Now, in the eyes of everyone, Hope Media seems to be standing on the opposite side of Wang's, as if it is deliberately targeting Wang's.

Although they themselves uphold the principle of documenting the truth, they hope that the media has indeed reported too much negative news about Wang's family during this time.

Moreover, those articles caused a huge repercussion in the whole society, and it is said that even some dissenting voices appeared within the Wang family, and many people sat quietly in front of the offices of the Wang consortium to protest the disunity of the Wang family during the war.

At this time, Wang's team always stayed in Los Angeles, hoping to meet Jiang Xu, and many reporters from other media also came here, hoping to take pictures of Jiang Xu's contact with Wang.

Hope Media has always been the leader of the media industry, and many media want to seize its handle and then push this behemoth off the altar of the industry.

In fact, as long as those media adhere to the principle of telling the truth and recording the truth like the hope media, they can also rise rapidly in this era and gain the trust of the people.

But in the end, they still chose to overturn the hope media, a faster and more effective way, as long as they can catch the picture of Jiang Xu's private meeting with Wang, then the reporters and newspapers that publish the news in the first place will be able to become famous in an instant.

This is the real world.

Now, the war is about to end, and I hope that the media will truthfully report some news in favor of the Wang family in the future, because this war is indeed the victory of the Wang family in the end.

Hopefully, the media's responsibility is to record the truth, and they can't erase Wang's credit, even if everyone is very dissatisfied with Wang.

But the more times like this, the more Jiang Xu can't meet Wang's people, and if he just finishes meeting Wang's people on his side, he turns his head and starts to report Wang's good news, and those who wait to see the hope media collapse will immediately make a big fuss.

At this time, Jiang Xu walked out of the building of Hope Media, although he was on crutches, his waist was straight.

Such a person who is clean and self-conscious, and adheres to principles, even if he is lame, does not hinder his bearing.

Most of the time, Jiang Xu has a special car to take him to Qinghe University, but I hope people in the media know that Jiang Xu also has a little habit, that is, when he is in a very happy mood, he will walk slowly by himself without a car.

Someone secretly asked him why, Jiang Xu's answer was that when a person is in a good mood, his eyes will be exceptionally clear and beautiful when he sees the world, and his life is very short, and there are not many times when he is in a good mood, so such a good scenery should be cherished.

Walking to the street, many pedestrians would smile when they saw Jiang Xu.

Many years ago, when Jiang Xu's leg was just broken, he became the most respected person in Los Angeles, and at that time, many people would take the initiative to greet Jiang Xu when they saw Jiang Xu.

After that, there were more and more things that hoped that the media would adhere to principles, and Jiang Xu became more and more respected, so that everyone couldn't help but greet Jiang Xu when they saw him.

Then everyone found that no matter whether Jiang Xu knew anyone he knew or not, he would return his greetings.

Later, everyone found out that Jiang Xu's voice was hoarse.

I hope that my colleagues in the media feel sorry for him, so I secretly told everyone not to say hello in the future, with Jiang Xu's character as the editor-in-chief, it is impossible for him to turn a blind eye to other people's greetings, if it is like this every day, no one can stand it, Jiang Xu's time is all delayed to say hello.

As a result, the people of Los Angeles slowly stopped greeting each other, but smiled after meeting.

However, today is different, the news of the phased victory in the war at the front somehow also reached Los Angeles, and some people couldn't help but come up and ask when they saw Jiang Xu's smiling face: "Editor-in-chief, seeing that you are in a good mood today, have you also received the news of a great victory on the front?"

Jiang Xu looked at the passerby who was asking, he smiled and said, "Yes." ”

"When will the war end, and will we achieve final victory?"

"I can't be sure of this," Jiang Xu replied sternly, "everything is subject to the news published in the newspaper, but I personally hope that the war will end as soon as possible." ”

The pedestrians jumped up: "Did you hear that, the editor-in-chief also received the news, the front line has indeed won a big battle!"

At this time, someone asked: "Editor-in-chief, it is now rumored that during the war, the Wang clan sent people to destroy the Qing clan's nuclear test base, is this true? It is said that the Qing clan is about to hold a press conference." ”

Jiang Xu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this matter to spread so quickly, but he didn't intend to answer this question: "I can't express my opinion until there is no conclusive evidence to prove that it was the Wang family's doing." Okay, I'm going to rush to the students. ”

After speaking, Jiang Xu said goodbye to everyone with a smile.

As a result, before he could take two steps, a young man in a suit suddenly bumped into him head-on, and the young man walked so fast that when he bumped into Jiang Xu, he almost made Jiang Xu, who was on crutches, fall to the ground without standing firmly.

Jiang Xu barely stood firm and looked at the young man who was hurrying by, the young man whispered sorry and quickly disappeared into the corner of the street.

However, the moment the young man disappeared, a huge neon billboard not far from Jiang Xu suddenly fell to the ground, making a huge bang.

Jiang Xu suddenly looked back at the billboard on the ground, if it wasn't for the young man who hit him just now, according to the speed of his walking, he would probably have been stoned to death under the billboard by now.

At this moment, Jiang Xu looked at the broken billboard on the ground, the shopkeeper in the store rushed out, the other party glanced at the billboard on the ground, and then saw that his billboard almost hit Jiang Xu, and hurriedly apologized to Jiang Xu, and asked Jiang Xu if there was anything wrong.

Jiang Xu waved his hand and said it was okay, and then looked at the billboard thoughtfully.

Suddenly, instead of walking towards Qinghe University, he turned around and walked to another street.

Jiang Xu walked through the long streets of Los Angeles, where the paulownia trees on the side of the road had just sprouted, and the sunlight penetrated the branches and leaves and fell to the ground, and everything was mottled.

He returned to his home, and as soon as he opened the door with the key, little Garfield rushed to his feet, holding his feet and neck.

Jiang Xu was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Luna, do you feel anything too?"

As he spoke, Jiang Xu sat on the walnut stool used to change shoes at the door, held the little Garfield in his arms, and gently tickled it.

In an instant, the cat comfortably stretched out its paws and looked very cute.

Jiang Xu walked to the house with the cat in his arms, simply cleaned up the cat's cat litter and the cat's toys, and then picked them up and walked outside.

He came to the door of the neighbor's house and knocked on the door, the door was opened by a seven or eight-year-old girl, Jiang Xu greeted with a smile: "Xiao Yue'er, are you home alone." ”

The little girl named Li Yue'er looked up and saw Jiang Xu and said in surprise: "Grandpa Jiang Xu! Mom and Dad have gone to work, and I'm home alone!"

Jiang Xu squatted down with difficulty and put the cat nest on the ground, and then handed the cat to Li Yue'er, he said with a smile: "You used to like to play with Luna the most, and now I'll give her to you, okay?"

Li Yue'er's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"Really," Jiang Xu smiled and rubbed Li Yue'er's little head, the little girl's watermelon head was all messed up, but the little girl's attention was all focused on Luna.

It seems that Luna and Li Yue'er are also very familiar, so they have no intention of resisting when they are held by the little girl.

Jiang Xu stood up: "Take good care of her." ”

Li Yue'er saw that Jiang Xu was leaving, so she hurriedly asked, "Grandpa Jiang Xu, where are you going?"

Jiang Xu looked at Li Yue'er and said with a smile: "To do some more important things, I always feel that there are still a lot of things to do." ”

With that, Jiang Xu left.

Finally, he looked back at the house he had lived in for decades, and the yard was full of freshly sprouted garlic sprouts, and the sun was just right.

......

At 10:20 a.m., Zhang Chentong was reviewing the manuscript in his office, and he saw Jiang Xu's figure through the glass.

Zhang Chentong got up and asked, "Editor-in-chief, didn't you go to class?"

Jiang Xu said to Zhang Chentong: "Let's make a sauerkraut fish in the canteen at noon, you ask the master who sent the ingredients to send some over." ”

Zhang Chentong was stunned for a moment: "Okay, okay." ”

Jiang Xu returned to his office and looked at it silently, then took a stack of letter paper and sat at the table, he filled his pen with ink, and then picked up the pen and wrote: "Xiaosu, first of all, congratulations to the Northwest Army on its great victory in Zuoyun Mountain, I was very encouraged when I heard the news. I had always thought that Fortress 178 might be out of the way, but it turned out that I was wrong, but I was happy to learn that I had miscalculated the situation......"

"When we first met, you sat in the conference room like an ordinary teenager, and when you wrote don't let the sorrow of the times become your sorrow, I was touched in my heart, but I always felt that this should not be the words that you can say at your age. But at this moment, I am very happy, because I am sure that you are the practitioner of this sentence, thank you for protecting Hope Media that day, which lets us know that Hope Media is not alone on the road of adhering to principles and truth......"

"The path of upholding principle and truth is hard and dangerous, and I knew it from the beginning. But if there is a need for a founder on this road, I Jiangxu is not the first, nor will I be the last......"

"Nice to meet you, good luck and take care. ”

Jiang Xu wrote four letters in a row, each addressed to different people.

Zhang Chentong knocked on the door and came in and whispered, "Editor-in-chief, the master who delivered the ingredients is here." ”

Jiang Xu got up and stuffed the four letters into Zhang Chentong's hands: "Put them in their hands." ”

After saying that, he turned around and opened the safe in the office, took out a brown paper file bag from it, and walked towards the back door of the cafeteria downstairs.

There was already a fat driver waiting there, and Jiang Xu greeted with a smile: "You are fat again." ”

"The living conditions are good," said the chubby driver with a smile, "why did you suddenly ......?"

Jiang Xu interrupted him, and then stuffed the file bag to him: "Send it to the old place, this information is very important, it can't fall into the hands of someone with a heart, and you must wait for a fifty-year secrecy period before it can be made public." ”

"Okay, I understand," the chubby driver nodded seriously, he hesitated for a moment and suddenly asked, "Editor-in-chief, is something going to happen?"

On weekdays, this kind of secret information is transferred on time, but today Jiang Xu unusually asked for the delivery in advance, something must have happened.

Jiang Xu patted him on the shoulder and said calmly: "It's okay, don't think about it." ”

The chubby driver saw that Jiang Xu's face really didn't have a panicked look, so he put his mind at ease.

He hid the file bag in the dark compartment under a cargo box, then turned around and got into the car, and when he turned around, he saw Jiang Xu looking at himself seriously, as if he wanted to remember himself firmly.

It's like a silent goodbye.

Jiang Xu looked at the truck getting farther and farther away, and he said to Zhang Chentong: "Drive me to Qinghe University, please tell Qinghe University, I will change the class time today and take up everyone's lunch break." ”

Zhang Chentong calmly arranged all this, while Jiang Xu stood in the building of Hope Media, looking at the names on the walls, which were the names of the pioneers on their road.

Li Xiang, investigating the current situation of the use of gutter oil by the Barrier Alliance, was stabbed dozens of times by gangsters on the way home from leaving the newspaper office and died on the spot.

Jiang Weisuo, investigating the fraud of Zhou's Kong's Dairy, was beaten to death in retaliation.

Jian Guangzhou.

Le Qian.

Yang Wei.

Gao Qinrong.

These names are engraved on the walls of Hope Media, reminding all journalists of what path they are taking.

In fact, many people think that the reporters of the hope media are courageous, resolute, and fearless, but in fact, Jiang Xu knows very well that the people he knows are no different from ordinary people.

They can also be terrified and panicked.

The word responsibility is not as beautiful as imagined, but as cold as a rock, but even so, these people still choose this most difficult path with trepidation.

And there will be many more people coming down this path.

Just like what Jiang Xu wrote in the letter to Ren Xiaosu, the founder of this road, he Jiang Xu is not the first, and he will not be the last.

Jiang Xu walked to the wall engraved with names on crutches, and gently wiped the dust off "everyone" with his sleeve.

Zhang Chentong came behind him: "Editor-in-chief, the car is ready, and the students from Qinghe University are also waiting." ”

Jiang Xu resolutely turned around and walked out of the building and got into the car.

When he arrived at the classroom, the classroom was already full of students, Jiang Xu smiled: "I'm sorry that the morning class was not completed because of something delayed, and now it takes up everyone's lunch break, so I'm very embarrassed." ”

The students in the audience didn't think much about it, everyone just said: "It's okay Teacher Jiang Xu, you can talk about it, anyway, we don't have the habit of taking a nap." ”

Jiang Xu smiled: "I teach social humanities and politics classes, but today I want to talk about something different." Do you want to know what I was doing when I was your age?"

The students became interested all of a sudden, and the editor-in-chief Jiang Xu rarely mentioned his past, and this class was worth it!

Jiang Xu looked at a female classmate: "Guess what I was doing when I was your age?"

"You must be investigating some unfairness," the female classmate said in a loud voice, "Maybe you are hiding in a certain consortium to investigate first-hand information." ”

This answer is probably the answer in the hearts of every student.

However, Jiang Xu shook his head: "No, when I was as old as you, I still wanted to be a knight, at that time, I didn't do my job, I ate and drank every day, and I was even caught by the Order Division for smashing other people's glass, and it wasn't until I was thirty-one years old that I suddenly felt that I couldn't play like this." ”

The students were stunned for a moment, they didn't expect Jiang Xu's past to be so bland.

In their opinion, Jiang Xu should be the kind of person who was a good student when he was in school and the president of the student union when he was in college, but they didn't expect Jiang Xu to be like a gangster before he was thirty-one years old, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Jiang Xu said calmly: "I told you this thing to let you understand that when you want to work hard to change yourself, it's never too late. To put it mildly, the best time to plant a tree was ten years ago, followed by now. ”

"This war made me understand that Qinghe University still protected you too well in the past, and you should really go outside to see what changes have taken place in the world today, so that you can become more pragmatic," Jiang Xu said: "I believe in your potential, so when you start to grow, it will definitely change rapidly." ”

The students under the podium suddenly felt that today's editor-in-chief Jiang Xu seemed to be a little different, not only the content of the lecture.

But listening to Jiang Xu's words at this time, he changed his words: "But when you are about to change, I hope you can remember every word I say below."

As you begin to see the diversity of society, I hope you still believe that rules can triumph over unspoken rules.

I still believe that the school field is different from the officialdom.

I still believe that scholarship is not the same as power.

I still believe that the wind is far better than the charm of the bones.

Nowadays, there are more and more people pursuing levels and fewer and fewer people pursuing truth; more and more people are talking about treatment and less and less about ideals. Therefore, as you go out into society, all I want to say is, please take care of your passions and ideals. In this age of doubt, we still need faith. ”

Jiang Xu looked at the silent students under the podium, and he continued to speak: "In Hope Media, there is an archive that preserves many secrets and truths, I may have seen more darkness in this world than you, but I have seen so many truths and darkness, but I still love this world. Don't let the sorrow of the times become your sorrow. ”

After speaking, Jiang Xu turned around and walked out of the classroom, which was the last lesson he taught at Qinghe University.

Zhang Chentong was waiting outside the classroom, ready to drive Jiang Xu away after class, but Jiang Xu said to him: "You go back to Hope Media first, I want to go alone." ”

After Zhang Chentong also left, Jiang Xu walked through the Hongde Square of Qinghe University on crutches, walked through the tree-lined path next to the tennis court, and walked past the sculpture of the dripping spring in the center of the school.

He looks back on it all, and this is the path he has walked every week for more than 20 years, and it is no different today than it was in the past.

When he first came here, he was still very young, and at that time he wrote in his notebook, riding the wind and going for thousands of miles, looking down at the mountains and rivers, but now he is old.

Thinking of the names of the pioneers on the Wall of Hope, he felt that he was fortunate that he had not missed a day on this bumpy road.

Jiang Xu kept all this in his mind, and then calmly walked outside the school.

The moment he stepped out of the school gate, a huge fire suddenly erupted in the next street, and it seemed that someone was fighting there.

In an instant, an amber dragon flew into the sky, then swooped down into the next street.

Since the previous scuffle, the peace of Los Angeles has been shattered again.

The inhabitants of Los Angeles began to flee, and huge black smoke rose into the sky as the flames burned.

The sound of gunshots, explosions, Jiang Xu walked calmly in this noisy world, he stood at an intersection and looked at a young man in black standing on the opposite street.

The surging crowd fled through the streets, but Jiang Xu and the young man stood still.

Jiang Xu no longer looked at the other party but at the huge Los Angeles, this is where he has lived all his life, before this he knew that this day would come sooner or later, and he was even afraid of it.

But when it really came to this moment, he was not afraid.

Jiang Xu seemed to see phantoms appear beside him in a trance, including Jian Guangzhou, Li Xiang, Le Qian, and Yang Wei, all of whom were smiling at him.

And the younger self.

The young self asked softly, "Do you regret it?" ”

Jiang Xu laughed: "I don't regret it." ”

After speaking, all the illusory light and shadow dissipated in his heart, Jiang Xu turned his head to the young man in black and said, "Do it, don't hurt the innocent anymore." ”

The young man quietly raised the muzzle of his gun and pulled the trigger.

The bullet seemed to have cut between the crowd and the sea, and also cut the life.

Blood stains spread from the gray suit on Jiang Xu's chest, and Jiang Xu slowly sat on the ground, gently putting his crutches aside, like treating an old friend.

At this time, a young man in a suit came running wildly on the street, and the young man's face was covered with blood.

The black-clad gunman originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but when he saw the young man in a suit, he directly raised his gun to his chin and pulled the trigger.

Immediately, the black-clad gunman's head was pierced by a bullet.

The young man in the suit looked at Jiang Xu's body from a distance, and he said in the headset: "The mission has failed, evacuate." Repeat, mission failed, old Don, evacuate as soon as possible. ”

......

Thirty years ago, a ruffian young man walked in from outside a small newspaper office, and he pushed the door in and shouted, "Are you looking for reporters here?"

The door of the newspaper office was broken, as if it had just been smashed, and there was only one old editor left in the newspaper office.

The old editor lifted his glasses: "We don't recruit idle people here." ”

"Hey, old man, be careful when you speak, what do you mean by idle people in society," the young man was not happy.

The old editor looked at him silently: "What's your name?"

The young man said: "Jiang Xu, if you don't change your name or sit down, you don't change your surname, Jiang Xu, West Street in Los Angeles! Have you heard of me?"

The old editor was happy: "I've heard of it, so why do you suddenly want to be a reporter?"

Young Jiang Xu thought for a while and said: "I just don't want to mess around anymore, my mother said on her deathbed that if I continue to mess around like this, she won't be able to die, and I always feel that this world shouldn't be like this, you understand, I saw ...... the day before yesterday."

The old editor asked, "Why did you come to our newspaper?"

"I heard a few days ago that you were smashed because of your report on the shady factory scene," the young Jiang Xule laughed and said: "Don't worry, when I come, who will dare to come and smash the door?"

The old editor handed him a form: "Have you ever heard of the profession of investigative journalist?"

"Investigative reporters, do you still have a classification of journalists?" the young Jiang Xu wondered.

"Of course," the old editor smiled, "It's the most dangerous profession in journalism, and it's the hardest path in the world." ”

The young Jiang Xu became proud: "The old guy understands me, I like the hardest one!"

The old editor confirmed again: "Don't hit the south wall and don't look back?"

The young Jiang Xu smiled brightly: "Don't worry, you won't look back if you hit the south wall." ”

......

Today, this chapter is 6,000 words, and it takes a bit of energy to write this chapter, and many of the things I want to say are in the story.

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