Chapter 015 The Fifteenth Melon
Wang Mingqiang hummed a little tune and returned to the newspaper office with a dozen egg tarts.
He had just arrived at the office and was about to invite everyone to eat egg tarts when his colleague Xiao Li pulled his sleeve aside and pointed to the editor-in-chief's office: "Brother Qiang, that Sun Ming has been in there for half an hour. I heard a few words and he was saying bad things about you!"
"Sun Ming, humph, you're good at telling tales behind people's backs, but if you really want to see your ability, you have no talent."
Wang Mingqiang sneered.
Today's Times is not a big newspaper, with only about ten people working in the office, but the evil spirits are strong in a small temple and there are many turtles in a shallow pond.
Especially this year, they recruited a man named Sun Ming. This man is about the same age as Wang Mingqiang, but his qualifications are inferior. The headlines in the newspaper are generally Wang Mingqiang's. Naturally, Sun Ming was not convinced and often plotted against him behind his back.
"That's what you say, but it's hard to guard against a hidden arrow." Wang Mingqiang is usually a very generous person, so Xiao Li and others naturally don't want Wang Mingqiang to be stepped on by Sun Ming.
As they were talking, the door of the editor-in-chief's office opened. The editor-in-chief saw Wang Mingqiang coming back and immediately waved: "Mingqiang, come here."
Wang Mingqiang walked over and glanced at Sun Ming inside, "Editor-in-chief, what's going on?"
"Let Sun Ming do tomorrow's headline news, and you do the supplement."
The editor-in-chief had an angry look on his face, and was obviously very angry that Wang Mingqiang had not been seen all morning.
Sun Ming said with a smile: "Brother Qiang, I'm sorry for stealing your headlines."
This sentence is as cheap as it can be.
Wang Mingqiang was not angry. "Don't be embarrassed, editor-in-chief. I found some information this morning. It turns out that the police didn't find out the problem with the Taoist temple case first. It was a fortune teller in Temple Street who figured it out. And he really predicted it. After I went there, I found that his prediction was really accurate. Take a look at my manuscript..."
He handed the manuscript directly to the editor-in-chief.
Sun Ming's face changed slightly, and he changed his mind and said sarcastically: "Brother Qiang, you are so flattering. Don't let others find out that it's fake. That would be ridiculous."
Wang Mingqiang smiled and said, "Ah Ming, you are new to our newspaper, so I don't blame you. But I have to tell you that it is not easy for us paparazzi to do this. The headlines have to be unique and explosive, and they have to be true. You can't just put together something reported by others and make it a headline."
Sun Ming looked embarrassed.
He was not very well-informed and was not willing to spend money to buy news, so naturally he could only refer to news from other newspapers when writing his articles.
Wang Mingqiang's words were clearly a slap in his face.
"Is this manuscript really true?"
The editor-in-chief glanced over the manuscript quickly, with a look of surprise and excitement on his face.
Wang Mingqiang nodded: "It's 100% true. I also took a photo of that Master Gu. That Master Gu is a pretty girl. Pretty Master Gu, who sees this news will not want to buy our newspaper!"
"Okay, you're still the best. I'll use your manuscript on the headlines tomorrow and ask the printing house to print 5,000 more copies!"
The editor-in-chief made the decision promptly and patted Wang Mingqiang on the shoulder with a smile on his face. "Aqiang, I knew you were capable. If the sales of the newspaper go up this month, I will apply for a bonus for you later."
Wang Mingqiang smiled and said, "Okay, okay."
He glanced at Sun Ming with a smile.
Sun Ming's expression at this moment was as if he had eaten something raw.
Early in the morning.
Gu Xicao and Lin Yuan were still sleeping when there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Gu Xicao kicked down the bed board, "Xiaoyuan, go open the door."
Lin Yuan rubbed his eyes, lifted the quilt, and went to open the door in his slippers. Outside the door were Mrs. Liang, Uncle He and others.
"Mrs. Liang, why are you here so early in the morning?" Lin Yuan yawned in confusion.
Mrs. Liang held a roll of newspaper in her hand, her face full of gossip, "We came to find your sister, has Xiao Gu woken up?"
Even if she wasn't awake, Gu Xicao was woken up at this moment.
She rubbed her eyes and climbed down from the bunk bed. "Mrs. Liang, what's the matter that makes you so excited?"
"Big news, big news, you're in the newspaper!"
Mrs. Liang couldn't wait to take the newspaper to show Gu Xicao.
Gu Xicao took a closer look, the corners of his lips twitched slightly. The headline of the newspaper was - Beautiful female fortune teller can tell fortunes more accurately than ghosts, Baiyun Temple in Temple Street is full of shovels!
Although the title is a bit off, the content...
Well, the content is not plain at all. The paparazzi wanted to interview her yesterday, and Gu Xicao thought that she could earn more money with greater fame, so she agreed. Unexpectedly, the article written by the paparazzi was so exaggerated that he almost made her into a big shot who could tell the weather to be cold and the king to fall with just a flick of his fingers.
"Xiao Gu, this is you, right?" He Bo and others asked curiously.
"Of course it is. Xiao Gu's photos are all on it."
Mrs. Liang said proudly, "Xiao Gu, you are famous now. Maybe you can go on TV and tell fortunes for rich people in the future."
"That means it's prosperous. The rich people are willing to spend money."
He Bo and others said enviously.
Gu Xicao glanced at the newspaper and scratched his hair embarrassedly. "Then I'll take your kind words and treat everyone to a meal. We just got up now and need to clean up."
Mrs. Liang understood and quickly asked everyone to leave. She left the newspaper to Gu Xicao.
"Sister, you're actually in the newspaper, that's really cool."
Lin Yuan looked at Gu Xicao with admiration.
Gu Xicao looked at the newspaper, and for some reason she suddenly felt a little proud. She tapped Lin Yuan on the forehead and said, "It's good that you know how strong your sister is. You should also study more in the future, so that you can also be on the newspaper."
These days, she entrusted Lin Yuan to a teacher in the public housing estate, asking him to help teach the basics. Apart from anything else, handing over the child's education to someone else really made her feel a lot more relaxed.
“I will study hard!”
Lin Yuan was still young, and after being fooled by Gu Xicao, he suddenly became ambitious. He never thought that studying had anything to do with being in the newspaper.
"Mr. Cai, today's newspapers are all here."
Secretary Lin handed a stack of newspapers bought from outside to Cai Yongcheng.
Cai Yongcheng motioned for her to pass it to Xu Shaowen: "Old Xu, please find out which newspaper this newspaper is from."
Xu Shaowen had a good memory and immediately found the newspaper from Today's Newspaper Office and handed it to Cai Yongcheng, "Mr. Cai, this is the newspaper. I'm not bragging about this master, she is really smart. Maybe she can help with your family's problem."
Cai Yongcheng took the newspaper and put on his reading glasses from his desk.
His hair is gray and his complexion is a little bad, but he is always in good shape. "Is it true? I have consulted many people over the years, but none of them are accurate. The monk in Thailand said it was exaggerated, and everyone in the circle also said it was accurate, but in the end, I still can't find my son's whereabouts."
When Secretary Lin heard this, he guessed something in his mind.
When she joined the company, she heard that Mr. Cai had spent more than 20 years looking for his son's whereabouts, invested millions of dollars, and even hired many masters and fortune tellers to help, but he just couldn't find his son.
Secretary Lin thought it was outrageous that Cai Yongcheng, the toy king with such a big business and billions of dollars in assets, would actually believe in fortune-telling.
But on second thought, he has a wealthy family and if spending money can get his son back, he would probably be willing to spend half of his fortune.
"Godfather!"
Just as Secretary Lin was thinking, the office door was suddenly pushed open.
A greasy-haired man rushed in, holding a pair of car keys in his hand. Seeing Xu Shaowen in the office, the man was surprised, but then he smiled and said, "Uncle Xu is here too."
"Yes, Archie, I have something to ask your godfather."
Xu Shaowen greeted politely.
Cai Yongcheng folded up the newspaper, his expression gentle but stern: "Aqi, didn't I tell you to knock on the door when you come to my office? Why are you so rude?"
"Godfather, did I forget for a moment? I was worried about you. The doctor said that after you have the bypass surgery, you need someone to accompany you at all times."
Cai Qi said enthusiastically, "By the way, my mother asked me to pack my clothes and come live with you. Please ask Aunt Liu to prepare a guest room for me."
Cai Yongcheng frowned, feeling a little unhappy in his heart, "No need, Secretary Lin has arranged a few nurses to take care of me at home. You are a young person, and your schedule is different from mine, so it's better not to do it."
"How can that be possible?"
Cai Qi glanced at Secretary Lin with a strange smile on his face, "Secretary Lin is an outsider anyway, and the nurse is also an outsider. You must have your own people around you who you can trust."
"If I say no, it means no. If I need you, I'll call you. Now you go out first. I have something to discuss with Lao Xu."
Cai Yongcheng's attitude was very firm.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Cai Qi could only purse his lips in dissatisfaction, and deliberately called Secretary Lin a vixen as he walked past her.
"Archie!"
Cai Yongcheng was angry and when he shouted, his heart felt a sharp pain and he couldn't help but clench his fists.
Secretary Lin said generously, "Mr. Cai, Manager Cai must have been dazzled by the horse racing books. Now he is obsessed with everything. Manager Cai, please take the door and leave."
She behaved calmly and gracefully, without any embarrassment on her face. Cai Qi couldn't hold back his anger, so he glared at her fiercely and slammed the door shut.
"Old Xu, this is really a misfortune for our family. I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself."
Cai Yongcheng took out the medicine from his pocket, shook his head and sighed.
Xu Shaowen looked at Cai Yongcheng sympathetically and said, "Mr. Cai, don't say such things. To be honest, every family has its share of scandals. For example, my son smashed his game console just for me and almost killed me. Sigh."
"It's about the haunted incident before."
After taking the medicine, Cai Yongcheng looked better. He had also heard that Xu Shaowen's house was haunted before, and wanted to find Master Bai from Baiyun Temple to exorcise the evil spirit.
Xu Shaowen nodded: "Yes, it was that time when I happened to meet Master Gu, who immediately figured out the situation of my family, and the matter was resolved. Otherwise, if I really had to find Master Bai, I would have been cheated out of everything!"
The upper class circle in Hong Kong is very small.
Master Bai used the name of Taoism to carry out cult activities, acted as a pimp for rich people, extorted rich people, and even took lives. Although the outside world was not clear about it, people in the circle already knew about it.
After Xu Shaowen learned about this, he was still frightened.
If Gu Xicao hadn't stopped him that day, he would have really gone to find Master Bai. I'm afraid that before he could find the ghost, his family property would have been swindled away!
"Since you said so, I will go find this master."
A glimmer of hope ignited in Cai Yongcheng's eyes.
He doesn't have much time left. If he can't find his son, Cai Qi and his mother will come uninvited next time and will try to seize his property.
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