Chapter 39 Confrontation 3 (Part 2)

The store was crowded with people, and many reporters were interviewing some businessmen who came to apply for leasing qualifications. Le Xiao was next to a section 6 clerk and looked at the businessmen who had applied in the past few days. There were many cleaning companies. And some cleaning companies have only been established in the past month.

Recently, many companies have rented some office space on the ground floor, so the cleaning work in many areas on the ground floor has increased a lot in the past few months. The demand is very high, and this kind of mechanical ball can do quick cleaning. , and no need to rest, the efficiency is also very high.

No wonder the people from the cleaning company wanted to rent it, but only one cleaning company could rent it. At this time, Le Xiao saw a businessman who was chatting with others, talking about the benefits of this kind of mechanical ball, and many people Very happy to hear it.

Le Xiao felt that this person looked a little strange, but she couldn't tell for a while. She stared at the businessman who was talking casually in the team with confusion.

"Chen Laoliu, can you be quiet?"

Ma Tao walked over. Chen Laoliu's voice was a bit loud. He immediately smiled awkwardly and hurriedly stopped talking. Ma Tao walked over and said a few more words, and the hall became quiet.

The long queue has been lined up outside the store, extending to the street entrance, and it is still growing. Even though 10 people from Section 7 have been accepting applications for rental qualifications, the queue is still so long, Le Xiao is a little confused. , why many ordinary people who are not businessmen are also lining up.

"You bastards, why are you here to join in the fun if you don't just stay at home?"

Several people who knew Ma Tao hurriedly nodded and talked and laughed. Le Xiao became even more confused because she saw several neighbors who lived next to her house were also queuing up and still saying hello to Le Xiao. Le Xiao ran away. past.

"Auntie, why are you guys here too?"

"Lele, we are just here to try our luck. If we are qualified to rent it, we can rent it and sublet it to those businessmen, so we can earn a little bit every day."

Le Xiao took a breath. It seemed that many people came to try their luck.

"Lele, can you help me open a back door?"

The aunt in front of her was someone Le Xiao had known since she was a child, but Le Xiao was very embarrassed by her request.

"I'm joking with you, Lele. If you do something like this, it will definitely turn into a big incident. We all think highly of you. Come on."

Le Xiao smiled helplessly, and then returned to the office. Although she wanted to wait for Alpha to come back, she would write an experimental report that needed to be submitted to Congress, but Alpha had said that she should have some confidence in herself, You can write it yourself first.

Le Xiao scratched her head and started writing. Writing a report was not difficult for Le Xiao. After all, she had been a practitioner in the news industry before and had a lot of experience.

It’s just that the only thing Le Xiao feels is wrong is that it is very difficult to convince people with such experimental reports. These reports from the Business Department are not like some press releases from the news media. All they need is to attract people. Things that are human eyeballs can even be processed based on facts.

But the content of the report of the executive branch is different. It needs to be accurate to the last detail. This is very distressing for Le Xiao. It not only needs accuracy, but also persuasiveness. But where can Le Xiao find something that can convince those congressmen.

Le Xiao's head was in chaos again. She scratched her head and raised her eyes suddenly, only to find that the man in the team who was called Chen Laoliu by Ma Tao was staring at her. Le Xiao was just a little confused because After a first glance, Le Xiao discovered that something was wrong with Chen Laoliu.

This feeling was hard to describe, and Le Xiao didn't think much about it, so she could only stumble and write the report.

Le Xiao spent the whole day working on the report in the morning. After lunch, she rested for a while. In the afternoon, she began to read the contents of the 10 activities. Alpha had already helped organize them. She only needed to confirm them again and again before submitting them. .

At this time, Su Xin walked into the store. Su Li on the side looked very ordinary in her clothes and had a smile on her face. She no longer had the luxury feeling of the past, but looked more like an ordinary person.

"Lele, you can go home for dinner in the afternoon. I have prepared food."

Le Xiao stood up with a smile.

"Mom, why did you come here, and Su Li, why did you..."

"I'm staying at your house temporarily."

Ma Tao immediately invited the two of them to the living room above. At this time, he saw Chen Laoliu still wandering outside the store. He walked out angrily, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder.

"Chen Laoliu, you..."

The Chen Laoliu in front of him was a little weird. With such a powerful slap, he would have covered his shoulder and cried out in pain. Ma Tao was a little strange, because the slap felt very hard, not like bones.

"Ouch."

"What are you doing, old horse?"

Only then did Chen Laoliu react. He covered his shoulder and cried out that it hurt. Seeing Ma Tao looking at his hand suspiciously, Chen Laoliu hurriedly pulled Ma Tao and said.

"Lao Ma, my bar has suffered a lot of losses recently. If I can't rent this thing, I will be finished and I will go to jail."

Ma Tao also dispelled his doubts. After all, Chen Laoliu must be very stressed about such a big matter. He wants to rely on renting a mechanical ball to make a comeback. After all, a person like Chen Laoliu, who is so eloquent and cheerful all day long, will become like this. With a frown on his face, he can be sure that the amount of debt he owes is not small.

"Why don't you try Section 7?"

Ma Tao asked, and Chen Laoliu sighed.

"My qualifications for borrowing money are still under review, and I don't think they will be approved because I'm already in debt."

Ma Tao hummed.

"You can't be anxious, just take your time. The economy at the bottom is growing fast now. As long as you manage it well and seriously every day, there will be no problem."

After Ma Tao comforted him, Chen Laoliu nodded and left with a little disappointment. Ma Tao still felt something was wrong, because Chen Laoliu's bar was doing well and would not lose so much money.

"That idiot must have gone to gamble."

Although he figured it out, Ma Tao still felt something was wrong, because he always felt that Chen Laoliu was different from before. In the past, Ma Tao would often go to Chen Laoliu's bar after work to play cards and drink, and then find two women to go home.

At this time, in the living room on the second floor, Su Xin bowed slightly in gratitude.

"Thank you, Miss."

The woman standing in front of her was not her niece Le Ying. Su Xin knew this a long time ago. Su Li even exposed C's identity right away. She knew them all very well about the people of the Academy of God.

After Le Wen got into trouble, Le Chang's family seldom came over, because they were also monitored and interrogated by the people in the Operations Department for a long time, and even because of Le Wen, Le Chang's family was subjected to unwarranted abuse and criticism.

So over the years, only Le Chang came over, but Su Xin never brought Le Xiao to Le Chang's house again.

Su Xin also heard about the situation of her niece Le Ying, who stayed at home all year round and never left the house. Le Chang and his wife had stable jobs and good salaries, so they did not force their daughter to continue to go to school or go out to work.

She had found a psychologist for Le Ying, but it didn't work. Le Ying never said what happened to her. She just ate after getting up numbly every day, and started playing games or watching movies and TV series after a rest after eating, and went to bed when she was tired.

Su Xin didn't tell Le Xiao about Le Ying's situation, because she didn't want Le Xiao to worry, so she often asked about her cousin's recent situation.

"Please rest assured, I will take responsibility and protect the safety of Secretary Le Xiao."

C said, Le Xiao came upstairs at this time, and C immediately put away his serious expression, deliberately found a topic, sat next to Su Xin, held her hand, and chatted with her. Su Xin also cooperated very clearly.

"Why did you run to the bottom floor? Really, I had a lot of questions that day, and you ran away."

Su Li smiled and pulled Le Xiao over.

"You did a good job. ATL's market value rose by 3 percentage points today, which is the highest in ten years, and 2,389 pieces of clothing have been rented out since the store opened."

Le Xiao was a little surprised, and she smiled awkwardly.

"I just said my thoughts casually."

Su Li patted her shoulder.

"It's okay, just do it according to your ideas, as long as the Su family goes bankrupt, after all, your mother and I have to rely on you for retirement."

Le Xiao stared at her mother with a squint, and Su Xin smiled helplessly.

Then Le Xiao asked about today's dishes. In the past, whenever it was close to dinner, she would always ask her mother what she would eat today.

The four of them were talking and laughing happily. Le Xiao talked endlessly about the work in the past few days. She was completely outspoken and even mentioned some metaphors behind the mechanical ball that Alpha told her.

"It's terrible. If it really becomes that kind of mechanized society in the future, I can't stand it."

Su Xin said hurriedly.

"Le Xiao, stop talking."

Su Li pressed her forehead and laughed helplessly.

"You really are, you have seriously violated Article 198 of the internal management regulations of the Operations Department. You revealed such an important secret to us who are not in the Operations Department. Be restrained, Le Xiao, it's okay to say it in front of us. As long as you have a brain, you can understand these things after a little thought, but what you really say is two different concepts from what we think."

Le Xiao widened her eyes in surprise and immediately laughed awkwardly.

Although C showed a strange look before, he laughed immediately.

"This kind of thing is not very common in some science fiction movies."

"By the way, cousin, can you go to the movies with me tonight?"

After C made an OK gesture, the four of them started chatting again. When it was close to 6 o'clock, Le Xiao realized that they had been chatting for several hours.

"Forget it, just treat it as a few hours off today. Let's go home together."

Le Xiao hummed, and the four of them left the store. Ma Tao was busy preparing dinner for some staff members who were still working.

"Old Ma, too tired."

A local staff member of Section 7 said dizzily. He was an old staff member in the local area. Ma Tao laughed.

"He Song, there will be more tired in the future."

At this time, a man was wandering outside the store not far away. After Ma Tao walked out with a solemn face, the man hurriedly said.

"Old Ma, my boss asked you to go over."

Ma Tao thought about it and told a team leader and followed the man. After a while, Ma Tao came to a micro-loan company. A man from the fifth and third department hurriedly asked someone to serve tea and water.

"No need, Agou, you tell me."

"Old Ma, can you tell me what qualifications are required to rent a mechanical ball? We can prepare for this, and there will be benefits."

Ma Tao sighed.

"I dare not get involved in this matter, I don't want to lose my hat. After all, I have enough food and money now, I don't need to take risks for this kind of thing, right Agou."

The leader sighed.

"It's hard to get loans recently, so we can only do some formal loans. The profit is too low, and there are a bunch of people waiting for food."

"I advise you to think clearly, Agou. The person in charge of this place now is not me, nor a few other guys. He is the secretary of the business department and the acting chief of department 13."

The leader nodded repeatedly.

"Old Ma, if this kind of mechanical ball decides to be promoted on a large scale, you must notify me as soon as possible. This is a treasure that can make money."

Ma Tao thought for a while and said.

"Why don't we try to transform first and sell box lunches at those demolition and construction sites? The profit is also good."

Before the leader could laugh, several of the men next to him burst into laughter, and one of them joked.

"Old Ma, you haven't reached the age of confusion yet. The profit from selling a box lunch may be less than 1 yuan. How can you make money in this kind of business when you are busy all day long and into the evening? If you buy hundreds of meals a day, it only costs a few hundred yuan."

Ma Tao stood up directly.

"Whether you listen to what I said or not, if you continue to do it in the future, if something goes wrong, just don't come to me."

The leader immediately grabbed Ma Tao.

"Old Ma, give me another trick."

"If you believe me, go sell lunch boxes first, maintain the business, and invest all your money in the construction of the agricultural base in the barrier area. I'm sure you will make a lot of money. It will be much better than living in fear now."

After Ma Tao left, the leader and his subordinates laughed.

"It seems that Lao Ma is really confused. You guys, go to the entrance of the casino tonight. You can get some business. Be smart."

The lights had just turned on, and Ma Tao walked on the street and greeted many people. He was a little helpless. It was obvious that Agou and his gang still planned to continue to do loan sharking. This kind of thing that benefits others at the expense of others is really deceiving. In the early years, Although Ma Tao wanted to find a way to solve it, there was no way.

But things are different now. The reason why Ma Tao believes that the agricultural base in the barrier area will definitely be established is just because Mr. Jean has been advocating this plan a long time ago, and now that Jean has temporarily stepped down as the chief of Section 13, Ma Tiaobai I am 100% sure that Mr. Jean has prepared everything, and the most important thing is that Le Xiao, the secretary of Section 13 who walked out of District 118, grew up in the slums of District 118.

Although Ma Tao is only in this position, he can see very clearly that this city is about to undergo huge changes. Many people who are aware of it have already begun to take action, and those who are still conservative may not survive in the future.