Chapter 115 The News War Caused by Chu
Xu Xiaodi rushed back and completed the interview and the interview afterword in just one and a half hours, and then sent it back to China by fax. He also marked it on the fax: "Absolutely the only exclusive interview!" In order to show the truth, he also wrote the previous and aftermath that Chu Zhongtian refused to interview many times before and finally told the truth in the interview afterword.
After the fax was sent out, he fell asleep in a drowsy way. He couldn't control how domestic newspapers should use it, but he couldn't wait to see the response caused by his interview... In his sleep, he dreamed that he had a spacious and bright office, and the London Press Station was upgraded to a two-story building. He managed a chef, two drivers, two secretaries, a network department head, an accountant, and three external contacts... He finally no longer had to hold multiple positions. Now he is the chief reporter here!
Every day he almost never settles at the reporter's station. He always rushes from one stadium to another, from this city to that city, squandering public funds on a British exotic tour in the name of interviews. When he wants to interview a Premier League star and coach, he just needs to make a call and everything is done. All the training bases and locker rooms of Premier League clubs are open to him for twenty hours... Such a day is so wonderful!
Xu Xiaodi smacked her lips in her sleep.
※※In fact, no media in China has been able to report on Chu Zhongtian so far. Although they all know from the UK, in the third round of the FA Cup that just ended, a Chinese man named "chu_zhongtian" scored a historic goal, but apart from knowing from the British media that this person is Chinese and is still in college, there is no other news.
How do they report such messages?
Could it be just one sentence: "In the third round of the FA Cup held at 4 pm on January 3rd local time, in the game against Wimbledon at home against Wimbledon, a Chinese player named Chu Zhongtian (transliteration) scored the first goal in the history of the Chinese player in the history of the FA Cup"?
This is too thin, and it is really not competitive. In just one sentence, media across the country are similar. Can you do something attractive?
However, online media is much faster than ordinary traditional media. From this morning, reports about Chu Zhongtian appeared in sports news on portals such as Sina, Sohu, NetEase, etc., although they have not even unified the translation of "chu_zhongtian". Sina Sports translates "Chu Zhongtian", Sohu Sports translates "Chu Zhongtian", and NetEase translates "Chu Zhongtian".
The website's report is very short, but there is still no specific content.
But the appetites of netizens and fans have been suffocated by their reports. Now they urgently need to know more about the Chinese student who is not known as "Chu Zhongtian", "Chu Zhongtian", or "Chu Zhongtian" - where is he from? Where is he playing? Which university he studied in the UK? How old is he? How long has he been studying in the UK? Is he a pure-bred Chinese man or a British Chinese? Is he a mainlander or a Hong Konger, a Macau, or a Taiwanese... Countless questions fill the minds of fans. If someone can throw out a detailed report that is substantial at this time, it will definitely be enthusiastic.
The news war without seeing the smoke of gunpowder has officially begun. Who can get this first place?
※※Li Liangcai was a little unhappy when he was rejected by an amateur player. So when he returned to the reporter station, he did not start to edit news in a hurry. He also wanted to neglect the boy who was ignorant for a few days... With the status of "Sports Weekly" in the Chinese sports newspaper, I won't report you. What credibility is the report in other newspapers? How many people can see it? Do you want to become famous? If you want to become famous, please accept the interview.
So he planned to take a nap, have a good rest, and wait for the Chinese boy to call him. However, his nap was ruined by the phone call from the club.
The chief editor of the club, Qu Heng, called him personally and asked him to get an interview about Chu Zhongtian no matter what.
"Since the World Cup, our fans have become less and less interested in football. The Asian Cup is held in our country this year, which is a good opportunity. Now another Chinese student has emerged. We must seize this opportunity and hype it up to make fans interested in football again. This task must be completed, Lao Li!"
Li Liangcai got up from the bed, thought for a while, but changed his clothes and rushed out. He had to go to the bar, but when he got there, he found that the bar was closed... Li Liangcai shook his head and muttered: "It's not my fault, Lao Qu! I'm here, but he's off work!"
When he returned to the station, Li Liangcai called President Qu Heng: "He will not accept my interview."
Qu Heng on the other end of the phone felt incredible: "Did you tell him that we are the Sports Weekly?"
"Tell me, I also kept a business card and told him when he wanted to accept our interview, so I called me, but I didn't call me. I don't know why, but he seems unwilling to accept our interview anyway... Is he biased against us, Lao Qu?"
"Stop talking, Lao Li. No matter how prejudice is, can you still refuse such famous things?"
"That's really a hell. I don't know why he is unwilling to be interviewed... Or wait, Lao Qu, I guess there will be detailed reports from the British media tomorrow. I will translate a few articles for you, and you can use them yourself?"
"Okay..." Qu Heng thought for a while, nodded and agreed.
"Don't worry, Lao Qu. If we can't get the interview, there will be no other messy media. There are not many people who can set up stations in London..." Li Liangcai comforted him after hearing the concerns in his boss's tone.
"Xinhua News Agency and CCTV..."
"Hi, those two bureaucratic agencies!" Li Liangcai said disdainfully, "Xinhua News Agency is not interested in this kind of news. CCTV... After their report is approved, we even dug out three generations of the ancestors of the international student. Don't worry, Lao Qu!"
※※※When Zhang Mingyu, the editor-in-chief of "Century New Sports", received the fax sent by Xu Xiaodi from London, he actually didn't take it seriously. Of course, he knew that this mysterious international student is very popular in the circle of sports journalists. Everyone tried their best to dig up his news, but he still knew very well how much his subordinates were - his newspaper had no funds, no fame, and no strength, so he got this person's exclusiveness?
The probability was similar to that of a sudden I remembered to buy a sports lottery bet, and I won five million.
Moreover, Xu Xiaodi has been in London for more than two years and most of the things she sent back were excerpted directly from the British media. If this exclusive interview was not copied by him, he would have made up his own tricks!
But what does this have to do with him as the editor-in-chief? Even if he made up it up, he read it and at least he made it quite like that. After more than two years, Xiao Xu's business ability has become more and more proficient... This interview is well-known and good, as long as it can attract readers. As for the future, if the interview is found to be fake, it doesn't matter. I just publish an apology statement and pull Xu Xiaodi out to push the tank.
For the editor-in-chief Mr. Zhang Mingyu, he has no losses and no risks. If it is true, he will make a profit. Why not do such a thing that is cost-effective?
So after signing and publishing this article, it was returned to the editor-in-chief.
※※※On Monday, the Sports Weekly was published. Qu Heng waited for one night, but did not wait for the latest report sent by Li Liangcai from the UK. He had no choice but to send the sample to the printing factory for printing, otherwise it would not be as long as the launch time on Monday morning.
Li Liangcai has been waiting at several newsstands where he often goes, but he has not seen any more detailed reports about Chu Zhongtian. Everyone is talking about those things - a Chinese student named "chu" scored a goal in the third round of the FA Cup and was elected the best in this game. However, the C-level team defeated the super team Everton 2-1 on Sunday, occupying a lot of pages. Could it be that the British actually don't have much interest in this Chinese and will not pay attention to it after normal reports?
Those readers who are excited to buy the latest issue of Sports Weekly will definitely be disappointed. Because when they opened the newspaper and turned to the international football version, they found that everything was the same, but they didn't even have a word of what they wanted to see most... There was no further report on the most professional sports newspaper in China?
Who is that Chinese student?
Readers are more emotionally interested.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, a distribution area claimed to cover the entire South China region. In fact, 90% of the newspapers in Hunan were placed on the desk of Qu Heng, the chief editor of Sports Weekly.
It is the "Century New Sports" that was published on the same day as them, which is also a comprehensive sports newspaper, but it is not a newspaper of the same level in terms of influence or circulation.
If Sports Weekly is an aircraft carrier in sports newspapers, then "Century New Sports" is a small sampan.
This newspaper belongs to Hunan Daily, and "Sports Weekly" was originally a newspaper under the Hunan Provincial Sports Commission, so the reason why "Century New Sports" was established was to compete with their "Sports Weekly". At the beginning of its establishment, it was hyped up and wanted to replace them "Sports Weekly" to dominate the Chinese comprehensive sports newspaper market. Unexpectedly, it was no longer possible after just one year. "Sports Weekly" also took the opportunity to poach two of them who are very capable in reporting on NBAs. So the relationship between the two companies has not been very good.
But now when the national media are still asking "Who is chu_zhongtian", this small sampan newspaper has published an exclusive interview with a length of 3,000 words!
It is also marked as "exclusive interview with our newspaper's London reporter Xu Xiaodi".
Editor-in-chief Xu Xiaodi and Qu Heng have heard of this. In order to threaten the Sports Weekly in all aspects, they also set up a London press station. However, although the name is loud, only Xu Xiaodi sent it. Those reports about English football appeared in "New Sports in the Century" were almost "rewrited" from the British media.
But after all, they are a Chinese sports media that set up a press station in London... Li Liangcai once comforted him and said, "There are not many Chinese media that are capable of setting up a station in London." Isn't there one?
Qu Heng resisted his irritability and anger and finished reading this interview and the interview afterword.
Is this true or false?
He kept asking himself in his mind.
It seems to be quite true, with every question and answer, and many of the answers are consistent with the first appearance of a young man under the age of twenty. But Qu Heng really couldn't believe that the newspaper that was beaten by them in China could have the energy to get an exclusive interview with the "Chu Zhongtian" in the UK... You know, he refused Li Liangcai's interview!
I rejected our interview request but accepted an interview from a small newspaper. Does he have any idea?
Qu Heng knew that it was midnight in the UK at this time, but he was not in the mood to wait for Li Liang to get up. He picked up the phone number on the table and called the Sports Weekly News Agency's London reporter station in the UK.
※※Li Liangcai squatted on the streets of London for a day and found nothing. Not long after he fell asleep, he suddenly heard the phone ringing. He ran to answer the phone in a daze. Before he could come back to his senses, he heard a burst of urgent questions coming from inside: "Old Li, do you know what happened to "New Sports in the Century"? How did they get Chu Zhongtian's exclusive interview? Is there any movement in the British media?"
Li Liangcai was stunned for a while while holding the phone, but no sound was made. When the cold wind blew, he shivered and then suddenly came to his senses.
"Ah? Exclusive? Interview? Century New Sports?"
"You're awake now, Old Li?" Qu Heng asked over there.
"What's going on?"
"They got the exclusive interview with the international student!"
Li Liangcai almost blurted out: "This is impossible! I have been squatting for a day, but I haven't seen any British media publish any interviews or other reports. They are still cooking yesterday's cold rice. How could they get the exclusive interview?"
Qu Heng's voice over there was a little ease: "Is it fake?"
Li Liangcai said firmly without thinking: "It's 100% fake! I know Xu Xiaodi, except for plagiarism and Hu's editor, there is no other ability."
He yawned.
"Okay, Lao Li. I said it's Monday, right?"
"Well..." Li Liangcai thought to himself and you realized it was midnight?" "It was just after two o'clock."
"Then you go and have a rest. Remember to pay attention to the newspapers on the shelves today."
"Don't worry, as long as there is any movement in the UK, I will pass it to you immediately."
Li Liangcai waited for the president to hang up the phone before going to bed. He was lying on the bed and thought about the interview mentioned by president Qu Heng, and felt that something was strange. But his strong tiredness made him not have time to think about it carefully, and he quickly fell asleep when he tilted his head.
※※※"Since it was made up..." Qu Heng smiled, then folded the newspaper and threw it into the garbage can under the table.
He is waiting for the show to fall now, and he doesn't even mind taking advantage of the situation when "Century New Sports" is in a mess... But is there anything else to dig over there?
Has the small sampan started to do anything to defeat the aircraft carrier? It's a pity that even if you use any means, you can't win us... Why waste this effort?
※※※ Zhang Mingyu, the editor-in-chief of "Century New Sports", was very happy to hear that the feedback was a favorable one - because the first one published an interview about this mysterious international student, sales were booming. The newspapers that were too late to sell were even received calls to print! And there were also companies calling to ask for advertisements... He sat in the office, smiling as bright as spring flowers.
Regardless of whether the interview is true or not, they are already popular! They have won the first battle in this news battle!
"Do you add a print, Lao Zhang?" The person from the issuing department asked for instructions.
"Print! Print! Print!" Zhang Mingyu shouted three times in excitement. "No... wait..."
He called again to the director of the distribution department who was about to leave.
"You wait first..." He called the head of the editorial department, then told them to mobilize all their strength, and immediately drove him out of the account!
All the information that Chu Zhongtian can collect during the third round of the FA Cup will be sorted out and put on the outside. Of course, the core is the interview and interview postscript sent by Xu Xiaodi.
"But our information is not very detailed..." The person in charge of the editorial department was a little embarrassed.
"Editor! Didn't Xiao Xu have an interview? Look for the details in the interview and put them in! Don't you still know these things?"
The editor-in-chief exuded a sense of dominance, and the person in charge of the editorial department immediately stopped having any objection and took the order and left.
The person in charge of the distribution department also left, and the editor-in-chief was left in the office. There were two newspapers in front of him, one was "New Sports" which published an interview with Chu Zhongtian, and their own newspaper, and the other was "Sports Weekly", which he had always regarded as a competitor. In the international football half of "New Sports" newspaper, Chu Zhongtian's color photos were very conspicuous, and the black title of "International Student Playing Football in the UK" was also very eye-catching. The news about Chu Zhongtian in the Premier League edition of "Sports Weekly" next to him was only one large title - "Who is he?" Coupled with Chu Zhongtian's big photo, it seemed to create a mysterious atmosphere and attract readers to look forward to the next issue.
Unfortunately, this sense of expectation was completely destroyed by the emergence of "Century New Sports".
Zhang Mingyu couldn't help laughing at the two newspapers with strong contrast.
Chapter completed!