Reborn Petty Citizen

Chapter 91 Extra Story - Damn they're actually getting married!

The children are very wronged.

But the old man was never a considerate person. Once he found the steps, he no longer struggled with the issue of beating people.He withdrew his crutches, his face slowly changed from serious to gentle, and glanced at the guards who were watching his nose and nose. They were all people with serious mouths, otherwise they would not have been selected as personal protection.The old man is not afraid that they will reveal something, and he is nothing to be afraid of. Du Xingzhi is with Zhang Ze, and it has no effect on him.Sitting in his position, no one dared to say anything unpleasant in person.In fact, very few people make a fuss about their private lives.At the beginning, Zhang Su's elopement incident was not a small one in Beijing, but everyone just pretended not to know about it.When a few familiar old friends joked, there was a bit of appreciation in the consolation, saying that the tiger father had no dog daughter, and the Zhang family finally had a tiger girl.

Those words made the old man feel angry and funny. The only thing that is certain is that he doesn't need to pay too much attention to the messy things in the children's generation.

Turning his head and staring at Zhang Su, he sternly shouted, "Why are you standing there? Help me go back."

Zhang Qiao and the others were scolded inexplicably just now, and the old man's prestige was too strong, and none of them dared to move.Zhang Su was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and came to hold his father with a feeling of dumbfounding.

Leaning on crutches, the old man began to mutter: "You all make me worry, worry. Especially your sister and the others..." After taking two steps, he felt that Du Xingzhi didn't follow him, and he immediately turned back. Over the head: "What are you doing there stupid?"

Du Xingzhi whispered, "...I want to have a meeting..." But no one paid any attention to him.

The elevator had reached the floor and opened after a soft ding.He looked back at the opened elevator for a moment with an inexplicable expression, thought for a while, and followed the group of people in front of him with a sigh.

Wu Wangpeng's brain was completely exhausted, as if someone had stuffed a ball of floc into his ears and eyes, and he kept filling it even though it was already full, until his head became as big as two.

It took a few seconds for the old man to pass him by before he realized it. Just as he was about to follow, he heard Du Xingzhi's unhurried footsteps behind him.

Wu Wangpeng wanted to dodge subconsciously, but his shoulder was suddenly held down.

"Cousin." This was the first time Du Xingzhi yelled this address, his voice was soft but soft, but Wu Wangpeng couldn't find any kindness in it.

He lowered his head, not daring to face Du Xingzhi's sharpness, and whispered, "What's wrong?"

Du Xingzhi lowered his head, approached his ear, and replied with a smile in a not-so-small voice: "It's nothing, it's just that grandpa's illness is too 'strange' this time, so I definitely want to investigate further. I also really want to know, Grandpa stays in the ward all day long, and even has very little time to communicate with the outside world, how did he suddenly know about Zhang Ze and me?"

Wu Wangpeng shrank subconsciously when he heard his words.Realizing that he is slightly inferior in aura, and it is obviously not a good time to have a conflict now, he looks innocent and wants to get out of this incident cleanly: "How do I know? I am also curious, I Mom said that someone suddenly sent photos to the compound, those photos of you and Zhang Ze holding hands together. She was frightened, so she took the photos to find the second aunt. The idea of ​​telling grandpa was also the second aunt As mentioned, we are all for your own good, and we don’t want to see you go astray.”

Du Xingzhi gave an incomprehensible oh, smiled at him, put his hands in his pockets and strode away.

But after falling a few steps, when he reached the door of the ward, he heard the voice of the old man scolding others.The old man is very good at training children. He doesn't use his voice to intimidate people. The volume is very low, but the speed of speech is very slow, which makes people have the illusion that the other party is whispering.

He was scolding Zhang Zhen: "I should accuse you when the matter is over! It was your idea to show me the photo, right? What is your purpose? You think I don't know? I do, but what if I Do you really not know? You are not afraid that my blood pressure will rise, so you will be so angry? You are thinking about something all day long, and you think I really don’t know? "

Looking through the gap in the door, one could see Zhang Zhenzheng standing on the bed with a pale face, lowering his head and nodding submissively to the old man's voice, not daring to refute at all.

The old man was probably stimulated by the small-scale conflict with Du Xingzhi just now, and his whole body was in a state of excitement.In fact, he is a bit old-fashioned in his heart, and he cares less about girls than he does about boys.Moreover, the education of daughters has always been relatively free, and it is not as urgent as urging boys. I always think that if I give enough material conditions, I should be able to meet it, not to mention how caringly I talk to my children.

He is used to hiding half of his speech and revealing half of it. He usually expresses his dissatisfaction with pointing, cursing and insinuating.Zhang Qiao, Zhang Zhen, and the others became more frightened and found a strategy to deal with it, which was to pretend they didn't hear it.But today he was so bluntly surprised that he just said "what's on his mind". white.

Zhang Qiao on the side is not better than him at all, if the old man doesn't know, can she not know?In the beginning, she was the one who went to Zhang Zhen with a purpose, but now she escaped because she was too timid to take the initiative to make Du Xingzhi unhappy.But after all, she and Zhang Zhen can be regarded as "collaborators". When one is reprimanded, the other can't help but worry that he will be found out.Even if the old man didn't say a word and leaned towards her, Zhang Zhen's foot was almost trampled to death.

Both panicked and humiliated, being reprimanded as children in front of their husbands and children, both Zhang Zhen and Zhang Qiao looked very ugly.Naturally, the old man couldn't look at their faces, and if he wanted to scold them for a long time, he would pour out.To be honest, Zhang Zhen and Zhang Qiao chose to show him the photos this time, which really made him very angry.He knew himself, if he hadn't liked Zhang Ze from the beginning and had some vague guesses about the truth before the incident broke out, it would definitely be impossible to accept that Du Xingzhi was with a man all of a sudden.He has a strong desire to control, and he has been like this since he was young. He also knows in his heart that he must reverse many unaccustomed phenomena within his ability.

Du Xingzhi happened to be within his reach.

This is his grandson, just the word "filial piety" can turn Du Xingzhi over.At the beginning, in order to prevent Zhang Su and Du Rusong from being together, he really gave up his life to stop him, and almost broke up with the father and daughter.What happened this time was just to replace Du Rusong with another man, and Du Xingzhi played Zhang Su's role.When the matter came to him, no matter what Du Xingzhi did, it would be wrong in the end.In the misunderstanding just now, it was because Du Xingzhi agreed too lightly that the old man suddenly looked down on the other party from the bottom of his heart.But in case Du Xingzhi refused to obey his arrangement, the conflict this time might not be smaller than the one where Zhang Su eloped.

This is purely to alienate him from Du Xingzhi. After going around such a big circle, he wants to push Du Xingzhi out from under his umbrella. Combined with some things he has learned recently, Du Xingzhi's gains after breaking up with the Zhang family Needless to say who the beneficiary was, he stared at Zhang Qiao and Zhang Zhen with disappointment in his eyes - it was one thing to know that the girls at home were intriguing, but it was another thing to be involved in the scheme this time.The old man was very tired. It was not a fake that he was hospitalized with high blood pressure. Zhang Qiao and Zhang Zhen never cared whether he would really collapse if he couldn't hold on!

Raising children to guard against old age, but he raised a lot of ancestors, staring at his incense, with nothing else in their eyes except money.

Whenever at this time, he would miss Zhang Ze's warm and caring care without impurities. When Du Xingzhi said that he was going to marry Zhang Ze just now, he stopped scolding and subconsciously raised his head to look for Du Xingzhi.

"Where's that bastard Du Xingzhi?!"

Du Xingzhi recovered his senses, knocked on the door and whispered, "Grandpa, I'm here."

Wu Wangpeng followed him several steps away, not daring to approach him. When he followed him into the ward, no one, including Zhang Qiao, looked at him.

The old man sat on the bed in a firm posture, leaning on a cane and asked him with a serious expression: "The wedding date is set, what about the things for the wedding? Are you all set?"

Du Xingzhi nodded.

The old man asked again: "Did your mother know about this a long time ago?"

Du Xingzhi glanced at Zhang Su, with gratitude in his eyes, and hummed lightly.Zhang Su wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "They told me a long time ago that it is not easy to have two children. Ozawa may still be a little unsure. The temptation outside is too great, and he broke up with Xingzhi for a while. I watched The appearance of Xingzhi really seems to have lost his soul. At first, he disagreed, but later he also felt that the two of them are not so bad together."

"Yes." The old man nodded in agreement, "Ozawa is not a woman, but her personality and qualifications are all first-class, you should cherish it."

Du Xingzhi especially liked to hear him praise Zhang Ze, and his eyes suddenly softened: "I haven't told him about the engagement period yet, so don't reveal it if you know it. I want to surprise him."

The old man squinted at Du Xingzhi, this grandson still knows how to make surprises?She is usually scary with a strict eye, but is her potential inspired by love?He couldn't help but began to recall the youthful love affair he experienced when he was young, and his thoughts drifted away for a while, and when he came back to his senses, all the children in the room were looking at him as if nothing.

The old man blushed, his expression changed, his eyes were extremely sharp, and he glanced over one by one, scaring Zhang Qiao and the others immediately lowered their heads.

"Look at what!"

"Don't dare to read..."

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The boss of Xingzhe Real Estate, Du Xingzhi, is getting married!

The news was like a gust of wind blowing up dust all over the sky, covering the faces of all those who knew it.

Although Du Xingzhi had been wearing a ring to tell everyone that he was engaged, to be honest, few people in the industry believed his words.Du Xingzhi is only in his 20s. He has accumulated such a large fortune at such a young age. He is also handsome and handsome. Except for his sometimes cold personality, he is almost the prototype of what people call a diamond king.There was a ranking in Beijing's private enterprise circle before, counting how many diamond kingpins there are in the industry, and at the same time, a few entrepreneurs who are handsome, unmarried and rich have become the focus of many girls' attention for a while.Du Xingzhi sits firmly at the top of the list, and No. 2 is the behind-the-scenes boss of a food company "Du's Shengjian". Although the scale of the company is slightly smaller than that of Xingzhe Real Estate, he is better-looking than Du Xingzhi and has a gentler personality than him.All in all, the only thing these diamond kings and fives have in common is that they are extremely attractive to the opposite sex.Generally speaking, such a person would never get married until he had enough fun.

Du Xingzhi's usual style is already very controversial, but it's better to say that he doesn't go to nightclubs for entertainment. Over the years, he has never seen a rumored girlfriend around him.If you say that he probably doesn't like women, but the rumored boyfriend has never appeared before.What is he trying to earn so much money without playing games?Du Xingzhi, who lives like an ascetic monk all day long, makes many people who are not very familiar with him feel weird.At the same time, many people sneered at this, and said that this was just a personal packaging made by Du Xingzhi to the outside world. These rich people are beautiful on the surface, but few people can really see how dirty they are in private.

All the speculation broke out after the news of the marriage broke out.With broken glass hearts all over the place, everyone is racking their brains to think about who the bride is.She was able to attract Du Xingzhi, who had never been close to women, to marry him willingly.Most of the people who knew Du Xingzhi's family background speculated that this was probably another political marriage. Some were envious and some were inevitably jealous of Xingzhe Real Estate's imminent situation, and there were many discussions in the industry.

Du Xingzhi wanted to print wedding invitations. He was an aboveboard man, and the news of his marriage to Zhang Ze could only be made public. Occasionally, when he heard the news that Zhang Ze was very popular with women, he couldn't help holding back his anger. Although he knew that it was just a hopeless extravagance of some people, but he just felt uncomfortable that his treasure was being coveted by others.He wanted everyone to tie Zhang Ze with his name, but this move was finally stopped by Zhang Su and Zhang's mother.

Xingzhe Real Estate will be listed in Hong Kong at the beginning of next year, and Du's Shengjian has already started preparations for the listing. In such a time-sensitive joint, it's better to be safe and not to cause trouble in the city.Although it is rather helpless to say this, people are not as tolerant of homosexuals as they are for heterosexuals. For the sake of the long-term future of the two, it is always good to keep a low profile at present.

The wedding was being prepared, and the only people invited were naturally only friends who were very close to Du Xingzhi and Zhang Ze.They don't have many friends, but they are the best, and each of them is worthy of deep friendship and trustworthy existence.

When contacting his friends, Du Xingzhi tried every means to get the phone numbers of Zhang Ze's friends, and notified them one by one.

As a result, Du's Shengjian also caused quite a stir, and everyone began to privately discuss the news that the boss might be getting married.Du Xingzhi notified Shi Lei to come to the wedding. Regarding the fact that his boss's marriage partner is a man, Shi Lei has not been able to slow down until now, and he is in a trance.

Everyone in the company already knew the news, but no one dared to mention it in front of Zhang Ze.Zhang Ze is a weak-minded person and not good at observation, and the management of the company has been ordered not to ask relevant questions in front of Zhang Ze, so in the end, he has been kept in the dark instead.

Lai Yitong, who is far away in Guangdong and has already started his business, was also notified about Zhang Ze's marriage. His high-tech electronic technology company has become a particularly hot product in South China. Unlike ordinary computers, part of the design energy is invested. The idea of ​​the shape of the notebook made them seize nearly 80.00% of the women's buying market when the computer boom just started.Lai Yitong followed Zhang Ze's advice and established a core research and development studio with a lot of investment, established relationships with several major domestic computer brands, and developed a brand new system with Chen Cong's technology company, integrating high-tech The advantages of computers have gradually changed from appearance to both inside and outside.

It's just that the company's development has not been a few years after all, and everything needs to be explored by wading through the river.However, compared with the small computer processing workshop of the company's predecessor, today's Gaoke Electronics can undoubtedly be regarded as a low-to-medium private enterprise.

Zhang Ze's marriage was such a big news that his head went numb when it exploded.Zhang Ze is still young, he is only in his twenties, and he has not yet graduated from university. At his age, he is just an ignorant student.But he did know about Zhang Ze's popularity. If nothing else, it was just a small company like Gaoke Electronics. Zhang Ze made a small-scale commotion every few months as a shareholder when he inspected the company.Needless to say how excited the female employees in the company are, sometimes some partners can't help but come to inquire about Zhang Ze's news.After learning about the relationship between Zhang Ze and Gaoke, the female partners will immediately become more talkative in the subsequent cooperation. After learning about Zhang Ze's achievements, the older partners will often ask if they can About Zhangze and their descendants to meet.All in all, this is a human-shaped aphrodisiac that attracts bees and butterflies.Because of their previous relationship in Huaixing, Lai Yitong knew of Du Xingzhi's existence early on, but with Du Xingzhi's personality, it was really difficult for people who were not particularly familiar with him to get in touch with him.Why did Du Xingzhi notify Zhang Ze of his marriage?Lai Yitong was a little dizzy after a busy day's work, so he asked this question foolishly.

Du Xingzhi on the other side of the receiver was silent for a moment, and rarely put on a soft smile: "Well, he is going to marry me. I mean, the two of us are together. If you don't mind, I will find a special person before the wedding I want to inform you that when the time comes, we will take a special plane to Switzerland, and I will arrange the round-trip travel expenses, board and lodging, and you just need to be there."

"..." Lai Yitong's voice was a little uncertain, "You two are together... is that what I heard?"

"Yes." Du Xingzhi's voice was calm, and he was not affected by Lai Yitong's question at all. Before hanging up the phone, he carefully warned, "Please don't tell Zhang Ze about the marriage. This is a surprise I gave him."

After Lai Yitong hung up the phone, his gaze straightened, and he looked out of the window cross-legged like a post-stroke patient, with a kind of bleakness that was messed up in the wind.

The reactions of Chen Cong and Gong Shili were no less than his, especially Chen Cong.Although now he has found a girlfriend and established a relationship, but he has never forgotten his reverie about Zhang Ze long ago.Zhang Ze became an untouchable scar in his heart, which could only be buried deeply with flesh and blood, and became the regret of his life.But now, Du Xingzhi told him that Zhang Ze was going to marry a man!

Chen Cong refused to believe it no matter what, and almost quarreled with Du Xingzhi on the phone.

Du Xingzhi's attitude towards him was not as good as that towards Lai Yitong.He has sifted through Zhang Ze's network of connections. How could he not know about Chen Cong's secret thoughts about Zhang Ze?That's why he was a bit hostile towards Chen Cong. If it wasn't because Zhang Ze had business dealings with him and worried that if he didn't invite him, it would cause unnecessary trouble, Du Xingzhi wouldn't even want Chen Cong to be there.He is not the kind of immature child who wants to show off his power in front of his former love rivals. Chen Cong gave up Zhang Ze because of some concerns. He has some points in his heart.It is not a good thing to rashly let him feel that being gay is not that difficult, and it is easy to rekindle his longing for Zhang Ze that has been turned into ashes.

With different strategies for different people, Du Xingzhi's voice was a little cold: "I have experienced a lot of ups and downs with Zhang Ze until now. The wedding is an anniversary gift I gave him as a surprise. Please don't leak the news to others. He listens."

Chen Cong is now considered one of the pillar entrepreneurs in Huaixing City, and his confidence is much stronger than before. He didn't choose to confess to Zhang Ze at the beginning because he was worried about the many difficulties that homosexuals would face together. He didn't want to go there. Zhang Ze also didn't want to go through this difficult road, but Du Xingzhi still led Zhang Ze astray, which made him very angry: "Why are you with him? You know how difficult it will be for two men to be together in the future Don't you think about him more?"

Du Xingzhi chuckled, and let out sarcasm, piercing into Chen Cong's heart: "I will bear it with him and share as much criticism as possible for him. No matter how difficult it is, I will never choose to give up on him. I also have enough ability to protect him from the wind and rain, what you said is just self-comfort because of timidity. I will let him live a life without worrying about these things."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Cong was silently in a daze.

The cigarette case in his hand was about to be crushed, his eyes were getting redder and brighter, but he tried his best to suppress the urge to roar.

"Husband?" My girlfriend poked her head out of the room, her beautiful features were wrinkled together, and she had a pitiful look, "What kind of clothes should I wear for the reception at night... I don't even have beautiful skirts. I used to wear these skirts I have worn them at other receptions. If I wear them again, Linda and the others will definitely laugh at me."

Chen Cong opened his mouth, wiped away his tears by lowering his head and rubbing his forehead, got up and took out the wallet in his pocket and handed it to his girlfriend with a smile: "I have to deal with some documents later, you invite a few sisters to go and look at it together Buy it, remember to dress up beautifully, and be sure to be glamorous."

The girlfriend ran over to take the wallet in small steps, and imprinted a kiss on his face with crooked eyebrows that didn't stir up any waves in his heart.

Chen Cong stared at her beautifully curved lips, his eyes were empty, and his face was full of pampering.

As for Du Xingzhi's friends...

Well, differential treatment or something is really not just casual talk.They only had a warning to break up their friendship, and they were forced to accept the fact that their old friend Du Xingzhi was gay without any buffer.

Liao Ning and Cao Yu stayed in the bar where they usually come to the most with blank faces. They sat facing each other in the booths, and they were silent together while listening to the quiet and gentle music.

Liao Ning rubbed his face, feeling that his whole body was numb from the skin to the inside: "... I think, maybe it's because I'm too busy with work... um, so I have auditory hallucinations?"

Cao Yu's gloomy expression became even more gloomy, as if he was in a trance after excessive indulgence: "I don't know, don't ask me."

The broken string in Liao Ning's head was picked up suddenly, the whole person jumped up, and he put his hands on the table and stared at Cao Yu in vain, trying to comfort him: "Yes, I'm right, it must be an illusion Ah, why do you think I heard Lao Du say that he is getting married...?"

"It's still with Zhang Ze." Cao Yu added five words in a gloomy manner, and filled a glass of wine for himself, "I remembered who Zhang Ze was. Old Du used to stand up for him when he was in school. Then The boy is really good-looking, and later he started his own company and made it quite big, right? Fuck, how long have these two been in the dark?"

Liao Ning covered his face: "Please don't tell me, I'll fuck it up, my parents have already regarded Lao Du as a prospective sister-in-law, how can I explain to them now..."

Cao Yu glanced at his friend with contempt: "Your sister is only 12 years old, can you stop being such a beast, a beast?"

Liao Ning beat his chest and stamped his feet: "Age is not a distance, weight is not a difference, gender is not an obstacle..."

The two looked at each other, clinked their glasses tacitly, drank the liquid in the glass, and sighed in unison: "It's so fucking fucked."

This side also caused a small-scale storm in the city, and Wu Wangpeng over there understood how unbearable Du Xingzhi's real cheapness was.

Counting from the end of the farce in the hospital, Pengfei real estate has not received any income for two months.

The headquarters of Pengfei Real Estate is in Province W, Beijing has been forced to evacuate, and the backstage of Province W has been poached by Du Xingzhi. He can be said to have fallen into a situation where he is surrounded by enemies.Even the relationship network that the administration has been dealing with for many years has been forced to stop, and the construction site has to be stopped for some reasons.The builder was afraid of not being able to get the money, so he stuck in the company every day and asked the company to pay 30.00% of the construction fee in advance to fulfill the contractual obligations.According to the unwritten regulations in the industry, whether to charge this part of the construction fee depends on the confidence of the developer. In fact, the sum of the early money and the later money will not change.And the builders have already borrowed enough funds at the beginning, so there is no need to get this part of the money too early, so they also postpone the collection as favors.

But according to the terms of the contract, Pengfei Real Estate should really give the money.Moreover, the construction site was at a critical point in the project, the first phase of the project was about to be completed, and the building was already taking shape. When the builder came to demand payment at this time, Wu Wangpeng had no confidence to refuse the other party.

He was afraid that if someone accidentally angered someone, it would be bad for the builder to stop work and drag it out of the contract period.The news of Pengfei Real Estate's internal problems has spread throughout the business district of Province W. Anyone with a little heart can find out that he has angered some big companies in the industry. The company has reached a precarious time.At this time, the builders who had already agreed to cooperate before the problem occurred became a life-saving existence. If they didn't start work, Wu Wangpeng might not be able to find a partner willing to take over the real estate.

But long ago, most of his funds had been invested in the land, and the company borrowed from the bank had little money left, and it was necessary to maintain the company's daily operations and personnel expenses. It was really hard for him to spend such a large amount of money now It's too embarrassing.

Other developers in the industry are also doing the same. They borrow funds from the bank to approve the land and permits, and the builder pays for the construction in advance. When the property is launched for sale, the funds will be recovered quickly and a lot of money will be made.Basically, there will be no problems in this link, but once a fault occurs in a certain link, the company will fall faster than dominoes.

The builder's demand for money is not small, and naturally the employees in the company cannot be hidden from it. Everyone in the group began to panic. There have been rumors that Pengfei Real Estate will go bankrupt in the near future, and the boss is trying to gather funds to prepare to abscond.Under such speculations, the salaries of the staff could not be delayed for a day, and a slight delay undoubtedly confirmed such speculations.If the hearts of the people are scattered, the company will really be over.

Wu Wangpeng aged more than ten years in just a few months, and was busy all day long trying to get money. Some middle-level managers in the company had already seen that something was wrong and were about to quit. The longer the time dragged on, the greater his losses would be. I dare not sleep too much.He still owes the bank more than 1000 million, and only the company and the land are in his hands. Once he goes bankrupt, he will be doomed.

He naturally knew that Du Xingzhi must be playing tricks behind this, otherwise how could the timing be such a coincidence that all the problems erupted just after Du Xingzhi warned him?Xingzhe Real Estate must have also placed people in Pengfei Real Estate, otherwise it is just a matter of a construction company negotiating project funds, and it is impossible to cause such chaos in the company.

He didn't have time to regret and repent, and all his heart and energy were devoted to running around to prevent himself from becoming a pauper.With Du Xingzhi and Zhang Ze as a comparison, if he started a small company and made a mess, he might be despised by the old man to death at home.

When he heard the news that Du Xingzhi was going to get married, he was in the reception room of the bank, anxiously thinking about how to make another loan with the current credit line.

Zhang Qiao's voice on the phone was full of indignation: "...The old man is really crazy. What is it that two men get married? He is also so excited that he has hidden himself from others for ten years. Several calligraphy and paintings were picked up and said as gifts. Do you know how much those calligraphy and paintings are worth..."

Wu Wangpeng listened absent-mindedly. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the manager appearing outside the door, and was immediately shocked.

He hurriedly said to the phone: "Okay, let's not talk about it." Putting down the phone, he tried his best to put on a flattering smile.

"Mr. Wu..." The bank manager who used to be quite respectful to him seemed to have changed his attitude at this moment, and became slack visible to the naked eye. It’s really difficult for me to make a decision with such a large loan.”

Wu Wangpeng's complexion changed, his heart curled up in embarrassment, he pretended not to care, laughed and leaned closer to the other's shoulder, trying to stick his hot face to the other's cold butt.

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