Chapter 1467: Uneasy Life
The United Television Network has correspondent stations in Mumbai and New Delhi, and the initial managers were all expatriate from the United States, and ordinary reporters were poached locally.
But since last year, with the exception of an American journalist in New Delhi, Mumbai has been run by Indians themselves.
Americans are not accustomed to living in India, rotating every six months, leaving not long after getting acquainted with the situation, and the work efficiency is not high.
And India has cheap labor, although it is a bit lazy, but there are still a few desperate salvos under the competition for high salaries - the salary paid to Indian employees is much lower than that of expatriates, but it is much higher than the general level of media workers in Mumbai.
The income of Indian journalists is generally not high, and there is a huge gap: today, the annual salary of Indian journalists is only three or four hundred dollars, and the highest is not more than five thousand dollars, and the most earning journalists in a year are almost ten times that of the least earning journalists!
Of course, the high-income group of journalists is very few in number and highly qualified: all those who can work in the media in India have higher education, and almost all of them are of high caste.
High caste does not mean that they are all local tyrants, but there is almost no extreme poverty.
The salaries of the employees of the United Television Network Media Group reporter station are almost three times that of the same industry in Mumbai, of course, to attract outstanding talents to join, or the group is diligent: those who are not diligent enough will get out early!
It's not easy to get a good job in Mumbai, and once you find a really good one, they basically won't change jobs again, otherwise there would be no Taj Mahal hotel full of old employees who have been working for thirty or forty years.
The salary is high, the treatment is good, and once you lose it, you will never find a better one in this hellish place of India.
When India's own media response to the bombings in Mumbai was limited, the people at the United Television Network reporter station ran faster than rabbits, reaching two explosions near the office as quickly as possible.
Zhang Nan knew what was happening in Mumbai when he watched his TV, there were bombings everywhere, and the huge city of Mumbai was in chaos and the people were panicking.
These are usually just a lively sight for Zhang Nan, but this time those damn terrorists were so good that they put one of the bombs in the trash can on the sidewalk not far from the entrance of their store, which is estimated to weigh at least several kilograms, and the power is terrifying!
The flagship store opened late near the intersection of Mumbai's busiest high-end commercial and office districts in the south of the city.
By the time the bomb exploded, many of Mumbai's elite had already arrived in the south of the city by train, passing by the door of the flagship store of the Star Jewelry Group, rushing to work.
The "boom" poured a large area, and almost all the seven or eight salesmen in the store plus the manager on duty were injured, and two of them were very seriously injured!
However, the armed security guard on duty in the morning took advantage of the fact that the door had not yet opened, and was going to the bathroom at that time, which was considered to have escaped, and he also rescued the injured and protected the property in the store as soon as possible.
The bomb is really powerful, you must know that the glass wall of that branch is made of very thick tempered explosion-proof glass, and it is not very broken with a big hammer.
The situation in the jewelry store was terrible, and the streets were full of dead and wounded, and this bomb killed and injured at least hundreds, and those who scratched the skin were not injured.
Seven or eight hours passed, and the outside world finally learned that Mumbai had been hit by 13 bombs in a row, killing more than 270 people and wounding nearly 1,000 people.
Early the next morning American time, Zhang Nan called Henry and praised the efficiency of the media group, and Henry smiled and said that lazy people can also find a few diligent people.
Henry, who is in charge of the media, is not the head of the Star Jewelry Group, and says with a smile that there is no problem: he just saw the serial bombings in Mumbai while watching the morning news, and that article happened to quote the content published by the Indian state media, not entirely by his own reporters.
He didn't know that a bomb had exploded in front of his boss's property, but he spoke of the one with the heaviest casualties: "The first bomb exploded on a commuter train, killing at least 50 people on the spot.
Some of the Indian reporters we hired happened to be halfway to work, and the feedback came back that they didn't take the train, and that they had been using light off-road motorcycles for the past year, and this trip was not stuck in the middle of the road..."
Mumbai's public transport is largely dependent on the rail network, especially during the morning and evening rush hours, when the railways take on a huge amount of pressure to move people: if something goes wrong with the railways, the whole city is basically paralyzed!
Those terrorists really know how to pick places, and the commuter train in Mumbai during the morning rush hour is not only crowded in the carriages, but also has a lot of people hanging in the carriage doors.
As soon as the cannon fired, there were heavy casualties!
The fact that the reporters of the United Television Network in Mumbai commute to work on motorcycles is actually a benefit, because the motorcycles are the property of the TV network's reporter station, and the fuel is paid by the reporters, all because of the first station manager.
When the reporter station in Mumbai was first formed, Mr. Stationmaster drove a special car for him, and the station was also equipped with a special car for interviews, all of which were well-known ambassador-brand cars, or the latest luxury models with air-conditioning facilities, and there were two less reflectors.
However, less than two months later, Mr. Stationmaster, who was about to be driven crazy by the extremely chaotic traffic environment in Mumbai, reported to the headquarters, and after obtaining approval, he sold his special car with soft brakes, turn signals and no reflectors, and changed to a few motorcycles.
There are ordinary mopeds, and even off-road motorcycles that are in decent condition.
The interview car left behind is also used occasionally, and the stationmaster moved his foothold to a place only 100 meters away from the office, and in the next term of office, he plans to either ride a motorcycle out, or simply live in the office, downstairs Western restaurant, and temporary high-end apartment.
I will return to the United States after half a year, and I will not come to this strange place again in the future!
In the past, every time I had something to go out, the car would stop as soon as I drove out of Nancheng, and people walking, cycling, and riding tricycles were faster than cars, and even the sacred ox cart could overtake the car!
Mr. Stationmaster doesn't even dare to drive, this Mumbai driver is so scary, everyone can be a racing driver!
And the interview car is not easy to use, not that the car is not good, this ambassador brand is also an Indian famous brand, there is air conditioning is more enjoyable, but the road is not powerful!
As soon as you go out, you will get stuck in traffic, and the four wheels will directly become waste, so you can't just be active in the south city.
After using motorcycles as interview vehicles, reporters are usually several levels more efficient than using cars!
This time out of the interview, two people on a motorcycle, the person in the back seat on one side of the camera obliquely, the other side of the tripod, the back of the battery, microphone bag, whether it is on the dense traffic on the road, or in order to avoid the congestion that people can't walk through and the super alley shortcut, it is like entering a no-man's land!
Besides, it's very stylish!
There is no shame in riding a motorcycle in Mumbai, and it is even a means of transportation that most citizens envy, and there are very few local tycoons who have private cars.
As for the cars on the streets, in fact, most of them are buses: India is still basically playing a planned economy, and is planning to change it.
Because the commuter trains in Mumbai are often delayed, Mr. Stationmaster saw that a group of his subordinates took special care of the motorcycles in the station, so he asked everyone where they lived.
If it's only ten or twenty kilometers, it's better to commute by bike, at least not late;
I also know that these guys under my command basically look glamorous, but in fact, they are not rich at all, and they are of a high caste, and even the oil money is out of the station.
The decision was unanimously embraced by employees, and it even occasionally led to productivity gains: sometimes they could travel directly from their homes to the interview location, without having to go to the office to pick up their cars and equipment.
This stationmaster has a big heart, and expensive equipment can be taken home by employees, but fortunately it has not been stolen once.
People from the United States don't know that his actions have improved the social status of employees to a certain extent!
Wearing a camera vest of the TV network every day, riding a handsome motorcycle to and from work, and sometimes carrying a camera home, the neighbors are envious when they see it: envy a good job, and the benefits of a good job!
When the first American webmaster stepped down and returned to China, there were employees who were reluctant to shed tears for such a good leader.
Fortunately, the tradition of commuting by motorcycle and interviewing in the city has survived, and it has become a part of Mumbai's scenery.
As soon as this series of explosions occurred, the railway system was first destroyed, and the highway became even more capable of blocking the sacred cow, and even those police cars were jammed enough, so the motorcycle team of the United Television Network ran happily.
Shooting, after returning to the press station, a quick first editing and press release, using fax on one side and satellite signal transmission on the other side, the latest international news is here.
Explosions occurred in 13 places, from morning to afternoon in Mumbai time, and explosions occurred in 13 places, including commuter trains, stations, airlines, stock exchanges, and markets.
Mumbai has no shortage of people, and the heavy casualties of a bomb can be regarded as the most appalling tragedy in India in recent decades.
A few days later, Zhang Nan planned to go to Germany, where Manu Jia Yin, who had rushed back to Mumbai after running errands in Belgium, called Zhang Nan again, talking about the bombing.
The Indian police initially judged that the bombing was planned and carried out by a gang leader and smuggler in India, and they have already begun to arrest the suspects.
The reason for the bombing attack is also simple: the conflict between the two major sects in India has not stopped, and the targets of this bombing are basically Hindus gathering places, of course, there are other believers who have suffered.
Terrorists, bombs are scattered!
Manu Jayin also came to this call to reassure the partners that the serial bombings were not specifically aimed at their family and Mr. Allen's company.
After listening to this, Zhang Nan asked, "How are our employees?"
Manu-Jia Yin really didn't expect Zhang Nan to ask this, fortunately, his subordinates listened to the relevant content when they reported before, otherwise it would be embarrassing for the partner to ask "I don't know".
Who is Manu, he won't care about what is happening to the low-level employees, that's what the people below should deal with.
"One of the serious injuries died, but the others were no longer in danger of life... Damn Mu Chacha!
By the way, our shop will be renovated in two days, and a friend from the police said to me that this is the first time that terrorists have used military black sokin explosives in India, and it is particularly powerful.
If we had switched to the mining and homemade explosives that the gang used to use, our flagship store wouldn't have been blown up so badly. ”
Well, as a proud Hindu Brahmin, it is normal for Mr. Jia Yin to curse a few words at this time, Zhang Nan doesn't care, let alone when he just watched TV, he was talking about a group of suspects in the World Trade Center bombing.
Why don't these guys stop?
I like to put bombs everywhere, and after a few years, I will hit planes.
There are them in the Balkan melee, Afghanistan is still them, the same is true on the Chechen side, and then Iraq or something...... Western Europe and the United States have introduced terrorism on a large scale, and they are everywhere!
Zhang Nan thought a little annoyed, and told Manu that he would express his condolences to the families of the deceased and the injured on behalf of himself, and also asked Manu to do a good job of bereavement, and Manu-Jia Yin on the other side recognized it stubbornly.
Zhang Nan thought that those employees had accidents during working hours and at their place of work, even if they were blown up by "force majeure" such as bombs, they had to be counted as a work injury to others.
If we are capitalists, we have to be kind.
As for Mr. Jia Yin's side...
The last thing India lacks is people, and the death and injury of a few employees made the people below give some money to send it away, but after the bombing, the situation was found to be too chaotic, and the security guard with a revolver pinned to his waist and a shotgun in his hand to protect the company's property was rewarded.
Cultural and social differences, and when Mr. Allen, who was far away from the ocean, hung up the phone, Manu-Jain rolled his eyes, and then called the secretary.
"Prepare the car, prepare some cash, I'm going to go to the one who was killed by the bomb..."
Well, it seems good to go to a scene.
Zhang Nan didn't think about the partner's idea at all, and he wouldn't have thought that Mr. Jia Yin would go out in person, and it would be enough to have a manager with enough weight in this situation.
What happened in India was a small episode, and apart from a small economic loss, nothing else.
However, in the past two days, the FBI has been very effective, catching the actual executors of the World Trade Center bombing, and several helpers have not run away, and the financial resources and behind-the-scenes people have also been grasped, and the FBI is cooperating with the Egyptian government to continue to arrest people in Egypt.
A young man named Mohamo Salama, who was born in the West Bank in 67, is originally from Jordan, legally immigrated to the United States in 1987, and has been living in Jersey City, across from New York.
This is the second goods for a few hundred dollars, but this guy may have been taken advantage of.
As for the person who used him, he was called Nidal-Ayad, a Kuwaiti of Palestinian descent, who had also emigrated to the United States and was an American citizen.
The guy has a degree in chemical engineering, his home is like an explosives manufacturing workshop, and the FBI also found a letter on his personal computer: in the letter he expressed his dissatisfaction with the first operation and was ready to act again to completely blow up the World Trade Center building!
As for the person behind it, he is an Egyptian who has been mixed in Afghanistan, so Uncle La really can't be 100% "cleared of suspicion", who let Uncle La also mix in Afghanistan.
In fact, for Zhang Nan personally, it would be better if the World Trade Center bombing had something to do with Uncle La: he was so persistent that he wrote letters thinking about continuing to blow up the World Trade Center, so "911" was a continuation of this dedication?
The executor and the means have changed, that is, they want to kill the World Trade Center, and I really don't know how those two buildings provoked them.
But it's really a good thing for Zhang Nan, if this matter has something to do with Uncle La, and he is so obsessed with killing the World Trade Center, then his Empire State Building will be too peaceful.
Explosions everywhere, slowly, anyway, there are a lot of explosions this year.
If I'm not mistaken, it won't be long before the Ye family on Maozi's Russian side will have to fight with the parliament. First it was a literary drama, then it was a full martial arts step by step, and finally it was a bombardment of the White House, causing the whole world to worry about whether Russia would have a nuclear civil war!
The nuclear code suitcase is at Yip's, but not all nuclear weapons require the permission of the nuclear lockbox to be used.
The whole world will be worried, only Zhang Nan is not worried, after participating in the opening ceremony of his own Carthage special exhibition, he happily went to Germany to see his own yacht.