There is a tense atmosphere in the base city of Kyoto, like the sea before a storm, where the surface is calm and the undercurrent is surging.

Many factions within the federation that had been waiting and watching began to exert their strength, and the parliament, the government, the war council, and the judiciary all became a wrestling field, and between the staggered bargaining, the drama of temptation and bribery, compromise and transaction was frequently staged in this huge city with a population of nearly 10 million.

Everyone is waiting for the moment when the earth breaks through, the difference is that some people are watching from the sidelines, some people are desperately trying to escape from the wind, and some people are thinking about how to get enough political capital from it.

The Youzhou Times, a maverick newspaper affiliated with the Kyoto Base City City Hall, has always been known for its independence of thought.

Xu Hongtu, the editor-in-chief of The Times, is a two-time winner of the Donglin Award, the highest award for federal journalism, and is best at exposing political scandals and uncovering complex social issues. After taking the helm of Youzhou Times, he went into the black market and abandoned towns alone, writing a series of newsletters that revealed the survival status of survivors outside the base.

The editor-in-chief is still working so hard, not to mention the reporters below, where there is a big event, there is nothing to dare to say, there is no news that is not afraid to be published. Under the leadership of Xu Hongtu, Youzhou Times has become the leader of the newspaper industry in the base city in terms of market share.

At three o'clock in the morning, Xu Hongtu sat quietly on the chair and looked around his office with an area of nearly 20 square meters.

Survivors who do not have resident status must pay a certain amount of shellfish every day if they want to live in the base city, so it can be seen that having an independent office is definitely a status symbol in the base city.

Perhaps, you don't have to wait until today is over, you have to get out of this office, Xu Hongtu thought to himself deprecatingly, and picked up the newspaper in his hand again.

The newspaper is today's sample newspaper, and when it is signed by itself, it will be sent to the printing house for printing, and then it will be delivered to thousands of residents at the dawn of the day.

As a veteran editor-in-chief who has been in the industry for nearly 20 years, he has signed this kind of signature no less than thousands of times, but this time it is extremely difficult to put pen to paper. Because he knows that once he makes a decision and falls into the whirlpool of political disputes, he is afraid that his future fate will no longer be able to control himself.

Between self-preservation and professional ethics, he finally chose the latter, and after signing his name, he looked at the eye-catching headline on the front page of the newspaper in a daze, "The Beginning and End of the War in Shangdu".

Handing over the signed sample newspaper to the secretary who was already waiting outside the door, he seemed to let go of something in his heart, and only felt a sense of relaxation, and unconsciously fell asleep in the chair.

It was three or four hours before he was woken up by the sound of the phone, and he glanced at the phone number, which was from the town hall office. Judging from the time, it should be because of today's newspaper.

He took a deep breath and picked up the phone, since he chose, then face it, what should come is always coming.

"Lao Xu, what kind of reputation are you doing, what's going on with today's newspaper?!" The voice on the other end of the phone was a little angry.

"Some people do things they shouldn't do, while others write them out, it's as simple as that." In the final analysis, it is the people who have gone wrong, and every resident of the base city has the right to know about this matter. ”

"Is this your business?! Are you the head of the Federation or the chairman of the War Council? I'm telling you, get the newspaper back and try to minimize the impact. Otherwise, not only you and me, but even the consuls will have to be unlucky! The voice on the other side of the phone grew more and more urgent.

Xu Hongtu said, "Director He, I can't come back, the newspaper is delivered simultaneously throughout the city." Since you have seen it, the people who should have seen it have already seen it. ”

Director He, who was on the other side of the phone, was silent for a long time before he said, "It seems that there is really no way to get it back." I'll just ask you one thing now, can you guarantee that the source is reliable? ”

"Absolutely, I have more than one holographic image in my hand. Every word I have published is well-founded, and I am willing to accept any investigation for it. The electronic version of this issue of the newspaper was published at the same time, and there was enough audio and video evidence to allow anyone to verify it. "Xu Hongtu cut the railway.

Director He's tone was a little more relaxed, "In this way, the matter has not reached the point of no return, but this time, the city hall must stand in line in advance." ”

"Politics has nothing to do with me, I just care about the truth." Xu Hongtu hung up the phone after speaking.

In the hours that followed, phone calls continued to arrive at Mr. Xu's office. In addition to relatives, friends and some peers, the rest of the people who called were big people who could make people's spines chill when they said their names.

Since Director He, Xu Hongtu didn't answer a single phone, he unplugged the landline phone line, turned off the mobile phone, then closed the office door, turned the senior chair and quietly looked at the hazy sky outside the window.

The video I watched yesterday came over and over again in my mind like a movie, perhaps, only young people like Zhao Yi and Liu Zuoyu are the hope of the Federation, I just hope that their choice is right.

As expected, the news of the "Youzhou Times" caused an uproar in the base city, whether it was the streets or the factories and schools, there was only one topic discussed in all places, that is, the article "The Beginning and End of the War in the Commercial Capital".

In the past, the discussions of various newspapers and media on the war in Shangdu basically stayed at the level of fighting with each other, and there were not too many things that could really be put on the table. The residents of Base City have also been exhausted by the intense media coverage, and their attention has begun to turn to other things.

At this time, the news of the "Youzhou Times" smashed into the backwater of Kyoto Base City like a meteorite from the sky, stirring up the base city from top to bottom.

The influence of Youzhou Times is unquestionable, and it is recognized as one of the most impartial, objective and impartial newspapers in the base city. In the previous media melee, "Youzhou Times" has been silent, which has made many people a little puzzled, until today, "The Beginning and End of the Shangdu War" was born and gave everyone a head start.

This time, "Youzhou Times" abandoned all decorative language, and described the before and after of the war in Shangdu in a flat and direct way, without adding any comments, giving people the feeling of "heavy sword without edge, great ingenuity and no work".

The more this is the case, the more shocking the inside story of the Shangdu war is exposed, and it really achieves the effect of breaking the earth.

The 24th Army was infighting, and the military headquarters and armored division actually threw two whole mechanized infantry divisions to millions of zombies!

The Ministry of Security and the Academy of Sciences brazenly intervened in the battle situation in Shangdu, and Zhao Yi turned the tide of the battle with only a few dozen people and saved more than 10,000 soldiers!

Lu Jinghai, the commander of the 24th Army, dared to defy the condemnation of the world, blow up the Huaihe Bridge, and kill his comrades!

If the previous missile ineffectiveness and the failure of the air raid were natural disasters, then the subsequent defeats in these battles were complete man-made disasters.

Suddenly, the Luoyang paper of the "Youzhou Times" was expensive, and it had to be temporarily printed with 200,000 copies, but for the base city of Kyoto, which has a population of nearly 10 million, this is tantamount to a drop in the bucket.

The crowd in the base city was raging, and the calls for punishing the scum of the 24th Army and praising the heroes of the Fifth Company became louder and louder, and public opinion began to force the War Committee and the Parliament.