Upon hearing Nie Cai's request to live broadcast over the phone, Qin Xiao took a look at the phone and nodded affirmatively.
"This mobile phone should be specially modified, but it has a minihdmi interface. The device I have on hand should be fine and can broadcast live..."
He has great technical skills. When he turned to the nameplate number on the back of the phone, he could tell at a glance that this phone was modified from Motorola's Iridium phone, and he said with certainty.
But after Qin Xiao finished speaking, he became hesitant to speak, and looked at Nie Cai with something wrong: "It's just that the reporter is live broadcasting on a sinking cruise ship. This kind of live broadcast of death feels really weird..."
"I have my own destiny, so I don't need you to worry about it. You just need to provide me with technical support for the live broadcast."
Nie Cai cursed with a smile and said, "Believe me, I will definitely come back alive. You know, I have always been very lucky."
After Qin Xiao said this, he really discovered that this kind of live broadcast felt weird.
The cruise ship is going to sink soon. When broadcasting live, should I pretend to be indifferent to death and stay aloof from the incident? Or should I respond to the demand of domestic news to "turn around and change" and use experiential reporting to break my nose? Weeping and mourning the fate of this cruise ship
What's going on...
Qin Xiao opened the notebook placed in the guest room and connected to the CCTV satellite transmission channel.
Because of the time difference, although it's one or two in the middle of the night here in Nie Cai, it's around five in China.
Chen Mang was carrying a lunch box in the studio and preparing for tonight's show. Suddenly, Qin Xiao called.
"Deputy Director Chen, there is a major emergency here. Nie Cai is now on a luxury cruise ship that is about to sink with more than 4,000 people on board. He is requesting a live broadcast. Please connect to the station's satellite transmission channel immediately!"
Hearing this, Chen Mang was stunned for only a second while holding the lunch box.
"What?"
He immediately threw the lunch box on the table and jumped up immediately.
"Notify the broadcast control center immediately... make arrangements to stop the current program and 'open the window' to broadcast this live broadcast!"
Who cares about eating lunch at this time? As a journalist who has been doing news for decades, Chen Xiao is very clear about the value of this live satellite broadcast.
The sinking of a cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people was definitely a major news event that shocked the world.
Although this news event is far away in Europe, CCTV will definitely open a column to report on this shipwreck.
If you often follow CCTV news reports, you may have seen a special "breaking news" title. Those who qualify for this breaking news are very important news events.
When encountering such major news, you must race against time, interrupt the current live broadcast column, and open the live broadcast window.
Only the most important news will receive this kind of treatment. In CCTV, there may not be a few live broadcasts of "open windows" for major emergencies a year.
Reporting of breaking news has always been on a first-come-first-served basis. Foreign news is rarely reported in China.
Of course, due to China's weird internal news censorship system, this situation is often reversed - domestic news is still being censored, or even killed, but foreign media have smelled the news and reported it first. This situation They abound.
This time, it was finally CCTV's turn to be proud. No matter how fast the foreign media rushed, there would never be a live broadcast of Nie Cai, right
"Hey, big things happen wherever Nie Cai goes... Ever since the Titanic incident, all cruise ships will be equipped with more lifeboats than they can carry. Once a shipwreck occurs, everyone will have a chance to survive. Let Nie Cai be careful. Come on, don’t miss the time to evacuate to the lifeboat!”
Chen Mang said, not knowing the truth of the matter.
In fact, modern maritime disasters rarely involve large-scale deaths, because the strict implementation of life-saving safety measures and perfect escape procedures have greatly reduced the mortality rate of personnel.
Many of the victims in shipwrecks died due to accidental falls into the water or stampedes. The mortality rate is less than 1%. Such accidents are much more peaceful than aviation accidents that often turn everyone into flesh. They may even cause death. It is not as tragic as an ordinary bus overturning incident.
Therefore, Chen Mang expressed this emotion after hearing the news of the shipwreck.
"Deputy Director Chen... this matter is not that easy... forget it, you will know when Nie Cai is connected later."
Seeing Chen Mang's excitement, Qin Xiao couldn't bear to tell him the truth.
Nie Cai told him that the most critical lifeboat was gone, and the people on the boat had no way to escape and could only be trapped on the boat and wait to die.
Although Nie Cai has been comforting Qin Xiao, telling him that he can survive this disaster.
But Qin Xiao didn't hold out much hope. The cruise ship ran aground on the rocks in the vast sea, and there were no lifeboats. No matter how you looked at it, it was equivalent to a death sentence for more than 4,000 passengers, including Nie Cai.
If he knew the truth, would Chen Mang still be as excited as he is now
With Chen Mang, the deputy director, personally supervising, the satellite live broadcast platform was quickly set up, and the whole process only took about ten minutes.
After all, it is CCTV, and it is very experienced in dealing with such breaking news. On May 12, 2008, the Wenchuan earthquake that shocked the country occurred at 14:28, but the CCTV report appeared at three o'clock sharp , only took thirty-two minutes.
In 2011, as CCTV optimized its process and opened up live broadcast periods, the response speed was much faster. At 13:46 on March 11, 2011, an earthquake occurred in Japan. The first news should be reported by Zhu Guangquan at 14:05. 19 minutes after the earthquake occurred, it was almost the first in the world.
In Cannes, Qin Xiao also completed the transformation of his mobile phone.
The mobile phone was plugged into one of his temporarily modified data cables and connected to his laptop workstation. With the help of the film restoration company's encoder and transmitting antenna, it was directly connected to the live satellite channel.
Although due to equipment limitations, the signal of this live broadcast may be slightly worse and cannot meet the standards of high-definition live broadcast, the authenticity and timeliness of news are important. It is already very impressive to be able to broadcast such a big news as soon as possible. It's rare.
"Nie Cai, everything is ready. The live broadcast can be started now. Let's do the signal test first. You can say whatever you want."
Qin Xiao took a deep breath and said in a heavy tone.
As a reporter, Nie Cai was so dedicated that when the cruise ship sank, he was still thinking about his responsibilities and did not forget to broadcast the news that shocked the world immediately.
Under Nie Cai's live broadcast, CCTV was at the forefront of the world in reporting on this major news event, but it was paid for by Nie Cai's life!
When the live broadcast ends, what will be Nie Cai's fate? Qin Xiao couldn't bear to think about this anymore...