Doomsday rat

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In the second district of the south of the city, there is a Huang's restaurant famous for its authentic Cantonese morning tea.Naturally, Mr. Storyteller would not let go of this kind of treasure land. People eat and drink below, and he is not idle on the side. The story is exactly the joke about the blood splashing on Ojai Farm.

"Oh... the sky is going to change..." At the door of the store, a middle-aged man in his 50s stood, and greeted all the customers who came in and out with smiles and enthusiasm. When he was free, he listened to Mr. I don't like to talk about it like others, but I feel a little lonely.

His name is Huang Qingren. He is a Japanese-Chinese, and his ancestral home is Guangdong. He opened a restaurant when he was in Japan. After arriving here, he resumed his old business, starting from a street stall, specializing in Cantonese-style snacks.He is good at craftsmanship and hardworking. Within two years, he had saved enough money to buy a house, and opened the Huang's Restaurant, which mainly serves Cantonese cuisine, under the street door.

The business has grown, but his temper has not risen along with it. He still stands at the door of the store to greet customers early every day, regardless of his status, he will send a smiling face and warm greetings.This is because the smile is not so natural these days, as if he is a little preoccupied.

"Morning, Boss Huang!" At this time, a burly man came from the street. It was the end of March, and the temperature had begun to warm up, but he was still wearing a thick black cotton suit. It was not dirty, but it was definitely not dirty. It was clean and looked a bit like a construction worker on a construction site.

"Oh, Boss Wei... It's been a long time since I've seen you. Did you go out again? We prepared good tea in the private room, so go up and have a chat?" Seeing this person, Huang Qingren's eyes lit up, and a three-pointed smile appeared on his face. Speaks mandarin that is more blunt than foreigners, and enthusiastically reaches out to let the person come upstairs.

"Hey, I'm afraid I won't be able to drink your good tea for a while..." The big man called Boss Wei shook his hand with a slightly embarrassing expression, indicating that he didn't want to go upstairs, and just on the first floor.

"Boss Wei, Boss Wei...stay tuned! Did I, Huang Qingren, offend everyone? Several of my regular customers have stopped showing up these days. You can't leave, you have to drink tea, and you have to explain the truth to me..."

Seeing that Boss Wei was about to leave, Huang Qingren became anxious. Regardless of the disadvantage of being a head shorter than others, he went up and grabbed the sleeve of the big man, and dragged him towards the stairs while talking.

"I said you two can't digest what you eat, so you should practice Kung Fu early in the morning!" Just as the two gave way to each other, another person came from outside the door.Compared with the big guy, this guy seems to be more aggressive, but his body is thinner, but he is dressed similarly, and he is also wearing a thick cotton jacket.

"Hey, Lao Liu, you came just in time, hurry up and persuade Boss Huang, he insists on letting me go to the second floor to drink tea, my pocket is empty, I have no face!" When the big man saw the person coming, it was like seeing a savior , I grabbed this man's sleeve, which means that if you don't help me, I'll pull you up too.

"Boss Huang, I haven't been here for a few days. When are you going to change the rules here? Come, come, explain the new rules to me, and I'll come in after you make it clear." legs, and deliberately took half a step back, standing outside the threshold, assuming a posture of refusing to enter.

"Boss Liu, don't listen to his nonsense. I, Huang Qingren, have always followed the rules in business. One is one, two is two. If you make a profit or lose it depends on your ability, you won't break the rules... You just came back from outside?"

Hearing this, Huang Qingren immediately stopped fighting with the strong man, and started to turn to the thin and tall man. His Mandarin was very incoherent, but he had to express his meaning clearly, and his face flushed anxiously.

"Oh, it's fine if the rules haven't been changed, so let's go up and chat slowly?" The tall and thin man patted the front of the padded jacket and stepped into the threshold.

"...You guys talk, you talk..." Seeing the thin and tall man's posture, the strong man's face was not very good-looking, he greeted perfunctorily, and turned his head to go to the first floor.

"Ah Kuan, come here to greet the guests, keep your eyes bright!" Huang Qingren no longer cared about the big man, stretched out his hand, invited the tall and thin man upstairs, and at the same time shouted to the first floor, calling for a teenager The little fellow took his place.

To drink good tea, Huang Qingren personally invites him to the innermost private room on the second floor to drink good tea. In Huang's restaurant and the transportation industry, it is a code word.The intention is not to drink tea, but to look at the goods and bargain.

The goods are the old world supplies that the drivers found in the red zone when they ran long distances. After being brought in through various channels, they should not be blatantly sold in the market. That is likely to be confiscated by the security team under various names, and it is easy to be stolen by thieves. It's not safe for Xiao Mo to stare at him.

Huang Qingren, in addition to running a restaurant, is also a buyer who sits on the ground and collects stolen goods.He will collect the goods from the driver at a more suitable price, and then sell them through his own channels, so that he can avoid risks to the greatest extent and get a small price difference by the way.

And more than running a restaurant, his purpose is to be honest and make small profits but quick turnover. With a restaurant in charge, his credit is relatively good. He is a well-known big buyer in this industry. I dare not say that all the drivers, anyway, most of the drivers in the south of the city When the coachman has goods in hand, he will be remembered first.

But these days the situation is a bit abnormal. Some coachmen who used to come and go suddenly stopped showing up for a long time, which made him a little puzzled.The big man surnamed Wei downstairs was one of them, that's why the scene just now happened.

The tall, thin man is also a coachman. He has a small convoy of four cars. It was originally affiliated with Zhongyi Transportation Company, and it has been running in the wind and rain for two years.After the Spring Festival, seeing that a horse was too old to run, I wanted to change it, but I didn’t have enough money.

Count the sufferings suffered in the past two years, and then think about the high shipping fees offered by the new transportation company when my friend mentioned it. I was so excited, I gritted my teeth and closed my eyes. This year, I will not pay for the concession license. Try another company. !

As the saying goes, if a tree is moved to death, and a person is moved to live, his bet is right if he returns this treasure.Since I joined the Ping An Transportation Company, not only has the shipping fee increased, but there has also been more work. As long as I want to do it, I can't finish it all day long.

Didn't he just come back from Jinmen Port, and found some supplies that could be exchanged for money on the way, so he hurried to Huang's restaurant to inquire.If the price is good, you can sell the goods and add the money you have saved these days to buy a four-wheeled carriage.

Regardless of whether it is still a horse and a cart, the four-wheeled carriage made by Ping An Transportation Company is more than half the weight of the original two-wheeled carriage.Calculated in this way, even if there is one less horse, his cargo volume will not decrease. After working for two months, it will not be too late to buy another horse!

Chapter 796 30 Years Hexi 2

"Hey, it's not that Wei didn't come to deliver the goods on purpose, it's that he really has no goods to deliver. Not only him, almost one-third of the convoys in the vicinity haven't shipped for a long time, and they can't get the freight. Where did the goods come from? what."

Hearing Huang Qingren's inside story about his arguing with Boss Wei just now, the tall and thin man smiled.At the beginning, he was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, and he drank a little wine, which made him a little bit over the top, so it was a wrong shot.

Even if the other small transportation teams are not doing well, few really dare to do this. After all, where is Sun Changzhong's reputation? I lost my life.

Boss Wei downstairs also runs a small transportation team, and his situation is similar, but he didn't go to the doctor for a sudden illness, and it turned out to be unlucky.Who would have thought that Sun Changzhong, who has dominated the transportation industry for so long, would not work if he didn't work. Now many small transportation teams not only have no chance to go out to earn extra money, but even the freight is a problem.

"Could it be true that the rumors spread outside are true?"

Huang Qingren finally understood why many old customers had disappeared recently. It was not because of his own credit problems, but because of a major earthquake in the transportation industry.

"Storytellers can't tell the truth, but it's true that Sun Changzhong's group is having a hard time. Before I went out this trip, I met some familiar team owners drinking with them. They are still working there. Say yes Seeing that Brother Feng and Smiling Tiger were carried back by someone, their faces and bodies were covered in injuries.

Think about it, if you didn't offend the higher-ups, how could the Ministry of Internal Affairs take action.Hey, if you say it, you deserve it, they have done a lot of wicked things these years, and the retribution is coming..."

Speaking of outside rumors, as an industry insider, there must be exclusive news.There is indeed a thin and tall one, which is quite shocking, and the flesh on Huang Qingren's face twitches when he hears it.

The famous Brother Feng and Smiling Tiger, those are Sun Changzhong's sworn brothers, and the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs beat them to a half-mutilation, so they really should re-evaluate the form.

"Boss Liu, the new company you went to really has such a strong foundation, can you wrestle with that side?" But with years of life experience, this kind of thing really can't just look at who suffers on the surface.

"How can we possibly know the details of his family! However, Boss Shen of the Third Ring Entertainment City and Boss Bai of the Dayang Road Market are both shareholders of the company. This is true, and I have seen it with my own eyes. More than half of the big shots in the safe zone are huddled together, so they should be able to fight against that side, right?"

Although he has already joined Ping An Transportation Company, he is not a management team after all, and lacks relatively high-level contacts. Simple judgment, many people are powerful!

"If you put it that way, it's really not weak...Hey, Boss Liu, how is the new company's contacts? Are they strictly checked when passing the checkpoint?"

Compared with the coachman, Huang Qingren's knowledge must be a little bit higher, and he must have a good brain.I plan to learn more about the strength of this new transportation company from another aspect in order to make a next judgment.

"Hey, just talking about it makes me regret it. I used to hide it when I passed the checkpoint, and at most I brought some small things. When I arrived at the new company, I didn't know anyone well, so I didn't have the nerve to ask. Every time I go out, I still follow the original rules. I didn’t open my eyes until I went out with someone’s driver last month. What’s the size? Such a big refrigerator and TV are still installed in the car and pulled back. Arrived The checkpoint is nothing more than a cigarette. As long as you don’t have a weapon or something, the soldiers don’t bother to search. The driver said that they are all in a safe area, whether it’s the security team or the army. Look down and see each other. It’s convenient. Listen, is this a big tone? This time I just went to Jinmen Port alone, and on the way back I also boldly went to a town farther away from the road. I really found something good. I tried to put it in the car. When I arrived at the checkpoint, a pack of cigarettes was handed over, and it was really let go. No, I just came back last night, and I came here early in the morning. Can I get a new carriage? But it all depends on whether you are willing to raise your hand, Boss Huang!"

Speaking of this matter, the thin and tall man couldn't stop talking. He had to start from the beginning and explain all the journey in his heart clearly in order to express his inner excitement and regret.If I had known it two months earlier, I might have gotten the new carriage by now. I really went to Baoshan empty-handed, so stupid!

"...Instant noodles! Have you ever opened a bag?" The story was very interesting, but most of Huang Qingren's attention was focused on the things the tall and thin man took out from his arms.It was a square plastic bag, colorful and opaque, but the color was not too bright anymore.

"I just took a bag as a sample, and there are two boxes at home. It should not have expired. There is a family in the town who dug a basement under the house, and these two boxes are in the freezer. You open it and see Look, it’s okay, if it’s broken, it’s worth my trip, if it’s not broken, I’ll give you a price!”

The tall and thin man waved his hands carelessly, signaling Huang Qingren not to make such a fuss.As long as you have the opportunity to carry the goods through the checkpoint, if you don't make money this time, you can catch up next time, sooner or later, there is no rush.

"...There are really two boxes?" But Huang Qingren really didn't dare to be so relaxed. Instant noodles are the lowest-grade food in the old world. Throwing a bag on the street may not be picked up by anyone.

But in the end of the world, it is considered delicious, and most people can't afford it if they only deserve to see it. If someone treats a guest, if he can serve a small bowl of instant noodles to the guests one by one, it will be a big face.

And if you have money, you don’t necessarily think about when to eat. Even high-end restaurants like the Sanhuan Entertainment City are not always available. Apart from finding ways to get some from the base’s inventory, you can only rely on thinking from the red zone. way to collect.

The bag of instant noodles in my hand looks a bit old, but it feels intact, and there is no strange smell through the bag, and there is a high possibility that it can still be eaten.The most important thing is the large quantity, two boxes and two bags, the price is definitely not the same level.

"I can still talk nonsense... you should open the bag to see if it's true or not!" The tall and thin man was a little impatient, and urged to inspect the goods quickly.

"You can't inspect the goods here. It's better to go to the owner of the goods to see them in person. In this way, I will take the goods to the owner of the goods, and you will wait here... for half an hour, how about it!"

Huang Qingren didn't tear up the packaging bag, but put down the flour bag, and discussed another way with the tall and thin man.There is a rule in his business, the inspection must be in front of the owner.If you open a bag now, it won't count when you get to the owner, and you have to open another bag, which is a waste of expensive things.

"Cheng Chengcheng, you hurry up, I'll go to the first floor to eat something, and then I'll talk to Old Wei. The company is short of manpower, why don't he hurry over and wait, he has to accompany Sun Changzhong and the others to have bad luck I am willing!"

The tall and thin man also generally understood these rules, and he was more assured of Huang Qingren's credit. He waved his hand to signal the other party to hurry with the instant noodles, and at the same time got up and went out.

"He, he just paid a year's rent at the beginning of the year, so I'm afraid he can't bear it..." Huang Qingren was more thoughtful, and immediately figured out the difficulties of the strong man.One year's rental fee is not a small amount in anyone's hands.Don't go, the company's business is going from bad to worse, let's go, I really can't bear to throw away my hard-earned money for nothing.

"Boss Huang, you are a fastidious person, why don't you go with me to persuade Lao Wei first. He is a nice guy. He borrowed money when I was in trouble. Now that we are in trouble, he can help him if he can. It is our business whether to talk or not, it is his business whether to listen or not, and it has nothing to do with you!"

After hearing this analysis, the tall and thin man also stopped in his tracks, which really made sense.But right now there is clearly a better opportunity, and it would be wrong not to seize it.What should I do, just ask someone who understands the reason to talk together, maybe it will be done.

Hong Tao would sometimes go to the teahouse to sit and chat with the thin monkey and the water snake, while making himself more like a refugee with a good life.When he heard this joke, he was stunned to hallucinate. For a while, he was a little confused whether the person killed himself. Maybe it was really a murder of love as the storyteller said!

It is said that if the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, and Sun Changzhong's backstage fell, would Changfeng and Zhongyi Transportation still have a future?No one came forward to answer this question, but many people gave the answer with their feet.

Chapter 797 30 Years Hexi 3

There are more and more scattered and small transport teams like the strong man and the tall and thin man. Because the business volume of Changfeng and Zhongyi has shrunk sharply, they cannot guarantee stable customers and transport volume, and instead invest in higher freight and business. Guaranteed safe transportation company.

Some transport teams don’t even need the annual license rental fee that they just paid, for fear that they will be followed by others if they leave late, and they are even more afraid that their status will be too low for them to eat hot food.

By the beginning of April, the Ping An Transportation Company had grown from a small business of forty or fifty horse-drawn carriages to a transportation backbone with more than 200 horse-drawn carriages.

In addition to the business of construction companies and new immigrants, some customers that originally belonged to Changfeng and Zhongyi Transportation Company were also taken over, such as the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

Until then, Sun Changzhong, who had been silent for more than two months, seemed to have recovered and started to fight back.First, the driver's freight was increased. Although it was still not as high as that offered by Ping An Transportation Company, it was considered a considerable increase.

However, no matter how hard Sun Changzhong tried in the price war, he was not an opponent of Ping An Transportation Company.To put it bluntly, Sun Changzhong is the white glove of certain alliance officials. A large part of his profit has to be handed over, and this part naturally has to be included in the cost.

Ping An Transportation Company is a pure joint-stock company with extremely low operating costs. After deducting a small management fee, most of the freight paid by Party A is owned by the driver, and there is no intermediate link.

Then can we play tricks on Party A’s shipping fee, such as lowering the price, I will pick up the shipping fee that should have been 10 yuan for 8 yuan, and earn less if you earn less, as long as you can occupy the market and let safe transportation The company's coachman has no work to do, and he has to run back sooner or later.

The answer is still no. The reason is very simple. The militarized management implemented by the alliance government has budgets and plans for various expenses.What each department needs to worry about is not how much freight can be saved, but whether the transportation task can be completed.

You save the shipping cost, and you will not receive any praise, let alone rewards.If the transportation task is delayed because of saving freight, it is all criticism and punishment.

If the upstream link doesn't care much about the cost and only requires efficiency, it doesn't matter whether the freight is lowered or not.As long as it doesn't exceed their budget, whoever is fast and safe can use whoever.

In fact, Sun Changzhong didn't want to cause such trouble, or he was not a qualified operator either.In the past, Zhang Fengwu didn't even need to consider the means of operation. With one hand, he took over the transportation tasks from various departments of the alliance at the highest freight rate, and with the other hand, he subcontracted them to the joined transportation team at the lowest freight rate.

With both hands upside down, any brains can be obtained without a huge profit.Don't quibble with me about the low shipping cost, whether you like to do it or not, and if you don't do some things, people will queue up.

But one time and another time, 30 years in Hexi and 30 years in Hedong.Now that the government has made it clear that Zhang Fengwu is going to launch a rectification movement, the two transportation companies Changfeng and Zhongyi are immediately labeled as improper operations. It is a blessing in misfortune that they can continue to operate normally, and they have lost any privileges.

Having lost his privileges, Sun Changzhong suddenly found that things that were originally simple have now become very troublesome.Party A, who originally took the initiative to send the transportation task to the door, now mostly avoids it.

Seeing more and more franchised transportation teams leave, and more and more transportation tasks have been transferred to Ping An Transportation Company, they were at a loss for what to do other than slapping the table and cursing the street.

"Brother, let's negotiate, ask them to talk, and take advantage of the fact that we still have a lot of transport teams whose licenses have not expired, and we are reluctant to leave, maybe we can stabilize the situation.

If this consumption continues, there will be fewer and fewer transport fleets under control, not only will we become more passive, but our value in the eyes of the government will also become lower and lower, and there will be no chance to talk about it. "

Faced with this situation, Zhu Zhenrong once again proposed what he thought was the best solution.Why say again, because this suggestion has been put forward for the third time, but unfortunately it has not been adopted every time.

"Talk about it, what are they!"

This time, as before, Jin Wenhui took the lead in expressing his objections.But he didn't pat the table again, and he didn't stare and clamor to kill anyone every minute.It seems that the continuous blows during this period have a huge impact on everyone's psychology.

"Brother, you can't hesitate anymore, you have to give them some color!

Seeing that no one followed him to object, Jin Wenhui stood up violently, his face full of grief and indignation, and he shook his fist vigorously.In his opinion, the reason why he was so passive was the sequelae of not adopting Thunder's method at the beginning.

"Fourth, your injury doesn't hurt anymore, right? All the company's warehouses have been turned over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What do you use to fight against them? You have no brains!" Before Sun Changzhong could speak, Sun Ning He sneered at Jin Wenhui's impulsiveness.

This gentle-looking guy was a little embarrassed at the moment, with an obvious bruise on his right face, and his sitting posture was a bit strange, always tilting his body, and one side of his back was afraid to lean on the sofa.Not only him, Jin Wenhui also had an arm hanging on his chest, wrapped in thick gauze.

In fact, Sun Changzhong and Zhu Zhenrong also had injuries, but they couldn't be seen from the outside.This time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Air Service Regiment really didn't save anyone any face. Without a word, they arrested the high-level executives of Changfeng and Zhongyi two transportation companies, and took them all to a military camp in the safety zone in the north of the city. Tried for several days.

Because Sun Changzhong had very solid alibi, he was detained for the shortest time and received the least beatings. The remaining people counted as one. As long as they could not prove where they were during a certain period of time, they had to be interrogated repeatedly. A few flaws.

Two of Sun Ning's ribs were broken, and the little injury on his face was not counted.Jin Wenhui was the biggest and had the toughest temper, so he also suffered the most beatings.His left forearm was broken, and he was electrocuted three times a day without falling off. Until now, he dared not touch the light switch.

Zhu Zhenrong was relatively better. Not only did he look like a tuberculosis ghost, but he was actually not in good health. In addition, his brain was easy to use, and he knew what to say at this time, so he only received two whips.

In addition to physical and mental torture, material loss is even more heartbreaking.The current Changfeng and Zhongyi Transportation Companies can be described in one sentence. After ten years of hard work, they have returned to before liberation.

Almost none of the standard firearms and ammunition purchased, collected, and hidden by various means over the years were copied by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Don't tell me?Hey, counting from Sun Changzhong to the coachman directly under the company, no one dared to grit their teeth and carry it when facing the staff of the Executive Section of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The vast majority of people's psychological defenses collapsed the moment they heard this name, and they asked and said whatever they wanted without torture, for fear that if they spoke slowly, they would never see the sun again in this life.

"Third brother, you have a good brain. If you think about it again, there is no other way. The fourth brother's words are not rough. If we are soft this time, the drivers may run more."

Sun Changzhong moved his back calmly. He received the same punishment as Zhu Zhenrong, all with whips.Although the wound has been smeared with medicine and scabs have formed, whenever I think of that scene, there are still involuntary bursts of pain in the flesh.

"Cough cough cough... There is a way to try, it may not be effective, and it is more risky." Zhu Zhenrong really lived up to everyone's expectations, and soon found a way, but it does not sound sure.

"Let's talk about it, now you can only use a dead horse as a living horse doctor. As long as it can be delayed for a while, when the government calms down and the eldest brother can go around the ministry again, the situation will be improved."

Sun Ning's expression brightened. He was not very pessimistic. He felt that the most critical problem at present was not the departure of the coachmen, but the lack of time.As long as the development of Ping An Transportation Company can be delayed, there will be a slowdown when the turmoil within the alliance government subsides.

No matter who comes to power or steps down, the Ministry of Transport cannot do without an agent.As the saying goes, it is better to find acquaintances than to seek new ones. In this regard, the eldest brother Sun Changzhong has an incomparable advantage.

"Cough cough cough..." Zhu Zhenrong stood up coughing, walked to Sun Changzhong and whispered in his ear.

"...Hoo...Second, fourth, whether the company can turn the crisis into safety depends on this time!"

I don't know what Zhu Zhenrong said, but Sun Changzhong's expression kept changing, from astonishment to enlightenment to solemnity.After pondering for a long time, he waved to Sun Ning and Jin Yonghui, who were puzzled by Monk Zhang Er. The four heads got together and muttered softly.

Chapter 798 Neuropathy and the Sixth Sense

At the beginning of April in the old world, every household is busy with worshiping ancestors and sweeping graves.After the outbreak of the zombie disease, many previous festivals were abandoned, but the Ching Ming Festival was preserved by the East Asian Union.

On this day, whether they are government officials, army soldiers, official residents or refugees, most of them will bring the best food from home and clean up a flat and clean area on the side of the street.Draw a circle, put food in it as a sacrifice, kowtow to the direction of your hometown, and remember the family members who did not survive.

Worship activities are not mandatory, and some people don't care much about this method, such as foreign survivors with different beliefs, and those domestic survivors who think that they know their hearts and there is no need to engage in formalism.

Hong Tao is the latter type. He doesn't believe that people can go to another world after death. Even if they go, the current technology can't connect the two worlds.

For example, he has traveled through many different eras himself, and has never connected with any of them.Even the most powerful alien technology can only teleport living people, and it is one-way. How can dead people on the earth be able to come and go in two-way communication?

As for expressing inner feelings, there is even less need for external forms.Emotions are done in the heart, there is no need to express them for others to see.But he is not opposed to this kind of activity. People can do whatever they want as long as they don’t hinder others. No one should say who is right, let alone criticize others for being wrong.

"Fuck, a prodigal thing..." But when he saw Xiao Ma and Ma Yu put a large sealed plastic bag in the circle, he still couldn't help cursing in a low voice.

It was rations for individual soldiers, or suits. They were brought all the way from Xinjiang Province. There wasn't much of it in the first place, and I couldn't bear to eat it, but now it was burned by Ma Yu!

"Brother Mouse, Xiaoyu earned it by doing housework!" Fat Sheep didn't believe this either, but after hearing Hong Tao's scolding, he still wanted to defend Ma Yu.

"Nonsense, how can she earn that by doing housework!" Hong Tao curled his lips, scoffing at this statement.Children can't be so used to it, it seems that it is necessary to say hello to the pony, and the way of education must be changed, so as not to raise a gnawing waste in the last days.

"Didn't you say that if she can do extra work in addition to the daily housework, she can go to the warehouse to pick prizes. This girl is quite capable. She washes socks and underwear for several uncles and uncles for several months... It seems that you have the most, why do you change your socks and underwear every day?"

As if deliberately opposing Hong Tao, Fat Sheep not only did not agree with the boss's point of view, but also presented the facts and explained the truth without winking, and finally pointed out the sign that someone was greedy for enjoyment.