The apprentice shook his head innocently and spread his hands forward: "Anyway, if you don't pay it, my salary won't rise." ”

Li Fengzhu unconsciously sighed a helpless sneer, and then asked, "Then have you shopkeepers complained?"

The apprentice shook his head again: "Don't complain much. Actually, I know what you want to say, it's a shame to pay protection money to the devil. But the most sinister person can't even save his life? After leaving the concession, the people are already miserable. If you want to go out of the city again, you will be starving everywhere, and that kind of scene ......" Speaking of this, he shook his sleeve and rubbed his eyes, "The little people don't want much, they just want to live, they want to be stable." If anyone can do these two things, it doesn't matter if he is a human being or a ghost, there are a large number of people who are willing to be filial. ”

"That ......" Li Fengzhu still had something to say, and there was a string of high-heeled shoes in his ears. He subconsciously took two steps back under the eaves, leaning against the edge of the wall and turning his back to the source of the footsteps.

Seeing that the apprentice was also clever at this time, he turned around and pulled the blue cloth pants hanging on the clothesline.

The high-heeled shoes slowed down at the moment closest to the two of them, and the owner of the shoes saw the man and woman in front of him, the man was wearing a short coat and was drying clothes, and the woman was wearing a gray cloth loose cheongsam, and the style was so dirty that it was dirty, and she was standing next to each other in the corner, and her steps were speeding up again.

Seeing this, the apprentice arched his hand to Li Fengzhu and said goodbye.

Li Fengzhu also nodded, didn't hurry to stand up straight, leaned his head against the wall and turned back to look at the back of the person walking away. Looking at the past, the most eye-catching thing was the small square suitcase that the woman was carrying. The hardware zipper sways up and down with the stride, and when it is just at the right height, the light will reflect a small sun on the gold buckle. This style of Bao Li Fengzhu looks a little kind, and it is suitable for a camera. Looking at the graceful gait again, it seems to be three points familiar. The pink shirt of the water silk shines with a faint pearly luster in the sun. Li Fengzhu guessed the name of a person in his heart, and stepped forward to look at the string of small dots left on the dirt road. If you look out along the sheep intestine path, you can also lead to Xu Street.

A fashionable girl, carrying a leather bag for a camera in broad daylight, calmly exits from the center of chaos, halfway still consciously watching passers-by.

It seems that tomorrow there will be a graphic report on the chaos of the parade.

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After the interview, Li Fengzhu returned to the newspaper non-stop and began to quickly collect reports on the domestic product movement in recent months.

It has been found that similar situations have actually existed for some time. But compared to last month, reporters from various newspapers will also recount what happened in detail. In the past week or two, everyone seems to have become accustomed to this, no longer using eye-catching headlines, no longer on the front page, or even a one-sentence text message.

Oops! Li Fengzhu was so anxious that his head was sweating. The kidnappers asked her to publish an outdated piece of news in detail, and it was not easy to choose an untimely topic, unless a new highlight could be found. But this problem can only be solved by calming down and spending time and effort to make unannounced visits. And the time that dragged on was the obstacle that made her anxious the most.

"Telephone call. ”

A colleague ran over and patted Li Fengzhu, who was lying on the pile of newspapers, urging her to pick it up.

Li Fengzhu struggled to open his eyelids and got up. And on the pile of newspapers, there are two undried watermarks.

"Have you checked your account? I've complied with your request. ”

Li Fengzhu, who was bent on saving his son, was completely caught by the kidnappers. She had forgotten about the rest of the things. Her eyes rolled, obviously it happened yesterday, but she was stunned for almost half a minute before she suddenly remembered that she had looked for Johnson.

This is that people are not as good as heaven, she does not have the ability of the unpredictable prophet, no matter how many times this matter is repeated, she is afraid that she will question Johnson first in a big way. It's too late to regret it now, and this big trouble was caused by yourself. It was impossible for her to tell Johnson that everything was a misunderstanding, that the kidnappers were not well-trained Oriental agents, and that she could rescue them on her own.

At this point, there is no choice.

Time is water in a sponge, and there will always be a squeeze. But Li Fengzhu's sponge was obviously exposed to the sun under the scorching sun, and it looked like it was about to dry up.

In this case, what else is there to check the account. She pursed her lips and wanted to cry without tears: "No need, I believe you." ”

"There's an antiques auction tomorrow and he'll be there. I've seen the list, and I don't know many people, so there won't be any more problems this time, right?"

Li Fengzhu sighed and snorted in response, "Yes". The weather was stuffy, but it couldn't stuff her mood.

"Well done, God will bless you!" Johnson called, hanging up amid a barrage of laughter.

I was really annoyed, so I turned my head and asked my colleague to borrow a cigarette and fire, and went to the yard in a daze for a while.

Across the alley in front of me, which is worthy of a car, there is a small road opposite, and the rental houses on both sides are temporarily empty. At this time, a fierce conversation came out: "I really can't stand it! When the newspaper is good, he manages it with pedantic conservatism." At this point, he couldn't make ends meet, and he made a big move. ”

Listening to the topic, it seems to have a little connection with Li Fengzhu. I couldn't help but snuff out the cigarette and walked away.

Walking to the end of the corridor, there was a small wasteland, and two acquaintances were talking in the corner.

Jiang Yiyao, who was immersed in anger, blushed her neck and panted non-stop. Xu Xinqi threw the cigarette butt and stepped on it, looked at Li Fengzhu and sighed, and then took out another one and lit it.

"What's wrong?" Li Fengzhu looked at the faces of the two of them, and felt that it was not the atmosphere where the third person was not allowed to intervene, so he stepped forward and asked.

Jiang Yiyao held her forehead with one hand, frowned, and was very distressed: "It's not the matter of the deputy editor-in-chief." ”

Li Fengzhu was concerned about this one night earlier than them, and his eyes immediately widened as big as a copper bell, and he asked urgently, "Who is decided?"

"He's going to be hired. Xu Xinqi puffed out the smoke ring and replied in a deep voice. He expressed his stance early on, even if Wang Fuchun was not good, before the people's hearts were stable, he would not agree to make a big personnel change. Therefore, I am very worried about whether this decision will cause bad effects once it is announced.

This result, which was not within the scope of speculation, made Li Fengzhu feel dizzy inexplicably. He stared up at the sun for a moment, and then slowly closed his eyes. She was so discouraged that she couldn't help but ask herself, how could she guess everything wrong?

Jiang Yiyao completely vented her resentment and completely: "As the saying goes, you don't hit people in the face." Doesn't this make it clear that the few old qualifications in our society are not trustworthy?" At the end, he was so angry that he shook his fist at the air and pounded it indiscriminately, gritted his teeth and whispered, "He's ...... You can go all the way up to editor-in-chief!"

Xu Xinqi smoked most of his cigarette violently, stretched out two fingers with his idle hand, and quietly explained: "Two reasons." First, he used to be on the same road as you and me, and he worked hard for the newspaper. The second is that if the entire newspaper is made of cold people, I am afraid that it will never be able to get news from the upper social circle. ”

The noon sun stabbed Li Fengzhu and couldn't open her eyes, but she felt that she didn't have enough sun. The scorching sun was just the right amount of warmth for her.

"What's the news over there in Haizhou?"

Tired and oppressive, Li Fengzhu's ears were filled with buzzing noise, cutting Jiang Yiyao's voice into pieces intermittently.

Xu Xinqi finished smoking the last piece of tobacco in his hand before answering: "Over there...... I suggest that we calm down for a while. They believe that the Jinguan has undergone major changes, and in the case of the loss of troops, the external hiring is just a momentary impulse. In addition, the current situation in the southwest is the focus of the whole country. Over there, there's no time to talk about that. In and out of words, I hope that we will put the overall situation first and the right thing first. ”

When it comes to the southwest, I don't know that Xu Xinqiqing doesn't know his situation. The proposal to hire outside appears to be a negation of the entire management, but in reality it is only stopping him alone.

"Rumors about things in the southwest are flying all over the sky, and some people say that the old reporter in our company has an exclusive insider to be sold. Director Xu, have you ever heard such words?" Li Fengzhu opened his eyes and looked at him with a straight face, and two lines of tears fell down his cheeks.

Xu Xinqi didn't answer the question, seeing that she was stabbed by the scorching sun and crying, he raised his hand to cover the corner of his eyebrows: "It's too sunny, let's go back." ”

Jiang Yiyao bowed her head silently, and took a step ahead in frustration.

Li Fengzhu wiped his tears, and after only a short period of work, the white handkerchief in his palm was a little moist. If Xu Xinqi can escape Tang Shubai's plot, it will be a good thing for both public and private. He is professional enough to take on a higher position. Moreover, Li Fengzhu is not completely sure at the moment, so that the topic selection of the domestic product movement can be successfully passed, and it is easier to persuade Xu Xinqiyuan than to persuade Wang Fuchun. Therefore, his voice is useful.

If he wanted to go, Li Fengzhu asked him again if he knew about the rumors.

Xu Xinqi sighed and shook his head, "I've heard it." In fact, this kind of rumor will spread once every three to five days, and I am used to it. ”

Li Fengzhu was afraid that he would also show his feet if he talked too much, so he just hinted very tactfully: "We have to be more careful for the rest of our newspaper's life after the catastrophe." ”

Xu Xinqi smiled back: "There are such things as rumors, some people have heard the wrong thing, and some have deliberately put fake news." It is necessary to be careful, but it is impossible to avoid it. ”

Li Fengzhu's eyebrows tightened, and he secretly chewed these words many times. Is there something in his true words, or is he really used to this kind of thing after encountering it too much?

As soon as they entered the room, they saw Chen Yanping beckoning to them: "Come here, the editor-in-chief temporarily said that he would hold a topic selection meeting." ”

But the word "temporary" seems to be a little untenable.

The conference room was fully staffed, and even Lu Naiwen was present.

Li Fengzhu walked to the conference table, but his eyes never left the blackboard on the wall, and the topics that were being discussed and unfolded on each page were written on it in a thoughtful manner.