Chapter 10 The Mysterious Press Release
"All these are true? But, how do you understand these situations so clearly?" Pang Dong's story fascinated Luo Fangyi.
I really didn't expect that I, a native of Hedong, knew nothing about these things.
"Hehe, it's all told me by some friends in society. I'll tell you that I have many friends. I'm down-to-earth in the weather." Pang Dong looked proud.
There is indeed such a type of people in society. They are not good-looking and have no power or power. However, they can do things that others cannot do, and they can get news that others cannot get. Whether you say that they are powerful or indifferent, they have done it.
Society has its survival rules, and everyone has their survival skills.
Let’s go back to the Luohe Village incident. The media’s sense of smell is sensitive, not to mention that this is the era of mobile Internet.
Just give those jokers and internet experts a cigarette, and the whole world will see what is happening through smartphones.
In just one morning, the news of the Luohe Village arson case began to continue to ferment online.
Initially, the case spread through mobile phones. Several onlookers posted pictures to their Moments, and accompanied by a few more infuriating descriptions, which quickly caused a large number of forwardings and comments. Immediately afterwards, some community forums combined Luohe Village's land acquisition project and pieced together, expanding the description of a few sentences into a long article of thousands of words. Many netizens even commented and revealed in the comment area.
As noon approached, this long article was packaged by editors of major websites and became a piece of news and made its homepage headlines.
Luohe Village suddenly became the focus of the country, and it was like a storm was about to come.
What’s even worse is that it happened to be Monday. Media people understand that from the rules of news dissemination in the Internet era, a news from fermentation to hot spots and then to silence is usually three or four days. If something happens on weekends, people’s attention will be significantly reduced and its transmission cycle will be shorter.
However, the explosive news that appeared on Monday was difficult to control.
While Xiangbei and Luo Fangyi were busy interviewing, Beijiang Evening News was already busy.
As soon as he went to work on Monday morning, Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yu Chongming urgently convened two Deputy Editor-in-Chief Chen Luqu Changguo to hold a meeting.
"You have also seen that the matter in Luohe Village has exploded online." Yu Chongming went straight to the point.
"Yes, from the early morning to now, I have been paying attention to its progress. I turned on my phone this morning and the news I pushed was all about it." Qu Changguo yawned, looking tired, "Fortunately, we sent reporters over overnight, and hoped to get the first place of this report."
"I'm worried about two things now. First, can we make the first report in front of other media; second, the incident will probably ferment in the next few days. If the impact is too great, is this matter suitable for continuing to report."
For Yu Chongming, these two concerns also reveal his dilemma: if the report is not in place, it will inevitably be a dereliction of duty; but on the other hand, Beijiang Evening News is a local media in Hedong City after all, and it has a certain influence across the country. Every report must be cautious and must take into account the local image.
It is really not easy to grasp the right measure.
"It's better not to let the report, we are under less pressure." Chen Lu said with a smile. As the only female deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Chen Lu's feminine characteristics are also very obvious. He treats people and things with softness and hardness, and softness but not weakness. "Anyway, let's listen to the leader."
Qu Changguo took a sip of tea, and his expression showed disdain: "You can't say that. After all, we have the responsibility of the media. No matter what, the matter happened in our territory. If we don't speak out, it will be unreasonable. I urge Xiangbei to ask him to send a report back today."
Yu Chongming did not agree. He was still a little worried about this report, so he must consider it carefully to avoid any mistakes: "From the current situation, this should be a battle report with a longer period of time. Please prepare Xiangbei for mental preparation. In addition, we will draw a few people from the reporters to conduct cooperative reports in the rear. I will comprehensively coordinate this report. The Changguo is responsible for the reporting work in the front, and Chen Lu is responsible for the cooperative reports in the rear."
Chen Lu and Qu Changguo both nodded in response.
It was already afternoon when the meeting ended. Qu Changguo returned to his office, closed the door, and sat on a chair. He touched the mouse with his hand, and the computer monitor in the screen saver was on.
What appeared on the screen was an open document. Qu Changguo stared at the screen and pondered, and the cursor kept flashing at the end of the document.
This is a red-headed document within the relevant departments of Hedong City. The title is "Notice on the Arson Case of Luohe Village, Hedong City (Draft)". The content is very short, with only a hundred crosses:
At 2:45 a.m. on November 23, a tent caught fire in Luohe Village, Xincheng Street, Hedong City, killing 3 villagers and injuring 4. The public security organs investigated and determined that it was a man-made arson case. After the case occurred, leaders at all levels attached great importance to it, and the local public security organs quickly mobilized capable forces to carry out investigation work. It is now preliminary to find that Zhang, Li and five others were suspected of arson. The case is under further trial.
Qu Changguo understood that this was not the final press release sent to the media, but the public version would not be too different from it. Although the materials were short, he still figured out some important information from it because of his sensitivity to working in writing for many years: First, the case was arson; Second, the arson resulted in 3 deaths and 4 injuries.
Combining all this information together and combining background information such as land acquisition contradictions that he had previously obtained, he was able to estimate the power of the "earthquake" caused by this incident.
Qu Changguo copied and pasted this material to the new document, modified the font and font size, took a picture with his mobile phone, and sent it to WeChat in Xiangbei.
A minute later, the WeChat notification sounded. "Leader, this is"
"A copy of internal information is for reference only, please keep it confidential! I'll give you an official press release later."
After replying to the message, Qu Changguo thought about it for a while and added, "Brother, I have issued a military order with my leader. Please, based on the previous interview, I must send back a manuscript today."
After posting, Qu Changguo breathed a sigh of relief. Whether this "atomic bomb" can be detonated depends on today's manuscript. Xiangbei, I hope you can be powerful!
This tense atmosphere is not just in Beijiang Evening News. As the evening approaches, Xincheng Hotel, the four-star hotel closest to Luohe Village, suddenly has 40 or 50 more guests. They are all kinds of media inside and outside the province, TV station newspaper news websites, and even several mobile live broadcast platforms self-media.
In this unknown small village, a media war is about to begin
Chapter completed!