Chapter Seventy-Three: Pleading
Today's Mirror came very early. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the old days, newspapers were sold around the clock; Today, as soon as the city gate opened, the people of the newspaper office entered the city, and as a result, many old readers could not buy the newspaper, and they were complaining in the streets.
However, what is more interesting than this is the content of the newspapers.
Unlike in the past, the most prominent feature on the front page today is a paragraph, not an introduction.
Pan Feiyu, a reporter from the Mirror Daily, had written several tabloids before joining the newspaper. One of them fabricated news and talked about other people's family affairs, causing innocent people to be humiliated and having a bad impact. Later, Pan Feiyu joined the Mirror Daily, first writing the "Recruitment Special Edition" to benefit people in the front, and then writing news to help people in the back, which shows his sincerity in deep reflection and determination to change his past wrongs. However, the township has its own statutes, and the country still has laws; Even if it is good, it cannot be removed from sin.
Therefore, Pan Feiyu decided to come to the door to ask for guilt, and Xiao Jing, editor-in-chief of the Mirror Daily, went with him. If you can get forgiveness from others and then settle the lawsuit, it is a good story; If the villagers hate what he does and don't want to indulge in evil, this is also Pan Feiyu's deserved crime, and others have nothing to say. He will go to the government to make the head......"
Just when everyone was talking about this apology statement, Xiao Jing and Pan Feiyu took a car to the place where Xiao Pan lived. Throughout the morning, they visited several village elders together. After the incident, the two of them found an inconspicuous place nearby for lunch, and wandered around the neighborhood until the next four o'clock.
"Let's go, nothing to fear." Xiao Jing patted Pan Feiyu: "We have done what should be done, and the rest depends on your creation." ”
Pan Feiyu was a little hesitant, but he still nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Xiao." ”
Walking on the road, the sun was very dazzling, and Xiao Jing couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his eyes. Unfortunately, a few rays of sunlight shone through his fingers on his face.
He suddenly remembered that he was often ridiculed by his relatives and friends in his previous life, "his fingers are too big to leak money", but he didn't expect it to be fulfilled in this life.
Last time, the advertising investment promotion will make more than 1,300 taels. After deducting and returning to Shao Ning, there are still more than 1,100 taels left. Just now, the four families who were victims of Pan Feiyu's pen should have received 200 taels of silver from the Mirror News. Counting the points of the mediation of the village elders and the mayor, there are more than 100 taels left in the results of the auction.
Two hundred taels of silver is not a small amount for an ordinary citizen's family. According to the calculation of three laborers in the family, the annual income of a family is only fifty or sixty taels; The compensation given by the mirror newspaper is almost equivalent to the total income of the family for three to four years, which is quite large.
Pan Feiyu suddenly stopped and said movingly: "Brother Xiao...... I really don't know how to thank you. For my sake, the newspaper paid so much money at once, I ...... Hey, it's too much to go. ”
Xiao Jing said: "They are all their own brothers, and money is a trivial matter." Besides, there are many ways to make money, and that's where it goes. However, there is one thing you must remember: this money is not for your sins, it is for us to pay for others. The harm suffered by others cannot be compensated with money! ”
With that, he walked forward again. He didn't go far, he bowed to the ground in front of the gate of a house, and said loudly: "Xiao Jing, the president of the Mirror Daily, and Pan Feiyu, a reporter, are here to apologize to the Zhang family!" ”
Perhaps it was the mediation compensation that worked, or perhaps it was because of the sincerity of the two that the first three families accepted their apologies. Some people's attitude was cold, others said that they had forgotten about it a long time ago, and a mother-in-law wiped the corners of her eyes to help Xiao Jing and said, "Little brother, don't be like this." Hey, you can teach him to be a good person! ”
Finally, we arrived at the door of the fourth house.
As soon as he shouted out, two people rushed out. One of them didn't say a word, and suddenly splashed a basin of liquid suspected of brushing pot water on Xiao Jing and Pan Feiyu's bodies; The other shouted scolding, and the deafening scolding soon attracted all the neighbors, many of whom gathered around and pointed at each other.
Later, the family simply threw things away. The rotten vegetable leaves were thrown away, and the person who splashed the water directly picked up a small stone and threw it at Xiao Jing. The stone hit his shoulder impartially, and the sudden pain made Xiao Jing grit his teeth and gasp.
Hearing the painful hum, Pan Feiyu couldn't help but whisper: "We sincerely came to apologize, why are they like this?" And beat people! ”
Xiao Jing turned his head slightly and glanced at him, lowered his voice and said, "As for the disgusting thing you wrote, people probably slaughtered your heart, so this reaction is normal, right?" A manly man, he carries his own mistakes, and fills the pits he digs! I hate how this person is so inaccurate, just go a little bit away from you! ”
Pan Feiyu said apologetically: "Actually, Brother Xiao, you really don't have to come with me, this matter has nothing to do with you in the first place......
Xiao Jing snorted and didn't answer.
Although the matter has nothing to do with him, he is now the leader of Pan Feiyu, and Xiao Pan is a person from the Mirror News. As the president of a newspaper, how can he not be responsible?
Xiao Jing originally planned to wait for the victim's forgiveness before officially publishing an apology statement, but who would have thought of such a thing as "Mr. Han". He was afraid that he would be preempted by ill-intentioned people and make his side very passive, so he directly printed a prepared statement in this issue of the newspaper.
The apology statement is also carefully worded. Xiao Jing didn't want to use public opinion to suppress the victims, so he put a lot of effort into the text.
For example, the sentence "If the villagers hate what they do and don't want to indulge in evil, this is also Pan Feiyu's deserved, and others have nothing to say", is to emphasize: If the victim is unwilling to forgive Pan Feiyu, then this is also what he should do, and other irrelevant people should not talk nonsense.
The two of them came to apologize with such fanfare, and the government must have made it clear. The number of lawsuits is closely related to the performance of local governors, and who doesn't want to get a good reputation of "turning the people into virtues"? Therefore, the government of 10,000 people who want to settle the lawsuit will not interfere in the matter of apology, and naturally they will not send people to get people so soon.
This time it's really well-intentioned. If people really can't understand, then Xiao Jing has no choice but to send Pan Feiyu to the official mansion.
scolded and scolded, beat and beaten, and the two were tired. They finally scolded a few times and then went back to the house and closed the door, neither forgiving nor unforgiving.
Seeing that there was no drama to watch, the crowd of onlookers dispersed. Xiao Jing and Pan Feiyu were still prostrated in front of the door, motionless.
Pan Feiyu turned his head and asked, "Brother Xiao, what should we do now?" Do you want to go back? ”
Xiao Jing shook his head and said firmly: "No, just stay here, don't go anywhere!" ”