Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve What Happened at Night

In less than five minutes, Little Blink walked out of the police station accompanied by Mr. Big Liar. "Look, we're together again," said Blinky as he got into the car. "Never mind. You did me a great favor by doing everything exactly as I asked. I'll help you too." "Are you already a little familiar with Quan Bo?" Little Blink turned to the big liar and asked. "Yes, of course," said the big liar, starting the car motor. "However, probably no one knows all about him yet," Little Blink continued. "Here's the situation: Nobody has flown to us from another planet with a precious cargo. He's brought the seeds of giant plants that bear huge fruit. You see what we can offer to poor farmers Many of them have very little land and cannot live off their own harvest. If everyone could grow ten times as much fruit as they do now, we would have no poverty at all.”

"Yes, that's all very well," said the great liar cautiously. "Let Quan Zhi give these seeds to us, and we will sell them to the poor. It will make a good fortune. Quan Zhi can't stand being wronged." "That's right," agreed Little Blink. "But the trouble is that all these seeds are left on the surface of the moon, in the rocket. We don't have a vehicle that can fly that high. So. We must first design and build such a vehicle, and it costs money." "When it comes to money, it's hard," said the great liar. "I know a lot of people who don't refuse to hold money in their hands; but I don't know a single person who is willing to part with money voluntarily."

"That's true," said Little Blink, smiling. "But I've got a pretty plan in mind. The poor should pay for it. It's for them that we want to get the seeds here from the moon." "Yes!" The big liar was happy. "Let's form a joint stock company. Let's issue shares... Do you know what a stock is?" he asked completely ignorant. "I don't know, I don't think I've heard of it," Quan Mo said. "Stocks--that's a piece of paper like banknotes. Stocks can be printed in a printing house. We sell stocks, let's say, one Fielding a piece. We use the money from the sale to build flying machines, After getting the seeds, everyone who has shares will get his own share of seeds. Of course, whoever has more shares will get more seeds.”

The conversation took place as the car sped down city streets.Little Blink saw a restaurant on the road and said, "I propose to have a nice lunch to celebrate the birth of our joint-stock company." A few minutes later our traveler was sitting in the dining-room eating his lunch with great appetite. "The most important thing now is to force the poor to be willing to spend money to buy our stocks." Little Blink said. "How to force them? They won't believe there are seeds in the Moon. Need proof," said the Great Liar. "I've thought about it all," replied Little Blink. "In the beginning, we will create a lot of discussion around this matter. First, we will publish an article in the newspaper, saying that a dwarf from another planet has come to us. After everyone believes it, we will publish an article, saying that this universe The little man brought the seeds, and immediately announced the establishment of the joint stock company."

"What if people say it's a hoax?" objected the Great Liar. "I don't know what evidence there is to prove that he is from another planet? He looks like a dwarf like us all." "Yes!" Little Blink said loudly. "Excuse me, I don't know anything. Can you prove that you are a visitor from the universe? Maybe you have a spacesuit? You can't travel in space without a spacesuit!" "I do have a spacesuit," Omniscience admitted, "but I hid it under a tree in an orchard after I came to you from the surface of the moon." "Where is this orchard?"

"I can't remember now, because some half-mad old Mr. Bug caught me. Just because I picked an apple from his garden, and the dog bit me." "Ah, old bug!" cried Little Blink happily. "If that's the case, then it's not all over yet. Hey, bellboy, get me the phone book!" The receptionist complied immediately, and Blinky began to look through the phone book that had been delivered.He found the column of names beginning with "Old" quickly, and said, "Look here: Old Bug, 70 Big Dog Street. We'll go to the old Bug as soon as it gets dark, and search his orchard. You, too, goat, come with us. You have work to do, too."

Soon, in Snake Lane, next to the goods store of various calibers, Mr. Big Liar's yellow car could be seen;The car stopped beside the No. 70 house, and four police officers with flashlights and rubber batons walked out of the car.As the most astute reader has probably guessed, these aren't real cops, but just Big Liar, Blinky, Don't Know, and Kid Goat in police uniforms. Little Blink immediately walked to the gate, looked through the crack of the door, and saw that the window was lit, so he knocked loudly on the corner door with his baton.After a while, the door of the building opened, and Xiao Bing walked out the door, holding a gun in his hand, and walking along the path with his slippers on.

"Who's knocking?" he asked, approaching the corner door. "It's from the police station!" said Little Blink. "Open the door!" Xiao Zuo panicked when he heard it was "from the police station", and immediately opened the corner door.He saw four policemen in shiny brass helmets standing in front of him, trembling with fright, and dropping their guns to the ground. "You're under arrest!" said Little Blink, shining the flashlight directly into his eyes. At this time, the big liar jumped up to him from behind, put a noose around his neck, and deftly twisted his hands behind his back.

"For-for-why arrest me?" Little Position stammered in fright. "Just because you asked such a silly question," Little Blink explained. "But please allow..." Xiao Positioning still wanted to say. He couldn't say anything more, because the big liar immediately put a rubber plug on his mouth. "We've been a little rough with the fool, and I beg your pardon, don't know it," said Little Blink. "But it's not okay, because he might shoot at us. Please stand guard at the corner gate for a while, and we will call you when needed... Hey, I say you, go to the building and don't make a sound!" Little Blink pointed to Xiao ordered, and kicked him from behind again.

The little positioning obediently walked along the path.At this time, another servant of Mr. Old Bug, Bear, jumped out of the building.Before he could say a word, his hands were cut backwards, and a rubber plug was stuck into his mouth. Old Mr. Bug himself was sitting peacefully at home at this time, drinking cocoa from a large blue bowl.Suddenly, the door opened, and he saw three policemen rushing into the house, followed by Xiaobao and Xiaogouxiong, whose hands were tied and their mouths were gagged.The old bug opened his mouth wide in fright, and poured a bowl of hot cocoa all over his pants.

"Hold on! You're under arrest!" declared Little Blink. "The police have received information that you are buying stolen goods and harboring ruffians." "What are you talking about!" The old bug waved his hands again and again. "It's useless to deny it," said Little Blink. "We need to search." While Little Blink was talking, the big liar had already tied the old bedbug with a rope like a spider spinning silk, tied it tightly to a chair, and gagged it.The big liar saw that the old bedbug was still dangling his legs and wanted to stand up, so he poked him on the top of the head with an electric baton.As a result, the old bedbug fell to the floor with the chair.At this moment, Little Blink made Xiao Positioning and Little Bear stand side by side.He ordered them both to stand at attention, and struck each on the forehead with his baton, so that they both fell to the ground. "Before the search is over, lie here and don't hinder the police's actions!" Little Blink ordered. "And you, Mr. Constable," he said to the Kid, "I ask you to be on duty here. If anyone tries to stand up, you must follow the rules of the police and use your baton." "Yes," said the Kid. Little Blink and Big Liar walked out of the room, and went to find the space suit without knowing it.The little goat who stayed in the room carefully monitored the old bedbug, the little bitch and the little bear lying on the ground.As soon as one of them moved, he poked the back of his head with an electric baton, and said, "I treat you like this because you let the dog bite you and you don't know it. Don't do it next time!" After half an hour of searching, the spacesuit was found in the place where Quan didn't know where it was originally hidden.After Blink and Liar order Quan to deliver the spacesuit to the car, they go into Old Bug's room. "We didn't find anything this time, but we must find it next time," said Little Blink. "Now, Mr. Little Goat, I ask you to give them one more time, so that they can understand what it means to deal with the police." The little goat obediently fulfilled Little Blink's orders, and then the three of them walked out of the building and got into the car, unaware that they were waiting for them in the car. The big crook started the motor, drove two or three blocks from the old bug's house, turned into a quiet, lonely alley, and parked the car next to a telephone box.Here our adventurers have their police uniforms ripped from their bodies and change into their usual clothes.Blink told Quan to put his spacesuit on over his clothes, and he called a hotel himself. "Hi!" he said into the phone. "Is it the 'Emerald' hotel? Please prepare the best set of rooms for space travelers who don't know...yes, yes, for space travelers. What's wrong with that? Directly from space to us From here. We'll drive him in less than an hour. Please get ready to welcome!" Putting down the phone, he immediately picked it up and dialed another number, shouting: "Hello, who is it? Is it a TV station? We need to organize a TV broadcast at the 'Emerald' Hotel. There is a space visitor, a space traveler who will not know anything soon We're about to get there... Well, what home, what home! A space traveler, I say! He flew to us from another planet in a spacesuit... Nobody's kidding you! If you don't believe me, you can No, but you'll regret it afterwards. Just in case you remember: we'll be in front of the hotel in an hour. We'll be in a yellow car. Be careful not to get it wrong! Beware of fakes! Real space travel Home is ours." Little Blink put down the phone and walked out of the phone booth. "The TV guy is in our hands now!" he said. "For now they don't believe in space travelers, but within ten minutes they'll start to wonder. In half an hour they'll decide, anyway, send a telecaster to the hotel door with a television receiver. Even if there are no astronauts, something else interesting may happen. We TV viewers love sensational things... And now, friends, we must prepare for the welcome event, and put all kinds of problems Done. We still have time to do this." Little Blink's estimation is absolutely correct.At first the TV crew didn't believe him, but then they called the studio crew and asked if they knew a space traveler was coming to town.The studio folks knew nothing, of course, but were ashamed to admit they were uninformed, so they said they had heard something.They asked the staff of the TV station about the situation in detail, and then started calling the editorial offices of various newspapers and periodicals, hoping to get some details from them.The editorial staff knew nothing of it themselves, but thought that, as usual, they had been negligent, or, as the editorial department liked to say, sloppy.So they all called the TV station and asked if they knew anything about the arrival of the astronauts.People in the TV station thought that everyone around them knew about it, but they were the only ones who were still suspicious.As a result, not only television crews with their equipment, but also cinematographers with movie cameras and lighting equipment, and newspaper crews flocked to the Emerald on Lazy Street.Journalists, interviewers, photojournalists, feature writers, observers, commentators, popular writers, and more. When Quan Zhi and his companion appeared on Lazy Street in a yellow car, they saw a large group of people standing under spotlights on the opposite side of the hotel building.There were several cinematographers and television cameramen standing tall on top of several convertibles, pointing cameras in every direction for film and television.Not far from the hotel entrance stood a full line of police officers, ready to deploy rubber truncheons if necessary. The photographers saw the approaching yellow car from a distance, and began to point their cameras at it to shoot.The crowd gathered near the entrance of the hotel became excited and filled the entire road at once.The police rushed forward as if they had heard the command, pushing and shoving the crowd, trying to clear a passage.People saw that the yellow car was driving steadily towards the hotel and stopped facing the door. Several photographers immediately ran to the car and pointed their cameras at the car to take pictures.At this time, the car door opened, and the little goat got out of the car first.The crowd welcomed him with shouts of joy.Everyone thought it was an astronaut.The kid smiled sheepishly.The photojournalist clicks the shutter of the camera.Following the kid out of the car was Little Blink.He too was greeted with shouts and applause.Then came the great liar.The shouting was quieter this time, because no one knew which of them was the real astronaut. Finally, the moon gnomes saw a strange person start to climb out of the car.I don't know whether his appearance is like a knight in armor or a diver in full gear.Everyone understands that this is the real space traveler.The crowd suddenly roared with joy.People are waving.The hat flew into the sky.A woman throws a bouquet of flowers at Omniscience.Photojournalists scurrying around double-down on camera shutters.A TV crew jumped up to Omniscient, held the microphone up to his nose and said, "Please say a few words to our audience. How did this spaceflight go? How did you feel about yourself after the flight? You Do you like our city?" Little Blink standing nearby pushed the TV crew aside, took the microphone from him and said: "Dear TV viewers! Ladies and gentlemen! The space traveler who has arrived on our planet will share his impressions in the next telecast. At the moment he desperately needs rest as he is very tired after spaceflight. First to see It was me and Mr. Big Liar, the owner of the goods store of various calibers at No. 6 Snake Lane, who landed on our moon. At that time, Mr. Big Liar and I were walking back from the manor in the suburbs by car. He fell from the sky with the help of a small parachute, and everyone can see that this parachute is placed on his back like wings." Little Wink said, pointing to the hood-style parachute behind the unknown, and continued: " Mr. Big Liar and I showed kindness and help to the esteemed visitor from the universe, willing to pay for all his living expenses, and to take care of him, including board and medical expenses. There was also a little goat with us on the way Sir. Gentlemen TV viewers, please allow me to introduce Mr. Little Goat. Details will be announced in the next broadcast. Thank you!" Seeing that the crowd around him was increasing every minute, Little Blink blinked at the big liar and the little goat, grabbed the hand of Omniscient and pulled them towards the entrance of the hotel.The dwarfs gathered at the entrance shouted "Ulla", clapped their hands, and smiled kindly at Omniscience.Everyone held out their hands to him.Everyone wanted to touch his spacesuit.A burly policeman followed behind him, tapping his rubber baton on the hands of anyone who tried to touch him. Quan Shi and his companion finally squeezed through the crowd and came to the lobby of the hotel.They first saw a huge television camera on small wheels, manned by a cameraman.A thick black wire pulled from the TV camera, running along the floor and down the corridor.A plump, round little man in a neat sky blue suit and a white tie was running towards our travelers. This is the owner of the hotel grabbed Mr.He bowed low to his visitors, shook hands with them, and led them down the long corridor to see the rooms reserved for them.The TV camera moved in front of them at every step, and a round glass eye never moved away from the traveler's body, so it can be assumed that the TV viewers on the moon not only saw on their screens the arrival of the hotel in ignorance. The scene, and also saw the scene of him living in the guest room. Mr. Yizhuo stopped by a wide open door at the end of the corridor and said: "Please come in, this is your guest room. The big reception room is facing you, and the dining room and small reception room are on the left. On the right is the living room and study room, behind the study room is the bedroom, next to the bedroom is the bathroom. I hope you will feel comfortable." Knowing that he walked into the reception room, he felt that he had not come to an ordinary hotel room, but to the camera room of a TV station.In the middle of the room stood a TV camera with small wheels, and four spotlights stood like monsters with big heads and thin legs at the four corners of the room, illuminating everything in the room with bright and dazzling light.There were thick wires running all over the room.Transformers and varistors lay on the floor. Workers at television stations and movie studios hustle around the equipment.One of them held a microphone, bent a finger and tapped on it, and said in a strong nasal voice, "One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four! How about it? Are you clear?" As soon as he entered the room without knowing it, he stopped tapping the microphone and said solemnly: "Dear TV viewers, he has now entered the room! You saw him wearing a space suit, which is made of metal and is not yet available on our planet. He is made of some plastic material he knows. On his head is a metal helmet with a small pane of glass through which he can see clearly. As you can see for yourselves, the space visitor Accompanied, among them you can clearly see the owner of this hotel, the most amiable Mr. Grab, respected by all of us. Mr. Grab's hotel is a first-class hotel: there are first-class rooms well-equipped, A first-class restaurant with a first-class fountain, a first-class dance hall with a swimming pool. A first-class band plays all night. Here you can get a first-class rest, enjoy a first-class meal, and spend a first-class time among the first-class people Time. There are first-class rooms at a wide range of prices...” When the staff of the TV station was bragging about the hotel where Mr. Yi was caught, a little man came out of nowhere and walked in front of Quan Zhi.He was wearing a white coat and carrying a small leather bag. "My name is Doctor Syringe," he said. "I think that our dear visitor from the universe needs medical services, which I can provide immediately and completely free of charge. Immediately here, even a cursory examination is far from superfluous. First, the activity of the heart must be checked. " The syringe doctor took out a black wooden tube from his pocket, put one end on Quan Zhi's chest, and the other end stuck to his ear. "Heart sounds can be heard clearly, even through the flight suit," he said. "Heart rate is a little faster because of his excitement about the welcome and the hospitality of the people of our city to the astronauts." The syringe doctor snatched the microphone from the TV crew and pressed it closer to the wooden pipe that still didn't know his chest. "Dear audience!" he said. "Ladies and gentlemen! I am the Syringe Doctor. You hear the low thud: Thumb! Thumb! Thumb! This is the beating heart of an astronaut who has come to our planet. Attention, please! I am the Syringe Doctor .My address is: No. 15, Cholera Street. I am available every day from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Outpatients are available. Please call for outpatient visits. The fee for nighttime consultations is doubled. What you hear is the heartbeat of an astronaut. There is a dental office .Extraction, treatment, filling. Low fees. Fifteen Avenue Cholera. The heartbeat you hear is..." At this moment, the room was filled with newcomers: men and women from various newspapers.They formed a dense circle around Little Wink, Big Liar, and Kid Goat, asking questions from all directions. The great liar tried to keep silent, and only opened up when it came to goods of various calibers.The kid was not in a hurry to answer questions either.Therefore, all questions are answered by Xiao Bingba, and it should be said that he is very alert, that is: when he can answer directly, he answers directly, when he doesn't know what to say, he answers in a roundabout way, but never Don't say "don't know". For example, when a reporter asked how long the astronauts would stay in the city, Little Blink replied, "It depends." When someone asked if the astronauts would visit other cities, Little Blink said, "He can go whenever he wants." Someone asked if the astronaut was planning to purchase any goods in this city, and he replied: "It depends on what goods we can provide him." There were so many people asking questions that poor little Blink began to lose patience and refrained from swearing. The last one who asked the question was a female reporter from the magazine "Dog Breeding and Pleasure Dog Breeding". "I'm a representative of Domestic and Poodle Breeding magazine," she said solemnly. "Please answer a question which will no doubt interest our female readers: Is there a domestic and toy breed on the planet where our esteemed space traveler comes?" "Undoubtedly there is," said Little Blink with certainty. "Which breeds of toy dogs are the most bred there?" "There are all kinds, ma'am." "Which breeds are better?" "Good, non-biting breeds are better," replied Wink, trying to keep a pleasant smile on his face. At this time, a female representative of an advertising company appeared in the reception room.She was wearing a thin bright green dress and a stylish beanie of the same color, from which her unkempt hair stuck out.It could be seen that her hair was messed up as she made her way through the crowd in the street.Her face was severe and resolute, with a straight, pointed, and slightly reddish nose, and a pair of tiny gray eyes with a stubborn look.She held several plywood billboards fastened to wooden handles, and a small camera in a leather case hung on her chest.She ran up to Quan Zhi, and put a billboard into his hand, which read: If the dwarf eats gingerbread, They won't feel sorry, They don't spend money in vain. This is a product of the "Dawn" candy factory. She took two or three steps back, pointed the camera at Omen, and took a picture.Seeing this scene, Little Blink was completely annoyed.He jumped up to Quan Zhi, snatched the billboard from him, threw it viciously on the floor, then jumped up to the female representative of the advertising agency and kicked her. The female representative didn't want to suffer, she patted Little Wink on the head with a billboard, and finally spat on the sleeve of his jacket. Little Blink was trembling with anger at such a counterattack. "Go away!" he yelled frantically. "Take her away, or I'll be rude to you! Fuck off, all! Stop the telecast immediately! You should sign a contract with us and pay. We can't let you watch astronauts for nothing!" Since no one wanted to leave, Blink turned to the hotel owner and yelled, "Snatch sir, that's absurd! Who gave permission to let these people in? We're leaving your hotel immediately!" "Gentlemen, please get out of this room!" shouted the fistful in horror. "Gentlemen, please get out of here, everyone! I will lose customers because of you. The interview is over!" Seeing that no one was listening, he winked at a few policemen standing by the door, and they immediately started working with batons. Television viewers watched the fierce battle, and the unlucky journalists, both male and female, fled the room in order to avoid being attacked by electric batons.The staff of the TV station also hurriedly dragged their transformers, rheostats and other equipment outside the door.The cameraman on the TV camera was the last to leave the room. The telecast ends here.