Hundreds of kilometers away from Toyama Prefecture, Ha Dong City, the capital of Bac Giang Province, is also experiencing the strangest season of the four seasons.

In Hedong City in early spring, the temperature rises sharply to 20 degrees. As the saying goes, dress indiscriminately in March and August. Some people on the street are still wearing thick winter clothes, while others have changed into short sleeves.

The cherry blossoms and magnolia flowers on the side of the road are scattered among the evergreen trees, competing to reveal the beautiful bones, pink, light green, and duck yellow, dotting the old city, making people suddenly understand in this dull and oppressive air that this is the meaning of life.

People die and decay, and flowers fail and bloom again. From a certain point of view, human life is less than a bouquet of flowers.

In the Hedong City Public Security Bureau, Chen Yan must admit that his late-night tactics have failed. After four days and three nights of intensive interrogation, although Xiang Bei was a little physically unbearable, he was still a dead duck with a hard mouth and always denied all the charges.

What should I do if I am not convicted of "extortion"?

"Boss, there's no way to go on like this, you have to think of something else. The brothers in the group couldn't hold on one by one, and they gave advice to Chen Chong.

I also want to make other moves, what tricks do you have! Chen Chong was unhappy in his heart, what he needed most at this moment was not opinions, but suggestions. It is a pity that no one has been able to make any valuable suggestions.

The interrogation lasted from Monday to Friday, and progress was slow. Work doesn't go well, but life goes on. On the weekend, Chen Chong decided to take his family to the Hedong Botanical Garden.

The breath of spring is especially strong on weekends, when it fills every corner, with parks, shopping malls, streets and even motorways full of people and vehicles. This state of affairs begins in the morning and lasts until the evening, reaching its peak around noon.

In the Hedong Botanical Garden, small traders and vendors push carts, which are full of colorful rock sugar gourds, red hawthorns, yellow oranges, black yam beans, and marshmallows, grilled gluten meat skewers, forming an important scenery in the spring outing.

Although there are no decent attractions in the park, it is already overcrowded because it is free. Coming out to play at this time is not so much to see the scenery as to see the crowd.

Chen Chong suddenly lost his interest in playing. It suddenly occurred to him that this botanical garden was close to the Beijiang Evening News. Previously, although he had spoken with Yu Chongming on the phone several times, he never had the opportunity to meet. Now that you have arrived at the door of Beijiang Evening News, why not take the opportunity to get to know each other?

Chen Chong came to the newspaper office. The Beijiang Evening News, the newspaper he has been reading since he was in school. In Hedong City, the Beijiang Evening News has almost become a symbol of strength, and thus has a certain mystique. Now stepping into this news organization that represents the image of Bac Giang Province, Chen Chong can't help but feel a little apprehensive. He asked the security guard of the communication room to contact the editor-in-chief's office, and sure enough, Yu Chongming was in the unit.

What is this coincidence? In a post like Yu Chongming, he cannot distinguish between weekdays and holidays, and as long as there is a situation in the newspaper, he has to stick to it 24 hours a day. Leaders often encourage employees to work overtime, however, they know the art of overtime best: it's okay to work overtime, but if you want to die of illness, please stay outside of 8 hours!

"Mr. Yu, I still bother you on the weekend, I hope you can understand. Chen Chong saw Yu Chongming and said politely.

"Captain Chen said with a smile, it is what we should do to cooperate with you in handling the case. Besides, we don't have any weekends to speak of when we run the news. Yu Chongming explained.

"Mr. Yu, you also know that there has not been much progress in the case of Xiangbei so far, and some key details have not been strongly evidenced. From the city to the bureau, the leaders urged me again and again, and I was very anxious. ”

"yes, we're concerned about that as well. But what to do? We can't help it. Yu Chongming is not in a hurry? He will retire in a few years, and he doesn't want to be swatted to death as a retired fly. If the case is not closed for a day, everyone's hearts will not be stable for a day.

"How can you have no choice? In any case, the Beijiang Evening News used to be the owner of Xiangbei, and it was also the focus of this whistleblower incident. It is reasonable for you to take the initiative to provide some relevant evidence, so as to help the next step of the case. Chen Chong said.

"This ...... I naturally know the reason, but the newspaper is also afraid of getting burned. Yu Chongming looked embarrassed, and what he said was extremely vague. It is not so much that the newspaper is afraid of setting himself on fire, but that Yu Chongming is afraid of being burned.

This Chen Chong doesn't know the rules and routines of the newspaper too much. As the saying goes, it's not about yourself. It's a newspaper business, not a person's business, and who wants to spend brain cells on it? And maybe cancer cells. Now that he Zhao Qingdong has not taken the initiative to arrange it, how can I go to take these jobs? Isn't this looking for death?

"The efficiency of solving this case depends to a large extent on the cooperation of the parties involved. Only with your active cooperation can this matter be accelerated. I think the leaders of your company should know the stakes of this. "Chen Chong was born with the temper of Lord Yama, he doesn't care if you have anything unspeakable, just have a showdown and make your words clear.

"Okay, I'll think about ......"

"Okay, I won't bother you," Chen Chong got up, "It's rare that the weather is so good, spring flowers are blooming, and everything is recovering." I have to take my wife and children to the park. ”

Yu Chongming sent Chen Chong away, sat alone in the office, and fell into deep thought. Yes, the case can't be dragged on like this, but how can the case be progressed? I don't know how long it took for him to suddenly get his senses. There's a way.

Thinking of this, Yu Chongming was taken aback by himself. Isn't this method too dirty? No, I can't make my own decisions about this, and I can't do it myself! But who to talk to? Yu Chongming was pondering when Qu Changguo suddenly knocked on the door and came in.

"Mr. Yu, there is a draft that you need to review. The reporter has already put the manuscript in the library. Qu Changguo said.

"I'll take a look. ”

"Okay. After Qu Changguo finished speaking, he turned around to leave.

"Changguo, you wait a minute, if you're not busy, let's talk. Yu Chongming got up and set up a chair for Qu Changguo, and closed the door again, "Yesterday, the president talked to me, and the first quarter assessment of the members of the editor-in-chief's office is about to start." The president said that our editorial reporting results this year are average, and if we continue like this, it is possible to make some adjustments to the members of the editor-in-chief's office. ”

Qu Changguo naturally knew about the work performance in the first quarter, but he didn't know anything about adjusting the members of the editor-in-chief's office. He didn't understand why Yu Chongming wanted to mention this to himself. Or is this adjustment involving himself? Needless to say, this old boy must be going to use his own sacrificial knife again.

"Mr. Yu, you also know that the first quarter is the off-season for news, and the reporters have tried their best, but there is no way to do it without good news. Besides, the incident in the north has had a great impact on everyone, and now many people are depressed, and I heard that some reporters have already thought of resigning. Qu Changguo explained.

"The leader doesn't care about this, if there is a difficulty, we will find a way to solve it ourselves. He only looks at the results. Yu Chongming is right, there can be complaints, but the key is the way.

"So what to do? We can't be allowed to make news. ”

"Nonsense, you have been a veteran journalist for so many years, don't you have this professional awareness?" Yu Chongming said half-jokingly, "However, there is one thing, if it is done well, it can change the current passive situation." ”

"Which thing?"

"Something northward. ”

"Xiangbei? I don't understand what you mean? Is there any connection between the two?" Qu Changguo thought to himself, you old boy, this is about to be sharpened and ready to "sharpen the knife"?

"The investigation of the case in the north has not made much progress, mainly because of the lack of key evidence, and if we find a way to complete these key evidence, it is possible that the case will be closed sooner, and the newspaper leadership will be relieved. To tell the truth, aren't all our work done for the leaders? The leaders are satisfied, and everyone is happy. ”

The foreplay has been done so much that it finally gets to the point. Only then did Qu Changguo understand Yu Chongming's intentions of foreshadowing. This old fox, you take my sacrificial knife? Okay, I want to see if your knife is sharp enough.

"But, Mr. Yu, how can these key pieces of evidence be completed?" Qu Changguo continued.

"It's hard to say, it's easy to say, we just need to provide supporting materials. For example, Xiang Bei denied that it had anything to do with him, as long as we provide evidence to prove that he made his own claims about these things, and the newspaper was completely unaware of it, this case is tantamount to pushing. ”

"This ...... Isn't that tantamount to a fake? Because as far as I know, a lot of things really have nothing to do with him. ”

"You're such an elm pimple. There is a saying in "Dream of Red Mansions" that when the truth is false, it is also true. As for what the truth behind this is, no one knows. The most important thing now is that we present the truth in its entirety. Yu Chongming spoke very obscurely, for a person like him who intermittently pretended to be stupid, saying these words had consumed a lot of brain cells.

"Leader, I know what you mean. However, I can't do that. After all, I am also a dignified person. Wouldn't doing this harm to others and oneself? How am I going to face everyone in the future?"

"Changguo, you can't say that, this is also for the development of the newspaper and for the leadership to share worries. You also know that I can't work in this position for a few years, Chen Lu is a lesbian, and her family can't take care of it, how can she have so much time to think about business matters. Therefore, the girder of the editor-in-chief's office in the future still needs you to carry it. If you want, you will be responsible for this matter, and only you know, if it is done, I will definitely do more work on the leader's side. Yu Chongming walked behind Qu Changguo and gently patted his shoulder with his hand.

Qu Changguo was silent for a while, and his mobile phone suddenly rang.

"Mr. Yu, I'll answer the phone first, you wait a minute. Qu Changguo walked out of the office......

Five minutes later, he returned to the office with his phone, "Okay, Mr. Yu." I'll do that. In the past few days, I will trouble you to worry about business matters, and I will concentrate on doing a good job of evidence!"

"Yes! I didn't see the wrong person. Yu Chongming slapped the table excitedly, revealing a classic "Yu style" smile.