Chu Zheling stared at Bai Qin in surprise, his mind filled with only one thought: "I wonder if she's carrying a son or a grandson?"
When they met before, he had his doubts about Bai Qin.
The book says, "Ten months of pregnancy, one day of childbirth," she should have given birth long ago.
But Bai Qin told him that a woman's pregnancy period is not calculated according to the natural months.
Although he was skeptical, he didn't think too deeply about it.
After all, he knew all too well how much Bai Qin loved him and cared about him.
How could she betray him?
His unusual behavior naturally caught Bai Qin's attention.
She grabbed his hand and said in a panic, "Brother Ling, don't listen to their nonsense."
This is a scheme of theirs; they'll stop at nothing to hurt us!
Chu Zheling nodded blankly.
I mustered my strength to deal with the crisis before me.
Unfortunately, the two had long been blinded by greed and coaxed by reporter Lin, leaving behind a lot of so-called "evidence" to attack Grandpa Guan and Guan Yuxi.
Now, even knowing the situation is bad, it's difficult to extricate oneself from the situation.
What's more, there's also a reporter named Lin who's even more frantic than the two of them.
He ran upstairs quickly, took out the so-called materials the two men had written for him, and gave them to Secretary Song, the commissioners, and reporter Zhang.
However, no matter how frantically he tries to shift the blame, how can the public possibly let him have his way?
"As a journalist, representing a city-level media outlet, how could you be so easily deceived by two scoundrels? Is that acceptable?"
Zhang, a fellow journalist, immediately retorted.
He found it hard to believe that there were journalists in the industry who treated news like a joke!
Editor-in-Chief Lai broke out in a cold sweat.
He understood that things could not be resolved amicably today, no matter what.
Even if he wanted to shift the blame, the blame had already been looming over him like a dark cloud.
Therefore, he had no choice but to stand on the same side as his brother-in-law.
He kept wiping the sweat pouring down his face, forcing himself to say, "It's not like I didn't send people to investigate, but the entire village either pretended to be deaf and dumb or acted as if they didn't know anything. They were clearly deliberately trying to lure us into a trap..."
However, in the past, it seemed that they were pretending to be deaf or dumb or feigning ignorance, which they believed was simply because they were intimidated by the authority of the old revolutionaries and dared not say more!
This further confirmed their suspicions, prompting them to dig deeper and uncover more damaging information.
Guan Yuxi scoffed, "Now that things have come to this, you still want to argue?"
Her eyebrows furrowed, and she pointed at the villagers of Lengjiagou, saying, "Are they pretending to be deaf and dumb, or are they intimidated by your nonsense and too lazy to pay attention to you? As a reporter, can't you even tell the difference?"
She then pointed at reporter Lin and said, "When he interviewed me, he asked me two questions: First, how many brothers do you have? Second, how many uncles do you have?"
I said there were seven or eight, but when it came time to write the article, it became fifteen? Is this the attitude of you journalists?
"As a highly influential municipal media outlet, is this how you treat major news?"
That's right, she did tell everyone to keep quiet about the people who came to interview her again.
As a result, only Bai Qin was willing to speak, and she even went along with reporter Lin's wishes to fabricate one outrageous story after another.
However, if the reporter from the Hongshi Daily had any spirit of seeking the truth, he would have gone to the next village to inquire, instead of getting so caught up in his own fabrication that he couldn't extricate himself!
Everyone stared intently at the two of them.
Even reporter Zhang was stunned.
He believed that even if reporter Lin's report was a bit outrageous, the misfortune today was caused by his tendency to believe only one side of the story.
Unexpectedly, all the news was fabricated by himself!
"This is... way too outrageous!"
"Even the person involved only asked a couple of perfunctory questions, and they fabricated such an outrageous story?"
Guan Yuxi snorted coldly, "Reporter Zhang, you're wrong."
The misdeeds of the Hongshi Daily are far from limited to this one!
I've collected some of the fake news they fabricated here; everyone should take a look.
She took a stack of newspapers she had collected; each page of the Hongshi Daily was filled with inaccurate news reports from recent years.
Several articles even won various industry awards.
Above, the inaccuracies and the information of the witnesses were marked one by one with charcoal pencil.
After exchanging glances, the commissioners all frowned as they looked at Secretary Song.
At this point, they had keenly sensed that things were not so simple!
Otherwise, with the power of the municipal bureau, wouldn't they be able to suppress these fake news stories?
Moreover, although Guan Yuxi explained it very well, the villagers' reaction didn't reflect how normal people would react to rumors...
Without hesitation, reporter Zhang asked Secretary Song, "Is the municipal party committee not cooperating well with the Hongshi Daily?"
Secretary Song stroked his temples and readily admitted, "Yes, it's normal for the Hongshi Daily, as a tool for supervising the municipal party committee and people's livelihood, to have its own ideas and opinions. But to insist on disobeying the important notices of the municipal party committee and being sarcastic and insinuating, it's impossible not to have complaints."
Reporter Zhang and the others nodded knowingly.
Using the case of Guan Yu as a way to eliminate disobedient mouthpieces is just a common political tactic.
After exchanging glances, the group seemed somewhat disheartened.
Secretary Song observed everyone's reactions, then changed the subject, saying, "However, this matter concerning Old Master Guan has nothing to do with us!"
From the outset, we issued a stern warning to the city newspaper not to publish such unverified information.
When the situation reached its peak, in order to prevent negative social impact, we also forcibly suppressed these messages, but we didn't expect...
He paused, looked at Editor-in-Chief Lai and Reporter Lin, and said with a serious expression, "I didn't expect that they would extend their reach to other media outlets. Not only did they supply articles to other media outlets on a large scale, but they also instigated several media outlets in neighboring cities to create momentum together. When the backlash came, we were powerless to stop them."
He looked at everyone with an open and honest gaze, clearly indicating his willingness to accept supervision.
The expressions on Reporter Zhang's and the others' faces finally softened.
If this whole affair was orchestrated by Shuanghe Commune from beginning to end, then it would be fine.
If the municipal bureau gets involved, they might have to back out early and let them resolve the issue themselves.
Guan Yuxi stepped forward and bowed deeply to the commissioners and reporter Zhang. "Distinguished leaders, reporter Zhang, this is the first time I have met Secretary Song. Before this, I had very few opportunities to come to Hongshi."
If you suspect that the people of Shuanghe Commune are acting on someone's orders or trying to deal with someone, you need not worry.
We're just ordinary people, we don't have that much value, and we can't be anyone's weapon!
Although her words were neither humble nor arrogant, they also clearly demonstrated her resistance to Secretary Song.
Reporter Zhang was startled and immediately sensed that something was amiss.
Before he could think further, Secretary Song gave Guan Yuxi a wry smile, bowed slightly, and whispered, "I'm sorry."
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