Tang Nan woke up this morning and felt his eyelids twitching. He counted with his fingers and found that if his left eye twitched, it meant bad luck, and if his right eye twitched, it meant good luck. His left eye twitched, which meant...
Zhang Defu said carefully: "Master, Mr. Chen Si is here."
Tang Nan was delighted and said quickly, "Invite him to the living room, serve him tea, and tell him I'll be there soon."
Zhang Defu did not move, but looked at him awkwardly and whispered, "Mr. Chen Si has left. Before he left, he asked me to pass on a letter to you."
letter?
Tang Nan took the letter and opened it with suspicion. After reading a few lines, his face changed drastically. It was a letter of breaking off the friendship. Chen Si said in the letter that they had different ideals and could not work together. From now on, they would go their separate ways and have nothing to do with each other. Tang Nan should take care of himself.
Tang Nan asked Zhang Defu with a dark face, "Did Mr. Chen Si say anything before he left?"
Zhang Defu shook his head and whispered, "Mr. Chen Si handed the letter to me and left without saying a word." Tang Nan finally couldn't help but slapped him hard, and yelled angrily, "Wouldn't you stop him if he wanted to leave? You rubbish! I will beat you to death sooner or later!"
He had spent a lot of effort to get to Chen Si, and behind him stood a big boss of the Qing Gang named "Tong". That big boss had connections in Lu City, and as long as he got in touch with him, he would be rich and prosperous in no time! But now, before he could realize his dream, the ladder was withdrawn first. How could he not be shocked and angry?
Zhang Defu covered his face with his hands, his shoulders trembling. He dared not say a word or hide.
After venting his anger by punching and kicking Zhang Defu, Tang Nan managed to calm down and began to think about what went wrong.
Then he thought of Liao Fang. A week ago, he sent Liao Fang out to scout the area, ready to teach the bad brother and sister a lesson, so that they would know who they could offend and who they could not offend. Liao Fang was useless. After being bitten by someone's dog, he actually advised him to stop, saying that the owner of the house was going to call the police to arrest him. Tang Nan almost laughed at this sentence. This kind of words can only scare a villain like Liao Fang. His father has a close personal relationship with the police chief. Who in Beijing dares to lock him up?
He impatiently sent Liao Fang away and prepared to find someone else to teach the two siblings a lesson. However, the siblings had been staying indoors for the past few days and his people had not found a chance. Those people were working for him because of Chen Si. How could he tell them to do things once Chen Si left? Did Liao Fang say something to Chen Si?
He frowned, feeling that he had found the problem, snorted coldly, and went straight out of the house to find trouble with Liao Fang.
Sitting in the rickshaw, the cold wind finally made his mind clearer. He happened to see an acquaintance of his appearing at the corner of the street and talking to someone. When Tang Nan looked over, he happened to meet the gazes of two people. He quickly asked the driver to stop, then smiled and waved to them: "Brother Lang Ming, long time no see."
Brother Langming was startled and smiled unnaturally. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he looked at him strangely. Tang Nan was about to say a few words to him, but Brother Langming quickly said goodbye to him with his friend, and from behind he looked like he was about to flee.
Tang Nan was confused and didn't know what was going on. But now was not the time to pursue these things. The most urgent thing was to find Liao Fang as soon as possible and restore the relationship with Mr. Chen Si. He told the driver to continue running towards the dock.
Tang Nan was on pins and needles all the way. He didn't know if he was too sensitive, but he always felt that people were pointing fingers at him on the road, and the acquaintances he met looked at him strangely. When the rickshaw finally stopped at the dock, he felt like he had been pardoned and slipped down as if he was escaping. He found Liao Fang without much effort, but the subsequent plot development was beyond his expectations.
Liao Fangbai looked at him, slapped him hard, and cursed: "Get out of here, don't dirty my eyes like you!"
Tang Nan was shocked and then angry, "How dare you talk to me like that? Do you know who I am?!"
Liao Fang smiled strangely and said, "How could I not know who you are? You are Tang Nan, the eldest son of the Tang family."
Tang Nan nodded proudly and was about to ask, "If you know all this, why are you still talking to me like that?" But he saw that the people around him who were watching the fun actually showed contempt after hearing what Liao Fang said, and began to point fingers at him and talk loudly.
"Is this Tang Nan? He is such a beast in human form!"
"With a son like this, I don't think the Tang family is much cleaner!"
"I heard that he likes men and has slept with all the servants around him!"
"Why did I hear that he likes young girls and doesn't even let go of newborn baby girls?"
"Not only that, I heard that he sells Chinese girls to Japan for the Japanese to play with and enjoy!"
"Don't you know? Tang Nan is a spy from Japan. He came to China to cause trouble!"
"I heard that even the Qing Gang was instigated by him, and now the entire Qing Gang listens to him..."
"Hey! How dare you say this? Are you trying to save your life?!"
Liao Fang, who already looked unhappy, became even more gloomy when he heard the discussions of the people around him. He cleared his throat, bowed to the people around him and said, "My fellow villagers, you have misunderstood. We in the Qing Gang have nothing to do with such villains. We in the Qing Gang are not willing to associate with such villains." He raised his chin and sneered at the bewildered Tang Nan, "Master Tang, you are not welcome here, please go back!"
Tang Nan felt like he was dreaming. How else could he become a street rat, with everyone scolding him? What were they talking about?
Molesting girls? Human trafficking to Japan? Japanese spy? Inciting the Qing Gang to defect? How could all these unheard-of things be related to him?
"You are slandering me!" He pointed at them angrily, "Just wait! I will remember you! We in the Tang family will never forgive you for this!"
"It's over, Young Master Tang is going to sell us to the Japanese." Someone in the crowd said suddenly, leading to laughter.
“You, you guys…”
"Young Master! The master tells you to go back!" Someone grabbed his arm, and before he could struggle a few times, several people rushed up and tied him up and threw him into the car.
"Stop! Do you know who my father is?! My father is Tang Shude! My father knows the police chief! If you dare to touch me, I will let the chief arrest you all!"
The car sped away, leaving behind only these few curses. Before long, these words spread through the streets at a speed that could hardly be caught up by any horse, and became a new topic of conversation among countless idle people.
Not to mention how furious the police chief was when he heard these words, Tang Nan was severely beaten by his father as soon as he was tied up and brought home.
"You have ruined the good reputation of our Tang family for a hundred years! How could I, Tang Shude, give birth to a beast like you!" His father's eyes were red, and he raised his stick and hit him hard, "You are so disloyal and unfilial, and you have lost all conscience. How dare you still live!"
"Dad?" Tang Nan looked at his furious father in astonishment. "What are you talking about? I didn't do anything!"
"Shut up!" Tang Shude shouted, "Tie this evil beast up and don't let him go out anymore! I'll just pretend he's not my son!"
"And you! Zhang Defu, you're the one who led the young master astray! Drag him away and beat him up!"
Zhang Defu looked at the burly thugs approaching him in panic and shook his head repeatedly: "No, I didn't do anything. Please forgive me, sir!"
Tang Shude said impatiently: "Shut his mouth." Their Tang family raised him and sent him to school, and it would be fine if he was not grateful, but he even seduced Nan'er to go astray. Such a servant might as well be beaten to death!
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It was three weeks later when Le Jing heard about Tang Nan again from Yang Jinglun. The legend that had been spreading in the streets finally came to an end with Tang Nan's disappearance. Some said that Tang Nan was dead, some said that he was locked up by his father, and some said that he was sent abroad by his father. In short, China would never find Tang Nan again.
As for Zhang Defu, he disappeared from the school and no one ever saw him again.
The once wealthy Tang family was also badly hurt by the notoriety of their eldest son Tang Nan. The police chief probably wanted to distance himself from the matter, so the police had been going in and out of the Tang family these days. It was unknown how many crimes they had found.
"The Tang family has always been guilty of many crimes. The chief of police will only punish them for multiple crimes and put them in jail in order to distance themselves from the matter. As for when they will be released, it's hard to say." Yang Jinglun was still sighing: "This is the law of nature, and the Tang family deserves it!"
Is this the cycle of nature?
Le Jing sorted out the documents on his desk, lowered his eyes and smiled softly.
He doesn't believe in the laws of nature, he only believes in himself.
Gustave Le Bon wrote in The Crowd: "Once an individual becomes part of a group, he will no longer be responsible for his actions. At this time, everyone will expose his unconstrained side. The group never pursues and believes in truth and reason, but blind obedience, cruelty, paranoia and fanaticism, and only knows simple and extreme emotions."
How does the saying go - while the truth is putting on its shoes, the lie has already run down the street.
At the beginning, Le Jing simply bribed a few tabloid reporters to publish some plausible articles in the tabloids. These "insider revelations" were vague and did not mention specific names, thus giving the public enough room for imagination.
Then, Zhou Da would bribe a few second- and third-rate prostitutes. They didn't need to say much. They just needed to casually tell the clients that there was a young master of the Tang family who had a very good relationship with his personal servant. They were inseparable and even slept together.
Besides, the young master of the Tang family prefers girls. It is said that he learned this from the Japanese when he was studying abroad, so he only plays with young prostitutes in brothels.
Let me tell you again that the Tang family is powerful and the young master of the Tang family is very cunning. It is said that little girls often die in his bed, and the police don't care.
Then, he asked some idlers to go to the tavern and talk nonsense to his drinking buddies after drinking: "Don't be fooled by the Tang family's gentle appearance. He is actually a member of the Green Gang."
In the end, Le Jing just had to wait.
The public's curiosity about the private lives of the rich will automatically fill in the gaps and expand on the basic clues provided by Le Jing. Then the rumor will snowball and become more and more realistic. The new rumor that is finally formed will amaze even Le Jing.
This is also the standard process for producing brainwashing packages for celebrities in later generations.
In the Internet age, there is a 72-hour rule in media public relations, which means that if a rumor is not clarified within 72 hours, it will not be clarified later.
The underdeveloped information system in the Republic of China was a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it slowed down the spread of rumors, and on the other hand, it hindered the clarification of rumors.
Judging from the power of this rumor, it is estimated that this rumor will never be cleared up in this lifetime, and Tang Nan may really be infamous for eternity. Because rumors will not disappear all at once, they will continue to repeat themselves until the public loses interest in them, and then they will lose their vitality.
However, the rumors at that time had already become recognized as "truth" and "history" by people.
In the past, when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang started the uprising, it was said that a fox shouted "The great Chu will rise, Chen Sheng will be the king". Wasn't this also the use of rumors? Throughout human history, rumors and truth are twins, one in the other.
This history is nothing more than a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone.
Le Jing put the pen into the pen holder, smiled softly, and completely threw Tang Nan into the dust of history.
He has more important things to do now.
He was going to submit an article to another newspaper under a new pen name. He planned to write a time-travel article that would be very popular in the future.
The story of a time traveler who travels to an imaginary ancient time, rises up in rebellion and establishes a new dynasty.
He wants to talk about the red revolution under the guise of a time-travel novel.
A red ghost will wander over the Chinese mainland through his new work.
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