16. Turnaround planning
Niu Liang carried out a day of psychological recuperation and began to operate again. The business is still the same, there is no big breakthrough, and at most two or three passengers can be pulled a day, although there are many passengers encountered, but most of them refuse after being surprised!
Niu Liang also looked down on these incomprehensions and doubts, smiled lightly, and drove the car forward. And every time he successfully pulls a customer, he always leaves a warm and unforgettable memory for passengers with perfect service!
Gradually, after more than twenty days, the anguish he had felt so strongly about getting out of the predicament had become numb, and he felt that this might be the ideal normal state of life that he had dreamed of in the past.
This morning, Niu Liang just got up and was washing his face by the kitchen sink, Niu Liang's mother was making breakfast, suddenly remembered something, turned his head sideways, and looked at Niu Liang: "Niu Liang, Liu Kun came to you last night, you didn't come back from the car, he left a message, if you are free today, go to school at ten o'clock." ”
Niu Liang: "Did he say anything?—— when did he come back?"
Niu Liang's mother: "It's been two days since I came back, and I said that a few of your old classmates got together for the last time to remember something." ”
Niu Liang: "Ten o'clock, it's still early, then I'll go for a run for a while and then go." ”
Niu Liang drove Haosang on the street to stop and go, wandering, touching a few nails, and finally met a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties, in a hurry, although he hesitated in front of Haosang, but listened to Niu Liang's explanation and got into the car without a few words. Niu Liang drove for a while, and the mobile phone rang suddenly in the car, and the middle-aged man took out his mobile phone, looked at the display screen, and put it in his ear:
"Hey,...... Oh...... Oh......" The middle-aged man listened for a while and said, "That thing is in ......"
Suddenly, the mobile phone was interrupted, and the middle-aged man picked up the phone and looked at it, muttering to himself: "Alas...... Forgot to recharge last night!"
After that, he showed an anxious look, his eyes glanced left and right, and suddenly found that a phone was installed in the car, and he couldn't help but look at Niu Liang and asked:
"Does your phone work?"
Niu Liang smiled and said, "This is a real phone, of course it works!"
The middle-aged man stopped talking, picked up the phone, and quickly dialed the phone number: "Hey, Xiao Wang?...... The phone suddenly ran out of battery just now...... It's in the third compartment of the cabinet on the left, and you can take it and make a little more copies, so that you don't have to look for it too often...... Hurry up on this, I'll be sent to the bureau when I get back...... Okay, that's it, goodbye!"
The middle-aged man hung up the phone, and suddenly remembered something and said, "How do you charge for this call?"
Niu Liang: "It's free for short distances, and give some points for long distances." It's not a dedicated public phone, it's just for some passengers, and it's a bit of a decoration. ”
"I just made a short trip...... I told my colleagues in the unit something. The middle-aged man said with a smile, and then as if he suddenly found himself in a treasure room, he looked around and said, "I didn't expect there to be a taxi like you! It's delicious! I really feel like I got to the movie and took the special private car of those big bosses abroad!"
Niu Liang happily: "Really?...... That's it!"
After Niu Liang sent the middle-aged man to his destination, he looked for a few more customers, but he couldn't help but raise his wrist and look at the table below, it was already half past nine. Suddenly remembering the party, he turned around and drove forward, ignoring the shouts of "taxi" from time to time outside the car.
Niu Liang drove Haosang to the gate of Tsinghua Middle School, and saw Liu Kun, Zhou Hui, and Lin Xuan happily taking pictures at the school gate, and couldn't help but stop the car and shouted happily: "Ah Kun, how did you three do in the exam?"
The three of them were overjoyed when they saw that Niu Liang drove a taxi to the school gate, and they ran over at once and surrounded Niu Liang's car. Liu Kun said happily: "Niu Liang, we thought you weren't coming! Everyone is regretting the lack of you, now it's okay, we can finally take a complete picture." ”
Lin Xuan: "Niu Liang drove the car to the middle of the road, facing the gate, wouldn't it be better for us to stand around the car and take a picture?"
Zhou Hui and Liu Kun said in unison: "Yes! Yes!"
Niu Liang drove the car to a suitable position, and the four of them stood next to the car and asked a passerby to take a group photo. After the photo, Niu Liang looked at the three of them and asked, "I'm so happy, I must have done well in the test!"
Liu Kun said: "Zhou Hui was admitted to the School of Journalism, majoring in foreign trade, Lin Xuan University of Economics and Business, and I entered the School of Industry and Business, majoring in management. ”
Niu Liang smiled and said, "You did well in the exam!"
Zhou Hui looked at Niu Liang and asked, "Niu Liang, how is your car?"
Niu Liang was stunned for a moment, as if the lost memory had suddenly recovered, paused for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, but finally there are guests!"
Zhou Hui asked: "Business is not good?"
Lin Xuan opened the car door, looked inside, and suddenly exclaimed: "Niu Liang, why did you modify the car like this?"
Zhou Hui and Liu Kun looked into the car when they heard the sound, and then Liu Kun shouted: "No wonder business is not good! You have changed too far ahead! Who dares to ride in your car?"
Zhou Hui said: "Niu Liang, your innovation is indeed commendable! But it is not good to be too advanced!"
Niu Liang: "But my price has not increased because of this, but it is the same as ordinary taxis!"
Lin Xuan: "Hearing you say that, it should be a crowd of customers, how can there be no customers?"
Niu Liang: "I've been thinking about it for so long, maybe it's a kind of national social psychology at work! No matter how you explain it to him, most people just look at it, wait and see, doubt it, and don't dare to try it." But everyone who sat boldly, I felt that they felt very good!"
Liu Kun: "Are you not afraid of losing money by doing this?" Do you plan to change back?"
Niu Liang: "Of course I don't want to lose money. But I'm not going to change it back, because the main purpose of driving a taxi, you know, is for a spiritual pursuit, and I have to do it in a way that I like. ”
Zhou Hui's eyes suddenly lit up: "Oh! Niu Liang, you are a good news material!"
Lin Xuan's eyes also lit up: "That's right! The future reporter of Zhouda, why don't you report on Niu Liang, not only for him to publicize and publicize, but also to achieve achievements for you, it is really killing two birds with one stone!"
Zhou Hui smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Yes! Yes! Yes! Niu Liang, your business can make headlines!"
Niu Liang smiled and said: "Then borrow your upright mouth to convey to the world the complex of a brother's beauty!"
Zhou Hui happily: "Niu Liang, let me take a few photos for you first!"
As he spoke, Zhou Hui took the camera and guided Niu Liang to take several sets of work and life photos. Lin Xuan and Liu Kun were dancing and pointing on the side, smiling. After that, Niu Liang drove the three of them to the wild walnut forest in the ruins of the Old Summer Palace, which was their favorite place to play in the past. Not only is there a fruit of wisdom on the tree, which can be picked and eaten at will, but there is also a large meadow under the tree, where you can lie, sit and run freely, full of the poetry of the grassland! Getting out of the car, seeing this familiar woods and meadows, and looking at the green fruits among the dense branches and leaves, everyone's hearts were full of excitement.
"Are these walnuts ripe?"
"It's not season yet, it's not ripe!"
But everyone still reached out and plucked one from the tree, found a stone to break it, took out the tender white heart inside, tasted it, frowned again, and vomited it. Then everyone ran happily around the forest and the meadow, leaving some memories of the years with Haosang. Then sat around a big walnut tree to chat in the shade, and finally couldn't help but focus on Niu Liang, listen to some of the stories he told when he got out of the car, and feel the fun of success, and the confusion and distress of failure.
Zhou Hui felt that the outline of the report was gradually becoming clearer.