The interview was denied, and the expected development.

When Editor-in-Chief Luo assigned me this task, I roughly guessed that this would be the outcome.

I also guessed that there was a deeper motive behind his assignment.

Obviously, after a week, the leader who transferred me to the position had already realized it...... I was fooled. But at this point, it is naturally impossible for him to revoke the appointment and transfer me back to the mailroom; Further, it is not convenient for him to take revenge on me, because it may cause me to tear the net with him.

So, he came up with this solution: secretly instructed my immediate supervisor to arrange an impossible interview for me, and then sent me down again in this department on the grounds that I "couldn't even do such a simple thing".

Of course, after the matter is completed, the person surnamed Luo will not admit that he was asked to deliberately put on small shoes for me, and the leader will not admit that he has engaged in such a small action behind his back.

That's how they calculated......

However, I'm not that easy to deal with.

Just because you don't have an interview doesn't mean you can't write a report; Just because you don't know more doesn't mean you can't publish news.

Do you think the media really knows what they're reporting? Do you think they really know who or what they're reporting about? Do you think they really know, or care about, the truth?

I'm not denying everyone in this industry, I'm just trying to tell you that there are only a handful of people who really want to use their reports to change things, and are willing to spend time, energy, and even risk endangering themselves to dig out the truth and details...... But even among this part of the population, there are many people who make the wrong force and go off the wrong path.

And the vast majority of people don't care about truth, justice, justice, and honesty......

They either regard media professionals as a simple job, or as a tool to realize their self-worth or win fame and fortune; Maybe they cared about these things when they were younger, but over time, they changed.

Under the pressure of work, they no longer exhaustively understand and verify the information they want to report; They become accustomed to abusing their voice and feel that it doesn't matter; They begin to lie in order to write something more eye-catching in order to write something more eye-catching in other people's demands or in a competitive environment, and they deviate more and more from the original intention when they entered the industry.

Editor-in-chief Luo is also such a person.

I've read his past writings, and he certainly had that kind of passionate period, but his period was very short, and it was over when he went to intern at the New York Herald.

What he later wrote was full of lies and prejudices; In addition to the nonsense of singing praises and slapping horses, his gorgeous words overflowed with evil words that showed his ass like a mad dog and bit people for the leader.

His articles are not written for passers-by, nor for himself, but for those whom he needs to please.

But I have to admit that his skill in writing these things out of nothing and out of context is outstanding, and this ...... Just what I need right now.

For example, when Editor-in-Chief Luo received a task to criticize the game industry, he would write that he interviewed "self-employed so-and-so near the Internet café", and then use the mouth of so-and-so to say a bunch of things he wanted to say; When the editor-in-chief Luo was tasked with attacking street stall literature, he would write that he interviewed "so-and-so, a college student near the bookstore", and then wrote a bunch of what he wanted to write......

Do these "so-and-so" exist? No one can verify it at all, just as you can now write a so-called "interview" about meeting an enthusiastic crowd by a river, and then comment on the river through the mouth of "him".

Even if there really were some "so-and-so", what they said when they were interviewed could be distorted; As a journalist, you can only report what you want to capture, and arrange it as you wish, and finally output the ideas you want to output.

This kind of thing is also the norm in the industry...... Of course, most passers-by who don't know the content of the report can easily believe it and be influenced by it.

The only people who can find out how ignorant the reporter is about what he is reporting and how many fallacies there are in the content he writes are only those in the relevant field or the person concerned, and these people are always only a small part.

I, too, can take advantage of these.

Although I didn't interview the couple, I can say that I interviewed a neighbor who didn't want to be identified, or an "insider", and then wrote what I wanted to say through the mouth of "so-and-so".

My rhetoric can be more gorgeous than that of Editor-in-Chief Luo, and my lies can be more truthful than his.

Two days later, in the morning, I handed in my manuscript.

I knew he read the email as soon as it was done, but it was almost noon when he called me into the office; I knew he was reporting to someone, but I didn't have to demolish him.

My report left him speechless, and it was impossible for him to go to Tianjin to verify anything, in fact...... Even if he went, he wouldn't be able to confirm anything.

However, he still found a few far-fetched reasons to "criticize" me a few words, and finally said, "Forget it this time, I won't pass a report like this next time." ”

Amusing.

I watched his performance, nodded respectfully and pretended to be grandson, and left with a result that pleased me.

A few days later, my report was officially released, both in print and online. Although the company I work for is not a mainstream first-line media, overall the sales are not bad and the traffic is not low.

I portrayed the couple as victims of online violence, but instead of turning "netizens" into the main villains, I wrote them as accomplices, and added the prefix "some of them are biased and biased, and they are brought to the rhythm".

I'm also a smart person, and it's a big taboo to openly fire map cannons, and even if you think that nine out of ten people are stupid, you can't say it openly, let alone to a group with a large base.

The villain in my report is a writer surnamed Chen, who was one of the main parties to the "anal baby incident" back then, and her series of actions directly caused a baby who was born with a disease to suffer greatly before he died, and the child's parents were subjected to the ravages of online violence.

But she had no remorse for it, never; She used one lie after another to justify her stupidity and viciousness, and refused to admit her stupidity against morality and law; In the face of the ensuing doubts, she has always been upright.

Over the years, she has worked hard to portray herself as a feminist and philanthropic leader, and she has made a good living by collecting IQ taxes from certain groups of people.

She used the banner of charity to eat the blood steamed buns of those disadvantaged groups, put on a posture of a fighter for justice, and engaged in a business similar to human trafficking.

How fitting and pleasing it is to have such a person as the villain of my report.

The pen in my Li Xiaofan's hand is used to nail this kind of person to the pillar of shame.

Ultimately...... Actually, I don't care about the truth.

There are too many people who have paid a terrible price for the truth, but they have not received anything in return, and they have not awakened the conscience of many people.

In the game of public opinion, winning comes first, and if the "truth" is in front of your purpose, then you should throw it away and smash it hard.

At the end of the game, you will be the victor if more people can believe in you and stand on your side; If you can let your voice drown out the voice of the opposite, you are the victor; You are the victor if you can make others pay more than you, worse than you, or even catastrophe.

Only the victors are qualified to talk about justice.

Even if you will be hated, spitned, and seen as a thorn in the side by some people after victory, even if your essence is evil, wrong, and ridiculous...... It doesn't matter.

Win, and achieve the goal, it is enough.

Despicable justice, to me, is just as justice.

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A day later, my story began to ferment on the Internet.

Using words to stir up hatred in others is like finding something out of my pocket.

However, the impact is not very big, after all, this is just a rehash of old news, and you can see the about that philanthropist on the Internet, but there are not many people who care.

So, I moved on to the next step.

I started posting some of my chats on my newly certified social media account, labeled "investigative reporter," of which I had been warned by a lawyer's letter and various threats, and of course, all the screenshots of the chats were faked by me.

This kind of thing, true or false, does not matter at all, it is important to "seize the opportunity"; As long as you strike first, you can be preconceived, and that's why it's easy to spread rumors, but it's hard to refute them.

A well-designed screenshot of a fake chat record can deceive more than 80% of onlookers within at least 24 hours, and no matter who comes out to refute the rumors after 24 hours, there will still be 30% of people who will continue to choose to believe it, because they are likely to have stood in line in the first 24 hours and scolded some people who oppose them for a long time. Moreover, if the credibility of the party refuting the rumor is not strong enough, or if the parties themselves are refuting the rumor, there will still be many people who think that this kind of refutation of rumors without evidence is pure sophistry.

Next, I hired an internet botnet and began to spread out my fake screenshots and link them to my own reporting, using alarmist headlines like "Young investigative journalists are dying for reporting" to get attention.

In this way, in less than half a day, my social account, which originally only had single-digit followers, became hot in the blink of an eye, with tens of thousands of followers in just a few hours.

Another day passed, and after being greeted countless times by countless people for the eighteenth generation of his ancestors, the writer surnamed Chen finally gave some reactions to the matter on social media.

Just what the doctor ordered.

At this point, my plan was basically a success.

The next thing to do is to reverse the strings, and let the sailors send out the "black material about myself" provided by myself, such as my father's death, such as academic qualifications, etc.—some private information that is actually innocuous and insignificant, and then let the navy reverse the black strings in the comments and attack my misfortune with vicious remarks.

In this way, the anger aroused by this caused netizens to side with me.

I relied on such an old incident that had nothing to do with me, and overnight, I became a "fighter for justice".

And at this stage, I don't care about the other party's reaction, even if someone really hands me a lawyer's letter, it's not a big deal...... It is nothing more than a civil lawsuit that can drag on for a year and a half, even if the evidence is conclusive and I am sentenced to lose the lawsuit, I can only fulfill the financial compensation specified by the court, but refuse to carry out the demands such as apology and clarification; And during this time, the benefits I received have long exceeded the amount of compensation...... I learned this from some people who specialize in infringement, and there are many precedents, which have certain reference significance.

In short, the stronger the reaction, the more disgust it will bring and reinforce my image of not being afraid of power.

As far as I am concerned, if I win the battle of public opinion, I can withdraw, and then I will pretend to be deaf and dumb, and there will be people who are filled with righteous indignation to speak out in my place.

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Once I had achieved my goal, I started looking for a new one.

Naturally, I can't keep the news hot just by relying on this article, after all, netizens only have a week's memory, and I have to hurry up to provide the next "sacrifice".

Thankfully, in this society, people like Chen are not uncommon, and most of them are still alive, so I have a lot of choices.

When people gain something, they lose something, and since these people can live shamelessly, they should pay the corresponding price; The price may not come from the law, nor from the conscience they have long since lost, but it will come in some form......

If meanness is my passport, I only hope that those shameless forms will turn into a ladder under my feet.