As Japan's largest news media, the Asahi Shimbun has always been the "hegemon" in the newspaper and magazine industry.

Because of its strength, the Asahi Shimbun has set up bases in major cities throughout Japan, and has continuously collected various news materials from all over Japan and even abroad.

And these "exclusive reports" will without exception "dominate the screen" in various news communication channels, so that other newspapers and magazines continue to reprint them.

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Asahi Shimbun, Osaka Bureau---

As the Asahi Shimbun branch, the Asahi Shimbun Osaka Shimbun is much weaker than the Tokyo head office, Nagoya and Kyoto bureaus--- because Osaka people are naturally loose and do not have a high sense of news acumen, so many of the headlines often do not come from Osaka.

As a new employee of the Asahi Shimbun in Osaka, Sasaki has had a hard time these days.

Because of the poor performance of the Osaka branch, the entire branch is planning to lay off employees, and new employees like him, who have not yet passed the probationary period, have no work experience, and have no special performance, are undoubtedly the main targets of layoffs.

Sasaki just got married, before that he worked as a photographer, company planner, and also did advertising copywriting, almost every job can't be done for a long time--- it's not that he doesn't care, the main thing is that these companies are almost senior, even if Sasaki works hard, no matter how hard he works, he will eventually be dismissed.

But now, Sasaki really wants to be able to gain a foothold in this daily newspaper, in addition to the fact that this newspaper is very famous, that is, he has just gotten married, and his wife is pregnant.

Yes, now Sasaki is already the head of the family. The burden of providing for his family was all on him.

During the three months at the Asahi Shimbun bureau in Osaka, Sasaki worked hard 24 hours a day without closing his eyes.

But journalism is not a job that you can achieve with hard work, many times as a media reporter, you have to have a good relationship with hospitals, police stations, and many other enterprises and institutions that may have big news, and you have to take action if there is a slight disturbance.

Sasaki also understands this, so within three months, Sasaki has traveled to all the police stations, hospitals and other places in Osaka, and bought many drinks out of his own pocket, and brought his business cards to the police, doctors, and nurses--- and when he delivered them, he held each other's hands tightly, bowed 90 degrees and said, "Please, please take care of me!" so as to beg the other party to think of himself as soon as he encounters big news and call himself.

However, Sasaki soon found that he was still too tender, and he only gave people milk tea, a drink that usually costs 30 yen a bottle, while his opponent gave him a red ginseng tonic for 100 yen--- yes, it was a much more expensive tonic than him.

Poor Sasaki, in fact, his pockets are already empty, even if the 30 yen drink is the money he saved by saving money and squeezing his teeth, now, he can't compete with his opponents at all.

It was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and Sasaki had just missed a big news --- a fugitive had been arrested at a police station, and the news had been snatched by his opponent.

Sasaki still vividly remembers the triumphant way his opponent stole the news, and his sarcasm at himself: "Even if you don't sleep twenty-four hours a day, you're not my opponent!

Sasaki retorted: "No one is born to be a journalist. ”

The opponent laughed: "Really, if you can grab the big news, I'll kneel down and kowtow to you!"

Sasaki gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Yes, how can it be your turn to be in big news.

Sasaki walked aimlessly.

Go home?

A pregnant wife will definitely ask how is her work today, what do you say, or zero eggs?

Go back to the company?

There is no news worthy of publication, and when you go back, you will only be ridiculed by that hateful opponent and severely criticized by the president.

I wanted to find an izakaya to get drunk and fumble in my pockets, but I couldn't even get 100 yen--- and the only few pieces of 5 yen were the bus fare to go home.

In this way, Sasaki has a camera around his neck and sits on a chair at the bus stop like a wooden man.

One bus after another came, and the people sitting next to Sasaki changed and changed.

Soon, by seven o'clock in the evening, it was already dark.

The fashionably dressed schoolgirl sitting next to Sasaki looked at this strange uncle curiously.

"Uncle, can you invite me to drink? Let's go to the bar together, and if you want, we can go to the hostel after drinking." The fashionable schoolgirl said to Sasaki in an ambiguous tone with exaggerated black eyeshadow and exaggerated round earrings on her ears.

Sasaki glanced at the female students--- there are a lot of such female students recently, but unfortunately, Sasaki can't even support his wife, so where can he have the leisure to do such a thing.

Sasaki rejected the girl, and the girl cursed to herself, "Poor ghost!" and left the bus stop.

Looking at the girl's back, Sasaki smiled bitterly, now even this kind of girl looks down on herself.

Just as Sasaki smiled bitterly, his phone rang.

This mobile phone is a very old Sharp brand, in order to save phone bills, Sasaki often has everything in the company's landline, or in the phone booth to make a call, the only function of this mobile phone is to "answer".

Sasaki took out the phone and looked at it, a little unhappy, because the other party didn't call, but sent a message.

Keep in mind that there is also a charge for receiving text messages.

Sasaki is a little distressed about these text message charges.

However, when he looked at the sender, he couldn't help but be stunned, the other party turned out to be one of his few good friends, who used to study photography together at university, and after graduation, I heard that the mix was not very good, and now he is setting up a stall in Shitennoji Temple to take pictures of people.

Sasaki smiled bitterly, endured the distress for money, and opened the text message to see what this friend named "Kazuo Yamamoto" sent to him.

It's okay not to look at it, but when I look at it like this, Sasaki is stunned.

Because the amount of information in this text message is so large--- if it is true, then ---

Sasaki's mind was surging, and his whole person was excited.

Originally, he was depressed, and he couldn't care much more, so he waved to the taxi extravagantly, "Hurry up, go to the Asahi Shimbun!"

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Osaka, Asahi Shimbun---

As the editor-in-chief of the news agency, I am currently reviewing the headlines on the front page to be submitted to the Tokyo headquarters.

Sasaki's old rival who grabbed the news of "the arrest of the wanted criminal" is now proudly reporting to the editor-in-chief how he worked so hard to get the news.

After reviewing the news, the editor-in-chief was satisfied with the news value of the news and felt that it was very important to submit it to the Tokyo headquarters as a headline in the Osaka area.

Just then, Sasaki barged in.

"Your Excellency, I have a piece of news for you!" Sasaki ignored the sneering look of his old rival and directly presented the newly obtained information to the editor-in-chief.

The editor-in-chief was very dissatisfied with Sasaki's rash intrusion--- didn't he see that he was doing something, but he still had the patience to glance at the news that Sasaki handed to him.

According to the editor-in-chief, this Sasaki probably can't come up with any exciting news, so he can take a casual look at it, and then he can criticize him and tell him how to behave and how to abide by etiquette.

But---

The editor-in-chief was stunned, looking at the news--- his eyes were hooked.

"Is it verified?" the editor-in-chief asked.

Sasaki nodded, "I've verified that the --- news is true, this is the picture faxed by the other party." ”

The editor-in-chief took the picture handed over by Sasaki and looked at it, and his mood suddenly became excited.

"Quick, contact the Tokyo headquarters, and say that we have big news to fax over!" the editor-in-chief ordered.

The opponent who ridiculed Sasaki: "......"

Stunned, "Editor-in-chief, what about mine?"

"Yours, yours get down first!"

“……”

Sasaki glanced at his old rival, smiled, and said, "If I have big news, I kneel down and kowtow, who said that?"

Competitor: "......"

Ashamed!