Mr. He's office is actually in the office building of a district traffic police brigade.

We went up to a large office on the second floor, which is an open-plan area where all kinds of fees are paid.

Behind the long counter is divided into two areas, one side is wearing a black traffic police uniform, and the other side is wearing an army green uniform with a red collar badge, a bit like the old army uniform in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Mr. He is one of the three staff members in green uniforms, and after a closer look, he realized that they belonged to the transportation and administration system of the Transportation Bureau, saying that their new office building was being renovated and the space was tight, so they set up a joint office here.

In this way, it is also convenient for the common people who come to pay all kinds of taxes and fines, and the affairs of the two yamen can be completed in one trip, so the people who come in and out here are endless, and it is as lively as a vegetable market.

The entrance of the hall on the first floor was crowded with professional agents of all shapes and sizes, and when Don Juan and I first came in, we were stopped by a mustache and asked: "Brother, what kind of business do you want to do?" We help you do it, and we charge a fee of 50 yuan to help you save time and effort. ”

We said we didn't need to, and finally got rid of the mustache, and were stopped by a few people at the upstairs place, "Boss, do a business, the price can be negotiated." ”

Don Juan said no, they didn't relent, "I'll tell you, you don't know how to do the routine yourself, it's rare to do it well at one time...... You see, there are so many people here now, you can't get in line, you definitely can't do it today, we have people lining up in front of us, to ensure that you finish today, saving you a few more trips......"

I said loudly, "The two of us are here to get a marriage certificate, can you do it?" Then a few of them were startled for a moment, and then smiled with complicated expressions, and then dispersed.

Shamelessness is a passport to this unreasonable world, and I borrow it once in a while.

"Mr. He, I'm Xiao Tang of the TV and Radio Film and Television News, and I'm here for the advertising money of the Oriental Kitchen School last week." As he spoke, he handed over his business card.

"Oh, call me Sister He, I know this, it's a lot of money?" Sister He said. We also feel that in such an environment, the title "Mr. He" is not appropriate.

"4,800 bucks." Don Juan replied.

Sister He didn't hurry to take out a delicate women's leather bag from the cabinet under the old desk, which didn't look big, but when we opened it, we found that it could hold so much money.

She took out a stack of them, counted 48 very quickly, and was about to give us a pause again, and asked Don Juan, "Have you brought the newspaper that advertises?" Show me. ”

Don Juan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly explained with a smile; "Sister He, that's the case, at the beginning, I brought a newspaper with me in every issue, but later because the content of each issue was the same, and it was an old relationship, Principal Zhang took the initiative to make this request."

"He's him, I'm me, although the content is fake, but if you don't bring the newspaper, how do I know that you published this issue?" Sister He was stern.

"Yes, yes, you're right, but I didn't know if I was going to come to you this time, so I won't bring you, and I'll bring you next time...... Don't worry, you and our newspaper are signing an annual list, and every week when the newspaper prints, your advertisements will be automatically printed in the same position, and naturally I will be urged to pay every week, and I can't run away without seeing the money......" Don Juan said for a long time.

Seeing that Sister He was still hesitating, he pulled me in again: "This is my colleague, Lu Tu, from the Satellite TV Advertising Department, I heard President Zhang say last time that I was going to do some TV commercials on Manggao Stage?" "I understand that Don Juan means to drag me out so as to ease the atmosphere, and at the same time prove that he is from a regular unit and will not be a trickster (liar), so as to dispel Sister He's doubts.

I also hurriedly handed over my business card and gave me a brochure for the channel. Sister He was obviously more interested in the Shangmangao Channel, she looked through the information I gave her, and asked a few questions about the price of the advertisement, she listened to my introduction, and muttered: "So expensive?" ”

After chatting a few words, someone came to Sister He to do something, she handed the money to Don Juan casually, and instructed him: "Next time you come, bring the two pieces of this issue and the next issue." ”

A few weeks later, Oriental Kitchen School actually signed a contract with me to work on a five-second ad with us for two months. This is also the reward for me sitting on the back of Brother Juan's motorcycle and tossing with him for an afternoon, so bumpy that my ass is about to crack into four petals, and it is finally worth the trip.

But the most rewarding thing is, of course, Don Juan, the money he received from Sister He with his left hand, and the right hand put it directly into his bag, which is his, and not a penny is handed over to the newspaper's finances.

The contract he signed with Principal Zhang was indeed a full-year contract, but the seal was a radish seal in his own words.

The radish stamps are not necessarily carved with turnips, they can also be carved with potatoes, or carved on soap, and now they generally refer to the stamps that they make fake private carvings, and the stamps of the advertising center covered by Don Juan are made by self-employed people who spend 20 yuan to find a self-employed person standing on the side of the street.

Since the 90s of the 20th century, along Zhongshan Road in Xingcheng, especially on both sides of the road concentrated in the area of Xiaowumen, there have been many people holding strings of various stamps. If you pass by, this group of people will come over and say, "Don't you want to engrave the seal?" Can't get a license? ”。

After a few more years, at the beginning of the 21st century, these people have a few more mobile phones in their hands, and when you walk over, someone will whisper to you, "Beauty, do you want a mobile phone?" Handsome guy, can't you exchange foreign currency? Boss, do you want to ** not? ”。

Slowly you will find that their accents seem to be the same or similar, they come from the same place, and some of them are husband and wife, with their families in tow, and very small children are carried in their arms and on their backs.

I even suspect that they may have moved half of the village directly, and these people have truly achieved "diversified operation and group development" with the spring breeze of reform and opening up.

In short, Don Juan signed a false contract with the Oriental Kitchen School, and there was no record in the newspaper, and every time he wanted to publish an advertisement, he would temporarily place an order with the newspaper and pay for the advertisement.

My intuition tells me that now that he has been replaced by Mr. He, Don Juan is not as easy to deal with as Principal Zhang used to be, and she is a shrewd person at first glance.

I asked Don Juan, what if she asked you to bring this issue next time? Don Juan said, whatever, I'll still advertise with her next week, bring the newspaper, and if she asks me about the last issue, I will say I forgot.

There is another reason why Don Juan can be so fearless, their newspaper is not like the "Star City Evening News" and "Xiangjiang Morning News", which have a large circulation and can be seen everywhere every day.

"Television, Radio, Film and Television News" is a weekly newspaper, and Tang Juan always collects advertising money for the previous week every other week, and at this time, the previous issue of the radio and television newspaper on the market has long been difficult to find.

After honestly cooperating with Mr. He a few times, later there was a time when Don Juan had the idea of missing an advertisement, Mr. He asked Don Juan to ask for that issue of the newspaper and he had all kinds of excuses perfunctory, this time Mr. He also kept an eye on it, and found several newsstands to buy a copy of that issue of radio and television newspapers, and found that there was no advertisement for Oriental Kitchen School on it.

As the saying goes, tricks can't be played for a long time, but when Don Juan went to check out, not only did he not get the money, but he was also forced to pay to make up for two issues of advertising according to the requirements of "missing one and fining two" in the contract.

Tang Juan insisted that he had gone to the newspaper and that the newspaper had made a mistake in the layout, but Mr. He still stopped cooperating with Don Juan.

For this reason, Don Juan was depressed for a while, and I persuaded him to say that it was fortunate that Mr. He did not pursue this matter to the newspaper office, and did not make a big fuss, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune; Otherwise, she will find out that she has not signed the annual contract at all, and she does not know how many times she has missed it before, then you will not be able to eat and walk away.