Chapter 47

In the office of the News Interview Department of CCTV, Sun Yusheng, the head of the "Oriental Horizon" program group, sat in his office and signed his name at the bottom of the "Program Review Record Form" in front of him. By signing, he was confirming that he, as the group leader, had reviewed the program content and found no issues. If any problems arose in the future, he would be the first to be held accountable.

At this moment, the office door was knocked on, and a program staff member entered, closed the door, and asked in a low voice, "Boss Sun, it's almost time for the broadcast. Are we going to send the tape for the special program as it is?"

Sun Yusheng glanced at his watch, "The program starts at 5, right?" "Yes, there are still two hours. After our one-hour special program, it will be the children's program, followed by the news broadcast." "Alright, then send the tape over. Also, take this review record form and have them file it." Sun Yusheng casually handed the signed form to his subordinate.

The subordinate glanced at the review form with Sun Yusheng's signature, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Boss Sun, didn't Brother Shui say he would sign it too? He hasn't signed it, and he doesn't seem to be in the office right now?"

Sun Yusheng smiled and shook his head, saying, "I can take full responsibility for this. He might be helping out elsewhere, so don't worry about it. If the sky falls, I'll hold it up."

Whether Sun Yusheng was comforting his subordinate or truly believed this, he was right. At that moment, Shui Junyi was meeting someone at a noodle shop near the national news agency. "Wang, you've been transferred to the internal reference department, right?" Shui Junyi asked his old classmate and colleague.

The man sitting across from him, wearing glasses as thick as the bottom of a beer bottle, nodded. "What's up? You don't want to work in the foreign affairs department and want to transfer to our internal reference department?"

"No," Shui Junyi pulled out a thick envelope from his bag, "This is a video tape. CCTV is going to broadcast it this afternoon. It might cause trouble for our group leader, so I want you to write an internal reference to help out..."

"What's the content?" Xiao Wang became serious. "It's about the debate on knowingly buying fake goods. Some experts and officials in the program criticize Jia Hongjian, and Jia Hongjian counters..."

"Can't CCTV handle this on their own? They have their own internal reference department, right?" Xiao Wang clearly didn't understand. "For such a small matter, it can be reported through CCTV's own channels."

"You know, the internal reference department of Xinhua News Agency is supposed to be the eyes of the leadership, reflecting the true and objective situation of local governance and the voices of the grassroots. So, you are the eyes, and the eyes have no will of their own; they just reflect what they see to the brain..."

At this point, Shui Junyi lit a cigarette and continued, "But CCTV is different. It is the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece has a muscle memory of speaking in a certain way, and it's hard to change that quickly. You can see that CCTV always speaks from a position of authority, leaving no room for doubt. Our group leader, Sun Yusheng, is a good person. He has always wanted to turn CCTV into a truly professional news platform. He wants to change that authoritative and unquestionable stance, turning CCTV into a platform for public opinion supervision..."

"Alright, I'll take a look at the tape first. If it meets the standards for reporting, I'll help." Xiao Wang took the envelope and nodded.

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Jia Hongjian was helping his parents set the table. It was almost 5 o'clock, and the special episode of "Oriental Horizon" featuring him was about to air. His family had decided to eat early today, and he planned to discuss investing all their savings in the stock market after the program.

"Dear, open a bottle of beer for me. My son is on TV today, and I, as his father, need to celebrate!" Jia Gang sat down at the table, his mouth wide open in a big smile.

"At this moment, he's your son, not mine?" Su Ping held a beer and raised her eyebrows at her husband.

...

"Freshwater, I'm out of matches. Go downstairs and buy a pack of matches for me." "No time, Dad. You go yourself. Jia Hongjian is about to be on TV." "Hey, you haven't even married yet, and you're already siding with others?" "No, no, I won't go."

Then, Wang Freshwater sat in front of the TV, ignoring everything else, and watched the time in the upper right corner of the screen on CCTV-1, as it slowly approached 5 o'clock...

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"Jingxing, is Jia Hongjian's program at 5?" "Yes, I heard from my uncle it's at 5." "Which channel?" "CCTV-1."

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"Yezi, you want to read a book? I'm going out." Zhao Ziyuan, who had arrived early at the dormitory, told the good student Yezi and then gathered many of his classmates who had returned to school to go to the cafeteria to watch their brother Jia Hongjian on TV...

...

Under the anticipation of many people, the special episode of "Oriental Horizon" discussing the new phenomenon of consumers knowingly buying fake goods began. Five minutes into the program, the people who were eagerly waiting for Jia Hongjian to appear started to frown. They began to notice that the invited guests were saying bad things about Jia Hongjian, and not just one, but two, three, four, five, six, all of them.

Some of them felt frustrated, as if they themselves were being questioned, feeling that they were being misunderstood and had no way to defend themselves. It wasn't until Shui Junyi handed the microphone to the audience, and when they heard the straightforward support from a Shandong man and a Shaanxi woman, that Wang Freshwater clenched her fists and cheered, Jia Gang drank a glass of beer in satisfaction, and Zhao Ziyuan and his classmates cheered collectively.

Now, they were eagerly waiting for Jia Hongjian to appear, but they were also worried. Seeing all six guests opposing him, and each one being more severe and harsh than the last, these supporters of Jia Hongjian were secretly worried that he would be attacked by the guests.

When Jia Hongjian finally appeared, and when they heard his passionate and defiant questions about what was wrong with wanting to make the land he loved better, those who supported him felt their blood boil. It was as if Jia Hongjian was not the one questioning the experts but they themselves. Although they didn't know what the word "burning" meant, they were definitely in that state!

Yes, they didn't understand why the guests were so hostile towards Jia Hongjian, why they used such aggressive language to challenge him. When they heard Jia Hongjian declare on TV that he would fight against the monster called reality with all his might, they all cheered!

For Jia Gang, he saw in the TV a son who was exactly like him in his youth, a son who had the same courage to challenge everyone. He was very happy, happy to the point where he felt as if he himself was shouting at the authorities on TV, happy to the point where he felt Jia Hongjian was a second version of himself, a younger and more vibrant version of himself.

For Wang Freshwater, she saw in the TV the Jia Hongjian who had fought in a dark alley a few years ago to save her from a group of hooligans, the Jia Hongjian who, at a young age, had fought with older boys to protect her. She saw the Jia Hongjian who would stand in front of her to shield her from any attack, no matter what. No... the Jia Hongjian on TV was more mature and stronger than the one in her memory, a feeling that made Wang Freshwater almost feel that she would never dare to bully Jia Hongjian again and would only be a meek woman to be protected by him.

For Jia Jingxing, he saw a different uncle. In the past, Jia Hongjian, his uncle, was always a mischievous and stylish man in his mind, but now the uncle on TV showed a kind of righteousness he had never seen before! Even if this righteousness was not entirely pure, it was enough to shock him. He found that his uncle had another side, a role model he could look up to.

For Zhao Ziyuan and others, the Jia Hongjian on TV was clearly very much in line with the big brother image he had shown since the start of the school year! In the eyes of these boys and girls, the transfer student Jia Hongjian had already become a star of the class, a star of the school, a star with a big brother aura. This big brother could be more mature than them, balancing school and work, could treat everyone to a meal without hesitation after earning money, and could be angry on TV for the well-being of the people he loved. If this wasn't a big brother who made everyone look up to him and want to follow him, what would be?

However, while these people saw different versions of Jia Hongjian through their different perspectives, Jia Hongjian himself, their star, did not show any signs of being infatuated with his own image or fame.

"Dad, Mom, I want to talk to you about something." Jia Hongjian looked at his excited father and his mother, who was looking at him with a gentle gaze.

"Go ahead, what do you want? Good son, whatever you want, Dad will buy it for you!" Jia Gang laughed heartily, thinking his son might want to buy something. Although Jia Hongjian had shown multiple times that he had the foresight of an adult, Jia Gang still subconsciously treated him like a child sometimes.

"The Wang family where I tutor, Wang Jie, told me yesterday that she heard someone was planning to launch a hostile takeover of Yanzhong Industries. She suggested that you buy as much Yanzhong Industries stock as possible..." Jia Hongjian calmly used Wang Jie as a shield.

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Ah, I suddenly remembered that there was a note I forgot to explain in the previous chapter. Let me explain it now.

[Note] "Dahushang, Meng Dainai" is a pun in Chinese. "Dahushang" means "man" in Chinese, and "Meng Dainai" is a phonetic translation of "meng dainai," which means "no problem" in Japanese. The phrase "Dahushang Meng Dainai" was often used by the Japanese government during the 311 earthquake to reassure the public, saying everything was fine. Later, this phrase became a common way to mock the Japanese government's reassurances.

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