Chapter 64: Prelude [Part 1]

"The Bureau of Information is going on like this, and sooner or later it will be completely finished. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½ā€

Hearing the news revealed by Kim Tae-ho, Park Jung-hyuk was worried.

It's not that he's anxious for justice and righteousness, it's just that MBC is united. If the matter of the Information Bureau is big, it will definitely involve the Arts Bureau, the Broadcasting Bureau and other departments.

If that time comes, what will his show do?

As a person with a small citizen mentality, Park Jung-hyuk does not have any righteous and awe-inspiring ideals. Work hard and live well is his highest life principle.

In terms of political matters, he avoids it like a snake and scorpion and does not want to touch it at all.

At the end of the day, he is self-aware.

Understand that a person like himself who has no foundation will not be able to stir up trouble and make something at that level.

People do whatever kind of things they do at any level, hiding in the basement and eating instant noodles, but they have the heart of the Blue House, this is not his style.

But this time, he still has to care about it.

Mainly because this incident involved his friend, and he was afraid of accidents.

"My Prosecutor, how are you doing?"

As soon as I heard that it was him, I sighed on the other end of the phone.

"My big PD, you MBC people are too good at tossing. Didn't you tell him to stay quiet, what are you messing about? Disrupted all our deployments. ā€

The person Park Jung-hyuk was talking to his high school classmate, Park Tae-hwan, who is currently working at the Busan District Prosecutor's Office.

Through the microphone, he smelled Park Tae-hwan's resentment.

"Hahaha, you can't tell me about that. I'm here in the Arts Bureau, and I can't manage the work of the Information Bureau. Besides, I think reporter Zheng Xuanwu did the right thing, can the son of a parliamentarian use money and power to evade the punishment of the law? ā€

"Hey, even you think the same way. You can imagine how difficult our work is. ā€

Park Tae-hwan couldn't stop being wronged, and he was deeply tired, as if there was something hidden behind it.

"What? Could it be that reporter Zheng Xuanwu did something wrong? I've read the material, and what he's saying is basically the truth. ā€

Now, there is no need for secrecy, and Park Tae-hwan has all shaken out.

"Yes, he's right. But he didn't know what was going on behind it, and he had mixed up the results of our months of work. Do you know that Prosecutor Liang Zaiwu's collection of money was actually arranged. The purpose is not to fish out the parliamentarians for bribery, but there is a spy case behind this. There was still a person in the car of the councilor's son. According to the information we received, the man was actually a foreign spy. We are preparing to use the clue of the congressman's son to find out all the lines that endanger national security. As a result, everything is ruined because of your broken journalists. Ah, Nishiba, those bastard reporters are all damned! ā€

Park Jung-hyuk was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that there was such a complicated situation behind him.

According to Park Tae-hwan, what reporter Zheng Xuanwu did was basically doing bad things with good intentions and destroying a more serious case.

"Hehe, that, the festival mourns and changes."

Park Jung-hyuk can only say this, and he also thinks that if this is the case, then these reporters are really not like talking.

At the same time, through this incident, he also saw the current chaos more profoundly.

Perhaps, the most innocent are these staff members at the bottom.

As for those who clamor the loudest, they may not really be righteous.

Political struggle, political struggle, in the final analysis, is all for the sake of interests.

Knowing this, he was even more reluctant to get closer to the current situation.

It's a pity that the earth will not change because of the will of a certain person, and what should come is still coming.

Zheng Xuanwu used his reporting autonomy, but in the end, his results were not made public.

When the press release was sent to the editorial department for review, the editor-in-chief in charge felt that the matter was so important that he did not dare to make an argument at all, so he immediately submitted it.

And seeing Zheng Xuanwu ignore the warning and act recklessly, it completely annoyed the top management of MBC.

The news did not appear in the newspapers, and the retaliation from above followed.

Zheng Xuanwu was fired on a variety of fictitious charges, including slacking off at work, false reporting, and accepting honorarium, and will never be recalled.

Zheng Xuanwu doesn't think that he has done anything wrong, he only feels that he is working with the belief of a media person, and he has been treated like this, and the grief and indignation in his heart can be imagined.

Zheng Xuanwu, who was furious, also disregarded his face, and ran to the door of the Yeouido National Assembly alone, holding up a sign to protest against MBC's dictatorial practices.

At this point, the last step of detonating the volcano was completed.

When Zheng Xuanwu's affair broke out, all the reporters of the MBC News Bureau took action, and the resentment that had been in place for many days completely exploded, and a collective strike was declared.

That's not all, in order to get justice for Zheng Xuanwu, they also stormed the press and publication office, occupied the news distribution and reporting center, and caused the news coverage of MBC to be completely suspended.

The top management of MBC did not expect that the matter would be so big at once, and immediately took measures.

Not only did they report the matter to the Blue House and the Cultural Promotion Committee, but they also asked the police to come forward.

At the same time, the striking journalists were warned that if order was not restored, they would be cleared by force.

The brutal approach of those in power did not work, but instead brought more opposition forces into the fold.

Enraged, the MBC Journalists' Association and the trade unions went all out and stood on a united front with the striking journalists.

Park Jae-han, secretary general of the MBC Employees' Union, sent a letter to the MBC president's office saying that if the top management did not immediately admit their mistake and reinstate Jung Seon-mok's work as a reporter, they would contact more people and further expand the scope of the strike.

Now that all the top management of MBC have accepted the instructions of the Blue House, the only task of their existence is to control the place and not let out any unfavorable remarks against the Blue House.

So even if the sky is boiling below, these high-level people are not afraid.

In the evening of the same day, MBC issued an official manifesto, claiming that the journalists' association and the staff union had threatened the television station, that the strike was not protected by law, and that all those who participated in the strike would not be paid.

The two sides have no intention of holding consultations or peace talks at all, and they have been forcefully confrontational with each other, making things out of control.

The rest of MBC's departments have also gotten the word that things are going in an unpredictable direction.

"Brother, what should we do? The news in the Arts Bureau has not been very good lately. It is said that the day before yesterday, Director Kim Jiusan and Director Chung Jong-ha had a big quarrel and threatened to have an all-out confrontation. ā€

In the small world of the office of "I Am a Singer", Kim Youkun pulled a group of people to Park Jung-hyuk's side, nervously seeking guidance.

Compared with them, Park Jung-hyuk is the one who scratches his head the most.

He is the leader of this group, and he is also a well-known PD in MBC, and once something happens, it is difficult for him to stay out of it.

This situation is something he has never encountered in his two lives. As for how to deal with it, he was even more at a loss.

But now that he is the boss of the family, he has an unshirkable responsibility. So despite the turmoil, on the surface, Park Jung-hyuk remained calm.

"Don't bother with the noise outside, we'll just be our own. If the situation really reaches the point where it is inevitable, it would be nice for us to follow the trend. Remember, don't be strong, it won't do you any good. ā€

These people in the "I Am a Singer" program group, even if they are Park Jung-hyuk, are all relatively young.

Compared with the old guys who have been in the TV station for more than ten years or decades, they are completely little greens.

If this kind of thing is rashly mixed in, it may become cannon fodder. So if you should be a turtle with a shrunken head, you still have to be a little cowardly.

"PD, what if the Arts and Entertainment Bureau also participates in the strike? We still have to work and earn a salary. As you know, the price of goods in Seoul is so expensive, if you don't have an income for a day, you can't live at all. ā€

Zheng Xiuyan chattered and was very dissatisfied with the current situation.

They are all people in the world, and they open the door seven times a day, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. Especially in the bustling city of Seoul, money is even more inseparable.

Ideals are important, but if you're hungry, everything else is in vain.

Especially people like Jin Youkun and Zheng Xiuyan, the salary is not high, and it is so hard. If you start a family, you will need to spend more money.

Their biggest fear is that if the strike spreads, they will lose their income.

This is a very real problem, which makes Park Jung-hyuk sigh.

"Don't worry, no matter what, I'll do my best to protect you. In any case, we are a united collective. In any situation, we must unite as one, and we must never give up. ā€

Born in troubled times, Park Jung-hyuk is right.

These people must be in a group to survive.

"Brother is right, we must persevere, and we must not be swayed by outside ideas. When and what to do, we need to judge the situation before we act. ā€

Min Zheji is very fond of Park Jung-hyuk's ideas.

He is very fond of artistic production, and it is because of this ideal that he came to be a producer. But for things outside the show, he is completely dismissive.

The escalation of confrontation in MBC made him very dissatisfied.

I always feel that these people do not focus on the work itself, and are entangled in matters outside the essence, which is a way to put the cart before the horse.

It's a pity that a simple person like him doesn't know how to chase the mentality of a profit-seeker.

In the end, they couldn't discuss anything, so they had to break up the meeting and go back to their own homes and find their own mothers.

Park Jung-hyuk left MBC with heavy steps with a depressed mood.

But when he walked out of the building and saw the situation outside, he couldn't help but pause.

I saw that the wide compound of Yeouido MBC was already full of people at this time.

The summer sun is scorching hot and dazzling, but it can't cover the whiteness of the ground. A crowd of black oppressors, but silently holding white banners.

That kind of resolute and silent posture, with a compelling air pressure, makes people unable to breathe.

A large white banner, like a layer of snow on the ground, brought a tragic atmosphere to this hot summer day.

MBC injustice and dictatorship, protest!

Colleagues in the Information Bureau have taken the lead.

Park Jung-hyuk knows that this is the prelude, and the bigger storm is still to come.

Faced with this kind of scene that he had only seen in his life, he actually gave birth to a cowardice of timidity, and he couldn't help but lower his head and bypass from the side. (To be continued.) )