Chapter 416 Bullying People
Little police? After swallowing his saliva, he was shocked by the imposing momentum, but in front of so many people? The bureaucrat didn't want to show weakness. He shouted, "Be honest with me, turn around and put your hands on the car, double? Separate your legs, hurry up!"
Zhang Yang didn't have much fire, and he has rarely been impulsive recently, but today is different. Did you see those two stools just now? Clothing policeman? Cha Ciao? The stolen Zhu Qiaoyun is a little annoyed, Song Huaiming's electricity? The words gave him enough confidence. How could he take these little policemen? In his eyes, Zhang Yang sneered and said, "Did I break the law? Do you need to do this to me?"
The police leading the team? He said, "You'd better cooperate. Just now, you assisted the suspect in resisting arrest and injuring the police at the passenger station? Cha, do we suspect that you are her? Dude, turn around now."
Zhang Yang looked at his police officer number and sneered, "Even if Wang Boxing comes over, he dares not talk to me like this. You grandchildren? Does the son owe a beating?
These policemen? I may not know who the governor is, but the provincial department? Each of them kept the name of Chang Wang Boxing in mind. Hearing Zhang Yang's words was so rampant, all the police? Cha Du was stunned for a moment, but immediately turned to anger, Zhang Yang was strong? Is it under practice? Step on their self-esteem. Little police? Cha was the first to rush up. He wanted to hold Zhang Yang's right hand. Zhang Yang saw his purpose and directly handed his right hand to him, little policeman? Did you catch it successfully? When he was about to handcuff him on his wrist, he suddenly felt that the strength on the other party's arm suddenly increased? Plus, he couldn't hold it at all. Zhang Daguanren rounded his arm, and a big ear scraped the mountain, little policeman? Cha was slapped by him and flew out. Zhang Daguanren disdained to sneer, and the blind little thing dared to scold me. It was you who hit him!
Surrounding police? Seeing that the situation was not good, he quickly came up to help, but they were not Zhang's opponents, but did they see Zhang's official? The body changed, and the six policemen who had already come in an instant? After knocking down to the ground, he bounced the dust of his trousers with disdain. Go to the policeman who led the team? Check the front: "Go back and tell your boss if you want to know the situation and let him come to me by himself!"
Is it difficult for Zhang Yang to report to the police on the street? Cha, who suddenly attracted countless onlookers, Zhang Yang walked into his pickup truck in the attention of the crowd. As soon as his pickup truck started, he heard the police? The flute sounded in all directions, and more than a dozen police cars gathered around this side. Nancy, which had always been in good control, rarely had such a spectacular scene.
Zhang Yang was not in a hurry. He drove a pickup truck slowly, and two police cars were stopped in front of him side by side. Is there a policeman? Chatong? The microphone shouted at him, "The people in the car listen, stop the car immediately, raise your hands and come out, otherwise, we will be attracted to you!"
Zhang Yang laughed. He stopped the car, but didn't get out of the car. Did you find the letter of the Nancy Municipal Party Committee on the plane? Remember Xu Guangran's electricity? Words.
At this time, more than a dozen Jing 1 inspectors in bulletproof vests have been holding Qing to aim at his pickup truck.
Zhang Yang laughed. He stopped the car, but did not get out of the car. He found the phone of Xu Guangran, Secretary of the 11th Party Committee of Nancy City, from his mobile phone.
At this time, more than a dozen ** in bulletproof vests have held qing and aimed at his pickup truck.
Zhang? Yang said, "Xu Shu? Remember, I came here to have dinner with you, but are you from Nancy? People? Well? You are not very friendly to me!"
Xu Guangran heard his voice and whispered, "What's going on? Have you been in trouble?"
Zhang Yang said, "I was trapped by more than a dozen well trucks on Fengming Road, dozens of wells? Cha pointed at me with Qing. I really didn't know I was sand? It's a person or a set on fire. How did you get this kind of treatment?
Xu Guangran was shocked. He comforted Zhang Yang and said, "Xiao Zhang, don't panic, take the electricity? Tell them the person in charge, and I'll ask what's going on!"
Zhang Yang pushed the door and raised his hands high. Although he was brave and unparalleled, he did not dare to act rashly at this moment. In case someone who opened his eyes inadvertently ran away and left two holes in himself, how wrongly it would be.
Zhang Yang said, "Who is in charge? The phone number of Secretary Xu of the Municipal Party Committee!" His voice was loud enough, and his voice was sent far away. Not to mention **, even the onlookers heard it.
Cao Ming, deputy director of the Anji District Public Security Bureau, was the on-site conductor. Hearing Zhang Yang's words, he was afraid of fraud and said with a microphone, "My phone number is 90835118!"
Xu Guangran also heard this number on the phone, and his face suddenly became a little gloomy. He scolded in his heart. What kind of bastard is this? I won't give face.
In fact, it's no wonder that Cao Ming treats Zhang Yang as a gangster. Who dares to take the risk to answer the phone? Just now, Zhang Yang overturned six **s alone. If he goes there, what if he is kidnapped as a hostage?
Zhang Yang said to the phone, "Secretary Xu, you heard it. He didn't dare to answer. He asked you to call him. The phone number is 9035118!"
Xu Guangran hummed and hung up the phone to call Cao Ming. As soon as Cao Ming's phone rang, he answered immediately. He didn't wait for him to speak, Xu Guangran roared angrily: "Who are you? Which department? Don't you want to do it? What's high in broad daylight? More than a dozen cars and dozens of guns are pointed at our own comrades in the party. You don't know what impact it will have?"
Xu Guangran's voice is familiar to Cao Ming. Cao Ming doesn't even have to doubt his identity. This thunderous momentum can't be imitated by ordinary people. Cao Ming said in a trembling voice, "Secretary Xu... We just want to investigate the situation. This person is related to a theft, which may be..."
Xu Guangran said, "Theft case, are you a fool? Let me tell you, the person you surrounded is Zhang Yang, the deputy mayor of Fengze City. You treat him as a thief, okay! I'll ask Tang Xingsheng how he usually teaches you!"
Cao Ming was so scared that his legs were weak. What the hell is this? He led the team here because he received a report that someone attacked the police on the street, and six ** were injured by him, so he sent such a battle. Who would have thought that this person would be the deputy mayor of Fengze City.
Xu Guangran said, "Handle this matter well. If you know that you have any violations, you and all the ** who participated in the action today will go home for me! After saying that, Xu Guangran hung up the phone
Cao Ming's back was full of cold sweat, and the person in charge of shouting ** next to him continued to shout with the microphone: "Raise your hands and lie on the ground..." Cao Ming grabbed the microphone and said in a dry voice, "Put down your weapons..."
His men are confused. The suspect has no weapons? Cao Ming looked left and right and said angrily, "Let you put down your weapons!"
** Only then did you understand that the sentence of emotion is said to spoil your own people. The ** holding the gun put down the weapons one by one. Everyone knew in their hearts that this master was not easy to mess with. I just said that Secretary Xu's phone number was not a lie, but true. There is ** who has muttered in a low voice: "Don't look at the license plate number. Who dares to play like this without electricity!"
Cao Ming sorted out his police uniform and walked to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang leaned on the pickup truck leisurely and looked at Cao Ming with the eyes of the superior. In fact, Cao Ming's level was not lower than his, but Cao Ming's so many ** behind him was not as good as the momentum of a municipal party secretary. Zhang Yang relied on Xu
Cao Ming said, "Mayor Zhang, we don't know your identity..."
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "No matter what my identity is, if I break the law, I can't escape the punishment of the law. Now I obviously haven't broken the law. If you want to arrest me, of course I'm not convinced."
The six ** who were beaten by Zhang Yang also came to the scene. They saw the deputy director of the branch talking to Zhang Yang with a smiling face and knew that the wind had changed. Cao Ming turned around at this time and said to them, "Who took Mayor Zhang's driver's license and driver's license, send it back quickly!"
The little ** who was slapped hard by Zhang Yang came over, his eyes were full of anger and puzzlement, and half of his face was swollen and high. He really wondered why the branch chief was so polite to this bad guy who openly attacked the police.
Zhang Yang took the driver's license and driving license with a smile and said to the little **, "Brother, I'm sorry, I was a little heavy just now!"
Xiao** flattened his mouth and didn't dare to speak, but his heart was full of grievances.
Cao Ming was also angry. He said to himself that the deputy mayor of a county-level city was awesome. If it hadn't been for Secretary Xu's words, I wouldn't have been afraid of you. Cao Ming couldn't show too much weakness in front of so many subordinates. He said to Zhang Yang, "Maybe there are some misunderstanding Solve the situation, okay?" Cao Ming's words are tactful enough. He has made enough concessions. As long as Zhang Yang goes back to the police station with him, his face will be round and the steps will go down. As for how to deal with the matter, everything is easy to say.
But Zhang Yang didn't give him this face at all. Zhang Yang said, "I don't have time, and there are important things to do. If you want to know the situation, you can call me. You can go to Jinghai to find me. I won't leave for the time being." After saying that, he wanted to get in the car.
In front of so many people, if Zhang Yang leaves like this, Cao Ming can definitely become the laughingstock of everyone. He bit his lip and summoned up his courage to say, "Mayor Zhang, let's solve the problem clearly!"
Zhang Yang said impatiently, "Is that necessary? You did the whole thing. First, I didn't break the law, and second, I didn't break the discipline. What else do you want to do? Do you want me to take you to Secretary Xu's place to talk about it?"
Cao Ming remembered Xu Guangran's attitude just now, and domestic demand couldn't help but be frightenated. Today, it seems that he can only admit that he is unlucky.
When Zhang Yang was about to get on the bus, a taxi stopped at the attachment. Xu Guangsheng, the younger brother of Xu Guangran, the secretary of the municipal party committee, came down from the car and came with Xu Guangran's secretary Sun Chenghai. Because the place of the incident was not far from his home, the two of them came over. Cao The younger brother and the secretary came in person and knew that the relationship between Zhang Yang and Secretary Xu was extraordinary. He waved his hand and motioned his men to stop the team. Sun Chenghai first came to Cao Ming and asked, "Cao Bureau, what happened?"
Cao Ming briefly said what happened just now. Sun Chenghai said, "Let's talk about this later. Mayor Zhang is a good friend of our Secretary Xu, but this is not the hospitality of our Nancy people!"
Cao Ming's feeling today is cowardly, indescribable cowardly. He laughed: "Secretary Sun, please explain to Secretary Xu that we also want to maintain the social order in Nancy."
Sun Chenghai said, "Let's break up. I'll explain this for you."
Cao Ming took the people to collect the team. Here, Xu Guangsheng introduced Sun Chenghai to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang shook hands with Sun Chenhai with a smile.
Sun Chenghai smiled and said, "Xu Shu 1 Let me come and have a look, and let me replace it? He submitted an invitation to Mayor Zhang, Xu Shu at noon today? Remember to invite Mayor Zhang to Xilu Hotel for dinner!"
Zhang Yang said happily, "Xu Shu? It's really kind of you!"
Xu Guangsheng said, "Don't stand here. It has become the focus of attention. Let's go!"
Zhang Yang then invited the two people to get on the car. Xu Guangsheng said, "Yesterday, I invited you to Nancy and you didn't come. Today, there was such a big noise. Mayor Zhang, are you really enough? Teng."
Zhang Yang laughed and said, "I originally wanted to visit you today, but I encountered such a thing on the way. It's really not going well. Come to this ground to the well? Zēn to me."
Sun Chenghai laughed and said, "It should be a misunderstanding. Mayor Zhang is our distinguished guest in Nancy. It's too late for us to welcome him. How dare we zēn to you!" As a secretary? The book should be exquisite on all sides, and Sun Chenghai is obviously competent.
Xilu Hotel is Nancy Z? F Second Guest House, but other software and hardware facilities are the best among the major hotels in Nancy. The hotel is backed by Xiping Mountain and Suming Lake in the west. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is amazing.
The environment here is still superior to that of Yayun Lake in the city. Although it is only a gap, the Mingxiu in the south is comparable to the north.
Xu Guangsheng said, "Nature is 111 square meters for each of her children!"
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Master Xu? Any words are full of Zen machines!"
Xu Guangsheng said, "That's not what I said!"
The two walked slowly forward. Xu Guangsheng suddenly stopped, because he saw a man in front of him coming. Xu Guangsheng said, "Mayor Chang, what a coincidence, you are also here!"
Zhang Yang looked ahead and saw a man in his forties coming towards them. He looked a little familiar. Xu Guangsheng's words reminded him of a man who looked a little similar to Chang Lingfeng. He was officially Chang Lingfeng's eldest brother, Chang Lingkong, the executive vice mayor of Nancy.
Compared with Chang Lingfeng, Chang Lingkong is more strong and burly. He is 1.78 meters tall, his waist is straight, and his skin shows a healthy bronze color. When he walks, he is full of power and says in a loud voice, "Secretary Xu invites me to come. I dare not to come!" His eyes fell on Zhang Yang's face, and a friendly smile appeared on his face. He took the initiative to reach out to Zhang Yang and said, "Zhang Yang! I'm always in the air!"
Although Zhang Yang met Chang Lingkong for the first time, he had a sense of familiarity, not only because of the similar appearance of the Chang Lingkong brothers, but also because Chang Lingkong's enthusiasm left him a pretty good first impression. Zhang Yang and Chang Lingkong shook hands with me, and Chang Lingkong has been clapping on the back of Zhang Yang He patted and said, "The person who can convince my talented brother must not be an ordinary person. Haha, Zhang Yang, I've heard too many of your legends!"
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I've heard the name of Mayor Chang for a long time, and I've always been like seeing him."
Chang Lingkong said, "Hypocritical, my brother gave you the contact information. Why didn't you contact me after you came to Nancy for so long?"
Zhang Yang smiled shyly: "Mayor Chang, you have so many government affairs to deal with, I'm afraid it's delaying your work."
Hearing the exaggerated cry of secretary Sun Chenghai, their eyes were attracted, but they saw Xu Guangran, the secretary of the municipal party committee, fishing for a carp weighing more than six catties from the lake. Several people walked over, and Xu Guangran's face turned red with excitement: "Ha ha, it's finally harvest!" Sun Chenghai said, "This carp is an auspicious sign!" Xu Guangsheng said, "What auspicious sign? Secretary Sun, listen to it!" Xu Guangran smiled and said, "What can he say? Xiao Sun has said how many times you have said. Don't just pat the horse. You think I don't have the ability to identify!" Sun Chenghai smiled shyly. He took the carp and put it in the net in the water.
Hearing the exaggerated cry of secretary Sun Chenghai, their eyes were attracted, but they saw Xu Guangran, the secretary of the municipal party committee, fishing for a carp weighing more than six catties from the lake. Several people walked over, and Xu Guangran's face turned red with excitement: "Ha ha, it's finally harvest!" Sun Chenghai said, "This carp is an auspicious sign!" Xu Guangsheng said, "What auspicious sign? Secretary Sun, listen to it!" Xu Guangran smiled and said, "What can he say? Xiao Sun has said how many times you have said. Don't just pat the horse. You think I don't have the ability to identify!" Sun Chenghai smiled shyly. He took the carp and put it in the net in the water.
Sun Chenghai was embarrassed to disappear. He took the carp and put it in the wire mesh in the water.
Xu Guangran said to Chang Lingkong, "Xiao Chang helped me accompany Zhang Yang. I'm lucky today. I'll play a little longer and wait for lunch together."
Zhang Yang said, "Secretary Xu, you are busy with your work. I'll talk to Mayor Chang casually!"
It's just ten o'clock, and the hotel has arranged the room. Chang Lingkong, Zhang Yang and Xu Guangsheng came to the water pavilion platform of Bishui Pavilion to drink tea, and the tea that entertained the city leaders was a good new tea. Chang Lingkong said, "You and Ling Feng are good friends and good partners. Speaking of which, I really want to thank you for my family."
Zhang Yang said, "Thank you for what?"
Chang Lingkong said, "Ling Feng is a very talented person. His mind and vision are much better than me as a big brother. Unfortunately, he is in poor health and has a negative feeling of world-weariness at a young age. I once thought that he wanted to escape into the empty door. If he really made such a choice, he would come to my It must be a heavy blow. Fortunately, he met you.
Zhang Yang laughed and said, "I am outgoing, Ling Feng is introverted, I am impulsive, he is introverted, and our pennial partner is also a tacit understanding."
Chang Lingkong said, "Whether he is in business or politics, as long as he faces life positively, we are relieved."
Zhang Yang said, "Ling Feng has helped me a lot. I am brave and lack of wisdom. It just makes up for my shortcomings."
Chang Lingkong smiled and said, "In my opinion, Ling Feng is a material to be a strategist. You can make him willing to assist you and prove that you are a good and handsome talent!"
Zhang Yang took a sip of tea, really left a fragrance on his lips and teeth, and praised softly: "Good tea!"
Chang Lingkong said, "The special geographical environment of Suming Lake and Xiping Mountain has created the most suitable growth environment for tea. The most abundant dragon tongue here used to be the tribute of the court."
Zhang Yang said, "I've heard of it."
Chang Lingkong said, "How long are you going to stay in Jinghai this time?"
"It's more than 50 days!"
Chang Lingkong said, "So, there are still many opportunities for us to meet. If we have the opportunity to come to Nancy often, I will definitely do a good job of reception!"
Xu Guangsheng has been tasting tea beside him. Chang Lingkong said, "Director Xu, how did you two know each other?"
Xu Guangsheng laughed and said, "Coincidence, it's pure coincidence. Wang Guang, a classmate of Mayor Zhang's class, is my former classmate, so I know him!"
Chang Lingkong laughed and said, "Speaking of which, China is not big. There are acquaintances everywhere we go!"
Zhang Yang said, "The world is very small, and now the concept of a global village has been put forward. A village bows its head without looking up.
Chang Lingkong nodded and saw that the time was almost up. Several of them got up and sat down at the table. Xu Guangsheng called him his eldest brother. Xu Guangran was extremely obsessed with fishing. If no one reminded him, I'm afraid he would fish until sunset.
Xu Guangran's performance today was still good. He put down the fishing rod happily. He invited Zhang Yang not only because Zhang Yang relieved his illness, but also because of another important reason. Zhang Yang is the son-in-law of the current governor Song Huaiming. He must give this face. The reason why he called Chang Lingkong to accompany him was because Zhang Yang's relationship has also been heard. Chang Lingkong's younger brother is Zhang Yang's right-hand man, and Chang Lingkong is a cadre he pulled up by hand. Xu Guangran has ten people with a strong family concept and pays attention to friendship and family affection.
A total of five of the four of them, together with the secretary Sun Chenghai, sat down in the Bishui Pavilion. Nancy's dishes were mainly light, because there were not many people, and there were not many kinds of all the dishes served, but each dish was very exquisite. The carp caught by Xu Guangran also asked the chef to deliver it.
Xu Guangran raised his glass and said, "Come on, we are all our own people. There is nothing polite about. We can drink as much as we can!"
After three glasses of wine, everyone took the initiative to drink with Zhang Yang, and Zhang Yang replied again. Naturally, you can't drink freely on this occasion, and Zhang Yang's amount of wine has some reservations.
Xu Guangran remembered that when Lanshan National Development Zone was listed, Zhang Yang drank too much of Cai Chengye, director of the Nanxi Development Zone Management Committee, on the spot. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Xiao Zhang, I remember that you were very good at drinking. At the beginning, you gave Cai Chengye to drink on the spot. Why
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "At that time, I was young and energetic, and I wanted to compete for everything. Now I also know that peace is the most important thing."
Xu Guangran laughed. He picked up the wine glass and touched Zhang Yang and said, "I didn't expect you to be so good at fighting that you knocked down our six ** in the street." Although Xu Guangran never mentioned this matter, it doesn't mean that he didn't pay attention to it. He still asked Secretary Sun Chenghai to learn more about the situation.
Zhang Yang said, "Maybe they are eager to make contributions and regard me as a thief. Scholars can't be killed but humiliated. My reputation for more than 20 years can't be ruined like this, so I started as soon as I was in a hurry.
The whole table laughed.
Xu Guangran said, "Lingkong, you can talk to Tang Xingsheng later. What's wrong with these **s under him? You can't arrest people for no reason. In addition, the level of these ** is so poor that six people can't beat Mayor Zhang!" Xu Guangran's words were said with a smile, but he contained a lot of information, that is, to blame the unreasonable behavior of Nancy's police system, and also gently pointed out that Zhang Yang is also responsible for this matter.
Zhang Yang's ability to observe words and expressions has long been unmatched. He also apologized at the right time and said, "In fact, they can't be blamed for this matter. I'm also responsible. In the past two days, I may be unconvinced and I'm a little angry."
Chang Lingkong smiled and said, "Since it has happened, let it go. Just explain the misunderstanding clearly. If there is a chance, I will call the Tang Bureau to sit down together and smile at the enmity."
Xu Guangran said, "I forgot that I should have called Tang Xingsheng here today."
Because of Zhu Qiaoyue's matter, Zhang Yang naturally paid some attention to Tang Xingsheng.
Chang Lingkong said, "Secretary Xu, recently, the leaders of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee and the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee will go to Jinghai. Do we need to meet them?"
Xu Guangran said, "They came to inspect the situation of the spiritual civilization construction class. They didn't come to Nancy for inspection, but they still need to meet. You should pay attention to the specific time. You'd better let them come to Nancy to have a look."
Zhang Yang couldn't help saying, "The spiritual civilization construction class, is it our class in Jinghai?"
Chang Lingkong said, "Yes, your class is jointly organized by the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee and the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, so the leaders of each department will come to inspect one after another."
Zhang Yang has always regarded this spiritual civilization construction class as a public tourism. It seems that these superior leaders should also have fun with the people and don't want to miss the peak tourist season
After the luncheon, Xu Guangran took the lead in saying goodbye and leaving. Zhang Yang wanted to leave, but Chang Lingkong kept him to drink tea and rest together. Xu Guangsheng also stayed with him. It was difficult to be kind, but Zhang Yang only had a lot of time to spend.
Chang Lingkong asked people to prepare two boxes of dragon tongues for Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Mayor Chang is too polite."
Chang Lingkong said, "We are our own people, and two boxes of tea are nothing." He picked up the tea cup and took a sip and said, "Are you used to living in Jinghai?"
Zhang Yang nodded and smiled, "I encountered something new in Jinghai."
Chang Lingkong looked at him with great interest.
Zhang Yang said, "The villa No. 33 I live in is haunted. I can hear women crying for a few nights. Later, I heard that people have died in that villa. One is Zhu Qiaoyue, the boss of Jiangnanchun, and the other is Fu Liansheng, which seems to be your Nancy public security system."
Chang Lingkong frowned. He also knew that it was a sensation when the incident happened. He whispered, "What the hell is in the world? We Communists won't believe this!"
Xu Guangsheng said, "That villa is indeed a little evil. It has the best location and the best scenery in Jinghai, but no guests are willing to move in. I asked Wang Guangzheng, and he said that Zhu Xianggui, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, died there. His secretary, Liu Yufei, stayed there all night, and the next day he jumped to the 33rd floor of Minghui Building.
Chang Lingkong said, "Have you seen the female ghost?"
Zhang Yang laughed and said, "There is no female ghost. It's just a wild cat that has been wandering!" One sentence made several people laugh.
Zhang Yang got up and said, "I have to say goodbye. It's time to have dinner again."
Chang Lingkong smiled and said, "Are you afraid that I can't afford it?"
Zhang Yang said, "That's not what I mean. I have to rush back tonight. I have classes tomorrow morning, and I'm really a little worried about the way in the evening. In case you Nancy's ** surround me again, Vanke can't explain it clearly."
Zhang Yang nodded.
Chang Lingkong and Xu Guangsheng sent Zhang Yang to the car together. Zhang Yang left the Xilu Hotel in his pickup truck. He saw that it was already 4:30 p.m. Since Zhu Qiaoyun left, he knew that he had not contacted him now. Thinking of what happened during the day, Zhang Yang couldn't help worrying about her. If it was true Someone wants to deal with her, and Zhu Qiaoyun's current situation is undoubtedly extremely dangerous.
He took out his mobile phone and opened Zhu Qiaoyun's call number, which were all public phones. Zhang Yang shook his head helplessly. Suddenly, his mobile phone remembered and Zhang Yang jumped off.
Zhang Yang picked up the phone and said, "Hey!"
A gloomy and hoarse voice on the phone said, "Mayor Zhang, if you want to live longer, don't mind your own business." U