Material Empire

Hearing Ling Shijie's confession, Qin Hai didn't feel moved at all, but couldn't help but want to find a place to vomit for a while. When he heard Guo Qiushi talk about Ling Shijie going to the village to expose the shady scene of Xiaogang, he admired the reporter in his heart. But this time seeing him turn black and white and speak boldly, the last trace of Qin Hai's affection for him has been flushed down the toilet.

"Reporter Ling, there are no outsiders here. If you say something that no one believes, you don't need to say it again, right?" Qin Hai said in a heart-to-heart tone.

"What do you mean you don't believe anyone?" Ling Shijie was annoyed, "Don't judge a reporter's integrity with a bureaucratic mentality!"

"Don't you think it's a little ridiculous to say the word integrity from your mouth?" Qin Hai sneered, "Everyone knows what happened to Xiaogang in Xingchuan County, including the woman in your photo who pretended to be dead. It’s clearly acting, but as a reporter, you can’t see it? The facts are clearly in front of you, but you want to use the spring and autumn style of writing to pour dirty water on the government. After all, isn’t it just trying to grandstanding? You are like this It's not like I haven't met a reporter before, why are you pretending to be innocent and pure in front of me?"

"You...you get out!" Ling Shijie couldn't hold back. He wasn't ashamed of making up the news, but that no one had ever dared to scold him like this in front of him, which made him extremely annoyed. Qin Hai asked him to meet today, and he readily agreed. In his imagination, Qin Hai must have come to negotiate terms with him. He had already made up his mind to use the pretext of negotiation to extract more information from Qin Hai, and then publish another heavy article. As for whether Qin Hai would become angry after finding out that he had been fooled, he didn't care at all.

It's also because Ling Shijie didn't do his homework rigorously enough. After hearing that the on-site commander of the Central Working Group was named Qin Hai, he once called a friend who worked at the Economic and Trade Commission to verify Qin Hai's identity. His friend was also a rather homely person. He casually said that Qin Hai was not a staff member of the Economic and Trade Commission, and he was probably seconded from somewhere below. After Ling Shijie learned about this, he no longer had any respect for this working group, and he didn't take this young deputy team leader seriously.

As a reporter who ran social news, Ling Shijie had of course heard of the name of Qin Hai, the chairman of Daqin Group, but he never thought about the relationship between the two Qin Hais. The products of Daqin Group are mainly industrial materials, which are not closely related to the lives of ordinary people, and do not need to engage in various public relations activities frequently, so Qin Hai's face is very unfamiliar to most people.

Hearing Ling Shijie asked him to go out, instead of getting up, Qin Hai leaned back to make himself more comfortable on the sofa. He held up two fingers and said, "I'll give you two choices. First, respect the facts, stand firm, correct the previous false reports, and actively cooperate with the central government's action to rectify the small iron and steel. If you and If your newspaper is willing to do this, we can provide you with various conveniences and establish a long-term cooperative relationship."

"Hmph." Ling Shijie gave Qin Hai a disdainful answer.

Ling Shijie actually understood what Qin Hai meant, and he just wanted to make a deal with Ling Shijie. The so-called provision of various conveniences and the establishment of a long-term cooperative relationship imply that Ling Shijie can offer conditions. As for respecting the facts and standing firm as mentioned above, it is a step for Ling Shijie to find. If Ling Shijie is willing to accept Qin Hai's request for peace, he can put forward some conditions for Qin Hai to satisfy.

Ling Shijie and the Southern Economic Tribune he worked for were not holy white lotuses as they advertised. Ling Shijie himself has done many things in exchange for various benefits in the name of supervision by public opinion. He has done paid news, that is, received money from others and sang praises to others; what he is better at is "paid not to hear", that is, when a negative incident occurs, let others pay for silence in exchange for not reporting in return.

This time, Ling Shijie pointed his finger at the central working group, and it might be that he did not use negative reports to force the other party to provide benefits. However, he didn't want to die down so quickly, because it was impossible for the other party to come up with valuable returns. He has to keep on reporting and push the other party to a corner. Only then will the conditions given by the other party be more "sincere".

With such thoughts in mind, he didn't directly reject Qin Hai's suggestion, nor did he show any intention of accepting it, but just used a meaningful "hmph" to leave Qin Hai with countless suspense.

It's a pity that Qin Hai didn't intend to continue to make concessions. He nodded and said calmly: "Since Reporter Ling is not interested in the first plan, it is the second plan. You insist on distorting the truth, and by slandering the country Normal administrative activities to earn eyeballs and stand on the opposite side of the working group. If you think the working group is weak and deceitful, then you choose this path. But I remind you that the consequences of being an enemy of us are not you and yours The editor-in-chief can afford it."

Ling Shijie decided that this was just Qin Hai's bluff. He had experienced such things a lot, so he didn't care at all. He proudly said: "Deputy Team Leader Qin, I also tell you that you are not the first and will not be the last to greet and threaten our newspaper office through various channels. This kind of intimidation is impossible for us to Yield."

"Okay, then we have nothing to talk about." Qin Hai said.

All that should be said has been said, Qin Hai has no need to stay any longer. He stood up, said to Ling Shijie, "I'll do it for myself", and then left the room.

When he came to the lobby downstairs, Qin Hai found that Wang Yue, the director of the Xingchuan Government Office, was already waiting there. Qin Hai came to meet Ling Shijie, which was a very important matter. Zhang Peng reported to the county government after Qin Hai went upstairs, and Gao Xuejian immediately sent Wang Yue to the hotel to inquire about the news.

"Hey, isn't this Team Leader Qin? When did you come to Xingchuan? Why didn't you say hello beforehand?" Wang Yue greeted Qin Hai as if he had only realized it later.

Qin Hai took the initiative to reach out his hand to Wang Yue, shook hands with him, squeezed out a forced smile on his face, and said, "I just came to Yanning Province, and I heard that the working group investigated and dealt with low-quality steel. Mistake, I was named and criticized by the media, so I came to talk to the reporter.”

"Oh, you mean the reporter lives upstairs?" Wang Yue asked.

Qin Hai didn't bother to expose his disguise, so he just responded: "Yes, I only found out that he lives in Xingchuan after talking with Reporter Ling on the phone. Just now, Xiao Fu and I went up to communicate with him."

"So, have you cleared up all the misunderstandings?" Wang Yue asked, his words were quite ingenious, and he directly positioned the conflict between Qin Hai and Ling Shijie as a misunderstanding, which sounded like an excuse for Qin Hai.

Qin Hai shook his head and said: "Reporter Ling insists that his report is correct. It seems that the media still doesn't understand the policies of the central government. When Director Wang is free, he will help us explain more. Work."

"Yes, yes." Wang Yue nodded repeatedly. In his mind, it was another thought. Qin Hai and Ling Shijie couldn't reach a consensus, which was exactly what Xingchuan County wanted to see. In Gao Xuejian's view, Qin Hai has become Xingchuan's enemy, Ling Shijie was an enemy in the past, and now he is the enemy's enemy, that is, their friend.

Before that, Ling Shijie also went to the county government to interview Gao Xuejian. Gao Xuejian said a lot of puns, which would not make people catch him, but also cleverly gave Ling Shijie many hints. This time Ling Shijie was able to do a job in Xingchuan with ease, and it was also the convenience secretly provided by Gao Xuejian.

"Team Leader Qin, where are you going now?" After talking about Qin Hai's purpose, Wang Yue continued to ask.

"We're going to the checkpoint in Kangtai to learn about the work situation a while ago." Qin Hai said.

"Look, it's almost time for dinner, why don't you ask Group Leader Qin to go to the county government for a quick meal before leaving?" Wang Yue pretended to invite.

Qin Hai seemed to hesitate for a moment, then shook his head, and said: "Today is too late, the director is still waiting for me to report on the investigation. Another day, I will definitely visit the county magistrate Gao and director Wang."

"Then I won't delay Team Leader Qin's work." Wang Yue replied obediently.

Under the gaze of Wang Yue and Zhang Peng, Qin Hai and Heizi got into the car they brought and left the hotel. Watching Qin Hai's car go away, Wang Yue took out his mobile phone, dialed Gao Xuejian's number, and reported: "County magistrate, I saw Qin Hai, he and Ling Shijie broke up, look at the meaning, his pressure Quite big. I think his attitude towards me is very polite, and he probably intends to ask us to solve the conflict in the future."

In the car, Heizi turned his head to look at the hotel that was drifting away, and then said to Qin Hai: "Mr. Qin, this reporter Ling is too insignificant. He obviously doesn't distinguish between black and white. How can he talk about justice and conscience? I really wanted to give him a few blows."

"I want to beat him too, but I can't, we are civilized people after all." Qin Hai said.

"It's useless to talk to him about this matter. What are you going to do?" Heizi asked.

Qin Haidao: "Just listening to the crayfish singing, why don't we cultivate the land? Seriously, I really don't care what a newspaper says. I came to see him just to see if there is room for relaxation. , In fact, even if he continues to distort the report, it will not change the country's determination."

"But, after all, this matter is disgusting." Heizi said angrily.

Qin Haidao: "We need to find a way to clean up their unscrupulous media. Although we do things aboveboard and are not afraid of them fanning the flames, I am not reconciled to being poured dirty water by them like this."

"Why don't you leave this matter to me?" Heizi said eagerly.

"You?" Qin Hai looked at Heizi and asked suspiciously, "What can you do?"