Wang Limin wants to have a good rest at home. He spent the night in his newly bought house, so he must have slept comfortably.

But things didn't go his way. As soon as Wang Limin got home, his parents began to complain to him about his neighbor's stupid behavior.

Wang Limin's new home is located in an advanced residential area, surrounded by water, asphalt roads and trees on three sides. Birds and flowers are far better than the noise of reinforced concrete in the city. Wang Limin thought that with the word "high-grade", he could be slightly away from the vulgarity of ordinary people, but he did not expect to escape petty profits.

The thing is, there are two families living on each floor of the apartment, there is a public area at the entrance of the elevator, and the property management fee is shared equally by the two families. A few days ago, Wang Limin bumped a row of shoe cabinets into the wall in the public area, which just occupied half of the wall area. It goes without saying that the remaining half was given to the family.

As a result, Wang Limin's parents were very unhappy. My dad, in particular, couldn't help getting angry at the first sight of the abrupt shoe cabinet. Although he did not directly find the opposite theory, he called the property management office several times, claiming that he would not pay the property management fee as long as the shoe cabinet was not dismantled.

Mother is unhappy-after all, it is the land shared by two families. How to make a shoe cabinet without consulting her? -But she has other ideas. Mom said that she had the heart to make cabinets and things like that there, and she would put things away when she had grandchildren, so since the neighbors did it first, she should acquiesce, and our family will do it in the future.

Hearing this, my father accused my mother of talking nonsense He repeatedly argued that the public * * * area is the public * * * area, and either the property management arranges facilities in a unified way or nothing can be done.

But soon, the property management gave such an answer: this matter should be negotiated by the owners themselves, and we disagree in principle.

Wang Limin naturally guessed the implication of property management, public areas are empty, as long as you don't do anything out of line, you won't suffer. Besides, this community has blossomed everywhere, and it is not too late to do it for the family.

Mother knew her father's hot temper, so she suggested that Wang Limin discuss it with his neighbors and not make a mountain out of a molehill. But Wang Limin was very tired. In his own words, it is "I have been in hell for two months, so don't let me go back to earth", so he has no intention to worry about this little thing at all.

He quoted the story of Sanchi Lane to gently persuade his father: "What's done is done. Your boss won't let the opposite house tear down the cabinet again. After that, I looked down and didn't see it. How ugly? " You can carry forward the traditional virtue of being tolerant of others in China, and don't argue with them for petty gain. "

Wang Limin's words didn't vent his father's anger very well, but it also made his father no longer want to draw out a sword to help him as he did at the beginning, and the number of times his father went to the property management office gradually decreased in the following days.

2、

"I have been in hell for two months. Don't let me go back to earth." This sentence was not invented by Wang Limin to prevaricate his parents. In the past two months, he was really exhausted.

Wang Limin is a reporter of the influential Aviation Light magazine, mainly engaged in the investigation and interview of the signed column Civil Point. Although this column is a group of only eight people, their reports in each issue always cause great social repercussions.

Just about half a year ago, Xie Bin, editor-in-chief of Civil Point, gave Wang Limin an undercover task, which was the first task Wang Limin received after joining the League-to be an undercover English teacher in a training institution called "Gaodian Education".

Wang Limin has studied abroad and can speak fluent and authentic English. Not only does the name sound like a teacher, but even the appearance and physique are "sophisticated" enough. Therefore, in the words of the editor-in-chief, this undercover task is "only you can be competent to benefit the people."

For such an important investigation task, Wang Limin certainly didn't want to miss it, and there was a faint expectation in his anxiety, because it was enough to make him famous in World War I, and his dream of "reminiscing" for many years was likely to come true.

Although Xie Bin, editor-in-chief of Investigation, repeatedly emphasized to Wang Limin the great potential danger of undercover, Wang Limin didn't realize the true meaning of the word "danger" until he really entered the "scene".

"Gaodian Education" is a primary and secondary education and training institution without any qualification. In the data collection before undercover, the word "deep background" was repeatedly emphasized in the report, which means that once Wang Limin's true identity is exposed, his life is likely to be in danger.

However, if the mere danger of life is not enough to make Wang Limin flinch, if the dictionary of undercover reporters is full of "fear of death", then don't do it. With the deepening of undercover and the advancement of investigation, what really makes Wang Limin want to quit again and again is the mental torture and the deep suspicion caused by "involvement in the incident".

At first, Mindian chose this topic only to expose the chaos of extra-curricular tutoring without a make-up order through investigation. In order to make the sample authoritative and representative, editor-in-chief Xie Bin finally decided to choose the well-known "high-point education" in the neighboring city, and there are two other considerations: First, why is the open secret that "high-point education" is not qualified selectively ignored by many parents? Second, how to reconcile the conflicts of all parties in the whole tutorial industry chain?

Obviously, when Xie Bin pointed out the direction for Wang Limin's undercover work, he had already given the answer to the question. He hoped that Wang Limin's first-hand information would further support his conclusion.

Therefore, the development of the incident was far beyond Xie Bin's control, and even got a result that made all the players laugh and cry. "Citizen Point" reporter assisted the police in arresting Gaodian, the founder of Gaodian Education, who tried to abscond with money. His column report "The Story of the" Gaodian "Event Dreamed by 100,000 Students" triggered a collective online bombardment by parents and teachers.

Afterwards, editor-in-chief Xie Bin publicly announced his resignation under pressure, while the other seven members of Citizen Point were forced to take a leave of absence for half a year by Aviation Lights magazine.

The whole incident had a great impact on Wang Limin. Not only did he have to bear great pressure from public opinion, but he also had doubts about himself because of a series of touches during his undercover period, which led him to part ways with his former mentor Xie Bin.

However, Wang Limin was not surprised by this ending, and even felt that he had never known himself so clearly. When he assisted the police in making the investigation record, he said: "At first, Xie Bin and I had the same idea. We all think that' high-point education' is just a business organization that earns education money. The reason why it can be so big is either the background, or the good publicity, a little foundation, and the parents' money is not easy to earn. ...

Later, through interviews and training, I officially started to be a lecturer. I really feel that I have discovered a new continent. Originally, I looked at students and education from the perspective of students. When I really integrated into the role of' high point education' teacher, I found that our education was so ugly, but it was so unbreakable.

Comrade police, do you know there is a word in philosophy called' good quality'? To put it simply, each of us wants to have good qualities in ourselves, but we are all ashamed to admit it. Why? Because none of us will admit that good qualities are real. Although all walks of life have good qualities, so do all kinds of people, but because we can't always define good qualities, we can openly pursue good qualities and deny them.

You must think that's ridiculous, right ... Let me give you an example.

Take education as an example. When we were young, we got full marks 100. All students want to get high marks, but what is high marks? A hundred points is definitely a high score, but it is difficult for us to get it, so to say the least, we feel satisfied when we get 90 points, but when we see that everyone has got more than 90 points, this satisfaction is gone. In other words, it is best that I am the only one in the class who scored above 90 points, even if it is only 90.5 points, I will be very satisfied that everyone else is 89, because at this time I think I am the only one in the class.

If I give this example, you may think that I am mystifying, and you will think that' good quality' means what I mean by excellent and superior ... of course not.

Because if you think so, as I said before, you still look at it from the student's point of view, which is the most ridiculous. You should completely get rid of the students' perspective. From the teacher's point of view, the teacher sets the upper limit of 100 points for the whole class, and the teacher decides who gets 100 points and how many people don't get 90 points. Then students who get 100 or 90 feel good and think that all this is the result of their own efforts. Isn't this ridiculous? Moreover, the teacher is just a symbol. He is a teacher in the education industry, a business owner, a national politician, and so on. All these ultimately point to one point, that is, goodness, or the eternal essence of human nature, or the net that binds each of us. There is no good or bad, no right or wrong. Everything is so.

What do you think this has to do with the' highly educated' incident? I may have gone a little too far. I'm sorry

I told you that Xie Bin and I started to disagree later. He asked me to look for materials from the role conflicts among the authorities,' high point education', parents, students and teachers. Of course, these are all discussed in advance, and I did the same. Although I have studied abroad, after all, I have experienced the college entrance examination and almost won the top prize. I am naturally familiar with' high-point education'. I can apply for formal employment soon, but then they will transfer my file. Of course, I can't expose it, so I will use various excuses. Fortunately, I have studied a little psychology and know human feelings very well. Although it is only two months, as an supernumerary, I have spent a lot of money to obtain internal information.

But the more I investigate, the more people I know and the deeper I know their stories, the more I hate Xie Bin, or myself. In the past few days, I have been asking myself, why am I fucking undercover here? When I was a reporter in college, I was most impressed by' privacy' and' human feelings', but when I really became a reporter, I forgot all about it, or simply used these two shields to do all the evil things I was ashamed to do. ...

Ok, comrade police, I won't talk about my personal study history, I promise not to talk nonsense! A little higher. To be honest, I really admire him. At first, our informant said that he had a relationship with someone, and later I learned that it was not the Kong Fang brothers' business. Because it happened to be the third anniversary celebration of "High Point Education", as an outstanding newcomer, I made an exception and got the opportunity to interview him alone. As a result, in his office that day, I talked a few words and he guessed my identity, which was so fucking awesome. So I laid my cards on the table with him and asked him many things. ...

What did you say I asked? I'm sorry, comrade policeman. I promised him that I would never tell any third person, but don't worry, what I asked is absolutely irrelevant to this case. I will do anything you want me to prove him, and business will not delay me ... "

3、

Finally, the neighbors succumbed to several persuasion from the property management and came to negotiate with Wang Limin.

Here comes a young couple in charge. The husband's surname is Tu and the wife's surname is Li.

After a few simple pleasantries, Mr. Tu came straight to the point and said, "Mr. Wang, please forgive me and your family about the shoe cabinet." In fact, if you are unhappy, we will not make trouble without reason. "

Wang Limin took a sip of his teacup and said, "Well, since all the containers are packed, there is definitely no reason to disassemble them, otherwise we won't meet again, right?"

"Yes, I said that my neighbor must be a reasonable person, but he just didn't believe me." Li Ke echoed with a smile.

Mr. Tu pretended to be embarrassed and said with a smile, "Haha, I want to be a gentleman with a mean heart. To tell you the truth, Mr. Wang, there are two naughty children in our family. They grow fast and will not fall. Plus there are many people in the family, the house is so big, and it is always uncomfortable to look at the shoes piled up? "

Before Wang Limin could speak, Ke Li took her husband's words and said, "Mr. Wang, one more thing. Actually, you see, the elevator is a public area, so it's empty. Isn't it a waste? Just say that in our community, there is no cabinet or something. You don't have children at home now. If you have children, you will know that it is a mess. "

Mr. Tu coughed and interrupted, "Haha, you haven't asked where Mr. Wang works?"

Wang Limin drank the teacup for a long time and finally spoke again. "Hey, just a tabloid reporter."

"reporter!" Tu Youyou and his wife looked at each other for a while, and Mr. Tu asked, "I was rude. I thought you were the boss of a company. "

"Haha, I think so." Wang Limin quipped, "I wonder who you two are?"

Mr. Tu said, "Oh, my husband and wife are both hopeless teachers, making a living."

"Hey, people's teacher, rude!"

"By the way, I take the liberty of asking you again, which newspaper reporter are you ..." Ke Li suddenly seemed to think of something.

Wang Limin paused and replied, "Aviation Light Magazine."

Tully and his wife looked at each other again, and both of them looked a little embarrassed.

Wang Limin frowned faintly and said, "It doesn't hurt to say something."

Mr. Tu touched his nose and said, "I guess you are a reporter sent by King Wang Limin."

"hmm."

"You know, you are now famous in our teaching circle."

"It must be notorious."

"Ha ha ha ....." Teacher Tu was embarrassed and said, "It's not notorious, but the report you wrote is really unfair to our teacher. Let's be honest? "

Wang Limin nodded and said, "then I will tell you the truth. In the end, this report is really beyond our control and runs counter to my original intention. I also came to apologize. "

Say Wang Limin got up and solemnly bowed to the Tully couple.

Mr. and Mrs. Tu Li got up and said, "You are serious!"

Wang Limin continued: "Before I went undercover, I really had great prejudice against teachers, especially those training and educational institutions. If there is one problem to blame, it is probably that I am too idealistic. But it's ridiculous. I've been a reporter for more than ten years, and I still can't see through what human nature is made of. It's really shameful. "

Mr. Tu waved his hand and said, "You don't have to blame yourself so much. Actually, I quite agree with many of your reports. I remember you wrote a paragraph in the comments,' My parents are very confused. Obviously, Peking University Tsinghua will not recruit students nearby, so why can't their children make extra efforts to win the one-in-a-million chance? Teachers are also confused. Since the college entrance examination score line is a ruthless sword to cut everything off, why did their tutoring method become the original sin? Even100000 students are confused. Adults are calling for reducing the burden all day, but how can the weight on their shoulders be negative and positive? " "

"You see, I have remembered it for you. There is another sentence. I remember it very clearly. The penultimate line of the last paragraph reads,' Smart is not smart, won't those stupid Han Xiaoming be stupid? This stubborn stone, which never flows away in the long river of history, is finally washed brighter and brighter by generation after generation of unremarkable water drops. " "

Mr. Tu is getting more and more excited. "In fact, we are not cursing your report, much less cursing you personally. It's just that we all think that he is taller, and there is nothing wrong with his' high education'. Just like my husband and wife, they usually go to small classes outside, and their parents are so happy that they are willing to give you any money. Who will report it? Let's talk about the shoe cabinet. I admit that we covet the petty advantages of that little space. I also know how big the house is. Just give us another 200 square meters of open space, and the public area outside should be occupied. Is this our fault? I don't think, really don't think, human nature is like this, but thank you for being such a reasonable person. If we meet those gangsters, we will definitely push them down. If he wants to monopolize us, he will turn a blind eye, won't he? Let's go back to the fact that you ruined' high school education'. From your point of view, I don't think you did anything wrong. As a reporter, it's only natural to report the facts. You have neither framed them nor explained anything too much. Is there something wrong? Yes, but it doesn't mean everyone likes it Wrong and right and hate and like are never causal. The only thing that can be the reason, I think, is only one thing. "

Wang Limin pondered for a long time and said noncommittally, "In fact, what I wrote in the reporter's notebook is quite different from that report. I can send you an email later. To tell the truth, in my last few days undercover, I fell into a deep panic. Why? Because I have completely stopped thinking about whether' high score education' should be banned, and I don't even care about absconding with money. I asked other teachers, administrators, parents, students, and almost everyone I asked a question. I asked,' Do you believe that there are ideas, and once there are, there is nothing bothering you in this world? "Do you believe there is?" They all answered yes without exception, but when asked how to get the idea, their answers were different. Some people say that I have become a billionaire; Some people say that if all the relatives around me die, I will have it; Others say that unless I die, there will be no; Some students are very simple. They say that if they don't go to school, they will have no troubles. However, there is a senior two student who is very different. He said,' You can only learn philosophy, but it may be useless in the end' ... "

Wang Limin gave a long sigh and asked, "What would you say if it were you?"

Mr. and Mrs. Tu Youyou thought for a while, and Mr. Tu first said, "I really believe that this idea has existed since the day when human beings can think." However, those who have tens of thousands of years of wisdom, including those who have this idea, can count it with their fingers, just as the student said, it is really useless. Because everyone around you is going in the same direction, but you are doing the opposite, and you also say that others are selfish and shameless without children. Who is wrong? "

"I second it." Ms. Li said.

Wang Limin picked up the teacup again and found there was no tea in it. He put it down again and said, "If you follow your advice, I think not only my undercover behavior should be severely condemned, but even my journalist career should not be encouraged."

Mr. Tu was a little puzzled: "Oh? How do you say this? "

Wang Limin said: "The internal definition of undercover is to hide one's identity and obtain information that others will not disclose. So how to determine the meaning of undercover? In order to satisfy everyone's right to know except the parties concerned? So what is the right to know? Since the parties are unwilling to disclose private information, how can others know? So journalism introduces a concept of public interest here, which is actually very broad. Because public interest is an intangible thing, it can't be replaced by an entity like money, and it can't be proved by scientific measurement. In the end, it is really ridiculous to judge only by something called' people's heart'. Secondly, even if the existence of a public interest is acknowledged first, then for others, their public interest is satisfied, so the public interest of the parties is gone? If you say that there are far more people than the parties, even the journalism itself will not agree, because Stuart Mill said,' If all mankind agrees, only one person disagrees, even on this occasion, human beings have no right to force this person to be silent. So here, we consider what you just said, moving in two directions. In fact, there is no right or wrong, just different angles. "

Mr. Tu asked, "Then why not encourage journalists?"

Wang Limin said, "It's easier to explain. You see, nowadays, who wants to believe the truth? Everyone is more willing to live in the' post-truth era' and everything goes well, as if I was the only one in the world. No one can resist such a big temptation, no one. "

"This is a rational question." Ms. Li whispered a word.

Mr. Tu denied: "No, no, Mr. Wang is right. Aren't we all unwilling to believe the truth? The first reaction when we saw Mr. Wang's report was to selectively ignore the facts and swear? " It seems that the profession of journalist has really declined. To be honest, I feel very sad. Is there any way to fix it? "

Wang Limin said, "Everything can be saved. It's just a question of whether everyone is willing to snap their fingers. "

Mr. Tu said, "It seems that most people don't want to snap their fingers. What will the world become? "

"You worry too much." Wang Limin said with a smile, "People have always been like this, and so has the world. Man is just a dust on the earth, and the earth is just a dust in the universe. Well, we've talked enough. Let's go back to rest early. "

The Tully couple looked at the time and got up to leave.

4、

Junking was sentenced to 15 years after the first trial of "Gaodian Education" incident ended.

With the consent of the court, Gao was interviewed briefly.

"Still appeal?" Wang Limin looked at the tall ruddy face and asked.

"No."

"What are you going to do when you get out?"

"Who would have thought of something so far away?"

"Do you hate me?"

"A little, but it doesn't matter."

"Do you know that Xie Bin was forced to resign?"

"I know."

"Did you read the report?"

"yes."

"Do you think my writing is biased?"

"Who is right? For me, hum. "

The interview will be over soon. Just as he got up, Gao suddenly asked him, "Do you know why I absconded with the money?"

Wang Limin shook his head.

"Because you are here." When I walked to the door of my cell, I turned around and gave Wang Limin my middle finger.

Out of the prison, Wang Limin saw Xie Bin standing on the side of the road at a distance, smoking a cigarette, and the cold north wind was blowing his little hair.

Xie Bin also saw Wang Limin and waved to him.

"Master." Wang Limin went over to say hello.

Xie Bin spat at his cigarette and said, "What's your name, master? Let's call it Lao Xie from now on. "

Wang Limin don't talk, on the left front door.

"Are you here to see the tall man?" Xie Bin asked.

"Well, you came to see him, too?"

"No, I came to see you."

What do you want from me? Wang Limin is a little confused.

Xie Bin finished smoking the last cigarette, threw it on the ground, stepped on it and said, "I want to build a new media platform. If you don't do people's livelihood, you will do the economic version. "

After a pause, Xie Bin looked at Wang Limin and said, "Your major is political economy, and studying abroad is the most cutting-edge big data. I hope you can help me. "

"I ..."

"I know that our mentoring values are completely unfamiliar, but I don't think this will affect our friendship and all business cooperation. Limin, I really need your help. "

Wang Limin said, "You know me. I just want to be a reporter."

Xie Bin said, "Of course I know, so I won't ask you to leave the navigation lights and come to my place. I'm here to ask you to be a consultant. "

"Then I'll think about it."

Xie Bin ha ha a smile, patted Wang Limin on the shoulder and said, "Well, don't worry, I'm still in a mess. Go, go to my house for dinner tonight, your teacher niang ... Ahem, tell me for a long time, and blame me for not inviting you home for dinner for a long time, hahaha ... "

5、

Half a year's compulsory vacation soon ended, and Wang Limin's parents began to nag in his ear again, but this time it was no longer about the shoe cabinet.

But it's not much better than the shoe cabinet.

"Don't wait until the old couple die before you find a wife?"

"You see how old you are. When the Xiaotu couple next door reach your age, their children should also fall in love! "

"Early children give us this request will kill you? If you don't find someone else, you can't enter this home! "

Wang Limin chose to respond to all his parents' words with the power of silence, because he knew that no matter what kind of struggle he made, it only made sense in his own world.

This is human nature.

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