Chapter 34: A Reporter's Little Trick
Anne packed up her belongings and prepared to leave the office area, but was stopped by Catherine when she passed by the door.
"Annie, you haven't paid yet!"
"Oh, yes, there's this one." Anne nodded, took out 30 knives from her pouch and handed it to Catherine.
Catherine accepted the money with a smile and said to Yi Annie: "Don't worry too much, you see that I also gave you a divination last week, saying that there is no problem, isn't it all solved smoothly." It seems that today's divination results are more optimistic than last week's, so take it easy. ”
Despite Catherine's words, Anne planned to sit in her office this week and sort out the folklore clippings Steven had given her.
Although Yi Anne planned to do so, things still found her.
Early the next morning, a shootout broke out between a serial murderer and police in a half-built apartment building in Changhu Park, killing the killer and causing heavy casualties to the police.
In any case, the press center is required to be fully staffed, whether it is to take pictures or interviews, and to get first-hand information.
In various TV and movies, the reporter disrupted the police at the scene of the crime and asked more uncomfortable questions to the victim, which made people not like reporters very much.
Of course, on the other hand, the good habit of reporters breaking the casserole and asking questions to the end, as well as the first-hand gossip information they expect from the victims, also make reporters skip the police and become the ones who solve the case in some films and television.
But on the other hand, Catherine's divination is really good, and yesterday she only predicted that the murderer would have a good result, and today the murderer is dead.
Of course, if the murderer does not die or is not caught, the police will also be scolded to death by the people.
Catherine was reluctant to ask everyone to go to Long Lake Park to grab materials. For her, she is the only one in the divination version, and she has to prepare seven days of divination information five days a week, which is a lot of work.
So, after weighing it up, Catherine took sick leave and went home to sleep.
Anne had no way to turn to Catherine, and one of her editorial assistants didn't know what she could do.
Editor-in-chief Charlie waved his hand: "Betty, you take Annie!" ”
So, Anne followed Betty to Long Lake Park.
Although the police have pulled a yellow line on the periphery of Changhu Park, they have also said before that the scope of Changhu Park is very large. Even though the police blocked the main road, Anne and Betty found a path into the park.
The police's main area of investigation is on the side of the residential area under construction, some distance from the entrance to the park for Anne and her family.
Yi Annie looked at Betty, she did not wear her usual professional clothes today, but wore a set of youthful and beautiful sportswear, wearing big sunglasses, a peaked cap, a tennis skirt that only reached her thighs, and a pair of straight legs, full of toned atmosphere.
Yi Annie had already gone out when she received the news from the news center, and she didn't bother to go home to change her clothes, but she usually dressed more casually, a T-shirt and jeans, and it was not abrupt to come to Changhu Park.
When the two approached the entrance to the residential area surrounded by the yellow line, they saw several reporters with cameras and microphones being chased away by the police.
Some reporters are still shouting righteously: "It is my duty to provide the truth to the residents of Xiacheng!" ”
For such reporters, the police will not give any face: "Don't get in the way of our work!" ”
Among the reporters blocking the door, Yi Annie was the only one who looked a little familiar, and it should be a reporter from the news center.
Betty whispered to Anne that "the others were reporters for various local tabloids. ”
"There are so many tabloids in this small and broken place in Xia City?" Anne was a little surprised.
Betty scoffed: "It's a glance at them to say that they are tabloids, and some tabloids may only have one or two people in the entire 'newspaper office'." The main purpose of that kind of tabloid is just to publish advertisements, occasionally copy some news from our news center, or publish some revelations about finding objects and pets, and there are no regular reporters. ”
Anne Yi nodded, she had a general idea of who these tabloids were targeting.
Some local restaurants will have a poorly printed "tabloid" underneath the plate, which is mostly an advertisement and a little local news for diners to pass the time while waiting for their meal. Betty is referring to the tabloid newspaper.
But given that the serial killings not only caused a lot of panic locally, but also that there hasn't been such a serious and blatant homicide in all of North America for a while, the heat is very high. If these tabloids can get some relevant information, it is estimated that they will be prosperous for a long time.
That is why even quasi-governmental institutions such as information centres have to be mobilized in one go.
The main entrance to the residential complex was obviously impassable, so Betty looked at the wayfinding software on her phone, pulled Iannie and turned towards a side road.
After walking for about five minutes, the two entered the residential area between the foundations of several houses.
Anne had been to Long Lake Park before, but after the land was leveled and divided into residential areas, the landscape of the whole area changed dramatically, and it was completely unrecognizable from the original lush forest.
The open space in front of us is filled with construction materials, and there are rows of construction vehicles parked. The villa area is only a demarcated area for the time being, the foundation has not been dug up, and the apartment building in the distance has two and a half floors, and the upper end is supported by bundles of steel bars, which looks like a rectangular cactus ball from a distance.
Due to the fact that the murderers ran into the area, the construction site was also stopped to ensure the safety of the workers.
They had received the news that the murderer had died in the apartment building, so Anne took out the Canon camera she had requested from the press center and took a few pictures of the cactus ball from a distance.
Betty looked at the photos taken by Yi Annie: "This framing and lighting are really good, and the photos of this week's report that I saw you handed in for review are also very mysterious and have a mysterious atmosphere." ”
"Hehe," Yi Annie was a little embarrassed to praise, "I graduated from an art university anyway, and I also studied landscape photography for half a semester. ”
"Sounds good, then take a few pictures of me!" Betty made a stretch and turned to face Anne with a smile.
This action, combined with Betty's convex figure and the clothes she wore today, was really tempting.
Who doesn't like the beautiful young lady, Yi Annie suddenly became interested and took a photo around Betty.
"Hey! What are you doing! ”
Annie looked over and saw that it was a policeman who was apparently patrolling the neighborhood and spotted the two girls who had broken into the construction site of the residential area.
"Good morning officer, we are residents living in the neighborhood, come over to take pictures and exercise in the morning." Betty replied with a smile.
The beauty trick has always been very useful, and the policeman's tone suddenly softened: "It's dangerous here, don't you see the cordon we set up?" ”
Betty shook her head and pointed to the path where they came in: "There is no cordon, and didn't the news of the murderer being killed early in the morning today?" ”
The policeman shook his head: "The murderer has been killed, but we still have a lot to investigate, and I hope that the nearby residents can cooperate a little and not enter this residential area for the time being." ”
Betty nodded, pulling Anne down the path where she had entered.
"Hey, wait!" The police shouted again behind the two.
The two turned around, and the policeman pointed to the camera in Yi Annie's hand and asked, "Can I see the photos you took?" ”
Anne nodded and handed the camera over.
The police flipped through it, except for the first two long shots of the apartment building, the rest were photos of Betty, and he sucked his saliva at some of the slightly larger movements.
After correcting the color, the policeman said: "The first two photos are deleted for you for some reason, please leave the residential area as soon as possible." Long Lake Park is so big, you still have enough area for morning exercises. ”
Anne nodded, retrieved the camera and left with Betty.
When they got to the road outside, they saw that the police had also left, and the two girls laughed at each other.
Yi Annie wondered, "Why don't the police update their knowledge base?" Do they really think it's good to delete the photos from the reporter's camera? ”
Betty took out her phone and checked it, and nodded: "No problem, it's all synced to my phone a long time ago." Speaking of which, Annie, what a great photo shoot! I'm so pretty, hehe~! ”
After confirming the general location of the apartment building, Betty took Yi Anne around in a large circle, detouring from a small path to the vicinity of the apartment building. Here, security is obviously much stricter, with yellow cordons around the entire apartment building, and police and security guards standing at intervals.
In addition to the two of them, many reporters also broke through the cordon on the periphery of the residential area to get here. Anne saw Victor standing out from the crowd at a glance, and Matthew, the financial version, was also on the scene.
Repeating her old tricks, Anne began to blatantly photograph Betty with a close-up view of the apartment building. This time, not only the police, but also several reporters who were stopped here also drooled.
The two of them were taking pictures when a magnificent-looking car drove by, and the driver poked his head out and said a few words to the police officer in front of the cordon, and the car was put in.
Several reporters tried to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in, but they were all driven back.
The car was parked in the outdoor parking lot outside the apartment building, and a group of people came down inside, and the one who walked in front was a very young person, dyed his green hair, which has been very popular in North America in the past two years, and made a protruding shape on his forehead, wearing a fancy leather coat, very Justin Bieber style.
"Mr. Xiande!" Matthew, who had the police in the way, suddenly waved as if he had seen a savior, "It's me!" Matthew, I interviewed you just last night! ”
The pronunciation of the name "Xiande" is too Chinese, and Yi Annie looked at Betty suspiciously: "Who is that person?" It looks like a foreigner, how do you feel like you have a Chinese name? ”
Betty said: "It seems that he is the Xiande who bought this land, and it is the first time I have seen him, so young, he must be a rich second generation." His name is Xander, and the letter 'x' is rarely used at the beginning of his name, and it does have a strange pronunciation. ”
The policeman blocking the road looked at Xiande who was walking in front, and he glanced back at Matthew: "That's a reporter, don't let it go." ”
Listening to Xiande's words, several policemen kept an eye on Matthew even closer.
Looking at the other people who got out of the car with Xiande, Betty's eyes lit up, and she pulled Yi Annie forward: "Hey, the exorcist in the back is us!" ”