Chapter 225 Frontline Report
In the live broadcast room of Gangcheng TV Station, the few comments were all discussing that there was a staff member in the camera who seemed to look very similar to Ren Limeng.
"Is Gangcheng TV and 'Shan Hai' still having a joint live broadcast today? Why is my account on the TV station so unpopular? I just checked the TV station's homepage and it has less than 2,000 followers. This live broadcast looks like a fake account (laughing and crying)?"
"So, is that person in the life jacket on the front left of the screen Li Mengwa? Did she introduce herself when the show just started?"
"There was a brief introduction, but it only said the TV station was reporting from Guanshan District. No one introduced themselves at all. Regardless, I'll just treat it as Li Meng. She's from Jingchu, and I've been a bit of a fan lately!"
"Me too! She's such a professional at singing! Did you watch last night's 'Mountains and Seas' show? Li Meng has been learning opera since she was a child. No wonder she did so well on the quiz last week. It's amazing! There are so few female celebrities in the entertainment industry who are so down-to-earth these days!"
"Reliable? Ren Limeng is almost embroiled in scandals with Shen Xingzhi. She's constantly trending on the search list, isn't she just copying Li Qingzi's path to fame? What's there to brag about?"
"Have you watched "Mountains and Seas" before? Li Meng didn't show how close she was to Shen Xingzhi on the show. It's all the CP fans' fault for making up stories from the past. Li Meng performed so well in the first two public performances, with many famous scenes. She deserves to be on the trending searches!!!"
"Who is Ren Limeng? She has crazy fans! Isn't this the live broadcast room of Gangcheng TV? This isn't Ren Limeng's personal show. Can't some people understand the situation?"
"I don't think the staff member in the live broadcast room is Ren Limeng. The live broadcast of "Shan Hai" yesterday afternoon was so sensational and already made enough topics. There was no need to work so hard to do another one today. Look at the water coming in waves at the scene, how dangerous. In fact, these staff members today are the ones who really want to report on the Gangcheng flood (thumbs up). Look at them. Basically their lower bodies are in the water. It's so hard. It's nothing like yesterday's live broadcast. They said they were going to the front line, but they just stood by the railing and pretended (spreading their hands)"
"Yeah, but how many people actually watch the actual report? If I didn't have family stuck in Guanshan District, who would pay attention to this kind of live broadcast?"
"That makes sense, but the above person is being too radical. Locals must speak up for 'Mountains and Seas'. The land where the live broadcast takes place in Wangjiang District is indeed one of the flood fronts. Even if it's relatively safe, it's still dangerous. For a big star like Shen Xingzhi to go there in person yesterday afternoon was actually quite risky. At least it's already very good. There's no need to be sarcastic!"
"Chen Xingzhi is a good person. He is always very active in donating money whenever there is an event, and the amount is also large. Last time his fans discovered the details, I was shocked. He donated so much money without telling anyone. There are not many stars like him who have such a sense of social responsibility nowadays."
"I feel like Xingzhi's coming to Gangcheng this time isn't just out of a sense of responsibility, right? I remember him previously only making low-key donations, rarely being so high-profile. He actually bucked his usual trend by participating in a livestream, as if he couldn't help but rush to Gangcheng out of his worry. Maybe... Li Meng and Xingzhi aren't just groundless rumors? Xingzhi has never gone so long without clarifying a rumor, and I can't help but be sold on it!"
"Are you guys really off topic? Anyway, I don't think the staff member in the camera is Ren Limeng, otherwise Chen Xingzhi would definitely post a Weibo to promote Ren Limeng. We all remember Chen Xingzhi's Weibo post last week where he openly introduced Ren Limeng as the host (it's really a bit funny hahahahahahaha)"
The rain was pouring down, and it seemed as if only layers of thick water curtains were everywhere between heaven and earth. Chen Xingzhi's gaze was closely following Ren Limeng, who was walking forward at the flood scene after getting off the boat in the live broadcast room. Countless floating objects rushed past her, as if she could be swept away directly if she was not careful. Ren Limeng's every step was still very steady, with a determination that made it difficult for people to look away.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Xingzhi finally noticed the increasingly heated discussion on the barrage at the bottom of the screen. He paused and unconsciously glanced at the real-time number of viewers in the upper left corner of the live broadcast room. At this moment, without any publicity or marketing, the number of people in the live broadcast room had quietly exceeded 800 and was still increasing.
Chen Xingzhi looked at the discussion at the bottom that lamented that he hadn't posted on Weibo today, and couldn't help but pursed his lips.
"Sister An Ling and I agreed not to expose ourselves during this live broadcast and to keep a low profile. Brother Xingzhi, please don't hold me back today! Please don't reveal the fact that I went to Guanshan District on any social media platform."
At half past six, Shen Xingzhi immediately arrived at the open hotel restaurant and happened to meet Ren Limeng who came for breakfast.
Ren Limeng sat opposite Shen Xingzhi with a bowl of hot dry noodles. She couldn't help but smiled and reminded Shen Xingzhi again. She knew that he felt aggrieved for her "hiding her identity", but there were too many things more important than this compromise at the moment.
"…Be careful and don't be too aggressive."
Chen Xingzhi cleared his throat and finally said only this sentence softly. Last night on WeChat, Chen Xingzhi sent five or six popular science videos on how to survive in floods to Ren Limeng. Ren Limeng accepted every one of them with a smile, and even later directly comforted Chen Xingzhi in return, but she never changed her mind, and even didn't want Chen Xingzhi to say one more word to fight for her on behalf of the program team.
Even if she and An Ling said that this was an internal matter of the Orange platform, the situation within the platform was now too complicated, and Ren Limeng did not want Shen Xingzhi to be too deeply involved.
"Don't worry, with a handsome boyfriend like you waiting for me at the hotel, my safety will of course come first!"
Ren Limeng glanced at the empty aisles around her, her voice low, her smiling eyes seemed to be filled with ease, as if today's outing was just an ordinary hosting job. The sense of relaxation that came over her was in sharp contrast to Shen Xingzhi's serious expression. Ren Limeng grinned, and when she looked up, her eyes were full of brightness and tenderness, which made Shen Xingzhi's tense face soften a little unconsciously.
"Well, I'll wait for you to come back."
In the hotel, Shen Xingzhi frowned and couldn't help but clench his mobile phone. On the screen of the mobile phone was the real-time picture of the flood scene in Guanshan District broadcast by Gangcheng TV. Ever since Ren Limeng and his team split into two groups and went to the front line of the flood, the live broadcast picture has been a bit intermittent, and it seems that the signal is not very good.
Everywhere you look, the flood is like a wild beast out of control, wandering around wantonly and swallowing everything at will. The roads and houses have long been in ruins.
Ren Limeng stood on a high ground almost surrounded by floods. From time to time, debris was washed by the flood and then hurriedly driven away. Under her feet was the silently rising flood. Ren Limeng was wearing a raincoat that was already stained with mud and water. The violent wind made the hem of the raincoat dance wildly. It seemed difficult for her to just stand still.
Ren Limeng was not afraid at all. She was like a bright light in the dark world, shining particularly brightly in the chaos.
She struggled to maintain her balance and said to the camera, "I'm currently in Lijiazhai Village, Guanshan Subdistrict, Guanshan District, Gangcheng City. As you can see, the flood has submerged almost the entire street, and the water level is rising. We used a drone to film the severely affected village, Lijiazhai, ahead. You can see that the entire village has been surrounded by floodwaters, with only some roofs still exposed above the water..."
Ren Limeng tried hard to suppress the unconscious trembling in her voice. She clenched the microphone in her hand and raised the volume as the rain poured down. Her eyes were extremely firm and persistent, as if she was doing her best to convey the truth of the scene to everyone, so that more people could see the disaster scene at this moment and empathize with her.
Chen Xingzhi pursed his thin lips, and a rare trace of worry and nervousness appeared on his cold face, as if he was silently praying for Ren Limeng. His brows were full of solemnity, and the veins on the palm of his hand holding the phone had bulged out without him knowing when, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly disappear in the surging flood before him.
The mountains in the distance were shrouded in dense dark clouds, and the turbid flood in front of us was carrying mud, stones and all kinds of unclear debris, rolling and roaring between heaven and earth, as if carrying endless power.
"At present, large areas of farmland in Lijiazhai Village have been completely submerged by floodwaters, and many crops are almost gone..."
Ren Limeng drifted down the river, her calm and peaceful face already shrouded in deep worry. Even though she tried to remain calm and objective when reporting in front of the camera, her heart was filled with uncontrollable sorrow.
It's a critical period for crop growth. Prolonged submersion in water can cause root oxygen deprivation, preventing respiration and growth, leading to crop failure. Furthermore, the floods have completely destroyed the irrigation and drainage systems. Once the floodwaters recede, repairing these water conservancy facilities will undoubtedly be a heavy burden for the villagers.
Ren Limeng showed the live broadcast audience the situation on the scene in detail. She used her eyes to hint that the camera should focus more on the farmland on the scene, so that more urban audiences who may not know the five grains can more deeply appreciate the far-reaching impact of the flood disaster and realize the long-term chain reaction of the flood on the affected people.
Suddenly, Ren Limeng paused, her pupils suddenly dilated for a moment, and her eyes were attracted by a blue-brown figure that she suddenly saw in the distant farmland - there seemed to be a vague figure there, struggling hard in the flood of mud and sand.
Ren Limeng's heart suddenly tightened, and her voice unconsciously rose a few degrees, "Wait, there seems to be someone over there!"
Without having time to worry about the shaking live footage, Ren Limeng and her photographer partner immediately ran towards the figure. Every step they took forward seemed extremely difficult in the mud. With the sound of rapid breathing and rushing water, all the audience couldn't help but feel worried.
In an instant, the live broadcast room seemed to explode, and the barrage of comments rolled like a flood. The audience, who had been lamenting the damage caused by the flood to the farmland as Ren Limeng explained, were now completely attracted by the sudden actions of Ren Limeng and the cameraman.
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