He Youwei booked a high-end ward. She didn't like being disturbed, and the doctors and nurses had never visited her since she recovered.
She deposited half a month's hospitalization fee into her hospital card. After the money was used up, the nurse went to the ward to find her to inquire about renewal, only to find that the ward was empty and her luggage and daily necessities were gone.
The nurse just thought she had left and didn't think much about it. It was not until a few days later when He Youwei's parents came to the hospital that they learned that He Youwei was missing.
Ying Zhiwan defended himself, "It couldn't have been me. I've been staying in the hospital recently and haven't been out."
Xiang Xiaoyuan proved it for him: "He had chemotherapy recently and doesn't have the energy. The hospital has surveillance equipment to check."
Lin Dapeng rolled his eyes, showing self-awareness. He said unhappily, "I didn't doubt you."
When Lin Jiaqiao heard this, he immediately clarified: "It wasn't me who did it. I have already scolded her on Youxian Reading Newspaper for half a month. There is no need to do anything to her offline."
Lin Dapeng was speechless: "I didn't say it was you."
He looked at Gu Yiming and said, "We checked. He Youwei's last text message was sent to you."
Gu Yiming looked at him in surprise and was stunned for several seconds before he remembered to look for his phone.
He removed He Youwei's name from the blacklist, and He Youwei did send him a message.
She wanted to invite him to dinner.
Gu Yiming had mixed emotions. "I, I think she's annoying, so—"
He looked at everyone and asked, "Should I have replied to her at that time?"
People's hearts are biased after all. Even though He Youwei's life or death is uncertain, everyone still considers Gu Yiming's emotions first.
Lin Jiaqiao and Gu Yiming said that it was not his fault. Xiang Xiaoyuan and Ying Zhiwan also comforted him and told him not to take it to heart.
Only Lin Dapeng looked at him thoughtfully.
Gu Yiming noticed his gaze and asked, "Do you need my phone? I need to back up the messages."
"Also, the conversations between me and the patients are private matters, so I cannot show them to you."
Lin Dapeng retracted his gaze and said, "Don't bother. Come to the Municipal Bureau when you have time, and we'll take a statement."
A few days later, with everyone's reluctant farewell, Xiang Xiaoyuan and Ying Zhiwan boarded a plane to a foreign country.
Their plane drew a white line in the sky and then quickly disappeared.
Just like He Youwei.
Since that day, no one has seen He Youwei again.
At the beginning, there were a lot of discussions about her on the Internet, and "Wei Guan News" even used this as a gimmick and made a series of programs.
Her private life was exposed for people to watch over and over again, and every little quirk of hers was used as a topic of conversation for the audience after dinner.
People called her a green tea, indecent, a bitch, a slut... In short, like every woman who was pushed to the forefront by the media, people used all the insulting words they could think of to describe women on her.
He Youwei finally got the traffic she had always dreamed of, but she was unable to use public opinion to turn things around.
She had no way to defend herself, and no one was willing to defend her.
Three days later, there was less talk about her. A week later, no one mentioned her anymore.
The world is so big. Every day there are news that you have never heard of and people that you have never met. People's attention is firmly grasped by these new things. After a month, everything that happened to He Youwei seems like something from the last century.
Except for her parents who occasionally came to the Municipal Bureau to inquire about the progress of the case, everyone had forgotten who the "Wei" in "Wei Guan News" was.
Half a year later, 'Wei Guan News' changed its name to 'Micro News', but it did not cause any waves.
The newly transferred person in charge originally planned to use He Youwei to stir up the heat for the last time, but after seeing this situation, he decisively gave up.
As the year draws to a close, everyone becomes busy with various summaries and gatherings, one after another.
Since Lin Jiaqiao's rebirth, all his energy has been focused on the '11.11' disappearance case. He has no time to engage in marketing activities, and all his reports are much more serious.
She originally thought that the performance target for this quarter would be a loss, but at the end of the year, she actually exceeded the target.
It seems that serious news still has a market. Editor-in-Chief Lin was very happy and paid for afternoon tea out of his own pocket.
Everyone was not polite and took turns placing orders for pizza, milk tea, roast goose and crayfish.
Lin Jiaqiao calculated the total amount and put in half of this month's salary.
Fortunately, I don't have to support a family. She was sighing about her wallet when Mr. Hua put a bottle of snake grass and flower water on her table. Reporter Xia followed behind and put a box of crayfish.
Lin Jiaqiao was surprised that these people had a change of heart, and then he remembered that this was what reporter Cui liked to eat.
Reporter Cui's full name is Cui Baixing. He was a famous investigative reporter during his lifetime. It can be said that he created "Youxian Reading Newspaper".
Unfortunately, he has passed away.
Lin Jiaqiao was reminiscing about his old friend when the vice president came to the big office with an unhappy look on his face: "Lin Jiaqiao, come with me."
The vice president is a very thin old man, who is 62 years old today. He is an old man of Youxian Dubao, having worked here since he was a young man, and should have retired long ago, but he really couldn't bear to leave here, so he was rehired.
He always wears a pair of yellowed glasses, and his clothes are the same style that he has worn for many years. His face is always very serious, and everyone is a little afraid of him.
But Lin Jiaqiao didn't. She knew that the old man was Cui Boxing's good friend, and the two of them were good partners who had been through thick and thin together.
She respected him as much as she respected Cui Boxing.
Lin Jiaqiao asked with a smile: "What do you want to talk to me about? Do you want to give me a bonus?"
The old man pushed his reading glasses aside and said, "You are dreaming. It's not even dark yet and you are dreaming."
"When the Liu Yang kidnapping case was at its worst, why didn't you write any news, but just reposted the police announcement?"
"I was doing a year-end summary today, and when I checked, I found that several of the special reports on 'Wei Guan News' had over 100 million hits. As for 'You Xian Reading Newspaper', we only picked up some leftovers at the end, and there is no discussion yet."
"I originally thought that your move to compete with her was a good one, but why didn't you follow up? You wasted traffic."
"And the advertisers? You are amazing. You have driven all the advertisers away. I think you want to shut down You Xian Du Bao!"
Lin Jiaqiao understood that the old man was coming to settle the score.
She was afraid that the old man would get high blood pressure from anger, so she comforted him, "'Wei Guan News' is making up stories, it's complete nonsense—"
The vice president pointed at her nose and scolded: "What's wrong with talking nonsense? Readers like to read this."
"Besides, what's wrong with you talking nonsense? If you post something online and it's wrong, just delete it. Who would take you seriously?"
"Why, do you think netizens have memories?"
"Look, they are boycotting this and that all day long, shouting louder than anyone else, but in fact, within a month, as long as the price is lowered, they will still line up to buy."
"Not only did they buy it, they also found a bunch of excuses for themselves, each of which sounded very reasonable."
“So, on the Internet, the truth is the least important. As long as you have traffic, you are the most righteous.”
Lin Jiaqiao was unhappy, she put away her smile and said: "'Wei Guan News' is a marketing account."
The vice president said: "What's wrong with the marketing account? I told you -"
Lin Jiaqiao was really angry. She said coldly, "What's wrong with the marketing account?"
"Marketing accounts are troublemakers on the Internet. They dare to do anything for traffic."
"They take things out of context and fabricate public opinion. They create confrontation and spread panic. They sell anxiety. They do whatever it takes to gain traffic. They exploit legal loopholes and lower the moral bottom line time and time again."
“They are the Internet mafia.”
"When they cause trouble, they can pretend to be dead, hire trolls, or use the company's media matrix to whitewash themselves. If all else fails, they can just change their names. But what about us?"
"It is us, Youxian Reading Newspaper, that have failed, but we are a serious media, why should we be compared with marketing accounts?"
The current president of "Youxian Dubao" has been in prison.
He was wrongfully imprisoned and sentenced to life imprisonment. He spent more than 20 years in prison and wrote letters of appeal for more than 20 years. Later, Cui Boxing learned about his story and led reporters from Youxian Reading Newspaper to re-investigate the case and vindicate him.
When he was released, he was already in his sixties, completely out of touch with society, and with a seven-figure compensation from the state, he didn't know what to do.
At that time, "Youxian Dubao" was facing bankruptcy. After he knew about it, he invested his money in the newspaper and returned to his hometown to farm.
The group used the money to rent the current office building, and "Youxian Dubao" was also changed from a publishing house to a studio.
But the sign was saved.
Their office building actually has a great origin. It is said to be the residence of some historical celebrity. It was originally a large complex of buildings, but after the baptism of time, only this lonely building remains.
How should I put it? Before You Xian Reading Newspaper moved in, this building was a well-known haunted house in the city. During the few months when they dared to move in, Lin Jiaqiao dreamed every day that the building collapsed.
The small building was old, and their office supplies were also old, but in the most conspicuous position at the entrance, there were nine large, shining characters cast in gold:
It has depth, attitude and speed.
This has been the purpose of the newspaper "Reading the Newspaper at Leisure", and it is still the same now.