Chapter 528 Wailing (asking for monthly ticket subscription)
Next to the Red Star State-owned Hotel, when three men were smashing the old woman's food stall, Zhang Yunqi listened to the onlookers' whispers and quickly figured out the situation.

The small food stall that was smashed was run by Liu Ying’s mother.

Liu Ying's mother is called Liu A'sao. She is fifty-three years old. With the approval of the city's industrial and commercial department, she runs an individual food stall in the Taiping Street agricultural and sideline products market. She has all the necessary procedures and operates legally.

The problem is that because she is a private business owner, the costs of venue, employees, etc. are basically zero compared to the Red Star state-owned restaurant next door, and no matter how much she earns, it is all hers. The enthusiasm between the two is naturally difficult to compare. Therefore, she sets up a stall to sell meals every day with a warm attitude. A meal of the same quality and quantity is 50 or 60 cents cheaper than that of the state-owned Red Star restaurant next door.

As a result, her food stall is often packed.

In contrast, business at the nearby state-owned Red Star Hotel has gradually slowed down, with daily turnover dropping from more than 1000 yuan to more than 400 yuan.

That afternoon, Aunt Liu was soliciting customers when she suddenly heard the sound of "ping pong". It turned out that three salesmen from the Red Star Hotel were smashing her rice bowl, and this tragic scene happened.

This scene is a microcosm of the era's struggle between the state-owned monopoly economy and the private individual economy.

Since the opening of the reform and opening up in 1979, in the first spring of the 80s, in order to let the people across the country have a good Spring Festival, the Ministry of Commerce issued a landmark notice requiring "all major cities to open up the supply of pork and allow seasonal price differences in eggs." Market economic policies were gradually relaxed, speculating in goods was no longer a criminal act, and the individual private economy emerged.

Of course, the new atmosphere among the people is more due to the instinct for change in order to survive.

When "underground factories" appeared in the Pearl River Delta and Wenzhou, individual economic activities in most other cities had already emerged cautiously and sparsely, and then continued to grow, ushering in an era of vigorous development.

Now 15 years have passed, and the individual private economy has become a new growth point for China's economic development. The reform path of state-owned enterprises in southern Hunan has adopted the ideas of Zhang Yunqi's editorial "The Concept of Public Enterprise System Reform and Rural Land System Reform in the Context of China's Urban-Rural Integration Development" published in the "Southern Hunan Daily". It has adhered to the reform path of "grasping the large and letting go of the small" to promote 14 prefecture-level cities and prefectures to establish state-owned land investment and management companies (platform companies), create a modern enterprise system, and gradually establish a socialist market economic system.

Today, large areas of southern Hunan have in fact entered the deep waters of state-owned property rights reform, but what Zhang Yunqi could never have imagined is that in 1996, there are still state-owned units that exclude individual economies.

When Zhang Yunqi saw Aunt Liu being kicked to the ground by the middle-aged man from the Red Star State-Owned Restaurant, with blood flowing from her forehead, his female classmate Liu Ying had already rushed in, hugged the disheveled old woman selling food, and kept shouting, "Mom! Mom! Are you okay!?"

The girl's eyes were already filled with tears.

More and more people gathered around, and many of them sympathized with Aunt Liu. Three grown men bullied a poor old woman selling food and destroyed her job. No one could bear to see such a miserable situation.

There was no way Zhang Yunqi would ignore this kind of thing.

Just because Liu Ying kindly reminded him not to buy artificial flowers for children on the Qingwu Road Pedestrian Street that day, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

But how to deal with this matter?
Going up to fight won’t solve the fundamental problem!
Zhang Yunqi thought about it carefully and soon figured out his thoughts. Now the other party was no longer hitting people, but was just smashing the food stall. In that case, let the other party smash it. The more violent the smash, the better, and the bigger the noise, the better.

There are three reasons:

First, if this vicious incident of smashing and looting individual vendors was only seen as a simple dispute between businesses, or a rich man bullying an old woman selling food, even if his martial arts skills were off the charts and he went up to knock down these three grown men, it would be cool, but it would be of no avail. It would only be a temporary solution and would not solve the problem fundamentally, let alone punish the other party in a real sense. Instead, it would leave endless troubles for the poor mother and daughter, Mrs. Liu. However, if this matter was elevated to a dispute between the state-owned economy and the private individual economy in the entire city of Lijin, in this era of reform and opening up, the Red Star Hotel could be closed down, and these three bastards and the boss behind the scenes could be made to kneel on the ground and learn what the fist of justice is!
Second, he was still thinking about the Qingwu Pedestrian Street project. The business environment in Lijin City had already taught him a profound lesson in the project of the large-scale lotus shrimp breeding base in Qiaokou Town. The Qingwu Pedestrian Street project he was thinking about and the development of his Zhangji Catering must be based on the vigorous development of the individual private economy. It would be great to take advantage of this rare opportunity to start a new wave of consumer-side state-owned and private economic reforms throughout the city of Lijin.

Third, Yang Jiarong is a new official, so he has to do something and stir up trouble. The problems and contradictions between the state-owned monopoly economy and the individual private economy are high enough, but there is little resistance to their advancement. Yang Jiarong will like this fire.

In short, some tiny things may hide huge waves behind them. And the person who sees through the essence of things in one second and the person who can't see through it in a lifetime are destined to have completely different fates.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunqi took out his cell phone and called Lin Shiyu.

As soon as Lin Shiyu answered the phone, she said sarcastically, "Hey, big boss, how come you have time to call me today?"

Zhang Yunqi didn't have time to joke with her, and said, "There's big news in the Taiping Street Agricultural and Sideline Products Market. If you want it, come quickly. I'll ask Xiao Wu to pick you up."

After saying that, Zhang Yunqi called Xiao Wu again and asked him to pick up Lin Shiyu as quickly as possible.

Xiao Wu stammered and said that he was at Lin Shiyu's place.

Zhang Yunqi didn't care about Xiao Wu's shit, he was just damn handsome! But the difference in status between the two was even greater than that between him and Ji Ling in his previous life, Xiao Wu had even been in jail!

It would be fine if young people were just playing around, but if they take it seriously, there is a high probability that it will end in tragedy.

As long as people are not afraid of having a little cheating on them, there are indeed many stories of women marrying into wealthy families and living a life of luxury. However, the inspirational story of a little security guard turning the tables and becoming the eldest princess of Samsung and reaching the pinnacle of life is rare.

But at least the two of them were together now, which was better. He asked Xiao Wu to ride his horse quickly and come over.

Zhang Yunqi hung up the phone.

He raised his eyes and looked across the crowd. At this moment, Aunt Liu's food stall had been smashed to pieces by the three men who were cursing. The pots and pans were broken all over the floor, and there was almost no intact tableware. There were three or two wild cats that came out of nowhere and were gnawing on the steaming food on the dirty ground as if no one was around.

Aunt Liu, with disheveled hair, collapsed on the concrete floor and cried loudly. The blood on her head had already dried up. If Liu Ying had not held her tightly, this woman would probably have hit her head against the gate of the Red Star Hotel and died!
Faced with such a tragic situation, Liu Ying's face was already covered with tears. As a girl, she was probably panic-stricken deep down in her heart, and her frail body kept shaking. However, the cruel reality would not give her time to think like the stories in the textbooks.

Under all kinds of gazes, the girl no longer cared about stopping the three vicious men from smashing things and hugged her poor and crazy mother tightly, crying and saying, "Mom, mom, it's okay, we're fine. We will work hard to earn money if we lose it. I will go to school and do odd jobs at the same time. I will study hard and earn lots of money for you in the future..." This scene made the eyes of several women around her red.

A citizen carrying a basket of vegetables could not help but say, "Manager Xue, you better stop it. It's not easy for an orphan and a widow to run a small business to make a living. You should show mercy when you can!"

An old lady with red eyes said, "We are all residents nearby. We will see each other sooner or later. Why make such a scene?"

Another citizen said: "That's right, they are just setting up a small food stall, operating legally and competing fairly. We are ordinary people. Their food is cheap and affordable, and we just love to eat. Your state-owned restaurant has a high threshold and we ordinary people can't afford it. If you can't compete, you can lower the price. We will all go to your place to eat!"

The enthusiastic citizens who came to buy vegetables started talking at once, accusing the Red Star State-owned Restaurant of being dishonest, but the middle-aged man didn't want to pay any attention to these ordinary people who only knew how to talk big.

He patted the dust off his hands, pointed at Aunt Liu and said angrily: "Don't act pitiful here to arouse everyone's sympathy. We are a regular state-owned restaurant. How much business have you taken away? Don't you know it, you old woman? How many times have I tried to persuade you, have you listened? You just insist on going against us and setting up a food stall next to us. To put it more seriously, this is stealing the country's wall! Twenty years ago, you would have been dragged off and shot! Tomorrow, if I see you dare to set up a food stall here again, it won't be as simple as smashing the stall!"

"This old man set up a small food stall next to the Red Star Hotel. Which national law or regulation did he violate?" Zhang Yunqi pushed through the crowd and walked in.

Lin Shiyu hasn't arrived yet, and he can't let these three bastards who smashed the food stall leave!

He handed two tissues to Liu Ying, whose face was covered with tears, and then glanced at Aunt Liu. The face of this disheveled old woman was covered with wrinkles carved by wind and frost like wood carvings. She was no longer screaming and crying. Her cracked lips were moving, her expression was dull, and her eyes were unfocused.

Over the years, Zhang Yunqi has seen so many poor people that he has become numb to them. He can empathize with those poor people who are struggling to survive in the real predicament, because he is also a person who has been poor, suffered, and despaired! But he has been reminding himself that if he has the ability, he should take practical actions and do something, but there is no need to move himself and affect his judgment.

This makes no sense!
The most shameless, insidious and vicious praise in the world is to use the hardship and suffering of the poor as an inspirational story to fool the people at the bottom of society!
"What do you do?" Manager Xue of the Red Star State-owned Hotel saw the young man who suddenly appeared and spoke in a somewhat unfriendly tone, as if he wanted to stand up for Aunt Liu. He asked, "Are you trying to meddle in other people's business?"

Zhang Yunqi reached out and patted Liu Ying on the shoulder, picked up a bench from the ground and sat down: "I have a lot of titles, you can remember them, they should be useful later. My name is Zhang Yunqi, a student of Xiangnan University, and also the chairman of Liansheng Group. In fact, this matter is not a trivial matter for me, because Liu Ying is my classmate, I must take care of it. Who is the general manager of your Red Star State-owned Hotel? Can you tell me?"

Manager Xue stared at Zhang Yunqi for a long time, then suddenly leaned forward and asked, "Chairman? Is Mao Changqi here?"

There was a burst of laughter around. Manager Xue snorted and said, "Mind your own business, get out of here!"

It has been a long time since Zhang Yunqi was scolded by someone. The last time he was scolded was by Yuan Ye from Hunan University. The students of Hunan University still remember how miserable Yuan Ye looked, but Manager Xue naturally didn't know that.

However, being outside was different from being in school. This time, Zhang Yunqi didn't need to do it himself. He raised his hand to check the time. Suddenly, a girl's voice came from behind: "Zhang Yunqi!"

Zhang Yunqi turned his head and saw that Lin Shiyu had finally arrived.

When Lin Shiyu came to the Taiping Street Agricultural Products Market with her camera to look for Zhang Yunqi, she saw a group of people gathered next to the Red Star State-owned Hotel.

Reporters have a very keen sense of smell. Lin Shiyu immediately squeezed into the crowd and saw the situation at the scene. Although she didn't know what had happened specifically, she knew it must be something serious. So she called out Zhang Yunqi, then picked up her camera and started taking a lot of pictures.

When the middle-aged man saw someone taking pictures, his attention immediately turned to Lin Shiyu, and he shouted vigilantly: "What are you doing? What are you doing? Who told you to take pictures randomly?!"

As he spoke, he saw that Lin Shiyu was still working, so he moved forward to grab the camera, but Xiao Wu was already in front of him. He grabbed his arm, twisted it in the opposite direction, and lifted it up against his back. The joints made a crackling sound and he howled in pain.

Seeing this, the other two young men from the Red Star Hotel cursed: "You are looking for death!"

Then he immediately rushed up and was about to attack Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu grabbed Manager Xue's arm and pressed it against his back, then lifted him up again. Manager Xue screamed and tears came out of his eyes due to the pain.

When the two young men saw this, they immediately stopped and dared not move forward.

Zhang Yunqi said to Liu Ying, "The reporters are here and will seek justice for your mother. But we can talk about the rest later. Let's send your aunt to the hospital for a checkup first."

Liu Ying wiped away her tears and nodded.

Afterwards, she and Zhang Yunqi helped Aunt Liu up. The old woman seemed to have been mentally overstimulated and was a little dazed and dull.

As he passed through the crowd, Zhang Yunqi turned around and said to Xiao Wu, "Beat up these three bastards for me."

Xiao Wu nodded: "Got it."

Zhang Yunqi and Liu Ying helped Aunt Liu away from the crowd.

The crowd was very dense, but everyone was kind enough to make way for a wide path.

After they crossed the road, the scattered crowd gathered again, and then there was a wave of applause from the citizens, followed by a series of shrill wails.

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