Chapter 651 After all, we are old friends who have been working together for a long time. You can’t give us less than outsiders, right?

  Chapter 651 After all, they are old friends who have cooperated for a long time. You can’t give less than outsiders, right?

  Late at night.

  Cindyson, who was in a good mood, had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.

  Picking up the glasses on the bedside table and putting them on, he frowned and got out of bed, walking angrily to the entrance while cursing.

  ”Knock knock knock… knock on the door! What time is it? Can’t you wait until tomorrow to talk about it? Damn it!”

  At this moment, Cindyson obviously didn’t realize the seriousness of the matter, and didn’t even think about it at all.

  After all, the news of the fire in the printing factory had not spread here, and the subordinates who went with the parade did not come back to report to him.

  If the news spread here, he would probably panic, but it would probably be just a panic.

  Whether it was bribing the employees of the printing factory or investigating the source of those newspapers, it was all done by his subordinates. He was just controlling the whole process behind the scenes.

  At most, they met a few times when they met.

  No matter how powerful the managers of the alliance are, they can’t have eyes on his head, right? He

  opened the door angrily.

  Cindyson was about to start scolding, but was stunned.

  What caught his eye was neither his secretary nor the hotel waiter, but a serious face and documents that were almost in his face.

  The leading man was wearing an officer’s uniform and looked at him coldly.

  ”We are from the Guards Regiment. We suspect that you are a spy for the Bugera Free State and are suspected of inciting sabotage. Please come with us.”

  ”Spy?!”

  Cindyson’s forehead was sweating. He was almost scared to death when he saw the elite soldiers with live ammunition at the door, and his voice began to stutter.

  ”Wait, are we… there any misunderstanding?! I’m just an honest merchant doing business. How could I be a spy–”

  The evidence was conclusive, and the officer didn’t bother to talk nonsense with him, and just waved.

  ”Take him away.”

  Several soldiers filed in, handcuffed Cindyson, who was wearing pajamas, twisted his arms and marched him out.

  ”Wait a minute – let go! Ahhh! The Alliance soldiers are killing people! Help!”

  A pig-killing scream rang out in the corridor.

  Cindyson, who had never seen such a scene, was so scared that tears and snot hung on his face, and his pants were wet… Although no one punched him.

  The officer looked at this shameful thing with contempt.

  He now had some doubts that there might be some misunderstandings in this guy’s case. After all, a truly trained spy would not be so cowardly.

  But even so, what does it matter?

  Even if he is not a spy, what he did is no different.

  After taking him back, he will interrogate him carefully.

  Awakened by the pig-killing scream, the doors of the corridor opened one after another, and heads that only wanted to watch the excitement and not mind the trouble appeared. There are

  relatively few wastelanders who are afraid of death. After all, not all of them come from a settlement with a good life.

  Looking at the guys who were watching the excitement, the officer winked at the soldier next to him.

  The latter understood and took out an arrest warrant from his arms, waved it at the guests who were watching the excitement, and said loudly.

  ”This is an arrest warrant signed by the Union Court. We will hold a public trial of the suspect within seven days, and the trial time will be announced in the court!”

  ”Please rest assured, friends who have come from afar, we will never wrongly accuse an innocent good person, but we will never forgive criminals who disrupt our order. If you are curious about what crime he has committed, you can go to the court to apply for an audience.”

  The routine was completed.

  He put away the arrest warrant and followed other comrades to escort Cindyson, who was struggling and making a fuss, to the downstairs of the hotel.

  The same scene was also playing out in another hotel not far away.

  It was not only Cindyson, the mastermind, who was involved in the Qingquan Daily case, but also six other merchants from the Bugera Free State.

  With such a big commotion, coupled with the previous street parade and the fire in the industrial zone, the news quickly spread throughout the city.

  Since all the arrested were merchants from the Bugera Free State, even the merchants who were just passing by were trembling with fear and could not figure out what was going on.

  Is this going to be a war with our northern neighbor?

  It can’t be so sudden, right?

  All night long, all the merchants from Bugera were anxiously asking what happened, fearing that they would be implicated…

  …

  The long night finally passed.

  The next morning, a voiceless cry suddenly came from the editor-in-chief’s office of the Survivor Daily newspaper.

  ”All burned?!”

  After hearing that the newspaper printed yesterday was burned by a fire, Zhao Yigeng, the editor-in-chief of the Survivor Daily, blurted out a sentence and was stunned on the spot.

  Such an outrageous thing has never happened before, even when the front line was less than 50 kilometers away from the industrial zone!

  Fortunately, there is no need to worry about tomorrow’s headlines, but unfortunately, there is no update for today.

  Faced with this unprecedented situation, Zhao Yigeng didn’t know how to deal with it for a while.

  Just when he was having a headache, there was a knock on the door.

  Thinking that it was probably the editor who was delivering the manuscript, he raised his head and called out reflexively.

  ”Come in.”

  The door opened.

  However, Zhao Yigeng was startled when he saw the person who walked in, and stood up from his desk with a bang.

  The secretary standing at the desk was the same. She opened her eyes wide in surprise and looked at the man with a warm smile at the door. She didn’t know where to put her hands for a while.

  Zhao Yigeng took three seconds to quickly tidy up his appearance, and hurriedly squeezed out a hasty and enthusiastic smile to Chu Guang, and stretched out his right hand to greet him.

  ”Nice to meet you! Dear Mr. Manager, what brings you here? I’m sorry to make you laugh, I haven’t prepared anything.”

  Chu Guang shook the editor-in-chief’s hand, and said with a smile after letting go.

  ”You’re so polite. I just happened to pass by here and came in for a look. I hope I didn’t disturb your work.”

  ”How could I disturb you! Xiao Wang, make a cup of tea for Mr. Manager… Mr. Manager, please take a seat!” Zhao Yigeng was excited and flushed, and as he spoke, he invited Chu Guang to the sofa next to him.

  ”Okay, okay!” The secretary named Xiao Wang hurriedly ran to the teapot beside him. Because of his panic, he almost spilled the water on the filing cabinet.

  Chu Guang was embarrassed by the enthusiasm of the two and coughed lightly.

  ”Don’t be so nervous. That… I won’t sit down. I’m afraid I’ll have to change to a new one if I sit down.”

  Chu Guang said this in a joking tone, and then looked at the secretary who put the tea on the table and said kindly, “Your name is Xiao Wang, right? Please go out and avoid it for a while. The editor-in-chief and I have something to discuss.”

  The two were stunned when they heard it.

  However, Editor-in-Chief Zhao reacted quickly.

  Under his crazy eyes, the secretary named Xiao Wang hurriedly left the office and closed the door for the two.

  Go out to the corridor.

  Xiao Wang soon saw that the guard who always followed the manager was also standing here, and his heart was immediately beating.

  What on earth did this Mr. Zhao do wrong?

  The manager actually came in person…

  It wasn’t just Xiao Wang standing in the corridor who was confused. The most nervous person was of course Zhao Yigeng standing in the office.

  How excited he was just now, how nervous he was now.

  The manager’s tone of voice always made him feel like he was being questioned, but he couldn’t figure out what he had done wrong to offend this adult after thinking about it for a long time.

  Just when he was feeling uneasy, Chu Guang spoke slowly.

  ”I came here to ask you something. Is there anything about the East District of Qingquan City in today’s newspaper?”

  Zhao Yigeng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard about this matter, and said with a smile.

  ”No! Don’t worry about that! After receiving the news of military control in the eastern district of Qingquan City, I immediately notified the editorial department to suppress the relevant news–”

  Chu Guang: “Who asked you to suppress it!”

  ”Ah…” Zhao Yigen was stunned by the reprimand. He opened his mouth and really couldn’t think of anyone to blame. He shook his head nervously, “That’s not the case.”

  Although the alliance has invested a lot in the media, it rarely interferes with the development of the media directly. At most, it sets a business scope for them to do it themselves.

  For example, although the “Survivor Daily” is collectively controlled by the shelter, the shelter has never delegated the senior management of the shelter to interfere with the operation of the newspaper.

  Zhao Yigen himself is the head of the “Survivor Daily”.

  He made the decision to block the news based on the documents above and out of his own political sense. This order came from him, and no one really ordered him to do it.

  But he didn’t think there was anything wrong with doing so. After all, the celebration was coming soon, and there would be a funeral after the celebration.

  Even if you want to report the news in the eastern district of Qingquan City, you have to wait until these two more noteworthy events are over before reporting, right?

  Besides, it depends on whether the alliance authorities intend to keep this matter secret.

  Seeing that Editor-in-Chief Zhao was completely unaware of the problem, Chu Guang sighed and continued patiently.

  ”The military control is to prevent unrelated people from entering and getting into danger, so that the cause of death cannot be clarified. There are not only slime mold fruiting bodies there, but also alien species, and there may even be mutants or predators who have fled there! We have enough protection to ensure the safety of ‘Xiao Yu’, but if someone dies in there, even if they did not die at the hands of the Xiao Yu fruiting body, people will subconsciously blame it for the life, and then produce irrational panic.”

  ”The residents of the shelter are exploring a way of life with the harmless slime mold fruiting body. The East District of Qingquan City will lift the military control when the situation is right…”

  Looking at Zhao Yigeng nodding like pounding garlic, Chu Guang stopped talking and said with regret.

  ”I’m not saying this to get you to pick a few hairs on your head, I’m saying this to get you to write these things in our newspaper! You have to interview people who are worth interviewing. The Alliance Biological Research Institute has experts who are far more professional than me. Then you have to tell our citizens why we do this, what are the benefits of doing this, what are the risks, have we considered these risks, what preparations have we made for these risks… But what did you do?”

  ”There is no Qingquan City East District in the Survivor Daily. Does that mean Qingquan City East District does not exist? If you don’t report something, others won’t care about it? There will always be someone who will care about the things you don’t care about for us, and there will always be someone who will unite with the people we don’t unite with!”

  Although Chu Guang’s words were restrained, it was a critical tone after all. Under the influence of his own prestige and momentum, it was like a mountain pressing on Zhao Yigeng’s shoulders.

  Even though Chu Guang himself did not mean to embarrass him, and even took his face into consideration, he sent his subordinates out before he spoke.

  Looking at Editor-in-Chief Zhao, who lowered his head like a child who had made a mistake and dared not utter a word, Chu Guang sighed and continued in a soothing tone.

  ”People trust us, and what we should do is to respond to this trust, rather than expecting them to understand our difficulties unconditionally every time. Besides, if you ask me, what kind of difficulty is this? Can it be more difficult to deal with than the Legion and the Wave? It’s just that some people are smart and took the initiative to hand over the position under their feet to others. What’s the difference between this and deserting!”

  Zhao Yigeng lowered his head with a heavy expression, with a face full of regret, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

  He knew about the Qingquan Daily, but because the content on it was too outrageous, he didn’t take this clown seriously at all.

  However, the problem lies here. Because the Survivor Daily did not report the news of the East District of Qingquan City, a series of sub-publications did not mention it at all, resulting in the Qingquan Daily becoming the only newspaper that dared to speak out.

  Fortunately, the other party was not well prepared.

  If those guys had been better prepared, and the ratio of truth to rumor had been slightly adjusted, and the story had been written to be a little more realistic, the consequences would have been completely different…

  The more Zhao Yigeng thought about it, the more he was afraid, and cold sweat unconsciously slid down his forehead.

  He had realized the seriousness of the problem.

  Seeing that the critical voice had stopped, he lowered his head and said in a heavy tone.

  ”This is a mistake in my work… I’m sorry, I failed your trust!”

  Seeing that he had realized his mistake, Chu Guang’s anger also subsided a little, and he continued in a patient tone.

  ”You should not apologize to me, but to all those who believe in you. The position of public opinion is there. If you don’t occupy it, our enemies will rush up. We have first-class warriors in the wasteland. They set foot on the battlefield with lofty ideals and charge forward without fear of death. I don’t want them to only read third-rate newspapers when they go home, and all their efforts will eventually become a joke to the enemy.”

  Even the academy, which has always been arrogant, admitted that their achievements in Qingquan City were incredible miracles, which was clearly something to be proud of.

  They should have lit a bonfire for celebration, not their own printing factory.

  Even the legion had never bombed his factory, but it was set on fire by his own people during peacetime.

  Chu Guang, who had already calmed down, could not help but stiffen his fists again.

  Zhao Yigen looked at him tremblingly, reflecting on what he had done wrong to upset the manager.

  Just then, there was a noise in the corridor outside. One of the voices sounded familiar and attracted Chu Guang’s attention.

  ”What’s wrong with the report I wrote! The safety analysis of the mother nest in the city center is the opinion of Professor Heya, director of the Alliance Biological Research Institute. Why can’t it be published?!”

  The shrill voice was like an angry kitten. Chu Guang guessed that it must be a green-haired girl.

  It’s not that he was familiar with her voice, but mainly because he was too familiar with the pens under his command and would never make such a sound.

  Sure enough, another voice sounded right after.

  ”Heh, the director of the Alliance Biological Research Institute cannot represent the Alliance’s opinion.”

  ”But that professor is the person who has done the most in-depth research in this field!”

  ”I know, but science is one thing, and reality is another. We can’t always believe in science–”

  ”What are you talking about?! If we don’t believe in science, do we believe in the Bighorn Deer God?”

  ”You can always trust the administrator. Hey, why don’t you understand? You are a reporter for the Survivor Daily. You have a little bit of vision!”

  ”…The Survivor Daily I am familiar with is not like this.”

  ”So you are gone, right? In short, before the celebration, don’t report this kind of news that may cause controversy. It’s useless no matter who you show it to. This is what the editor-in-chief means!”

  ”Then when can we report it?!”

  ”After the funeral of the fallen soldiers… it should be a few days after the celebration.”

  ”Are you crazy?! If it’s delayed for a week, is it still news?”

  Looking at Chu Guang’s increasingly dark complexion and listening to Zhao Yigeng arguing outside the door, his expression gradually became unbearable.

  Especially when he heard the words “So you are gone”.

  The “Survivor Daily” founded by Hal in Boulder City is indeed gone, but in the end, the inner city that killed it also disappeared.

  This guy really speaks without thinking!

  Zhao Yigeng coughed dryly and said.

  ”I’ll go and talk to my colleagues in the editorial department…”

  As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the office was pushed open, and Dolly rushed in with a draft.

  Following her was Yang Yan, who was in the same office and was also her boss.

  She was about to argue with the editor-in-chief, but saw Chu Guang was also here. For a moment, both of them were stunned at the same time.

  ”Mr. Manager?!”

  ”You, why are you here?”

  Without blaming the two, Chu Guang coughed lightly.

  ”I don’t want to get involved in your argument, but let me say something from a personal perspective. I always believe in science, and I also recommend that you do this… But this is not mandatory.”

  Looking at Dolly who was stunned, he continued in a gentle tone.

  ”Can you show me your report?”

  Heya didn’t mention to him that she had been interviewed by the Survivor Daily. It seemed that she thought it was just a trivial matter.

  It was indeed the case.

  Just like Chu Guang himself, he didn’t care much about the Qingquan City Daily that Old Charlie brought at first. After all, there were too many more important things to do.

  In addition, Chu Guang has always encouraged those blue coats to put down their reserve and communicate more with the wastelanders. Don’t think that the wastelanders don’t know anything and say nothing.

  This is how the bastards of the Enlightenment Society isolated themselves. Humans have a natural worship of knowledge and experience, but no one likes arrogant guys.

  Looking up at Chu Guang standing in the room, Dolly nodded blankly and handed over the draft in her hand.

  Chu Guang took it and glanced at it.

  It basically wrote down all the questions he had raised with Editor-in-Chief Zhao before, and the narration was from an objective standpoint.

  And this was what satisfied him the most.

  The Survivor Daily is not only a channel for the general public in the alliance to obtain information, but also a channel for other local newspapers and private media in the alliance to obtain information. If a sentence is spread in a wrong way from the beginning, it will definitely be spread far away in the end.

  ”Well written.”

  Chu Guang gave a commendatory comment and handed the draft to Zhao Yigeng.

  Seeing Chu Guang’s satisfied expression, the latter quickly took the draft with both hands and solemnly swore.

  ”I will immediately arrange for the editorial department to put it on the headlines of the next issue!”

  While saying this, Zhao Yigeng looked at Yang Yan who was standing behind Dolly and winked at him.

  The editor immediately came back to his senses from his daze and straightened his back.

  ”I’ll contact the printing factory right now and ask them not to rush to reprint the version they sent yesterday!”

  ”It’s not just the headlines. Such a big thing can’t be explained clearly on one page!” Chu Guang looked at Dolly, who was stunned by the surprise, and continued with a pleasant face, “I hope there will be one issue… at least three issues of the column to thoroughly clarify all misunderstandings and completely dispel the concerns of the residents of the alliance about Xiaoyu!”

  Hearing this surprising good news, Dolly clenched her fists excitedly, and didn’t know how to thank her for a while. At this time, she suddenly thought of something and hurriedly took this opportunity to ask.

  ”Wait, dear manager, is Xiaoyu the name of the mother nest in the shelter? I heard that it can understand human language… Can I interview it?”

  Heya didn’t promise her, but only suggested that she seek the advice of the manager, but it was too difficult to meet the manager.

  ”Of course, Xiaoyu is a very interesting guy. In fact, many people have seen it… before it became a mother nest. By the way, you can bring it some sweets as a gift.”

  Chu Guang said this in a joking tone, then looked at Editor-in-Chief Zhao and continued.

  ”Don’t do reading comprehension blindly in the future. Instead of trying to figure out what I think, it’s better to do what you should do.”

  He will instruct the relevant people to keep the secrets that are truly related to the collective interests of the alliance confidential, so there is no need for the people below to guess based on their imagination.

  Zhao Yigen immediately stood up straight, straightened his back, and saluted like a soldier.

  ”Understood! I will definitely remember your teachings!”

  ”I’m not an expert in this field. You should learn more from those journalists from Boulder City. The voice of progress is progress everywhere. Okay, I won’t stay here any longer. You guys continue to be busy with your things. I have to do what I should do.”

  Chu Guang smiled and nodded, and then gave Lu Bei who was standing at the door a look, and left with this loyal young man.

  Next, he had to meet with the company representatives.

  The college representatives had already given him a surprisingly generous gift. He wondered what kind of surprise the board of directors would give him… After

  all, they were old friends who had worked together for a long time.

  It couldn’t be that the gift was less than what the outsiders gave, right?

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  (Thanks to “miku_jiang” for the reward!!!)

  (End of this chapter)