I am a super cop

Chapter 196 West Street, Minxiang [Seeking Monthly Pass]

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Gu Chen came to the blond foreigner and asked him.

Seeing that Gu Chen was a policeman, the man immediately showed a long-lost smile, and quickly said in fluent English: "I don't understand Chinese very well, but... I need to sell my own photos to support my future journey."

Probably out of trust in Gu Chen's police uniform, he pointed to the exquisite works in front of him, then picked up one of the photos of the Grand Canyon, stood up and handed it to Gu Chen, and continued: "The price of the photo is determined by You decide, you can pay as much as you want."

"Are you sure?" Gu Chen also asked in English.

"Yes, I'm very sure." The man nodded and said with certainty: "These are photos taken by myself, and the price is free. I need to sell my photos to complete my future journey, but I can't speak Chinese. That's great, or... I can't speak Chinese well at all, so I... I don't know how to communicate."

Gu Chen probably understands the current plight of the blond man...

An artist, or a travel photographer, wants to make a photo album of his photographed works and sell them to passers-by, so as to support his next trip.

I have to say, this foreigner is a bit interesting, he dares to go out without enough money, does he really eat art?

"First of all, you need a signboard, and it's in Chinese." After thinking for a while, Gu Chen said again: "By the way, do you have a QR code for payment?"

"QR code? Are WeChat and Alipay right?" the blond man asked.

"That's right, if you want to do business here, you need fast mobile payment, coupled with instructions in Chinese, I think it will bring you some help." Gu Chen also gave corresponding suggestions.

The man smiled and said: "Our country is used to using banknotes. To be honest, I am not used to this kind of advanced mobile payment when I come to Jiangnan City."

"Slowly you will get used to it, in our place it is called "doing as the Romans do." Gu Chen said.

"Then... what should I do specifically?" The man looked at Gu Chen with pleading eyes.

You could tell he was frustrated and he wasn't making much money.

Gu Chen looked left and right, and his eyes quickly settled on the signboard of a graphic shop, then turned around and said, "Come with me."

Although the blond man was puzzled, he still followed Gu Chen to the shop.

In a foreign country, only the police can give him a sense of security...

For Gu Chen, helping foreign friends solve problems is also a display of the image of the police force.

Solving and communicating is the most interesting part.

When I came to the graphic store, a female boss in her early thirties was using software composition to advertise.

A male customer came forward with a stack of printed A4 papers and asked, "Boss, how much is it?"

"Your ones are 20, 20 yuan."

"It's too expensive, can you have less?"

"Small business, no bargaining." The proprietress continued to operate the mouse and keyboard in her hand without looking back.

Seeing that there was no hope of bargaining, the man had to take out a 20 yuan bill and hand it to the boss, then turned and left.

"Boss, use your computer to type a document." Gu Chen walked over and said.

The proprietress of the graphic shop still didn't turn her head, she pointed to another computer with her left hand and said, "The computer is there, use it by yourself."

Gu Chen stepped forward and began to edit the text...

One operation, and finally click Print.

Soon, two A4 paper documents with payment QR codes appeared from under the printer.

The text is simple:
"Give more support to friends who love art."

"I sell my own photos to support my future trips, the price of the photos is up to you, you can pay as much as you want."

- David.

Gu Chen handed two A4 papers to this man named David: "Take this and stick it on both sides of your photo. People passing by will know the meaning when they see it. It is much more convenient than communicating with you one by one."

The man named David said excitedly, "Thank you, officer, thank you very much."

Gu Chen waved his hand, turned around and asked the proprietress of the graphic shop: "How much?"

"How many?"

"Two."

"5 yuan." The proprietress said very simply, without turning her head back.

Wei Junzhi on the side became anxious after hearing this: "Old...the lady boss, just now you charged 20 yuan for 20 tickets for that person, and 5 yuan for our two tickets? Isn't it too expensive?"

"There are a lot of people here, and the lowest price I can print here is 5 yuan." The proprietress has her own excuse.

"It's okay." Gu Chen paid out of his own pocket, and there happened to be 5 yuan in change in his pocket, and handed it to the proprietress: "Here."

The proprietress took the money and was about to put it in the drawer, but when she turned her head and saw Gu Chen beside her, she was suddenly taken aback.

"Your name is Gu Chen?"

"That's right." Gu Chen said.

"That Gu Chen from the Furong Police Station?" the proprietress asked again.

Gu Chen nodded again.

"Then I can't take this money, you can take it back." The proprietress returned the five yuan in her hand.

Gu Chen at the side was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "You are..."

The female boss smiled: "Who doesn't know the name of Gu Chen from your Furong police station? Last time my mother fainted by the side of the road, no one dared to come forward to help her, but you walked her to the hospital without saying a word. do not you remember?"

Gu Chen thought about it.

Carrying the old lady to the hospital, I have done it more than once, and I don't know which time the female boss said, so I just nodded and said: "There are so many times."

The proprietress slapped her thigh: "So... other people's money can be accepted, but your money... I will definitely not accept it."

Patting her chest, the proprietress continued: "If you need anything else, just tell me."

Gu Chen was embarrassed: "This is so embarrassing."

"Officer Gu, don't be polite to me. Who in our community doesn't know your name, Gu Chen? You have done a lot for our community, and everyone wants to thank you. It's just two dollars and two pieces of paper, it's no big deal , take it and use it, come again if it’s not enough.”

"But you just said 5 fast." Wei Junzhi, a police cadet on the side, said.

The proprietress glanced at him unhappily, and quickly grinned: "Little comrade must have misheard, it's only two yuan, don't worry about it."

Gu Chen wanted to give money, but the proprietress of the graphic shop didn't want it, so Gu Chen had no choice but to accept the offer first.

After going out, Wei Junzhi's eyes on Gu Chen changed, and he cast his whole body in admiration.

"Senior brother, you are so powerful. You can get your face by brushing your face. That's what a policeman should look like."

Gu Chen smiled, but said nothing.

This kind of situation is really too common, and Gu Chen has long been used to it.

Whenever you patrol a familiar street and recognize a small businessman who recognizes you, you will inevitably come out and stuff something for yourself.

Some give bananas, and some treat themselves to popsicles.

The most exaggerated thing is that there is also a fat lady who sells stewed vegetables, and a big pig's trotter is directly stuffed in, grabbing the oil with one hand.

So that wherever he went in the end, a group of stray dogs followed silently.

But Gu Chen didn't want these things...

As long as you know one thing and serve the people wholeheartedly, what you gain is not just a simple "thank you"!
"The heartfelt thanks from David and the heartfelt thanks from foreign friends are the greatest compliment to a people's policeman."

"Reward item: a bottle of energy drink."

The moment Gu Chen thought about it, another bottle of energy drink appeared in his mind.

Gu Chen turned to look at David, he had already opened the shop.

A person who looked like a middle school student took away a pair of landscape photo frames from him and gave him 50 yuan.

Immediately afterwards, a few more people came over, and a few more people came over.

It didn't take long before David's booth was surrounded by many people...

Everyone was quickly attracted to this new concept.

Many young people also started to shoot short videos on the spot, introducing this strange foreigner.

Gu Chen and Wei Junzhi continued to patrol along West Street to East Street.

……

……

In the evening, Gu Chen's patrol area has moved from West Street to the meeting point of East Street.

There is a duty post there, which is small in size, about the size of a small living room, with a few chairs, some stored mineral water, and some medical supplies.

The small duty post has become a place for everyone to rest and enjoy the cool air. In today's situation, being able to take a nap inside is already the greatest benefit.

When Gu Chen came in, there were already four people leaning on the seats, soundly asleep.

Gu Chen had already drank a bottle of energy drink around five o'clock.

When he usually works normally until about five o'clock, he is basically full of energy, but today is different. The high-intensity tasks consume a lot of energy.

In fact, today's workload during the day is already several times that of usual.

Even Gu Chen himself would find it difficult to support himself.

So when it was around five o'clock, Gu Chen was naturally a little tired.

Fortunately, there are two bottles of energy drinks in his pocket. Although Gu Chen feels a little bit reluctant to consume one bottle of energy drinks under such circumstances, he still needs to deal with the patrol at night, so he needs enough energy to replenish it no matter what.

Rather than sitting in a seat and sleeping wildly for an hour, it is more practical to use energy drinks.

Moreover, there are not many chairs in the security post, but today there are many people on duty.

It will be even more difficult when some old comrades come to rest and want to monopolize a stool.

Although Gu Chen has good physical strength, he doesn't want to exhaust himself.

I don't want to be exhausted for a whole day, and then lose energy for two or three days in a row, so the consumption of energy drinks is also necessary.

In the corner, a few students of the Judicial Police Academy used newspapers on the ground and leaned against the wall for a short rest.

Just now at the intersection of east and west streets in the old street, the flow of people suddenly increased, and everyone formed a human wall to divide and isolate, walking back and forth for an unknown number of steps, and exhausted a lot of energy.

Many people returned to the security post to rest, and fell asleep not long after sitting down, each of them stumbling around, and their mental state was completely different from the mental state when they formed the human wall.

"Junior Brother Gu, are you here too?" Lu Weiwei and Police Officer Wang just opened the door and came in. Seeing that Gu Chen was there, they came over to say hello.

Gu Chen looked down at his watch and said, "It's ten past six in the afternoon. According to the monitoring of the dispatch room, we have to be on duty at least until nine in the evening before we can evacuate in batches. Why don't you come here to rest first."

Lu Weiwei looked at the crowd, waved her hands and said, "Forget it, no need, everyone is fast asleep, don't disturb them."

Gu Chen smiled and said, "They're already here, and they should change shifts. I also saw them sleeping soundly, so I didn't disturb them."

At least looking at a group of students leaning against the corner, I thought that many of these people should be on duty for such a high-intensity task for the first time, and they exhausted too much physical strength for a while and were exhausted.

However, when other people are still on duty, they have to consider their work and rest time. After all, no one's body is made of iron, so Gu Chen had no choice but to wake them up.

Some student policemen rubbed their eyes and stood up reluctantly.

"I'm sorry, senior brother, I was too tired, so I forgot to take over."

"It's ok."

"Come on, sit here, how many seats are there?"

"Come and sit here, I have a chair here."

……

Because everyone sat crookedly for so long that when they stood up, many people's feet were numb and they could only walk out with a limp.

If you count those who walked out of the security posts with hunched backs and waists, not many of them are full of energy.

In fact, most of the students of the Judicial Police Academy are around 19 years old, and their bodies have not yet been trained, so they are quite different from ordinary police officers.

Unlike ordinary college students who only attend classes and play games, this group of people have to participate in some extra tasks during the holidays, which can be regarded as a transition to adapt to work as soon as possible.

When Gu Chen was studying at the police academy, he often participated in some city security duties outside the school.

Of course, there are tasks that are more intensive than today, so I know what it feels like.

Being able to wear a police uniform, even if there is only one crutch on the shoulder, when people look at him with awe, the pain will disappear.

So it's an amazing feeling...

At least every policeman who is still on duty on the night of Qixi Festival has this feeling.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the flow of people had almost dissipated, and some drink garbage was left on the public seats in many old streets.

Inside each bin, some discarded bouquets are left.

Obviously, there are quite a few people who failed to express their confession today...

The old man who picked up the garbage had a good harvest tonight. He could pick up two bunches of flowers in one minute. He immediately ran to another garbage dump on the side of the road and gave the flowers to his wife. The two old people left with a smile.

And the intersection of West Street.

Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Wei Junzhi were already slumped on the public seats, looking at the dissipated crowd, feeling that today's mission should be over.

At the same time, police officers from other duty teams also began to rush to the assembly point one after another, preparing to evacuate.

"Old Wang, do you want to have supper tonight?" Lu Weiwei asked while rubbing her growling stomach.

"Are you sure you don't want to go home and sleep?" Officer Wang was exhausted.

Lu Weiwei was rather dissatisfied and said: "I have seen many people eat roast lamb, little chaos, crabapple cake, homemade hot and sour noodles, fried chicken drumsticks and lily mung bean soup in front of my face. It's been a whole day, and now I'm off work, so I have to have a meal by myself."

Officer Wang couldn't laugh or cry: "I really want to, but the wallet doesn't allow it."

"Old Wang, isn't your salary very high? At least it's higher than mine, plus the salary of my sister-in-law. If you treat us to a meal, you will die? Besides, Wei Junzhi is also working very hard today, at least his performance is not bad, right?"

Lu Weiwei hit the nail on the head, after all, Police Officer Wang is currently the one with the highest income among the four.

How to train the stingy old king into a generous leader, Lu Weiwei adopted the strategy of boiling a frog in warm water.

So far, the effect is not bad.

"That's right." Officer Wang also admitted, "A salary of a few thousand yuan a month is quite good. Adding in my wife's salary, it can be more than 1000 yuan a month."

"Huh???" Lu Weiwei sat up quickly, and said in a daze, "Why are you adding more and less? Old Wang, your math was taught by your physical education teacher, right?"

"Brother Wang means that sister-in-law spends too much money." Gu Chen answered.

Officer Wang slapped his thigh, pointed at Gu Chen and agreed, "Men know men best."

"That's not a reason." After feeling a little regretful, Lu Weiwei hurriedly said again: "Why don't I pay the money today, and your old Wang writes an IOU?"

"Lu Weiwei, I despise you." After hearing this plan, Officer Wang almost ran away.

"How about...I'll treat you." Just as Police Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei were arguing endlessly, Gu Chen raised his hand and said, "I'll come this time, I'll invite you, and you can choose whatever you like."

Gu Chen is also very depressed, he basically doesn't know how to spend his monthly salary.

Usually, there are subsidies for food and housing, and there are few opportunities to go out to cheat the streets. Apart from work and study, there are basically no other leisure activities.

In this case, the money does not know how to spend it.

Lu Weiwei patted her belly, smiled lightly and said, "That's so embarrassing, I made you spend money on Junior Brother Gu, and Junior Brother Gu is enough."

"Hehe, what nonsense?" Old Wang said quite dissatisfied, "You haven't said anything nice about my treats so many times, oh, you are embarrassed to treat Gu Chen once? Then I will be embarrassed?"

"Old Wang, can you stop being so small?"

The two argued again...

When Gu Chen was thinking about what to eat for supper, Wei Junzhi patted Gu Chen on the shoulder and said, "Brother, isn't that man the artist today? Why hasn't he left yet?"

"Really!" Gu Chen recognized him, isn't this the artist who sold his works?I don't know if his method will work or if he can make money.

You know, since it's up to the consumers to decide how much they send, it doesn't rule out that some people deliberately give one or two yuan, so that they won't make much money in a day.

Not to mention eating dinner, staying in a hotel is a problem.

"Hello!" Gu Chen waved to the blond man.

David obviously also spotted Gu Chen, and walked towards him with a smile: "Comrade policeman, it turned out to be you."

"How's business today? I haven't seen you all afternoon." Gu Chen said.

David nodded with satisfaction: "Very well, the photos are so popular, so I went back and brought some more from the house I rented. They all liked my work, and I think they all liked it. I know art, I like Jiangnan City, especially the people here, and you policemen."

"Where do you live?" Gu Chen asked.

"West Street, Minxiang." David said.

Soon, a burst of instructions came from the walkie-talkie hanging on Police Officer Wang's belt.

"West Street, Minxiang, there is a police incident, please police officers who are still patrolling nearby to deal with it immediately..."

(End of this chapter)