Chapter 26: Hype and Rumor
The crowd looked at the child.
"Ergou, what are you shouting there, why did you win the lottery?"
An old man with half a bowl of corn in his hand asked curiously while standing at the entrance of the commissary.
Ergou held two bottle caps in his hands and said: "The word collection activity of the Tang people's special drink, one word is one yuan, and the two words are electric fans, if you collect the four words of the Tang people's special drink, it will be the first prize!" ”
"The second prize is all electric fans, so what is the first prize?"
The old man suddenly became interested.
Ergou came over and said loudly: "The first prize is a color TV!" Samsung's big color TV! ”
The crowd exclaimed.
Oh my God, you can drink a cold drink and a color TV!
Some people don't believe it: "Ergou, you're bragging, right?" This cold drink is a few cents a bottle, let's grab the food and exchange it, then the boss of the Tang cold drink factory is a fool, can let us drink color TV? ”
Ergou was anxious when he heard this: "Really! Zhou Tieniu's family in the east of the next village just redeemed a big color TV this afternoon! People first exchanged the grain for three bottles, and opened three words, and then bought a bottle for five cents, and hit the fourth word! Now that the color TVs are all taken home, it is estimated that they will all look at it at this time! ”
"It seems to be the case.,I know Tie Niu that week.,I said why don't you just call him to play game consoles.,It turns out that he hit the color TV!"
"It's so lucky, a few cents for a big color TV!"
"Anyway, it's all about exchanging food for cold drinks, let's also go and change the special drink of the Tang people, maybe we can also get a big color TV!"
"Let's go, I'll go too!"
There was a lot of talk, and some of them had already started to walk towards another shop in the village.
Seeing this, the young man named Ergou fanned the flames and said, "Yes! Anyway, it's all about cold drinks and try your luck! The Tang Special Drink not only has a collection of words, but also another bottle on the bottle cap! I just spent the money of one bottle to drink five bottles, and now my stomach is still bloated! ”
The villagers couldn't wait to hear this, and soon the people at the entrance of the commissary were gone.
Seeing this, Jia Quanyong couldn't sit still anymore, got out of the car and went straight to Ergou.
"Little bunny! Who the hell M asked you to spread rumors! ”
When the second dog saw it, he ran away, scolding as he ran: "You are a little rabbit cub, your whole family is a little rabbit cub!" ”
Under the old locust tree at the west end of the village.
Jiang Yang was lying on the motorcycle, with a big straw hat on his face, and Zhou Hao squatted aside to make a phone call.
The second dog ran over panting.
"Big brother, I let all the people stir up and leave, and now the whole village has gone to change the Tang people's special drink."
Jiang Yang lifted his straw hat and sat up from the motorcycle.
"Well done."
After that, he took out a brand new 10 yuan bill from his pocket and handed it to Ergou.
Ergou was also not polite, and put the money in his pocket: "Big brother, the village next door uses rumors to spread rumors, I can still go!" ”
Jiang Yang was stunned: "Rumors? ”
Ergou was stunned: "It's a rumor!" As my cousin said, this is a means of doing business, spreading rumors. ”
Zhou Hao hung up the phone, looked at Jiang Yang and said, "Yes, Brother Jiang, you said it when you explained it today." ”
Jiang Yang's face was full of black lines: "I'm talking about building momentum, building momentum!" ”
Zhou Hao and Ergou shrugged at the same time: "It's almost." ”
Jiang Yang didn't bother to explain to them in detail, thought about it and asked Ergou: "Ergou, do you have many friends in your village?" ”
Ergou said confidently: "Big brother, I, Jiang Ergou, have many brothers in Lotus Township!" As long as you're willing to pay, I'll make sure they're there in minutes! ”
Zhou Hao slapped him on the back of the head: "It's not a big fart, what kind of social person to learn!" ”
Jiang Ergou touched the back of his head and smiled: "Let's tell the truth." ”
Jiang Yang took out a wad of change from his pocket, all of which were brand-new banknotes of 5 yuan and 10 yuan, and handed them to Jiang Ergou without counting.
Jiang Ergou's eyes widened: "This is for me?" ”
Jiang Yang said: "It's your business to share the money with your friends, but there is one thing, I want the entire Lotus Township to know that drinking Tang people's special drink can win color TV, understand?" ”
Jiang Ergou stood straight and saluted crookedly: "Don't worry, big brother!" Mission completion guaranteed! ”
Seeing his appearance, Jiang Yang and Zhou Hao looked at each other and smiled.
This Jiang Ergou is Zhou Hao's distant cousin, who dropped out of school before graduating from junior high school and stopped studying, because there are too many brothers and sisters in the family, and the family planning punishment is severe, and his parents really can't afford it.
Fourteen-year-old Jiang Ergou is hardworking and capable, in addition to helping the family with housework, he will go to the town to do odd jobs in his spare time to subsidize the family.
When Zhou Hao found him to explain his intentions and said that he could give money, Jiang Ergou's eyes glowed green.
In his life, money can feed his younger siblings, buy medicine for his sick mother, and save the desperately poor family.
Of course, he yearns for the outside world more.
Get out of the countryside and go to the city to have a look.
Jiang Ergou looked at the wad of money in his hand, and said with a serious face: "Brother Jiang, cousin, don't worry!" After receiving your money, I promise to complete the task. Not to mention Lotus Township, even if it is all the villages in Shishan County, I, Jiang Ergou, will run them one by one! ”
Jiang Yang smiled and patted Jiang Ergou on the shoulder, and said, "Do a good job, if it is really as you said, you will be my head of the Propaganda Department in the future!" ”
Jiang Ergou was stunned: "Really? ”
Jiang Yang turned over and jumped on the motorcycle, put on his helmet and said, "Really." ”
Then the throttle was twisted, and the motorcycle was gone.
Zhou Hao got on another motorcycle and said, "Ergou, Brother Jiang is a capable person, what he said is credible, you can do it well." ”
After that, he left.
Jiang Ergou stood under the big locust tree, looked at the dust raised by the motorcycle, and whispered: "I must do a good job." ”
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The news of drinking the special drink of the Tang people and exchanging words for large color TVs gradually spread in the countryside.
From time to time, news of winning the jackpot comes from a certain village, which makes the villagers all kinds of envy and jealousy. In the countryside, where entertainment projects were extremely scarce, a wave of word collection suddenly set off.
Different ways to play are starting to emerge.
There are many people who exchange words for words, and even spend money to buy words.
One to ten, ten to hundred, Tang people's special drink soon became popular throughout the entire rural market.
Some attentive villagers found that among the four words "Tang people's special drink", the word "drink" has the highest probability of appearing, followed by the word "people". On average, each village will only have one "special" character a day, and the most difficult one is the "Tang" character.
It's like buying a lottery ticket, once you taste the sweetness, it's easy to get on it.
Not only are the children having fun, but some of the elderly and even the young are joining in.
After a busy day's farm work, after tea and dinner, he will ask his children: "Do you drink cold drinks?" ”
The child shook his head: "Drink up." ”
"Then buy three bottles first, pour them into the bowl, and drink them tomorrow."