Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

Inside the ordinary compound of the Beiping Veterans Resettlement Bureau, something extraordinary was unfolding. A large group of soldiers awaiting resettlement surrounded an office, scrambling to get to the front, eager to get firsthand information.

Inside the office, two groups of people were confronting each other. The western group was all in military uniforms, while the other group was in casual clothes. If someone didn't know the previous situation, they would think that there was a conflict between the soldiers and others.

In fact, this is also a contradiction, but the object of the contradiction is the contradiction between the local soldiers and the resettlement office.

"I'm Zhang Hongqi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. Who just called the Commission to say there's something important to report?" The middle-aged man looked at the two groups of people confronting each other, feeling deeply moved.

This was the first time he'd seen a soldier report the resettlement office! And this time, a colonel was the one leading the charge! You have to know that there's only one rank between a colonel and a major general, and this colonel wasn't even forty years old!

Don't these people in the resettlement office know the importance of this colonel? And yet they're going against him? A person like him must have a strong background and military achievements to hold this position! How dare you offend someone like him without any deep connections?

"Secretary Zhang, I am Zhao Weidong, the captain of the Southwest Military Region. My former comrades, Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, are veterans who participated in the battles in southern Xinjiang and are combat heroes. Now both of them have retired from the army at the battalion level. The office worker with a mustache used the excuse of having no positions to demand bribes from them! He threatened that if they did not take any benefits, he would not give them positions even if there were ones!" Weidong's face was calm and serious, but his words were sonorous and powerful. Every word was like a heavy hammer, hitting Secretary Zhang's heart.

Secretary Zhang turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man and the man with a mustache standing behind him, obviously waiting for their explanation? However, under the gaze of a large group of people, the middle-aged man and the man with a mustache did not dare to lie or refute.

Secretary Zhang saw these two idiots and thought, "These two idiots are so stupid! They don't even consider what unit the other party is from, or what rank they are, and yet they dare to ask for bribes casually?"

"Since you two have no excuses, then come with us! Let's go to the Discipline Inspection Commission and explain your problems!" Secretary Zhang said.

The mustache softened immediately, but the middle-aged man still wanted to struggle.

"Secretary Zhang, this matter was entirely his doing. It has nothing to do with me! You can just take him away. I'll let it go, okay?" The middle-aged man gave the man with a mustache a warning look and turned to look at Secretary Zhang.

"Oh, I forgot to mention that this man with a mustache is the brother-in-law of this middle-aged man. I think if he didn't have this person backing him up, he wouldn't dare to so blatantly ask for bribes from a retired military officer!" Wei Dong saw that Secretary Zhang was hesitant, so he added another sentence.

And it was this sentence that made Secretary Zhang take both of them away directly! The middle-aged man thought that if Secretary Zhang hesitated, he would be fine. He also warned the mustache man not to talk nonsense when he got inside.

I didn't expect this senior colonel to actually interfere! The middle-aged man gave Wei Dong a fierce look, but Wei Dong ignored his gaze and looked at Zhong Yuemin instead.

"Comrade Zhao, we'll go back first! I hope we'll have a chance to meet again in the future!" Secretary Zhang walked over and shook hands with Weidong.

"Secretary Zhang is too polite! In fact, this incident did not need to happen at all. But since it has happened, I hope Secretary Zhang can handle it impartially and not let those damn parasites go!" Wei Dong said with a smile.

Secretary Zhang's pupils shrank. He did not answer, but nodded solemnly and turned away.

With Secretary Zhang's departure, Weidong and the others had no choice but to leave. As they passed by the soldiers, someone shouted, "Salute!"

"Shua!" All the retired soldiers present stood at attention and saluted. Wei Dong and the others also saluted solemnly! Then, under the watchful eyes of the soldiers, they left the Municipal Resettlement Bureau.

The news of what Weidong and his companions had done spread throughout the various government agencies in Beiping that evening. Many people were discussing who this Colonel Zhao Weidong was and how he had dared to confront the Director of the Resettlement Bureau of Demobilized Military Personnel.

The middle and lower levels were just guessing, but there were many well-informed people in the upper levels. After asking around, they found out that it was Zhao Lao Hu's eldest son.

Some are disdainful, some are indifferent, and some admire him. Being able to stand up for your comrades in this way also involves taking great risks.

Then someone asked who the lucky comrade was. When they heard it was Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, everyone was shocked again.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang are both well-known in their own right, and were considered top figures in the veterans' circle back then. Furthermore, Zhong Yuemin's father, Zhong Shanyue, is still in office.

Although he was only a deputy minister, his qualifications and status were there, and he was no ordinary person. Many people now admired the mustache man and the middle-aged man who demanded a bribe from Zhong Yuemin, and they had to praise their bravery.

Of course, there was also someone who wanted to strangle these two bastards to death. This person was the middle-aged man’s backer, a deputy mayor of the municipal government.

"He's more likely to cause trouble than to help! I hope this guy will just shut up! Otherwise, I'll make him regret coming into this world!"

At this time, the Zhong family, a family of four, were having dinner. After being rehabilitated, Zhong Shanyue remarried a wife named Zhang Caiqin, an ordinary woman. Not very pretty, but obedient and law-abiding.

In 78, they had a daughter, named Zhong Xiaoai. And their son, Zhong Yuemin? What the hell was that?

For example, at this moment, Zhong Shanyue was looking at his eldest son with complicated eyes. He didn't expect that this guy had secretly changed his career. He was still wondering why the news of his son Zhong Yuemin being asked for bribes was spread everywhere. It turned out that his son didn't dare to go home after changing his career, but had been living in Zhang Haiyang's house!

It wasn't until today, when he realized he couldn't hide it anymore, that he returned home! "You're already over 30. When will you finally settle down? Why did you suddenly retire from the army? Is there anyone in the army who can bully you?" Zhong Shanyue asked with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Dad, how could anyone bully me? It's just that I don't want to continue serving in the army! You also said that I am over 30 years old, still have no partner, and have never enjoyed life outside! I have not traveled to this beautiful land, and I have not experienced the prosperity of this world! I want to go out and have a look." Zhong Yuemin said with a longing face.

"I think you are just out of touch!" Zhong Shanyue said helplessly.

"Dad, you are absolutely right. This incident has also implicated the Zhao family! Look at what eldest brother has done?" Zhong Xiaoai said with a pout. Zhang Caiqin hurried to pull Zhong Xiaoai but failed to hold her back.