Chapter 74 High-End Game
Chapter 74 High-End Game
"Are you kidding?" Reporter Wang looked at the teacher in disbelief, and then realized that he had lost control of his tone and raised his voice too high. He calmed down and asked in a controlled voice, "Don't junior high schools have parent-teacher conferences every semester?"
"...Yes," Teacher Li nodded, "So during the six parent-teacher conferences during the three years of junior high school, Gu Lu sat in his seat and listened alone."
What's the point? This was reporter Wang's first reaction. Parent-teacher conferences are supposed to be for teachers and parents to exchange educational opinions. It's useless to ask students to sit there. But the reporter was not happy.
Being well-informed, he knew that this interview mission might be a high-end one!
"Gu Lu's parents are very busy." said Teacher Li.
It was a very tactful way to say it, but reporter Wang understood it immediately. "Then is there any other way to contact Gu Lu's father?"
"There's no way to contact the father, but there might be some way to contact the mother." Teacher Li said, "I remember Gu Lu said his mother worked at Tianci Huatang Hot Spring Hotel. I don't know if she changed jobs. Reporter Wang can go and take a look."
"Thank you, Teacher Li." Reporter Wang thanked him sincerely. If he didn't know the situation of the Gu family, he would have directly asked for Gu Lu's cell phone number.
"That reporter Wang, Gu Lu was still a student, about the report..." Teacher Li hesitated to speak.
"Please rest assured, Teacher Li. I am a reporter for the Young Pioneers Daily, a serious official media, and I will consider the consequences of many things I report." Reporter Wang responded, and then he politely declined Teacher Li's invitation to dinner.
Teacher Li watched the reporter leave. The two were chatting in a small teahouse (mahjong hall) downstairs from his house. Reporter Wang's voice was lost in the crowd, like a drop of water blending into the ocean. Even as a reporter, he was not special in the crowd.
The teacher's thoughts wandered for a moment. The reason he knew Gu's mother's work address was because of a request for help in the first semester of the second year of junior high school, when Gu Lu asked how to send a birthday present to his mother.
He felt puzzled at the time. Although Bishan was more than 30 kilometers away from the ferry area, it was not a remote province. Moreover, there were short-distance buses at the passenger transport center. Why not submit it in person?
“If I give it to my mother in person, she might not want it.” Teacher Li still remembers Gu Lu’s response at that time.
"I feel like you're wasting money. That's what parents do." Teacher Li still remembers his response at the time.
Indeed, some parents do this. Not to mention that their children have no ability to earn money, even if their children enter society and use their first salary to buy gifts, their first reaction is to scold them for being wasteful.
"He is such a sensible child. He remembers his parents' birthdays and saves money to buy birthday presents. Why doesn't his parents care about him?" Teacher Li murmured and drank the tea on the table before leaving.
The chairs in the teahouse are old-fashioned bamboo chairs with armrests, and the table is a small square table with potholes and one leg is missing, so there are some small things stuffed underneath. Playing poker and mahjong in the teahouse is free, but everyone has to order a pot of tea and pay for the tea.
In fact, this practice still has hidden dangers, because according to the definition of mass gambling, no matter what form of rake, if the total amount exceeds 5,000, it will be counted. However, it is 2012 now, and the fog is far less strict...
At about 3 pm, reporter Wang drove to Bishan, and saw a somewhat desolate area. Dukou District is the most promising of the nine districts in the main city, and Bishan currently has more development potential than Dukou District.
Tianci Huatang Hot Spring Hotel is easy to find. It is located in Bi Hot Spring, one of the Five Directions and Ten Springs in the Fog City. Moreover, the hotel is also built in Jinjianshan Forest Park.
"Hello, I'm Wang Pengju, a reporter from the Young Pioneers Daily, and here's my ID." Reporter Wang went straight to the hotel front desk and handed over the reporter's ID (09 edition) in a grey color.
The certificate issued by the General Administration has the name and photo, and has an anti-counterfeiting mark. But the receptionist who just turned 20 must not know.
Journalists! People have not yet gotten rid of the fascination with the profession of journalists, and subconsciously label them as powerful and elite, so the girl at the front desk was a little nervous.
"Excuse me, what can I do for you? I don't know anything. I'll go find my lobby manager. Mr. Wang, please wait a moment." The girl at the front desk was a little smart. What if a reporter came to report something bad about the hotel? She had a basic salary of 1,500 yuan, was weak and helpless, knew nothing, and was not clear about anything.
"I just... okay." Reporter Wang just wanted to ask someone, but the other person disappeared without a second.
Let’s wait then. Reporter Wang found a single sofa in the lobby to rest.
After about ten minutes, a person came quickly from the right side of the bar. He was wearing a standard uniform, a waist-hugging suit, a white shirt, and high heels. He was about thirty years old. It was the lobby manager Sun Xia.
"Hello, Mr. Wang." Lobby manager Sun Xia first looked at the reporter's ID and asked, "Mr. Wang, what kind of interview do you want to conduct at Tiancihua Forest Hot Spring Hotel?"
"Don't be nervous. Our Young Pioneers is a regular newspaper, not a tabloid that quotes people out of context." Reporter Wang could see that although the other party's tone was polite, his body was tense, so he tried to comfort him first.
He then asked, "Excuse me, is Zheng Yanfei a staff member of your hotel? Yan means swallow, and Fei means flying."
Gu's mother's name.
"Zheng Yanfei?" Sun Xia didn't know all the names of the staff, but she happened to know this one. "If they are not the same name, Sister Zheng is the leader of our housekeeping department's cleaning team. But why are you interviewing Sister Zheng?"
It's good that I'm still here, I haven't changed jobs. Reporter Wang felt much relieved, "Ms. Zheng Yanfei's son is very outstanding and won the first prize of the Ye Shengtao Cup National Award. We came to interview him to learn from his excellent educational experience."
It turned out to be a good thing. Sun Xia's limbs relaxed. At the same time, she was amazed. A first prize in the country, how outstanding it must be!
It seems that Zheng Yanfei really found a good family after her divorce.
During lunch breaks and conversations, lobby manager Sun Xia often heard Gu's mother praise her stepson for being so outstanding, winning scholarships, and getting admitted to Bashu High School.
"Oh, so that's how it is. Mr. Wang, please go to the conference room on the second floor and wait. I'll go and notify them right away." Sun Xia trotted over to notify them.
Tianci Huatang Hot Spring Hotel has many meeting rooms, perhaps because it is often chosen as a location for company team-building activities.
Snacks and Tuocha were served, and the hotel's hospitality was very thoughtful.
Mother Gu, who was informed, looked confused. She walked towards the meeting room while listening to Sun Xia's story.
Ye Shengtao Cup - It seemed as if her daughter had told her... Mother Gu's mind was full of thoughts.
After a while, the two arrived at the meeting room. Sun Xia poured a cup of tea for Gu's mother, closed the door and left.
"Hello, Ms. Zheng." Reporter Wang introduced himself again.
"Hello, Mr. Wang." Mother Gu was a little embarrassed, holding the paper cup.
"I'm sorry to bother you so suddenly. It's mainly because I really can't contact Gu Lu's father." Reporter Wang said, "And Gu Lu's education is something worth sharing."
Hearing the name Gu Lu, Mother Gu seemed to be hit by an invisible hammer and asked cautiously, "Did he get first place in the country in composition?"
(End of this chapter)