Chapter 42 Investigative Journalists' Skills
The place where he drinks is not an entertainment area, and Eddie has no job and does not have much savings, so of course he has to save some money.
Not far downstairs, Eddie and Li Huan walked into a cheap tavern.
"Don't look at the scenery of those who engage in IT, in fact, Silicon Valley is not polite to Google and Facebook, but they are all large companies, and the real bad luck is the employees, I chased a clue, in just three months, a middle-class sales director lived from the office to the slum." Eddie drank and said drunkly.
Under the multiple blows of frustration, broken love, and alcohol, Eddie unconsciously raised his tongue.
The heroes don't mention the courage of the year, but the drunk heroes like to brag and fart the most.
"You know what? In the United States, having no family background means that you are only one step away from the homeless. This step is dismissal, once you are fired, there is no salary, your wife is divorced, your house is taken away by the bank, where else can you go except sleep in the park at night? ”
Li Huan knew that Eddie was fired, and it seemed that he had a deep understanding.
"I'm not talking about me, man. I'm an investigative journalist, I don't sit in an office and get a steady salary, and it really doesn't matter to me if I have money or not. "I've been to a lot of places, and last Christmas, I was in New Zealand to cover a massive street demonstration.
"I'm not afraid to tell the truth at all, I've seen thousands of homeless people, I've seen mountains of corpses, and some of my colleagues have disappeared, some have changed careers, but I've been holding on.
"I also know that not everything has to be pursued to the end, but I just can't figure out why they have to avoid things that are very obvious."
Li Huan suddenly thought that Eddie in front of him was an investigative reporter, and he had a good set of tracking and anti-tracking techniques, and it just so happened that he was down and down by his side, and of course he couldn't let him go if he wanted to learn some useful skills.
"I don't understand what you're talking about? Who avoided it? Li Huan pretended not to understand Eddie's words.
"Life Foundation. They disregard human life and use live people for pharmaceutical experiments, I thought that the American driver system had already targeted them, and several deaths had been filed, but their private lawyer team blocked everything back. Eddie was even lowered, and his girlfriend was on the lawyers' team.
Of course, it's no longer there anymore, because Eddie peeked at her emails and she was fired by the company for leaks.
"You say, why did I do the right thing and no one paid attention to it?" Eddie asked.
He knew the answer to this question himself, but he couldn't accept it, so he had to ask it again.
Li Huan thought for a while and said, "I don't know, I grew up in a community welfare institute, I haven't been abroad, and I haven't seen these things you said." But you reminded me of Spider-Man, a good neighbor to New Yorkers. ”
He was talking about the life experience of this identity.
"Spider-Man did the right thing, but he never paid attention to others, and I think he was pretty good like that."
Eddie turned his head, looked at Li Huan and said, "Dude, you don't seem to know my name yet, my name is Eddie Bullock." used to be in the "Global Daily", it was because of Spider-Man that I lost my job. ”
Li Huan said disapprehantly: "So what, Spider-Man is just doing the right thing." ”
Eddie grinned and said drunkly, "yes, I thought so too, so I could accept losing my job." ”
Li Huan took over the conversation: "So those who ignore you just can't accept it." ”
Eddie was stunned for a moment, and then became painful again: "I know, but if no one does it, the matter will never be solved." Even if the Foundation for Life captures the homeless people in the city for experimentation, no one will know what they are doing if no one reveals it. That's the strength of big companies. ”
Li Huan said: "Then you will post it on YouTube, I remember that your account has not been blocked." ”
Eddie said depressedly: "I can't, I don't have enough influence, and my private account is not authoritative." And you don't understand, they are dealing with me, and if it weren't for their signals, my girlfriend's jobs and I wouldn't have been lost at all. ”
Li Huan put down the cup and said, "Correct, it's an ex-girlfriend." ”
When Eddie heard this, he took a sip of the wine in his glass and got drunk.
Li Huan had no choice but to carry him back to the apartment and go to the night shift by himself.
The next day, Eddie spent the day at home, grabbing something from the fridge when he was hungry, and spending the rest of the time slumped on the couch, staring blankly at the TV.
Li Huan also thought about it, he wanted to learn some skills such as tracking from Eddie, and he also wanted to mix some money with him, and the best way was probably to become his assistant.
And Eddie is now in a depressed period, find him something to do, so that he will not be depressed again.
In the evening, Li Huan came to Eddie's room, knocked on the door, and heard the sound of the bag of potato chips falling to the ground with a clatter.
"What's the matter, man? Going for a drink? Eddie asked, holding his hair tousled and opening the door.
"You said you were rich, right, I want to learn some money-making skills from you." Li Huanming didn't say dark words, and broke his two goals in one mouth.
Eddie looked confused: "When did I say it?" ”
"Last night, you said that you fly all over the world a lot, how can you fly without money? I don't want to do my job anymore because I make too little money to do it. Can you teach me how to make money? How about I help you deal with the Life Foundation? ”
Eddie was even more puzzled: "Who said I was going to deal with the Life Foundation?" ”
Li Huan was surprised: "They hurt you so badly and made you lose your job, don't you want to retaliate back?" ”
Eddie let Li Huan into the room, poured him a glass of water, and said, "I just lost my job, I don't want to die yet." ”
"Thank you. But they also bullied your ex-girlfriend, and she also lost her job, don't you feel guilty? Li Huan took the water and asked.
Eddie didn't answer anything, just shook his head.
"Well, even if you don't deal with the Life Foundation, you can't just stay working, right?" Li Huan said.
Eddie looked up at him and said, "I don't need to be an investigative reporter anymore, no one will hire me." I've exposed a lot of things, and now that I think about it, very few of them really make a difference, and people still lose their jobs because of unfair treatment, or they lose their houses because of fraudulent terms, I can't do that. ”
Li Huan stopped persuading him and said, "Then what do you think of me?" Am I a good fit to be an investigative journalist? ”
Eddie looked Li Huan up and down and shook his head, "You better forget it, I'm afraid you'll be killed." ”