On the way back to Shangjiang City, I called Guan Qin, mainly to ask her how the procedures for going abroad were going.
She said: "I am applying for a visa through a travel agency. The other party wants to charge a certain fee, but they are unwilling to issue an invoice. I am still negotiating with them."
I smiled and said, "Here, I'll handle the money. They won't charge too much, right?"
She said: "It's 20,000 yuan. Can you reimburse me for this kind of money? I don't have an invoice."
I laughed and said, "Can't I pay the bill personally? That's it. It's a small matter. Don't waste too much time on such a matter."
She smiled and said: "What rich people say is different. Well, since you said so, I will do it as soon as possible. By the way, Teacher Feng... Hehe! Forget it, I will still call you Feng Shi from now on."
Sir, now I feel that calling you Professor Feng or Teacher Feng seems a bit disrespectful."
I smiled bitterly and said, "You'd better call me Teacher Feng, that's better. By the way, you seemed to have something to say just now?"
She said: "Yes. I took your materials to the Provincial Public Security Bureau for filing, but they told me that you must go in person."
I suddenly frowned: Why is it so troublesome? I said: "Okay, you can complete the procedures for leaving the country as soon as possible. I will go to the Provincial Public Security Department tomorrow."
The next morning I finished processing all the documents and reports in the office. At the same time, I called the heads of several departments that needed to solve the problem to study the relevant issues. In the afternoon, I returned to the province.
city.
Registration with the Public Security Department is actually very simple. They mainly looked at the opinions of the leaders in the province. In addition, they simply asked me a few questions. Under normal circumstances, they would not embarrass cadres like me. In the final analysis, this is just
It's a procedural matter. Of course, I also need to sign the relevant procedures.
I went to the Provincial Public Security Bureau with Guan Qin, because I had to go to her to get information at the beginning, and she told me that she wanted to go with me. She said to me at the time: "Anyway, I don't have anything else to do today.
, I will accompany you there, which is equivalent to being your secretary."
I didn't say anything more, I just joked with her, "I don't dare to be a female secretary. Let's wait until I resign and become the big boss."
She smiled and said to me: "As far as I know, no leader seems to want to be a boss, but there are quite a few bosses who want to be officials."
I couldn't help laughing. She was right, because it is a fact. In our country, the awareness that "everything is inferior, only reading is good" has long been infiltrated into people's bones, and the meaning in this sentence is "
"Studying well" actually refers to getting into an official career through studying, because studying was the only way for ordinary people to become officials in ancient times. Furthermore, our country has pursued a policy of "focusing on agriculture and suppressing business" for thousands of years, and businessmen
There is not much social status at all. Even in today's commercial society, the status of businessmen has not improved much. When people look at them, they always use derogatory words such as "no business without treachery" and "not benevolent for the sake of wealth".
together.
Moreover, the businessman himself also has an inferiority complex about his social status. Even Lin Yi cannot be detached from the secular world. Otherwise, why would he try his best to infiltrate the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference?
In fact, I can feel Lin Yi's inner inferiority. Although he is already so rich, he can still only be respectful in front of Governor Huang and Lin Yu. But he is arrogant in front of the department-level cadres below.
He behaved very high-profile at times. This contrast is actually very revealing.
Sometimes I think that maybe Lin Yi can reflect the true inner world of many businessmen in our country. Although they have created a lot of wealth for this society and themselves, their social status is in a
A rather awkward position.
After coming out of the Provincial Public Security Department, Guan Qin asked me in surprise: "I thought you would go find an acquaintance. I didn't expect you to go and do it in person."
I smiled bitterly and said, "Do you need to find an acquaintance for this kind of thing? I'm not going out to do bad things, let alone absconding with money. I can just go through the procedures openly, so why should I find an acquaintance?"
She smiled and said: "That's true. Mayor Feng, let's go to that travel agency now. I've already made an agreement with them."
At this time, I thought to myself: It’s definitely not that she can’t come up with the 20,000 yuan to pay for it first, and she’s probably still worried that my words won’t count. This is not a question of trust or distrust, but it shows that she has deep feelings in her heart.
There is a kind of precaution against me.
From this, I understood something in my heart: although she appeared to be straightforward and educated in the West, on the inside she was relatively conservative and closed.
Sometimes when you look at a person, you can only see the truest aspect of him or her through small things. Of course, it may be that my thinking at this time is too narrow.
But it doesn't matter, isn't it just to go through the formalities? Isn't it just a matter of 20,000 yuan? For me now, the most important thing is to be able to go out immediately and come back as soon as possible.
This is an important task assigned to me by Lin Yu, so I must complete it. And this matter will have a certain impact on my next arrangement, so I can't let this matter cause unnecessary unnecessary damage to me.
loss.
But in my heart, Hong Ya doesn't seem so important anymore. Sometimes even I feel like I'm a heartless person - after Hong Ya left, I found that my feelings for her had already become indifferent.
.Perhaps it’s because there are always people around me replacing her, or more likely, I don’t have deep feelings for her in the first place.
In addition, it was only now that I discovered that Hong Ya's appearance had already become blurry in my heart, including the past events when I was with her.
But I have to admit that I still have her in my heart, because when Lin Yu told me that Hong Ya wanted to see me, I felt an excitement in my heart, and at this time, I also had a sense of expectation in my heart.
Hope.
This is a very complex mentality. After I conducted a simple analysis of my own mentality, I attributed my complex mentality to a commonality among most people today, and that is reality.
Yes, I find that I am becoming more and more realistic, which is in sharp contrast to the innocence I once had. I don’t know if this change in me comes from this society, or because of my selfish nature.
Things at the travel agency were done very quickly and very easily. After they got the money, they promised to complete the procedures for us to go abroad as soon as possible. I said: "Well, if you can complete it tomorrow, I will give you another five thousand."
piece."
The organist tried to stop me but I pretended not to see it. The person from the travel agency smiled and said to us: "Then let's do our best."
After coming out of the travel agency, Guan Qin scolded me: "Their asking price is already very high, and maybe they can complete the procedures themselves tomorrow. Your five thousand yuan is not worth it."
I smiled and said, "What's not worth it? My only thought now is to get out as soon as possible."
She smiled and said: "What rich people say is different. Anyway, it is your own money. Otherwise, I would really feel sorry for us taxpayers."
I couldn't help but laugh.
She then continued: "Actually, the status of taxpayers in our country is the lowest. It's so low that we don't even know what the taxes we pay are used by you officials, let alone that we have the decision
You have the power. Mayor Feng, I found that you are different, at least you don’t like to mess around like other officials."
I found that I quite liked the way she called my position. It sounded pleasant to me, so I didn’t correct her. I said, "Doctor Guan, what you said is wrong. Most of the officials in our country are good.
, Corrupt elements are only a minority."
She immediately laughed and said, "What you said is very much like what the mayor said. In fact, you and I both understand the current situation of our country very well. It's just that I am a common person and I dare to tell the truth.
You are an official, so you can only use official words to talk about things like this: Our country’s human rights are the best in the world; our officials are the most popular with the people; corruption in our country is not serious...
Haha! Mayor Feng, I am friends with you now, you don’t think what I said is reactionary, do you?”
I smiled bitterly, "You..."
But she showed interest, "Mayor Feng, I'm a little curious: Is that really what your officials were thinking when they said these words?" (To be continued)