Things are now out of everyone's hands, and no one knows where they're going.

The battle between the news media and the people is still ongoing, and the more silent it is, the more it is like a volcano accumulating strength, waiting for it to erupt.

At present, Zhang Chu is also powerless, no matter whether this matter can be successfully resolved, it will be recorded in history.

And "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", as one of the fuses, will also be recorded, but the East China Metropolis Daily may have to be nailed to the pillar of shame all the time!

It took many years for our ancestors to build up credibility and authority, but all it takes to destroy it is a sensational piece of false news, and sometimes, like the song, it is more difficult to keep a business than to start a business.

Outside, public opinion has been directed at the news media, but within Yenching University, the controversy over archaeology and tomb robbery is still ongoing.

In recent years, almost every archaeological excavation has the figure of tomb robbers, archaeology always seems to be slower than tomb robbers, archaeological experts are always picking up tomb robbers' teeth, Chinese tombs are almost ten tombs and nine empty!

Now as soon as Zhang Chu's "Ghost Blows the Lamp" appears, many people simply confuse tomb robbery with archaeology, and the archaeology students who are already very angry about tomb robbery are even more unhappy.

What archaeology is official tomb robbery, what archaeological experts collude with antique dealers, what excavates people's graves to disturb the spirits of ancestors.

The masses who don't know the truth have too many misunderstandings about archaeology, and now Zhang Chu always encounters people from the School of Archaeology when he is in class, and his eyes look quite unfriendly!

In fact, most of modern archaeology is rescue excavation, active excavation is generally not allowed in China, archaeology is to protect those cultural relics, not for gold, silver and jewelry.

Now that he has already written about tomb robbing, Zhang Chu knows that he may already be the most unpopular figure in the archaeology department, and he is not willing to make fun of himself.

No book can please everyone, archaeology and tomb robbery are feuds that cannot be solved.

The class ended at more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and Zhang Chu did not go to the Mountain Eagle Club to participate in rock climbing training, but returned to the outside of the community.

At this time, Zhou Kang had been sitting in the café for a while, and he looked quite tired from the exhaustion, but he couldn't rest well at all before the matter was completely resolved.

"Uncle Zhou, you should go home and rest for two days, look at your face is not very good. ”

Zhang Chu said with concern, he didn't want Zhou Kang to lie down.

Zhou Kang waved his hand and said, "After the matter of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is completely over, I have time to take a holiday. I came to you on purpose for the next thing, you must pay attention to the scale inside, now everyone is staring at you, so many pairs of eyes are watching, there can't be anything illegal and criminal. ”

"That's for sure, I'm sure I'll have to take strict precautions, but fortunately the outline that follows doesn't cross the line. ”

"I heard Mr. Wu say that you are already suing the East China Metropolis Daily, what are your plans? Let them apologize, or do you want to compensate for any losses?" As an agent, Zhou Kang must understand these things clearly, so as to prevent them from happening.

Zhang Chu spread out his hands, "In addition to apologizing, I also asked for mental damage and reputation damage, just announce the donation when the time comes, I want the money to be useless." ”

"You are still a student, the focus is still on studying, but your parents called me to tell me to write less and let you study more. ”

"They didn't tell me directly, probably because they were afraid that I would be stressed!"

……

The two of them were chatting here, and the East China Metropolis Daily also officially received the mail sent by the Yanjing Municipal People's Court by express mail, which contained a copy of the complaint, a notice of proof, a summons for court and other legal documents!

Lu Hong sat in the office of the editor-in-chief, Sun Junliang, next to Cao An, the head of the legal department, who was just an ordinary reporter, and he was restless at this moment.

"Old Lu, you are also an old reporter, how can you make such a fundamental mistake?" Sun Junliang threw the courier document bag on the table with a bang, and he was full of anger at this moment.

The whole network is chasing after their newspapers and scolding, and the authorities in charge have also called to inquire about the situation, and almost all the news media people who are familiar with each other have drawn a clear line.

A small thing, stunned, was expanded into the whole news circle.

Lu Hong was a broken jar, and he said with some grievances: "At that time, it was just to watch the ghost blowing the lamp so hot, which happened to be related to the tomb robbery incident, who knew that it would become like this." ”

Sun Junliang didn't listen to this, of course everyone was happy when nothing happened, but after the accident, it was obvious that the newspaper could not bear the infamy, and a scapegoat must be introduced.

"No matter what happens now, you have to apologize to Zhang Chu in your personal name, we will fire you on the surface, and after the limelight passes, we will let you join the company under the newspaper. In short, this incident must be characterized as your private act, and it must not have anything to do with our newspaper!"

Lu Hong was actually mentally prepared to be abandoned, but he still had a glimmer of hope for the legal department, "Mr. Cao, if it is a lawsuit, do you think we have a chance of winning?"

Cao An shrugged his shoulders, he picked up the courier document bag on the table, found the civil complaint and read it: "This case is caused by the serious loss of time in part of the content of the long newsletter "Two Men Addicted to 'Ghost Blowing Lanterns' and Robbing Tombs in Less than 24 Hours" published by the defendant "East China Metropolis Daily".

The two suspects never mentioned ghosts blowing out lamps or robbing graves in interviews or police statements.

The court is hereby requested to order the defendant "East China Metropolis Daily" newspaper to immediately stop infringing on the plaintiff's right to reputation and remove the original electronic version of the newsletter from the website within a time limit; order the defendant to publish a written statement on the front page of its newspaper that has been reviewed by the people's court in advance, to restore the reputation of the plaintiff Zhang Chu and his work "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", eliminate the impact, and apologize; and order the defendant to compensate the plaintiff for mental and reputational losses of 1 million yuan. ”

Lu Hong was a little surprised after hearing this, he thought that the defendant was himself, but he didn't expect it to be the entire newspaper, maybe he didn't have to be fired!

"To be honest, our odds of winning are almost zero now, so I'm suggesting an out-of-court settlement. Cao An said helplessly, no matter how good a lawyer is, he can't save the mistakes made by his pig teammates.

Before Sun Junliang, the editor-in-chief here, could speak, there was a knock on the door, and his female secretary walked in with a fax with an anxious expression.

"Mr. Sun, something is wrong!"

Sun Junlang frowned, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

"Just now, the General Administration of the State News has sent us a fax to publicly inform us of the investigation and handling of false and untrue reports, and the reporter involved Lu Hong's press card has been revoked in accordance with the law, and it has been included in the record of bad professional behavior in news gathering and editing, and the relevant person in charge has temporarily accepted the resignation review, and the newspaper has been warned and administratively punished, and fined 100,000 yuan!"

After hearing this, Lu Hong's whole person seemed to have lost his spirit, and he collapsed directly on the chair.

It's over, it's all over!