Chapter 47: Live Interview
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Drive along Highway 10 to the intersection in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles, turn onto Highway 5 and go straight northwest, half an hour later, Xiao Yang entered the city of Burbank, which is located between downtown Los Angeles and the earthquake-stricken San Fernando Valley, although there are still more than ten miles away from the epicenter, many damaged houses can be seen along the way, and there is also a striking sign board at the exit of the expressway, which reads "The road leading to San Fernando is damaged, please do not pass", Feeling the huge loss caused by this natural disaster made Xiao Yang, who had been mentally prepared, feel worried.
According to the address provided by Adrias Schneider, Xiao Yang easily found the location of the NBC branch, parked the car, and reported his name at the reception desk, Schneider immediately greeted him, shook hands and exchanged a few words, and took him directly to the news gathering room next door to the live broadcast, where Mr. Tom Brokaw, NBC's chief reporter and ace host, has been waiting for him for a long time.
American TV news hosts have always won with maturity, such as Mike Wallace (CBS), who is in his 70s, and Barbara Walters (ABC), who is 65 years old, are still active on the screen at this time, and Tom Brokaw, who was 54 years old at the time, can be called one of the representatives of the "young Zhuang faction".
While shaking hands and greeting each other, Xiao Yang carefully looked at this NBC "pillar", tall, gray-haired, ruddy complexion, not much different from the image seen on TV, but because of the lack of makeup, he could clearly see the deep bags under his eyes and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but it did not affect his tough and confident temperament and demeanor - after working in NBC for nearly 20 years, he was also the editorial director, director, and host of the evening news program. Broadcasting power in one, his demeanor of responding to all calls and not being angry and arrogant is naturally beyond the reach of a hairy boy like Xiao Yang who has never seen the world.
This gap in aura did not last long, just a brief conversation for a while, Tom Brokaw was impressed by Xiao Yang's mature, steady and funny conversation and calm performance, to be precise, he was shocked by the anomaly that such careful thinking and logic can appear in a young man under the age of 18 - because the invited interview subjects may not all have rich experience in the camera, so like a similar interview program, It is usually the experienced host who mobilizes the emotions of the guests and grasps the rhythm of the conversation, which is the main purpose of Tom Brokaw's communication with Xiao Yang about the content of the interview in advance, but judging from his current performance, this concern is obviously a bit unnecessary.
After a brief exchange of views on the main issues to be covered in the interview, Tom Brokaw called a middle-aged female assistant on an internal phone and took Xiao Yang to the dressing room to prepare for the camera, and according to the program, he will appear five minutes after the evening news starts.
At Tom Brokau's request, the makeup artist did not make a drastic "transformation" of Xiao Yang's appearance, but simply made a water-retaining mask, used foundation and colorless lip gloss to help him adjust his skin tone and lip color to suit the needs of night shooting, and also helped him deal with details such as eyebrows, nails, and hairline to make his image look more refreshing and tidy, and after tossing for nearly half an hour, another live broadcast assistant took him to the preparation room on the other side of the live broadcast room and handed him a micro wireless earbud, to receive real-time instructions from the program director.
Different from the form of talk shows such as "Jay Renault's Tonight Show" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show", news talk shows will not arrange audiences on the spot to set off the atmosphere, so in the live broadcast room at this time, in addition to Tom Brokao sitting behind the fan-shaped anchor station, the line board placed outside the camera screen and the large screen background board behind him, there are only a few staff members such as cameraman, sound recorder, and lighting engineer. Tom Brokaw's image appeared on more than a dozen monitors in the studio at the same time.
"Welcome to 'Watching the News with Tom Brokaw Every Night', we have previously made a preview of the show, and tonight's live broadcast room will have a heavyweight guest host, but before he appears, please let us pay attention to the latest developments in this earthquake relief situation with great sadness."
The words were about to fall, and the devastated post-disaster scene appeared on the big screen behind him, looking sideways at the palpitating and unspeakable scenes, Tom Broko's eyes were slightly red, and he choked up and said: "The statistics so far show that this terrible disaster has killed 13 people, another 12 people are still missing, 2,200 buildings have collapsed, and more than 1,400 have been seriously damaged, more than 40,000 homes have been cut off from water, 50,000 have lost electricity, and 35,000 have lost gas. The communication network has been paralyzed in a large area, and there have been nearly 100 fires caused by short circuits in electric wires and gas leaks, and the direct economic losses have reached 30 billion US dollars! More than 50 people were also arrested for looting, robbery, theft and violating curfew orders......"
“…… Here, I solemnly appeal to the people of the whole country to join me in praying for the victims and wishing their souls to ascend to heaven soon, and at the same time, we must also be glad and thankful that there is such a young man, with his extraordinary wisdom and courage, as well as his supernatural ability to foresee the future, to foretell us of this catastrophe in advance, thus avoiding more casualties and property damage. ”
Before his name was mentioned, Xiao Yang had already been reminded by the director, and when he heard Tom Broko's words, he took a deep breath, walked into the live broadcast room calmly, waved his hand at the camera that followed him, and came to the anchor desk and sat on the steel-framed chair prepared for him in advance, "Thank you for the invitation, Mr. Brokaw." ”
"You're welcome, Shaw, it's a pleasure to have you and me host this news show tonight, and by the way, you can call me Tom." After shaking hands with Xiao Yang and saying hello, Brokaw looked back at the camera and said, "Before unraveling the mystery of our prophet and guest host, please allow me to popularize some basic knowledge about earthquake prediction for everyone......"
It took less than a minute, and after a simple science popularization, he turned his head to look at Xiao Yang again and asked him: "Before getting into the main topic, I would like to ask a question that everyone is very interested in, as we all know, on the eve of the earthquake, your father announced in public that he would sever the relationship between father and son, is there any untold story behind this?" ”
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