In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed, although it is busy and hard, but it is also real.

The circulation department I was in charge of had achieved remarkable results, with the circulation of the Star reaching 5,000 copies, and Liu Xiaojun had become an expert who basically didn't have to worry about me, and the newspaper office had equipped him with a motorcycle, and the efficiency of transporting newspapers had increased several times.

Liu Xiaojun can basically take charge of efficient work on his own.

The supplement I am in charge of has also cultivated a group of authors who can contribute to the manuscript, and there is basically no shortage of manuscripts for articles such as poetry, prose or essays

Suddenly, one day, I was busy with the work at hand, and I felt that I had to have a good party with my sworn brothers, Director Zhao and Yan Xiaoguang.

Although they had been in contact and greetings from time to time, they were too busy to have time to meet.

It happened to be the weekend.

I made an appointment for Director Zhao and Yan Xiaoguang to have a meeting, and the location was a square in a town called Tangxia near the factory where the two of them worked.

This square is actually a commercial square, during the day, there are many business stores in the square open, business is very prosperous, the flow of people is also very large, the flow of people has turned this place into a downtown area. At night, compared to the daytime, it is no less beautiful, and all kinds of restaurants, snack bars, clothing, shoes and socks, small goods, etc., gather here, and the lights are bright, forming a free night market, known as "Square Street". In this street, a variety of special and delicious free stalls are particularly conspicuous, and there are many people who come to pass the time for supper, and each stall is bustling with activity and prosperity.

Of course, these are all introduced to me by Yan Xiaoguang on the phone, and they are also the biggest reason for me to choose the meeting place.

When I arrived, twilight had fallen, and it was our agreed time. There is no sun or moon overhead, and the lights are bright in front of you.

We chose "Square Street", a relatively empty and free barbecue stall near the river, and sat down.

The stall owner, a little fat man, greeted us warmly and brought us tea.

We ordered a barbecue and beer.

Nice place, good barbecue, good beer, plus a good relationship between the three of our brothers, nothing was wrong with everything.

However, as we were leaving, we discovered a mistake - no one took the money!

Eating barbecue, drinking beer, enjoying service, you should pay, that's right, but no one comes to collect money, it's definitely wrong!

When I first sat down, I showed them a few issues of the Star that I had brought with me, which were my reports.

Director Zhao and Yan Xiaoguang flipped through it, especially praised my article, and then entered the main topic of chatting.

They also knew about my work and were very happy for me.

I also know how they are doing, and I am very happy for them.

The only regret is that none of them mentioned Ouyang Nihong, and I was embarrassed to ask her.

Eating, drinking, chatting, having fun, being happy......

Suddenly, those emotions were disrupted.

We see—

A minivan suddenly stopped in an open area of the square, and several uniformed men jumped out of the car, brandishing sticks and kicking and punching the stalls next to them......

Then several more minivans stopped in the square, and dozens, dozens of people in the same uniforms jumped out of their cars and rushed into the night market......

Some of the vendors started running around with their carts, some ran away, and most were caught......

At the other end of the night market, more than a dozen people in the same uniform outflanked them with sticks, and some small vendors who had escaped were surrounded by small carts......

The shouting, the roars, the shouts of men and women, mingled with the screeching of tables and stools, ovens, pots and pans, and beer bottles smashing on the floor......

This scene, the three of us have only seen it in movies and television, and we think that it is completely a bandit act or the behavior of Japanese devils entering the village back then, and mistakenly think that a certain film studio or a certain TV station is filming a movie and TV series, so I stood up curiously to watch it.

The people in uniform were busy with their work: yelling and smashing worthless things, throwing valuable things into cars......

The small table in front of us was overturned, and the food and beer on the table fell to the ground......

The food stalls and barbecue stalls next to them were also overturned, and the customers who ate and drank were startled, some stood still on the spot, and some took the opportunity to leave without paying.

A man and a woman next to us got up and left.

The woman said, "I can't go, I haven't paid yet." ”

The man said, "What, didn't you see that everyone else left without paying?" Come on! ”

As he spoke, the man grabbed the woman's arm and hurried away.

The three of us didn't understand what was going on, so we stood still, watching the excitement while waiting for the stall owner to come and pay.

About ten minutes later, all the people in uniform got into the car, honked their horns, and walked away.

The night market left a mess......

I followed a car light and noticed that the people in the car had the word "chengguan" on the back.

I suddenly thought of the people I saw at the gate of the Tianhe Sports Center on the night when I first entered Nanyue, and their uniforms were the same as those of these people, with the word "chengguan" on their backs.

Only then did I know that this scene was not a movie or a TV series, but that the chengguan was managing the city.

"Hooligans!"

"Bandits!"

"The devil enters the village!"

"Don't die well!"

"Giving birth to a son without an ass!"

Beside him, some people were talking and venting......

I saw the stall owner Chubby coming over and asked him what had happened.

Chubby said, "Fucking unlucky, it's time for tonight's big rectification!" ”

I asked, "What's the rectification?" ”

Chubby said, "Fucking rectification! None of the chengguan are raised by people! ”

I said, "Aren't you losing a lot tonight?" ”

Chubby said, "We outsiders deserve to be unlucky!" ”

Chubby said as he moved the small table and stool that had fallen to the floor.

I asked him, "Can you still do business?" ”

Chubby said, "It's all like this, and you're still a ghost?" The barbecue stove was smashed by them. ”

I said, "Then let's pay, how much?" ”

Xiaopang said: "Many people left without paying, but you didn't leave, and you still have a conscience." You haven't eaten well, and I'm embarrassed to settle the account, so just look at it. ”

I took out my wallet and pulled out two hundred-dollar bills and said, "Give you two hundred, is it enough?" ”

Xiaopang said: "It's too much, you haven't eaten well, give a hundred." So saying, he shoved me another hundred-dollar bill and said, "Thank you, good man!" ”

Leaving the Square Night Market, I sighed, "What kind of world is this? How can the chengguan be so arrogant! ”

Director Zhao said: "Nanyue is like this, the city management is relying on the power in their hands to run rampant, and no one dares to care about them." ”

Yan Xiaoguang said: "Second brother, you are a reporter, you have to be the master of the people, write these things well, publish them, and let the relevant departments take a look, maybe they can manage these urban management!" ”

After saying goodbye, I returned to the office, indignant, and told Zheng Yi what I had seen and heard.

Zheng Yi said: "I often see the behavior of some chengguan, which is too arrogant. Your brother is right, and I support you, so you should write about this matter and publish it in our newspapers to play a role in our public opinion. ”