Chapter 362 No Vacancy

The roadside scenery did not change at all along the way. Two rows of straight trees stood like guards, and the village in the distance was surrounded by neat fields. Even though it was quiet and peaceful, one could deeply feel the poverty, resignation and numbness of the people living nearby.

An Zhixia knew that within a few decades, all places would undergo earth-shaking changes, and the areas around provincial roads would probably benefit first because of their geographical advantages.

The children sat in the truck bed, separated from the cab by a small iron railing, and she sat in the passenger seat.

It was a rare opportunity for Fang Yuan to be with his children and wife during work. He seemed quite excited and talked a lot more than usual. He told them about the cities along the way, the scenic spots in each city, and the most famous foods.

At noon, they found a guesthouse, stopped, asked for a hourly room, and went to the cafeteria to eat.

Fang Yuan has been working for more than two months. Except for the off-duty period, he drives with his colleagues almost every day, and they have become quite familiar with each other. When they saw An Zhixia, they smiled and called her "sister-in-law". One of the more active young men said, "Our boss is very concerned about our sister-in-law. In order to get to Shanghai smoothly, he took us back and forth four or five times, which solved a lot of obstacles and brought a lot of performance bonuses to our team this month."

"Yes, we also outsource our work like other teams with more work, and get double the performance bonus at the same time."

An Zhixia looked at Fang Yuan who was feeling uncomfortable and asked calmly, "Did you run four or five times?"

She went home every two or three days and did not notice that the man went back and forth to Shanghai so many times without making any noise.

Fang Yuan covered his face with his hands and smiled at her flatteringly. The cold and stern manliness disappeared without a trace, and he looked like a shameless and naughty boy who made trouble for her at home. "We have one car and three drivers. Each driver drives for three hours. At night, they work in shifts of two hours. We inspect the car once a day, so safety is absolutely guaranteed."

"Solve a lot of obstacles?"

"The country is now cracking down on crime very severely, and I am responding to the call of the organization and contributing to national stability," he explained briefly.

He knew someone in the police station, and specifically said that he could help them cover up and act as bait, and work with the local police station to remove the obstacles on the provincial road.

An Zhixia blinked her eyes and gave him a thumbs up. Her man was so capable that he even found work for his comrades in the police station to make things easier for her, and he even made it sound so reasonable.

Thanks to the roadblock-clearing operation, crime on the entire provincial road was reduced to zero, and they arrived in Shanghai smoothly.

Fang Yuan dropped An Zhixia and his group off at the entrance of the Shanghai TV Station, and made an appointment to meet at the guesthouse nearby in the evening. Then he led the team to deliver the goods.

An Zhixia took the little girl's hand and led everyone to the guard to explain their purpose.

The guard looked up at them, took out a pen and notebook and said, "Please register first, and someone will come to take you away later." As he said this, he winked at another colleague.

The colleague opened the door and walked towards the office building.

Lou Chenzhen, a demobilized veteran who used to be an instructor, will be the person in charge of laying the wired cables this time. He has a quick mind and a strong learning ability. He came to Shanghai with An Zhixia together with Shui Daman, a communicator who is very good at equipment.

The rest were the backbone of the TV station brought by An Zhixia to improve their social negotiation skills.

At this moment, Lou Chenzhen stepped forward and simply registered all of their information, then walked up to An Zhixia with a frown on his face, and whispered, "Shanghai TV must have known that we were coming. This is a big deal, and they should have informed the security guard in advance.

And I think the guard is deliberately making things difficult for us.”

An Zhixia nodded and replied softly, "I noticed that, too."

She looked up at the blazing sun, then stretched out her hand to check her watch. She sighed and said, "If I'm not mistaken, they will be delayed until noon, or this afternoon, or tomorrow?"

Several people around gasped: "Teacher Xiao An, this is not the case, right? Even if Shanghai TV is not very friendly to our TV station, they can't treat us like this?"

An Zhixia didn't reply, she just glanced at them and said, "Ban Lei, you stay here and wait. We'll go to the guesthouse to settle down, and someone will replace you later."

Ban Lei was one of the first batch of people who were selected through connections. He had good eloquence and had been the host and propaganda backbone of the celebration party of his former unit. He nodded, smiled, took out half a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and rushed into the guard room to get close to people.

Including three children and two translators, there were eleven people in their group. They went to the guesthouse next door in a relatively large group and handed over the letter of introduction.

A round-faced waiter glanced at the letter of introduction with a cold expression, without even looking up at them, and said lazily: "Ah, we don't have any vacant rooms here, you should look for somewhere else."

"How is that possible?" Shui Daman glared, "You have two floors with dozens of rooms and not even six vacant rooms?"

"How is it impossible?" The waiter slapped the pen in her hand on the table and snorted in dissatisfaction. She looked up and saw An Zhixia wearing a ginger floral dress with two loose pigtails. Her eyebrows and eyes were as beautiful as the autumn sun, making the slightly dim and narrow guesthouse much brighter.

A trace of jealousy flashed in her eyes, and she crossed her arms and sneered, "You came from Kyoto, thinking that there would be vacancies in the guesthouse in the capital, so why should there be vacancies in Shanghai?

Our Shanghai city is on the sea, and there are countless ships and passengers coming and going every day. Let alone our guesthouse, even if you find ten or eight other hotels nearby, there won’t be any empty beds!

Who doesn’t book a room half a month in advance? "

As soon as these words came out, everyone's heart suddenly sank, and they couldn't help but look at An Zhixia.

An Zhixia saw the waiter's smug and contemptuous expression, her face was slightly cold, and the corners of her lips were curled with a smile: "The guesthouse is a state-owned unit, and it is subject to the organization's arrangements. It is not a place for some people to satisfy their personal desires. If you want to lie, you have to be more realistic. The keys hanging on the wall are all in pairs, and only 27 are odd or empty. Haha, only 27 of the 90 rooms are rented out.

Tsk tsk, with such great performance, I wonder how much your performance bonus is for the month?"

The waiter turned pale and looked behind him. The accommodation manager had a set of keys hanging on an iron ring, but under the nails with numbers on the wall were two keys, which were prepared for the guests on the two beds in the room. It was indeed possible to clearly see the occupancy rate of the room.

She then glared at An Zhixia fiercely, raised her chin and said, "I have a room but I won't let you check in, so what? Do you still want to bully the minority with your numbers? This is Shanghai. As long as I shout at the top of my lungs, you will be invited to have tea by the comrades in the police station!"

Explanation: This article is fictional, all settings cater to the needs of the plot, and there is no mapping. Don't apply it to reality. Unity, friendship and mutual assistance, we Chinese people are one family!

We are all Chinese people, and the foreign population in big cities can account for one-third or even more. There is definitely xenophobia, but it is only an individual case and is linked to one's character, not a common phenomenon.

There will be some competition between cities, just like the competition between schools in the city. Friendship comes first, competition comes second. Without competition, there will be no development.

(End of this chapter)