Chapter 260: Do me a favor
Liang Yifei took the microphone in front of him, nodded to Tao Shanhe first, then picked up a stack of manuscripts on the table in front of him, shook the stage, and said with a smile: "Before I came, I also specially asked a friend who was a reporter to help me write a speech of more than 10,000 words, all of which were beautiful clichΓ©s, and there was nothing wrong with saying it." However, since the prison director has given the order, then I will absolutely obey it, and this manuscript will not be used, and I will talk to you about something real. β
There was a low laugh in the audience, the prisoners in the prison are all human spirits, not human spirits who have come in and mixed in for a few years and become human spirits, fake big empty propaganda words, who has never heard of it, Liang Yifei's identity, three years ago, was a prisoner like them, if he still talks about those fake and empty things, tell the truth, the prisoners may not be able to look down on him.
You're out, you're good at mixing, but you're not going to come to this set, what's the difference with us?
Not only the prisoners, but the prison guards actually hoped to hear something fresh from Liang Yifei's mouth.
White Lake Farm is a big prison, not only does it hold prisoners, but it also disciplines the prison guards, and to some extent, why not the prisoners here?
Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, Liang Yifei did not start speaking immediately, but put his eldest brother on the table, and pulled out a piece of paper from the previous stack of speeches.
"Everyone knows, what is this thing, right?" Liang Yifei shook the eldest brother first.
This may seem like a funny question, but it's not ridiculous.
Big Brother, that is, something that has only become popular in the past two years, those who can afford Big Brother in the mainland are all really rich people, and Big Brother's popularity channels among the people, the most extensive, are actually Hong Kong and Taiwan movies.
But in the prison, it is a place where you can't see Hong Kong and Taiwan movies, most of the people in the prison were poor before they came in, and at least half of the people present had not even appeared when they came in.
There are hundreds of people in the audience, and there are many who have heard of Big Brother, and at best, less than one-third of them have actually seen it.
"Big brother, wireless communication tools, no matter how far apart, hundreds of meters, hundreds of kilometers, you are on the South China Sea Island, he is in the Inner Mongolia prairie, a phone call, the two sides speak as if they are facing each other. Liang Yifei asked and answered himself, saying: "After this thing came out, many of the bosses outside no longer use BP machines, and they feel inconvenient and not up to grade." β
There was a whispered discussion in the audience, and the prisoners exchanged heads.
To tell the truth, it's a bit shocking, the BP machine is not up to the grade? In their impression, being able to hang a BP machine is a very great person, and it can show off for a year!
Not everyone in prison guards can afford to use a BP machine, and sometimes a correctional officer buys one, which will inevitably be pinned to a conspicuous position on the waist and swagger through the prison market.
There are also people who think that Liang Yifei is too rich, and the people who come and go are rich people, of course they think that the big brother is high-grade, but how can ordinary people afford it.
"What do I mean by this?" Liang Yifei's voice sounded again, and said: "When I just went out, I was stunned, obediently, it is not illegal to set up a stall, it is not illegal to start a company by yourself, and it is not illegal to go to a dance hall with a group of little girls to twist your ass and dance disco, I was fucking popular at the time, if this was the case, half of our fellow inmates would not have to go to jail!"
This time, there was a burst of laughter below.
In the Baihu Farm, a large number of people came in because of the crimes of speculation and digging into the corners of socialism, and during the crackdown, they had relations with women and undermined the social atmosphere, all of which were treated as hooliganism.
Tao Shanhe also laughed, and smiled into the microphone: "Tell the truth, don't swear." It's still going to be serious and lively. β
"Yes, the warden is right. Liang Yifei smiled, patted his mouth gently, then restrained his smile, and said seriously: "Comrades, fellow inmates, the times are developing too fast, the outside world is the same every day, we are still talking about big brother today, if it doesn't work, it won't take a few years, just use it and be able to make phone calls, take photos, and video, and even directly see people's big brother." Comrades, the outside world is very exciting, leaving the ten-meter-high wall, we can really be a person and enjoy the life that a person should have, so here, I don't talk about anything else, just advise everyone, down-to-earth, serious and positive reform, get out of prison as soon as possible, and live a life a day earlier!"
This is true, no matter how high the conditions in the prison are, no matter how high the status among the inmates, what can they do? It is nothing more than sleeping by the toilet to sleeping under the window, or squeezing eight people into a room, shivering from the cold in winter and too hot to sleep in summer, nothing more than putting an extra piece of meat without salt and taste from other people's bowls when eating, and smoking two more cigarettes for one dollar a box when the prison guards are away, but there is still no oil in the stomach and no taste in the mouth.
Life in prison is no better, only worse and worse.
"I know, some of our cellmates are muttering in their hearts, you kid is hairy, use big brother, sit in a brand-name car, hug a beautiful girl left and right, stand and talk without back pain, you can enjoy a good life as a person, but we don't have that ability, even if we go out, we are still people, it is better to be in the prison, there is a stable tea and rice to eat. β
This sentence has spoken to the hearts of many people.
Life in prison is indeed difficult, there is not enough food, sleep, freedom, heavy manual labor, and sometimes even life-threatening, but here is more than stability.
It doesn't matter when you have a bed, you have a mouthful of food, if you are sick, there is a doctor and medicine, and the country supports you.
Can you get out?
Not to mention whether there are skills or not, even if there is, the company will not want those who have been in prison.
"That's the second thing I'm going to talk about. Liang Yifei shook the piece of paper he had just pulled out and said: "According to statistics, since 1993, the non-public economy has been booming, and the non-public economy has accounted for one-third of the country's total economic output. β
He put down the paper and said: "Comrades, what does this mean? What is the non-public economy? It is a self-employed person, a small boss, and a private entrepreneur like me." In the past, if you want to find a job, you can only enter state-owned enterprises, and of course state-owned enterprises don't want people like you and me, but now it's different, a hundred flowers are blooming, and our road is suddenly spacious, and the bosses of private enterprises and self-employed people don't care whether you are in prison or not, what people want is to make money, as long as you have the ability and skills, you can stand firm outside! Live no lower than anyone else! Live more nourishingly than those in state-owned enterprises!"
After a pause, he said, "Then someone else has spoken, I don't know anything." Let me tell you, these days, as long as you are willing to endure hardships and work hard, you will be able to make money! If you don't know how to be skilled, you will always sweat, and if you carry a basket to the train station to sell cold boiled water, tea and eggs, you will not go hungry, and you will earn more money than ordinary work!"
This time, hundreds of pairs of eyes in the audience looked at him, but there was no obvious reaction.
Words have power, but the power of words is not infinite, at least Liang Yifei can't do this now.
Some words can cause laughter, applause, and thinking in the audience, and some words may not resonate with all, these hundreds of prisoners of all kinds are not robot sets, but living people with their own experiences, thoughts, and standards.
However, it has already achieved its goal to make hundreds of people think about his words, instead of not taking it to heart at all after listening to the formulaic report as usual.
As Tao Shanhe said, even if only one-tenth of the people, because of his words, and any good change, Liang Yifei can be regarded as a great merit.
At the end of the report meeting, Liang Yifei really gave a tangible thing: starting from this year, New Era and Baihu Prison will cooperate to hold two free cram classes for New Era every year to train English.
English is a skill that does not require cultural background or academic qualifications, as long as you are willing to learn, you can learn a little bit, and it is a very useful skill in the current society.
If the response is not bad, Liang Yifei even considered sending professionals such as accountants from the unit to conduct professional training.
Before, Liang Yifei's attitude towards these inmates was very clear: he had feelings, but he stayed away from work.
In the harsh environment of prison, if you can still study seriously and improve yourself, it shows that such people are more eager for a better life and know how to cherish them, and they may not be used at all in the future.
After the report ended, Liang Yifei specially asked Tao Shanhe to open a back door, and in the reception room, he met with several roommates in the same dormitory.
There are 8 people in a bedroom, Liang Yifei left, and in the past few years, there have been people who have left one after another, and there are only three old people left.
Speculators came in and privately resold daily necessities in prison; Li Dazhuang, a man from northern Shaanxi who set fire to his enemy's entire family and was sentenced to life imprisonment in order to avenge his son; Li Hu, a vegetable market bully who gathered crowds to fight and bully the market.
Old ass, Li Dazhuang, can't get out for the rest of his life, and when he saw Liang Yifei at this time, there was something very deep in his eyes.
Liang Yifei could feel it, and these two old brothers seemed to be saying to him: Brother, if you want to live a better and more exciting life outside, you should help us make up for it.
Li Hu also bullied Liang Yifei at the beginning, met at this time, smiled, rubbed the board and said embarrassedly, I will go out in a year, and you will help when the time comes.
Liang Yifei is a person with weak feelings, and most of the previous experience with these people is actually the dead 'Xiao Liang Yifei', but I don't know why, I have a closeness to these guys who are not good people.
It's a resonance between several people who are also having a hard time.
The meeting was not long, and left a few cigarettes for these people, a little money for extra meals.
Leaving the reception room and going directly to the warden's office, Tao Shanhe had something to look for him.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Tao Shanhe change into casual clothes, and there was another man about thirty years old in the office, not tall, but he looked very strong, sitting on the sofa, his hands flat on his knees.
Liang Yifei suddenly felt very dangerous, and subconsciously took half a step back. Although this man sat motionless, it made people feel like a beast that could pounce on and eat people at any moment.
"Xiao Liang, there is something I want to ask you to help with. Tao Shanhe said straight to the point.