Section 223 Interviews
Xu Yan took off his sunglasses and looked at Huang Xi - Xu Yan pretended to be a reporter, just to get rid of the entanglement of other reporters, Xu Yan didn't know anything about the work of reporters, how could he understand interviews?
But when the words came out, it was not easy to change his words, Xu Yan had to get up, asked the woman to sit down, and then ordered a cup of coffee for her - meeting his compatriots in a foreign country, not to mention a man meeting a young girl, this politeness and demeanor must always be said.
The young woman who came from the unknown appeared very enthusiastic and cheerful, and she first introduced herself: "Hello everyone! I'm sorry to disturb you, my name is Ye Huilan, and I am the editorial reporter of "Urban Anecdotes Weekly". Her voice was very sweet, soft and soft, like glutinous rice, and her voice was so good that Xu Yan couldn't even hear the accent for a while.
Xu Yan glanced at Huang Xi, who shook her head and signaled that she had not heard of such a newspaper. Xu Yan then knew in his heart - Huang Xi is a very careful person with a good memory. Since even she had never heard of this newspaper, it was probably some tabloid that was not very well-known.
Xu Yan smiled: "Hello, Miss Ye, my surname is Xu, my name is Xu Yan, these two are my friends, her name is Huang Xi, and her name is Zhu Youxiang." ”
Ye Huilan bowed slightly from her seat, greeted Huang Xi and Zhu Youxiang, and apologized for her uninvited interruption, Xu Yan smiled: "Since everyone is Chinese, this is nothing, anyway, we are also here to rest and chat, and there is nothing important." Miss Ye wants to interview us?"
Ye Huilan smiled heartily: "Hehe, I'm sorry, I thought you were local people in Tokyo at first." I really wanted to interview you, but I didn't expect to run into a peer. It's still my compatriot, so I took the liberty of sitting down and disturbing me -- yes. I haven't asked Mr. Xu yet, which media are you in?"
Hearing Ye Huilan's question, Xu Yan's face suddenly turned red -- if he said that he was not a real media worker at this time, wouldn't that be admitting that he was lying? He looked at Huang Xi for help, but saw that Huang Xi had deliberately looked away, looking at the street scene in the distance, and he had no intention of helping Xu Yan out of the siege.
Xu Yan was still thinking about how to make up a newspaper name, but when he heard Zhu Youxiang, he had already said lightly: "Mr. Xu is from the China Pig Farm Newspaper." ”
A smile froze on Ye Huilan's face, and she turned her head in disbelief. He said, "Ah, Miss Zhu, what did you just say? China Pig Farm Newspaper? Are you kidding? How can there be such a newspaper?"
"Haha, she's joking, joking~" Xu Yan hurriedly came over to interrupt the round, but he was smiling bitterly in his heart - Zhu Youxiang, this guy, don't look at her usual serious appearance, but she is actually very dark in her bones.
"Well, I'm a reporter from the China Rural Breeding News...... Hehe~~"
listened to Xu Yan's self-report. Ye Huilan's eyes widened and she looked at Xu Yan, but she squirted out a mouthful of coffee. She coughed repeatedly, Xu Yan handed her a tissue, and she wiped the coffee from her mouth after thanking her. But he asked: "Mr. Xu, are you joking? Since you are a reporter of the Rural Daily, you should not collect agricultural information." Why did you come to Ginza, Japan, to grab the news of monsters?"
Xu Yan hated in his heart. It's all to blame for Zhu Youxiang's pranks, she said that she was a reporter for the China Pig Newspaper. As a result, her own thinking was also deviated by her, and she also thought about raising pigs and cattle, and as a result, she hastily made up a strange newspaper name like "China Rural Breeding News", and now, I really don't know how to round this lie.
Fortunately, the girls around Xu Yan are all smarter and more capable than Xu Yan.
Xu Yan was still pondering how to answer, and Huang Xi had already spoken: "Our newspaper has recently been undergoing a transformation, to develop into an urban readership, to engage in all-round diversified reading, and to strive to attract more readers. ”
Ye Huilan frowned slightly, thinking to herself what kind of all-round development is you, a newspaper that mainly engages in agriculture and pig raising, and does not do a good job to report the news of monsters, but it is not good that new readers have not been won, but those old readers have been lost - you toss like this, did the original readers of those professional pig farmers agree?
It's just that everyone just met, of course she couldn't be so abrupt to teach the other party how to report, she smiled: "So that's the case." It's just that the media has to transform, which is very difficult, and it is not as easy as imagined. When we first met, she couldn't talk too deeply, so she could only stop there.
Fortunately, Xu Yan is not really engaged in the media, so he naturally doesn't care about this, he asked: "Miss Ye, I'm sorry, I take the liberty to ask, you are from China, but I have never heard of the newspaper "Urban Strange News Weekly", I have never heard of it......"
Ye Huilan thought to herself, what's so strange about this, hasn't you heard of that old lady of "China Rural Breeding News?" She maintained a gentle expression and said calmly: "This is not strange -- I am from Taiwan, and our "Urban Adventure Weekly" is only published in Taiwan. ”
She laughed self-deprecatingly: "Actually, even in Taiwan, not many people know about our weekly, we are a very niche publication, specializing in collecting articles on all kinds of supernatural, magical, mysterious and other mysterious events in the modern city, with a circulation of only more than 20,000 copies, so we can only barely maintain our business." As she spoke, Ye Huilan glanced at the boys and girls opposite, but she was thinking in her heart: However, you pig newspaper has been forced to go out to find the news of monsters to carry out transformation, and it is estimated that your situation is not much better than ours.
Xu Yan said "oh": "So that's the case! No wonder I think Miss Ye's accent is soft and soft, very gentle and good, it turns out to be a Taiwanese compatriot, no wonder!"
As he spoke, Xu Yan shook his head again and again, looking like he suddenly realized, Ye Huilan saw that her teeth were really itchy. She was also strange in her heart: this Mr. Xu said that he was a reporter for a newspaper that was about to collapse, but he was so young and talked and spoke so calmly. It's really surprising.
"Then, Miss Ye is looking for us. Is there anything we can do to help you?" Xu Yan said with a smile: "Although you are a compatriot from Taiwan, we are mainlanders. But in Japan, everyone is Chinese, and if you can meet here, everyone is also fateful. If there is anything that can help Miss Ye, please don't be polite. ”
Ye Huilan smiled heartily: "Then thank you so much-but, Mr. Xu, did you rush to Tokyo from China after hearing the news?"
Xu Yan shook his head and said, "No, we were originally traveling in Japan. This happened to happen, so the newspaper assigned us to come and collect information nearby. ”
Ye Huilan was stunned for a moment, she showed a surprised expression: "Could it be that the night when the monster made trouble in Tokyo, at that time, Mr. Xu, were you already in Tokyo?"
"Exactly, not me, Miss Huang and Miss Zhu are in Tokyo, we are together. ”
Ye Huilan smiled in surprise: "Ah, that's really good! Mr. Xu." Since you were in Tokyo that night, you must have had a lot of first-hand information about the scene, and you must have had a lot of feelings! Ah, you are so lucky. You must be able to be in the right place at the right time at this time, and you must have gained a lot!"
Ye Huilan looked at Xu Yan and Huang Xi enviously, and she asked, "May I ask Mr. Xu." Have you seen the monster with your own eyes?
Oh, I forgot to mention it. Well, our newspaper is doing a special feature called "Night of the Monsters". Mainly to report on the reactions of Tokyo citizens and tourists after learning about the monster that night, we wanted to look at this monster incident from the perspective of ordinary citizens and tourists, so that the whole incident seems closer to our lives and makes our readers feel more empathetic and realistic.
Mr. Xu, on the night of the monster incident, you happened to be in Tokyo, and you were a tourist from the mainland -- your example is very typical, and your thoughts may represent the views of many mainland compatriots on this monster incident, which is very representative, so I would like to be able to do an interview with you and delay you for a while, is that okay?"
Xu Yan and Huang Xi exchanged glances, Huang Xi shook his head slightly, Xu Yan was about to politely refuse the other party, but this Miss Ye Huilan was really a very clever girl, she was keenly aware that Xu Yan was about to refuse her interview, she quickly raised a hand and shouted: "Wait, Mr. Xu, you don't have to refuse first, you can listen to me before making a decision?"
As you know, our newspaper is only published in Taiwan, and it is a very niche newspaper, while your newspaper is distributed in the mainland, and the relationship between us is that the water from the well does not violate the water of the river -- so even if we have some communication and exchange between us, it will not constitute competition, and we will not be able to win your readers, and you will not be able to win my readers, do you say?"
Xu Yan shook his head: "That's true." But the question is, while I didn't do any harm to you in your interview, I didn't seem to do me any good?"
Ye Huilan frowned slightly: she really couldn't find any benefits to give Xu Yan. The funds of his newspaper have always been tight, like this interview, the newspaper is willing to solve his own travel expenses and accommodation is already very good, if he is to give this Mr. Xu the remuneration for the interview, it is basically impossible - and look at this Mr. Xu's temperament is not bad, the two girls around him, they are so beautiful, that Miss Zhu has an otherworldly temperament, Ye Huilan has a feeling that Mr. Xu and his companions are not objects that money can buy.
She clasped her hands together and waved at Xu Yan again and again: "Please, please, Mr. Xu, please help!
Mr. Xu, please, for the sake of everyone being a Chinese compatriot, Mr. Xu, you can help~~"
was pleaded so softly by a beautiful girl, Xu Yan really couldn't hold on for a while. At this time, Zhu Youxiang spoke: "Gongzi Xu, I see that this young lady is very embarrassed, how about you help her?"
Since Zhu Youxiang had spoken, Xu Yan naturally had nothing to do, but he still had a question: "Miss Ye, there are so many people in Ginza, why did you choose me for an interview? You know, the process of the monster battle that night was broadcast live on the TV station, and I am afraid that more than 10 million people in Tokyo watched it, so it is not easy to find an interview subject among them? Why did you choose me?"
Xu Yan asked, but Ye Huilan's face was slightly crimson, she pretended to look for a notebook and a pen in her bag, pretending not to hear - how could she be embarrassed to answer this kind of question? Could it be that she, a girl admitted by herself, that it was Xu Yan's elegant and free and easy temperament that attracted her, and that tall and handsome man had a feeling of standing out from the crowd, which attracted all her attention at first sight.
Xu Yan is a group of people, the man is handsome and chic, the temperament is extraordinary, and the woman is beautiful and refined, and at first glance he is not a mediocre ordinary person. When reporters cover the news, they all hope to meet those more representative figures. Seeing Xu Yan and his party, Ye Huilan fell in love with them at first sight, and felt that they were the best people to interview.
It is said to be an interview, but it is actually some answers and communication between the two sides. Ye Huilan took a small notebook out and chatted politely with Xu Yan.
Actually, the real monster, everyone has seen it on TV, but there is not much to ask. What Ye Huilan wanted to know about interviewing Xu Yan was mainly to know what Xu Yan saw and felt in Tokyo that night as an ordinary person, and to interview him as a news tidbit -- for example, what did you think at the time when you saw the news of the monster's appearance? Did you feel scared or panicked? Did you want to run away at that time? How did the people around you, including Tokyo locals or foreigners, behave like you? Are they afraid?
Nowadays, there are two main theories in society, some people think that the monster is an alien invasive creature, and some people think that it is just a rare beast that has not been discovered by human beings before, Mr. Xu, which view do you think is correct?
Or, Mr. Xu, do you have any other opinions?
For Ye Huilan's questions, Xu Yan was very cautious and answered her questions concisely and clearly, he cherished words like gold, and never used a second word for things that could be said in one word. He just said that he arrived in Tokyo on the evening of February 1 and stayed at the hotel, when he suddenly heard the news that something had happened in Ginza, Tokyo, and then it was broadcast live on the TV news. In the hotel, I also saw the scene of the Self-Defense Forces' helicopter group and tank convoy roaring towards Ginza. That night, I hid in the hotel to watch the live broadcast and didn't go out, until I saw late at night, and then I saw that there was no progress, so I went to sleep.
After listening to Xu Yan's story, Ye Huilan was slightly disappointed - Xu Yan said it too much!
The "Urban Adventure Weekly" she works for is a media outlet that explores the mysterious world unknown to mankind - well, to put it bluntly, a gossip publication dedicated to collecting those strange things.
The style of my newspaper is to be terrifying, to be horrific - or more precisely, to be unsettling, so that readers will buy it.
On several occasions, because the journal could not find news materials, he and the editor-in-chief had to make up some nonsense reports such as "Keelung villagers found the wreckage of a 3,000-year-old flying saucer", "a mysterious ancient Egyptian mummy suddenly resurrected and appeared in the center of an international metropolis", "New Taipei City haunted by evil ghosts, 35 people were killed by evil ghosts, and the police were unable to deal with it", "Tainan's top five supernatural hotels ranking" and other nonsense reports.
This time, a brutal monster that can transform into a human appears in the center of Tokyo, and a mysterious girl with strange abilities appears to fight it, which is the culmination of all the horror and bizarre elements!
In this big news that has caused a sensation in the world, if our own newspapers and magazines, as media specializing in publishing supernatural events, turn a blind eye to such sensational news, readers will never agree to it -- if they usually have no material to make up some news that they know is nonsense at a glance, readers can bear it, after all, supernatural and strange things do not happen every day. But when the real weird event happens, and the newspapers and magazines actually ignore it, the readers resolutely refuse to agree! (To be continued......