Where there were people, there would not necessarily be gangs, but there would definitely be places where people gathered. This was a city. The largest city in Donglin was the capital of Hexi Province. In this city, other than the drunkards that were often seen, the most common people were small businessmen who engaged in illegal trade, the dark figures who vigilantly watched the patrolling police from the shadows, and... orphans.
Donglin was once the richest and most developed mining planet in the Federation. No matter what kind of civilization it was, the people who engaged in mining always had to take on more risks. Although the invention of the automatic crystal mine tunneling machine and the flawless computer coverage and control ensured the safety of the mining industry to a large extent, the complicated changes in the mineral veins inside the planet, as well as the geological changes that could not be predicted through calculation, still took the lives of many miners in the past thousands of years. The children of these miners became the outliers that wandered the streets of the cities in the Eastern Forest Region.
No father, no mother, no father, no mother. Different lives created different mentalities for these orphans. The Federation government fully covered their living and education expenses, but there was no way to prevent these children from playing truant every day. They were not of legal drinking age. Under the surveillance of the chip in their bodies, they could not drink like the miners to pass their days. They also could not engage in the black market trade. Although the government provided them with food, this life of being like a little pig without any light could not completely deplete the vigorous hormones in their bodies. Therefore, violence, imitating coldness, fighting for territory, all of these things came along ….
The bastard orphans that Deputy Bureau Chief Bao spoke of with a gloomy tone were precisely this group of people. This group of people was an incomparable headache for the governor's office and the police system.
Although these young orphans still had a long way to go before they could successfully evolve into a gang, and a simple imitation wouldn't give them too much lethality, the sensitive identity of an orphan was really difficult to deal with. This was especially true after Donglin's mining industry gradually dried up. This group of orphans was basically formed because of the last mining disaster ten years ago, and the impact that mining disaster had on Donglin...
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"We want to see Jian Shui'er!"
"Jian Shui'er!"
Police sirens kept ringing. Hexi State's second police station, which was responsible for the security of the Zhonglou Street area, received the angry order of the deputy director. They came as fast as they could and isolated more than a hundred orphans in the middle of the street.
However, in the face of the police with batons and shields, the black-clothed orphans of Clock Tower Street showed no signs of fear. The clamor continued, but the slogans written on the tattered tarpaulin were raised crookedly. Perhaps the children were tired?
The funniest thing was that the youngest orphan seemed to be tired of shouting the slogan. He just kept repeating the three words "Jian Shui'er, Jian Shui'er", as if these three words had some kind of magical power, but they were powerless …
"Shout more seriously!" The leader of the orphans was anxious. She stared with her clear eyes and pulled the little guy's ear. When the police surrounded Zhonglou Street, he felt a trace of fear, but … since Xu Le had said that there were reporters here today, that Bao guy wouldn't dare to do anything. Then, he wouldn't dare to do anything, right? When had Xu Le made the wrong judgment? At the thought of that name, the leader of the orphans immediately straightened his back and gathered his courage. The expression on his face also became more sorrowful and indignant. He shouted at the camera behind the police cordon, "We want to watch Channel 23!"
The hundred petitioning youths were simultaneously indignant. They were going against the Federation government on the streets just to watch TV. This … was such a ridiculous scene.
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However, Bao Longtao didn't think this was a farce, nor did he think it was ridiculous. Because when he heard the name "Jian Shui'er" from Channel 23, he knew that this group of wild children was serious today.
When the governor's office couldn't resist the wails and hidden threats of several Hexi TV directors, Bao Longtao knew this day would come. In fact, when the governor's office reached the police station under orders and found an excuse to temporarily stop the Federation's Channel 23 signal in the entire Hexi state, the governor's office and the relevant departments of the police station had already received more than a thousand letters of protest.
The contents of these letters of protest were the same as the orphans' demands today. They all wanted to watch Channel 23. They wanted to watch the TV series that had just aired in the capital ring two months ago. Most importantly, they wanted to watch Jian Shui'er …
Bao Longtao had watched the TV series called "Full Metal Frenzy" before, so he also knew how moving Jian Shui'er, who played the role of the captain of the battleship, was. That delicate and cute little face that was like a painting, that head of light purple hair that was sometimes slightly messy and sometimes smooth, that petite body wearing the standard military uniform, and that childish expression when she squinted her eyes and tilted her head … How much did she look like his own daughter, except that she was even cuter than his own daughter …
Suddenly, Bao Longtao shuddered and snapped out of his daze. Only then did he notice that the female reporter beside him was talking incessantly into the camera. The camera panned closer and closer to her shoulder, aiming at those indignant orphans. The female reporter's eyes revealed a hint of a gloating smile.
The relationship between the news department and the production center had deteriorated to this extent? Bao Longtao sighed gloomily in his heart. In order to protect the viewership of their own station, the senior officers of Hexi TV Station did not hesitate to pay such a huge price and use such a ridiculous reason to temporarily suspend the broadcast of Channel 23 of the Federation. Who would have thought that the same TV station, which was directly under the administration of the regional committee, would constantly be thinking of stabbing them in the back?
Those who were not from Donglin did not know what television meant to them, and what Channel 23 of the Federation meant to them. Just like Bao Longtao's vicious comment from before, the lives of the ignorant were filled with soap operas. The citizens of Donglin, who were gradually dying and desolate, were already used to the boredom of their own lives. However, that did not stop them from pursuing the beauty of television and imagining the beauty of their lives. And for them, this freedom was an essential part of their lives. It was something they could not do without.
Jian Shui'er … The usually cold Deputy Bureau Chief Bao's lips suddenly curled into a warm smile. Even the detestable orphans in the middle of the street did not seem so detestable anymore. However, in the blink of an eye, his smile froze.
These detestable orphans had greatly damaged his reputation today. If today's incident was really reported on the news, the conflict between the Ministry of News and the Ministry of Production would definitely reach the governor's office and even the committee. Then, would he become a scapegoat?
Bao Longtao narrowed his eyes and slowly slid his gaze across the faces of the excited orphans, as if he was trying to find something. How could these orphans know that he had brought the reporters around today? Why did they make such a fuss? Was it really because of the name Jian Shui'er? To these orphans, Jian Shui'er was like a little fairy from the distant astral world. However, it was not enough to make these orphans so bold.
Things seemed to be a little interesting. He felt that someone was manipulating all of this behind the scenes. If there was really someone behind the orphans, could that person accurately know about the conflict between the Ministry of News and the Ministry of Production and ensure that today's incident would be reported on the news?
Bao Longtao became vigilant. His gaze fell on the face of the leader of the orphans, whose face was flushed red. He knew that this sixteen-year-old wild child was a ruthless character called Vic. However, Vic would definitely not dare to be so arrogant in front of him.
Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. Following Vic's flickering eyes, he turned his head and looked at a shadow under the Clock Tower Street.
However, there was nothing there.
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