Chapter 147: Interview
The members of the Hulan Daily interview team obtained some superficial information about Shen Danqing from the city government and drove straight to Shen Danqing's hometown, Yongfeng County.
Yongfeng County is less than 150 kilometers away from Changsha, and they first take National Highway 107, and then turn to National Highway 320 when they arrive in Xiangtan. National Highway 320 passes through Yongfeng County, Shen Danqing's hometown, and the traffic should be very convenient. However, because National Highway 320 is the only traffic artery in the counties and cities along the way, and there are many small mines in the local area, the road is crushed. and the lack of funds to maintain it, so this national artery is rotten.
Therefore, although the journey was short, they walked for four or five hours before arriving at the territory of Yongfeng. It happened that Shen Danqing's hometown was the first township, so they suffered a lot less from bumps.
What they needed to interview was Shen Danqing's deeds when he was a child, so they knew that it was useless to go to the county, so they went directly to the township government where Shen Danqing's hometown was located, and the name was very earthy, so it was called Dacun Township Government.
The Dacun Township Government is built on a small two-story building made of blue bricks on a small platform, next to the township health center and credit union.
The township government is the smallest administrative unit of state power. Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs, and the functional departments of the government are basically set up, so there are still dozens of staff members.
However, their main job is to collect agricultural taxes, retention funds, pooling funds, and other formal incomes to support their main economic income. In addition to that, it is to grasp family planning, and if one is caught, one will be punished, and there will be no mercy.
These are their two main sources of income, and in their free time, they take the time to pay some fines. No matter how big the gambling is, as long as they make money, they will be severely punished, otherwise they will be sent to the police station. Gamblers generally admit punishment, and if they really have no money, they will close the police station.
There are also a lot of fines, such as cutting down trees. When building a house in a rural family, there is no one to buy ready-made timber, but there is one in the mountains and forests of one's own family, so why spend that unjust money. However, the government has to approve the cutting of trees, and you can only cut a few trees, otherwise it will destroy the forest greenery. Generally speaking, without a particularly good relationship, ordinary people can't get any approval at all. I asked, why did he give you approval if he has no relatives with you and has no reason? Therefore, the villagers are secretly chopping, but if you want to build a new house, you also need the government to grant land. Even if it is to rebuild in situ, it must be approved. So will the government not know that you're going to steal trees? The secret is here, you basically can't get any money for your approval, but there are fines.
In addition, in the past nine years, the formal operation of the business has been state-run units, and private individuals can only walk the streets and alleys or set up a small stall in the market. But if you set up a stall, you have to get a business license! You have to pay taxes according to the rules and regulations every month! As mentioned earlier, ordinary people can't get any licenses. So he could only operate secretly like a guerrilla, operating without a license, and of course he would inevitably be fined in the end.
There are many more, I won't talk about them much, and they are all caused by lack of money, and then these phenomena disappeared?
Straight to the point. As soon as the staff of the Hulan Daily entered the township government building, they were confronted by a person walking out, so the leader stopped the person and said: "Hello! We are the staff of the Hulan Daily, and this is our visit card." After speaking, he took out the reporter's interview card from his satchel and showed it to the man.
The man's surname was Cao, and he was the deputy head of the township. Don't mistake it as a coincidence, but at that time, the grassroots township government generally had 8 or 9 deputy township heads, and there were more than 12 or 3. Of course, not all of them are full-time, they also have other job responsibilities. In a small unit with a total of more than 20 people, including the township head, the secretary, several deputy secretaries, the women's director, the militia battalion commander, the family planning and education specialist, the financial unit chief, and so on, it is a real coincidence that they want to step on the ordinary staff.
"Comrade reporter, hello!" Deputy Township Chief Cao already knew that they were reporters without looking at their IDs, and they had a camera around their necks, which was rare at that time. Now I heard the leader claim to be from Hulan Daily, so I hurried to say hello. The staff of Hulan Daily is absolutely awesome to their small low-level administrative organs. The president of the daily newspaper is a cadre at the department level, two levels higher than the secretary of the county party committee. Do you think he dares not to be polite to them?
"We want to ask, do you know Mr. Shen Danqing?" the reporter asked Deputy Township Chief Cao.
"I haven't heard of it, we basically don't have the surname Shen here, you may be mistaken. Deputy Township Chief Cao replied without thinking about it.
The reporter realized that he had asked the wrong place and object, and Shen Danqing was only 16 years old when he left his hometown, and he didn't know that it was normal. So he then said, "Can you please take us to Changsheng Village?"
"Yes, yes. I'm more than willing to help. Deputy Township Chief Cao replied to him in a thick local Mandarin.
There was no special office space in the village, so Deputy Township Chief Cao took them directly to the secretary's house. As mentioned earlier, the secretary's surname is Peng. The secretary of the village is basically a long-term servant, and he retires when he can't do it anymore, so there is a saying that the old secretary has it. Only village chiefs are elected, but they generally serve longer. However, Secretary Peng has only been in office for less than ten years, and he is still a young cadre.
"Township Chief Cao, rare guests, please come into the house for tea, and let me entertain a few distinguished guests. Secretary Peng was sitting at the gate chatting with his neighbors, and when he saw Deputy Township Chief Cao, he hurriedly greeted him. Although he didn't know the reporters who accompanied him, he knew that they were not ordinary by looking at their dress. Secretary Peng is really hospitable, this is not pretentious, and he also said to his wife: "Guests, hurry up and catch a chicken and kill it." His wife happily went to catch the chickens. Because of entertaining guests, Secretary Peng can reimburse the village accountant, and their family can not only eat for free, but also get money, do you think he will be hospitable?
It stands to reason that the little girl has set up a poverty alleviation fund of up to 5 million yuan in the village, and there is no reason why the township government does not know about it.
But things don't look like this, the village got this fund, and in order not to let the superiors know, a special village meeting was held to keep the villagers shut. Because they don't, the superiors will really embezzle. At that point, it won't be their village's business. This matter is beneficial to the whole village, and the villagers also know the stakes of the matter. Therefore, they didn't dare to spread this matter, only the people in the village chatted a few words in private, and they would never confide in the people in the other village. So it is logical that Deputy Township Chief Cao doesn't know Shen Danqing.
Under the warm hospitality of Secretary Peng, the guests sat down in the house one by one, and Secretary Peng was busy making tea and snacks for them. His family often has to entertain his superiors, so snacks and sweets are available.
Secretary Peng also sat down to accompany the guests after finishing all this. Deputy Township Chief Cao spoke: "Secretary Peng, these are comrades reporters from the Provincial Hulan Daily, they have something to visit, so you can answer their questions truthfully!" The reporters did not ask about anything related to the government, so Deputy Township Chief Cao was very relieved and was not afraid that Secretary Peng would say the wrong thing.
"Comrade reporter, if you ask, I will know everything. "Secretary Peng's native Mandarin is even more serious, and several reporters have to listen carefully and touch to understand what he means. This is the characteristic of Hulan that is different from other places, Hulan is ten miles of different sounds, and there are several accents in a county. Outsiders basically can't understand the local vernacular, and even if the Mandarin is a native Mandarin, it is difficult to understand.
"Secretary Peng, I want to ask you, have you heard of Mr. Shen Danqing?" the leading reporter asked him directly.
"I've heard of it, it's the son of Teacher Shen in our village. As soon as Secretary Peng heard the reporter ask Shen Danqing, he knew that they had investigated clearly, and it was difficult to deny it, so he told the truth.
"Do you know what happened to him when he was a child?" the reporter immediately came to his senses, and finally asked someone in the know, so he asked.
"I don't know this, I'm more than two miles away from their house, and I really don't know about the child's situation, if you ask the adult, I may know. Secretary Peng also truthfully answered the reporter's question.
The deputy township chief Cao next to him was confused, they were both gentlemen and children, what kind of secret words are they singing!
"Then you know where their house is! We're going to go to his neighbor to find out the situation, can you please show me the way?" The reporter also knew that Secretary Peng didn't panic, and he really didn't know about the situation of the child more than two miles away, but his neighbor definitely knew. So he asked.
If you have a car, it will be fast, and it will take you more than five minutes to get there for more than two miles. Shen Danqing's home is closer to the township government, only less than 300 meters apart.
An ordinary three-lane red brick two-story building is a common local building style, which is unremarkable. The reporters didn't believe that this was a billionaire's home, but they were relieved to think that their family had already moved to Huizhou.
When you get here, just grab someone and ask. It is believed that they are all well informed. There happened to be a man carrying a hoe on his back, as if he had just returned from the field, and the reporter greeted the man and said, "Hello comrade! Do you know Shen Danqing?"
The man did not rush to answer the reporter's question, but glanced at Secretary Peng next to him, and saw that he didn't look at him before replying: "Yes, his home is here." ”
"Then you must know what happened to him when he was a child, can you tell us a little bit about it, like what was so good about him? The reporter asked again.
"He was a stupid big guy when he was a child, and he was nicknamed Dasha, and the outstanding thing was that he was born tall, much taller than people of the same age. The man replied without thinking.
"If you think about it carefully, is there nothing else outstanding?" The reporter was anxious, what he wanted to know was not Shen Danqing's shortcomings, how could he write a manuscript?
"Hmm......! By the way, he has a very good appetite and eats a lot, so he has grown such a big man. The man thought for a moment and replied.
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