Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

Chapter 438: Merit?

By the time Zhao Cheng and his companions returned to the Beiping base, it was already past seven in the afternoon. Fortunately, the days were still long and it wasn't dark yet.

"Instructor, let's have a meal at the base before leaving?" Long Chenggong invited Zhao Cheng with an apologetic smile.

"What's going on? Are there good things in the base?" Zhao Cheng asked curiously.

"Hehe, the team hunted a wild goat today, and I specially asked them to prepare a welcome feast for you tonight!" Long Chenggong said.

"Okay, then go and grill it quickly. I'll go chat with Lao Ma!" Zhao Cheng shook his head and said with a smile.

"Then you go! I'll go and arrange for them!" Long Chenggong turned around and looked at Tie Zhenguo and others who were following him with complicated eyes.

After this incident, these people will probably have few opportunities for promotion in the future, and they may even face the possibility of being assigned to ordinary troops.

This made Long Chenggong, who had been grooming Tie Zhenguo as his successor, feel very sorry. Such a successor was not easy to find! After all these years, Long Chenggong had only met Tie Zhenguo. The others were not as good as Tie Zhenguo.

"Lao Ma? Lao Ma?" Zhao Cheng walked to the door of the political commissar's office and shouted inside.

"Here I come! When did you come back?" Political Commissar Ma walked out of the office, hugged Zhao Cheng, and asked with a smile.

"I just came back and was about to go home, but Long Chenggong said he was going to eat roasted whole lamb in the evening, so I must wait until they finish eating before leaving!" Zhao Cheng replied with a smile.

"Today, the soldiers of the brigade did kill a wild goat while on patrol. It would be nice for you to try it. We have a Mongolian soldier here. He is not only good in fighting, but also good at roasting goat!" Political Commissar Ma said with a smile.

"By the way, did this mission go smoothly? Did you encounter any trouble?" Political Commissar Ma suddenly remembered the purpose of Zhao Cheng's coming here, so he asked.

"It's okay, the mission is not difficult. It's not as difficult as the journey back and forth!" Zhao Cheng said modestly.

"You, you are still so unreasonable. It's only you who goes. It won't be so easy if someone else goes. But it's only you who goes. If someone else goes, there may be a big commotion. After all, it's still the territory of the Niu Niu, and we can't go too far!" Lao Ma said helplessly.

"Hey, why are you thinking about those things? That place is right under our noses anyway, and we can come back sooner or later. This time I went there, I also saw the development there. The overall difference is not very big, but the degree of social chaos there is more serious than anywhere else. Can you imagine a scene where the entire public service system is corrupt? The police are in collusion with gangs, and the only purpose of setting up an anti-corruption department is to get more than those policemen! All the policemen have this money, and they have to take it. If you don't take it, you can't be a policeman!" Zhao Cheng sighed.

This was the first time Commissar Ma had heard about the situation there. He hadn't expected it to be so serious. "Isn't their governor doing anything about it?" Commissar Ma asked curiously.

"Him? He is the biggest corruption boss! The level of chaos over there is absolutely beyond your imagination. Gangs are openly selling drugs, trafficking in human beings, and gambling on the streets! The only way the police can control them is to stipulate how many tobacco stalls, gambling dens, and brothels can be opened on this street!" Zhao Cheng said with a sneer.

His words left Political Commissar Ma dumbfounded. He simply couldn't imagine how difficult life must be for the people in such a place. What kind of dire situation were people living in?

"But if you're rich, that's another story. It's a good place, but it's just a place for rich people!" Zhao Cheng sighed. Who could have imagined the future development?

"No wonder the higher-ups asked us to revolt. This capitalist life only allows a small number of people to live a good life. How can it be better than if all of us live a good life?" Political Commissar Ma was a political cadre, and of course he knew that this was a good educational opportunity.

"Old Zhao, can you come out and tell everyone about these things? I feel that this will have great educational significance for our soldiers and make them more determined in their faith. What do you think?" Political Commissar Ma made a sincere invitation to Zhao Cheng.

"Stop! Lao Ma, you are really making things difficult for me! How can I do these things? You should do it yourself! I can provide you with any information you want. Anyway, I have a lot of feelings about this trip, and I can give you all these. But you want me to give a speech to the soldiers? Forget it! I can't do this!" Zhao Cheng quickly shook his head and refused. He didn't want to be in the limelight. He only had a vague understanding of many things in ideology. If he said something wrong, it would be no joke!

When Political Commissar Ma saw that Zhao Cheng refused, he knew that this old man had a bad temper and there was no room for change, so he no longer thought about asking Zhao Cheng to do this, but he still needed him to provide the information.

So the two of them started discussing in the office, and Political Commissar Ma even took out a pen and paper to write down what Zhao Cheng said.

It took repeated confirmation in many places before we could believe that there were such bad government agencies in the world.

The two of them didn't end their discussion until Long Chenggong came to have dinner with them.

"Old Zhao, I think the things you provided this time will be of great value! We will take Mingzhu back sooner or later, but we need to study the social problems there first, especially what you said, this is very important information!" Old Ma said with a smile.

"You're thinking too much, Lao Ma! You're not the Ministry of Social Affairs, so they can just take care of those things! You should just do a good job of ideological work for your subordinates!" Zhao Cheng patted Lao Ma on the shoulder and said seriously.

Lao Ma also realized that he really shouldn't care about so many things at this time and just do his job well.

When Zhao Cheng arrived at the cafeteria, it was already packed with people, many of whom were seeing him for the first time. Although curious, they didn't chat with each other due to discipline, waiting until they sat down to eat before starting to discuss.

"Is that the elusive chief instructor?" a soldier asked curiously.

"Yes, that's the chief instructor. Haven't you seen him?" the soldier next to him asked curiously.

"No, this is my first time meeting the chief instructor! But why does he look so young? Didn't he say he's quite old? He's a veteran who participated in the North Korean War, but he doesn't look like one!"

"Hey, what's the big deal? The chief instructor is a master. Maybe he has some secret skills. He just looks young, but the chief instructor is really amazing. I heard that the captain was the first batch of special forces members trained by the chief instructor!" said the soldier.