Chapter 128 Xinhua News Agency
Arriving at Zhang Changqing's office, a middle-aged man wearing glasses extended his hand and said, "Hello, Jialin. I am Wang Yangxia, deputy director of the Shanghai branch of Xinhua News Agency. I am here on behalf of my superiors to invite you to come to our company for an internship."
"Hello, President Wang. I'm really sorry to bother you to come all the way here." Gao Jialin responded politely. After sitting down, he asked curiously, "Why did your company think of inviting me to do an internship? You are such a good company, you shouldn't be short of interns, right?"
"We are definitely not short of interns in general, but we are short of people like you!" Wang Yangxia pointed at Gao Jialin and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, you have been dealing with our agency for many times. The articles you submitted before were of very high quality. Many leaders and senior reporters praised you and thought you were born to be an investigative reporter. We really don't want to give up such an excellent talent like you, so we took the initiative to invite you."
As he said this, he turned his head to look at Zhang Changqing, "Teacher Zhang, you must have been answering a lot of calls during this period, right? If I don't come, Jialin will probably be snatched away by another unit."
"Indeed there are some. The Municipal Youth League Committee, the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and several magazines have all called. I thought Jialin had to prepare for the exam during this period, so I didn't notify him for the time being. I planned to tell him after the exam." Zhang Changqing said reservedly. In fact, he looked down on these units.
For others, these are definitely good companies, but it is different for Gao Jialin. If he wants to do an internship, he can find a better company. Even if he goes to Beijing, there are a lot of companies vying for him. And it’s not just for internships, he can basically stay.
"I just said I came just in time." Wang Yangxia was very lucky. Fortunately, these units were not attractive enough, otherwise he would be criticized. The headquarters finally found a talent, but it was snatched away by someone else. What's going on? "I wonder what your company plans to let me do?" Gao Jialin asked. To be honest, this invitation did make him a little tempted.
He will graduate next year, and there are still a few years before the 1992 Southern Tour. He must first find a unit to work in, preferably one that provides him with relative freedom and is also helpful for him to go into business in the future.
Xinhua News Agency fully meets these two criteria. If you become a reporter, you don't have to stay in the office every day. You can travel around the country under the banner of interviews and investigations. This is much better than sitting in the office and engaging in intrigues with others.
Moreover, during the interview process, I can also gain an in-depth understanding of the current situation of certain industries, meet industry elites, and obtain key information. Isn't this equivalent to using the name of the unit to do things for myself? Of course, the premise of all this is that Xinhua News Agency is looking for me to be a reporter, not to sit in an office, and I have to give myself a certain degree of freedom, so that I don't have to follow behind senior reporters.
"Of course I am a journalist, and an investigative journalist at that. When you went to Guangdong, Northeast China and even Japan before, you were able to discover key information in a very short time and write high-quality articles. It would be a pity if you were not an investigative reporter." Wang Yangxia answered as a matter of course.
"Although I am the vice president of the Shanghai branch, I am not here to recruit you on behalf of the branch. It is the headquarters that wants you to come! After you go to the headquarters, you will first learn from senior reporters for a period of time. Once you are familiar with how to be an investigative reporter, you can do an investigation with the teacher. If the teacher is satisfied, you can choose the topic and conduct the investigation on your own. We don't require you to stay in the office every day, as long as you can produce high-quality articles. This will definitely not be difficult for you."
An investigative journalist is a journalist who engages in investigative reporting. The reporter conducts in-depth, systematic or detailed reporting on a certain social fact or phenomenon through his or her relatively long-term and complete personal accumulation, observation and recent investigation and research.
They are not pursuing short-term explosive news, but are more concerned with in-depth exploration of certain issues. This is indeed somewhat similar to the articles that Gao Jialin previously published in internal reference, except that they focus more on exposing the dark side, while Gao Jialin focuses on other aspects.
"I can try it." Gao Jialin was tempted.
If he wants to go into politics, Xinhua News Agency is definitely not the best choice. Based on the things he has done before and the impression he has left on the leaders, they will all be vying for him to go to the Youth League system or the Policy Research Office. He can stay in these two departments for a while, and then seek to be transferred to other departments when his level is raised. That is a golden road to success.
Unfortunately, Gao Jialin did not have such an idea, so it would be more cost-effective for him to go to Xinhua News Agency.
You have to know that journalists in the 1980s had a much higher status than those in later generations, and they were reporters from Xinhua News Agency. They were absolutely the uncrowned kings. As long as they had a press card, they would receive high-level reception wherever they went.
It is no exaggeration to say that even if Sha Ruijin, Gao Yuliang, Li Dakang and others are holding a meeting, Gao Jialin can attend as an observer after obtaining permission as long as he has a legitimate reason. If he wants to interview Sha Ruijin and others, the other party will most likely take the time to talk to him. This is the status of Xinhua News Agency reporters.
"What kind of investigation does Jialin want to conduct?" Wang Yangxia asked. Xinhua News Agency reporters also have division of labor. Some are good at interviewing in the political field, some are familiar with the sports field, and some like to interview scholars.
As for Gao Jialin, he is familiar with economics, understands literature and art, and knows about the situation abroad. So we have to communicate with him in advance so that we can report it to the head office and ask them to coordinate a teacher for Gao Jialin in advance.
"Let's talk about the economic aspect, more specifically, the business sector. I would like to investigate and interview some typical state-owned, private and foreign-funded enterprises, analyze their gains and losses in the course of their operations, and hope to provide some help to other enterprises." Gao Jialin answered without hesitation.
Wang Yangxia was a little surprised. He thought Gao Jialin wanted to be a journalist in the political field. However, the economy and business are also hot topics at the moment, and they also need talents in this field. "No problem. I will inform the headquarters when I return, and they will definitely agree."
"Thank you, President Wang. I will definitely perform well when I get to work."
After the exam, Gao Jialin took a train to Beijing. After getting off the train, he went straight to No. 57 West Street, Xuanwumenwai. He showed his identity at the door and soon someone came out to take him in.
As soon as he entered, Gao Jialin saw a striking slogan - Xinhua News Agency wants to take control of the earth.
(End of this chapter)
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