy Li, please instruct us on the next steps!"

The middle-aged woman did not hesitate at all and acted attentively.

Although according to convention, after such negative news came out, the city should immediately unite various departments to carry out public security rectification, but it was not her turn as the head of the propaganda department to make suggestions, let alone make decisions. The only thing she could do was to follow the instructions of her superiors and do her job well within the scope of her authority.

Seeing the middle-aged woman's attitude was very positive, Lao Li's eyes flashed with satisfaction: "After the meeting, there are now two tasks that need to be completed by your propaganda comrades within today."

Without saying anything, the middle-aged woman immediately unscrewed the pen and opened the notebook: "Deputy Li, please give me your instructions!"

Old Li hummed softly, "The first thing to do is to contact the city TV station and local media and hold a press conference. I will come forward with my colleagues in the public security system to announce the results of the investigation at the press conference and apologize in person!"

Apologize! ?
The middle-aged woman was horrified: "Deputy Li..."

Before he could finish his words, Lao Li interrupted him: "Since foreign tourists have been robbed in our Texas, regardless of whether the thieves are locals or not, as the host, we should reflect on our mistakes and apologize... After all, it was our inadequate work that caused the victims to have such an unpleasant experience!"

"In addition to reviewing and apologizing, our DZ city authorities will also invite the victim to a press conference and publicly compensate him with a coat of the same style... After all, his coat was slashed by a thief with a blade on our land, and we have an obligation to compensate him for his losses."

The middle-aged woman thought about it and understood the cleverness of this move. She couldn't help showing admiration on her face: "Deputy Li, your method of switching between offense and defense is brilliant! No matter what region it is, no one dares to say that their work is really perfect, and the people also know this;"

"No matter how much we promote the safety of Texas, they will not believe that there is really a place in the world without any problems...Instead of arguing about whether the thief is from Texas, it is better to show our attitude of correcting our mistakes;"

"Think about it, the thief was just wandering here and committing crimes. He is not from Dezhou. In a sense, our DZ city authorities are also victims of this incident... But even so, we still apologized at the first opportunity and promised to improve public security. In this way, the public will only feel that we are wronged, and will feel that our Dezhou leaders are truly concerned about the people. In the end, this incident will not have a negative impact on us in Dezhou, and the people will only have a better impression of us!"

Lao Li nodded: "Yes, that's the idea!"

"So the second task for you comrades in the propaganda department is to draft a press release immediately... Didn't the newspapers in the neighboring province deliberately focus on the fact that those guys refused to stop after subduing the thief, and also emphasize that our police station was not far away, but it took more than 20 minutes to arrive at the scene?"

"Oh, since you intend to make a fuss about the rationality of the matter, then let's give him an accurate answer!"

At this point, Lao Li knocked on the table and said, "So, in the press release, we must explain the cause and effect of these young men... These young men were originally orphans who made a living by picking up trash near the bus station. Later, the employees who quietly fired them felt sorry for them and hired them as contract workers, giving them a livelihood and also giving them love, so that they would not be disappointed with society;"

"The small market at the bus station actually originated from when Momo Baichao opened up its own vacant space and surrounding land to allow fellow villagers with special skills or difficulties to set up stalls there, and they also took the initiative to help them promote the store to customers... Later, as Momo Baichao became more and more popular, more and more people came here, and this gradually formed the small market we have today."

"Since this small market has gradually expanded from the branch of Momo Baichao at the bus station, as a member of Momo Baichao, even if they are only temporary workers, those guys have the responsibility to ensure the personal safety and business safety of these stall owners... So as time goes by, these guys who were originally orphans have become security guards for various branches of Momo Baichao."

At this point, Lao Li glanced at the middle-aged woman and said, "So, when you explain the incident in detail, you must emphasize the following."

"What needs to be emphasized is that in order to better serve the general public and solve their employment problems, as early as April this year, the DZ city authorities have tried to use some of Momo Baichao's branches as a basis to conduct market-oriented operations for the majority of self-employed individuals;"

"Qingfeng Food and Dahua Company officially jointly established Qinghua Market Management Co., Ltd. as early as April 4. The market management company is committed to using some of Momo Baichao's branches as the core and using its own traffic convenience to try to expand and drive the operation and development of surrounding individual businesses... At the same time, in order to better incubate and integrate management, the market management company not only assumes the obligation of business guidance, but also has partial management rights including supervision and public security of the pilot market."

At this point, Lao Li laughed and said, "This market management company really exists. It was indeed officially registered on April 4. Although the original purpose was to operate the commodity trading center in the commercial demonstration zone in a decentralized manner, there is no problem in expanding the business scope to the small markets around Momo Baichao!"

“Since it is a pilot project of the collective market, since it is an attempt to incubate and integrate management, and since these self-employed businesses have indeed enjoyed the traffic convenience brought by those branches, it is only natural to charge management fees to the merchants who enjoy the convenience and services;”

"Responsibilities and obligations correspond. Since the market management company collects management fees from these individual businesses, they have the obligation to provide the majority of merchants with the most basic business guidance, sanitation services and security services."

"So, although the way the matter was handled yesterday was somewhat inappropriate, it was logically within the scope of my duties."

"But we should criticize what should be criticized and improve what should be improved, but at the very least, the cause and effect should be explained clearly to the public... Momo Baichao has made significant contributions to the economic development and spiritual and cultural construction of DZ City. We can't let the media and the public misunderstand them."

Pilot program of collective market?

Try incubation and integrated management?

Ok……

The middle-aged woman's eyes twitched, and she quickly lowered her head and wrote down the work content assigned by Lao Li in her notebook.

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At the same time, Yang Mo, who was sitting in the office, was also carefully reading the newspaper from the neighboring province that Xiang Hui brought to him.

"Boss Yang, the second episode of Texas Stories has only been aired for three days, and negative news has appeared in newspapers outside the city. And it is foreseeable that there will be more and more reports of this kind in the next few days. What do you think... while we still have some time, should we make appropriate changes to the content of the last three episodes?"

Xiang Hui looked at Yang Mo with some concern.

As a secretary by profession, he was very wary of all kinds of negative news, so even though this matter was not within the scope of his job, he still kindly offered advice.

Yang Mo waved his hand nonchalantly: "No need, judging from the content of the report, they are just stating the facts very objectively... Since it is an objective statement of facts, and since it does not mix in any subjective speculation, there is no need to be afraid!"

Yang Mo smiled and passed a cigarette over: "In fact, in my opinion, this is a good thing... Only by pointing out the shortcomings in our work can we make better improvements!"

Ye Tao only asked Xiang Hui to show him the freshly published newspaper, but did not specifically explain other contents. The meaning is self-evident.

Therefore,
matter,

It seems to be heading in a very interesting direction...

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PS: Several paragraphs have been deleted from this chapter, so it is not very smooth to read, please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)