1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 414 Things are developing in a very strange direction (2)

As Xiang Hui said, the reports of foreign media on what happened in the small market of the bus station were just the beginning. As the competent authorities of DZ City gave positive feedback at the first time, it was as if a gate had been opened, and media from all over the country began to become active.

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B: "Leader, the latest edition of XX Evening News reported a burglary that turned into a robbery in a hotel yesterday. Although it did not directly accuse anyone, it questioned our inadequate registration and management of migrant workers, which led to our failure to catch the escaped criminal after the incident."

Lao Li: "Apologize, apologize immediately in the media! Then organize relevant departments to conduct a quick investigation and interception, and make sure to give the people an explanation."

"In addition, an internal meeting should be held immediately to discuss the improvement of the working methods for registration and personnel management in areas with dense influx of foreign populations... It is imperative to strengthen the implementation of the temporary residence permit system and strengthen interaction and coordination with hotels and other units!"

"In addition, let the propaganda department strengthen the publicity of Dezhou B&Bs, especially those near the Momo Baichao outlets... The safety of those B&Bs is relatively guaranteed. I heard that the neighbors are very united and friendly. Even if there is an accident, with the help of the neighbors, the criminals will be caught in the first time."

"At the same time, we can also invite journalists from other places to stay in these homestays through the media... On the one hand, it can generate income for the people, and on the other hand, haven't they always questioned the customs of our Dezhou people? It's just right that we can let them experience the real customs and culture of our Dezhou in person. If they are willing to use their pens to promote us, it will be even better!"

B: "Um... Vice President Li, if we make a formal invitation in the media, will it be considered a provocation?"

Lao Li: "It's not a provocation, it's a counterattack! Are we only allowing them to write bad things about us in the newspaper? Can't we turn the tables and force them to write a more truthful report?"

"Besides, sharing the same hatred for the enemy will also be more conducive to the unity and friendship of our Texas citizens and effectively promote the work of spiritual civilization construction!"

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C: "Manager Ye, this is the news that just came out from XX TV station. It reports several cases of free-for-alls, and they were secretly recorded."

Ye Tao: "A free meal?"

C: "Um... Executive Director Ye, it's not from our city, it's from Xiajin. For reporters, since they all belong to the Dezhou area, they can naturally report on it."

Ye Tao looked thoughtful: "Oh? Xia Jin?"

C: "Manager Ye, although free meals are indeed worthy of criticism, it is not necessary to make a special program on TV. However, the causes of these incidents are somewhat different... Rather than free meals, it is more like some units have too many IOUs, and the bosses are not happy, so disputes arise;"

"But this incident has a different interpretation in the eyes of foreign reporters... They think this is a manifestation of the triangular debt problem of enterprises in the Dezhou area. Logically, if the triangular debt problem of enterprises in the Dezhou area cannot be effectively solved, then this kind of conflict caused by IOUs will continue... and will eventually be reflected in the problem of social security."

Ye Tao smiled when he heard this: "You mean to say that the public security problem in our Dezhou area is just a superficial problem, but there are many hidden dangers?"

"Well, although this speculation is a bit alarmist, the starting point is good after all, and we need to pay attention to it... Besides, no matter what, it is wrong to pay IOUs and eat for free."

Ye Tao pondered for a moment and said, "Arrange a few tasks:"

"1. We should publish an apology in the name of the competent authority of DZ City. They are right. Xiajin is also a county in our Dezhou region. Since something went wrong there, we cannot evade our responsibility."

"2. I will hold an emergency meeting with the two squad leaders in a while. You go and draft a letter first. After the meeting, send it to Xiajin immediately to tell them that our city will immediately set up a work style rectification team and a triangular debt coordination team to go there to provide work guidance!"

"3. Privately invite the media outlet that exposed the incident, as well as other foreign media outlets, to follow up on the report. Tell them that we sincerely invite them to follow up on the incident and will not set up any obstacles or make any articles in advance... During the follow-up investigation, if they find any explosive information, just expose it. We are grateful and will not make it difficult for them."

C gasped: "Let those media follow the whole process and report it? This, this, this...?"

Ye Tao waved his hand, indicating that the other party should just do as he was told.

Tomorrow, the third unit of "Texas Stories", which is also about the "business environment", will be officially broadcast. It is expected to cause greater controversy, and some work must be carried out in advance.

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Commercial demonstration area. Commodity trading center.

This large market is planned to cover hundreds of acres, and even though only 120 acres have been built and put into use so far, it has everything needed.

Relying on the personal connections of many Momo Baizha franchisees and project investors, even though it has only been in trial operation for more than a month and the official opening date has not yet been set, it has gradually become bustling with people.

However, when Du Bin and Qi Yuan, who had just finished collecting materials from Commercial Street 1, accidentally strolled here, they found that several angry businessmen gathered at the entrance of the most promising medicinal materials trading area in the Dahua Commercial Demonstration Area, which is gradually being regarded as the benchmark of Qilu commerce.

"Why can't we bring the goods in? We paid the rent!"

"Yes, how can you rent a store and not allow people to enter? Isn't this bullying?!"

"Call your CEO to come out and give us an explanation! Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have such a big company like Dahua. Believe it or not, I will burn down this broken land of yours!"

Eh?
Is Dahua Company bullying people?
Has it come to the point of burning down the house?
It must be a big deal!

Hearing the shouting of these people from afar, Du Bin and Qi Yuan looked at each other, immediately adjusted the position of the camera hidden in the handbag, and then hurried over.

That’s why they praised Texas’s good business environment on the show, but as a leading enterprise in DZ City, they bully ordinary businesses…

Big news!

And when the two of them gathered at the scene like spectators, the attitude of the staff of the park management company under Dahua made people feel more and more that this was a show of the store bullying the customers.

"I'm sorry, the market has regulations. Regardless of whether you have rented a shop in the medicinal materials trading area or not, you can enter and exit freely, but... these medicinal materials cannot be transported in!"

A considerable number of the staff of Dahua Park Management Company were transferred from Xialiu Sales Agency, so judging from their slightly rough faces, these two young men who looked only twenty-five or twenty-six years old should be one of them.

As we all know, although the people of Xialiu Sales Agency have always been known for their good service attitude, they have experienced countless storms and are definitely not cowards.

Therefore, even though the public was in turmoil and some business owners looked like they were about to resort to violence, these two young staff members remained calm.

"Why don't you let us bring the herbs in? If we don't bring them in, how can we do business?!"

A small business owner who was just over 30 years old pointed angrily at the more than 40 flatbed trucks that were stopped at the entrance of the market and said, "Why are you opening a bullshit medicinal herbs trading market if you are not allowed to sell medicinal herbs? Do you know how much money we spent on so many truckloads of medicinal herbs... You are deliberately refusing to give us a way out, right?"

Qi Yuan glanced at the densely packed flatbed trucks. Although the flatbed trucks were not big, the medicinal herbs in sacks on them were stacked to a height of nearly four meters. A rough estimate showed that these more than 40 flatbed trucks were loaded with a lot of medicinal herbs... Although most of the Chinese medicinal herbs are not expensive nowadays, the value of so many trucks added together is enough for ordinary merchants to invest all their assets in it.

Could it be that these two Dahua employees were planning to take advantage of their positions to extort money?
Qi Yuan thought of this subconsciously. After all, this kind of thing is very common. Although Dahua Company has always had a good reputation, there are all kinds of birds in the forest. It is normal to have one or two useless things... But doing this in public is too shameless.

The two staff members' subsequent words made Qi Yuan even more suspicious.

"It's not that we don't allow you to transport the herbs in, but this batch of herbs cannot be transported in for the time being... The Quality Inspection Center suspects that there are problems with your batch of herbs. If you want to transport them in, you have to wait until the quality inspection results come out and there are no problems!"

A staff member explained expressionlessly.

This can be considered as one of the characteristics of Xialiu Sales Agency. Towards the rural people, these people are more friendly than anyone else, but towards the "city people", especially those doing business, they often have an expression as if they are guarding against thieves.

"fart!"

"What do you mean by suspecting that there is something wrong with my batch of medicinal materials!?"

"My previous medicinal herbs were all fine, but there is a problem with this batch?"

"Oh, you just want some benefits, so just tell me how much you want. What's the point of keeping the herbs out? Do you know that some of the precious herbs here are very sensitive to high temperatures? It's so hot, and if they are exposed to the sun, they will get rotten. You have to pay for my loss!"

The young boss, who was not very old, was furious. If he hadn't been sensitive about the fact that this was someone else's territory, he would have rushed up and grabbed the staff member by the collar.

The staff member looked at him calmly and said, "If your medicinal materials are damaged due to our fault, the company will send an investigation team to investigate, and then compensate you for the losses according to the assessment report. However... before the report from the quality inspection center comes out, these medicinal materials are not allowed to enter, otherwise you will be punished accordingly!"

"you!!"

The faces of several small business owners suddenly changed color. The commodity trading zone has severe penalties for merchants who violate the rules. At the very least, the store rental qualification will be revoked and the deposit will be confiscated. At the worst, you will be brought to court on the charge of provoking trouble.

In a word, when doing business in their territory, you just have to be honest and obedient, and do whatever they tell you to do... That is to say, the flow of people in the medicinal materials trading area is really good nowadays, and you can meet some very high-quality customers from time to time. Otherwise, who would be willing to have a father on their head?

Just as Qi Yuan was frowning at Dahua's overbearing style, the two staff members suddenly changed their expressions, then smiled warmly and hurried over to greet him: "Hey, Manager Lu, you're here... Why do you have to come in person to deliver the inspection report?"

When everyone turned around, they saw that it was classmate Tugou, dressed in black pants and a white shirt, walking towards them hurriedly with a staff member.

"I happened to be on duty at your park management company today, and then I happened to be visiting and studying at the quality inspection center. When I came across this matter, I took it over and learned about the situation."

Tugou greeted the two staff members in a casual manner. He has never been arrogant and is a person who can't sit still, so he gets along well with the people below.

When they saw Tugou appear, the small bosses who were originally very unhappy immediately put away the unhappiness on their faces, put on smiles and greeted her.

People in the market are familiar with this pretty girl. Apart from her identity that makes people afraid to offend, no one can dislike this energetic girl from Qilu.

After greeting several small business owners with a smile, Tugou's face straightened up, and then he showed the test report in his hand: "Everyone, the report from the Quality Inspection Center has come out. I regret to tell you that... among these dozens of truckloads of medicinal materials, except for the six kinds of medicinal materials, fennel, belamcanda, roasted pangolin, hematoxylin, American ginseng, and stir-fried atractylodes, the remaining 67 kinds are not allowed to enter the market!"

"What!?" Everyone was stunned. Not only were the six medicinal herbs allowed in a very small proportion, but except for American ginseng and stir-fried Atractylodes macrocephala, they were not currently the hot-selling medicinal herbs. The result announced by Tugou was not much different from telling them that these medicinal herbs were completely wiped out.

"Manager Lu, why is this happening?"

The young boss, who was only about thirty years old, looked at Lu Yingying in disbelief, his voice stuttering.

Tugou sighed, then leisurely walked to the flatbed trucks and patted the sacks regretfully: "Because... the remaining 67 kinds of medicinal materials, after testing, are all fake!"

"How is it possible!? I have been in this business for several years. If you say these medicinal materials are of poor quality, I would accept them as second-grade or even third-grade, but you say they are fakes... How is it possible!?"

A small boss in his forties screamed.

Tugou stared at him steadily until his eyes became evasive, then he grinned and said, "Why is it impossible?"

After saying that, the girl displayed strength that was not appropriate for her body, and directly took a large sack off the car. Then she waved her hand, signaling the onlookers around to come closer.

"Here, everyone, look, this is Astragalus. From the outside, except for the fact that the color is a little lighter, it looks like the real thing. But in fact, some unscrupulous merchants extracted the Astragalus, baked it and dried it, and then sold it. So even though it doesn't look like a big problem on the outside, the most effective ingredients have been lost... Strictly speaking, this Astragalus is fake, but it is inferior. But unfortunately, according to the standards of our commodity trading center, fakes and inferior goods are treated equally and are not allowed to enter the market!"

Lv Yingying grabbed a handful of astragalus and handed it to the onlookers, asking them to study and observe it themselves. Then she brought down another bag and opened it: "Look, everyone, this is processed Shouwu. From the outside, it is difficult to tell the problem at first, but after identification, it is a fake made from sweet potatoes cut into cubes... It is not difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. You can put the processed Shouwu in your mouth and chew it. If there is a caramel taste when chewing, it is dried sweet potato. The sweetness of processed Shouwu is not obvious. Even if you can taste the sweetness, it is not this kind of caramel sweetness... In addition, if you encounter the round-shaped processed Shouwu, you should also pay attention to distinguish it. At present, some people use other root plants as raw materials, and cook rhubarb and black beans and then dry them to imitate processed Shouwu."

"And this, Baifu Pian, is also fake. The adulterator uses sweet potatoes or potatoes to process them into similar-shaped slices, then dries them in the sun, smokes them, and bleaches them... You can see that there are obvious signs of cutting and processing around the fake medicinal materials. In addition, the fake Baifu Pian does not have a numbing taste. This will not fool people who know what's going on. You'll know once you put it in your mouth and taste it."

After briefly introducing several common counterfeiting methods, Tugou found another medicinal ingredient in the sack and sneered, "If the fake medicinal ingredients just mentioned are just for the purpose of cheating people, and although they can't cure diseases, they won't cause any harm after being taken... then the other fake medicinal ingredients are really unbearable."

As he spoke, Tugou raised the things in his hand and said, "Boss, I think you are all familiar with what I have in my hand, right?"

The middle-aged boss didn't say anything, but the young man in his thirties spoke up: "Isn't it just Cuscuta australis? It's a very common medicinal herb."

Tugou sneered: "Although the main effect of Cuscuta is to nourish the kidneys, it is often used to improve symptoms such as kidney deficiency and low back pain, impotence and spermatorrhea, and frequent urination. It can be said that it is a medicinal material with a health-care effect. But the problem is that this medicine is also needed in some prescriptions for treating liver diseases... It can be said that if false Cuscuta is used by mistake when treating liver diseases, it is very likely to have serious consequences!"

"As for the dodder seed in my hand, I can tell you responsibly... it's fake! It's impersonated by perilla seed!"

"Of course, it's not so easy to distinguish the real and fake dodders with the naked eye, but if you observe with a magnifying glass, you will find that each dodder has a navel-like depression, while the fake ones don't... In addition, if you boil them in water, you can also observe that the dodders produce sticky silk, while the fake ones don't!"

After saying that, Tugou threw the fake dodder back and clapped his hands: "So, everyone, do you need me to continue?"

"Using dried wild grapes and dyeing them to pass them off as Schisandra chinensis,"

"Chop up the roots of sunflowers and mix them with soil to pass them off as Bupleurum chinense."

"Use lime and mineral powder to make a bone model, calcine it into shape, then break it up and use it as the dragon bone;"

"Almonds are used to pretend to be peach kernels;"

"Use a fake dragon bone to smash it and pretend it is antler cream;"

"Use white peony root to dye it and use it as red peony root, or add raw sanguisorba officinalis to red peony root..."

At this point, Tugou's face darkened: "Everyone, let me remind you again, these herbs are used to treat illnesses, and even save lives!"

"You herbal medicine merchants may think about how to be responsible for your own wallets all day long, but our Dahua Company needs to think about how to be responsible for those patients and those pharmacies!"

"And 41 truckloads of fake and substandard medicines totaling 2.47 tons are enough to constitute a crime!"

"So, I came here today to find out... are you also the victims of fraud, or are you an accomplice in the counterfeiting and trafficking of counterfeit goods?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions on the bosses' faces suddenly darkened.

"Manager Lu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Not to mention that we are merchants in your medicinal materials trading center after all, and each of us has paid a large amount of rent and security deposit. You can't just accuse me of anything... The authenticity of these medicinal materials can't just depend on you, right?"

The middle-aged boss looked at Lu Yingying with a gloomy face: "As far as I know, your company's appraisal center is nothing more than inviting some old men to come here, and they don't even have a few advanced equipment. Why do they say that what they say is real is real, and what they say is fake is fake?"

Another small boss also reacted and shouted, "That's right! That's right! It's all based on experience, there is no scientific basis at all, how can the results be convincing?"

"Besides, your appraisal center is just something your company set up. It's not an administrative unit, nor is it an official authority. Why should we recognize your appraisal results?"

"You're still counterfeiting and selling fakes? I think your Dahua Company is used to being arrogant, right? You put a big hat on anyone you don't like... I won't serve you anymore. You can put the blame on these medicinal materials if you want. I just don't want the store anymore. You want to sue me? No way!"

The young boss, who was about thirty years old, stared blankly at this sudden change.

He originally suspected that the identification results that Lu Yingying brought out were wrong, but when he saw the reactions of these people, even if he was stupid, he reacted.

MD, no wonder you were so kind to propose a group purchase of medicinal materials;

No wonder they were so kind to help me pay a little more for the shipping fee;

After all this fuss, it turns out that all the previous closeness and calling each other brothers were fake!
The person elected by everyone to be in charge of unified purchasing is a fake!
Shit! After all this commotion, I’m the only one in this group who’s kept in the dark!

Thinking of this, the young boss's face turned pale, and his eyes were full of anger and regret when he looked at the other people and the dozens of carts of medicinal materials.

Tugou naturally had no idea what this young boss, who had always been interested in him, was thinking. When he saw the others trying to escape, he did not hesitate at all: "First arrest them, send them to the police station, and then notify the legal department to coordinate the follow-up work!"

With a wave of his hand, a team of security guards immediately rushed over from outside the crowd. Faced with the fierce resistance of these small bosses, they had experience in the military and they pinned the men to the ground with almost no effort.

Looking at the bosses who were subdued, the onlookers who had seen the whole thing all applauded... Medicinal materials are not like other commodities. If you take fake medicine, it is possible that people will actually die!
Qi Yuan smiled noncommittally and whispered to Du Bin: "Although counterfeiting and selling counterfeit goods is very hateful, Dahua Company may not have much reason... The young boss is right. After all, the appraisal center here is run by Dahua Company itself, not an administrative department or an official authority. Why would they send someone to the police station without solid evidence?"

Du Bin looked at him with a look of "You're stupid!" "Old Qi, do you think people who sell fake medicinal materials shouldn't be arrested?"

Qi Yuan shook his head: "I didn't say that they shouldn't be arrested, but the point of the problem is not here... Since Dahua's appraisal center is not authoritative, then sending the person to the police station without the evidence of an authoritative technical department is not procedurally just."

"Correct values ​​do not mean correct procedures. If you want to build a good business environment, you should formulate a set of rules and let everyone play to their heart's content within these rules. Even Dahua, a leading enterprise, has this kind of attitude of putting emotion above law... DZ City says that its business environment is good, haha, I'm afraid it doesn't stand up to scrutiny!"

Du Bin naturally knew what this old friend was thinking now after tasting the sweetness a few days ago, and he shrugged his shoulders: "Whatever you want!"

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So the next day, an article titled "Under the market mechanism, should emotion be more important than law, or should law be more important than emotion?" was freshly published in a newspaper in a neighboring province.

Not only that, the TV station in the neighboring province also organized a special program that evening, inviting experts and well-known figures in society to discuss this topic specifically.

However, to everyone's surprise, the DZ city authorities, which had frequently apologized in the newspapers in recent days, did not continue this practice this time. Instead, they sent out the following information at a press conference held by major media outlets:
1. The Chinese medicinal materials quality identification center established by Dahua Company has gathered a group of experienced professionals in the province. Its professional level is no lower than that of official professional institutions. In fact, due to its long-term contact with the front-line market of Chinese medicinal materials, its experience is slightly richer.

2. The proposition "Should emotion be greater than law, or should law be greater than emotion" is somewhat inappropriate. Laws and regulations are the bottom line of people's morality. If we rigidly use the lowest line of morality to measure the behavior of the people and enterprises, then the future will get a terrible result.

Therefore, the competent authorities in Dezhou have always advocated the management method of "morality + rule of law", and will be more inclined to judge from the perspective of social morality as long as it is beneficial to the people. They also believe that such practices are more likely to create a good business environment and social atmosphere... This is not just shouting slogans. Last year, the competent authorities in Dezhou took the initiative to make concessions on the issue of silently accepting minors in need of help and making them temporary workers. This is the embodiment of this spirit.

3. Since the quality management of Chinese medicinal materials is related to the health and safety of the public, and the relevant institutions currently under the DZ Municipal Authority are unable to provide more efficient and convenient Chinese medicinal materials identification services to enterprises and the public due to insufficient manpower and other reasons, then for the sake of the public and enterprises, the DZ Municipal Authority has decided after research to grant the Dahua Industrial Park Chinese Medicinal Materials Quality Identification Center the qualification of an official entrusted cooperation unit... The Chinese medicinal materials identification results issued by the center have the same effectiveness as those of the official technical identification department before an application for reconsideration is made.

As soon as these three pieces of information came out, they immediately caused a huge uproar.

It is not surprising that the Dahua Industrial Park Traditional Chinese Medicine Quality Identification Center was given the qualification of an official entrusted cooperation unit. After all, Dahua Company has a very good reputation in Texas, and giving them such treatment is convincing enough.

It’s not that the concept of “morality + rule of law” proposed by Texas is so different. China has had a tradition of rule by man for thousands of years, and in the northern region there has always been a traditional concept of “reason is greater than law”.

What really surprised everyone was the tough attitude now shown by the Dezhou authorities... You know, in the past ten days or so, the DZ city authorities immediately apologized and admitted their mistakes when they saw media criticism. How could this sudden change, which seemed to be quite tough, not make people drop their jaws?
However, this change made the people in Texas secretly happy.

That's right. We should be soft when we should be soft, and hard when we should be hard. If we apologize as soon as we are picked on, people from other places will think that we Texans are spineless!
For those who have already considered investing or working in Texas, this statement actually gives them reassurance.

For investors, in addition to the uncertainties brought about by the current public security issues, they are also afraid of frequent changes in policies.

The DZ city authorities’ “correcting mistakes” in the past period of time proved their efforts in improving public security; and their current hard-line approach shows that they have their own principles;
In addition, the DZ city authorities’ approach of almost pointing at the noses of foreign media and saying “Since you said that what they did was right, but the procedure was unfair, then fine, I will make the procedure fair” has made many investors, who are already wealthy, see the bright spot… With this attitude, is there any idiot who has the nerve to say that the business environment in Texas is bad?
Of course, unlike many foreign investors and technical talents who were excited, after noticing the obvious change in the attitude of the DZ city authorities, those foreign media seemed to be collectively excited.

Very good, I like your tough style.

You don't want to coordinate behind the scenes, right?

You like to convince people with reason, right?

Very good, they are all flaws. I don’t believe that there is nothing wrong with it in your land of Texas!
What outsiders don’t know is that as more and more foreign media flocked to the Dezhou area and published reports one after another, the personnel of various departments in DZ City and even the counties were overwhelmed and exhausted by the rectification documents one after another.
But as real chess players, Yang Mo, Ye Tao and another middle-aged man looked at the exposed news in the newspapers and smiled like a thousand-year-old fox...

(End of this chapter)