Chapter 183: Exposing the Tide of Migrant Workers
It is no secret that the publication of this interview has once again set off a lot of waves in the news circles of Nanyue City, and some emerging newspapers that belong to the private sector like our "Star" believe that the sudden rise of "Star" is really a model of news responsibility - pay attention to people's livelihood, society, and the bottom......
Even some of the so-called regular newspapers have to admit that their old-fashioned ways of working in journalism have been challenged......
Because of this, my fame is getting bigger and bigger in the news circles of Nanyue.
During this period, there will be some negative effects from time to time. From time to time, someone has made a comment on our Star, and some people have even hinted to us with a kind face: we can't go too far.
Of course, Editor-in-Chief Yi and Deputy Editor-in-Chief Fang Liang have also communicated with me many times, and they have reminded me to pay attention to proportion, but more importantly, they affirm my achievements and express support for my behavior.
It coincides with the Spring Festival, and in recent years, the peak of the Spring Festival has come.
Our colleagues at the newspaper also gave up going home because they didn't want to join in the fun, and all stayed in the newspaper to continue working. The newspaper also took into account the sacrifices made by everyone, gave everyone a double salary, and arranged a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
I was homeless, so I stayed at the newspaper.
On the first day of the first lunar month, Director Zhao and Yan Xiaoguang and I met at a restaurant, which was regarded as the Chinese New Year.
Director Zhao did a good job as the deputy chief of the supply and marketing department of the garment factory, and the relationship with the section chief was also very good. Yan Xiaoguang is already the leader of the technical department, and his future is also bright.
They buy our Star every issue and know more about my work, especially the several influential articles I have published in a row, they have seen it and are full of praise for me.
During the meeting, Yan Xiaoguang said: "I went back to my hometown Meizhou in the third year of junior high school, just to avoid the rush hour. ”
Director Zhao said: "I decided to go back to my hometown in Hunan on the fourth day of the first month after the holiday. The railway during the Spring Festival can be lively, don't you want to go for an interview? ”
When he said that, I suddenly became interested.
Director Zhao said: "If you can go, it's best to arrange a time, and we can still go together." ”
So, I turned my attention to the railroad again, and this is where I came up with the interview article "Overwhelmed Railway".
This is also thanks to the support of Deputy Editor-in-Chief Fang Liang, who said: "You can go out for three or two days to interview, and I will take care of the rest of the work for you." ”
On the afternoon of the fourth day of the first lunar month, Director Zhao and I agreed to set off from Nanyue Railway Station and embark on the Beijing-Guangzhou Line to the north.
There are very few travelers heading north, and nothing new happens along the way.
When I arrived at Changsha Station, Director Zhao got off the train, and I went to Wuhan as planned.
I saw that the train from Changsha Station to Nanyue was full of passengers, and the platform was chaotic.
The conductor chatted with me and said: "The tide of migrant workers going south has arrived in advance, and the number of people going south is difficult to estimate. ”
Sure enough, when I arrived at Wuchang Station, I saw a terrible scene-
Wuhan, a metropolis in central and southern China, is known as the "thoroughfare of nine provinces", and because of its status as a transit station on the Beijing-Guangzhou line, it has suffered the brunt of the tide of migrant workers.
I walked out of the station gate to the square in front of the station, and found that the train station here is no longer a word "chaos".
In the square, many people sleep on top of their heads, and all kinds of luggage are piled up next to them......
Outside the stadium, the crowd of black-pressed people crowded shoulder to shoulder, luggage bags held above their heads......
The people who slept in the square were awakened by the surging crowd, and they all got up, and then they were crowded and fell to the ground, and they tried their best to get up and were pushed down again. In the crowd that poured in, someone fell to the ground, got up, and was pushed down again......
The ticket hall was about to explode, men and women crowded into a solid human wall, some desperate men jumped on the ticket windowsill, and some even stepped on the shoulders of others to advance to the ticket window......
Several uniformed security officers were huddled in the crowd, shouting hoarse, but unable to move. The temperature in the room rises sharply, like a steamer, and like a frying pan......
The station radio room announced: "Platform 3 staff and security guards please clean the platform and prepare to take the 243rd train into the station." ”
I saw that the platform could no longer be cleaned, and although the security guards and staff on duty were wielding batons and brooms desperately trying to drive them away, to no avail, and more and more migrant workers came in from nowhere......
The train whistle sounded as it entered the station, the staff reluctantly stopped driving, and the victorious migrant workers gathered on the platform like ants. However, the long-overdue train could not open the doors because it was severely overcrowded.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the migrant workers rushed towards the open window, stepping on the heads of the people in their seats and entering through the windows......
The 243rd train started heavily, and several inaccessible butts were still exposed on the edges of several windows......
With my press card, I went along the road to cover the news, and when I arrived at Yueyang Station, it was about 6 o'clock in the morning, and there was still more than an hour before the departure time of the 315th train.
The cold platform suddenly became lively, and dozens of migrant workers climbed through the iron gate and earthen wall on the east side to rush in to the stopped train, they opened a few windows and climbed in. Immediately afterward, dozens of people climbed through the iron door and climbed into the car through the window.
"The passengers have all come in over the wall, why is no one at the station?" A female conductor walked past the platform, and her voice was quickly drowned out by the crowd.
At 7:30, as the female announcer sounded loudly, a large number of public officials and public security personnel appeared, and the entrance began to release passengers.
At this time, the doors were already crowded with passengers who had opened their windows, and the doors could not be opened.
Seeing that they could not get on the train, the passengers who came in from the entrance of the station were all in a hurry, and frantically threw themselves at the windows of the train, pounding the window glass desperately......
The public security officers on the platform had an argument with the conductor and conductor, and some public security officers even brandished a baton and beat the female conductor, and then were surrounded by several conductors......
The radio broadcast sounded again: "The 315th train is bound for Nanyue City, and it is about to depart, please open all the doors of the conductor, and please get on the train as soon as possible for passengers who have not boarded the train......"
Travelers who go crazy are even more crazy......
The quarrel between the police officers and the train conductor intensified......
At the end of the train, I got on the train with the help of two conductors with my press card.
I followed the police and the conductor to inspect the No. 6 car, which was still able to walk, and found that there were 124 passengers who were not originally passengers of this train. The conductor said: "According to the situation of this car, it is estimated that the train has been overloaded by at least 150%. ”
A passenger was scolding: "Fuck, the radio at Yueyang Station said that this car was going to Nanyue City, and the public security also rushed us to get on the bus, but now it says that the end point is Hengyang, who is deceiving people?" ”
Who's lying? No one answered, no one could answer.
The conductor said to me: "You are a reporter, you have seen the situation, the passengers were deceived by Yueyang Station, the end point of 315 is Hengyang, and most of the passengers are going to Nanyue, the station in order to reduce their burden, the passengers are deceived to our car." The problem is still in Hengyang. When you arrive in Hengyang, who will solve these problems? It's got to be our conductors! ”
After that, the conductor immediately arranged for the conductors and the police to explain and persuade the passengers.
When the train arrived at the Hengyang terminal to unload the passengers, the passengers complained and scolded, and were persuaded to get off the train. Thankfully, there were no major accidents.
I found that the conductor's left hand was bleeding, and after questioning, I learned that it was a migrant worker who was unwilling to get off the train and grabbed the conductor's hand and bit out the blood mark with his mouth......