Volume 1 Chapter 55: Resolving the Crisis

  Suddenly, someone shouted "The mayor is here!" and the crowd that had been calmed down by Yu Jing became agitated again. At first, only a few hundred university students who couldn't buy tickets gathered at the station to demand an explanation. Later, some migrant workers joined in, and then a leader of the station even insulted and beat up a migrant worker, causing the situation to deteriorate completely. Now there are already 2-3 thousand people gathered here.

  Yu Jing has actually controlled the situation very well. At this time, there were tens of thousands of people at Xi Zhan Railway Station, queuing up to buy tickets and waiting in the waiting hall to board the train. Yu Jing stabilized the situation, although there were two or three thousand people gathered here, everyone's emotions had been calmed down, at least no one was injured or bleeding, and there was no congestion or stampede.

  "The injured have been sent to the hospital, just minor injuries. The stationmaster Zhang Lin who beat people has been detained in the office. Those students over there were unable to buy tickets online, at least five of them were intentionally causing trouble, but there were too many people and they blended into the crowd." Yu Jing wiped the sweat from his head, his voice was already a bit hoarse. Normally, Yu Jing looked more meticulous than Tan Jieyan, with neat clothes, but now he looked disheveled and exhausted.

  "Ah, thanks for your hard work." Tan Jieyan nodded and roughly understood the situation. He took the loudspeaker from Yu Jing's hand and walked towards a high platform on one side.

  "Zhang Lin, the one who beat people, is dismissed on the spot." Tan Jieyan's voice came through the loudspeaker and instantly quieted down the noisy and chaotic scene.

  In the past two years, how many people have become arrogant just because they have an official title, and serving the people has become a slogan posted on the wall, a cliché at meetings, but how many officials have truly put this phrase into practice.

  The people on the scene were shocked at first, and then suddenly burst into thunderous applause. Cheers echoed out in waves, and the overly excited crowd erupted again. This time it wasn't because of anger, or sadness, or not being able to buy train tickets, or being blocked from going home. They were excited because of the young deputy mayor standing before them.

  "The problem with the railway ministry's ticketing system has been handled, and I didn't come over immediately after the incident because this morning, after understanding the situation, I personally went to find three top computer science students from Tsinghua University to have them improve the railway ministry's ticketing system." Tan Jieyan spoke again amidst applause.

  "Everyone can choose not to believe me, Tan Jieyan, but you should believe our Tsinghua University computer geniuses. They have made a military order and will definitely solve this problem within two hours." Tan Jieyan's cold face revealed a hint of a smile, softening his originally cold and sharp demeanor, causing the university students who couldn't get tickets to all burst out laughing, and the conflict seemed to be resolved in that instant.

  The atmosphere became much more relaxed and harmonious, standing aside, Yu Jing looked at Tan Jieyan on the high platform, this young man was actually one year younger than himself, yet he really made Yu Jing admire him, no matter what situation, no matter what crisis, he could always solve it with ease.

  "Deputy Mayor Tan, what if we still can't get tickets?" asked a female college student in the front row with a smile on her face, slightly shy, under the charm of this young and stern man.

  "If that's really the case, then come to my house for Chinese New Year, it'll be lively with more people, of course, I believe Uncle and Auntie won't take me as a human trafficker, right?" Tan Jieyan made a small joke, although he was usually stern and cold, but when he put down that layer of aloofness and indifference, he became an extremely attractive man.

  The cheering sound rose, and the girl's face turned red like a big apple. The several migrant workers on the side also burst out laughing. A middle-aged man touched his head, looked at Tan Jieyan with a silly expression, and suddenly said, "Doesn't look like a human trafficker, should be safe."

  Laughter erupted again, and for a while, many students and young people took out their mobile phones to take pictures quickly. Then the phrase "and the mayor returns home for the New Year" seemed to have grown wings, rapidly circulating on Weibo and forums, with the number of clicks and forwards soaring. Tan Jieyan became the goal and model for countless young people to strive for.

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