Chapter 182 Villagers Block the Road to Charge Fees
After the meeting, Su Min, Jiang Ningyue and Dong Bai planned the plans for the next few days.
The next day, everyone decided to go to the Minzhou City scenic area near Chuanquan City.
Originally, Jiang Ningyue wanted to drive herself, but Dong Bai volunteered, so Jiang Ningyue let her drive.
Jiang Ningyue said with a smile, "Sister Su, don't show your work permit from the Department of Culture and Tourism. We'll just act like ordinary tourists on this trip."
"OK."
Su Min agreed with a smile.
The first stop was a scenic mountain area in Mingwan Town, Minzhou City, 50 kilometers from the provincial capital.
This scenic spot can be reached directly via the expressway. However, Jiang Ningyue chose a different route and took the provincial road below.
To enter this scenic spot, you need to walk along a small path in the village. The three of them chatted, listened to songs, and admired the scenery outside the window.
At this moment, the road ahead was blocked.
An old lady was holding a sign that said "Lead the Way".
Seeing Jiang Ningyue's car with an out-of-town license plate approaching, the old lady immediately stepped forward to stop them. "Are you going to the scenic spot? Do you need a guide? 100!"
Dong Bai said speechlessly: "We all have navigation, we don't need you to lead the way."
“The navigation is wrong!”
The old lady spoke with certainty.
However, what the old lady said was not necessarily wrong.
It's 2019, and navigation in remote areas isn't perfect. Of course, even in Jiang Ningyue's past life, she'd often been irritated by the navigation system's ridiculous instructions of "turn right, turn right, turn right again," and then uninstalled the car in anger.
Dong Bai smiled and waved, closed the car window, stepped on the accelerator and left.
The old lady was cursing behind me: "You must come back soon!"
Su Min, sitting in the back, said, "What you're talking about is indeed a problem. Even small roads need to be well-marked with signage to prevent self-driving tourists from getting lost."
The three of them discussed this issue, and Su Min took out a notebook to record it.
However, just as the vehicle was about to pass through the village, a group of people surrounded it and blocked the vehicle.
"Give me money, toll!"
Dong Bai's eyes widened, a little bit unable to believe his ears, "Toll? What toll?"
"You're walking on the road in our village! You have to pay me, 500!"
When he said '500', the old man was obviously hesitant, apparently asking for that price for the first time. However, seeing Jiang Ningyue's Mercedes-Benz and the 'Haizhou' license plate, he became bolder.
"I won't let you go unless you pay me!"
The old man in the lead was very tough, and a group of people blocked Dong Bai from leaving.
Su Min's face turned pale with anger. Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "Sister Su, we are just ordinary tourists. If you encounter such a thing while traveling, how would you solve it?"
"Call the police!"
As she spoke, Su Min rolled down the window and shouted, "If you don't get out of the way, we'll call the police!"
"Call the police!"
"You report it!"
"Do you want me to make a phone call for you?"
The group of people were very arrogant.
Jiang Ningyue put on her glasses silently and said to Dong Bai, "Xiaobai, make a phone call."
"Oh." Dong Bai nodded, took out his cell phone and called the police.
After the alarm center hung up, the local police station called back, "We're short on police force, and it'll take at least half an hour to get there!"
"What?"
Dong Bai said dissatisfiedly, "Is it that far?"
"This has nothing to do with you! Wait or not!"
After hearing this, Dong Bai looked at Jiang Ningyue for help. Su Min wanted to take the phone, but was stopped by Jiang Ningyue.
Jiang Ningyue picked up the phone and pressed the record button.
"Officer, is this how you serve the people? Is this the first time that villagers from Stone Village have gathered to block the road and demand money? Don't you know about this?"
"Don't tell me that. I'm asking you if you still need us to go! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll arrest you!"
"Okay, okay." Jiang Ningyue smiled brightly. "Officer, can you tell me your police number?"
"snort!"
After hearing this, the other party snorted coldly and hung up the phone directly.
Jiang Ningyue returned the phone to Dong Bai and said, "Pull the car aside and wait for the police."
Dong Bai said to the crowd, "We've called the police, why aren't you leaving?"
The crowd showed no fear at all, "Even if you call the police, you won't be able to leave!"
"We've raised the price to one thousand!"
The arrogance of the group of people is even more arrogant. Among the group of middle-aged and elderly people, there are also many children. These children have grown up in such an environment since childhood, and have been influenced by this atmosphere. Their three views will definitely be affected to a certain extent.
The car pulled to the side, and the three of them waited in silence. Su Min's face flushed with anger. "It's true that these remote villages produce unruly people! With so many people traveling to Shannan Province, they could make a lot of money even by selling fruits and vegetables on the roadside! How could they do such a thing?"
After waiting for 30 minutes, no one came.
There were more and more villagers around, and Dong Bai was even a little scared seeing so many people.
Su Min was also a little flustered, "Why don't I just call."
"What call?"
Jiang Ningyue said calmly, "Sister Su, you're the director of the Department of Culture and Tourism. You can reach the leadership with just one phone call. But ordinary people don't have that ability. What if ordinary tourists come here to travel and encounter something like this? Wouldn't that be like crying out to heaven and earth, but nothing will work?"
Su Min opened her mouth but didn't say anything.
Dong Bai looked at Jiang Ningyue pitifully, "Leader, what if the police don't come? Ordinary tourists would probably just pay."
Jiang Ningyue nodded and said, "Yes, most tourists pay. So let's pay too."
Dong Bai rolled down the car window and said, "Come, I'll give you money."
"oh!!"
When the crowd heard this, they immediately cheered and made a fuss, as if they had won.
Jiang Ningyue watched all this happen with a smile.
"one thousand!"
The old man in the lead pulled out a QR code and shouted, "It has to be one thousand!"
"Give it to him."
Jiang Ningyue said calmly.
If God wants someone to die, he will make him crazy.
These people from Shitou Village occasionally stopped people on the road and asked for 5 or 10 yuan. Many people gave them the money, believing that less trouble is better than more. This undoubtedly fueled their arrogance.
This kind of news spread to all the villages in a short time. Shitou Village has obvious "location advantages". During the Mid-Autumn Festival, it can even earn hundreds or thousands of yuan a day.
After working in this business for a long time, I became bolder.
Nowadays, people even see Jiang Ningyue’s car and ask for a price of 500 or even 1,000.
After leaving the village, Su Min and Dong Bai were no longer in the mood to continue strolling. However, Jiang Ningyue was in a good mood.
"Think about it this way. Now we are the ones who have encountered this. What if it happened to tourists on October 1st? Would it become famous all over the country?"
"yes."
After hearing this, Su Min was no longer angry.
The three of them walked around the area and actually encountered two situations where people stopped them and asked for money in other villages.
Jiang Ningyue sighed, "My car with an out-of-town license plate is really nice!"
"It's mainly a Mercedes-Benz." Dong Bai joked, "Others might only need 50, but your car needs 500."
Jiang Ningyue: "Blame me."
After lunch, the three of us spent more than 200 yuan on a meal at a restaurant near the scenic area, and the food was very bad.
In the afternoon, the three of them returned to the Department of Culture and Tourism. After Jiang Ningyue sent them there, she returned to the provincial TV station.
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