Chapter 1969
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The sudden situation broke the police's previous deployment.
You must know that someone is monitoring in the monitoring area, and the other party is from the perspective of God, but I have no knowledge of it.
Obviously, the Fuxing Village looks calm this time, but it is actually a dark tide.
And in Fuxing Village, how many mysterious people are still lurking? For now, no one knows.
But at the very least, it can be clearly known that Luo Ping, the nephew of village head Luo Bo, may have serious suspicions.
But while Gu Chen and the others were monitoring Luo Ping, they were being monitored instead, which made people feel puzzled.
When I came to the door of the house of the village committee, there was still a crowd of people.
Many people are busy.
The long table was already filled with all kinds of dishes.
Gu Chen looked around for a week, and found that there was only one camera at the entrance of the village committee, facing the direction of the entrance.
Since Gu Chen had already been watched by surveillance cameras before, in order to avoid alarming others, Gu Chen planned to let Jiang Xiaomi sneak in to find out.
"Xiaomi, after you go in, the video call on your mobile phone must be turned on all the time. If there is any problem, please let us know as soon as possible, and we will come to support you immediately."
"Understood." Facing Gu Chen's explanation, Jiang Xiaomi nodded silently, and said involuntarily, "I know what to do."
"Okay." Gu Chen nodded slightly, then took out his mobile phone, and the two made a video call directly.
And Jiang Xiaomi also began to squeeze into the crowd and walked quickly towards the stairs.
Since Jiang Xiaomi turned on the video call function, Jiang Xiaomi also pointed the camera at the front while walking.
Meanwhile, Gu Chen and the others could watch every move on the scene through the mobile phone video.
When he came to the second floor, Jiang Xiaomi took a look around and found that the second floor was occupied by the villagers, so he went to the third floor. There were several office numbers in the corridor on the third floor, but none of them had the word "monitoring room".
So Jiang Xiaomi came to the fourth floor again, and the place on the fourth floor was empty at this time.
Compared with the bustling downstairs, the upstairs office area is much deserted.
In the video screen, Gu Chen noticed that Jiang Xiaomi was moving slowly, and the screen of the mobile phone began to align with the house number.
But after a while, Jiang Xiaomi whispered into the phone again: "Gu Chen, there is a monitoring room here, but it is not listed, and there seems to be no one in it."
"Are you sure?" Gu Chen also asked in a low voice.
"I'm sure." Jiang Xiaomi paused, waited and looked at the door for a few more times, and then came to the door, pointed the phone screen at the door lock, and said:
"Look, this door is locked from the outside, which means there is no one inside."
After the voice fell, everyone turned their attention to the door lock.
At this moment, everyone finally discovered that the door of the so-called monitoring room had already been locked with a lock.
The door lock is not advanced and belongs to the ordinary lock category.
It can be locked from the outside, so there is no one inside.
After Gu Chen hesitated again and again, he said: "Xiaomi, you should withdraw first, don't startle the snake, pay attention to safety."
"Understood." Jiang Xiaomi responded softly, and soon began to walk downstairs.
However, when he reached the entrance of the corridor, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Gu Chen also noticed something unusual, and hurriedly asked Jiang Xiaomi, "What's wrong?"
"Gu Chen, the corridor here can lead to the roof, I don't know... Will there be anyone on the roof?" Jiang Xiaomi said.
"Do you want to go and see?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes, I want to go and have a look." Jiang Xiaomi said.
"Be careful." Gu Chen didn't know much about the situation above, but fortunately everyone was nearby, and if something happened to Jiang Xiaomi, everyone could rush over immediately.
Jiang Xiaomi paused for a moment, and then summoned up the courage to reply, "Then...then I'll go up and have a look?"
After a short communication, Jiang Xiaomi also became more courageous, and started to walk along the stairs to the top of the building.
When he came to the end of the stairs, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly heard a commotion.
On the other side, Gu Chen also vaguely heard some movement through the video call, and hurriedly said: "Xiaomi, be careful."
"It's okay." Jiang Xiaomi took a deep breath, pointed the camera of the phone back to the front, and held it in his hand in a casual way.
Afterwards, the cameras on everyone's mobile phones began to move slowly towards the entrance of the rooftop following Jiang Xiaomi's slow progress.
When Jiang Xiaomi walked onto the terrace, he found that the terrace was already full of various equipment.
On the other side, a group of men and women are communicating with each other, chatting about daily life.
Jiang Xiaomi was stunned for a moment, and finally let go of his hanging heart, and quickly responded softly: "Gu Chen, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just a group of photographers."
"Go and have a look, let me see their faces clearly." Gu Chen whispered.
"Wait a minute." Jiang Xiaomi also mustered up his courage at this moment, pretending to come to the rooftop casually, so he walked over boldly.
At first, everyone didn't pay attention to Jiang Xiaomi, they were just chatting with each other.
All of them wear professional video cameras.
And on the rooftop, all kinds of big and small bags are piled up all over the place.
Gu Chen couldn't judge what was inside, and Jiang Xiaomi didn't dare to approach alone.
After all, these people were acquaintances, and as an outsider, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly came to the direction of the rooftop, which would inevitably make people alert.
really.
Just when Jiang Xiaomi approached the crowd quietly, a female photographer suddenly spotted Jiang Xiaomi who was a little sneaky.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaomi was also quite embarrassed. After all, the female photographer had been staring at her. Jiang Xiaomi was a little guilty, but soon she was quick-witted, and hurriedly took the phone and said, "Wow, I found a treasure photography location. Do you want it?" Don't come here?"
Seeing Jiang Xiaomi calling him, Gu Chen responded very cooperatively, "Where are you?"
"It's just here..." Jiang Xiaomi looked around, pretending to be unclear, and stammered, "It seems...it seems to be the roof of the village committee. I feel that the shooting angle here is good. Do you want to take pictures?" Come here? There are quite a lot of people."
"That's fine, you wait for me there." Gu Chen said.
Jiang Xiaomi got a response, so she pretended to lie on the side of the guardrail.
Because of Jiang Xiaomi's petite body, it was difficult to see what was going on below him even if he lay on the guardrail.
So Jiang Xiaomi stood on tiptoe, tried her best to look far away, and glanced around inadvertently.
Seeing the middle-aged female photographer still staring at her, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly felt flustered and felt that she was being watched.
But Jiang Xiaomi also saved a hand, and did not hang up the phone, but was still in the dialing state.
It's just that Jiang Xiaomi held the phone in his palm and pretended to keep a distance from these people.
But at this moment, the people who were only interested in chatting before realized that there was a little girl on the roof.
For a moment, everyone was attracted by Jiang Xiaomi.
One by one froze for a while.
At this moment, Jiang Xiaomi felt that he was about to die, and thought to himself, Gu Chen, you should hurry up, otherwise, she doesn't know how to resolve this embarrassing scene.
No matter how Jiang Xiaomi pretended to look at the scenery inadvertently, when her eyes returned to the middle-aged female photographer, she could always find that the middle-aged female photographer was always staring at her.
"Huh." Taking a deep breath, Jiang Xiaomi immediately tried to calm down, and also grinned at the middle-aged woman who was staring at her.
Seeing this, the middle-aged woman hurriedly looked away, and stopped observing Jiang Xiaomi.
At this moment, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also came downstairs one after another.
For this reason, Gu Chen specially borrowed the SLR camera from the photographer Wu Jun.
Seeing that Gu Chen and the others arrived just in time, Jiang Xiaomi, who looked nervous, let out a long sigh of relief: "You guys are here? Look, the angle of view here is not bad, right?"
"Wow! It's true." Lu Weiwei pretended to look around, and couldn't help but sigh: "If I knew this place had a good view, I should have come here a long time ago."
"Wow! There are so many photographers." Yuan Shasha on the side also hurriedly said.
At this moment, two groups of people appeared on the rooftop, and the photographers who had communicated with each other immediately stopped communicating and began to observe Gu Chen and the others.
Gu Chen intentionally lowered the brim of his hat, walked to Jiang Xiaomi's side, and casually looked into the distance.
The moment he turned his head, he found that the middle-aged female photographer was observing him. Gu Chen also pretended to be casual and turned his head to communicate with Jiang Xiaomi: "How did you find this place?"
"I hit it by mistake. I felt that the scenery above was good, but there were too many people below, so I was curious, so I ran up to have a look."
After the words fell, Jiang Xiaomi lowered her tone again, reminding Gu Chen softly: "That middle-aged female photographer over there has been staring at me from the beginning, it feels weird."
"I noticed it too, don't disturb her yet." While speaking softly, Gu Chen pretended to pick up the camera and started shooting the scenery outside.
Turning to look at Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, they were also in another place, chatting with each other about the distant scenery.
Two groups of people immediately surrounded the photographers in the middle of the guardrail.
Gu Chen also took advantage of the opportunity to observe the backpacks that these photographers put on the ground.
As can be seen from the various shapes of the backpack, most of them are tripods and lens equipment.
But just looking at the backpacks on the ground is enough to make people dumbfounded.
Especially the equipment in the hands of these photographers, Gu Chen even felt that the SLR camera in his hand was not good.
Looking at the telephoto lenses in these people's hands, which are as exaggerated as cannons, Gu Chen finally realized why there is such a saying as "an old mage" in photography.
Gu Chen took a closer look and found that there were 7 people in this group.
And that middle-aged woman was the only woman among the group of photographers.
Seeing the woman staring at him all the time, Gu Chen also wanted to find out the truth, so he hurriedly pretended to be casual and asked, "Are you from the Photographers Association?"
"Yes." The middle-aged woman nodded silently.
"Your equipment is quite good." Gu Chen also continued to talk.
The middle-aged woman smiled slightly: "Everyone usually plays like this, so it's not surprising that there are a lot of equipment."
He looked Gu Chen up and down, then looked at Jiang Xiaomi next to Gu Chen, and Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha on the other side.
Seeing that everyone was wearing relevant work badges, the middle-aged woman asked curiously, "Are you... the media?"
"Yes." Hearing the middle-aged woman's words, Jiang Xiaomi squeezed out from behind Gu Chen, and said involuntarily, "I'm from Jiangnan Daily, and they're from Jiangnan TV."
"Oh." The middle-aged woman reacted coldly, but she also turned her eyes away, glanced at the camera in Gu Chen's hand, and asked:
"Are you a TV cameraman?"
"I'm an intern." Gu Chen also said modestly.
"What did you shoot?" The middle-aged woman seemed to be talking to Gu Chen in the tone of a senior boss.
Gu Chen smiled slightly, and quickly explained: "They are all news materials."
"En." The middle-aged woman nodded slightly, turned around, and continued to look at the distant scenery.
Afterwards, I raised the camera in my hand and "clicked a few times, as if I began to quiet down in my own photography pleasure.
Gu Chen and Jiang Xiaomi looked at each other, feeling that this middle-aged woman was a bit weird.
On the other side, the remaining 6 old mages are also exchanging their experiences with each other.
One of the old mages directly opened his backpack.
Gu Chen was shocked by the various lens accessories in the backpack.
A thing that looks like a travel bag, and there are various focal length lenses stored in it. I don't know, I thought these people were traveling far and carrying all kinds of luggage.
Participating in a folk bonfire festival, the equipment was far superior to that of the media, which shocked everyone including Gu Chen, Jiang Xiaomi, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha.
Lu Weiwei quickly approached and said, "Master, your equipment is quite good."
"Haha, it's okay." Seeing that Lu Weiwei was chatting with him, this old mage wearing an army green sun hat and a standard photography vest laughed dryly and continued to change the lens of his camera.
"Is this a group appointment for you to take a photo?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
"That's right." The old mage who changed the lens couldn't help but said with a smile:
"Usually, people like us will communicate in the group, but whenever there are activities, we will organize them in a unified way."
"Isn't it? It's in time for the Bonfire Festival, so I want to come and have a look."
"Oh, you are not locals, are you?" Lu Weiwei also asked insincerely.
"No, we all live in the city." The old mage said.
After hearing this, Lu Weiwei glanced at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen also knew it at this moment, so he swaggered into these backpacks, squatted down, patted the outside of these backpacks, found out the truth, and couldn't help but wonder:
"With so much equipment, one set will cost tens of thousands, right?"
"Of course." Seeing that Gu Chen was also holding a camera in his hand, the old mage grinned, and quickly explained: "The camera equipment in my backpack is worth about 60,000 yuan, so it can be regarded as an introduction."
"The 60,000 equipment is still a beginner?" Hearing the words of the old mage, Lu Weiwei felt that this guy was too pretentious, so she couldn't help but tease:
"When did the photography threshold become so high?"
"It's normal. We all play with this kind of equipment. You can also buy cheap equipment worth 10,000 to 20,000 yuan to practice your hands." The old mage said.
Lu Weiwei waved her hand: "Maybe I'm a poor ghost, maybe it's a bit difficult for me to get started. By the way, do you guys spend so much money on photography?"
"Does it need to be said?" Hearing Lu Weiwei's speech, Officer Wang, who had been on the other side and pretended to be chatting with Yuan Shasha, hurried over and said:
"Photography is the most expensive thing to do. Ten thousand to twenty thousand camera equipment can only be regarded as an entry point."
Glancing at the old mage who had already replaced the telephoto lens, Police Officer Wang immediately said again: "I feel that the equipment of this master is what a real photographer should have."
"Haha." Seeing Police Officer Wang flattering himself here, the old mage couldn't help smiling and said, "It's nothing to me, it's average at best."
Glancing at a tall and thin man beside him, the old mage immediately said, "Like him, the camera equipment he brought today is worth more than 100,000 yuan."
"This... is this too curly for you?" Yuan Shasha couldn't help but sigh when seeing this group of people exaggerating one by one:
"I feel that the threshold is so high, I'd better use my mobile phone to take pictures, and the effect will be the same."
"How can it be the same?" After hearing Yuan Shasha's "outrageous words" here, the tall and thin man with more than 100,000 worth of photography equipment quickly retorted:
"Mobile phone cameras will never be as real as SLR cameras. The two are completely incomparable."
"If you take pictures with your mobile phone, it can only be regarded as taking pictures, but when we take pictures with SLR cameras, that is called photography."
"Hehe, it's all about taking pictures, why do you start to despise it?" Seeing what the tall and thin man said, Lu Weiwei immediately retorted:
"I don't think there should be a chain of contempt, right? To take pictures, I feel that the equipment is secondary. The key is that the person who takes the pictures must be careful."
"The photos some people take with their mobile phones may be even better than those you take with your camera. There is no absolute for this."
"Hehe, it's what you say." It felt like he had encountered a gangster, and the tall and thin man ignored it.
With all kinds of high-end equipment in hand, how can you be allowed to say that taking pictures with mobile phones is better than taking pictures with cameras?
But the tall and thin man didn't want to argue.
While Lu Weiwei and the others were communicating with these photographers, Gu Chen was also carefully observing the specific conditions of these people.
Generally speaking, except for the middle-aged female photographer who is relatively indifferent, the other 6 people are relatively talkative.
Especially when talking about the equipment in his hands, it's hard to hide that kind of self-confidence with a little pride.
"Maybe our investigation is wrong? Maybe these people are just simple photographers?" Gu Chen was also asking himself.
Especially these people, all from urban areas, do not live in Fuxing Village at all.
That also means that these people may not have the keys to the monitoring room of the Fuxing Village Name Committee at all.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen was even more puzzled.
If the door of the monitoring room is locked all the time, then who is controlling the camera equipment in the monitoring room?
Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly thought of someone, and that was Xu Li.
As the coordinator, Xu Li can call up the surveillance to observe the surrounding layout.
He thought that with the help of Xu Li's relationship, he might be able to enter the monitoring room to have a look.
But Gu Chen also has concerns, that is, if Xu Li also has a problem, going to her so blatantly is tantamount to exposing the fact that everyone found that there is a problem with the monitoring.
But the situation is different now. If the person who monitors everyone is not found, every move of the team in Fuxing Village will be exposed to the other party's field of vision.
This kind of risk, Gu Chen felt a little unbearable.
So thinking of the relationship between Liu Jingru and Xu Li, she reminded Lu Weiwei, "Let's go down and have a look?"
"Okay." Lu Weiwei understood and signaled Police Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha and Jiang Xiaomi to stay on the rooftop and communicate with these people.
He followed Gu Chen directly to the downstairs location.
Everyone finally found Liu Jingru and Wu Jun beside the stone lion outside the ancestral hall.
Gu Chen handed the SLR camera to Wu Jun, and said to Liu Jingru, "Jingru, I want to ask you for help."
"Tell me what you're doing." Liu Jingru also looked curious.
"Can you find a way to ask your sister Xu to help you get the key to the monitoring room." Gu Chen said.
"Get the keys to the monitoring room? What are you doing with this? Could it be to use the monitoring for investigation?" Liu Jingru also thought about it.
But Gu Chen shook his head in denial: "That's not the case."
Taking a casual look at the surrounding situation, Gu Chen used the stone lion as a cover, and also whispered to Liu Jingru:
"We suspect that the surveillance in Fuxing Village is controlled by someone, and these surveillances seem to be monitoring us all the time."
"You've been monitoring us?" Liu Jingru was also taken aback, as if she didn't quite understand.
The photographer Wu Jun also whispered: "Isn't this monitoring just for monitoring? Gu Chen, why do you have such an idea?"
"It's not groundless." Lu Weiwei saw that Liu Jingru and Wu Jun didn't believe it, so she quickly shared with them the situation of how she and Gu Chen were being tracked by the surveillance cameras just now.
After listening to Lu Weiwei's explanation, Liu Jingru also took a deep breath and said: "Then someone is using surveillance to observe the situation around Luo Ping, but they just discovered that you are observing him, right?"
"It can be understood in this way, but we went to the monitoring room and found that the door was locked." Lu Weiwei said.
Gu Chen also hurriedly said: "But since the gate is locked, how did that person monitor us?"
"It stands to reason that these surveillance cameras are all stationary unless there are special circumstances, and the cameras will not be twisted at will."
"So someone must be manipulating these devices behind the scenes, but now it's a little strange that the door of the monitoring room is locked, how did the other party get in?"
"Or, did the other party leave in a hurry after the control was over?"
"But since the other party can come and go freely like this, he must also have the key to the monitoring room."
After a pause, Gu Chen explained again: "So it's not easy for us to bother the village chief Luo Bo at the moment. After all, if the village chief also has problems, wouldn't we expose ourselves?"
"So, I want you to ask this sister Xu, see if you can use her help to let the village open the surveillance room, and let us go in for inspection on the grounds that it is convenient for everyone to shoot footage."
"Well, that's fine." After a few seconds of hesitation, Liu Jingru still agreed:
"I'll go find Sister Xu and see what she has to say."
"It's not too late, let's go now." Lu Weiwei said.
After a brief discussion at the gate of the ancestral hall, everyone began to look for Xu Li's trace.
Not long after, everyone found that Xu Li was standing behind a truck, directing the unloading, and kept chanting.
"Handle things lightly for me, handle them with care, who is that? Pay attention, don't do things carelessly, your equipment will be knocked down."
"And you, this thing is very expensive, do you know if you lift it slowly? Keep your steps steady."
"Sister Xu." While Xu Li was chattering, Liu Jingru came from the other side and said with a smile.
"Ah, Jingru, what's the matter?" Xu Li's attention also suddenly shifted from the carriage to Liu Jingru.
Liu Jingru also smiled sweetly, and quickly said: "Our TV station has a lot of material to shoot, and many places have already been filmed, but we also want to add some material to the offices of the village committee."
Speaking of this, Liu Jingru also gestured her hands and introduced: "It's like this office, monitoring room, it's best to shoot some material."
"Good thing." Xu Li didn't seem to understand what Liu Jingru meant.
Liu Jingru hurriedly said again: "I mean, many offices in the village have locked doors. We don't have the key, and we don't know who has the key? Can Miss Xu help us?"
"Oh, this?" Hearing what Liu Jingru said, Xu Li was also confused. After thinking for a while, she said:
"Look for that... look for the accountant in that village. The accountant in that village should have a key. She opened the door for me to take things before."
"It seems that the offices in the village are all under her control."
After thinking about it, Xu Li said again: "By the way, the place where the village committee works is her house."
"The first and second floors are where her family lives and cooks, and the third and fourth floors are where the village committee works. You can just find her."
"But we don't know them well, and it's inconvenient, can sister Xu help me?" Gu Chen also echoed.
Xu Li was a little embarrassed at once, but after thinking about it, she said indifferently: "Okay, then I will ask for you."
"Thank you, sister Xu." Seeing Xu Li agreeing to help, Liu Jingru also smiled slightly.
Xu Li reminded everyone who moved the goods: "You all move lightly, and don't let me see you bumping and bumping again. I will come and check the equipment later."
After the words fell, Xu Li immediately walked towards the village committee with Liu Jingru, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Wu Jun.
This is still the most crowded and busiest place in the entire Fuxing Village.
The living room is already full of various supplies at this moment, and with the flow of people, it is a bit tight.
But Xu Li found the accountant immediately, a middle-aged fat woman wearing glasses.
At this moment, the fat woman was directing the arrangement of the long seat, and her attitude was exactly the same as Xu Li's just now.
To a few young volunteers, I just scolded for a while, saying that everyone's work was too rough.
"Accountant Luo." Xu Li came from behind Luo Lin and patted her on the shoulder familiarly.
The chubby Accountant Luo turned his head and asked curiously, "Sister Xu, what's the matter?"
"This is not a friend of the TV station. I want to shoot some footage of your village committee, especially the footage of the office."
"However, most of your places are locked. Can you open them up and let them go in to shoot material?" Xu Li said.
"Damn, that's it? It's easy to say." Rowling didn't seem to reject it at all. After glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Liu Jingru and Wu Jun behind her, she readily agreed:
"Then come with me."
Seeing this, Xu Li reminded Liu Jingru, "Jingru, you just follow her."
"Thank you, sister Xu." Seeing Xu Li helping her settle the matter, Liu Jingru also let out a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but look at Gu Chen beside her.
And Gu Chen also observed the facial features of Xu Li and Luo Lin just now, and obviously felt that there was nothing wrong with them.
Both of them agreed readily without any hesitation.
On the other side, Rowling also led everyone to the third floor, and she couldn't help but introduce:
"This house belongs to my family, and the office area of the village committee is located on the third and fourth floors of my house."
"Are the first and second floors the living quarters?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"Yes, except for the first and second floors, the others are rented to the village for office use."
"Don't look at just renting the third and fourth floors to the village, but you also saw it just now. What kind of event happened this time? The first floor of my house was basically requisitioned."
"After all, the road at the entrance is perfect for holding events."
"So, once this happens, the first floor of my house basically becomes a public area."
"The kitchen, the toilet, etc. are basically shared."
"Then don't you find it troublesome?" Liu Jingru said.
Rowling grinned: "Well, it's all in the same village, it's just for the convenience of everyone. Who would let the village be the first to think of my house? It's nothing, I'm used to it."
"If I dislike this, then I won't rent the third and fourth floors of my house to the village for office use."
"You are really selfless." Gu Chen also said casually.
Soon, everyone walked up the stairs to the third floor.
At this moment, Rowling took out the key and prepared to open the doors one by one.
At the same time, Gu Chen also discovered that Rowling had a bunch of keys on her body, so she asked curiously: "Sister Luo, since this is the office area of the village, besides you who have keys to open these doors, other people also have keys to open them." open?"
"Uh..." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Rowling hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The village chief also has all the keys here."
"Usually, I have the key with the village chief."
"Village head? Luo Bo?" Liu Jingru said.
Rowling nodded silently, and said again: "On our side, in name, there are actually two village chiefs. One is from our other provinces. The village chief is Luo Bo as you know."
"But there is another local aboriginal village chief, the village chief of Xiao's family. He also has the key."
"Then do we have to have several accountants? They should also be divided among each other?" Lu Weiwei said.
When Rowling opened the door, she grinned and said in denial, "That's not true."
"It's a small village, and there are already two nominal village chiefs. Why do we need so many accountants? There are not so many things to do in a small place. I basically leave the work of accountants to me alone."
"But because this Fuxing Village was established by the Luo family and the Xiao family together, there must be two village chiefs, each handling the affairs of the relevant family."
"The Xiao family village was originally aboriginal here, and our Luo family just migrated from other provinces to settle down."
"But in fact, they are all the same. Many things in the village are resolved through mutual consultation."
"Like now, the village head is Luo Ping, because the influence is there, but the Xiao family, they believe that the family village head is Xiao Yuanshan."
"Xiao Yuanshan?" Gu Chen asked curiously when he heard the name, "Is he at the event today?"
"Yes." Rowling, who opened the second door, also explained to everyone: "I saw him before, but now I don't know where it is?"
While speaking, Rowling opened the third office, and then introduced to everyone:
"This is where we work in the village. It's not a big place, just three rooms."
"Upstairs, there are two warehouses and a monitoring room."
While Rowling was speaking, the photographer Wu Jun had already walked in very cooperatively, and started to pick up the camera to take pictures.
Everyone stood at the door to make room.
Gu Chen also asked curiously: "Sister Luo, I found that you have a lot of surveillance cameras in Fuxing Village. Is it necessary to install so many cameras? I feel like every alley has them."
"Harmful." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Luo Lin also had a look of helplessness: "I didn't need so much, but that Village Chief Xiao, Xiao Yuanshan insisted on pretending."
"Originally, everyone felt that it was unnecessary, but since some property was lost in the village, everyone started to install cameras under the active promotion of Village Chief Xiao."
"In the beginning, everyone felt that it would be enough to install a few at main intersections, but Village Chief Xiao insisted that some alleys and intersections in the village should also be installed."
"Anyway, he is the head of the village, so he can do whatever he says, and then everyone agrees. It was later discovered that the village head Xiao bought a lot of cameras in one go. I seriously doubt that the person who sells camera equipment is Xiao Village. Chang intends to take care of his business."
"That's quite a lot, right?" Liu Jingru said.
Rowling nodded silently: "Isn't it? It's installed everywhere, and it feels like there are some places that are completely unnecessary."
"It feels like our entire Fuxing Village is surrounded by surveillance cameras. It feels weird."
"But after all, Village Chief Xiao also said that it is also for the sake of everyone's safety. In this way, thieves will not dare to come to the village to commit crimes."
After a pause, Rowling breathed a sigh of relief, and then said again: "However, then again, since the installation of such dense cameras in the village, it seems that the loss of property has never happened again."
"It feels good, too, so everyone doesn't have any opinions."
"Is that so?" After hearing Rowling's remarks, Gu Chen quickly changed the subject and said, "Then let's go to the fourth floor to have a look."
Turning his head to look at Wu Jun who was about to finish filming, Gu Chen hurriedly said again: "Teacher Wu, go upstairs."
"Here we come." Wu Jun responded and walked out of the room in cooperation.
So, everyone and the group immediately came to the fourth floor again.
Rowling also introduced to everyone: "These two are warehouses, which usually store some materials from our village. This is the monitoring room."
"Then let's go to the monitoring room first." Lu Weiwei also suggested.
Rowling didn't hesitate, and directly opened the door of the monitoring room with the key.
At this moment, everyone discovered that this set of monitoring equipment seemed to be far beyond everyone's imagination.
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The sudden situation broke the police's previous deployment.
You must know that someone is monitoring in the monitoring area, and the other party is from the perspective of God, but I have no knowledge of it.
Obviously, the Fuxing Village looks calm this time, but it is actually a dark tide.
And in Fuxing Village, how many mysterious people are still lurking? For now, no one knows.
But at the very least, it can be clearly known that Luo Ping, the nephew of village head Luo Bo, may have serious suspicions.
But while Gu Chen and the others were monitoring Luo Ping, they were being monitored instead, which made people feel puzzled.
When I came to the door of the house of the village committee, there was still a crowd of people.
Many people are busy.
The long table was already filled with all kinds of dishes.
Gu Chen looked around for a week, and found that there was only one camera at the entrance of the village committee, facing the direction of the entrance.
Since Gu Chen had already been watched by surveillance cameras before, in order to avoid alarming others, Gu Chen planned to let Jiang Xiaomi sneak in to find out.
"Xiaomi, after you go in, the video call on your mobile phone must be turned on all the time. If there is any problem, please let us know as soon as possible, and we will come to support you immediately."
"Understood." Facing Gu Chen's explanation, Jiang Xiaomi nodded silently, and said involuntarily, "I know what to do."
"Okay." Gu Chen nodded slightly, then took out his mobile phone, and the two made a video call directly.
And Jiang Xiaomi also began to squeeze into the crowd and walked quickly towards the stairs.
Since Jiang Xiaomi turned on the video call function, Jiang Xiaomi also pointed the camera at the front while walking.
Meanwhile, Gu Chen and the others could watch every move on the scene through the mobile phone video.
When he came to the second floor, Jiang Xiaomi took a look around and found that the second floor was occupied by the villagers, so he went to the third floor. There were several office numbers in the corridor on the third floor, but none of them had the word "monitoring room".
So Jiang Xiaomi came to the fourth floor again, and the place on the fourth floor was empty at this time.
Compared with the bustling downstairs, the upstairs office area is much deserted.
In the video screen, Gu Chen noticed that Jiang Xiaomi was moving slowly, and the screen of the mobile phone began to align with the house number.
But after a while, Jiang Xiaomi whispered into the phone again: "Gu Chen, there is a monitoring room here, but it is not listed, and there seems to be no one in it."
"Are you sure?" Gu Chen also asked in a low voice.
"I'm sure." Jiang Xiaomi paused, waited and looked at the door for a few more times, and then came to the door, pointed the phone screen at the door lock, and said:
"Look, this door is locked from the outside, which means there is no one inside."
After the voice fell, everyone turned their attention to the door lock.
At this moment, everyone finally discovered that the door of the so-called monitoring room had already been locked with a lock.
The door lock is not advanced and belongs to the ordinary lock category.
It can be locked from the outside, so there is no one inside.
After Gu Chen hesitated again and again, he said: "Xiaomi, you should withdraw first, don't startle the snake, pay attention to safety."
"Understood." Jiang Xiaomi responded softly, and soon began to walk downstairs.
However, when he reached the entrance of the corridor, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Gu Chen also noticed something unusual, and hurriedly asked Jiang Xiaomi, "What's wrong?"
"Gu Chen, the corridor here can lead to the roof, I don't know... Will there be anyone on the roof?" Jiang Xiaomi said.
"Do you want to go and see?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes, I want to go and have a look." Jiang Xiaomi said.
"Be careful." Gu Chen didn't know much about the situation above, but fortunately everyone was nearby, and if something happened to Jiang Xiaomi, everyone could rush over immediately.
Jiang Xiaomi paused for a moment, and then summoned up the courage to reply, "Then...then I'll go up and have a look?"
After a short communication, Jiang Xiaomi also became more courageous, and started to walk along the stairs to the top of the building.
When he came to the end of the stairs, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly heard a commotion.
On the other side, Gu Chen also vaguely heard some movement through the video call, and hurriedly said: "Xiaomi, be careful."
"It's okay." Jiang Xiaomi took a deep breath, pointed the camera of the phone back to the front, and held it in his hand in a casual way.
Afterwards, the cameras on everyone's mobile phones began to move slowly towards the entrance of the rooftop following Jiang Xiaomi's slow progress.
When Jiang Xiaomi walked onto the terrace, he found that the terrace was already full of various equipment.
On the other side, a group of men and women are communicating with each other, chatting about daily life.
Jiang Xiaomi was stunned for a moment, and finally let go of his hanging heart, and quickly responded softly: "Gu Chen, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just a group of photographers."
"Go and have a look, let me see their faces clearly." Gu Chen whispered.
"Wait a minute." Jiang Xiaomi also mustered up his courage at this moment, pretending to come to the rooftop casually, so he walked over boldly.
At first, everyone didn't pay attention to Jiang Xiaomi, they were just chatting with each other.
All of them wear professional video cameras.
And on the rooftop, all kinds of big and small bags are piled up all over the place.
Gu Chen couldn't judge what was inside, and Jiang Xiaomi didn't dare to approach alone.
After all, these people were acquaintances, and as an outsider, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly came to the direction of the rooftop, which would inevitably make people alert.
really.
Just when Jiang Xiaomi approached the crowd quietly, a female photographer suddenly spotted Jiang Xiaomi who was a little sneaky.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaomi was also quite embarrassed. After all, the female photographer had been staring at her. Jiang Xiaomi was a little guilty, but soon she was quick-witted, and hurriedly took the phone and said, "Wow, I found a treasure photography location. Do you want it?" Don't come here?"
Seeing Jiang Xiaomi calling him, Gu Chen responded very cooperatively, "Where are you?"
"It's just here..." Jiang Xiaomi looked around, pretending to be unclear, and stammered, "It seems...it seems to be the roof of the village committee. I feel that the shooting angle here is good. Do you want to take pictures?" Come here? There are quite a lot of people."
"That's fine, you wait for me there." Gu Chen said.
Jiang Xiaomi got a response, so she pretended to lie on the side of the guardrail.
Because of Jiang Xiaomi's petite body, it was difficult to see what was going on below him even if he lay on the guardrail.
So Jiang Xiaomi stood on tiptoe, tried her best to look far away, and glanced around inadvertently.
Seeing the middle-aged female photographer still staring at her, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly felt flustered and felt that she was being watched.
But Jiang Xiaomi also saved a hand, and did not hang up the phone, but was still in the dialing state.
It's just that Jiang Xiaomi held the phone in his palm and pretended to keep a distance from these people.
But at this moment, the people who were only interested in chatting before realized that there was a little girl on the roof.
For a moment, everyone was attracted by Jiang Xiaomi.
One by one froze for a while.
At this moment, Jiang Xiaomi felt that he was about to die, and thought to himself, Gu Chen, you should hurry up, otherwise, she doesn't know how to resolve this embarrassing scene.
No matter how Jiang Xiaomi pretended to look at the scenery inadvertently, when her eyes returned to the middle-aged female photographer, she could always find that the middle-aged female photographer was always staring at her.
"Huh." Taking a deep breath, Jiang Xiaomi immediately tried to calm down, and also grinned at the middle-aged woman who was staring at her.
Seeing this, the middle-aged woman hurriedly looked away, and stopped observing Jiang Xiaomi.
At this moment, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also came downstairs one after another.
For this reason, Gu Chen specially borrowed the SLR camera from the photographer Wu Jun.
Seeing that Gu Chen and the others arrived just in time, Jiang Xiaomi, who looked nervous, let out a long sigh of relief: "You guys are here? Look, the angle of view here is not bad, right?"
"Wow! It's true." Lu Weiwei pretended to look around, and couldn't help but sigh: "If I knew this place had a good view, I should have come here a long time ago."
"Wow! There are so many photographers." Yuan Shasha on the side also hurriedly said.
At this moment, two groups of people appeared on the rooftop, and the photographers who had communicated with each other immediately stopped communicating and began to observe Gu Chen and the others.
Gu Chen intentionally lowered the brim of his hat, walked to Jiang Xiaomi's side, and casually looked into the distance.
The moment he turned his head, he found that the middle-aged female photographer was observing him. Gu Chen also pretended to be casual and turned his head to communicate with Jiang Xiaomi: "How did you find this place?"
"I hit it by mistake. I felt that the scenery above was good, but there were too many people below, so I was curious, so I ran up to have a look."
After the words fell, Jiang Xiaomi lowered her tone again, reminding Gu Chen softly: "That middle-aged female photographer over there has been staring at me from the beginning, it feels weird."
"I noticed it too, don't disturb her yet." While speaking softly, Gu Chen pretended to pick up the camera and started shooting the scenery outside.
Turning to look at Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, they were also in another place, chatting with each other about the distant scenery.
Two groups of people immediately surrounded the photographers in the middle of the guardrail.
Gu Chen also took advantage of the opportunity to observe the backpacks that these photographers put on the ground.
As can be seen from the various shapes of the backpack, most of them are tripods and lens equipment.
But just looking at the backpacks on the ground is enough to make people dumbfounded.
Especially the equipment in the hands of these photographers, Gu Chen even felt that the SLR camera in his hand was not good.
Looking at the telephoto lenses in these people's hands, which are as exaggerated as cannons, Gu Chen finally realized why there is such a saying as "an old mage" in photography.
Gu Chen took a closer look and found that there were 7 people in this group.
And that middle-aged woman was the only woman among the group of photographers.
Seeing the woman staring at him all the time, Gu Chen also wanted to find out the truth, so he hurriedly pretended to be casual and asked, "Are you from the Photographers Association?"
"Yes." The middle-aged woman nodded silently.
"Your equipment is quite good." Gu Chen also continued to talk.
The middle-aged woman smiled slightly: "Everyone usually plays like this, so it's not surprising that there are a lot of equipment."
He looked Gu Chen up and down, then looked at Jiang Xiaomi next to Gu Chen, and Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha on the other side.
Seeing that everyone was wearing relevant work badges, the middle-aged woman asked curiously, "Are you... the media?"
"Yes." Hearing the middle-aged woman's words, Jiang Xiaomi squeezed out from behind Gu Chen, and said involuntarily, "I'm from Jiangnan Daily, and they're from Jiangnan TV."
"Oh." The middle-aged woman reacted coldly, but she also turned her eyes away, glanced at the camera in Gu Chen's hand, and asked:
"Are you a TV cameraman?"
"I'm an intern." Gu Chen also said modestly.
"What did you shoot?" The middle-aged woman seemed to be talking to Gu Chen in the tone of a senior boss.
Gu Chen smiled slightly, and quickly explained: "They are all news materials."
"En." The middle-aged woman nodded slightly, turned around, and continued to look at the distant scenery.
Afterwards, I raised the camera in my hand and "clicked a few times, as if I began to quiet down in my own photography pleasure.
Gu Chen and Jiang Xiaomi looked at each other, feeling that this middle-aged woman was a bit weird.
On the other side, the remaining 6 old mages are also exchanging their experiences with each other.
One of the old mages directly opened his backpack.
Gu Chen was shocked by the various lens accessories in the backpack.
A thing that looks like a travel bag, and there are various focal length lenses stored in it. I don't know, I thought these people were traveling far and carrying all kinds of luggage.
Participating in a folk bonfire festival, the equipment was far superior to that of the media, which shocked everyone including Gu Chen, Jiang Xiaomi, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha.
Lu Weiwei quickly approached and said, "Master, your equipment is quite good."
"Haha, it's okay." Seeing that Lu Weiwei was chatting with him, this old mage wearing an army green sun hat and a standard photography vest laughed dryly and continued to change the lens of his camera.
"Is this a group appointment for you to take a photo?" Lu Weiwei asked again.
"That's right." The old mage who changed the lens couldn't help but said with a smile:
"Usually, people like us will communicate in the group, but whenever there are activities, we will organize them in a unified way."
"Isn't it? It's in time for the Bonfire Festival, so I want to come and have a look."
"Oh, you are not locals, are you?" Lu Weiwei also asked insincerely.
"No, we all live in the city." The old mage said.
After hearing this, Lu Weiwei glanced at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen also knew it at this moment, so he swaggered into these backpacks, squatted down, patted the outside of these backpacks, found out the truth, and couldn't help but wonder:
"With so much equipment, one set will cost tens of thousands, right?"
"Of course." Seeing that Gu Chen was also holding a camera in his hand, the old mage grinned, and quickly explained: "The camera equipment in my backpack is worth about 60,000 yuan, so it can be regarded as an introduction."
"The 60,000 equipment is still a beginner?" Hearing the words of the old mage, Lu Weiwei felt that this guy was too pretentious, so she couldn't help but tease:
"When did the photography threshold become so high?"
"It's normal. We all play with this kind of equipment. You can also buy cheap equipment worth 10,000 to 20,000 yuan to practice your hands." The old mage said.
Lu Weiwei waved her hand: "Maybe I'm a poor ghost, maybe it's a bit difficult for me to get started. By the way, do you guys spend so much money on photography?"
"Does it need to be said?" Hearing Lu Weiwei's speech, Officer Wang, who had been on the other side and pretended to be chatting with Yuan Shasha, hurried over and said:
"Photography is the most expensive thing to do. Ten thousand to twenty thousand camera equipment can only be regarded as an entry point."
Glancing at the old mage who had already replaced the telephoto lens, Police Officer Wang immediately said again: "I feel that the equipment of this master is what a real photographer should have."
"Haha." Seeing Police Officer Wang flattering himself here, the old mage couldn't help smiling and said, "It's nothing to me, it's average at best."
Glancing at a tall and thin man beside him, the old mage immediately said, "Like him, the camera equipment he brought today is worth more than 100,000 yuan."
"This... is this too curly for you?" Yuan Shasha couldn't help but sigh when seeing this group of people exaggerating one by one:
"I feel that the threshold is so high, I'd better use my mobile phone to take pictures, and the effect will be the same."
"How can it be the same?" After hearing Yuan Shasha's "outrageous words" here, the tall and thin man with more than 100,000 worth of photography equipment quickly retorted:
"Mobile phone cameras will never be as real as SLR cameras. The two are completely incomparable."
"If you take pictures with your mobile phone, it can only be regarded as taking pictures, but when we take pictures with SLR cameras, that is called photography."
"Hehe, it's all about taking pictures, why do you start to despise it?" Seeing what the tall and thin man said, Lu Weiwei immediately retorted:
"I don't think there should be a chain of contempt, right? To take pictures, I feel that the equipment is secondary. The key is that the person who takes the pictures must be careful."
"The photos some people take with their mobile phones may be even better than those you take with your camera. There is no absolute for this."
"Hehe, it's what you say." It felt like he had encountered a gangster, and the tall and thin man ignored it.
With all kinds of high-end equipment in hand, how can you be allowed to say that taking pictures with mobile phones is better than taking pictures with cameras?
But the tall and thin man didn't want to argue.
While Lu Weiwei and the others were communicating with these photographers, Gu Chen was also carefully observing the specific conditions of these people.
Generally speaking, except for the middle-aged female photographer who is relatively indifferent, the other 6 people are relatively talkative.
Especially when talking about the equipment in his hands, it's hard to hide that kind of self-confidence with a little pride.
"Maybe our investigation is wrong? Maybe these people are just simple photographers?" Gu Chen was also asking himself.
Especially these people, all from urban areas, do not live in Fuxing Village at all.
That also means that these people may not have the keys to the monitoring room of the Fuxing Village Name Committee at all.
Thinking of this, Gu Chen was even more puzzled.
If the door of the monitoring room is locked all the time, then who is controlling the camera equipment in the monitoring room?
Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly thought of someone, and that was Xu Li.
As the coordinator, Xu Li can call up the surveillance to observe the surrounding layout.
He thought that with the help of Xu Li's relationship, he might be able to enter the monitoring room to have a look.
But Gu Chen also has concerns, that is, if Xu Li also has a problem, going to her so blatantly is tantamount to exposing the fact that everyone found that there is a problem with the monitoring.
But the situation is different now. If the person who monitors everyone is not found, every move of the team in Fuxing Village will be exposed to the other party's field of vision.
This kind of risk, Gu Chen felt a little unbearable.
So thinking of the relationship between Liu Jingru and Xu Li, she reminded Lu Weiwei, "Let's go down and have a look?"
"Okay." Lu Weiwei understood and signaled Police Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha and Jiang Xiaomi to stay on the rooftop and communicate with these people.
He followed Gu Chen directly to the downstairs location.
Everyone finally found Liu Jingru and Wu Jun beside the stone lion outside the ancestral hall.
Gu Chen handed the SLR camera to Wu Jun, and said to Liu Jingru, "Jingru, I want to ask you for help."
"Tell me what you're doing." Liu Jingru also looked curious.
"Can you find a way to ask your sister Xu to help you get the key to the monitoring room." Gu Chen said.
"Get the keys to the monitoring room? What are you doing with this? Could it be to use the monitoring for investigation?" Liu Jingru also thought about it.
But Gu Chen shook his head in denial: "That's not the case."
Taking a casual look at the surrounding situation, Gu Chen used the stone lion as a cover, and also whispered to Liu Jingru:
"We suspect that the surveillance in Fuxing Village is controlled by someone, and these surveillances seem to be monitoring us all the time."
"You've been monitoring us?" Liu Jingru was also taken aback, as if she didn't quite understand.
The photographer Wu Jun also whispered: "Isn't this monitoring just for monitoring? Gu Chen, why do you have such an idea?"
"It's not groundless." Lu Weiwei saw that Liu Jingru and Wu Jun didn't believe it, so she quickly shared with them the situation of how she and Gu Chen were being tracked by the surveillance cameras just now.
After listening to Lu Weiwei's explanation, Liu Jingru also took a deep breath and said: "Then someone is using surveillance to observe the situation around Luo Ping, but they just discovered that you are observing him, right?"
"It can be understood in this way, but we went to the monitoring room and found that the door was locked." Lu Weiwei said.
Gu Chen also hurriedly said: "But since the gate is locked, how did that person monitor us?"
"It stands to reason that these surveillance cameras are all stationary unless there are special circumstances, and the cameras will not be twisted at will."
"So someone must be manipulating these devices behind the scenes, but now it's a little strange that the door of the monitoring room is locked, how did the other party get in?"
"Or, did the other party leave in a hurry after the control was over?"
"But since the other party can come and go freely like this, he must also have the key to the monitoring room."
After a pause, Gu Chen explained again: "So it's not easy for us to bother the village chief Luo Bo at the moment. After all, if the village chief also has problems, wouldn't we expose ourselves?"
"So, I want you to ask this sister Xu, see if you can use her help to let the village open the surveillance room, and let us go in for inspection on the grounds that it is convenient for everyone to shoot footage."
"Well, that's fine." After a few seconds of hesitation, Liu Jingru still agreed:
"I'll go find Sister Xu and see what she has to say."
"It's not too late, let's go now." Lu Weiwei said.
After a brief discussion at the gate of the ancestral hall, everyone began to look for Xu Li's trace.
Not long after, everyone found that Xu Li was standing behind a truck, directing the unloading, and kept chanting.
"Handle things lightly for me, handle them with care, who is that? Pay attention, don't do things carelessly, your equipment will be knocked down."
"And you, this thing is very expensive, do you know if you lift it slowly? Keep your steps steady."
"Sister Xu." While Xu Li was chattering, Liu Jingru came from the other side and said with a smile.
"Ah, Jingru, what's the matter?" Xu Li's attention also suddenly shifted from the carriage to Liu Jingru.
Liu Jingru also smiled sweetly, and quickly said: "Our TV station has a lot of material to shoot, and many places have already been filmed, but we also want to add some material to the offices of the village committee."
Speaking of this, Liu Jingru also gestured her hands and introduced: "It's like this office, monitoring room, it's best to shoot some material."
"Good thing." Xu Li didn't seem to understand what Liu Jingru meant.
Liu Jingru hurriedly said again: "I mean, many offices in the village have locked doors. We don't have the key, and we don't know who has the key? Can Miss Xu help us?"
"Oh, this?" Hearing what Liu Jingru said, Xu Li was also confused. After thinking for a while, she said:
"Look for that... look for the accountant in that village. The accountant in that village should have a key. She opened the door for me to take things before."
"It seems that the offices in the village are all under her control."
After thinking about it, Xu Li said again: "By the way, the place where the village committee works is her house."
"The first and second floors are where her family lives and cooks, and the third and fourth floors are where the village committee works. You can just find her."
"But we don't know them well, and it's inconvenient, can sister Xu help me?" Gu Chen also echoed.
Xu Li was a little embarrassed at once, but after thinking about it, she said indifferently: "Okay, then I will ask for you."
"Thank you, sister Xu." Seeing Xu Li agreeing to help, Liu Jingru also smiled slightly.
Xu Li reminded everyone who moved the goods: "You all move lightly, and don't let me see you bumping and bumping again. I will come and check the equipment later."
After the words fell, Xu Li immediately walked towards the village committee with Liu Jingru, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Wu Jun.
This is still the most crowded and busiest place in the entire Fuxing Village.
The living room is already full of various supplies at this moment, and with the flow of people, it is a bit tight.
But Xu Li found the accountant immediately, a middle-aged fat woman wearing glasses.
At this moment, the fat woman was directing the arrangement of the long seat, and her attitude was exactly the same as Xu Li's just now.
To a few young volunteers, I just scolded for a while, saying that everyone's work was too rough.
"Accountant Luo." Xu Li came from behind Luo Lin and patted her on the shoulder familiarly.
The chubby Accountant Luo turned his head and asked curiously, "Sister Xu, what's the matter?"
"This is not a friend of the TV station. I want to shoot some footage of your village committee, especially the footage of the office."
"However, most of your places are locked. Can you open them up and let them go in to shoot material?" Xu Li said.
"Damn, that's it? It's easy to say." Rowling didn't seem to reject it at all. After glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Liu Jingru and Wu Jun behind her, she readily agreed:
"Then come with me."
Seeing this, Xu Li reminded Liu Jingru, "Jingru, you just follow her."
"Thank you, sister Xu." Seeing Xu Li helping her settle the matter, Liu Jingru also let out a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but look at Gu Chen beside her.
And Gu Chen also observed the facial features of Xu Li and Luo Lin just now, and obviously felt that there was nothing wrong with them.
Both of them agreed readily without any hesitation.
On the other side, Rowling also led everyone to the third floor, and she couldn't help but introduce:
"This house belongs to my family, and the office area of the village committee is located on the third and fourth floors of my house."
"Are the first and second floors the living quarters?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"Yes, except for the first and second floors, the others are rented to the village for office use."
"Don't look at just renting the third and fourth floors to the village, but you also saw it just now. What kind of event happened this time? The first floor of my house was basically requisitioned."
"After all, the road at the entrance is perfect for holding events."
"So, once this happens, the first floor of my house basically becomes a public area."
"The kitchen, the toilet, etc. are basically shared."
"Then don't you find it troublesome?" Liu Jingru said.
Rowling grinned: "Well, it's all in the same village, it's just for the convenience of everyone. Who would let the village be the first to think of my house? It's nothing, I'm used to it."
"If I dislike this, then I won't rent the third and fourth floors of my house to the village for office use."
"You are really selfless." Gu Chen also said casually.
Soon, everyone walked up the stairs to the third floor.
At this moment, Rowling took out the key and prepared to open the doors one by one.
At the same time, Gu Chen also discovered that Rowling had a bunch of keys on her body, so she asked curiously: "Sister Luo, since this is the office area of the village, besides you who have keys to open these doors, other people also have keys to open them." open?"
"Uh..." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Rowling hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The village chief also has all the keys here."
"Usually, I have the key with the village chief."
"Village head? Luo Bo?" Liu Jingru said.
Rowling nodded silently, and said again: "On our side, in name, there are actually two village chiefs. One is from our other provinces. The village chief is Luo Bo as you know."
"But there is another local aboriginal village chief, the village chief of Xiao's family. He also has the key."
"Then do we have to have several accountants? They should also be divided among each other?" Lu Weiwei said.
When Rowling opened the door, she grinned and said in denial, "That's not true."
"It's a small village, and there are already two nominal village chiefs. Why do we need so many accountants? There are not so many things to do in a small place. I basically leave the work of accountants to me alone."
"But because this Fuxing Village was established by the Luo family and the Xiao family together, there must be two village chiefs, each handling the affairs of the relevant family."
"The Xiao family village was originally aboriginal here, and our Luo family just migrated from other provinces to settle down."
"But in fact, they are all the same. Many things in the village are resolved through mutual consultation."
"Like now, the village head is Luo Ping, because the influence is there, but the Xiao family, they believe that the family village head is Xiao Yuanshan."
"Xiao Yuanshan?" Gu Chen asked curiously when he heard the name, "Is he at the event today?"
"Yes." Rowling, who opened the second door, also explained to everyone: "I saw him before, but now I don't know where it is?"
While speaking, Rowling opened the third office, and then introduced to everyone:
"This is where we work in the village. It's not a big place, just three rooms."
"Upstairs, there are two warehouses and a monitoring room."
While Rowling was speaking, the photographer Wu Jun had already walked in very cooperatively, and started to pick up the camera to take pictures.
Everyone stood at the door to make room.
Gu Chen also asked curiously: "Sister Luo, I found that you have a lot of surveillance cameras in Fuxing Village. Is it necessary to install so many cameras? I feel like every alley has them."
"Harmful." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Luo Lin also had a look of helplessness: "I didn't need so much, but that Village Chief Xiao, Xiao Yuanshan insisted on pretending."
"Originally, everyone felt that it was unnecessary, but since some property was lost in the village, everyone started to install cameras under the active promotion of Village Chief Xiao."
"In the beginning, everyone felt that it would be enough to install a few at main intersections, but Village Chief Xiao insisted that some alleys and intersections in the village should also be installed."
"Anyway, he is the head of the village, so he can do whatever he says, and then everyone agrees. It was later discovered that the village head Xiao bought a lot of cameras in one go. I seriously doubt that the person who sells camera equipment is Xiao Village. Chang intends to take care of his business."
"That's quite a lot, right?" Liu Jingru said.
Rowling nodded silently: "Isn't it? It's installed everywhere, and it feels like there are some places that are completely unnecessary."
"It feels like our entire Fuxing Village is surrounded by surveillance cameras. It feels weird."
"But after all, Village Chief Xiao also said that it is also for the sake of everyone's safety. In this way, thieves will not dare to come to the village to commit crimes."
After a pause, Rowling breathed a sigh of relief, and then said again: "However, then again, since the installation of such dense cameras in the village, it seems that the loss of property has never happened again."
"It feels good, too, so everyone doesn't have any opinions."
"Is that so?" After hearing Rowling's remarks, Gu Chen quickly changed the subject and said, "Then let's go to the fourth floor to have a look."
Turning his head to look at Wu Jun who was about to finish filming, Gu Chen hurriedly said again: "Teacher Wu, go upstairs."
"Here we come." Wu Jun responded and walked out of the room in cooperation.
So, everyone and the group immediately came to the fourth floor again.
Rowling also introduced to everyone: "These two are warehouses, which usually store some materials from our village. This is the monitoring room."
"Then let's go to the monitoring room first." Lu Weiwei also suggested.
Rowling didn't hesitate, and directly opened the door of the monitoring room with the key.
At this moment, everyone discovered that this set of monitoring equipment seemed to be far beyond everyone's imagination.
...
The sudden situation broke the police's previous deployment. You must know that someone is monitoring in the monitoring area, and the other party is from the perspective of God, but I have no knowledge of it. Obviously, the Fuxing Village looks calm this time, but it is actually a dark tide. And in Fuxing Village, how many mysterious people are still lurking? For now, no one knows. But at the very least, it can be clearly known that Luo Ping, the nephew of village head Luo Bo, may have serious suspicions. But while Gu Chen and the others were monitoring Luo Ping, they were being monitored instead, which made people feel puzzled. When I came to the door of the house of the village committee, there was still a crowd of people. Many people are busy. The long table was already filled with all kinds of dishes. Gu Chen looked around for a week, and found that there was only one camera at the entrance of the village committee, facing the direction of the entrance. Since Gu Chen had already been watched by surveillance cameras before, in order to avoid alarming others, Gu Chen planned to let Jiang Xiaomi sneak in to find out. "Xiaomi, after you go in, the video call on your mobile phone must be turned on all the time. If there is any problem, please let us know as soon as possible, and we will come to support you immediately." "Understood." Facing Gu Chen's explanation, Jiang Xiaomi nodded silently, and said involuntarily, "I know what to do." "Okay." Gu Chen nodded slightly, then took out his mobile phone, and the two made a video call directly. And Jiang Xiaomi also began to squeeze into the crowd and walked quickly towards the stairs. Since Jiang Xiaomi turned on the video call function, Jiang Xiaomi also pointed the camera at the front while walking. Meanwhile, Gu Chen and the others could watch every move on the scene through the mobile phone video. When he came to the second floor, Jiang Xiaomi took a look around and found that the second floor was occupied by the villagers, so he went to the third floor. There were several office numbers in the corridor on the third floor, but none of them had the word "monitoring room". So Jiang Xiaomi came to the fourth floor again, and the place on the fourth floor was empty at this time. Compared with the bustling downstairs, the upstairs office area is much deserted. In the video screen, Gu Chen noticed that Jiang Xiaomi was moving slowly, and the screen of the mobile phone began to align with the house number. But after a while, Jiang Xiaomi whispered into the phone again: "Gu Chen, there is a monitoring room here, but it is not listed, and there seems to be no one in it." "Are you sure?" Gu Chen also asked in a low voice. "I'm sure." Jiang Xiaomi paused, waited and looked at the door for a few more times, and then came to the door, pointed the phone screen at the door lock, and said: "Look, this door is locked from the outside, which means there is no one inside." After the voice fell, everyone turned their attention to the door lock. At this moment, everyone finally discovered that the door of the so-called monitoring room had already been locked with a lock. The door lock is not advanced and belongs to the ordinary lock category. It can be locked from the outside, so there is no one inside. After Gu Chen hesitated again and again, he said: "Xiaomi, you should withdraw first, don't startle the snake, pay attention to safety." "Understood." Jiang Xiaomi responded softly, and soon began to walk downstairs. However, when he reached the entrance of the corridor, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly stopped in his tracks. Gu Chen also noticed something unusual, and hurriedly asked Jiang Xiaomi, "What's wrong?" "Gu Chen, the corridor here can lead to the roof, I don't know... Will there be anyone on the roof?" Jiang Xiaomi said. "Do you want to go and see?" Gu Chen asked. "Yes, I want to go and have a look." Jiang Xiaomi said. "Be careful." Gu Chen didn't know much about the situation above, but fortunately everyone was nearby, and if something happened to Jiang Xiaomi, everyone could rush over immediately. Jiang Xiaomi paused for a moment, and then summoned up the courage to reply, "Then...then I'll go up and have a look?" After a short communication, Jiang Xiaomi also became more courageous, and started to walk along the stairs to the top of the building. When he came to the end of the stairs, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly heard a commotion. On the other side, Gu Chen also vaguely heard some movement through the video call, and hurriedly said: "Xiaomi, be careful." "It's okay." Jiang Xiaomi took a deep breath, pointed the camera of the phone back to the front, and held it in his hand in a casual way. Afterwards, the cameras on everyone's mobile phones began to move slowly towards the entrance of the rooftop following Jiang Xiaomi's slow progress. When Jiang Xiaomi walked onto the terrace, he found that the terrace was already full of various equipment. On the other side, a group of men and women are communicating with each other, chatting about daily life. Jiang Xiaomi was stunned for a moment, and finally let go of his hanging heart, and quickly responded softly: "Gu Chen, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just a group of photographers." "Go and have a look, let me see their faces clearly." Gu Chen whispered. "Wait a minute." Jiang Xiaomi also mustered up his courage at this moment, pretending to come to the rooftop casually, so he walked over boldly. At first, everyone didn't pay attention to Jiang Xiaomi, they were just chatting with each other. All of them wear professional video cameras. And on the rooftop, all kinds of big and small bags are piled up all over the place. Gu Chen couldn't judge what was inside, and Jiang Xiaomi didn't dare to approach alone. After all, these people were acquaintances, and as an outsider, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly came to the direction of the rooftop, which would inevitably make people alert. really. Just when Jiang Xiaomi approached the crowd quietly, a female photographer suddenly spotted Jiang Xiaomi who was a little sneaky. Seeing this, Jiang Xiaomi was also quite embarrassed. After all, the female photographer had been staring at her. Jiang Xiaomi was a little guilty, but soon she was quick-witted, and hurriedly took the phone and said, "Wow, I found a treasure photography location. Do you want it?" Don't come here?" Seeing Jiang Xiaomi calling him, Gu Chen responded very cooperatively, "Where are you?" "It's just here..." Jiang Xiaomi looked around, pretending to be unclear, and stammered, "It seems...it seems to be the roof of the village committee. I feel that the shooting angle here is good. Do you want to take pictures?" Come here? There are quite a lot of people." "That's fine, you wait for me there." Gu Chen said. Jiang Xiaomi got a response, so she pretended to lie on the side of the guardrail. Because of Jiang Xiaomi's petite body, it was difficult to see what was going on below him even if he lay on the guardrail. So Jiang Xiaomi stood on tiptoe, tried her best to look far away, and glanced around inadvertently. Seeing the middle-aged female photographer still staring at her, Jiang Xiaomi suddenly felt flustered and felt that she was being watched. But Jiang Xiaomi also saved a hand, and did not hang up the phone, but was still in the dialing state. It's just that Jiang Xiaomi held the phone in his palm and pretended to keep a distance from these people. But at this moment, the people who were only interested in chatting before realized that there was a little girl on the roof. For a moment, everyone was attracted by Jiang Xiaomi. One by one froze for a while. At this moment, Jiang Xiaomi felt that he was about to die, and thought to himself, Gu Chen, you should hurry up, otherwise, she doesn't know how to resolve this embarrassing scene. No matter how Jiang Xiaomi pretended to look at the scenery inadvertently, when her eyes returned to the middle-aged female photographer, she could always find that the middle-aged female photographer was always staring at her. "Huh." Taking a deep breath, Jiang Xiaomi immediately tried to calm down, and also grinned at the middle-aged woman who was staring at her. Seeing this, the middle-aged woman hurriedly looked away, and stopped observing Jiang Xiaomi. At this moment, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha also came downstairs one after another. For this reason, Gu Chen specially borrowed the SLR camera from the photographer Wu Jun. Seeing that Gu Chen and the others arrived just in time, Jiang Xiaomi, who looked nervous, let out a long sigh of relief: "You guys are here? Look, the angle of view here is not bad, right?" "Wow! It's true." Lu Weiwei pretended to look around, and couldn't help but sigh: "If I knew this place had a good view, I should have come here a long time ago." "Wow! There are so many photographers." Yuan Shasha on the side also hurriedly said. At this moment, two groups of people appeared on the rooftop, and the photographers who had communicated with each other immediately stopped communicating and began to observe Gu Chen and the others. Gu Chen intentionally lowered the brim of his hat, walked to Jiang Xiaomi's side, and casually looked into the distance. The moment he turned his head, he found that the middle-aged female photographer was observing him. Gu Chen also pretended to be casual and turned his head to communicate with Jiang Xiaomi: "How did you find this place?" "I hit it by mistake. I felt that the scenery above was good, but there were too many people below, so I was curious, so I ran up to have a look." After the words fell, Jiang Xiaomi lowered her tone again, reminding Gu Chen softly: "That middle-aged female photographer over there has been staring at me from the beginning, it feels weird." "I noticed it too, don't disturb her yet." While speaking softly, Gu Chen pretended to pick up the camera and started shooting the scenery outside. Turning to look at Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, they were also in another place, chatting with each other about the distant scenery. Two groups of people immediately surrounded the photographers in the middle of the guardrail. Gu Chen also took advantage of the opportunity to observe the backpacks that these photographers put on the ground. As can be seen from the various shapes of the backpack, most of them are tripods and lens equipment. But just looking at the backpacks on the ground is enough to make people dumbfounded. Especially the equipment in the hands of these photographers, Gu Chen even felt that the SLR camera in his hand was not good. Looking at the telephoto lenses in these people's hands, which are as exaggerated as cannons, Gu Chen finally realized why there is such a saying as "an old mage" in photography. Gu Chen took a closer look and found that there were 7 people in this group. And that middle-aged woman was the only woman among the group of photographers. Seeing the woman staring at him all the time, Gu Chen also wanted to find out the truth, so he hurriedly pretended to be casual and asked, "Are you from the Photographers Association?" "Yes." The middle-aged woman nodded silently. "Your equipment is quite good." Gu Chen also continued to talk. The middle-aged woman smiled slightly: "Everyone usually plays like this, so it's not surprising that there are a lot of equipment." He looked Gu Chen up and down, then looked at Jiang Xiaomi next to Gu Chen, and Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha on the other side. Seeing that everyone was wearing relevant work badges, the middle-aged woman asked curiously, "Are you... the media?" "Yes." Hearing the middle-aged woman's words, Jiang Xiaomi squeezed out from behind Gu Chen, and said involuntarily, "I'm from Jiangnan Daily, and they're from Jiangnan TV." "Oh." The middle-aged woman reacted coldly, but she also turned her eyes away, glanced at the camera in Gu Chen's hand, and asked: "Are you a TV cameraman?" "I'm an intern." Gu Chen also said modestly. "What did you shoot?" The middle-aged woman seemed to be talking to Gu Chen in the tone of a senior boss. Gu Chen smiled slightly, and quickly explained: "They are all news materials." "En." The middle-aged woman nodded slightly, turned around, and continued to look at the distant scenery. Afterwards, I raised the camera in my hand and "clicked a few times, as if I began to quiet down in my own photography pleasure. Gu Chen and Jiang Xiaomi looked at each other, feeling that this middle-aged woman was a bit weird. On the other side, the remaining 6 old mages are also exchanging their experiences with each other. One of the old mages directly opened his backpack. Gu Chen was shocked by the various lens accessories in the backpack. A thing that looks like a travel bag, and there are various focal length lenses stored in it. I don't know, I thought these people were traveling far and carrying all kinds of luggage. Participating in a folk bonfire festival, the equipment was far superior to that of the media, which shocked everyone including Gu Chen, Jiang Xiaomi, Lu Weiwei, Police Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha. Lu Weiwei quickly approached and said, "Master, your equipment is quite good." "Haha, it's okay." Seeing that Lu Weiwei was chatting with him, this old mage wearing an army green sun hat and a standard photography vest laughed dryly and continued to change the lens of his camera. "Is this a group appointment for you to take a photo?" Lu Weiwei asked again. "That's right." The old mage who changed the lens couldn't help but said with a smile: "Usually, people like us will communicate in the group, but whenever there are activities, we will organize them in a unified way." "Isn't it? It's in time for the Bonfire Festival, so I want to come and have a look." "Oh, you are not locals, are you?" Lu Weiwei also asked insincerely. "No, we all live in the city." The old mage said. After hearing this, Lu Weiwei glanced at Gu Chen. Gu Chen also knew it at this moment, so he swaggered into these backpacks, squatted down, patted the outside of these backpacks, found out the truth, and couldn't help but wonder: "With so much equipment, one set will cost tens of thousands, right?" "Of course." Seeing that Gu Chen was also holding a camera in his hand, the old mage grinned, and quickly explained: "The camera equipment in my backpack is worth about 60,000 yuan, so it can be regarded as an introduction." "The 60,000 equipment is still a beginner?" Hearing the words of the old mage, Lu Weiwei felt that this guy was too pretentious, so she couldn't help but tease: "When did the photography threshold become so high?" "It's normal. We all play with this kind of equipment. You can also buy cheap equipment worth 10,000 to 20,000 yuan to practice your hands." The old mage said. Lu Weiwei waved her hand: "Maybe I'm a poor ghost, maybe it's a bit difficult for me to get started. By the way, do you guys spend so much money on photography?" "Does it need to be said?" Hearing Lu Weiwei's speech, Officer Wang, who had been on the other side and pretended to be chatting with Yuan Shasha, hurried over and said: "Photography is the most expensive thing to do. Ten thousand to twenty thousand camera equipment can only be regarded as an entry point." Glancing at the old mage who had already replaced the telephoto lens, Police Officer Wang immediately said again: "I feel that the equipment of this master is what a real photographer should have." "Haha." Seeing Police Officer Wang flattering himself here, the old mage couldn't help smiling and said, "It's nothing to me, it's average at best." Glancing at a tall and thin man beside him, the old mage immediately said, "Like him, the camera equipment he brought today is worth more than 100,000 yuan." "This... is this too curly for you?" Yuan Shasha couldn't help but sigh when seeing this group of people exaggerating one by one: "I feel that the threshold is so high, I'd better use my mobile phone to take pictures, and the effect will be the same." "How can it be the same?" After hearing Yuan Shasha's "outrageous words" here, the tall and thin man with more than 100,000 worth of photography equipment quickly retorted: "Mobile phone cameras will never be as real as SLR cameras. The two are completely incomparable." "If you take pictures with your mobile phone, it can only be regarded as taking pictures, but when we take pictures with SLR cameras, that is called photography." "Hehe, it's all about taking pictures, why do you start to despise it?" Seeing what the tall and thin man said, Lu Weiwei immediately retorted: "I don't think there should be a chain of contempt, right? To take pictures, I feel that the equipment is secondary. The key is that the person who takes the pictures must be careful." "The photos some people take with their mobile phones may be even better than those you take with your camera. There is no absolute for this." "Hehe, it's what you say." It felt like he had encountered a gangster, and the tall and thin man ignored it. With all kinds of high-end equipment in hand, how can you be allowed to say that taking pictures with mobile phones is better than taking pictures with cameras? But the tall and thin man didn't want to argue. While Lu Weiwei and the others were communicating with these photographers, Gu Chen was also carefully observing the specific conditions of these people. Generally speaking, except for the middle-aged female photographer who is relatively indifferent, the other 6 people are relatively talkative. Especially when talking about the equipment in his hands, it's hard to hide that kind of self-confidence with a little pride. "Maybe our investigation is wrong? Maybe these people are just simple photographers?" Gu Chen was also asking himself. Especially these people, all from urban areas, do not live in Fuxing Village at all. That also means that these people may not have the keys to the monitoring room of the Fuxing Village Name Committee at all. Thinking of this, Gu Chen was even more puzzled. If the door of the monitoring room is locked all the time, then who is controlling the camera equipment in the monitoring room? Thinking of this, Gu Chen suddenly thought of someone, and that was Xu Li. As the coordinator, Xu Li can call up the surveillance to observe the surrounding layout. He thought that with the help of Xu Li's relationship, he might be able to enter the monitoring room to have a look. But Gu Chen also has concerns, that is, if Xu Li also has a problem, going to her so blatantly is tantamount to exposing the fact that everyone found that there is a problem with the monitoring. But the situation is different now. If the person who monitors everyone is not found, every move of the team in Fuxing Village will be exposed to the other party's field of vision. This kind of risk, Gu Chen felt a little unbearable. So thinking of the relationship between Liu Jingru and Xu Li, she reminded Lu Weiwei, "Let's go down and have a look?" "Okay." Lu Weiwei understood and signaled Police Officer Wang, Yuan Shasha and Jiang Xiaomi to stay on the rooftop and communicate with these people. He followed Gu Chen directly to the downstairs location. Everyone finally found Liu Jingru and Wu Jun beside the stone lion outside the ancestral hall. Gu Chen handed the SLR camera to Wu Jun, and said to Liu Jingru, "Jingru, I want to ask you for help." "Tell me what you're doing." Liu Jingru also looked curious. "Can you find a way to ask your sister Xu to help you get the key to the monitoring room." Gu Chen said. "Get the keys to the monitoring room? What are you doing with this? Could it be to use the monitoring for investigation?" Liu Jingru also thought about it. But Gu Chen shook his head in denial: "That's not the case." Taking a casual look at the surrounding situation, Gu Chen used the stone lion as a cover, and also whispered to Liu Jingru: "We suspect that the surveillance in Fuxing Village is controlled by someone, and these surveillances seem to be monitoring us all the time." "You've been monitoring us?" Liu Jingru was also taken aback, as if she didn't quite understand. The photographer Wu Jun also whispered: "Isn't this monitoring just for monitoring? Gu Chen, why do you have such an idea?" "It's not groundless." Lu Weiwei saw that Liu Jingru and Wu Jun didn't believe it, so she quickly shared with them the situation of how she and Gu Chen were being tracked by the surveillance cameras just now. After listening to Lu Weiwei's explanation, Liu Jingru also took a deep breath and said: "Then someone is using surveillance to observe the situation around Luo Ping, but they just discovered that you are observing him, right?" "It can be understood in this way, but we went to the monitoring room and found that the door was locked." Lu Weiwei said. Gu Chen also hurriedly said: "But since the gate is locked, how did that person monitor us?" "It stands to reason that these surveillance cameras are all stationary unless there are special circumstances, and the cameras will not be twisted at will." "So someone must be manipulating these devices behind the scenes, but now it's a little strange that the door of the monitoring room is locked, how did the other party get in?" "Or, did the other party leave in a hurry after the control was over?" "But since the other party can come and go freely like this, he must also have the key to the monitoring room." After a pause, Gu Chen explained again: "So it's not easy for us to bother the village chief Luo Bo at the moment. After all, if the village chief also has problems, wouldn't we expose ourselves?" "So, I want you to ask this sister Xu, see if you can use her help to let the village open the surveillance room, and let us go in for inspection on the grounds that it is convenient for everyone to shoot footage." "Well, that's fine." After a few seconds of hesitation, Liu Jingru still agreed: "I'll go find Sister Xu and see what she has to say." "It's not too late, let's go now." Lu Weiwei said. After a brief discussion at the gate of the ancestral hall, everyone began to look for Xu Li's trace. Not long after, everyone found that Xu Li was standing behind a truck, directing the unloading, and kept chanting. "Handle things lightly for me, handle them with care, who is that? Pay attention, don't do things carelessly, your equipment will be knocked down." "And you, this thing is very expensive, do you know if you lift it slowly? Keep your steps steady." "Sister Xu." While Xu Li was chattering, Liu Jingru came from the other side and said with a smile. "Ah, Jingru, what's the matter?" Xu Li's attention also suddenly shifted from the carriage to Liu Jingru. Liu Jingru also smiled sweetly, and quickly said: "Our TV station has a lot of material to shoot, and many places have already been filmed, but we also want to add some material to the offices of the village committee." Speaking of this, Liu Jingru also gestured her hands and introduced: "It's like this office, monitoring room, it's best to shoot some material." "Good thing." Xu Li didn't seem to understand what Liu Jingru meant. Liu Jingru hurriedly said again: "I mean, many offices in the village have locked doors. We don't have the key, and we don't know who has the key? Can Miss Xu help us?" "Oh, this?" Hearing what Liu Jingru said, Xu Li was also confused. After thinking for a while, she said: "Look for that... look for the accountant in that village. The accountant in that village should have a key. She opened the door for me to take things before." "It seems that the offices in the village are all under her control." After thinking about it, Xu Li said again: "By the way, the place where the village committee works is her house." "The first and second floors are where her family lives and cooks, and the third and fourth floors are where the village committee works. You can just find her." "But we don't know them well, and it's inconvenient, can sister Xu help me?" Gu Chen also echoed. Xu Li was a little embarrassed at once, but after thinking about it, she said indifferently: "Okay, then I will ask for you." "Thank you, sister Xu." Seeing Xu Li agreeing to help, Liu Jingru also smiled slightly. Xu Li reminded everyone who moved the goods: "You all move lightly, and don't let me see you bumping and bumping again. I will come and check the equipment later." After the words fell, Xu Li immediately walked towards the village committee with Liu Jingru, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei and Wu Jun. This is still the most crowded and busiest place in the entire Fuxing Village. The living room is already full of various supplies at this moment, and with the flow of people, it is a bit tight. But Xu Li found the accountant immediately, a middle-aged fat woman wearing glasses. At this moment, the fat woman was directing the arrangement of the long seat, and her attitude was exactly the same as Xu Li's just now. To a few young volunteers, I just scolded for a while, saying that everyone's work was too rough. "Accountant Luo." Xu Li came from behind Luo Lin and patted her on the shoulder familiarly. The chubby Accountant Luo turned his head and asked curiously, "Sister Xu, what's the matter?" "This is not a friend of the TV station. I want to shoot some footage of your village committee, especially the footage of the office." "However, most of your places are locked. Can you open them up and let them go in to shoot material?" Xu Li said. "Damn, that's it? It's easy to say." Rowling didn't seem to reject it at all. After glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Liu Jingru and Wu Jun behind her, she readily agreed: "Then come with me." Seeing this, Xu Li reminded Liu Jingru, "Jingru, you just follow her." "Thank you, sister Xu." Seeing Xu Li helping her settle the matter, Liu Jingru also let out a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but look at Gu Chen beside her. And Gu Chen also observed the facial features of Xu Li and Luo Lin just now, and obviously felt that there was nothing wrong with them. Both of them agreed readily without any hesitation. On the other side, Rowling also led everyone to the third floor, and she couldn't help but introduce: "This house belongs to my family, and the office area of the village committee is located on the third and fourth floors of my house." "Are the first and second floors the living quarters?" Lu Weiwei asked. "Yes, except for the first and second floors, the others are rented to the village for office use." "Don't look at just renting the third and fourth floors to the village, but you also saw it just now. What kind of event happened this time? The first floor of my house was basically requisitioned." "After all, the road at the entrance is perfect for holding events." "So, once this happens, the first floor of my house basically becomes a public area." "The kitchen, the toilet, etc. are basically shared." "Then don't you find it troublesome?" Liu Jingru said. Rowling grinned: "Well, it's all in the same village, it's just for the convenience of everyone. Who would let the village be the first to think of my house? It's nothing, I'm used to it." "If I dislike this, then I won't rent the third and fourth floors of my house to the village for office use." "You are really selfless." Gu Chen also said casually. Soon, everyone walked up the stairs to the third floor. At this moment, Rowling took out the key and prepared to open the doors one by one. At the same time, Gu Chen also discovered that Rowling had a bunch of keys on her body, so she asked curiously: "Sister Luo, since this is the office area of the village, besides you who have keys to open these doors, other people also have keys to open them." open?" "Uh..." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Rowling hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The village chief also has all the keys here." "Usually, I have the key with the village chief." "Village head? Luo Bo?" Liu Jingru said. Rowling nodded silently, and said again: "On our side, in name, there are actually two village chiefs. One is from our other provinces. The village chief is Luo Bo as you know." "But there is another local aboriginal village chief, the village chief of Xiao's family. He also has the key." "Then do we have to have several accountants? They should also be divided among each other?" Lu Weiwei said. When Rowling opened the door, she grinned and said in denial, "That's not true." "It's a small village, and there are already two nominal village chiefs. Why do we need so many accountants? There are not so many things to do in a small place. I basically leave the work of accountants to me alone." "But because this Fuxing Village was established by the Luo family and the Xiao family together, there must be two village chiefs, each handling the affairs of the relevant family." "The Xiao family village was originally aboriginal here, and our Luo family just migrated from other provinces to settle down." "But in fact, they are all the same. Many things in the village are resolved through mutual consultation." "Like now, the village head is Luo Ping, because the influence is there, but the Xiao family, they believe that the family village head is Xiao Yuanshan." "Xiao Yuanshan?" Gu Chen asked curiously when he heard the name, "Is he at the event today?" "Yes." Rowling, who opened the second door, also explained to everyone: "I saw him before, but now I don't know where it is?" While speaking, Rowling opened the third office, and then introduced to everyone: "This is where we work in the village. It's not a big place, just three rooms." "Upstairs, there are two warehouses and a monitoring room." While Rowling was speaking, the photographer Wu Jun had already walked in very cooperatively, and started to pick up the camera to take pictures. Everyone stood at the door to make room. Gu Chen also asked curiously: "Sister Luo, I found that you have a lot of surveillance cameras in Fuxing Village. Is it necessary to install so many cameras? I feel like every alley has them." "Harmful." Hearing what Gu Chen said, Luo Lin also had a look of helplessness: "I didn't need so much, but that Village Chief Xiao, Xiao Yuanshan insisted on pretending." "Originally, everyone felt that it was unnecessary, but since some property was lost in the village, everyone started to install cameras under the active promotion of Village Chief Xiao." "In the beginning, everyone felt that it would be enough to install a few at main intersections, but Village Chief Xiao insisted that some alleys and intersections in the village should also be installed." "Anyway, he is the head of the village, so he can do whatever he says, and then everyone agrees. It was later discovered that the village head Xiao bought a lot of cameras in one go. I seriously doubt that the person who sells camera equipment is Xiao Village. Chang intends to take care of his business." "That's quite a lot, right?" Liu Jingru said. Rowling nodded silently: "Isn't it? It's installed everywhere, and it feels like there are some places that are completely unnecessary." "It feels like our entire Fuxing Village is surrounded by surveillance cameras. It feels weird." "But after all, Village Chief Xiao also said that it is also for the sake of everyone's safety. In this way, thieves will not dare to come to the village to commit crimes." After a pause, Rowling breathed a sigh of relief, and then said again: "However, then again, since the installation of such dense cameras in the village, it seems that the loss of property has never happened again." "It feels good, too, so everyone doesn't have any opinions." "Is that so?" After hearing Rowling's remarks, Gu Chen quickly changed the subject and said, "Then let's go to the fourth floor to have a look." Turning his head to look at Wu Jun who was about to finish filming, Gu Chen hurriedly said again: "Teacher Wu, go upstairs." "Here we come." Wu Jun responded and walked out of the room in cooperation. So, everyone and the group immediately came to the fourth floor again. Rowling also introduced to everyone: "These two are warehouses, which usually store some materials from our village. This is the monitoring room." "Then let's go to the monitoring room first." Lu Weiwei also suggested. Rowling didn't hesitate, and directly opened the door of the monitoring room with the key. At this moment, everyone discovered that this set of monitoring equipment seemed to be far beyond everyone's imagination. ...
