Chapter 16: The Age of Labor Pains

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Out of Fang Jian's golden years KTV, got into a taxi waiting for guests at the door, the driver was a middle-aged man with a small flat head, eating a bowl of instant noodles, seeing Lin Ze open the door and sit in the co-pilot, he immediately hurriedly took two bites and said, "Where is Mr. going?" ”

Lin Ze saw that he was wearing a washed and faded military vest, and asked with a smile: "Have you ever been a soldier?" ”

The big man grinned, wiped his mouth, and said, "Yes." "Bend down and pick up a thermos flask at your feet, and you have to pour instant noodles into it, and the three meals of the taxi driver are generally irregular.

"Wait!" Lin Ze shouted with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry, you can finish eating first!" ”

The driver was stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed, "Isn't it okay to let the guests wait?" ”

Lin Ze shook his head indifferently, glanced at the timer on the car, and said jokingly: "Then eat quickly, it's no problem to eat within five minutes of being a soldier, right?" ”

The driver Liu Qiang was stunned again, he had never seen such a strange guest, looking at Lin Ze, the oblique sea vaguely covered his eyes, giving people an unfathomable sense of mystery, the smile hooked at the corner of his mouth seemed to be gentle, but it made people feel a little alienated, handsome, white and tender skin with a flush, even women would be envious when they saw it.

Liu Qiang hurried up and ate instant noodles, he was really hungry, and the last meal was less than ten o'clock in the morning! While eating, he frowned and pondered, puzzled: "What is this man doing?" ”

Thinking in his heart, he glanced at Lin Ze from time to time, which made Lin Ze a little uncomfortable, moved his buttocks, coughed lightly, and asked, "What are you looking at?" Flowers on my face? ”

"I didn't ...... No, no...... Sorry sir. Liu Qiang knew that he was rude, and quickly apologized, for fear that the guests would get angry and get off the car, and do one less business, since last year (98 years) after being laid off, the family is all supported by him, and one less person has a business, and there will be less income, which he does not want to see! I didn't dare to eat any more, so I threw the instant noodles from the car window into the green trash can outside, and asked earnestly, "Where is Mr. going?" ”

Lin Ze shook his head, leaned back, and said lightly: "Go to Huaiyun Mansion." ”

Liu Qiang answered and started the car.

"Huaiyun Mansion?" Liu Qiang thought silently in his heart, and suddenly a flash of inspiration guessed Lin Ze's identity, most of the people who set up camp in that building were some cultural companies, film and television companies, and advertising companies, "He must be an artist in a certain company there, right?" Well, I heard that the Zhongjie company that made the pearls is also there......"

"Sir, an entertainer?" Liu Qiang saw that the atmosphere was a little silent, so he asked.

Lin Ze shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Huh?" Did you guess wrong? Liu Qiang was quite surprised, "That gentleman went there to ......"

Lin Ze frowned slightly, thinking that he was a driver, and asked a little too much, but seeing that his skin was slightly dark, his arms were thick, and he had obviously mixed in the army, he moved some of his thoughts, and replied: "Hehe, go find a friend, oh, by the way, what kind of soldier are you in the army?" ”

Liu Qiang's expression froze, and his mood gradually fell.

He was originally one of the members of the Feilong Special Brigade of the NJ Military Region, but because of his own arrogant temperament, he was a thorn in the army, and when the million was disarmed, although the special brigade was not involved, but in 94, the special brigade still received a reduction order from the central government, and he and several brothers were finally "honorably demobilized" from the army.

Later, he first served as a security guard in a state-owned enterprise in Nanjing, but then the state-owned enterprise was restructured, a large number of employees were laid off, and they entered the ** last year, and they were not spared......

Lin Ze didn't hear the answer for a long time, so he glanced at him, and when he saw his gloomy expression, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, "Hey, this big brother, what's wrong with you?" "This Liu Qiang looks like he is in his early thirties.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. "Since Liu Qiang came out of the team, after five years of grinding his life in society, the uninhibited character has long been worn away. After his wife was laid off from the textile factory, she returned to her hometown to farm, and her children went to school in the village primary school......

The family is all supported by him, and it can't be done without responsibility! It's just that he loves the army! Love life in the army! Who can you say to this sadness?

Wiping his eyes, this move of three hundred taels of silver here and there exposed his weak state of tears. Lin Ze's heart was shocked, and he introspected: "I didn't say anything?" What happened to him? ”

"Sir, hehe, let you see the smile, I'm just ...... I remembered something......" Liu Qiang felt a little ashamed of his tears, changed the topic and said: "...... Oh, by the way, I also have a friend who works in Huaiyun Building, and I don't know if I'm off work now......" said and remembered his comrade-in-arms, so he took out his mobile phone with one free hand.

frowned, as Zhao Gan's previous life, after he bought his first car, he was fined many times for driving and making phone calls, and he received more education, and it became his instinctive habit to drive without calling

Seeing that the driver was about to call, he said dissatisfiedly: "You want to call that friend?" I don't need to see it, I'll be there in a few minutes. ”

Liu Qiang thought about it, and said that it would cost money to make a phone call, so he dispelled the idea.

Golden Years KTV is not far from Huaiyun Building, and about ten minutes later, the car stopped in front of the building.

Because the company in the building has to work overtime at night, the security guard is still on duty. Lin Ze saw Wei Gang standing at the door of the building at a glance, and as soon as he finished paying, he saw the driver open the door and get out of the car, shaking his arm at the door and shouting: "Hey, Gangzi, you haven't gotten off work yet?!" ”

"Gangzi?" Lin Ze was surprised, pushed the car door and got out of the car, and saw Wei Gang looking this way, first stunned, and then overjoyed, but because he was still at his post, the sense of discipline developed in the army made him fulfill his duties, grinning and nodding, and making a gesture of nine in his hand.

"You're going to leave work at nine?" Liu Qiang asked loudly.

Wei Gang nodded again.

Liu Qiang was also very happy, although he and several comrades-in-arms were in the same city, but since they found jobs, they had never had the opportunity to get together, and made a drinking gesture to Wei Gang.

Wei Gang understood it and agreed with his head.

"Huh~" Lin Ze suddenly smiled, pointed at Wei Gang, turned around and stretched out his hand to the driver, and introduced himself speechlessly: "Hello, I'm Lin Ze, alas, I really didn't expect that the person we were looking for was actually the same!" ”

Liu Qiang was stunned when he heard this, and then he stretched out his hand, the two shook hands, and he said happily: "My name is Liu Qiang, haha, you are Gangzi's friend, that is my friend!" As he spoke, he took out the car money given by Lin Ze from his trouser pocket, and was about to return it to Lin Ze, "Since they are friends, how can I accept money from friends?" ”

Give money, this is a matter of course, how can Lin Ze accept the refund? Moreover, in fact, his relationship with Wei Gang is a little deeper than a nodding acquaintance, but there is still a considerable distance from his friends.

Lin Ze's body has been strengthened to a certain extent, and his strength is much stronger than Liu's, and between the two of them, Liu Qiang was shocked, "Could he be the master who beat him with a wave of his hand as Gangzi said on the phone?" ”

If that's the case, you can't even collect money! Liu Qiang knew that it was not the opponent who came to be "hard", so he changed his strategy, played a scoundrel with a bitter face, and shouted, "Oh, brother, I still collect money for my friend's car, how can I see my friend in the future?" ”

Lin Ze knew that he was tricked, how could he be fooled, and suddenly his mind changed, he took two steps back, crossed his hands in front of his chest, made a stop movement, and said, "I don't think it's as good as this...... After Gangzi gets off work, we go to drink together, and this money will be used as wine money, how about returning more and making up less? ”

"Hmm~" Liu Qiang thought about it, looking at Lin Ze's appearance, how could he not take back the money, such a suggestion, both sides can go down the steps, it is very good, so he nodded and smiled: "Okay then." ”

Wei Gang looked at them strangely and got into the car again, and said in his heart: "What the hell are these two people doing!" ”

In the car. Liu Qiang was very talkative, and introduced himself roughly, and even introduced Wei Gang with him, and sighed as he spoke.

Lin Ze looked at the corner of this man's lips trembling slightly, holding back tears, feeling very depressed in his heart, patted him on the shoulder, and persuaded: "Brother Qiang, the future will be fine." ”

In fact, he knew in his heart that they had gone through the critical stage of China's earth-shaking reform.

As far as he knows, at that stage in the future, a total of tens of millions of workers will be laid off! Become the second most disadvantaged group after the first disadvantaged group, farmers. The mainstream media has been collectively silent about their living conditions. It is only when there is an incident of migrant workers jumping off buildings to ask for wages, or laid-off women selling yin, that they are occasionally mentioned by the media.

Lin Ze suddenly remembered a song by Andy, in the era of great change, the people experienced a lifelong pain, and among them, according to Chinese tradition, the pressure on a man who is the pillar of a family is even more unimaginable!

The melody of "It's not a sin for a man to cry" sounded in his mind, Lin Ze suddenly had an impulse, not to make money, but to leave the mark of this great era, and excitedly grabbed Liu Qiang's right hand and said, "Brother Qiang, there is something I want to discuss with you!" ”

"Hiss~" Lin Ze was emotional, his strength was not much controlled, Liu Qiang's hand was caught in a piercing pain, as if it could be crushed at any time, and his heart was shocked, "What a lot of power this is!" Even the instructors of the special brigade can't do it so easily, right? ”

"What...... What's up? He bared his teeth in pain and gasped.

Lin Ze was shocked, hurriedly let go of his hand to apologize, and said: "I listened to your story, I was inspired, and I came up with a song, I want to invite you to shoot the MV of the song, how about it?" ”

"What?" Liu Qiang was stunned, as if he hadn't heard, "What did you say?" What song? What to shoot MV? ”

Lin Ze flipped his collar, patted his chest, and pretended to be confident: "I'm a *producer* now, and I'm working on an album of Lin Xinru, Lin Xinru knows, right?" It's the crape myrtle in the pearl ......"

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