Zhou Lin - Chapter 181 Chapter of the Sacrifice (3)

The interview was declined, an 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 here realized belatedly…that he had been deceived. But now that the matter has come to this, it is naturally impossible for him to revoke the transfer order and transfer me back to the mailroom; furthermore, it is not convenient for him to personally take revenge on me, because that may cause me to quarrel with him. Every fish is dead and the net is broken.

So, he came up with this idea: secretly instruct my immediate superior to arrange an impossible interview for me, and then put me in this department again on the grounds that I can’t even handle such a simple thing. Decentralize.

Of course, after the incident is completed, Luo will not admit that he was asked to put on my shoes on purpose, and the leader will not admit that he did such a small trick behind his back. I have no evidence, and in the end I can only suffer the loss of being dumb.

This is their plan…

However, I’m not that easy to deal with either.

If you don’t have interviews, it doesn’t mean you can’t write a report; if you don’t know the details, it doesn’t mean you can’t publish news.

Do you think the media really knows what they are reporting? Do you think they really understand the people or things they are reporting on? Do you think they really know or care about the truth?

I’m not denying everyone in this field, I just want to tell you that only a very small number of people really want to use their reporting to change some things, and are willing to spend time, energy, and even risk themselves to dig out The truth and details… But even among this group of people, there are still many people who have used their power wrongly and gone astray.

And the vast majority of people don’t care about truth, justice, justice, honesty…

They either regard being in the media as a simple job, or as a tool to realize self-worth or gain fame and fortune; perhaps they cared about the above things when they were young, but as time goes by, they changed.

Under the pressure of work, they no longer understand and verify the information they want to report in detail; they become accustomed to abusing their right to speak, and feel that it does not matter; they struggle to write more at the request of others or in a competitive environment. The things that caught people’s attention began to lie, and they deviated more and more from their original intention when they entered the industry.

Editor Luo is also such a person.

I have read the articles he wrote in the past. He certainly had that kind of passionate period, but his period was very short and ended when he went to the New York Herald as an intern.

What he later wrote was full of lies and prejudice; what overflowed from his gorgeous words were not only praising and flattering nonsense, but also bad words that showed his buttocks and bitten for the leader like a mad dog.

His articles were not written for passers-by, nor for himself, but for those he needed to please.

But I have to admit that his skills in writing these things that are made out of nothing and taken out of context are outstanding, and this… is exactly what I need right now.

For example, when Editor-in-Chief Luo receives a task to criticize the game industry, he will write that he interviewed someone who is self-employed near the Internet cafe, and then use this so-and-so’s mouth to say a lot of what he wants to say; When Editor-in-Chief Luo is tasked with criticizing street stall literature, he will write that he interviewed someone who is a college student near the bookstore, and then write a bunch of content he wants to write…

Do these so-and-so exist? No one can verify it at all. Just like you can write a so-called interview now, saying that you met an enthusiastic crowd by a river, and then use him to comment on the river.

Even if there really are some so-and-so, their words during interviews can be distorted; as a reporter, you can only report the parts you are willing to intercept, and arrange them according to your own wishes, and finally output what you want to output View.

This kind of thing is also normal in the industry… Of course, most passers-by who do not understand the content of the report will easily believe the content and be affected by it.

The only people who can discover how little the reporter understands what he is reporting and how many fallacies there are in what he writes are people in the relevant field or those involved, and these people are always only a small minority.

I can also use these.

Although I did not interview the couple, I can say that I interviewed a neighbor who did not want to disclose his identity, or an informed person, and then wrote what I wanted to say through the mouth of this someone.

My words can be more gorgeous than Editor Luo’s, and my lies can be more truthful than his. It can be said that my articles are beautiful, and the lies can be confused with the truth.

Two days later in the morning, I turned in the manuscript.

I knew he read the email immediately after sending it, but it was almost noon when he called me into the office; I knew he was reporting to someone, but there was no need for me to expose him.

My report left him speechless, and it was impossible for him to go to Tianjin himself 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, and finally said, Forget it this time, I won’t pass such a report next time.

ridiculous.

I watched his performance, nodded respectfully, and left with a satisfactory result.

A few days later, my report was officially released to the public, covering both print media and the Internet. Although the company I worked for was not a mainstream first-line media, overall the sales volume and traffic were not low.

I portrayed the couple as victims of online violence, but instead of turning the netizens into the main villains, I wrote them as accomplices, and added some of them are partial to belief and led to a rhythm. Such prefix.

I’m also a smart person, and it’s a big taboo to open a map cannon openly. Even if you feel that nine out of ten people are idiots, you can’t say it publicly, let alone a large group of people.

The villain in my report is a writer surnamed Chen. She was one of the main parties involved in the anal-less baby incident. Her series of actions directly caused a baby who was born to suffer from the disease to suffer before his death. It caused tremendous pain that should not have been endured, and allowed the parents of the children to endure the devastation of online violence.

But she had no remorse for this, never; she used lies one after another to excuse her stupidity and viciousness, refusing to admit all her follies that violated morality and law; in the face of the ensuing doubts, she always It is a confident attitude.

Over the years, she has worked hard to establish 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 steamed buns with human blood from vulnerable groups, pretending to be a fighter for justice, and engaged in a business similar to human trafficking.

How appropriate and pleasing to the eye to have such a person serve as the villain of my report.

The pen in my hand, Li Xiaofan, is used to nail such people to the pillar of shame.

After all…actually, I don’t care about the truth.

Too many people have paid a heavy price for the truth, but have received nothing in return, and have not awakened the conscience of many people.

In the game of public opinion, winning is the first priority. If the truth stands in the way of your goals, then you should throw it away and crush it to pieces.

At the end of the game, you are the winner if you can make more people believe in you and stand on your side; if you can make your voice overshadow the voice of the opponent, you are the winner; if you can make others pay The price is higher than yours, more miserable than yours, and even worse than you, but you are the winner.

Only the victors are qualified to talk about justice.

Even if you are hated, cast aside, and regarded as a thorn in the flesh by some people after your victory, even if your nature is evil, wrong, and absurd… it doesn’t matter.

Winning and achieving your goal is enough.

Despicable justice is still justice to me.

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A day later, my report began to spread on the Internet.

Using words to stir up hatred in others is like picking something out of a bag for me.

However, the impact is not very big. After all, this is just a rehash of old news. You can find the shit about that philanthropist by just searching on the Internet, but not many people care about it.

So, I moved on to the next step.

I started to post some chat records on my newly certified social media account with the title Investigative Reporter, in which I was warned by lawyer’s letters and threatened in various ways. Of course, all the screenshots of the chat records were forged by me. .

Whether this kind of thing is true or false is not important at all, but seizing the opportunity is important; as long as you strike first, you can be the first to take the lead. This is why – it is easy to spread rumors and difficult to refute rumors.

A well-designed screenshot of a fake chat record can deceive more than 80% of onlookers at least within 24 hours. No matter who comes out to refute the rumor after 24 hours, 30% of people will continue to choose to believe it, because they are likely to have already In the first 24 hours, you have stood in line and have been scolding some people who oppose you for a long time. At this time, you will stick to your opinions simply for the sake of face; furthermore, if the credibility of the party refuting the rumors is not strong enough, or the party concerned is refuting the rumors, then There are still many people who think that this kind of refutation of rumors without evidence is just sophistry.

Next, I hired trolls to spread my forged screenshots and related them to my reports, using various alarmist headlines such as Young investigative reporter’s life was threatened due to reporting to attract attention. focus on.

Just like that, in less than half a day, my social account, which originally had only single-digit followers, suddenly became very popular, with tens of thousands of people following it in just a few hours.

Another day passed, and after countless people greeted his ancestors countless times, the writer surnamed Chen finally made some reactions to the matter on social media.

Just what I wanted.

At this point, my plan has basically been successful.

The next thing to do is to cross-talk and let the trolls send out the dirty information about myself provided by me, such as the death of my father, academic qualifications, etc. – some private information that is actually insignificant, and then let them Trolls trolled me in the comments and used vicious remarks to attack my misfortune.

The anger aroused by this made netizens come to my side one after another.

Relying on such an old incident that had nothing to do with me, I became a just fighter overnight.

At this stage, I no longer care about the other party’s reaction. Even if someone does hand me a lawyer’s letter, it won’t be a big deal… It’s nothing more than a civil lawsuit that can drag on for a year and a half, even if the evidence is solid. If I lose the case, I can also only fulfill the financial compensation specified by the court, but refuse to comply with demands such as apology and clarification; and during this period, the benefits I gained have actually exceeded the amount of compensation… This hand, I learned this from some people who specialize in infringement. There are many cases, which have certain reference value.

In short, the stronger the other party’s reaction, the more disgust it will bring to him and solidify my image of not fearing power.

As far as I am concerned, if I win the battle of public opinion, I can withdraw. Then I will just pretend to be deaf and dumb, and someone filled with righteous indignation will speak out on my behalf.

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Once I achieved my goal, I started looking for new goals.

Naturally, I cannot rely on this report alone to maintain the popularity. After all, netizens only have a week’s memory, and I have to provide the next sacrifice quickly.

Fortunately, people like Chen are not uncommon in this society, and most of them are still alive and kicking, so I have many choices.

When people gain something, they will naturally lose something. Since these people can live shamelessly, they should pay a corresponding price; this price may not come from the law, nor may it come from their long-lost conscience, but it will eventually be paid. Coming in some form…

If despicability is my passport, I only hope that those shameless figures will turn into steps under my feet.