Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 151 Electric Tiger (Seeking first subscriptions upon release)

The four of them played cards for a while, and then Old Chen, who had gone back to the guesthouse to rest, came over.

Old Chen's behavior is actually easy to understand; it's for his son.

Chen Hui's personality made it unlikely that he would become an official, but he couldn't accept spending his whole life working in the same unit until retirement. So, helping his son make some reliable friends and getting him a reliable job became Chen Hui's pursuit and goal.

Father's love is as strong as a mountain.

For a high-ranking official at the department level to travel hundreds of kilometers to attend the opening of a small restaurant for his son—what a helpless feeling that must have been! Yet Old Chen did it, and did it brilliantly. This is a manifestation of a person's character and ability, and also the greatness of fatherly love. Only the carefree Comrade Chen Hui couldn't yet grasp the true meaning of this; Xia Maosheng and Xiao Wei were genuinely a little jealous.

Old Chen got out of the car and went inside. He then looked around the restaurant, asked some questions, listened to Xiao Wei's recent and long-term plans, nodded, patted Xiao Wei on the shoulder, sighed, and said, "Work hard. If you need anything, come to me, and I'll take care of it."

Even someone as clever as Xiaowei couldn't grasp Old Chen's feelings at that moment: his recognition of Xiaowei's abilities and character, and his jealousy of Xiaowei's father, whom he had never met. Yes, it was jealousy.

In the short span of time, the thought of how wonderful it would be if this were my son had crossed Old Chen's mind more than once.

But it was just a thought; her son was still young, and she still had to worry about him and work hard for him.

"Let's go check out that bone museum."

The group got into the car and drove towards An Laowu's bone restaurant.

Before the car even arrived, they could see a large crowd gathered on the street. Old Chen had the driver stop the car some distance away, and several people got out and walked across the sidewalk.

"Why are you cutting off my electricity? Do I owe you money for electricity?"

"Let me go, you hear me? You want to hit me again?"

"I'm asking you, what gives you the right to cut off my electricity? Do I owe you any money for electricity?"

"Pay the fine and the electricity will be restored. Didn't I make that clear? I've given you this form; can't you read it? Can't you read?"

"Why are you fining me? What did I do to deserve this? Did I steal electricity or something? Do you know how much money I lose for a day without power? You're going to compensate me!"

"Don't give me that crap. Let go of me, you hear me? Do you want to end up in the police station?"

"So what if we go to the State Council? Nobody's leaving until we get this straight. Bozi, get a knife. Anyone who tries to leave, just chop them up. I'm quitting this shop, okay? I'll play along. You think nobody recognizes me after all these years of good behavior?"

"Try touching me? Anyone can brag, but let me tell you, it won't work. If you don't pay the fine, you can forget about keeping your shop open."

As you get a little closer, you can hear An Laowu's voice; they've started fighting.

Xiao Wei glanced at Xia Maosheng, and the two of them, along with Li Xing, quickened their pace and walked into the crowd, with Chen Hui accompanying Old Chen behind them.

In the crowd, An Laowu was grabbing a power supply bureau employee by the collar, and the two were tearing at each other. Two other power supply employees were standing nearby. Bozi stood to the side holding a kitchen knife, glaring at the two men angrily. Yingzi stood there, leaning against the door frame of the restaurant, tears streaming down her face.

Electricity, power industry, and power supply are all subordinate units of the Ministry of Electric Power Industry (State Electric Power Administration). The public also refers to them collectively as the Electric Power Bureau, but they are actually not quite the same. Electricity refers to construction, power generation, and equipment maintenance, while power supply refers to regulating power supply and collecting electricity fees. The power industry manages all units and individuals related to electricity. The people deal with the power supply personnel, and the so-called "electric tigers" often refer to these power supply system employees.

The Ministry of Electric Power Industry was established in 55. After several mergers and splits, it was renamed the Ministry of Energy in 88, and then reverted to its original name for the third time in 93. In 97, the State Power Corporation was established, and in 98, the decision was made to separate government and enterprise functions, officially making the power company a private enterprise. However, the electricity reform was not formally implemented until 2002.

After the power sector reform in 2002, the Ministry of Electric Power Industry (a central bureau) was abolished, and provincial-level electric power industry bureaus were merged into local economic and trade commissions. The power system lost its administrative powers and became a company-type operating group. However, the reform was not thorough, and the public continued to refer to the power supply company as the power bureau and regarded it as an administrative law enforcement unit. In reality, it was no different from the Er Gouzi steamed bun shop in front of our door.

But before 1997, the electricity tiger was a real tiger.

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Xiao Wei rushed straight to Yingzi: "Yingzi, what's wrong?" An Laowu and Bozi were in a fit of anger and couldn't get any information out of them.

Yingzi wiped away her tears and said, "They're being unreasonable. We didn't steal any electricity or owe any money, but they said the meter was broken and they wanted to fine us, and then they cut off the power to the store. They installed the meter and they come to check it every month, so who's to blame if it breaks? If the power goes off any longer, everything in the freezer will be ruined. Waaah, they're so unfair!"

Xiao Wei turned and walked over to Bozi, snatched the kitchen knife from his hand, and handed it to Yingzi, saying, "Are you stupid? What's the use of this piece of junk? Yingzi, take it inside." Then Xiao Wei walked over to An Laowu and said to him, "Fifth Brother, let him go."

An Laowu glanced at Xiaowei and said, "No way, if we don't get to the bottom of this today, I'll fight them to the death. I'd rather spend another few years in jail. I swear, I don't believe they can be reasonable anymore!"

Xiao Wei leaned closer and said, "Fifth Brother, let go of him. What are you doing in the bright sunlight on the main road? Isn't this just handing someone a knife? Isn't it dark? Isn't he going home? Listen to me, let go."

He tugged at An Laowu, and An Laowu let go of his hand.

The power company employee straightened his collar, looked at Xiao Wei, and said, "What are you doing? What did you mean by that just now?"

Xiao Wei looked at him and said, "What are you doing here? What are you doing here?"

The man said, "I'm from the power company, here to enforce the law, so what?"

Xiao Wei waved his hand and said, "Come on, that's useless. Where's the certificate? You say you're in the power industry, so you're in the power industry? I'm from the municipal party committee, who's going to certify that?"

The man patted his clothes and said, "See this? See this? Don't you recognize these clothes?"

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "Stop talking nonsense. So if I put on a military uniform, I'm a military region commander? Show me your work ID."

The man shouted at his two colleagues, "Are you alright? Let's go."

Xiao Wei went up to him and tugged at him, saying, "Work ID? Are you deaf?"

The man glared at Xiao Wei and shouted, "Who are you? What right do you have to look at my work ID?"

Xiao Wei said, "What right do you have to cut off someone's electricity?"

The man said, "I work for the power company, so I have this authority. If you're not happy, go ahead and sue me."

Xiao Wei said, "Work permit? If you don't have a work permit, why are you calling the police station?"

The man ignored Xiaowei, turned his head and said, "Pack your things and let's go."

It's officially released! A huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Hope everyone will support it! Keep it up!

(End of this chapter)