An Eye for News

Chapter 8: Jump off the building

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The commercial building is the tallest building in S County and the commercial center of S County.

On weekdays, this place is already bustling with people, but now when someone jumps off the building, the crowd blocks the road, and the TV station's interview vehicle cannot reach the downstairs of the building.

"Brother driver, please stop here. I will contact you after I take the photo..."

Nie Cai couldn't wait any longer, so he quickly grabbed the camera and jumped out of the car, heading straight to the commercial building.

"Wow, someone jumped off the building and was shouting and screaming from the top of the 33rd floor. You could hear it on the street."

"I heard that he threatened to jump off the building as soon as the police came over. No one dared to approach him!"

"Yes, I heard that that man was only in his twenties or thirties. Why did he think of committing suicide? Young people are really ignorant..."

The crowd gathered around the bottom of the building, pointing to the roof and talking. Nie Cai pushed aside the crowd and forced his way in.

"Give way, give way..."

The police had already set up a cordon downstairs of the building to keep out the spectators. Nie Cai quickly took out his camera and took a few shots to capture the scene.

This is the so-called first scene. From Nie Cai's perspective, he can have a panoramic view of the scene.

Of course, this kind of shot was only a long shot. Nie Cai quickly set up a tripod and pointed it at the location of the person jumping upstairs. However, he found that from the ground, the person involved could not be seen from this angle. A big and annoying billboard blocked him. You have to look inward to see the lens.

Nie Cai's heart moved. He moved the camera and tripod together and moved it downstairs, but he was already close to the cordon.

"Stop, don't you see the cordon?"

Suddenly, a man in police uniform stretched out his hand to stop Nie Cai and shouted.

"Hello, comrade police, I am a reporter from the TV station in County S. Could you please be accommodating, comrade police? I want to go in and shoot some news..."

Nie Cai showed off the camera in his hand. Professional cameras like this are usually only available to people in TV stations. Usually, this camera can identify oneself.

After all, it is a public opinion supervision department. S County is only so big. People in government departments will not embarrass people from TV stations.

"S County TV Station? Sorry, according to the order of the County Party Committee Propaganda Department, media interviews are prohibited here. I will not let any irrelevant personnel in."

The policeman glanced at Nie Cai, then withdrew his gaze, and just stood there like a javelin.

"Please be accommodating. I promise not to affect your work. By the way, comrade police, what time did this person appear on the roof of the building?"

Nie Cai said with a smile, but secretly cursed in his heart.

It’s the County Party Committee Propaganda Department again!

This Propaganda Department is nominally the superior of the TV station, but sometimes for the sake of "harmony", many news are not allowed to be shot by S County TV station, and various restrictions are often imposed on the TV station.

Especially when it comes to such high-impact cases, they hold on to the idea of not seeking merit but seeking no fault, and try not to make the matter a big deal. They wait until the matter is dealt with later and set the tone, and then publish it in the party newspaper without any pain. Publish a red tape and settle the matter.

The "Today's Concern" column where Nie Cai works is news about people's livelihood, and it relies on down-to-earth news. Of course, it cannot be like these bureaucrats.

"Sorry, please contact our comrades in charge of publicity for news interviews. We will not accept interviews. I am only responsible for carrying out the blockade task."

The policeman gave Nie Cai a cold look and answered stiffly.

Nie Cai took a look at the epaulette on the policeman's shoulder. It was just the most ordinary two-pointed shoulder. At a glance, he knew he was a new police officer.

"What... Then who is your commander? I want to communicate with him."

Seeing that he could not pass the test, Nie Cai had to take roundabout measures and inquired.

The time on the first scene of news like this is very precious, and you must seize every second, otherwise the opportunity will be fleeting and you will regret it.

Nie Cai has been working as a reporter for a long time, and Nie Cai has also communicated with some leaders of the Public Security Bureau. If he can build relationships, he might be able to pass.

"Deputy Director Huang is negotiating with them upstairs. I don't have time to talk to you now. I think you should wait here."

However, this policeman was stubborn and refused to accommodate Nie Cai at all, which immediately made Nie Cai dumbfounded.

"Is it possible that this policeman has a grudge against the reporter and doesn't even give him this little face..."

In fact, if you are an experienced reporter who often works on the police line here, you can easily find a few acquaintances here and use their "face" to get in.

S County is so small, this is the most normal thing, but Nie Cai is just a new reporter who has only been on the job for half a year, and the public security news is very rare. Nie Cai, the leader of the Public Security Bureau, cannot recognize him, so there is nothing he can do.

Nie Cai took a deep breath, knowing that he could not go in directly. He quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed the number of the correspondent of the S County Public Security Bureau.

The public security bureau has a publicity department, which is responsible for publicizing advanced deeds, policies that facilitate and benefit the people, and case progress within the public security system. To put it bluntly, this kind of person is a reporter from the public security bureau, who is responsible for publicizing public affairs within the public security system. , I have frequent contact with the TV station on weekdays.

Now in this situation, only he can bring people in for filming.

However, Nie Caicai just took out his mobile phone and was immediately dumbfounded -

I was so tired last night that I fell asleep on the bed and forgot to charge my phone!

Now that Nie Cai's mobile phone can't even be turned on, how can he get help

"Damn it, the opportunity is fleeting. If we delay for a little longer, I'm afraid the scene will be gone!"

Nie Cai suddenly cursed in his heart and thought helplessly.

If his news makes the headlines, he can earn more news points, but Nie Cai still remembers that there is a prerequisite, which is to cause a huge response.

This piece of news about jumping off a building is valuable, but my shots were so-so and I missed the first scene. I'm afraid it won't even make the headlines when the program is compiled, let alone get rewarded with news points!

But at this moment, a large young man wearing a peaked cap and a woman in a white suit hurried over.

Nie Cai's sharp eyes saw that the young man was carrying a camera, and the woman was holding a wireless microphone in her hand, with a work badge hanging on her chest, dressed like a typical reporter.

The big young man seemed to be very anxious. He stretched out his hand to push Nie Cai and rushed towards the cordon!

"Comrade, please don't break through the cordon..."

The policeman quickly wanted to stop him, but when he saw a policeman in a white shirt following him, he glared at him and was speechless.

The formulaic expression on his face immediately disappeared, and was replaced with a flattering smile. He raised the cordon and let the two people in.

"White shirt?"

Nie Cai suddenly felt something in his heart. The police rank of a person who can wear a white shirt is at least a third-level police supervisor. The administrative level is equivalent to the county level, which is equivalent to a white-collar police officer.

A policeman who can wear a white shirt is definitely a big leader. He is rare in Z city, let alone the subordinate S county.

According to the normal administrative level, no one in the public security system of S County can wear this police uniform, except... the newly transferred secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of S County!

The newly transferred secretary of the County Political and Legal Affairs Committee, whose surname is Xie, also serves as the director of the Public Security Bureau of County S, but this is just in name only. On weekdays, the real person in charge is Executive Deputy Director Huang, who is the one negotiating with the person who jumped from the building upstairs.

Thinking of this, Nie Cai quickly greeted the man in the white shirt and said, "Hello, leader, I am Xiao Nie from S County TV station. I would like to ask if we can be allowed to enter the scene to shoot..."

"S County TV Station?"

The man in the white shirt frowned, with an unhappy look on his face: "The two comrades just now are from the x provincial TV station. They are interviewing our county during this period. The fewer people there are, the better in an occasion like this. Why are you, a reporter from a small county-level station, here to cause trouble?"

After saying this, he waved his hands and left without even looking at Nie Cai.

Sure enough, the young policeman glanced at him and showed a sarcastic look: "Did you hear that our interpreter said you won't be allowed in, so you can leave!"

Hearing this, Nie Cai sighed deeply, knowing that this young policeman would not be able to pass this test.

Being able to have the secretary of the political and legal committee of County S as an escort means that the treatment at the provincial station and the county station is different.

Everyone knows this truth, but Nie Cai feels very uncomfortable when this hugely different treatment falls on him.