Now that the reporters had received the money, they had already started spreading the news about the premiere of "A World Without Thieves".
"Two top actors face off."
"A thrilling duel, with one climax after another."
"Zeng Li, Li Lianhua, Ge You, and Andy Lau deliver a stellar performance in 'A World Without Thieves,' which awaits your viewing pleasure."
"The premiere of 'No Thieves' received rave reviews."
"The pinnacle of domestic road movies, another new work by Feng Xiaogang, has sparked a craze."
"A new trendsetter for commercial films."
Meanwhile, online, people who had seen the premiere began to rate and comment on it.
Tianya Community.
ID Wine Selling: "I have to say, Feng Xiaogang's movies are always so realistic, especially this one. The adaptation is excellent. Wang Shuo is awesome, Feng Xiaogang is awesome, Ge You and Andy Lau's acting is superb, especially the showdown on the train. He's prolific and a great movie, worth watching."
ID曦月风清: "The movie is really good, I love watching it. Andy Lau, you're amazing."
ID Tang Seng Washes His Hair with Pantene: "The movie is really good, realistic and down-to-earth. This movie is likely to be a hit, and I plan to watch it again. There are still many details I haven't noticed."
ID Pig in Flight: "Is it really that good? I'll go check it out, brothers, wait for me to come back."
ID Tianya Ren: "This movie is indeed very realistic. Although the film glorifies thieves in some ways, in real life, especially for those of us who do business all over the country, we are always on edge when we go out. There are just too many thieves. If you're not careful, you can get robbed. I've been robbed three times this year alone. The message of 'A World Without Thieves' is really good. I hope that one day, there really will be no thieves in the world."
ID Qingfengmingyue: "There are so many thieves these days, especially on trains. I'm afraid to sleep. Taking a long train journey is really torture. I want to sleep but I don't dare to, for fear of being robbed. It's really chaotic."
ID Watermelon Ice: "Who can argue with that? Basically everyone I know has been robbed at some point. My bag was even slashed open a while ago. It's not just thieves, but also petty thugs, hooligans, hooligans, and even gangsters... sigh..."
ID-loving housewife: "They're all in cahoots. If something gets stolen, no one cares even if you call the police."
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The discussion suddenly veered from the movie plot to social issues, and the topic quickly gained traction.
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"Hey bro, what are we planning for this year's company annual party?"
"Go big! Arrange for all the popular singers and actors you can, both domestic and international, as long as they're popular and the staff like them. Let's do it according to their preferences. Have an internal vote, invite whoever they like. Make it as big as possible. Don't think about keeping a low profile, our strength doesn't allow it anymore."
Little Ma nodded: "That's true, but I think I should stay out of the limelight. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down."
"You probably don't know, but Lao Ding almost got into trouble a while ago. The people who attacked him were the same group that kidnapped Yu Minhong. Lao Ding is really lucky; those guys are ruthless criminals."
"Kidnapping?" Shen Fang frowned. He had heard of Yu Minhong's kidnapping case.
To be precise, it was because of him that domestic business owners started to pay more attention to their own security.
In his new book, "I Was Once on the Verge of Collapse," Yu Minhong spoke for the first time about his two kidnapping experiences and details during the early stages of his entrepreneurship.
In 1993, Yu Minhong, a graduate of Peking University, was not optimistic about the educational philosophies of other training schools and started his own business, New Oriental School.
Thanks to Yu Minhong's efforts, New Oriental gradually began to improve, and they rented a resort in Beijing to open summer classes.
The resort's owner, Zhang Bei, required Yu Minhong to pay a deposit in advance before renting out the resort, with the deposit to be refunded or supplemented after the rental period ended.
Zhang Bei appears to be a kind person, but in reality, he is a treacherous criminal.
In 1993, Zhang Bei was imprisoned in a labor camp for illegally possessing firearms.
However, Yu Minhong didn't know this person well, and in order to successfully launch the summer school, he had no choice but to agree to Zhang Bei's request and pay a deposit of 200,000 yuan.
Zhang Bei, who was always cunning and deceitful, squandered the deposit that Yu Minhong had paid in advance. When it came time to settle accounts after the summer training, he discovered that the resort needed to refund the money to New Oriental.
Yu Minhong recalled: "When we finished the class and settled the bill, it was 170,000 yuan, and they still owed us 30,000 yuan. The finance staff went to ask them for the money and returned the 30,000 yuan to us, but the person in charge said that the money had been spent. After several unsuccessful attempts to follow up, Zhang Bei called me personally."
Zhang Bei said, "Teacher Yu, I've really used up all the money and can't pay you back. Do you still need to use my resort next year? Could we postpone it until next year?"
Yu Minhong was also short of money at the time, but in order to maintain the relationship with the resort, he had no choice but to answer readily: "It's okay, if you really don't have any, then forget it. If we still use your resort next year, we'll deduct it from the 30,000."
Yu Minhong's good intentions not only failed to win Zhang Bei's favor, but also brought about his own demise.
In 1998, New Oriental seized the opportunity presented by the surge in overseas study, and many people enrolled to learn English.
Yu Minhong said, "The peak enrollment period was on weekends. Normally, we would collect 500,000 to 1 million RMB in tuition fees every weekend, which was a huge sum of money at the time. However, banks did not offer corporate banking services on weekends, only personal savings services. This meant that the tuition fees collected on weekends could not be deposited into the bank. The rented premises for New Oriental were also in poor condition; they were dilapidated and leaky, with doors that could be pried open. Many people also knew the location of the safe in the finance office. So it was not safe to keep the money in the office, so I had to carry it home myself."
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