daily quirks

Chapter 5 The Insider (1)

Lao Liu is an "insider", what is an insider?It's like a police informant or an omnipotent netizen who makes a living by selling news.Old Liu is still very proud. What he often says is, my job, in ancient times, was a mysterious organization that receives and releases news, awesome!In fact, Lao Liu did not do this from the very beginning. At the beginning, Lao Liu was a security guard, the kind of gatekeeper. Once Lao Liu was on night shift. When he got up in the middle of the night, he passed the road and saw a car hit a person. As a result, the driver got out of the car and found that he had hit and killed someone, so he ran away. Lao Liu took another look. As a result, the next day, newspapers and TV began to offer rewards to find this person, saying that this person hit someone and escaped. He was a security guard in the industrial park next door to Lao Liu, the only labor force in the family, and now he was killed. The whole family is helpless and has no source of income. I hope there are witnesses who can testify and get a bonus.When Lao Liu saw the news, he was so angry that he knew this security guard. It was Lao Li, the security guard in the industrial park next door. Lao Li's wife was paralyzed in bed, and the child had just entered college. The only labor force, usually a small plate of scrambled eggs with persimmons can last two days, but now he was killed by the crash, and the family must be ruined.Lao Liu remembered that he took a second look that night. Lao Liu couldn't remember the English part of the license plate, but Lao Liu remembered the number clearly, four eights!Still a black Audi with four circles!Lao Liu immediately picked up his mobile phone and called the TV station.

"Hey, is it a TV station? I saw the car accident you broadcast. I woke up that night and saw the car that hit the dead person. Yes, black, Audi, with four circles, and the license plate is four eights... yes , don’t think I’m a country bumpkin who doesn’t understand! I know it! It’s the same as our boss, four circles! Secretary Li said! That’s Audi! Yes, what? Who am I? I’m the gatekeeper of XX Industrial Park! What? Bonuses? I don’t want money! I just look at Lao Li’s pity! Well, you must catch the murderer! Lao Li’s family pointed at him! Um! Thank you!” Lao Liu put down the phone and sat down contentedly. He read the newspaper on his old wicker chair, as if he had done a good deed to save the world, the corners of his mouth almost reached the ears.

"Hey, you're in a good mood today, Uncle Liu." Said that Secretary Li arrived, Secretary Li asked with a smile.

"Hey, that's right." Lao Liu smiled embarrassedly.

"Could it be that you won the Mark Six lottery last night?" Secretary Li asked Lao Liu while finding the newspaper in the boss's office: "No, I remember you don't buy the Mark Six lottery."

"Hey, I did a good thing!" Old Liu scratched his head embarrassedly: "I provided news to the TV station! They should be able to solve the case soon!"

"Yo, Uncle Liu is still a detective!" After finishing speaking, the cell phone in Secretary Li's pocket rang, and Secretary Li left in a hurry after answering the call without even saying hello.Lao Liu didn't say anything, and continued to sit on the chair and read the newspaper.

The next day, Lao Liu had a rest. Lao Liu was sitting at home watching TV, and Lao Liu's wife was sitting on the sofa knitting a little sweater for his unborn grandson.

"According to insiders, the police quickly found the vehicle that caused the accident. The vehicle that caused the accident belongs to the rich man XXX in this city. Now the rich man XXX and his driver have been summoned by the police. The results should be forthcoming. This station will continue to pay attention .” Listening to the news from the TV station, Lao Liu immediately became happy, his face flushed.

"What's wrong with the old man, you are so happy watching TV~" Lao Liu's wife's ears are not very good, and he couldn't hear what was said on the TV. Seeing Lao Liu's happy face, he asked casually.

"Hey! My wife, you know, I did a great deed! Didn't I kill someone at the gate of our industrial zone the night before yesterday? I saw the car that hit someone! I told the TV station the license plate!" Lao Liu said Very excited and dancing.

"Ah? Hey, old man, you are so confused~ What if someone seeks revenge? After all, life is getting better!" Seeing his wife hastily put down the work in hand, looking at himself a little unhappy, Lao Liu Didn't take it to heart.

"Seeking revenge? Humph, I'll just wait for them to come! Do you know who was killed? That's Lao Li, the gatekeeper in the industrial area next door! Lao Li is the only breadwinner in Lao Li's family! A scrambled egg with persimmons can eat two Oh my god! He's dead now, how can this orphan and widow survive! The one who bumped into someone was driving an Audi with four circles! He must be rich! If you don't pay for this matter, how can you let it go! Old woman, you have to talk about it Conscience!" Lao Liu said that he was filled with righteous indignation, as if his wife was on the side of others, and now Lao Liu is like a fighter who criticizes people during the Communist period.

"Ah? Lao Li is dead? This is also a crime..." After Lao Liu's wife said, she didn't continue to say that Lao Liu was wrong. She just continued to pick up the little sweater she had just put down and continued knitting, thinking, now these Who dares to mess with rich people? If someone drives an Audi, what can they do if they come to seek revenge?Old Liu and his wife thought so in their hearts, and their knitting stitches were wrong for several stitches.

The next day, Lao Liu was on the evening shift. After eating, Lao Liu bid farewell to his wife who was washing, and came to the guard room. At this time, the guard room, which was supposed to be quiet, suddenly became noisy, which shocked Lao Liu. , Old Liu just came back to his senses when he found a bunch of people standing in front of him with microphones in their hands.

"Excuse me, are you Lao Liu?"

"Did you provide the news that the rich man XXX hit someone? Was he the one who drove the car that night?"

"What do you think of the fact that XXX told the police that it was not he who hit the man but the driver?"

"How do you plan to spend the bonus that the TV station gave you?"

"Someone said you were exposed for the reward, right?"

Seeing a bunch of cameras and microphones, Lao Liu froze in place, not knowing what to do.Fortunately, Secretary Li appeared at this time. Secretary Li brought a few clerks to help Lao Liu stop these reporters. Secretary Li said: "The person who exposed is not Lao Liu. Don't talk nonsense. He doesn't know anything. We are now at work. Time, no interviews, thank you."

After finally sending the reporter away, Secretary Li told Lao Liu that the boss was looking for him.When Lao Liu walked into the general manager's office for the first time, Lao Liu was shaking all over, not because of other reasons, but because he was afraid that he would not be able to pay for damages.

"Old Liu is here, sit down. Xiao Li serves tea." The boss saw Lao Liu coming in, and hurriedly called Lao Liu to sit down, and asked Secretary Li to pour tea.

Lao Liu looked at the blue-and-white porcelain teacup in front of him and saw the golden tea soup inside giving off a pleasant smell, but he didn't dare to take it, for fear of dropping the cup or staining the boss's tens of thousands of tea sets.

"Thank you, general manager, do you have anything to do with me?" Old Liu almost trembled when he spoke.

"It's nothing else, it's just the news of the car accident, you broke it to the TV station." The boss had a smile on his face, and Lao Liu still lowered his head.

"Yes."

"I know you have good intentions to expose, but now there are reporters interviewing at the door every day, which also affects our normal work, otherwise... Old Liu, you should go back and rest for a while, and when the limelight passes, we are notifying you to come back to work Alright~" The smile on the boss's face deepened, and Lao Liu knew what the boss meant, but he felt that he had caused trouble for him and wanted to fire him.

"Okay." Old Liu has no choice. Since he has done it himself, he has to bear it. If the job is serious, he will find it. If Lao Li dies in vain, he will be uneasy for the rest of his life.

"Xiao Li, take Lao Liu down to settle this month's salary. I heard that Lao Liu's grandson is about to be born. Let's make another red envelope."

"Thank you." Lao Liu followed Secretary Li to the Finance Department, and got his salary and red envelope. Looking at the thickness, the boss probably gave a little more on purpose because he was afraid of what Lao Liu would say. With a thick stack of banknotes, he left silently.

Lao Liu was walking on the road, and suddenly a person blocked Lao Liu's way.Lao Liu raised his head and found that he did not recognize the man in front of him.

"You are Uncle Liu... I am Liu Weimin, the editor-in-chief of "Daily E-Talk". Speaking of which, we have the same surname, and we were still in the same family 800 years ago." Liu Weimin looked very young, and respectfully handed over his business card , Lao Liu took it over and took a look. Sure enough, it said editor-in-chief, Liu Weimin.

"What do you want from me?" Old Liu asked nervously, before he could break free from the shock of being besieged by a group of reporters just now.

"Don't worry, I won't interview you. I just hope you can talk to me about the family of the victim, Uncle Li. It's just a chat, not an interview. It just so happens that a friend of mine opened a tea house nearby. It's clean. Let's go there and talk." Old Liu looked at the man in front of him with a harmless smile, followed him suspiciously, and then told Liu Weimin about the situation of Old Li's house.In fact, what Lao Liu knew was not very clear, just a general idea, but Lao Li usually didn't like to socialize with people, so Lao Liu was the only one who knew about Lao Li's situation.After finishing speaking, Liu Weimin gave Lao Liu two envelopes, saying that one was for condolence money for Lao Li's family, and the other was for unemployment subsidies for Lao Liu. By the way, he apologized for the ignorance of his reporters and caused Lao Liu to lose his job. , Lao Liu hesitated for a while, and finally accepted after repeated persuasion by Liu Weimin.

(End of this chapter)