On TV
Chen Jin drove his third aunt and Aunt Zhou all the way back to the Rose Garden.
As soon as she got off the car, she saw the village chief who was still strolling outside and said to her, "Third sister, tell your uncle that we will be there later."
Chen Jin was confused and asked, "Is there a meeting in the village tonight to discuss something?"
"No. Your uncle notified us all that your company will be on TV tonight, and asked us to remember to tune into the provincial channel to watch it. It starts at 8 o'clock. We'll go there after dinner."
The village chief didn't say much. He put his hands behind his back and walked around the community again so that he could make it in time for dinner at home.
He walked a few steps, waved his hand without looking back, and said, "We'll talk about it after the evening."
Not only the village chief, but Aunt Zhou also had to go home to prepare dinner. "I don't dare to count on Chen Wenming's cooking skills. Third sister, I'm going home too. We'll go there later."
Chen Jin: “…”
Scratching his face, Chen Jin looked at his third aunt, "My eldest uncle didn't inform everyone in the village, did he?"
The third aunt said as a matter of course: "We have to notify them. It's been a long time since we appeared on TV. The last time we appeared on TV was more than ten years ago. We implemented the household contract responsibility system, and our per-acre yield was high... Do you want to come back with me or go directly to your uncle's place?"
"I'll go to my uncle's place. I have to go there later." Chen Jinbao took Daju and went straight to his uncle's house.
When I came over to take a look, wow, not only my uncle and aunt were at home, but my cousin, his wife, and Junjun were also there.
"Tingting and Xiaoliu will come over after get off work. Your second brother and second sister-in-law won't come because they can't go out during confinement. Your second uncle and second aunt will also come over after get off work. Oh, call your third uncle and ask him to come over early and have a drink with me."
"Where's Baichuan? Has the notice arrived?"
"I'm on the way." Chen Jin thought her uncle was exaggerating, but seeing how happy he was, she didn't want to spoil his fun.
The provincial TV station has organized a program called "The Exploration of State-Owned Factories on the Road of Reform and Opening Up." It is easy to imagine that the focus will definitely be on those large state-owned factories that have successfully reformed. Those former state-owned factories, now private factories, may just be mentioned in it.
Chen Jin originally thought that this did not fit in with the content of the program, but he did not expect that reporter Ye would still call Geng Xin and say that Baiyou and Nan'an would be mentioned in the program.
Chen Jin boasted to his third cousin, saying that his company was going to be on the provincial TV station. Then his third uncle found out, and his eldest uncle also found out, and the whole family and the whole village knew about it.
I hope her company’s sign can be allowed to stop for a few more seconds. Otherwise, people wouldn’t be able to find her company after watching the show, which would be embarrassing!
Shen Baichuan, Chen Ting and Liu Chengzhi arrived together and met each other while waiting for the elevator downstairs.
After a while, my third uncle's family and my second uncle and second aunt also came over.
My third uncle lives nearby, so he came late because he was waiting for Miaomiao to come.
With so many people, the large flat seemed crowded.
The TV was tuned to the provincial channel and kept on. After dinner at 7:30, everyone sat in front of the TV.
Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan sat on a small bench nearby. She whispered, "It looks like I'm participating in a competition."
Shen Baichuan laughed and said, “It’s rare to be on the provincial stage, it’s so amazing, of course the family has to celebrate.”
He has now gotten used to the Chen family's ways. If there is no happy event, they have to create one to gather people together. If there is a happy event, they have to gather people together even more.
He has experienced this kind of lively atmosphere with his family many times at Old Chen's house. But every time I come here, I still feel it is fresh, interesting and I am very addicted to it.
The big orange dog lay beside his uncle's legs, sweeping its tail from time to time. Junjun also sat next to Daju, and reached out to touch him from time to time.
By next year, He He will also be able to join the cat-playing team.
At seven forty-five, the doorbell started ringing. Chen Yongan was sitting closest to the door, so he was responsible for opening the door.
A few more came, and then a few more...the living room became more crowded.
"Third sister, you're going to be on TV. You're so fast." The company has only been open for half a year, and it's already on the provincial TV station? !
Chen Wenshi was particularly envious. He now wanted to buy a factory in Changhe Town, but he hasn't done so yet. The industrial park is all about renting, which is definitely not as good as buying and setting up a factory yourself.
I found out about it too late. If I had known earlier, I would have asked my third sister and bought it earlier. It was still very cheap then. You may not be able to buy it even if you pay more now. With the train station there, there are many people who want to grab it.
Chen Jin just greeted the villagers when they came over. When others asked her what the reporters had interviewed, she only knew the general idea.
"The reporter interviewed our two factory managers, not me."
"Oh my! How could they not interview you?! You are the boss! They should interview you!" Aunt Zhou was even more worried than her and said, "Look at those people on TV, who didn't interview the boss? Next time you have to give them some suggestions and interview the boss."
"Yeah, okay! I'll remind them to improve next time." Chen Jin replied seriously.
In fact: How could I have the face to give advice to reporters from the provincial TV station?
"Hey, stop talking, stop talking, let's get started." After my uncle reminded me, the only sound left in the room was the TV.
Everyone looked at the TV.
I waited patiently for ten minutes, but still didn't see any sign of Chen Jin's company.
Someone murmured: "Did he miss it?"
"Impossible! My eyesight is very good, I didn't miss anything!" This is Uncle Wenhao's daughter Chen Yonghan, she is staring at the picture on the screen with her eyes wide open, as if she is tracking a suspect.
Another five minutes passed, still nothing.
"No, could it be that the recorded video was edited and not broadcast?"
Some people began to think this was possible and said, "Yes, it might have been cut to save time."
"No, it's been cut off, and you still need to notify people? You are kidding me, right? How... hey, hey, hey, here it comes."
"Wow, it's really here."
"Yes, that's the brand of Sanmei's company, it's called Jinshun."
"Look, there are two companies, Baiyou and Nan'an... Oh, Third Sister, those two factory managers you hired are really good at talking. They are old brands in Rong City and they are also inherited. Haha, you have to give them bonuses."
"Is that man the newly hired factory manager?"
"What's the use of the title of factory director or not? They've all changed their name to the company, and he's the general manager of the company!"
"You are so fashionable and know so much, so I think it's more intimate to call you factory director."
"Oh, there's more to come. Third sister, when did your company build an exhibition room? Is this the auditorium from before?"
"It was the auditorium. I was waiting inside. It was like a fashion show."
"......"
Even though they kept calling her "Third Sister", Chen Jin couldn't get a word in. Once someone started a conversation, others would immediately follow. They finished watching the three-minute introduction and, without stopping, began to compare it with other state-owned factories, saying that her company was better...
The more Chen Jin listened, the more silent she became. Fortunately, he was just bragging in this room. If it really got out, she was really afraid of making enemies.
"Do you think it's noisy?"
Shen Baichuan has not said a word since he started watching TV.
Without waiting for his answer, Chen Jin said, "It's better now. It was even more noisy in the village before. Especially when the village chief's family bought the first TV in the village, everyone would go to the village chief's house in the evening with their bowls in hand and eat while watching TV. They could also quarrel while watching TV."
Shen Baichuan was curious, “Arguing over seats?”
"Sometimes it's about seats, sometimes it's about whether the characters on TV are dressed well. Well, anyway, they quarrel for all kinds of reasons. The real reason may be that you stepped on my vegetable garden or I blocked your water supply. Anyway, they are good at finding excuses to quarrel."
That doesn’t happen anymore. People won’t quarrel over a crop of vegetables or a piece of land, because everyone’s life has improved.
But no matter when, there will always be someone better and someone not so good, so sour words and jealousy are inevitable.
Listen, Ma Guihua brought it up and asked Chen Jin if he had any connections at the provincial TV station so he could find someone to interview. With these resources, we have to think about the people in our own village.
Chen Jin thought for a while and realized that he had never heard that Ma Guihua’s family was going into business recently!
This was the first time Chen Wenshi thought of this possibility. He immediately looked at Chen Jin and thought to himself: This is not impossible! My third sister graduated from Nanjing University, maybe some of her classmates are working at the provincial TV station!
Chen Jin did know someone working at the provincial TV station, but they were all senior sisters who were just acquaintances. She was not familiar with them. Moreover, from what she knew, the senior sisters only did proofreading work, and she probably had no say in what content was broadcast on the programs.
"Really? Third sister, if there is such a relationship, you have to introduce him to us." Chen Wenzhen said.
Chen Jin glanced at the arm hanging on his chest and thought that this guy really loves to jump around. He wants to join in the fun even when he is injured and likes to meddle in other people's affairs.
She asked back, "Aunt Guihua, if you want to meet a reporter from the provincial TV station, you don't want to expose the fact that your grandson had a fight with someone in the kindergarten, do you? That would have to be on the legal section. Otherwise, it's impossible that you want to give the provincial TV station a suggestion to open a show for middle-aged women to perform, and you go and show them how to bargain for money, right?"
Ma Guihua: "...I was just saying it casually. Who's going to be on the show?! We're not going to be on the show."
"You can go up if you want. But I won't let you." Chen Jin snorted.
Turning to Chen Wenzhen, he said, "Uncle Wenzhen, don't think too much about it. It's useless to go to the TV station about you driving into the ditch. You should go to the Transportation Bureau, right? I don't know which department is in charge of road planning. Go and ask around. Write a letter of advice to them, saying that there should be no more ditches on the roadside in the future. It's unsafe for drivers. Forget about being on TV. It's embarrassing."
"Third sister, do you really have a connection with the people at the provincial TV station?" Chen Wenshi confirmed with her.
"Yes." Chen Jin said: "What's the big deal about the provincial TV station? I also have a relationship with CCTV."
"Really?!" Many people in the room looked over with wide eyes. They probably didn't want to believe it, but Chen Jin's expression looked particularly real.
Only the family members and a few smart people in the village noticed that something was wrong, but no one said anything. They just watched quietly to see what nonsense Chen Jin could come up with.
"That's so true. Without me, their ratings would be lower. There aren't many people who watch the news as diligently as I do."
"......" So, it has something to do with them? !
"There's also a deputy director in the provincial TV station, who is said to be a senior who graduated from our major. He can be considered a connection. But it's not easy to get in touch with him. I don't know him and he doesn't know me." "..." What kind of connection is this? !
Chen Jin admitted that she had connections in the provincial TV station, and everyone became even more certain that she didn't have any, and it was completely a case of a blind cat catching a dead mouse, as people just happened to go over and interview her.
How should I put it, this is also very jealous!
What's up with Third Sister's luck?
Could it be that the ancestral tomb was chosen well? That's not right. We all have the same ancestors. There's no point in making a distinction between good and bad.
They also chose the cemetery chosen by my third sister’s grandparents and biological mother!
I can’t figure it out!
"Third sister, what is your next work plan?"
Why did you suddenly jump to this question?
This time Chen Jin answered honestly, "We are going to hold an annual meeting for our employees, distribute New Year's goods, bonuses and give them holidays."
The person asking the question certainly didn't want to know about the arrangements in her company, but wanted to know where she planned to buy land and a factory next time.
But the topic went off topic again, and an aunt asked her what New Year's goods she gave out and how much they cost. After knowing this, he asked, "I have a nephew who graduated from high school. Do you think you can arrange for him to work in the company?"
Chen Jin spread his hands and said, "I am not responsible for the company's affairs. Just ask your nephew to come to the company for an interview."
"It's no use mentioning my name. The two factory managers in our company won't fall for that. We have to follow the rules."
"No, you are a boss, and you still can't have a say? If you tell others about this, people will laugh at you."
"Where? I've never seen anything that could make me laugh so hard. I want to go and see it."
The village chief also spoke up at this time, saying, "The country has its own laws, and the factory has its own rules. Third sister is right, we must follow the rules. If you fill the place with relatives, it will be strange if it can last long. If you really have the ability, you can get promoted on your own."
My uncle also echoed, "Yes, they are all relatives. If he goes to jail, everyone in the company will be trying to build relationships with him, and the company will be ruined sooner or later."
Chen Jin always felt that her uncle's words seemed to have a hidden meaning. Seeing her cousin's wife's uncomfortable expression, she felt that she might have guessed it.
The excitement lasted until half past eight, when everyone finally dispersed.
But the village chief and the old branch secretary had not left yet. They said they had something to discuss with my uncle, so they called a few people and went to the study to chat.
My second uncle and his family are not going back tonight and are staying here.
"Third sister, are you going to stay at Hanlin Garden tonight?"
"No, I haven't been there for a while, and I need to clean up over there."
It would take a long time to get back to the small western-style building, so Chen Jin stayed for a while longer.
Sure enough, I heard my aunt announce that Chen Ting and Liu Chengzhi will hold their wedding on the sixth day after the New Year, and the wedding invitations will be sent out tomorrow.
She knew there was something big to announce.
Chen Ting had given a preview of this before, so Chen Jin wasn't surprised at all. She has also prepared the wedding gift.
As long as they don't do anything weird this time, it will be fine.
The eldest aunt asked the second aunt and the third aunt to prepare Chen Ting's dowry.
Chen Jin sighed in his heart. There were really a lot of arrangements for the New Year this year, one thing after another. Be busy until the first day of school.
Chen Jia is not coming back for the Chinese New Year this year, saying that other classmates are not coming back either, so this way they can save a lot of round-trip airfare.
Fortunately, there are only two or three months left before she returns. Those students who are studying abroad on exchange must come back before graduation.
My uncle and the others are still discussing something in the study, and most likely they are talking about the piece of land that was photographed.
After the aunt finished her talk, she urged Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan to go back early, "Be careful on the road."
Chen Jin wanted to go to his second cousin's house to see He He. Junjun mentioned it several times during dinner tonight, saying that He He was cute.
But she called her second cousin, who said that Zhuang Yao and He He had just fallen asleep and asked her to come over another day.
"You can only watch it next time." Chen Jin said to Shen Baichuan.
"Then next time." Shen Baichuan was not very interested in children. At his grandfather's house, several cousins got married early, and every time he went back, he was driven to collapse by the crying of children.
In his opinion, raising a child is really not as good as raising a cat. I haven't even thought about what it would be like to have children in the future.
When going downstairs, Chen Ting and Liu Chengzhi followed.
Chen Ting now has a house in Rose Garden. She has sold her house near the hospital, so she now lives in Rose Garden.
She can only practice driving during her vacation time. Otherwise, she basically rides in her uncle's car every day when going to work at the hospital.
"Next time you talk to outsiders, just say less. If you are nice, people will be jealous of you, and you still say some impolite words, which makes others uncomfortable. You don't know what they are plotting against you behind your back."
Chen Ting suddenly said these words to her, and then quickly said "It's up to you whether you want to listen or not", and then walked away quickly.
Liu Chengzhi, who didn't react in time, fell behind by a few steps. Just as he was about to catch up with her, he saw that she had already entered the building, so he didn't follow her because he had to go back to the hospital.
I explained a little more, saying, "During the demolition of Qiaoxi Village, a family was poisoned by a jealous neighbor. They were all well, but after they returned home, the children of the neighbor who poisoned them didn't want to pay compensation, so they stabbed the person. One adult died, and two others are lying in the People's Hospital. Our hospital is talking about this. Tingting meant well, but she was a little anxious sometimes."
Chen Jin didn't expect that there would be a follow-up to the poisoning incident, and he felt very complicated.
"I know Sister Ting means well." Chen Jin could still tell the difference between sour words and sincere words.
When he returned, Chen Jin felt sad and said, "I think I should be more restrained in the future."
"The human heart...some people are much scarier than ghosts."
It had only been less than a day since he said he would restrain himself, but Chen Jin already felt that he could restrain himself later.
The next afternoon, Aunt Zhou called her and said that people from Ma Guihua's family went to Jinxiu Community and wanted to occupy the several houses allocated to Ma Guihua's family and give them to Ma Guihua's brothers.
Why call her? Of course, that’s because someone helped her before, and she has to help her back this time!
Regardless of whether Chen Jinci stabbed Ma Guihua last night, we still have to unite when it’s time to unite.
Chen Jin hurried out and looked for someone from the logistics department, "Where is the box of speakers I bought earlier?"
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