The next day when Lawyer Liang didn't go, Li Hu asked his parents to give Chen Fan a message.
"Either pay a million dollars in compensation, or put Guo Shuai in jail."
“There is no second choice.”
Chen Fan did not give an answer and let Li Hu's parents leave cursing.
On the same day, a group of accounts began to quietly sneak into various campus forums in the academic city.
On any post discussing the incident between Guo Shuai and Li Hu, some people began to comment, saying that Li Hu's grandson was a scumbag.
Some people told the family about the situation at that time, saying that Guo Shuai had to fight back in order to protect his girlfriend.
Students are the group that is most easily moved by emotions.
The sailors were not very moved, but their anger had been aroused.
Some people started to curse Li Hu on the forum, saying that he was a good-for-nothing. Some people even asked if it were you and your girlfriend was harassed, would you stand up bravely like this guy?
Some people said of course they would, others said that the frame was illegal and should be punished by calling the police.
No matter how the boys discussed, Guo Shuai won the unanimous admiration of the girls, who thought that Guo Shuai was a real master.
On the same day, a reporter entered the South China Heart Hospital and found Li Hu's ward.
The reporter explained that he was from the Unkai Daily and had seen the discussion of the incident online and hoped to investigate what happened.
Li Hu was still a little annoyed, but when he saw the reporter, his eyes suddenly turned. A plan came to his mind.
He thought it would be a good idea to use the media to hype the incident, at least it could put pressure on Chen Fan and maybe even get some more money.
So Li Hu immediately changed his mind, stopped the reporter, and explained the situation again with exaggeration.
He portrayed himself as a young man who happened to pass by the school gate and asked for directions. He bumped into Liu Lingling and asked for directions, but was misunderstood by her boyfriend, who beat him up and made him look miserable now.
Li Hu was emotional and shouted to the reporter: "Where is justice and where is the law? They must be punished as they deserve."
The reporter put away his recorder and nodded.
"Okay, Mr. Li, I know what happened. I'll take my leave now."
Li Hu was looking forward to it: "When can it be published in the newspaper?"
The reporter thought for a while and said, "Maybe tomorrow."
"Okay, the sooner the better."
Li Hu nodded with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work."
As soon as the reporter left the ward, Li Hu immediately started laughing excitedly.
"It's really a helper."
"Let's see how you can save your good brother this time."
What Li Hu didn't know was that the reporter met an acquaintance just after leaving the building and walking out the door.
“Dot dot!”
Dingdian stood on the side of the road, waving with a smile.
"Smart."
Sun Congcong walked over with a smile on her face, wearing high heels.
"Hey, didn't you say you could come alone? Why did you come here in person?"
Dingdian smiled and took the other's arm, "That won't do. The reporter came to help you personally, so you have to come over and serve him well."
"Come on. You've been a famous designer for so many years since you graduated, but you're still struggling alone in a newspaper. It's painful."
"Old classmate, are you laughing at me? You know that my design studio has few customers..."
The two old classmates hadn't seen each other for a long time and had a lot of fun.
Then Dingdian led Sun Congcong across the intersection and came to a Shandong restaurant.
As soon as Sun Congcong entered the private room on the second floor, he was stunned.
"Any friends?"
Dingdian explained with a smile: "Don't worry. We are all family."
"I'll show you one."
After saying that, he pointed and said, "This is the current boss, Chen Fan. This guy is nicknamed the contemporary Huang Shiren."
Chen Fan glared at Ding Dian, then stood up and stretched out his hand.
"Hello, I'm Chen Fan."
Sun Congcong was a little surprised, "I know that Diandian has been working for a boss recently, but I didn't expect you to be so young."
After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Dingdian.
"What are you doing..."
"Let's talk about it first." Chen Fan smiled.
"I'm asking Dingdian to invite you to interview Li Hu."
Sun Congcong nodded. She had already guessed this.
Chen Fan continued, "Of course, for news, it is biased to only interview the parties involved. After all, people only say what is beneficial to them."
Sun Congcong suddenly reacted, "What is your relationship with the person who was arrested?"
"He's my best friend. A very close friend."
Upon hearing this, Sun Congcong looked a little embarrassed and turned his head to glance at Dingdian.
It seemed as if he was blaming his old classmate for bringing him together with the murderer's friends.
However, Chen Fan's words for a second caught her attention.
"Please let reporter Sun know that the person sitting next to you is Liu Lingling, she is your brother's girlfriend."
Sun Congcong was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
"You are... the girlfriend of that Shuai Guo?"
"right."
Chen Fan smiled and explained, "I brought her here because I wanted reporter Sun to interview her as well. This way you will have both sides of the story, which will make it easier to report the news."
Sun Congcong thought about it and immediately took out his notebook and recorder.
"Are you going to interview me now? Or should we eat first?"
"No, no, let's finish the interview and then have dinner."
Dingdian explained to Chen Fan in a low voice: "This old classmate has a strong sense of justice and is a workaholic. But... he feels that his talent is not appreciated. He has been unknown in the newspaper for so many years and has never been promoted."
Chen Fan smiled. Traditional print media can only last for another ten years or so. When short videos and short blogs like Weibo come out in the future, they will completely revolutionize traditional media.
After Liu Lingling explained the whole story, Sun Congcong immediately became filled with indignation.
"Asshole! That guy actually lied to me and didn't tell me a single word of truth."
"Don't worry, sister. I will definitely help you to uphold justice this time."
Dingdian, who was sitting nearby, couldn't help but remind him, "Here we go again. As a reporter, can you please not bring in too many personal emotions?
Sun Congcong glared and said, "Shouldn't journalists have a sense of justice? Shouldn't they punish the wicked and eliminate the evil, and punish the evil and promote the good?"
Tiny rolled his eyes.
"You are talking about ancient knights. I think the first thing a journalist should do is to report news events objectively and accurately."
She sighed a little, thinking that perhaps it was because of her old classmate's temper that she had been struggling at the bottom of the newspaper company all these years.
Chen Fan smiled and interjected, "I think that's a little bit right."
"Reporter Sun, can you please help me? In today's interview, can you report all the statements made by the parties involved?"
Sun Congcong glanced at Chen Fan and said, "That's fine, but it seems like this... won't be of any help to her."
Chen Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It seems like this girl didn't take any of what I just said to heart.
"You just need to report the two lines of speech objectively and in detail."
"The rest will be given to the public."
At this point, Chen Fan smiled.
"I believe justice is in the heart of the people."