Chapter 16: Saito's Story – The Conscience of a Journalist

In the office, Editor-in-Chief Saito's desk is covered with manuscripts.

"Eh, the report is dismissed?"

Mo Yu and Minako shouted in unison.

The two looked at each other, as if they couldn't believe what they heard was true.

"What the hell is going on?"

Minako slapped the table with a bang, "We worked so hard to get the picture, why was it blocked like this?" ”

"Ahem,"

Somewhat surprised by Minako's excitement, Mo Yu reminded in a low voice, "Minako, pay attention to the image." ”

"Oh~"

The latter only then noticed his faux pas.

[Oops! It's the boss of the unit in front of me.,You can't lose your temper with people casually like in my brother's company.。 】

The girl hurriedly collected her excitement, sat back on the sofa, lowered her head, and secretly observed the expression of the editor-in-chief Saito from time to time.

"That, editor-in-chief, Minako is a little excited, please don't blame her."

Mo Yu hurriedly helped Minako explain, "She didn't mean to offend. ”

Minako secretly cast a grateful look at Mo Yu.

Saito replied depressedly,

"You're overnervous, am I that stingy? In fact, I don't understand your feelings~. How do you say that?"

The editor-in-chief changed his comfortable sitting position, took out a cigarette, and was busy looking for fire, and Mo Yu hurriedly handed over the lighter.

Green smoke rose from the clouds, and Saito's face showed a pleasant expression, brewing emotions.

"It's not that there's a flaw in the photos you took, it's that there's something wrong with the accompanying commentary."

"Look at what you all wrote? TPC's mistake - a nuclear explosion reappears in Japan, and Superman saves the public. What is this all about! Who wrote this article? ”

Minako lowered her hand, and then quickly put it down, her face was aggrieved, and her eyes were already red.

"Minako just wrote the truth truthfully, 'Our duty as reporters is to reveal the truth hidden behind the scenes to the public' - didn't you say that yourself, editor-in-chief?"

Mo Yu complained about Minako, and he couldn't be more aware of the effort Minako spent on this article.

When she handed over the first draft to herself this morning, Minako's eyes were red, and it was clear that she hadn't slept all night.

That's not all, because I'm worried that the writing is not up to par, Minako asked herself to help him process and polish, and it took a long time to complete this article that satisfied both of them.

"It's true that as journalists, we shouldn't be pursuing anything other than the truth, but before we are journalists, we are human beings, and we should think about more things—"

"Yes, yes, the world wants to be harmonious, and our articles are not harmonious, so they must be harmonized."

Mo Yu shouted dissatisfiedly.

"What are you muttering?"

"Nothing?"

The young man who was angry said casually.

Saito didn't understand Chinese and didn't understand what Mo Yu was talking about, but he could guess the general meaning.

Seeing that the other party was noncommittal, he suddenly thought that the other party was also a young man, if it was himself back then, maybe he would be even more excited than him, and he had the idea of having a good talk with them at the moment.

This is also due to Mo Yuping's respect for him, so Saito has the heart to have a good chat, and if he wants to change someone else, he dares to fight with him like this, hum, and threw over the teacup early. The nickname of the One-Eyed Eagle Demon didn't come out of nowhere.

"When I first joined the work, I was just as strong as you, and I wanted to make a big career."

Saito looked nostalgic, "But I'm not as lucky as you, to be able to have your own column at such a young age, and at that time, I also ran around the life section and recorded a little bit of family shortcomings." ”

"Half a year, or a year, it's been too long, I can't remember clearly, the trivial and trivial things make me feel very bored, can I only be a reporter at the bottom for the rest of my life? I asked myself more than once. It wasn't until soon after I finally came across my chance. ”

"That was the forty-first year of Showa, when there was an incident that shocked the whole society. A family of six was poisoned, except for the 8-year-old eldest son, who survived the tragedy, his parents, grandparents, and his 4-year-old sister all died in this tragedy. ”

"It's miserable."

Mo Yu could imagine how the child would feel when he woke up in the face of an empty home.

Minako had already pricked up her ears to listen, and covered her mouth in surprise when she heard this.

"The worst is yet to come. There was no leakage in the gas lines, no damage to the safety equipment, but the person died, and after a hasty inspection, they were left with only one conclusion of an 'accident'. The person in charge of investigating the matter at the time did not mention the truth of the matter, and even my seniors at the time advised me not to investigate further. ”

"It's obvious that someone is deliberately covering up the truth!"

Minako muttered.

"Yu, if it were you, what would you do?"

Mo Yu replied without thinking.

"Naturally, it is to find out the truth behind the matter."

"That's what you did back then. At the end of the day, I finally found out the truth - it wasn't an accidental gas leak, but someone turned the gas switch. The 8-year-old eldest son turned on the gas switch because of playfulness, and then forgot to turn it off, which directly became a tragedy of six people in the family and five deaths. So-"

"I smelled the smell of fame in this incident, even the most mainstream media were overwhelmingly promoting that it was just an accident, constantly emphasizing safety awareness, and I thought at that time, if I can expose the truth of the matter and refute the incompetent big media and the government, I and our newspaper will be able to make a hit."

"What happened then to frustrate your plans?"

"It's my senior! As you do now, my manuscript was blocked before it could be reported. I reacted exactly the same way you do now. But after my senior told me something, I gave up on that plan. ”

Mo Yu looked down and thought about it, and seemed to touch a little bit in his mind about the point that Saito wanted to say, but he couldn't fully grasp it.

Minako held her chin and waited to hear what Saito had to say next.

"My seniors told me that if this report is published, I can indeed become famous, but it may ruin a child's life. Originally, the death of a family of five was already a terrible tragedy, if this child grew up and saw this report and understood that his relatives actually died because of himself, what would he think? Will his life be able to go on normally? It's not that the government and other media are incompetent, it's that they pretend not to know and work together to compile a web to save a child's life. ”

"My predecessor finally said to me that as journalists, in addition to reporting the truth, we also have the responsibility of safeguarding the lives of those involved in the report. Every sentence we say in a different tone, a different wording in the article, may convey a message that is very different from the public, and some of them are even contrary to what we originally meant. Thinking carefully and acting cautiously is not only our right, but also our obligation. ”

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[The editor-in-chief's words are indeed good, it seems that I am indeed a little too tender. 】

On the way off work, Mo Yu walked slowly, and the editor-in-chief's sincere words kept echoing in his mind.

Although the TPC organization has such and such shortcomings, they are indeed fighting as best they can to protect humanity, not to mention that Dagu transformed into Tiga to face dozens of battles against strong enemies, and the people of GUTS have narrowly escaped many times, it is really unfair to deny the meaning of their existence just because there are no obvious results.

The previous article that sparked a wave of public opinion, "The Great Age of Monsters Strikes - Who Can We Rely On?" Although the author did not sign it, Mo Yu knew that the article was written by himself for 3 nights, and the purpose was to stimulate the improvement of GUTS's combat power, and to vote for a competitor's newspaper rather than his own newspaper, more to avoid suspicion. Now it seems that the stimulation is the stimulation, and the effect is even more unimaginable, almost to the point of getting out of control, and the article written by Minako will be sent out again, which may cause a new round of social panic.

Behind Mo Yu, a man holding a newspaper slowly followed him...

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PS: This one is a bit late, there is no fight plot, it is mainly a reflection of Mo Yu on what he has done, and it is also the first step for the protagonist to begin to mature. This can be regarded as a feeling, and the recent uproar in the case of a college student killing a female teacher and mutilating the body is an example. Original text - a junior high school student killed a female teacher and broke the corpse, one turn - a college student killed a female teacher and humiliated the body, two turns - a junior student killed a female teacher and raped the body, the rumor is really terrible, it was originally a matter of nothing to do with college students, but it turned out to be the most nonsense to criticize the quality of college students and question the necessity of college education. Finally, by the way, I congratulated myself on my 23rd birthday, and I was one step closer to a mature uncle.