Chapter 220: The Magician
"What's wrong?" Yang Bin sensed Zheng Ying's abnormality and stopped to ask her.
"The young one over there is Xu Shaowen, the son of Mayor Xu Huaiting, although he is wearing sunglasses, I can still recognize him." Zheng Ying and Yang Bin talked for a while, their eyes still full of hostility.
"What's wrong with him being the mayor's son? We play with ours and have little to do with him. Yang Bin asked Zheng Ying again.
Xu Huaiting, mayor of Yunfeng City, is the leader of the municipal axe. But his son did not enter politics, he was actually engaged in the acting industry, a magician, and to put it bluntly, he was engaged in juggling. The profession of magician is more difficult to get ahead than singers, actors, etc., after all, the audience is too small, and in the Huaxia cultural circle, there has only been one Lu Qian for so many years, and it is just a coincidence that he suddenly became famous overnight.
"About two years ago, right? A friend of his went to my husband's auto repair shop to fix his car, and it was a bit unpleasant. Zheng Ying pulled Yang Bin away and explained to him.
"What kind of unpleasantness?" Yang Bin frowned, he felt that Zheng Ying must have suffered that person's loss, otherwise it wouldn't be such an expression.
"His friend's car was badly damaged at the time, and the insurance company didn't pay for it because it was a drunk driver. Put it in our store, my husband looked for accessories everywhere and worked overtime to repair it for a week to help him repair it, and the cost of the accessories alone cost more than 20,000 yuan, but the man was only willing to give 5,000 yuan when he came to pick up the car. ”
"My husband reasoned with the man, but the man called this Xu Gongzi over and brought the businessman. This Xu Gongzi was indiscriminate at all, so he thought that we were blackmailing. In the end, not only did they not pay for the repairs, but they also asked the industry and commerce to fine my husband's shop 30,000 yuan......"
"Later, my husband and I asked acquaintances to give gifts everywhere, and it took more than 10,000 yuan to settle the matter, and we lost almost 40,000 yuan before and after." Zheng Ying was still very angry when she said it, and whoever this kind of thing fell on, everyone would be very angry.
"It seems that Mayor Xu's son is not a good thing!" Yang Bin was also angry, he treated Zheng Ying as his own sister, and if someone dared to bully Zheng Ying, it would slap him in the face. Although that incident happened before he and Zheng Ying met, it did not affect Yang Bin's unhappiness with this Xu Gongzi.
"Yes, indeed! At that time, he looked very righteous and fair, and he decided that we were blackmailing at all...... If it weren't for his status as the mayor's son, the people of industry and commerce would not be so partial to them. Zheng Ying nodded to Yang Bin.
"I've written this down, don't worry, I'll definitely find an opportunity to get justice for you in the future!" Yang Bin clenched his fists and looked over at Xu Shaowen...... That Xu Shaowen's face is also a public face in Yunfeng City, but it is not difficult to recognize him from the crowd.
Xu Shaowen is currently doing a variety show on Yunfeng TV, called "Witness the Magic". In fact, the leaders of the TV station arranged this program only after looking at Mayor Xu Huaiting's face. The investment is huge, but unfortunately the ratings are low, but it is still persistent.
The advertising offensive of this show was very fierce throughout the year last year, and the streets and alleys of Yunfeng City were all promotional light boxes and huge posters for this program, on which Xu Shaowen was dressed as a magician and dressed as cool, Yunfeng TV and radio stations also repeatedly broadcast advertisements for this program, and it was not easy for people in Yunfeng City to remember Xu Shaowen's face.
When he came over today, Yang Bin saw the magician Awen on the poster at the entrance of Jiangnan Villa, referring to him. With Xu Shaowen's current fame, he will basically not be invited from other places, but he is often seen in the activities of Yunfeng City. Of course, on the land of Yunfeng City, he also has the final say on the appearance fee.
"Forget it, it's been a long time since this incident, and we can't afford to provoke this kind of person, I just don't want to see him anymore and remember the past. Don't do anything impulsively, he is the mayor's son, offending him is offending Mayor Xu, and you won't be able to mix up in the system in the future. Zheng Ying hurriedly persuaded Yang Bin.
"Okay, I'll listen to my sister, just don't provoke him." Yang Bin thought about it and agreed to Zheng Ying.
Xu Huaiting is the current mayor of Yunfeng City and the leader of the municipal axe, and Yang Bin certainly knows what is at stake. At the beginning, the matter of repair costs and fines, whether it was big or small, was just a small matter, and it was definitely not appropriate to fight with Xu Huaiting's son on the face for this matter.
However, since this Xu Shaowen made Zheng Ying unhappy, Yang Bin must also find him something unhappy, at least more than he made Zheng Ying unhappy at the beginning. At the beginning, the repair cost and the money fined must be multiplied several times by him to compensate for the minimum conditions, otherwise this matter will definitely not be able to be stopped.
It's just that Yang Bin doesn't want Zheng Ying to worry, so even if he has any thoughts and plans, he won't show them in front of her.
After having a plan in his heart, Yang Bin didn't do anything, and walked back to the auction hall with Zheng Ying. At this time, the lights in the auction room have been lit up, illuminating the entire auction hall as if it were daytime, and with some lantern ribbons, it is dressed up like a grand festival.
Before the evening performance began, the staff set off fireworks in the center of the venue, the kind of fireworks that burst into the sky after dozens of rounds in a row, and many people watched there, mainly children.
Zheng Ying and Yang Bin were walking around the periphery, but they didn't prevent the fireworks from suddenly bursting in the sky, startling and almost falling, Yang Bin hurriedly reached out to help her.
"Scared the hell out of me! Haha......" Zheng Ying, who was supported by Yang Bin, raised her head and looked at the fireworks, her hand still holding Yang Bin's arm, and laughed happily.
Yang Bin also smiled, as if he felt a little embarrassed that Zheng Ying had been holding him like this, but Zheng Ying looked at the fireworks in the sky and never let go of his hand, as if he had forgotten about it, and Yang Bin couldn't push her away, so he could only keep his current posture.
"I love it...... This kind of and...... Friends come out together, and the feeling of playing, chatting, walking, and watching fireworks freely in a strange place......" Zheng Ying finally let go of the hand that grabbed Yang Bin's arm, and said to Yang Bin with a sparkle in her eyes.
"You like, we can hang out like this more often in the future." Yang Bin smiled.
"Good! It's so lively over there...... Let's go over and have a look......" Zheng Ying took Yang Bin's hand, let go again, and then walked towards the place where a very lively sound came from.
"Okay, let's go take a look." Yang Bin followed Zheng Ying and walked over.
"Big brother! Buy your girlfriend a bouquet of flowers! It's time to support education in mountainous areas! A little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, with patches on her clothes, came out of the grove next to her, holding a beautiful bouquet of roses in her hand, and approached Yang Bin, looking at him with big eyes full of expectation.
"He's my sister, not my girlfriend." Yang Bin explained to the little girl that although the little girl who sold flowers was very delicate and the flowers were also very beautiful, and he also wanted to fulfill her business, it was definitely inappropriate for him to give Zheng Ying roses.
"Oh, I'm sorry." The little girl stuck out her tongue and quickly burrowed back into the woods where she had been hiding. There seemed to be bunches of bundled roses hidden behind a large rock over there.
It seems that this little girl should be a nearby mountain dweller, the kind whose family is very poor, and knows that there is an exhibition here, so she tied a few bouquets of flowers and sneaked into the villa from somewhere, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to make some small money.
"Wait a minute!" Yang Bin followed the little girl into the grove and asked her, "Little ghost!" How do you sell this flower? My goodbye friend. ”
"Hmm...... $100 a bunch. The little girl glanced at Yang Bin a little timidly, after all, she sneaked in, and she was worried that she would be caught by the staff of the villa. In addition, the cost of this bouquet of flowers is only twenty or thirty yuan, so some children are weak in heart after quoting the price.
Tie the bouquet is mainly a manual trouble, these bouquets of flowers took her a whole day to tie up, the roses are thorny, and there are blood holes everywhere on her palms and arms...... "Okay, I bought it, do you think the money is enough?" Yang Bin casually touched a pile of hundred-yuan bills, which looked like dozens of pieces, and handed them to the little girl.
"That's enough, no...... ...... more," the little girl counted the banknotes in her hand...... In addition to the bouquet of flowers in his arms, there are only five bouquets of flowers on the ground, which are definitely not worth thousands of dollars!
"No need to look for it, little ghost! Go home and study! Don't get caught by the people in the villa! Yang Bin touched the little girl's head and said to her.
"Thank you, big brother!" The little girl stuck out her tongue again, bowed deeply to Yang Bin, and then turned around and ran away.
Zheng Ying waited outside for a while without waiting for Yang Bin to come out, and when she got into the grove, Yang Bin had already thrown a few bunches of roses into the mezzanine space. He didn't mean anything else when he bought these roses, and he didn't think about giving them to anyone, but he just felt sorry for the little girl.
She just said, 'We should support education in mountainous areas!' It hurt Yang Bin's heart a little...... She should be in school at her age, but now in Huaxiaguo's education, a little girl like her can't afford to go to school at all.
The so-called nine-year compulsory education in Huaxia is not that the state is obliged to provide you with nine years of free compulsory education, but that the state tells you that you yourself are obliged to complete these nine years of school! Expenses? All on your own!
Yang Bin came from the township and knew that for these children in the mountains, the cost of going to school was an astronomical amount. If it's a boy, it's okay to say that it is possible to get the opportunity to go to school because of the importance of the family. Most of the girls' words are like this little girl, and they have to come out early to help the family do things and earn money.
Yang Bin also once had a dream, that is, when he had a certain amount of power in his hands and was in charge of one party, he could do something for these people, so that these poor children could have food, clothes, dignity, and the right to be educated without any cost or reason, so that they would not be like this little girl, who had to sell flowers at such a young age to earn money.
Putting the people in our hearts is the official morality and the conscience of the officials.
(To be continued)