Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Conspiracy
After the contract for the department store was finalized, Han Lin felt much more relaxed and took some time to visit Yang Dai at the aviation base. However, Yang Dai was now even busier than before.
The leaders of the aviation base agreed to Yang Dai's previous proposal and used the fabrics that the textile factory failed to sell to make uniforms for the flight attendants. This action also prompted the railway department to take action, and the accumulation of fabrics in the textile factory warehouse was finally alleviated.
In addition to the uniforms, every seat on planes and trains was covered with new protective covers, which largely consumed the inventory of textile factories.
In addition, after understanding the status of pandas in China's diplomacy, Yang Dai actively suggested using embroidery to create the image of a panda. Such handicrafts could be used as a symbol to promote China and could also be sold on airplanes, killing two birds with one stone.
Yang Dai once again took out the purse given to her by her second sister-in-law Huang Fengxia, and introduced Huang Fengxia to the leaders of the aviation base, saying that she knew someone with superb embroidery skills, and if the base needed her, she could be responsible for the introduction.
When the second sister-in-law gave Yang Dai the embroidered purse, she did not ask for anything. These actions were all made based on Yang Dai's own speculation.
She felt that her second sister-in-law might want more people to see her embroidery, not to become famous and let everyone know her.
Perhaps this is also a way for my second sister-in-law to find her lost relatives.
Of course, Yang Dai only proposed these things. Whether the subsequent matters will be settled or how they will be settled in the end are not Yang Dai's responsibility.
What Yang Dai is busy with now is actually another thing - editing a book.
Since the changes in flight attendant etiquette, the railway department has also heard the news and hopes that Yang Dai can go to the railway department to teach after completing the flight attendant etiquette course.
Adhering to the principle that if everyone takes action, I cannot fall behind.
After discovering the railway department's actions, department stores, supply and marketing cooperatives, foreign-related hotels and state-owned hotels all sent messages through the aviation department, hoping that Yang Dai could provide these departments with some etiquette training.
After all, the leaders above were full of praise after discovering the changes in flight attendant etiquette.
No one is competing for first place, but no one wants to fall behind as long as they can make a difference and be praised.
As more and more people came to her, Yang Dai had the idea of compiling a book and left behind all the lesson plans.
In addition, these departments have selected several members to be incorporated into the current flight attendant team. After these people have learned the etiquette, they will return to their original units and serve as short-term etiquette teachers.
Although Yang Dai was busy editing the book, she did not forget her own things. Seeing Han Lin coming over, she could not help but remind him: "You said that before you leave, you will take time to take me to see a street."
"I won't forget, I definitely won't forget." Han Lin promised Yang Dai, and then he actually took the time to go to the antique street in the evening.
A street at night is the busiest time. The moonlight is not very bright, and people walking on the street deliberately conceal their appearance and voice, not wanting to be discovered and noticed.
You have to pay money and get the goods in return. Even if you find out you have been cheated after paying the money, you cannot go back and argue with the buyer and can only blame yourself for your bad luck.
As a novice who came to the antique street for the first time, Han Lin listened and watched as much as possible without expressing any opinions.
After walking down one street, Han Lin took the time to visit several large and small black markets nearby.
Han Lin now has nothing to resist or buy and sell, so he went to the black market just to inquire about the current prices of gold and silver.
He had already looked through all the things on the street. The items there were indeed a mixture of real and fake, but if you picked carefully, you would find quite a few good things.
Han Lin was certain that Yang Dai would not be able to control herself when she saw these things.
Gold and silver are rarely used in transactions on the street, but more often money or tickets are used. Although the two men have some of these things, they are not many.
Therefore, before going to a street, it is best to go to the black market first and exchange gold and silver for some money and tickets. This way, when you arrive at a street, you will not have to give up because you do not have enough tickets.
After Han Lin found out all these things, he went to a street with Yang Dai.
The full moon on the 15th should be big and round, and its brightness should be the most obvious, but at night it is cloudy and the moon hides behind the dark clouds, appearing and disappearing from time to time.
Han Lin and Yang Dai brought flashlights with them, but in order not to stand out among the crowd, they seldom used them. Except for selecting antiques in front of the stalls, they basically did not turn on the flashlights.
After all, Yang Dai grew up immersed in cultural relics and antiques. Even in a different era, she still has her own intuitive judgment, and fakes cannot deceive her.
Moreover, since she came up with the idea of coming to a street, Yang Dai has also collected information about ancient cultural relics. Although many of these materials are incomplete, they have indeed provided Yang Dai with a lot of help.
It was Yang Dai’s first time on the street, and she didn’t intend to be conspicuous, so she just looked around and bought little, trying to be as low-key as possible.
When we were about to leave the street, it was only one in the middle of the night, and at this time the street was crowded with people.
Yang Dai satisfied her curiosity and bought two porcelain vases and two paintings that were said to be authentic works of a Tang Dynasty painter. However, due to improper preservation by later generations and soaking in water, the value of the paintings was greatly reduced. Yang Dai bought them at a very low price.
Yang Dai was not familiar with this Tang Dynasty painter, so naturally she could not judge whether his work was real or fake.
However, Yang Dai didn't really care whether they were real or fake. After all, they were cheap. Besides, Yang Dai's original intention in buying these two paintings was to practice her skills in restoring antique calligraphy and paintings.
Yang Dai had learned this craft from a servant in the Duke's Mansion a few years ago, but at that time she just thought of it as a way to pass the time. Although she was very interested in it, she had more important things to do, so after a simple understanding and learning some basics, Yang Dai let it go.
But now she suddenly realized that restoring antiques was also a full-time job. The thoughts that Yang Dai had suppressed before came back with a vengeance, burning in her like a raging fire. She couldn't wait to pick up this craft that she had once forgotten.
Although there weren't many things, Yang Dai was satisfied.
However, it would be a bit conspicuous to carry the things out like this. For the sake of safety, Han Lin took Yang Dai to another deserted alley.
This is not an alley. To be more precise, it is an alley because there are few people coming here because of the public toilet near the alley.
Yang Dai and Han Lin wore masks specifically to block out the smell. Besides, they would not stay in this alley for long, so they just needed to find a place where others would not notice them, and let Yang Dai put all the things they had just bought into Yang Dai's warehouse.
Yang Dai had just discovered this function.
In the past, Yang Dai only thought that she could bring in and out the original things in the warehouse.
When I came to the capital to pack my luggage, I found that things that did not belong in the warehouse could actually be put in. However, Yang Dai didn't have anything to put in, so this function had not been used for the time being.
Now it can be said that it has found its place.
"Okay." Yang Dai clapped her hands, her hands empty. She adjusted the mask again and lowered the brim of her hat.
The moon was out now, and she didn't want to be seen by others, so it was safer to cover her entire face.
The two were about to leave, but they stopped again at the same time.
Someone was talking nearby, and although the voice was deliberately kept low, the alley was so quiet that not even an insect could be heard, but the voice could still be vaguely heard.
Yang Dai pointed to the toilet wall not far away, and Han Lin nodded. Both of them looked a little disgusted.
Someone was indeed plotting something in the bathroom, and it wasn't a good thing.
"It is indeed that person. He comes out every three days. I have checked. There is not much goods each time, but they are definitely genuine." On the other side of the wall, a man with a hoarse voice was chattering incessantly, and his tone was filled with excitement and complacency that could not be suppressed.
"I don't know whose unfilial descendant that person is, but he actually sold off the family fortune bit by bit."
"In the past two weeks, whenever he sets up his stall, our people would flock to him one after another. We have replaced all the expensive things he values with fake ones."
"I had originally arranged for people to follow this man and wanted to go to his house to find out what happened. However, although this man is blind, he is a first-class escapee. Our people followed him several times but lost him." He said this with gritted teeth, as if he wanted to cut the protagonist into pieces.
Another voice sounded, its tone calm, "You can't chew too much. We in this line of work also need to control our desires."
"How is the preparation of this batch of goods going? I have contacted the people in the south. The ship will leave the port in another week."
"Don't worry, the goods are ready. I came here this time to ask you if I should continue to follow that person?" The man with a hoarse voice was a little unpredictable.
Although he thought that the street vendor he had targeted must have a lot of things, when they targeted him, he had actually sold a lot of things on this street.
And although they are good at replacing genuine products with fake ones, they cannot let this person not sell anything. After all, if they do so, this person will definitely notice something is wrong and may even disappear.
According to the subordinates' inference, the things in the other party's hands are definitely not endless, and there may be nothing left by now.
But this is just personal speculation. What if this person's ancestors were really generous and left him a yard full of things that he couldn't sell all?
If the latter speculation is true, just giving up on this person like this, just thinking about it, I feel like I am losing money.
Sure enough, after hearing this person's report, the person who made the decision also fell silent.
Finally, he hummed softly, "I'll follow this person personally this time. If we lose him again, we'll just give up on him."
"Okay, okay." After receiving an accurate reply, the hoarse voice became happy again. "Our goods this time are going straight to the south. How about we pick a few brothers to follow us to the port city?"
"We have too few people over there, so we can't let down our guard!"
The conversation fell silent again, and after a long time, a "hmm" was heard again.
"This is a big risk. If you follow us, you probably won't be able to come back in this lifetime. It's not easy to survive in Hong Kong City either. Get your brothers prepared."
"Also, we need to control the number of people. We don't need so many people for this delivery."
"After this job, if you want to stay in Hong Kong, you can stay in Hong Kong. If not, I will arrange for you to go abroad from Hong Kong."
After hearing the grand plan, the man's already hoarse voice became even hoarser.
"I'll take you to see what that man looks like. Every time our people followed him to Changchun Lane, he got lost." The man gritted his teeth again.
The two people separated by a wall were still discussing the arrangements for leaving Hong Kong.
Yang Dai's face was already filled with anger. These people were thieves of antiques and cultural relics. They would use ships to transfer the antiques and cultural relics originally stored in the country to the port city, and then sell them abroad through high-priced auctions. In the end, those who were involved in the thefts made a fortune.
These people smuggle not only antiques and cultural relics, but also many other contraband items, which are part of their smuggling.
Yang Dai was originally unaware of these things, but these days Yang Dai has been taking classes at the aviation base. Not only is she teaching the flight attendants etiquette, she has also heard stories from them that she has never heard before.
Even without realizing it, I took many patriotic education courses.
In addition, Yang Dai's original thinking made her look down on foreigners even more. This was one of the reasons why the leaders of the aviation base suggested several times that Yang Dai stay and become a formal staff member of the aviation base, but Yang Dai refused.
Although Yang Dai believes that there is no distinction between noble and humble professions, many years of education cannot be completely eradicated by a time travel. Some things will change, but some things are deeply rooted.
Yang Dai likes taking photos because the camera is something she has never seen before. The photos taken by her make her happy and surprised, so she will keep the photos well and take them out to appreciate in her old age. These are the moments she once lived through, vivid and clearer than the pictures left by people with superb painting skills.
But the people in the photo studio wanted to hang the photos of Yang Dai and Han Lin on the window glass so that passers-by could see them. Yang Dai refused without a second thought because she knew that once something was exhibited and seen by the public, it would inevitably face criticism.
These comments are both good and bad, and are beyond her control.
But deep down, Yang Dai felt that these people were not qualified to judge her.
Later, when she met Zhang Yong, Zhang Yong hesitated several times and wanted to invite Yang Dai to make a movie.
Some time ago, when Yang Dai had just arrived at the aviation department and was adapting, Zhang Yong came directly to her door and said clearly that he wanted to create a new movie based on Yang Dai and hoped that Yang Dai could come to star in him. Yang Dai directly refused.
Although she didn't think she had any story worthy of being made into a movie, she would still be willing if Zhang Yong promised to only praise her in the movie story. After all, this was also a way to make a name for herself.
But if you ask her to act in a movie, she will definitely not agree.
Although movie actors now belong to film studios or art troupes and have formal jobs in terms of relationship, for Yang Dai, even if there are some changes in form, the essence remains unchanged.
After becoming a movie actor, she may have to face more comments from people. When she thinks about so many people commenting on her, she cannot accept it from the bottom of her heart.
Yang Dai's philosophy on these matters is actually the same when it comes to dealing with foreigners.
Yang Dai was taught by great scholars since childhood. Moreover, although Daqing at that time had many shortcomings, natural disasters and wars were continuous.
But looking at the outside world, Daqing is still the strongest, so in Yang Dai's eyes, countries outside Daqing are of course barbarians that are not worth mentioning.
These barbarians are required to pay tribute to Daqing.
Now, after traveling through time and space, although the situation has changed, the word "powerful country" has little to do with China today.
But Yang Dai's thoughts remained the same.
So when she was asked to work as a flight attendant on an airplane, she felt she couldn't bend her waist.
Yang Dai knows herself well and knows what she can do and what she should refuse. This is also the line Yang Dai draws for herself.
These are things that Yang Dai cannot change for the time being, or will never change in her lifetime.
But some changes have already penetrated into Yang Dai's mind like flowing water, without her noticing, and one of them is her sense of identity with China.
Moreover, the top leader of the aviation base also relied on military merit to rise step by step in the early years. It’s just that his health has not been good in the past two years, so he has retreated to the second line.
The last major case she solved before retiring to the second line was a smuggling case on the southeast coast.
Although the leader would not brag about his past achievements, Yang Dai had heard a lot from others.
Therefore, this kind of smuggling case is detestable. Hong Kong and the city can still say that they are one family, but if it is sold abroad, it is purely disgusting. Yang Dai cannot watch this happen and remain indifferent.
Although Yang Dai thought a lot, it only took a moment.
She and Han Lin looked at each other, and they both changed their minds about going home and prepared to follow the two people who had just talked.
Yang Dai didn't have any skills in tracking people, but she was very familiar with Han Lin. With Han Lin leading her, Yang Dai didn't worry about revealing any clues.
Yang Dai and Han Lin followed the two people who had just discussed, and watched them accurately find the comrade who was selling antiques on time on a street.
At this time, the moon had hidden behind the dark clouds again, the light was dim, and nothing was very bright.
Han Lin and Yang Dai once again pretended to be people who came to buy antiques. While keeping an eye on the two people who had just conspired, they approached the stall owner, trying to find any obvious personal characteristics from him.
However, as a regular customer on the street, the stall owner naturally has his own way of hiding his face.
The hats and masks are all complete, and even the voices have been specially disguised.
Customers who want to buy something at the stall, even if they want to turn on the flashlight to see the goods, have additional requirements for the brightness of the flashlight, which cannot be too bright.
This ensures his personal safety, but it does make it easier for well-prepared smugglers to exchange fake goods for real ones.
Yang Dai picked and chose at the stall and found a porcelain vase that had not yet been exchanged for a fake one, and negotiated a price with the stall owner.
Han Lin took the opportunity of paying to get closer to the stall owner and observe whether he had any obvious features. Soon, Han Lin returned to his original position and pinched Yang Dai's palm.
The two pretended to leave the stall contentedly, but in fact they had been monitoring the changes in the stall.
As time passed, the stall owner was about to close his stall, and the two people who had been hiding in the dark and plotting just now quietly followed the stall owner.
Yang Dai and Han Lin followed closely behind, at the back.
After all, Yang Dai and Han Lin are not locals. Even if they are familiar with the terrain in advance, they are not as familiar with the various trails as the locals.
In addition, in order to avoid being discovered, the two of them just followed from a distance.
Han Lin could still see the two people who were plotting, but the original stall owner was completely out of sight.
The other party seemed to know this place very well, and suddenly disappeared in the crisscrossing movement.
"This grandson's home must be here. Every time I go here, it disappears suddenly like a ghost."
"Before, a few brothers didn't believe in the evil and wanted to find this person. They even went to the toilet to search for him."
"I ended up accidentally bumping into a woman who was using the restroom late at night. I was almost taken to the police station as a hooligan."
Even though this happened a long time ago, the man with a hoarse voice still gritted his teeth when he mentioned it.
In order to avoid being taken to the police station by the female comrade, his brother agreed to the female comrade's exorbitant demands and was extorted for a large sum of money and tickets.
But this brother was a person who had money today and nothing tomorrow. Moreover, if he was well fed, the whole family would not be hungry. Even though he had done some hard-working business and made a lot of money, he quickly spent it all.
If the subordinates cannot come up with the money, they will naturally seek help from the boss.
As the boss, he paid the money for his subordinates in order to show that he was generous. He still feels heartbroken when he thinks about it.
Yang Dai and Han Lin looked at each other, and the speechless look in their eyes was exactly the same.
They didn't expect that they could hear what these two people said accurately every time.
"Okay, let's go. Keep an eye on the goods for the next two days and don't run around."
"I know, I know. I will definitely be tied to this batch of goods in the next few days. As long as the goods are here, I won't let go until they leave the port." The man with a hoarse voice made assurances repeatedly, and then the sound of footsteps was heard again.
Yang Dai looked at her watch, then pointed in the direction the two people left, wanting to follow them.
But Han Lin's expression did not agree.
"I'll go." Han Lin spoke in a low voice.
Yang Dai shook her head. She wanted to go and take a look, not get close, but at least know the approximate location where the other party hid the goods.
The two quickly reached an agreement and followed the two people in front again.
Time passed little by little, and the sky gradually brightened. After determining the approximate location of the hidden goods, the two finally left.
After staying up all night, Yang Dai took a leave of absence in advance and returned to the dormitory to catch up on her sleep. Han Lin also took a short nap.
After regaining his spirits, he left a note for Yang Dai and went out again to the place where he had embarrassed the person before.
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