Over the past two days, I traveled to Chengdu for a conference. Along the way, I encountered quite a few passengers with distinctive northeastern accents — an experience I found rather memorable.
The first was a fellow sleeper-car passenger. He didn’t look particularly old, but after boarding, he headed straight for a drink. He returned and started watching videos at full volume — loud enough for the entire carriage to hear. Judging by the content — raw footage of northeastern street brawls, confrontations with police, and general mayhem — he may have had some underworld connections. Thrilling stuff, apparently. Even after lights-out, he kept the volume cranked. Despite repeated reminders from fellow passengers, he only relented when the entire carriage erupted in collective fury. His form of protest? Leaving the reading light on. I spent the night sleeping under that glare.
The second encounter came right after getting off the train at Chengdu station. Everyone was queuing for taxis when a woman rushed past me and cut well ahead in line. Her companion, however, was held back by the people behind. She turned around and, in the sweetest possible voice, cooed: “Brother, would you please let my child through?” The man she’d addressed replied, “Everyone’s queuing — what gives you the right to cut in?” She tried again, honeyed voice intact: “Brother, please, just let the child through. It’s raining.” The man held firm: “No queue-skipping.” At this point, she dropped the sweet act entirely and barked: “What’s wrong with you? Useless. Just stay there.” After a long wait, the man’s conscience apparently got the better of him, and he let the child through.
I must have had terrible luck — every encounter along the way left me feeling distinctly uncomfortable…
I have many classmates from the northeast, and we’ve discussed the region’s economic and social challenges on numerous occasions. The consensus is always the same: the state doesn’t pay enough attention, and investment is insufficient. It seems our country truly needs to marshal nationwide resources to develop the northeast. In my view, the best approach would be to use every conceivable policy incentive to keep people from leaving the three northeastern provinces. If we can achieve net population inflow, many of the northeast’s problems would likely resolve themselves.
中文原文 / Chinese Original
前两日去成都开会，路上遇到了许多持东北口音的旅客，感觉很有趣。
第一位是跟我在一个卧铺车厢中睡觉的，东北大哥看着年纪不太大，上车之后先去喝了顿小酒，回来之后就看视频，声音很大，满车厢都听着他的视频声音。这位大哥可能是黑道人士，看得都是些东北实拍吵吵闹闹打打警察之类的，好不刺激。熄灯之后依然如故，提醒多次仍然大功率播放，直到引起众怒才作罢，以开灯不关作为抵抗政策，我就在灯光下睡了一夜。
第二位是在成都站刚下车之后，大家都在排队坐出租车，一位女士从我身边急匆匆赶了过去，站到了我前面的前面，这时发现同行的人被后面的人拦住了，遂回头用充满甜美的声音说道：大哥麻烦让孩子过来呗，大哥应声说到：人家都排队你凭什么过去，女士又用甜美的声音说道：大哥你就让孩子过来呗，下着雨呢，大哥应声说道：不排队不让过。女士这时用原声说道：你怎么这么没用，就在那呆着吧。排了许久之后，大哥心软就让孩子过去了。
估计我比较背，一路上见到的都是这样让人不舒服的。。。。。。。。
我有许多东北来的同学，曾经多次聊过东北经济和民生的问题，大家的一致反映是，国家不重视，投入不够多，看来我们国家真的是要举全国之力发展东北了，我觉的最好的方法是，用各种优惠政策不让东三省的人民出关，只要能实现人口净流入，东北的许多问题估计都解决了。
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