Chapter 122: Glenn and Anita
Listening to Brand's angry scolding and reprimand, Glenn felt very unconvinced, but he lowered his head and said nothing.
He was just an intern reporter for the sports department of the Daily Mirror, directly under the authority of Brand, who was his immediate boss. contradicted his boss, and he didn't want to spend the internship period and become a full-fledged reporter.
Glenn loved the job and it paid well, and he didn't want to just lose it.
So he could only endure it.
In fact, it was not easy for Glenn to get this internship, the Daily Mirror is not someone who wants to get in, even if it is just an intern reporter, the requirements are very high, with his resume to stand out in the competition of hundreds of people, it is almost impossible, he also relied on 'connections' to come in, because he has a good friend, in the "Daily Mirror" can still speak, so he directly after the interview.
But Glenn doesn't want to rely on his friends, he wants to rely on his own ability, make progress in his work, and rely on his own ability to work hard.
In this way, Bland must not be confronted.
Brand fired him, and he didn't have the face to talk to his friends anymore.
But listening to Brand's words and thinking about his work in the last few days, Glenn still feels very unhappy, the most unhappy of which is to report on Derby County, he likes football very much, and he also watches some Premier League and English League One games on weekdays, and he still knows a lot about some team information.
Before he joined the Daily Mirror, he knew about Derby County and their young Chinese coaches, and at that time, many media reports on Wansheng were not very good, and Glenn was very angry when he saw it, he felt that it was a discriminatory report by the media, not a neutral report at all, and after coming to the Daily Mirror's sports department as a trainee reporter, he confirmed his previous speculation - because he was taking the job.
For several days, he was helping to write coverage of the Derby County game.
Brand has only one request for this. It was to downplay the Derby victory as much as possible, and to downplay the role of the Chinese coach in Derby, which Glenn was disgusted with, but he still had to write about it in order to do his job.
Brand's angry rebuke made Glenn very unhappy, and he was also very unhappy about doing these reports, but in the face of his top boss, Glenn could only endure it like this, waiting for Brand's angry scolding to stop. He whispered, "So, Mr. Brand, what are we going to do?" β
Brand was in a bad mood today because Derby County's results were getting better day by day.
Thinking about the damn Chinese coach who once made himself ugly in public, he felt his heart burn, and a while ago, he heard that Derby County had won against Tottenham Hotspur. He knew he couldn't be sarcastic about Derby's results anymore, so he came up with a way to downplay Derby's victory.
Derby County have beaten Tottenham Hotspur and won a few smaller teams in the league. Isn't it normal?
This explanation is all too reasonable.
So these days, the news that appears on the Daily Mirror's physical newspaper and the state-run media website is only a slight mention of the Derby County victory, and by the way, it is important to stress to readers that the Derby County victory is normal. Nothing special to say.
But with Derby's back-to-back wins, that argument doesn't work
A league win is commonplace, but often league wins. Even pulling eight league points away from second-placed Norwich, if this is 'normal', it would be a fool to take the reader.
As a result, the Daily Mirror received a lot of complaints.
More than a dozen complaints came in, leaving Brand completely in a bad mood, he didn't know he couldn't go on like this, and when he saw Derby County beat Reading, he knew he was going to change tactics again.
But how, exactly?
Brand also had no choice, so when he saw Glenn write another report on 'downing' Derbyshire, he directly denied it, and scolded Glenn angrily by the way, which made him feel a lot more comfortable, but when he heard Glenn's question, he felt a little angry again.
"What are we going to do? You idiot! Can't think of a way? β
'You're calling me a fool and making me think of a way,' Glenn rolled his eyes, but he didn't dare to say it, so he could only try to ask, "Mr. Brand, why don't we do some praise for Derbyshire?" β
Brand immediately became angry, "Praise! Praise for that damned Chinese! Bullshit! Shit! I wouldn't do that! The Daily Mirror won't do that either! β
Glenn sighed.
If it is really to report on the Chinese coach of Derby County, in all fairness, Glenn feels that he can't praise enough, after all, the other party did lead Derby County to create a miracle, and the last few words of praise are just a very ordinary report, but obviously this will not work in front of Brand.
At this time, Brand suddenly spoke, "Praise! Praise yes, praise it! β
With that, he stood up and paced a few steps around the office, clapping his hands with a gloating smile on his face, "Yes! We want to praise him! What a great idea! It's not just about compliments, we're going to write a big story to praise him and write him as the number one coach in English football! Yes, that's how it should be! β
Glenn was a little confused, and he looked at Brand suspiciously.
Brand patted him on the shoulder and said, "You're still young, you don't know much about this!" You know, if there is too much praise, it becomes a boast! In the media industry, there is a term called 'slaughter'! β
Glenn opened his mouth, a little dumbfounded.
Brand nodded and continued, "We've changed our strategy for a while, didn't those readers say that our reports weren't true? Should we downplay the Derby game? Then listen to them! We want to praise Derby County and their Chinese coach, Glenn, you are responsible for writing such a manuscript, don't be stingy with praise words, your manuscript should make me feel goosebumps when I look at it, and describe that Chinese as the number one coach in the world, haha"
"It's funny that the number one coach in the world is funny"
Brand kept laughing.
Glenn still didn't understand, "Mr. Brand, you mean to say that I'm going to write a report specifically praising Derby County and Wansheng?" β
"What Wansheng? Call him a damned Chinese! β
"Alright! It's the damned Chinese. β
"Yes, that's it, you write a report like this, and the more praise you get, the better, and there will definitely be a lot of small media outlets following suit. That Chinese will definitely see the report as well. As long as we praise him and praise him, he will always see these reports and will definitely think that he is on top, he will make careless mistakes, and then he may be able to make Derby's results plummet! β
Glenn was really dumbfounded.
He didn't expect Brand to let him tout Wan Sheng for this purpose, in professional football, many young players are described as super talents with a little achievement, and then they are likely to be obscure, like shooting stars across the sky, there are many such players. Among them, the media's role in killing is really big, and the originally unknown players will feel that they have become stars, and they will indulge in media reports and no longer improve.
However, if this is put on the coach, it seems that it is feasible, and other coaches probably will not succeed, but Wan Sheng is too young, he is just 27 years old, and now he is going to do it himself?
Glenn felt hard to take, but Brand's words were unequivocal. That's what he's doing.
In the end, Brand also gave an indicator summary, "We want to say that Derby County is more powerful than Manchester United, and describe that damn Chinese as more capable than Ferguson and Wenger!" β
After Brand leaves, Glenn sits in his office. In front of the computer screen, I couldn't type a word.
He felt helpless.
Glenn felt it was wrong to do that, but it was his job, and he had to listen to Brand if he wanted to keep his job.
He wanted to remind Wan Sheng again.
But he didn't have a way. Second, he is now an intern reporter for the "Daily Mirror", and he is definitely suspected of 'collaborating with the enemy' to inform Wan Sheng.
"What now? Did you really do what Brand said? β
"But do I have any other options?"
Glenn smiled wryly.
The thought lingered in his head all the time, and Glenn had been like that all afternoon. It was easy to put together a report that satisfied Brand, and Glenn had just come home from work, and he tossed and turned for a long time that night, and he couldn't sleep, so when he went to work the next day, his eyes were bloodshot.
In front of the office building, he meets his good friend Anita, a college classmate who introduced him to work here.
Anita wore a skirt to highlight her slender figure and look beautiful, she seemed to be from here to hang out, not here to work at all, but many people passing by said hello to her friendly.
Glenn knows that Anita has a good family, but it's unclear how good it is.
But he didn't need to know that.
He has a girlfriend and gets along very sweetly. He and Anita can only be regarded as good classmates and friends.
Anita also saw Glenn, she walked over and asked strangely, "Glenn, why do you look like this, have you been working late lately?" β
Glenn shook his head, "I just can't sleep at night. β
"What happened?"
Glenn didn't say anything.
But Anita kept asking, and even chased him directly to his office, and Glenn could only tell the story.
"Wan Sheng?" Anita thought about it, "I think I've heard that name. β
Glenn said, "He's famous!" He was only 26 years old when he became the manager of Derby County, and he should not be 27 years old by now, but he has already led Derby County to League One."
Talking about Wan Sheng, Glenn immediately said a lot.
Anita rolled her eyes when she heard this, "You adore this Wansheng?" β
Glenn nodded, "Of course, I knew about him half a year ago, he is a person who can create miracles, and you don't know, he is also a genius, a top student at University College London, and"
Anita hurriedly interrupted him, "Anyway, do you think Brand's approach is wrong?" Are you just struggling with this? β
Glenn nodded.
Anita looked at him for a long time and smiled, "Glenn, you're just too kind." β
Glenn smiled wryly, "Then can you give some JianyΓ¬?" β
"You just do what Brand says." Anita said, "Brand is an old reporter, and he probably has some personal emotional factors in doing this, but this is not a loss to the Daily Mirror, Glenn, we are the media, we can't do what we like, but this is by no means fair, if you want to be a journalist, you have to remember this." β
"Brand's approach may have provoked enemies for the Daily Mirror, but we don't care about enemies at all, we are the media, we are a big company, we don't care about the enemy, but the sales of the newspaper!"
"According to you, he is a genius, he can create miracles, so he must not lack supporters, and we, as enemies and opponents, will be more beneficial to the sales of the newspaper, you must understand this."
Glenn nodded blankly, and he realized that Anita was much more mature than he was.
Compared to Anita, he was naΓ―ve like a child, even though he was actually a year older than Anita and a man.
After instructing Glenn, Anita walked out satisfied.
A cart full of newspapers passed by, and she took out a copy of today's newspaper and opened it, and saw the face of a Chinese on the front page of sports, with the name - Wan Sheng on it, and then she read it carefully.
Here's what Glenn wrote yesterday.
It carefully writes Wan Sheng's resume, as well as his experience coaching Derby County, and also praises Wan Sheng in various ways, and the message between the words is that this is a super talent in football, and he will become the best coach in the world in the future, even now, no worse than those big coaches.
He has a brilliant present and a bright future.
Anita read the content of the report, covered her mouth and laughed, and then she turned back to the large photo on the front page of the sports version, stared at it for a long time, and blinked to herself, "This is the Chinese that Glenn admires?" It's really interesting."
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