The lights came on.
The doors opened.
After the press conference ended, Zhang Ye walked offstage.
However, the group of reporters did not leave!
"Teacher Zhang!"
"Teacher Zhang, please wait!"
"Please accept our interview!"
"Teacher Zhang!"
"Please wait a moment! Wait a moment! "
Countless reporters were so excited that they rushed forward. Some of the male reporters sitting in the last few rows even stepped on their chairs and rushed up to the stage, as if they had gone crazy!
But Zhang Ye did not answer any of their questions, nor did he accept any interviews. He turned around and walked out of the backstage area.
When the staff of Department 14 behind saw this, they quickly went up to block the reporters outside and said loudly, "Please go back, everyone, please go back first."
When a few of the reporters saw this, they knew that they would not be able to interview Zhang Ye today. They were very sensitive and knew that something big was going to happen today. They immediately went back to find their cameraman and ran out with all their might with their camcorders and cameras!
When some of the reporters saw this, they came back to their senses!
"Let's go!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"Get back to the station!"
"Hurry up and contact the chief editor!"
"Go and drive the car over here first!"
This press conference … no, to be precise, this documentary was too shocking, so they needed to get back to the station immediately to seek the opinions of the higher-ups. For such a big piece of news, it was impossible for there to be any exclusives. What mattered was speed. Whoever published it first would have the advantage!
But no matter how fast they were, they would definitely not be as fast as the Central TV News Channel's people. This was because they did not even need to drive back to the station. They could just go upstairs to the station!
This documentary was banned by the Central TV leaders a few days ago, so the people from the News Channel did not dare to make their own decisions and quickly reported it to the higher-ups.
With this, the entire Central TV was stunned!
Deputy Station Head Zhou slammed the table and stood up. "What? What did you say? "
Deputy Station Head Li stared at him and said, "D-Can you repeat that?"
The female reporter from the News Channel said bitterly, "Zhang Ye used a live speech to announce the documentary at the press conference! This, this is a recording of the scene. "
They hurriedly looked over.
Fast forward.
Then fast forward again.
It only took five minutes for them to finish watching it!
Several of the station heads' faces instantly turned pale!
"Has this Zhang Ye gone crazy again?"
"He's about to leave, so why is he still poking his nose into other people's business?"
"I'm so pissed off!"
"He's totally out of control!"
"There are so many reporters here. Does he really dare to say that?"
"The footage has been deleted. He, he actually gave a live speech?"
"We can't let this get out!"
"This is a press conference held by Central TV! Once it's broadcast, it's over! "
"Inform the station head!"
"Quick!"
"Inform the station head! Something big has happened! "
…
Backstage.
The people of Department 14 stood in front of Zhang Ye.
Huang Dandan looked at him. "Director Zhang, thank you."
Zhang Ye smiled. "Since I've already promised you, I'll do it even if the sky falls down. There's no need to thank me. Your mission now is to recuperate well and perform the surgery well. I'm still waiting for you to help me in the future."
"Director Zhang! I … "Tong Fu's face turned red.
Ha Qiqi said, "We all thought that you —"
Zhang Zuo said angrily, "Why didn't you tell us about such a big matter!?"
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "You've said it yourself. It's precisely because it's such a big matter that no one else can handle it."
"Everyone, let's do this together!"
"Yeah!"
"Let's carry it together!"
"Why are you fighting alone?"
"You're looking down on us, Director Zhang!"
Everyone was talking back and forth. In truth, they were all very touched. Before the press conference, everyone had already given up and even thought of resigning. But when they saw Zhang Ye calmly appear onstage and deliver that opening speech, all of them felt their blood boiling!
Director Zhang was still Director Zhang!
He had never disappointed them before!
Zhang Ye looked at the people surrounding him and said, "It's not that I'm looking down on all of you, but there's no need for me to drag all of you into offending others. I've never been liked by anyone and have offended a lot of people, so I don't care about that. But it's different for all of you. You all still have to survive in the industry in the future, so why must you all become as notorious as me and get beaten up by everyone? There's no need for that. We're a team, so isn't the division of labor very clear? You all are in charge of producing the show. I'll handle the offending of others! "
Ha Qiqi said, "Director Zhang, I'm sorry, I was still —"
Zhang Ye interrupted her, "I'm the one who let you all down by not telling you anything. Actually, when I heard that you all wanted to publicize this documentary to the public even if it meant being scolded, I was quite touched and proud. You all did not embarrass me."
…
At a newspaper firm.
At this moment, it was a busy mess!
A lot of people were on their phones, while many of the newspaper firm's leaders and staff were gathered in front of a screen, replaying the live video of Department 14's press conference!
After watching it.
A reporter who was present at the press conference said, "Chief Editor, can … can we publish this?"
Another reporter said, "Zhang Ye has clearly exposed the sources of the smog. The steel factories, gas stations, exhaust emissions, polluting companies, and even the burning of coal for heating. If we publish this, won't it cause chaos?"
Everyone was unsure and were waiting for the leaders to speak.
A deputy chief editor said, "We can't publish this, right?"
Another editor said, "Even if we know the source of the smog, so what? Are we going to stop heating? Ban the steel factories? De-Industrialize? "
Another newspaper firm's leader had a different opinion. "When did Zhang Ye say anything about de-industrializing? When did he say that we're going to stop heating? Heating causes pollution, so we can reduce the use of coal and increase the use of natural gas for heating! As for the pollution caused by the steel factories, we can order the regulation of environmental protection facilities and strengthen the enforcement of regulations so that the people can monitor this! As for the pollution caused by the exhaust emissions, we can increase the penalties. Those trucks that exceed the emission limits should be punished accordingly! How is this not being able to do anything? "
The deputy chief editor said, "But the people won't think that way! They will want to completely eradicate the steel factories! They won't allow the trucks to enter the cities! The people are all ignorant. If they see this documentary, then … "
"Alright, stop arguing," the chief editor said.
Everyone looked at him.
The chief editor gave a helpless laugh. "Honestly, I'm suddenly a little impressed by him. At least Zhang Ye dares to speak and speak the truth. He even dares to speak the complete truth!" After a moment of silence, the chief editor ordered, "Report it, just publish it! Hand the video over to Old Hu. I will personally write the article for the afternoon papers! "
"Chief Editor!"
"Why?"
"Are we really going to publish it?"
"Ah?"
The chief editor suddenly looked at everyone. "Why not? Why can't we publish it? Zhang Ye, a host and a documentary director, has done what we, the media, have not been able to do. This kind of report should have been written by us. We should have been the ones to discover and expose it. But now, a documentary filmmaker like him has beaten us to it. Don't you all feel ashamed? But I feel ashamed! I feel especially ashamed now! I know that this kind of report might not be approved by the higher-ups, but as a journalist, I have to have some backbone at times, right?! "
Everyone fell silent.
The chief editor said, "This matter should be made known to the people. The people have the right to know!"
A female editor laughed. "Chief Editor is right. I suddenly understand why so many people like Zhang Ye. This person can always remind people of their past selves at times. There's a popular phrase these days — 'never forgetting your original intentions.' I believe that Zhang Ye will never understand this phrase. That's because what he has said and done all these years has always been his original intentions. He has never forgotten them, but we have probably already forgotten them."
"Then let's publish it!"
"Damn, let's publish it then!"
"Right, you're making it sound like we're afraid of trouble!"
"I'll go and contact Old Hu and get the news agency's website to publish the original version of the video!"
"Chief Editor, I'll help you write the first draft!"
"Just do it. If the sky falls, so be it. Zhang Ye is here to hold it up anyway!"
The entire news agency was busy!
At the same time, the other news agencies and television stations were also getting ready!
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