Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"Brother Ji, did you say he was dead?"

That day, Da Lao Guang continued to ride his tricycle on the road to look for news materials. He saw several people gathered around a straw mat. The straw mat had a big bag on it, which was obviously covered with something. He parked his tricycle and walked over to it. As soon as he opened a corner, he smelled a foul odor. He was sure that there were people inside, so he quickly put it down, stood up, and asked a man who was watching.

"Such a big car ran over him, do you think he's dead?" the man asked. The boss was more certain that there was a person under the straw mat, and he said with a little excitement: "Such a big car ran over him, it's really hard to save him."

"The brain is all out, how can we save him?" The male protagonist sneered at Da Lao Guang, but Da Lao Guang didn't care. He took out his cell phone and was about to call the editor-in-chief, "This is real news, right? Seeing is believing, and truth is not to be trifled with."

He found the editor's number and was about to press "Call" when he hesitated. He pulled the man to confirm, "Brother, this is it, did you see him die with your own eyes?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then said speechlessly: "Hey, is it your dad? Why are you so nervous? If you think it's not dead, just give it mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration, stupid." The people around him also laughed when they heard it, and the boss Guang walked aside awkwardly to make a phone call.

But he couldn't get through to the editor-in-chief no matter how hard he tried. In order to get the news to the editor-in-chief as quickly as possible, he even gave up his tricycle and took a taxi directly to the newspaper office.

"Are you sure he's dead?" The editor-in-chief asked worriedly after hearing what Lao Guang said. Lao Guang nodded vigorously and said, "It's absolutely true. He's been covered with mats, so how could he not be dead?"

"Have you checked it out?" The editor still couldn't believe Lao Guang.

"It's absolutely true!" Big Brother Guang said in a very sure tone: "Editor-in-chief, I'm not afraid of being disgusted. I personally opened the mat and took a look. The man's brain matter was exposed. How could he not be dead?"

"Are you sure? Okay, I believe you this time." When the editor was about to ask someone to write the news, he suddenly felt uneasy and said, "Let's make a phone call first to avoid any more accidents." He picked up the phone and called the traffic police brigade, "I'm from the Gossip Express. I want to ask about the traffic accident on Hedong Avenue this morning."

The boss just saw the editor-in-chief making a phone call to confirm, and then he smiled and said, "To be honest, it's unnecessary for you to make this call. Maybe the traffic police don't know more about it than I do. You must pay me the tip fee this time, editor-in-chief."

After the editor hung up the phone, he looked at Lao Guang with a joking expression and said, "Kang Sheng, you are so good. I almost let you have fun again."

"What do you mean by that?" Big Brother Guang looked confused.

"What do you mean?" The editor-in-chief said, holding back his temper, "He's dead, but that wasn't a human. It was a pig, stupid pig!"

"Pig? Are you kidding me?" Big Brother Guang was even more confused. The editor-in-chief was furious: "Are you kidding me again? The traffic police said that the rear door of the pig transport truck was broken, and a pig fell off when turning, and the car behind ran over it. It's that simple."

Da Lao Guang finally understood what was going on. He scratched his head and laughed, "When I saw such a big piece, I thought it was a fat guy. Hahaha, it turned out to be a pig."

The editor-in-chief became even more speechless when he saw that he was still laughing. "You said you had lifted the mat and looked. You are just brainless. You are not blind, are you?" After saying that, he kicked the boss out of the office.

Tsk tsk tsk. After everyone knew that Big Brother Guang mistook a pig for a human, the Second Brother shook his head and said, "Big Brother Guang, it seems that using your brain is really not suitable for you. Although you have a big head, where can you find a hat that big to match you?"

Kang Qirui still held the same opinion as at the beginning. He suggested, "Boss, I think you should just concentrate on running the shop. You are running around outside every day now, and it is very hard for your sister-in-law to be alone."

Big Brother Guang refused to give up. He said, "I just have bad luck recently. I just don't believe that I am worse than others. If others can do it, why can't I? If there are too many things to do in the shop, then hire one more person. He has earned back his salary after reporting the materials several times."

"The problem is that he is a normal person, and his head is for thinking. Your head is for filling with straw." Although the second brother meant well, his words were indeed too much. The old lady got angry when she heard this, and said, "Guang, Guang, I am watching you, take your time."

"It's useless for you to just be optimistic. That's the fact." The second elder was not afraid of the two elders' eyes and continued, "I, Kang Qi Zong, also think that Ru Hao Tea Restaurant can be listed on the stock market in the future. Is that okay?"

Currently, there is only one catering brand that has been successfully listed, and this company owns several "Chinese time-honored brands" and is a state-owned enterprise. There are currently no catering brands that have been successfully listed by private enterprises, so the second brother used Ruhao Tea Restaurant as an example to illustrate that it is impossible for the boss to succeed just by reporting to the newspaper.

But Big Boss Guang didn't understand what he meant and said in confusion: "What are you talking about now? It's nonsense. Are you talking about reporting information and listing now?"

"It's all the same. You've signed up so many times, but have you ever succeeded? You're just scratching the surface all day long. Do you think it's fun?" said the second brother.

Kang Qirui also tried to persuade him, "That's right. Your shop has just started to transform into a restaurant, and you're not here every day. What's going to happen? You said you want to hire one more person, but won't that increase the cost? You haven't even opened the shop for half a month. Can you earn back the wages for hiring someone?" "I understand that you want to earn more, but you can't put the cart before the horse. The business of the shop is the foundation. If you can't manage the shop well and try to do other things, you won't achieve anything."

Big Brother Guang simply couldn't listen to anyone's opinions. When he was about to refute, Xianglan pulled him outside and walked to the riverside. He asked, "Wife, why did you pull me here for no reason?"

"Husband, you too, can't you think carefully about what your second uncle and youngest uncle said?" Xianglan said tactfully. The eldest brother got angry when he heard it, "Wife, how come even you don't believe me? You should encourage me." As he was speaking, he saw a man sitting on the fence on the shore in the distance.

He pointed at the man and whispered to Xianglan, "Someone wants to jump into the river!"

Xianglan looked in the direction he pointed and was also shocked. Da Lao Guang asked anxiously, "What should we do, wife? What if he really jumps down?"

"Let's call the police?" Xianglan said.

"No, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I'd better go and persuade him." Da Lao Guang waved his hand and said. I don't know what's going on in Da Lao Guang's brain circuit. If he wants to save people, shouldn't he call the police and let professionals come to persuade him?

Xianglan quickly held him back, "Don't go over there. What if you go over there and make him suffer an imperial edict? You're not a negotiation expert." She thought for a moment and then said, "Hey, husband, why didn't you think of reporting this incident to the newspaper?"

The boss slapped his forehead and regretted, "Yeah, wife, you are still smart. It was almost wasted, haha." He picked up the phone and was about to call the editor-in-chief, but suddenly paused and asked, "Do you still want to call 110?"

"You have to call 110 and report the information. Saving lives is the most important thing." Xianglan said.

The boss just nodded and said, "Call the newspaper first, then call 110. You can also report the rescue situation on the scene. This is explosive news." His excitement was beyond words. After he made the two calls, he saw the man stretch and then get off the railing.

He quickly ran over to stop the man and asked, "Hey, hey, hey, why did you come down?"

"Uncle, what do you mean?" the man asked in confusion.

"Just now I thought you wanted to jump into the river to commit suicide." The boss just said so, and the man snorted and said, "Are you stupid? It's not my turn to jump if you jump, you psycho."

"Sir, don't be angry. When we saw you sitting here, we thought you were going to commit suicide. In fact, we came here just to care about you. It was all a misunderstanding." Xianglan explained. The man was speechless, cursed Xianglan and left.

Not long after the man left, the editor-in-chief came running over with a group of people, "Kang Sheng, where is the man? Has he jumped?" He didn't see anyone, so he asked, "Why didn't you hold him back?"

"He didn't jump and left." Big Brother Guang said awkwardly.

"What? Are you kidding me again?" The editor-in-chief was dumbfounded. He brought half of the newspaper staff here and wanted to broadcast the rescue process live, but it turned out to be fake news again?
The big boss explained: "It turns out that guy didn't want to commit suicide, he was just sitting here to enjoy the cool air." As he was talking, two policemen came to the scene and asked: "Who called the police?"

"It's me." said Big Brother Guang.

"Where is the person?" the police asked again.

Big Brother Guang had no choice but to explain: "It's like this, it was a misunderstanding. I saw that guy sitting up there in a dangerous position just now, so I thought he wanted to jump into the river to commit suicide. I'm so sorry."

The police checked Da Lao Guang's ID card and left. The editor waited until the police were far away before saying, "Da Lao, when are you going to do something serious?"

"Editor-in-chief, I don't want to do this either. How about this, give me one last chance." The boss just pleaded, but was interrupted by the editor-in-chief: "Stop, stop, stop, don't swear. I have given you chances many times, but it's a pity that you never cherished them. So, our newspaper officially terminates your contract, and you leave immediately."

Now the boss is helpless. Without his job at the newspaper, he can only go back to the store with Xianglan to work. The only way left for him is to run the store. (End of this chapter)