Sitting by the curved floor-to-ceiling window of the restaurant on the third floor of the Perfume Star River Hotel, looking at the phantom of the building with the blind lights turned off in the distance, the sparsely populated street nearby, and then looking at the bright lights and people in the building, Cui Can felt really incredible.

He and a group of his friends had just finished watching a show at the Met. As a reporter from Beijing News, he always thought that he was a person who had seen the world, but he was still shocked by the atmosphere and splendor of the heavenly and earthly performance hall.

A group of friends who accompanied him, some were former classmates, and some were former colleagues. He returned to Xiangzhou this time to be both public and private, one to do some errands, and the other to meet friends.

Fan Jun was the convener of the gathering. After being transferred to the city government, his friends called him Section Chief Fan. How do you feel, big reporter, Xiangzhou has changed a lot, right? Fan Jun is pouring wine for Choi Chan.

Cui Can said with emotion: The changes are really big, and it has thrown off a lot of surrounding counties and cities. While stopping Fan Jun: I can't drink anymore, I drank too much for dinner.

Someone next to him persuaded: Beer, it's okay.

Fan Jun said that this restaurant has morning tea in the morning and evening tea in the evening, and the closing time is not a few hours. This would have been completely unthinkable in previous years.

Some people suggested that after eating evening tea, you can also go to the back sauna to take a bath, rub your back, and even put on an X. Ha ha!

Really, do you want to find a young lady tonight? Fan Jun suppressed his voice, leaned on Cui Can's shoulder and whispered, Anyway, now that the emperor is far away, his sister-in-law can't care about it in the capital.

Ha ha! You guy, you want to drag me into the water.

The lady here is good!

Have you tried? Cui Can smiled evilly.

Fan Jun said, your brother and daughter-in-law are in charge, how can I have a chance.

Cui Can asked: What is the name of the general manager of this hotel?

Li Fei.

What did he do?

It is a company under the Bureau of Commerce. Now he is a big celebrity in the business community of Xiangzhou.

How is this man?

Very proud.

What's the arrogance?

The eyes have grown to the sky—say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived—Fan Jun swept his eyes and saw Li Fei's light gray suit with an open charcoal black woolen coat over it, and a young man with a light cotton jacket over a dark suit standing on the edge of the restaurant. Fan Junnu said, look over there, the one wearing the coat is Li Fei.

Cui Can looked over and secretly admired in his heart: This person is really extraordinary. The coat he wore was special. Cui Can said.

If you have the vision, he bought it in Hong Kong for more than 2,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Do you know this?

Not only do I know, but I am afraid that everyone in Xiangzhou knows it. The "Hong Kong Chronicle" he wrote was seen in the newspaper.

After the performance at Met, Li Fei and Liu Wenjun both went back to their offices. Li Fei put on his coat, Liu Wenjun put on a padded jacket, and prepared to go home. Walking to the staircase, a chill hit, Liu Wenjun said, you put on your coat and be careful of catching a cold.

The two walked down from the fourth floor to the third floor, and Li Fei asked, how is the evening tea business today?

Liu Wenjun replied that it was basically full.

Let's go, turn around and have a look. Li Fei likes to watch the lively scene full of business, and he never gets tired of watching this scene.

The two came to the edge of the restaurant passage on the third floor, and stood there to watch the bustle of customers and the busy staff, like a pleasant scenery.

Liu Wenjun asked, is the guest at the table facing the window your acquaintance? Li Fei looked in the direction of Liu Wenjun's mouth: he didn't seem to know him. Seeing that the other party was looking at him, he nodded to the other party with a professional smile.

He's greeting you. Cui Can said.

Fan Jun said, don't make a mistake, this is his habitual move.

Don't you know the section chief of Fan Da of the dignified municipal government? Cui Can laughed jokingly.

Fan Jun said that he only knew the secretary and mayor, how could he know us small section chiefs.

Call him over.

What do you want him to do?

Get to know each other and make friends. If you come to the hotel to spend, you don't want him to have a treat, at least you have to give him a discount.

Fan Jun said, don't be bored.

There's a reason why Fan Jun says that. Once he also came to Perfume Galaxy Hotel with a group of friends to consume, and some of his friends knew Li Fei, and when Li Fei went to say hello, his friend introduced Fan Jun to Li Fei and said that this was the section chief Fan of the municipal government. Li Fei was very polite at the time, and handed Fan Jun a business card. Later, Fan Jun brought his family to the hotel to spend money, boasting that he knew the general manager of the hotel. As a result, Li Fei came to the restaurant and walked around and greeted many acquaintances, but he just ignored him Fan Jun. It made him lose face.

Cui Can said, didn't people see you?

Fan Jun said, he obviously met me with four eyes, why didn't he see it?

Cui Can slapped the table and shouted through gritted teeth: It's really unreasonable! I have a way of making this guy remember us, and I don't dare to take it lightly from now on.

The people asked, "What can be done?"

Cui Can smiled weirdly: You'll know then.

After the evening tea, Cui Can came to the second floor of the metropolis alone.

Hello sir. Cui Can was greeted by a male waiter. He sat behind a large desk, smiling professionally. There is a computer on the desk and two lamps. Two chairs in front of the table. Seven large gold leaf characters on the background wall: Butterfly Spring Bathing Center. A row of spotlights hit it.

How to spend it here?

You may be seated. Here's our price list, you take a look first. The waiter handed over a crisp, beautifully printed form.

The lights are too dim here. Cui Can looked up and saw that the chandelier and downlight on the ceiling were all turned off, and only some ambiguous yellow light oozed out of the reverse groove. Why don't you turn on the lights on this roof?

Our manager wouldn't get out of the way, saying he was afraid that the guests wouldn't like it.

Guests don't like it?

We need to protect the privacy of our guests.

What privacy?

The waiter didn't answer, just smiled blindly, looking like he could only mean something that could not be expressed.

Cui Can sat down and stretched the price list under the lamp. There are three types of rooms indicated on the table, the cheapest is 108 yuan for two hours and 188 yuan for an overnight stay. What is included in 108 yuan? Cui Can asked.

The waiter replied: This only includes bathing. The room has a large bed and the bathroom is steamed. Massages and foot baths are available at an additional cost. Thai massage is 68 yuan for one hour, and foot bath is 38 yuan for one time. However, tonight's 108 yuan economy room and 288 yuan standard room are full, and now there is only one deluxe room. Deluxe room 1080 yuan.

Why is it so expensive? Cui Can frowned.

The waiter said, it's worth it! Why don't I ask someone to take you to see it first?

Cui Can's original intention was to have a room, what he wanted to take was a matter of people, and it had nothing to do with the quality of the equipment.

The waiter picked up the phone: Hello, is Manager Shu here? Hello, Manager Shu, could you please come to the front for a while?

After a while, a woman who spoke Mandarin from other places appeared in front of Cui Can. The waiter said, "You take this gentleman to see the luxurious room." The waiter handed the manager Shu a room card.

You're his manager, how can he take care of you? Walking next to Miss Shu, Cui Can asked deliberately.

Where am I his manager.

So whose manager are you?

Miss Shu smiled: I am the manager of our sisters.

When I opened the door and plugged in the room card, the lights in the room suddenly turned on. Cui Can saw that this is a large suite divided into two areas: dry and wet, and the outer room is a three-functional layout, a rest area, a bar area and a couch; Inside, there is a bathing area with a dry steam room, a wet steam room, a shower room, a washbasin and a whirlpool bathtub about two meters in diameter. The bathtub is next to the window, and the stairs are up. On the countertop, there are a variety of bath and skin care products printed in foreign languages. In the middle, there is a narrow bed with a hole in the face for back rubbing. The walls and floors are covered with beige marble, and the lighting is just right. Fuck, it's a miniature version of a luxury sauna center! This is in the capital, and there are no 810,000 that can't be taken.

What do you think? Mr. Miss Shu asked Cui Can.

Cui Chan replied, very ordinary.

Miss Shu glanced at Cui Can again: It's really a mortal who can't be seen!

Pls sir, are you alone? Miss Shu asked.

Cui Can asked rhetorically: How many people can come to this kind of place?

The two smiled at each other tacitly. Our young ladies here are very nice! Miss Shu said playfully.

What's a good idea?

You'll find out how you look and how you do it.

How much does it cost?

200 for a clock, 300 for a full set, 500 for an overnight stay.

Slow down, slow down, what is a bell called?

You don't understand this? Miss Shu looked at Cui Can in confusion. How did she know that the person in front of her was secretly pressing the record button in his pocket at the moment.

After arriving at the store in the morning, Li Fei will first go to the business premises and then go to the office. At this time, Song Bo had already opened the door of his office and put the night's duty log on his desk.

Morning!

Morning! Song Bo said, general manager, there was a problem with the bathing center last night.

Li Fei was shocked: What's the problem?

I also just saw it on the duty record, it seems that a reporter made an unannounced visit to the bathing center and complained that the hotel organized prostitution.

Prostitution! He dropped his coat on the lap chair and felt his head explode. The duty log was spread out on his desk, and the night shift manager wrote a large article:

At around half past one in the evening, Xiao Zhou, a night attendant at the bathing center, called to report that a reporter from Beijing, Mr. Cui, had complained about prostitution in the hotel, and I hurried over to deal with it. Mr. Cui showed me his press card, a native of Xiangzhou who works in Beijing.

He said that he was on a business trip to Wuhan this time, and he would meet friends when he returned to Xiangzhou. In the evening, after watching the show with his friends, he had dinner tea on the third floor in front until almost one o'clock. Friends told him that the hotel bathing center had an hourly room, and he couldn't sleep for a few hours anyway, so he came.

At that time, all the cheap rooms in the bathing center were sold out, and there was only one luxury suite. Xiao Zhou asked Manager Mommy Shu to take him to see the house, and Manager Shu sold their young lady to Reporter Cui, and quoted the price according to "full service" and "overnight service".

Back at the reception, reporter Cui said that he wanted to complain and call the general manager of the hotel to come over. I rushed over and handed me my business card, saying that I was in charge of the hotel evening. Reporter Cui said that as a three-star hotel, the gateway to Xiangzhou, he blatantly knew the law and violated the law and organized prostitution, and he wanted to report the incident and ask the relevant departments to investigate the hotel's responsibility.

I explained to him that what Mommy was talking about was just her personal behavior and did not match the hotel's requirements. The hotel has a contract with them that clearly stipulates that massage ladies can only provide formal massage services. Reporter Cui said that I was quibbling and shirking responsibility. I said no matter what, please make sure to meet with our general manager first. It's to cut off the head, and to give others a chance to plead.

I saw a smile flash across his face, whether it was out of pride or sarcasm, and he smiled anyway. I said, you are also from Xiangzhou, Xiangzhou is your hometown, there is a saying that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, do you want Xiangzhou to be notorious? He said, "You little devil really can talk." (Actually, I don't think he's much older than me) and then I saw him smile literally.

He said, I will rely on you today, and I will see Li Fei tomorrow to see what he says. I said, do you know our general manager? He said, I don't know him, my friends in Xiangzhou don't know him yet? I asked him what his friends were in Xiangzhou, and he said that there were who, and when I heard it, several of them were acquaintances. One of them is the section chief of the municipal government, Fan Jun.

I arranged for him to stay in a luxurious room in the bathing center, and he said it was too expensive for him to live in. I said I would apply to sign him for hospitality. He stayed. I asked for his contact information and said that the general manager would contact him after work in the morning. His phone: 13901155XXX.

Song Bo: What do you think about this issue? Li Fei asked.

Could it be that they are deliberately trying to find fault? Song Bo said.

Li Fei said, I guess it's certain to find fault, the question is why he came to find fault. You can contact this reporter and make an appointment with him. Li Fei commanded.

Want me to meet him? Li Fei could feel a little surprise in Song Bo's tone.

Li Fei said, it's not you, it's me.

Song Bo looked at the time on his phone and said, "They got up late yesterday, and I guess they shouldn't have gotten up yet." Is it okay to call over so early?

Li Fei said uneasily, what if he got up and didn't see us contacting him, and couldn't bear to send the news?

Song Bo said, probably not.

I'm talking about just in case. Li Fei said, in this way, you use your mobile phone to send him a text message first, and ask him to contact us after getting up.

When they received Song Bo's text message, Cui Can and Fan Jun were having morning tea in the restaurant on the third floor. He replied that after eating morning tea, he went directly to the general manager's office.

It's a morning of a new day to look forward to, as exciting as the hunter imagines the catch. Cui Can called Fan Jun early and said that he would invite him to have morning tea together.

Seeing that he was sending and receiving short messages, Fan Jun asked: Who's?

You don't know it.

Seeing Cui Can smiling wryly, guessing that there must be an article in this, Fan Jun laughed and said: "The new friend I made last night?

Sort of. Ha ha!

Cool?

Cool, very cool!

You dishonest fellow, be careful I tell your wife. Seeing that Cui Can was a little presumptuous, Fan Jun threatened.

Li Fei is here. Cui Can whispered to Fan Jun. Fan Jun looked back, and sure enough, he saw that Li Fei was still wearing the light gray suit from yesterday, standing at the entrance of the passage and looking at the guests in the restaurant.

He's looking for someone. Cui Can said.

Fan Jun said, it doesn't matter who he looks for, it's not looking for us anyway.

Not necessarily. Cui Can's Nokia mobile phone on the table was vibrating, Cui Can looked at the phone, looked at it again, and did not answer immediately. Why don't you answer the phone? Fan Jun stretched out his head to look: this number is so familiar. When the phone vibrated and rang again, Cui Can picked up the phone slowly.

I'm — oh, hello — yes, we're on stage 16.