Chapter 7 Chapter VII

The doorbell rang for a long time, and everyone heard it, but no one answered the door.Zhou Guozhen was handcuffed, so he couldn't open it, and it was inconvenient to do so.Mrs. Zhou Qiyu wanted to open it, but dared not.The couple stared at the "glasses" in front of them and the middle-aged public security officer surnamed Lin. "Glasses" and the middle-aged public security officer surnamed Lin didn't intend to open the door at first. After hearing this, Lin said impatiently: "Ignore it! Ignore it! We do what we do." "Glasses" hesitated for a moment, then nodded:

"Alright, then let's hurry up!" "Glasses" sat down on the sofa again, coughed dryly, and continued to exert pressure on Zhou Guozhen: "Old Zhou, don't play tricks anymore, we didn't come here casually. Don't you know it yourself? Someone reported you—not alone! For this reason, we will file a case with the relevant personnel of the Commission for Discipline Inspection After more than a month of investigation, we came here only after we had solid evidence. How can you do it if you don’t pay the stolen money? No way..." The doorbell is still ringing persistently there, it seems that as long as the door is not opened, the doorbell will ring endlessly.

"Glasses" couldn't take it anymore, and said to Lin: "Old Lin, let's open the door and see what's going on with that person outside." Only then did Lao Lin stand up and go to open the door. Zhou Qiyu immediately thought: It would be too embarrassing for the visitor to see Zhou Guozhen wearing handcuffs, so he stopped Lao Lin and discussed softly: "You... can you... take off our old Zhou's handcuffs first? We don't know how to run, and we can't. After the guests leave, then... then..." Lao Lin turned his head to look at "Glasses", "Glasses" nodded, and Lao Lin said:

"Okay, we'll give you this face! But, you guys have to be honest, you can't tip off your accomplices!" "Glasses" also interjected: "Bringing out the news is an extra crime!" Zhou Qiyu nodded straightly: "Yes, yes, we understand this, we are all state cadres anyway." "Glasses" asked Lao Lin to handcuff Zhou Guozhen, and also signaled Lao Lin not to put the handcuffs on the coffee table, so Lao Lin put the handcuffs in his handbag.After putting away the handcuffs, Zhou Qiyu walked to the door and opened the door.As soon as the door opened, no one outside came in, and the voice came first. Zhou Guozhen immediately recognized the voice of Director Sha from upstairs:

"Hey, I said President Zhou, what did you do? You were afraid that I would ask for money, so you wouldn't open the door for me? Haha, isn't that too embarrassing?" Zhou Guozhen didn't know what to say, so he just bowed slightly on the sofa, and greeted Director Sha and Mrs. Mimi, who was also Director Sha. At this time, Director Sha and Mrs. Mimi, who entered the door, had noticed the middle-aged public security officer surnamed Lin and the "glasses" beside him. Director Sha froze for a moment, and said again: "Hey, President Zhou, you have another guest!"

Zhou Qiyu smiled desperately and said: "There are no guests, these comrades are... all our old acquaintances, Sha Dao, Mi Mi, sit, sit, you all sit, I'll make you tea!" Director Sha sat down on the chair facing Zhou Guozhen and "Glasses", looked at "Glasses" and the middle-aged public security officer surnamed Lin as soon as he sat down, and said to Zhou Guozhen: "What department do these comrades belong to? President Zhou, please introduce us too! You know, I like to make friends!" Zhou Guozhen bit the bullet and introduced one by one: "They are all, oh, all from the judicial department. This... this is Lao Lin, the subordinate of Director Han of our Public Security Bureau, is this comrade wearing glasses, surname... surname..."

"Glasses" bowed: "My surname is Que, from the economics department of the procuratorate." "Well, there's Comrade Xiao Lin, who belongs to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. They came this time for a small matter, ah, small matter, to check a report letter..." Speaking of this, Zhou Guozhen immediately regretted: Is this considered tipping off?Just now people also confessed!If people give him face, he is not good at embarrassing them!Although he was wronged, it had nothing to do with the comrades who handled the case. There was no need for him to offend these people and embarrass them face to face.If these people re-handcuff him in front of Director Sha, I am afraid that he will never be able to tell clearly, and people will say that nothing is wrong.Director Sha is a good director, but his mouth is not good, he likes to talk nonsense.

Fortunately, neither "Glasses" nor Lao Lin paid attention to this sentence, so Zhou Guozhen pretended not to say it, and changed the subject very naturally: "Things in our bank are a bit complicated now! Director Sha, you probably didn't know that the Bai Jinming I transferred - is now the vice president! This person is determined to bring me down! Recently, the I have a lot of rumors!" Mimi said: "President Zhou, who doesn't know who you are? You can't be defeated by Bai Jinming's rumors! As soon as Lao Sha and I's TV series "Financial World" is on, those rumors will be self-defeating! Our Lao Sha said... "

Director Sha interrupted Mimi's conversation: "Hey, Mimi, haven't you seen that President Zhou has so many guests? Don't talk about TV dramas now, if you have time in the future!" Puzzled, he looked at Director Sha in confusion: "Isn't time tight?" Director Sha smiled: "No matter how urgent you are, you won't miss this night." Thinking for a while, the husband was afraid that he had a new idea, so he didn't make a sound. Sure enough, Director Sha had a new idea. He didn’t show the script to President Zhou at all. He just blindly matched the “glasses” of public security officer Lao Lin and the procuratorate, and talked about the plight of today’s legal-themed TV dramas:

"Old Lin, Xiao Que, can you talk about whether you should be angry or not? As soon as our comrades in the Public Security Bureau and the court are filmed handling cases, ah, it is to break into the underworld and play our judicial fighters as more gangsters than gangsters, which is irresponsible. Well! A few days ago, when I was watching the test film of "The PL 167 Case" on the provincial TV station, I said, this is going to die, and we literary and art workers have to show our artistic conscience!" "Glasses" nodded again and again: "Director Sha, what you said hit the nail on the head. Our literary and art workers today really lack artistic conscience, so I think that Chairman Mao's "Speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art" is not out of date, and you should study hard."

"Yes, that's exactly what I want to say. I wrote an article commemorating the 'speech' a month ago, and it was published in our provincial newspaper. The title is "My Way, My Experience". Have you seen it with Comrade Lao Lin? I’m not bragging, but in the literature and art circles of our province, I can only count my plays as the most correct.” Lao Lin was a little impatient: "I haven't read your article, and I've never watched your shit TV!" Sha Dao said: "Comrade Lao Lin, this is wrong. You have to watch it if it's good or not! How do you know it's not good if you don't see it? I'll just watch it, even if it's not good!" Lao Lin's face turned down: "Hey, I said director, didn't you see that we have something to do? Shall we talk about these TV dramas another day?" Director Sa was taken aback: "That's fine, that's fine! I'll talk to you some other day! I'm preparing to shoot a TV series about the legal system. If you are interested, you can discuss it with your leaders first. We will co-produce, we will produce scripts and personnel. You contribute funds! I dare not say anything else, but I can guarantee one thing: Once our drama comes out, it will definitely take on a new look and fundamentally change the image of our judicial officers! Here, here is my business card, if I have time keep in touch!" After handing out the business cards and getting up to leave, Director Sha remembered to say hello to President Zhou and his wife: "Oh, President Zhou, Eldest Sister Zhou, keep talking with these comrades. Mimi and I won't bother you. Let's talk another day, and have a good talk!" At this time, Zhou Guozhen had discovered Director Sha's blatant shamelessness: Director Sha obviously came to talk about the script, and obviously discovered the troubles he encountered, so he deliberately avoided the topic-Mimi explicitly mentioned the script, He turned away.The snobby director probably decided that Zhou Guozhen was finished and didn't want to talk to him anymore. Zhou Guozhen couldn't help sneering, thinking to himself, let's wait and see!Whether he has any problems can be clarified, and when he is clarified, this TV series must be filmed!Ask a director who is more famous than Sha Dao to shoot!Director Sha was invited to watch the film test!Let's see what he thinks then! Now Zhou Guozhen was a problem. As soon as Director Sha and Mimi left, Xiao Que, who was wearing glasses, asked Lao Lin to take out the handcuffs, and gave Lao Lin very clear instructions: "Cuff it again! Let's give him face this time!" Lao Lin gave his "glasses" a blank look: "It's all you, soft-hearted! If you want me to say, I won't give you any face! Just let our big president wear handcuffs to see that director!" "Glasses" said: "Okay, okay, don't say such nonsense!" The handcuffs were put back on.When Lao Lin took out the handcuffs from his handbag, Zhou Guozhen noticed that there was still a pistol in the handbag, and it seemed that there were bullets. The bullets were wrapped in oiled paper and scattered in the bag... What are you doing with so many bullets on official duty?Zhou Guozhen suddenly felt that something was wrong, and instinctively felt that there might be something wrong.If things are really like what "Glasses" said, and the investigation has been filed for more than a month, he can hear the news from the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection or the Procuratorate—at least Secretary Wang of the Commission for Discipline Inspection should talk to him first. I still have to post an article, and I won't take such extraordinary measures as soon as I come up.Furthermore, it is wrong to handcuff him casually. An arrest warrant is required for arrest. Without an arrest warrant, these people have no right to handcuff him.Before that, he was really stupid, he was confused, he even forgot the basic common sense... Just about to ask the question, "Glasses" spoke first: "Are you still unwilling to hand over the stolen money? If you insist on not handing over, we have no choice but to take legal measures and implement a compulsory search!" Zhou Guozhen raised the question based on this topic: "Search is okay. Do you have a search warrant? Also, you need an arrest warrant to arrest someone. Please show it..." Both "Glasses" and Lao Lin were dumbfounded, but after only a moment, Lao Lin immediately took out the gun from the holster and put it on the coffee table: "What arrest warrant, search warrant? Is this thing fake?!" Zhou Qiyu didn't see the reason behind it, so he said cautiously: "Comrade Lao Lin, don't get angry, we Lao Zhou are just asking casually." "Glasses" said: "You can ask, is this a civil right! ——However, we came here in a hurry today, and we didn't have time to go through the relevant procedures. We can make up for it in the future." Zhou Guozhen felt suspicious, and without any formalities, the police and prosecutors came out together?No matter how urgent you are, you will never be in such a hurry! "No! Complete the formalities and come back tomorrow! You can neither search nor take me away today! You just said that this is my civil right!" "If you dare to obstruct us from carrying out our official duties, it will be an additional crime!" "I'm not afraid!" Zhou Qiyu also said: "Our old Zhou is right, you can't just arrest people like this without going through the formalities." Lao Lin waved his gun and said: "It's up to you today! If you agree with us to search, if you don't agree, we will also search! If you don't hand over all the stolen money, you will look good!" "Then you are breaking the law! If you go ahead, I will sue you! Don't think that you are not bound by the law..." Zhou Qiyu spoke loudly because of anger and anxiety, and the "glasses" panicked: "Don't shout, don't shout at all! If you have something to say, speak up!" Lin, as if he didn't hear it, took a step forward, put the gun in his hand against Zhou Qiyu's chest, turned his head and said to the "glasses": "College student, don't pretend to be a bear, we can't go on with this show! It's up to me!" As he spoke, Lin took out another grenade from his trouser pocket, held it in his hand and played with it: "Let me tell you the truth, my father and I came to borrow money today! If you are sensible, take out all the money at home, if you are not sensible, hum!" Both Zhou Guozhen and his wife Zhou Qiyu were stunned: This is robbery, robbery with guns!These people are not from the public security department at all, but a gang of gangsters! These gangsters are really brave enough to pretend to be law enforcement officers and play with them for more than an hour!They almost took them seriously, handed over everything to them, even told them about the sofa and stereo, and almost followed them. If they really followed them, the consequences would be unimaginable... After a moment of panic, Zhou Guozhen's heart settled down first. He felt that it would be better to meet these gangsters than to be arrested and sent to the detention center after being wronged.These gangsters can be arrogant for a while tonight, but they won't leave troubles for the future.It is different if you are wrongly arrested and sent to the detention center, the political influence is too bad. Zhou Guozhen smiled, raised his handcuffed hands, and said as calmly as possible: "Oh, so I wanted to borrow some money! It's good to be clear, and you can discuss it if you want to borrow money! Let me download this first! Oh, and, don't you all point your guns at us, just in case you leave When it’s on fire, everyone doesn’t look good, does it?”