Many people express disdain for the practice of abusing public power for personal gain.
But when they truly experience the abuse of public power, they discover... it's so damn awesome...
For example, traveling at public expense... without having to pay for it yourself, choosing the best flights, eating the most expensive things, and even staying in the highest-end hotels.
Although Lin Yi couldn't be said to be traveling at public expense now, he could use the excuse of work to be in a relationship with Mingmei... even though she herself didn't realize it.
The situations are different, but the nature is similar.
"Mingmei, come over here..."
Lin Yi pulled Mingmei to the vicinity of the railing. He took the camera and stepped back slightly, saying, "Come on, be natural."
Mingmei had always followed the organization's rules, avoiding taking pictures whenever possible.
She wouldn't even take selfies, so how could she pose?
This made her stand there somewhat at a loss, holding her hands in front of her, standing properly.
Fortunately, she was beautiful, so she could handle any pose.
"Click."
After taking a picture, Lin Yi looked at it but expressed dissatisfaction. He personally came over to guide Mingmei on how to pose.
"No... isn't it too much to do this?"
Mingmei noticed that people were stopping to watch her, and she wasn't used to taking pictures, which made her very embarrassed.
It's like the first time someone makes a 'y Ying y Ying' sound; at first, they feel extremely ashamed, but once they get used to it, they 'y Ying y Ying' at every opportunity.
"No, if you're going to do something, either don't do it, or do it to the best of your ability... That's my attitude towards life."
Lin Yi first said seriously, then added, "Besides... we're not just taking pictures here today. We'll have to take pictures here for several days afterward. You can't just keep posing so stiffly, can you?"
That's your attitude towards life, not mine...
Mingmei complained in her heart, but seeing Lin Yi's serious expression, she was too embarrassed to say anything.
"Then... how should I pose?"
Mingmei thought of something and reminded him in advance: "Let me make this clear beforehand, I can't do the butt-sticking-out, waist-twisting movements."
"Don't worry, it's just some simple movements."
Lin Yi came over and naturally reached out to pull Mingmei's hands apart, saying, "Relax a little... we're not here to take beauty shots, we're not here to take ID photos."
"Then, as for the feet... you can separate them a little, make an A-shape with your feet."
"An A-shape with my feet... like this?" Mingmei made an inward pigeon-toed stance and looked at Lin Yi uncertainly.
"No..." Lin Yi shook his head and stretched out his foot to correct Mingmei's feet: "Just separate your feet..."
"Then... why is it called an A-shape?" Mingmei asked curiously.
"I don't know either." Lin Yi shrugged: "I just looked it up online."
Hearing this explanation, Mingmei couldn't help but laugh. As for why she was laughing, she couldn't quite explain it, she just found it funny.
"Okay... keep that smile..."
Lin Yi, who had only learned to press the shutter yesterday, acted like a professional photographer, adjusting the angle and pressing the shutter.
Click, click, he took several pictures.
"Hmm, not bad..." Lin Yi looked at the camera and nodded in satisfaction.
When taking pictures, this sentence is full of magic.
As long as you say this, those girls will automatically come over.
Mingmei was no exception.
"Let me see?" Mingmei heard this and quickly walked over, very curious about how the effect was.
Lin Yi had only learned to press the shutter yesterday, how could he take good photos?
Mingmei came over to take a look, and if the picture was divided into a tic-tac-toe grid, then she was in one of the squares.
The person was so tiny that you couldn't recognize who it was without zooming in.
Several photos in a row were like this.
This shattered her curiosity at once, and the smile on her face disappeared, making her unhappy.
Lin Yi said with a serious face, "We're done taking pictures here... we can move to the next location."
Mingmei then came back to her senses, realizing that she wasn't here to take pictures, but to scout the location.
Taking Mingmei's expression into his eyes, Lin Yi then said, "Your beautiful photos are here."
So he flipped to the next photo.
In this photo, Mingmei occupied four squares of the nine-square grid, and the effect of the photo was not bad, belonging to a photo taken by a normal person.
However, with the horrible photo from just now as a comparison, the value of this photo was immediately elevated.
A satisfied smile appeared on Mingmei's face.
"Let's go, let's move to the next location."
...
When passing by a candy store, Lin Yi immediately stopped and said to Mingmei, "Wait for me here for a while."
Without waiting for Mingmei to answer, he turned around and entered the candy store. When he came out again, he was holding a lollipop as big as a face.
Looking at the surprised Mingmei, Lin Yi stuffed the lollipop into her arms: "Here..."
Mingmei couldn't react for a moment: "For me? I can't eat this much."
"This is for posing..." Lin Yi said, then explained in a low voice, "After all... it would be too unnatural to take several pictures in a row empty-handed."
"Is that so?" Mingmei didn't know the relevant photography techniques, a typical layman, and was fooled by Lin Yi, a half-baked amateur, into being stunned, and doubtfully took the exaggeratedly large lollipop from Lin Yi's hand.
Holding such a big lollipop, Mingmei felt that her attention had suddenly increased, which made her even more embarrassed.
After taking a few pictures, Mingmei shook her head at Lin Yi repeatedly and said, "Let's... let's forget it, it's too embarrassing..."
I also feel weird... maybe I bought it too big...
"Lollipops represent beauty and innocence, while the professional attire on you represents maturity and stability... these two elements cannot be matched together... I didn't consider it carefully."
Lin Yi opened his mouth and spouted a bunch of nonsense, specializing in saying things that sounded reasonable, anyway, Mingmei was a layman, so he just Bluff(hūYou, deceive, fool) her.
"Then... what should we do with this lollipop?" Mingmei said with some distress.
"This is simple..."
Lin Yi saw a housewife passing by with her child, and wanted to give it to him, but seeing that the child was a boy, he directly passed him over.
Seeing an old grandma passing by with a little girl, Lin Yi said, "Give it to that girl... she came shopping with her grandma, and she's not noisy, she should be rewarded."
After hearing this, Mingmei felt that it made sense, and after humming an acknowledgement, she walked over and gave the lollipop to the little girl.
The little girl happily took the lollipop, which was taller than herself, and kept saying 'Sister, you're so nice'.
The old grandma showed happy wrinkles on her face and said to Lin Yi, "Young man, your girlfriend is so kind..."
Lin Yi just smiled and shook his head, saying, "No, no... we're just colleagues."
The old grandma was an experienced person, and upon seeing this, she just smiled without saying a word, leaving behind a sentence "I wish you happiness" as she left.
This made Mingmei somewhat embarrassed, and she said, "It seems we've been misunderstood."
Lin Yi just nodded and didn't say anything.
Just then, an announcement came from inside the department store that it was closing time.
"Let's go... today ends here."
"Okay."
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