"What? Is there any problem?" Duan Zetao asked with a smile when he saw Guo Xiaofan was stunned and didn't say anything.
"Well, Secretary Duan, can you say hello to our editor-in-chief yourself? Otherwise, I'm afraid this manuscript will not be passed by him!" Guo Xiaofan said hesitantly.
Duan Zetao raised his eyebrows, his eyes flashed, and he waved his hand hard and said angrily: "Why can't it be passed? Such real, objective, and in-depth news reports cannot be published, which shows that the cadres in our propaganda department have a very problematic thought! As the head of the news media, we must have keen insight and open-minded ideological awareness. If the thought is rigid, conservative, and unchanging, it will not be easy to do publicity work!..."
"But I can't say hello. I'm just using power to interfere with the freedom of the press. It's also wrong. I'll sign a name at the end of your manuscript, indicating that I have read your article and agree with your point of view. Do you think it's OK?"
Guo Xiaofan was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Okay! OK! Must be OK! Seeing your calligraphy, our editor-in-chief's expression will definitely be very exciting! Haha!".
Duan Zetao smiled and pointed at Guo Xiaofan with his finger. He signed his name at the end of the manuscript. Guo Xiaofan carefully took the manuscript signed by Duan Zetao and couldn't wait to say: "Secretary Duan, then I won't disturb your work. I'll go to our newspaper leader immediately. You can just wait and see the front page news of our newspaper tomorrow morning!..."
Guo Xiaofan rushed back to the newspaper with the manuscript signed by Duan Zetao and rushed directly into the editor-in-chief's office. Chen Dongxing, the editor-in-chief of Jiangnan Metropolis Daily, always disliked Guo Xiaofan, who broke in without knocking on his door, turned dark and shouted angrily: "Guo Xiaofan, do you still know how to come back! Where have you been these days? Do you still have some organizational discipline?! Don't want to do it anymore, right?!..."
This time, Guo Xiaofan went to Yongchuan City and only asked for leave from the director of the News Department, but did not ask Chen Dongxing for instructions. This made Chen Dongxing, who was already disliked by him, very angry. He was about to take advantage of the situation and beat Guo Xiaofan's thorn.
Guo Xiaofan wanted to tease Chen Dongxing, so he pretended to be very frightened and said, "Mr. Chen, I was wrong. I was really in a hurry and left in a hurry. I didn't have time to ask you for leave. You are a lot of sir, so I forgive me this time. Don't fire me!..."
Seeing that Guo Xiaofan gave in, Chen Dongxing was a little proud, but still said sternly with a stern face: "That depends on your attitude of sincerity or not. You must write a deep review, and I will decide what to do with you based on your attitude of admitting your mistakes!..."
"It must be reviewed! It must be profound!" Guo Xiaofan became more and more excited. As he said that, he took out the manuscript of "Yan Xiaohui wins, does the rule of law win?" from his bag and handed it over with both hands, "Mr. Chen, I wrote a manuscript. Please correct me and see if I can post the front page?"
Chen Dongxing was quite satisfied with Guo Xiaofan's attitude, and Guo Xiaofan still had two tricks to write articles. As the editor-in-chief, he still had to have a few hard pen tips. This is also the reason why Chen Dongxing didn't like Guo Xiaofan but did not fire him. He nodded and took Guo Xiaofan's manuscript and started reading.
As soon as he saw the title, Chen Dongxing's face turned darker again. After looking at the lines quickly, Chen Dongxing came up on the ground, slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "Guo Xiaofan, what do you want to do?! You are openly sing against the party newspaper, and you are going to make a political mistake! I think you really don't want to do it anymore!..."
Guo Xiaofan smiled. He had expected Chen Dongxing to react like this. He walked over and turned to the last words of the manuscript. He knocked on Duan Zetao's signature at the end of the manuscript, but did not speak. He wrapped his hands in front of his chest and looked at Chen Dongxing's reaction with a sneer.
Chen Dongxing was confused by Guo Xiaofan's actions. He followed Guo Xiaofan's finger to the end of the manuscript and his eyes widened. Jiangnan Metropolis Daily was also a party newspaper. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper was also a cadre in the system, and the level was at the deputy department level. Generally, documents approved by the provincial party secretary would be conveyed to his level. Therefore, although Chen Dongxing had never seen Duan Zetao, he had seen Duan Zetao's signature on many documents, and even carefully pondered Duan Zetao's signature.
Seeing Duan Zetao's signature, Chen Dongxing's expression became wonderful. He was shocked first, but then he was disbelief. He trembled and picked up the manuscript and looked in front of him carefully. He stuttered and said, "This... is this the signature of the Provincial Party Committee...Duan...Secretary Duan...?!"
Seeing Chen Dongxing's appearance, Guo Xiaofan was very happy, just like eating ice cream in June, which was so good! His face was expressionless: "That's right, it was the signature of Secretary Duan of the Provincial Party Committee. Secretary Duan admired this manuscript very much. It seems that Mr. Chen, your opinion seems to be a little different from Secretary Duan?..."
Chen Dongxing's attitude immediately came to a hundred and eighty degrees, and he said to Guo Xiaofan with a smile on his face: "Oh, Xiaofan, don't fool me. What are the things that offends in the past? Brother, I'll apologize to you. I must be highly consistent with the provincial party committee. Your article is well written and very profound! By the way, when did you get on the line of Secretary Duan? I won't say to my brother..."
Guo Xiaofan was so full of goose bumps that he was full of Chen Dongxing's flattery. Chen Dongxing was enough to be his uncle at such an age, but he called out to his brother, making Guo Xiaofan very shameful. However, Chen Dongxing was his immediate boss after all, so it was not too much. He smiled and said, "I don't dare to apologize. As long as you don't wear my shoes in the future, Secretary Duan attaches great importance to this manuscript. Do you think you can invent the front page of the sky?..."
"The front page must be posted! I will arrange it immediately!" Chen Dongxing said passionately. After saying that, he quickly picked up the phone on his desk and dialed out, "Have the newspaper page been settled tomorrow? Leave the front page for me, what? It has been arranged, so let's remove the original article! I have a major report here, and I must be in the newspaper tomorrow!"
The next day, the front page of Jiangnan Metropolis Daily published a major report "Yan Xiaohui wins, does the rule of law win?" As soon as the report was published, it immediately looked like a bombshell, shocking the whole country. The news media that had cheered for Yan Xiaohui before regretted it and turned to reflect on the previous reports.
Netizens' reaction was particularly enthusiastic, and they found that their sympathy was exploited. Angry netizens turned against each other and condemned Yan Xiaohui. Of course, some rational netizens began to reflect on why they were confused by appearances and blindly followed the trend. Is it because of the lack of the spirit of questioning?