Bancheng Town.
Bancheng Town is located in the northwest mountainous area of X Province and falls under the jurisdiction of L City.
The girls in Dabancheng have long braids and big and sweet watermelons. There is only one word difference between Dabancheng and Yubancheng in the song, but the scenes between them are worlds apart.
Unlike Osaka City in the song, which has beautiful scenery and warm and beautiful girls, this place is poor, backward, and dilapidated... Nie Cai never expected that there would be such a poor and backward mountainous town more than 200 years away from the capital city N. town.
How poor is this place? According to the locals, if a girl does not marry in Bancheng Town, people will starve to death after eating sweet potatoes for three meals. This sentence is a true portrayal of Bancheng Town.
It is said that the more developed a region is, the greater the pressure and the higher the suicide rate. For example, the suicide rate in places like Tokyo, Japan, is among the highest in the world all year round.
It is hard to imagine that in such a remote town, six elementary school students in the same class committed suicide by taking poison in succession within the same week.
No one knew why. The three rescued children remained silent. The media believed that a cult was at work and that they should be performing some kind of ritual. However, this conjecture without evidence could not be reported.
Therefore, this sensational news has not made any breakthroughs so far. According to the notification from the L city government, it only dealt with several officials from the Education Bureau and sentenced a vendor for buying rat poison.
When Nie Cai and Shen Lan arrived here, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.
After driving on mountain roads for seven or eight hours in a row, driving the work unit's shabby Jetta, Nie Cai felt like all the bones in his body were falling apart.
The station does not provide drivers, and can only provide the worst cars in the station. There is no way around the hard work.
If Li Wei hadn't fought for it, I might not even have a car, and would have to take a bus and then take a local motorcycle to get here.
But Shen Lan was full of energy and said: "People from satellite TV came to interview once, but they were blocked by the local government and the Propaganda Department and returned without success. We came at night to avoid them."
She had obviously made sufficient preparations for this topic and knew not to rush to the local publicity department, otherwise it would definitely be counterproductive.
"Okay, let's work first and then find a place to stay."
Nie Cai nodded and agreed with Shen Lan.
He had read the court files and knew that the last of the group of primary school students to commit suicide by taking poison was named Xiao Yi. Because he was discovered early and was sent for gastric lavage in time, he was lucky enough to be rescued.
"Let's go to Zhenbei Earth Temple. Lao Yi's family is nearby."
The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the mountain towns are not as brightly lit as big cities, and the dim street lights are very weak.
Nie Cai searched for a long time before finally finding Lao Yi's home.
Xiaoyi's home is a cement bungalow with a medium-sized yard. The living standard in the local area is considered good.
There is still light in the house, it seems they are not asleep yet.
Tuk tuk…
Nie Cai knocked on the door of Lao Yi's house. A drunk man opened the small window on the iron door and said in a rough voice: "Who is it?"
"We are reporters from the x provincial TV station. It's so late, so we won't disturb your rest, right?"
Shen Lan tried his best to show a smile and asked softly.
Nie Cai was responsible for filming, and she was responsible for talking to the interview subjects. This was decided on the road.
"come in… "
The man glanced sideways at Shen Lan, opened the iron door, and said in a drunken voice, "You reporters... come one after another. You are annoying us even if you don't mind!"
When Nie Cai saw the other party opening the door, he felt happy.
This is the advantage of female reporters. Director Ling arranged for Shen Lan and Nie Cai to come together, not so that men and women would not be tired when working together, but for other reasons.
Shen Lan is the original anchor of "Case Tracking". One aspect is her strong appearance ability. The most important thing is that the affinity of female reporters is much better than that of male reporters. Sometimes this affinity is very useful.
If it were Nie Cai who knocked on the door so late at night, no one who was even remotely wary would let Nie Cai in.
Nie Cai walked in with a camera and looked at it curiously.
There is a vegetable patch planted in the yard, surrounded by piles of chemical fertilizers. The corn stalks collected this year are piled in a corner of the yard. It looks like an ordinary farmer.
"Hello, we are reporters from the x provincial TV station. My name is Shen Lan. This is my colleague, named Nie Cai... I'm sorry to come to you so late. Can I talk to you?"
Shen Lan was in charge of the interview and asked as soon as he came in.
But no one paid any attention to him.
Xiao Yi's father was so drunk that he went back to the house and fell asleep. At the door of the bungalow, Xiao Yi's mother was shelling corn in silence.
An eleven or twelve-year-old boy was writing homework on the coffee table in the living room and ignored Shen Lan at all. He was probably Lao Yi.
"There's nothing to ask. Lao Yi hasn't spoken since he was rescued. We didn't even coax or beg him, but he refused to speak."
Xiao Yi's mother put down the corn and said in a hoarse voice: "You are not the first reporter to come to interview, and you are probably not the last. Please, please let our lives return to normal."
Shen Lan had a troubled look on his face and glanced at Nie Cai.
As soon as she opened her mouth, it was clear that she was uncooperative, which immediately made her prepared questions useless.
"Sister, we are not here to disturb you, but to pursue the truth. You also want to know what the reason is, right?"
Nie Cai said quickly, trying to stand in the same camp as Xiao Yi's mother and bring the relationship closer.
Xiao Yi's mother's face was slightly moved, but at this moment, there was a bang at the door of the yard.
Five or six big men poured in from outside the door. As soon as they came in, they shouted: "You can't do interviews here. You reporters should get out of here!"
Damn it, someone's still here!
Nie Cai frowned. He thought that coming here in the middle of the night would avoid those who were blocking the interview, but he didn't expect to alert them anyway.
In fact, if you think about it, you will know that there are only 20 to 30,000 people in Bancheng Town. It cannot be any smaller. As long as strangers from outside come here, they will definitely be discovered.
He quickly stood in front of Shen Lan, took out his press card and said in a deep voice: "We are reporters from the x province TV station. This is our press card. Who are you and why are you driving us away?"
These big men surrounded Nie Cai and Shen Lan. One of them snorted and said, "We are their relatives. They are so annoyed that they are not willing to be interviewed. You should leave quickly!"
"I'm interviewing them, not you. Why do you have to chase people away for them!"
Shen Lan was a little annoyed and said to them.
She finally got here, but before she could say a few words, she was about to be driven away. How could she accept it
"You can ask them if you are willing!"
The big man put his hands on his hips, exposing his naked body, and said viciously.
Hearing this, Nie Cai had a bad premonition. Since this big man dared to say this, they probably had already made an agreement with Xiao Yi's family.
"These people shouldn't be relatives... How can relatives be like this?"
Nie Cai's heart moved and he used the mind-reading technique to throw it away.
Immediately, a row of large golden characters appeared on the big man's head.
"Lao Yi and his family are all timid. The town government has already told them to shut up. How dare they offend our town government?"
"After all, the reporters will have to leave sooner or later, but they will still have to live here! There will be no good consequences for offending the town government."
It turned out to be someone from the town government... Nie Cai suddenly understood.
If these people were really relatives, it would be easier to handle, and I could still treat them with affection and reason. However, these people from the town government are pretending to be relatives. In order to ensure the effect of covering the lid, they must not let in any oil or salt. of.
Sure enough, Xiao Yi's mother, who was shucking corn at the door, stopped what she was doing and said in a hoarse voice: "Stop interviewing us. We don't even know why our children are like this. What's the use of interviewing us?"
"Did you hear that? He told you to stop the interview and leave quickly!"
The big man at the head laughed, pointed at the iron gate of the yard, and said unceremoniously.
"Nie Cai... what should I do?"
Shen Lan stamped her feet angrily and turned to look at Nie Cai, letting Nie Cai make up his mind.
She is just a reporter who has just been replaced as an anchor. She can still handle small news, but she has no idea when encountering this situation.
Before leaving, Director Ling repeatedly told her to listen to Nie Cai in everything during this interview.
Although Nie Cai is just a trainee reporter, Nie Cai actually has much richer interview experience than she does. You still have to look at Nie Cai at critical moments.
"Don't worry, you have to respect the opinions of the parties involved, right?"
Nie Cai frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly said.
"The person involved? You mean Xiao Yi?"
The big man was startled, then sneered and said, "Then I'm going to disappoint you. This child has never spoken since the day he came back from the hospital. He won't speak to anyone who asks him. How can you make him talk to you?" You are awesome!"
Nie Cai was overjoyed. This was what he had been waiting for!
"Okay, let me give it a try!"
He nodded, fearing that they would regret it, and quickly walked to Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi's body was a little thin, with dark circles under his eyes like a panda, and a haggard face. There were also several scars on his arm holding the pencil, which looked very shocking.
At such a young age, he had to experience life and death. Nie Cai felt some sympathy in his heart. He sighed, knelt down and said, "Xiao Yi, can you tell me, are you willing to let us interview you?"
Nie Cai, a rough guy, was much less friendly than Shen Lan, a beauty. Xiao Yi tilted his head and glanced at Nie Cai, without saying anything, and continued to do his homework.
"Haha... If people ignore you, get out of here!"
The big man outside the door chuckled, as if he had expected this result.
Hearing the ridicule from outside the door, Nie Cai didn't take it seriously. He didn't expect that he could ask anything with just a few words.
If it were that easy, I'm afraid it wouldn't be my turn to make this news.
The rescued children all remained silent and were unwilling to speak at all, which made the already very bizarre case of continuous suicide by poisoning even more confusing.
"In this case... then we have to use mind reading."
Nie Cai narrowed his eyes slightly and directly activated the thought reading component.
This thought-reading component was his biggest trump card. It was precisely because he had it that Nie Cai dared to boast that he would be able to complete the task.
A line of red font appeared on Xiao Yi's head. The words that appeared this time were different from any other time.
"According to the Federal Press Act, the use of mind-reading components by minors under the age of 16 is prohibited. Please contact the Federal Press Office or upgrade the mind-reading components to Level 3 permissions."
Seeing this sentence, Nie Cai was immediately dumbfounded.