Chapter 125 Investigation
Editor-in-chief Hou Haihua will retire in two years.
Generally speaking, the next editor-in-chief is selected from among several deputy editors-in-chief.
There are usually three options: one is to see what the editor-in-chief thinks, one is to see the public satisfaction with the deputy editor-in-chief, because a vote is required, and the other is to let the superiors intervene and directly appoint or dismiss the person if he is very capable.
The Guojing Xinbao newspaper is relatively small, so it only has two deputy editors-in-chief.
One is very smart, and the other is a good guy who smiles all the time.
Hou Haihua was partial to the very meticulous Wei Liang, and while he was in the hospital, he handed over the review and typesetting matters to Wei Liang.
Wei Liang is not only shrewd but also ambitious. He wants the sales of Guojing Newspaper to expand under his leadership, to be known by people, and preferably to be on par with Guojing Daily.
But the current situation is that the "Guojing Xinbao" is not even as good as the "Guojing Evening News", with daily sales of only about 100 copies.
Tian Man's report attracted great attention from the public, causing the sales of "Guojing Evening News" to surge. Wei Liang was so jealous that he asked Cao Yuejin out.
Originally Wei Liang was from the Guojing Evening News, but was later transferred to the Guojing New News when it was established.
Wei Liang can be considered as the senior brother of Tian Man and Cao Yuejin. The three of them were all brought up by the same master.
They went to visit the master together during the holidays, and after a few times, they became familiar with each other. Sometimes they would make appointments to have a drink together and ask each other about news.
For journalists, the four words "exclusive report" are always of particular value.
The Guojing Xinbao is a small newspaper with few reporters. They are not qualified to report certain things, so they can only pick up bits and pieces of small news, such as a monkey missing from the zoo or a thief being caught on a bus.
Wei Liang asked Cao Yuejin to tell him if there was any news, but Cao Yuejin planned a way out for himself in advance.
There is an unwritten rule in the "Guojing Evening News" that the second group leader will be the second group leader for life, and the first group leader will become the deputy editor-in-chief.
Cao Yuejin was unwilling to be a team leader for his entire life. He not only wanted to be deputy editor-in-chief, but also wanted to become editor-in-chief one day.
He was close to Wei Liang because he planned to jump to the Guojing New News if he really couldn't get promoted at the Guojing Evening News.
Hearing that Wei Liang wanted to increase sales, Cao Yuejin said he had a way, and so he wrote his first report.
Wei Liang was so eager for quick success that he knew Cao Yuejin was confusing right and wrong, but he still dared to review the layout and send it out.
It has to be said that the sales of the Guojing Xinbao did increase as a result, which led to the second report by Cao Yuejin.
Before Cao Yuejin published his first report, Wei Liang promised him that if the results were good, he would transfer him from the Guojing Evening News. Then, after Wei Liang became the editor-in-chief, he promoted him to deputy editor-in-chief.
Cao Yuejin thought the matter was a done deal, so he resigned immediately.
Hou Haihua was furious when he saw the two reports on Cao Yuejin in the hospital. After listening to what Hou Haiping said to him, the first thing he did when he returned to the newspaper was to scold Wei Liang.
Wei Liang couldn't even protect himself, so how could he dare to care about Cao Yuejin?
But Cao Yuejin didn't know that everything was in vain. He was still thinking every day about how powerful he would be after becoming the deputy editor-in-chief.
When the time comes, he will definitely make Tian Man jealous and let her know that she will never be as good as him.
"Lao Cao, help me get something."
Cao Yuejin's wife Cai Erfeng came back from shopping and called him at the door. Cao Yuejin took a look and did not move. Instead, he scolded Cai Erfeng: "You can't even lift something so small? Why are you yelling? Are you afraid that others don't know that I didn't go to work?"
Cai Erfeng seemed to be used to this. She struggled to move all the things into the house and asked timidly, "Lao Cao, why don't you go to work again?"
"What do you care about me? Just clean the house and cook your meals. Don't worry about anything else. I'm just telling you. Do you understand? You stay at home all day long. What do you know?"
"Why buy so many things? Do you think money is easy to earn? No wonder the living expenses I give you every month are not enough. With your wasteful spending, no matter how much money you give, it will not be enough."
Cai Erfeng felt very aggrieved: "I..."
"What are you talking about! Go away, I'm annoyed just by seeing you."
Cao Yuejin waved his hands vigorously twice, stood up and walked out. Just as he reached the door, someone from the investigation team came to him and asked, "Hello, are you Comrade Cao Yuejin?"
"I am, who are you?"
The comrades of the investigation team produced their credentials: "Comrade Cao Yuejin, please come with us."
Cai Erfeng was very anxious: "Lao Cao, what happened?"
"fine!"
Cao Yuejin glared at Cai Erfeng, went into the house, got a coat, and left with his colleagues from the investigation team.
He thought for a long time but couldn't think of anything he needed to investigate. He thought that Wei Liang asked him to go to the "Guojing Xinbao" to go through the procedures. Until he saw Tian Man, he immediately had a bad feeling.
"Cao Yuejin, did you write these two reports?" Qian Chunyang asked Cao Yuejin directly.
Cao Yuejin subconsciously wanted to deny it, but Qian Chunyang saw it and warned him: "Cao Yuejin, you'd better answer honestly. If we find out, you will be making a mistake even worse."
"Wrong? What mistake did I make?"
Cao Yuejin turned and pointed at Tian Man: "Did she say something about me?"
"Tian Man, are you done yet? Not only did you complain to the editor-in-chief, you also spread rumors everywhere! I'm telling you, be careful, I..."
"Cao Yuejin, what do you think this place is?" Qian Chunyang slammed the table hard.
Cao Yuejin immediately became like a turtle, baring his teeth and claws one second, and then shrinking his head into his shell the next second: "Leader, I am innocent."
"Don't listen to whatever she says. She is jealous of me."
"Cao Yuejin, stop talking nonsense. I want to ask you, did you write these two reports?"
Cao Yuejin nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, but Wei Liang asked me to write this."
I would rather die than let my friend die. At times like this, I would naturally try to push the responsibility away.
"Have you investigated the truth? Do you still remember that you are a reporter? I think you have forgotten it completely, not even a dregs are left. You don't even dare to use your real name, and you know you are talking nonsense!"
Qian Chunyang spoke louder and louder, and it was obvious that he was really angry about Cao Yuejin's behavior.
He is a veteran journalist who has strong faith in the journalistic profession and will never allow anyone to tarnish or trample upon it!
Cao Yuejin was so angry that he pulled Tian Man to attack: "Leader, she is also talking nonsense. She has not been investigated, and what she wrote is not the truth!"
"Leader, this is my interview record."
Tian Man took out a notebook, opened it and handed it to Qian Chunyang.
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