Chapter 1442 1544. Scared to death
Seeing the panic on the staff's faces, the editor was also shocked.
"Editor-in-Chief, something happened. Yu Hai and Big Beard just left the newspaper office."
"I know that, they have been fired." When the editor heard this, he immediately felt disgusted and replied directly.
"No..." the staff member said quickly: "It's Yu Hai. Before he left, he suddenly asked me to inform you that he accidentally handed over the recording of you and Wang Danyang discussing how to create imaginary news to Nie Wei, and asked us to take care of it. ”
Like the staff, the editor-in-chief and Wang Danyang all turned pale after hearing this.
"How dare he? How dare he..." The editor-in-chief muttered to himself, obviously full of anger, but he felt as if he was in a cold weather, so cold that he shivered.
Wang Danyang on the side was even worse and collapsed directly to the ground.
Some gossip news, no matter how outrageous it is, will end up being nothing if there is no evidence. This is especially true for this speculative report. In fact, the essence of it is that it does not directly use words or insults. It hurts the person involved, and the specific name of the person involved is not mentioned, so everything is just a side shot.
Even if we sue this matter, it will probably just be a muddled lawsuit.
But once there is evidence for this kind of news, the nature of the matter will completely change.
What worried the editor, Wang Danyang and even the staff member the most was how Nie Wei would retaliate against them after getting the evidence.
That's Nie Wei, the head of a billion-dollar group and a world-class rich man. Although such a person has a good reputation, it would be too naive to really regard him as a pure and kind saint.
They can moisturize your foundation like rain and dew, turning spring breeze into rain on you, helping you to thrive, but they can also rain down thunder and chop you to pieces.
Wang Danyang breathed a long sigh of relief and finally regained some strength. After getting up, he quickly asked the editor-in-chief: "Nie Wei knows, what should we do?"
"You let me think about it, let me think about it first?" The editor-in-chief broke out in a cold sweat, suddenly startled, and shouted: "Did Yu Hai and Big Beard install eavesdropping equipment in my office just now?"
"What!?" Upon hearing this, Wang Danyang was so frightened that he almost jumped up.
Although the staff member didn't know why the editor-in-chief and Wang Danyang were so flustered, he knew from their looks that they definitely didn't have anything nice to say just now, and they probably had some bad ideas and also targeted Nie Wei.
The three of them searched around the editor's desk several times. In the end, they found no similar equipment, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thinking too much." The editor-in-chief wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a smile.
"But what to do with the previous recordings, and we don't know what words Yu Hai and Big Beard recorded." Wang Danyang looked very unhappy. When he was looking for something just now, his mind was not on the above at all, but on He kept thinking about what he had said that day, and whether he had said anything that particularly offended Nie Wei.
Every time he thought of this sentence, he would feel extremely heartbroken. At the same time, he tried to recall whether Yu Hai or Big Beard were around at that time.
It is said that the unknown is the most terrifying thing, but the words Yu Hai left behind brought a terrifying unknown to the editor-in-chief and Yu Danyang.
Because they had no idea how much Yu Hai and Big Beard recorded, and how many words that offended Nie Wei were included in it. They were not even sure whether what they said was recorded, or whether it was just Yu Hai's way of scaring them. .
"Xiao Wang, you go out first and ask people to remove all the news." The editor thought for a while and then said.
Without evidence, the editor-in-chief doesn't mind making this news even more popular, and he doesn't even mind confronting Fanxing in court. After all, even if they are sentenced to loss of reputation in the end, the money is nothing compared to the popularity.
But now that Nie Wei only had evidence, there were too many methods at his disposal.
Not to mention anything else, I just need to publish this recording evidence on the Internet. If there is really what I discussed with Wang Danyang, and the real information about him and Wang Danyang is revealed in some way, then their Life will inevitably be disrupted.
There is no shortage of thugs on the Internet, especially those fans, who usually act like good children, but are so embarrassed if they offend their idols. They can say any vicious words, and some even take action.
The editor-in-chief could foresee that situation. Not only himself, but also his relatives, family members and children would be harassed, and personal safety could not be guaranteed. What made him dare not think about it was the eyes of his family.
After all, what he did was not honorable, and he was afraid that his children would be ashamed of his father if they knew about it.
And this situation is even considered a relatively good outcome.
If a rich man like Nie Wei really wanted to take revenge on someone, what methods he would use is beyond the editor's imagination, but it would definitely be cruel.
Wang Danyang nodded quickly and staggered out of the office.
When he arrived at the newspaper office, he found a group of people gathering together and chatting quietly, all looking worried.
Everyone saw Wang Danyang coming and quickly gathered around him.
"I heard that Yu Hai and Big Beard recorded some of your conversations with the editor-in-chief and gave them to Nie Wei. Is this true?"
"No need to ask, I just overheard that Yu Hai and Big Beard had to go to work at Fanxing Media. If you hadn't given Yu Hai and Big Beard a satisfactory gift to Nie Wei, how would they have had the chance to go to work at Fanxing Media. "
"These two bastards are really betraying their own people."
"But what should we do about our newspaper? I'm a little scared. Do you think Nie Wei will really retaliate against us? I didn't participate in that report at all."
"I just proofread it and did my job. It's nothing, right?"
As everyone talked, the topic deviated and it seemed like they were blaming each other, and all the blame eventually fell on Wang Danyang's head.
A colleague accused him on the spot: "Wang Danyang, I said on the day the news came out that your crooked ways are not okay. We journalists should report facts based on facts, so you should take the initiative to admit your mistakes in this matter and apologize in the newspaper."
"That's right, this is your fault. You'd better take the initiative to apologize and don't let the newspaper and everyone else get involved."
"That's right, we shouldn't pay for your mistakes!"
Wang Danyang laughed angrily. These guys had a different face in the morning and praised him for being smart and active in thinking, including the first person who accused him. He was obviously the first one to jump out and agree at that time, but now he has the nerve to say that he opposed it.
At the same time, Wang Danyang was helpless, because this was the reality.
Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but they fly away separately when disaster strikes. This is true for husband and wife, let alone colleagues. When he was doing good things, everyone praised him. Now that he got into trouble, he was naturally the first to be pushed out to take the blame.
Perhaps this was also the editor-in-chief's idea? Wang Danyang thought of this and looked towards the editor-in-chief's office with trembling eyes.
At this moment, in the office, the editor-in-chief was facing the questioning of the newspaper boss.
"Boss, this is all Wang Danyang's fault. I told him to report the news truthfully, but he insisted on doing so, saying that it would make a big news. He was the one who suddenly came up with the idea, and the biggest problem was also him."
"Haha, so you also deserve credit?"
"I didn't, I didn't. I also made some mistakes. My position was not firm enough at that time, and I was deceived by Wang Danyang's sweet words. But boss, you should know that I was also doing it for the good of the newspaper."
"Then I really thank you." The newspaper boss was so angry that he laughed, thinking why did he choose such an editor-in-chief in the first place? He had no responsibility at all and only knew how to pass the buck when something went wrong.
The boss knew very well that if the editor-in-chief hadn't nodded, Wang Danyang, an ordinary editor, would never have been able to get the news published. Now that there was a problem, the editor-in-chief passed the blame to Wang Danyang, completely clearing himself of all wrongdoings, and even said that he was selfless.
If this happened in person, the boss would probably kick him hard a few times to vent his anger.
"Immediately publish an apology statement on all major platforms and on the headlines of the newspapers that will be released tomorrow!" the boss said sternly.
He started a newspaper just to have a publicity channel, which is a secondary interest for him, far from being a core interest, so if there is a problem with the newspaper, he will not hesitate to abandon this burden.
This is why he did not hesitate to let the editor-in-chief apologize with a full-page headline, without considering the integrity of the newspaper at all, and did not care whether doing so would directly bring the reputation of the newspaper into the abyss.
The editor-in-chief's face was pale. He obviously thought of the consequences of doing so, but this was the boss's order, and he dared not refuse.
The moment he hung up the phone, the editor-in-chief seemed to have lost his soul. He knew very well that the boss had given up on them, and this newspaper that had existed for 23 years was about to come to an end.
Maybe someone would buy it, but in any case, there would be no place for him in this newspaper soon.
The staff member who came to report the news looked at the editor-in-chief with contempt and curiosity, obviously wanting to know what the editor-in-chief and the boss talked about in the end, which made him look so lost.
After waiting for a long time, the editor-in-chief barely pulled himself together. Looking at the staff who had not left yet, he raised his mouth and forced a bitter smile, saying, "Xiao Hai, call Xiao Wang in later."
"Oh." The staff member hesitated to speak, but in the end he did not ask anything and walked out of the office.
But the moment he reached the door, he was stopped by the editor-in-chief.
"Editor-in-chief, is there anything else?" The staff member turned around and asked, thinking that the editor-in-chief had forgotten to explain something.
"Find a new job." The editor-in-chief sighed and said.
Perhaps knowing that his career as an editor-in-chief was about to end, he seemed to have a conscience and actually gave the staff member a word.
Hearing this, the staff member looked horrified, as if he had thought of something. He stood at the door for a long time, and the editor-in-chief did not urge him. It was not until half a while later that the staff member came to his senses and bowed to the editor-in-chief to thank him.
But when he said thank you, he actually cursed the editor-in-chief in his heart.
Because he knew very well that the editor-in-chief meant that the newspaper was going to be ruined, but who was going to ruin the newspaper? Is it really Nie Wei? In the eyes of the staff, the editor-in-chief and Wang Danyang were the root of all this.
But now the whole newspaper has been implicated. He dared not say anything, but he would be surprised if he didn't curse in his heart.
In addition to the office door, he immediately went straight to the office area. On the one hand, he notified Wang Danyang, and on the other hand, he wanted to tell several colleagues with whom he had a good relationship that the newspaper was going to be finished, so that they could make plans early.
As for whether this news would cause panic within the newspaper, he didn't care at all.
After Wang Danyang was called to the office, the staff member named Xiaohai immediately secretly told several good colleagues that the newspaper was going to close down. In less than half an hour, the whole newspaper knew the news.
Everyone gathered around Xiao Hai, tentatively asking about the accuracy of the news.
"It's true. Although the editor didn't say it explicitly, he asked me to find a new employer recently. You said I didn't make any mistakes and didn't offend him. He wouldn't fire me for no reason, right?"
"I think there is only one reason for this. The newspaper is going to be ruined."
"Before that, the editor received a call from the boss. I saw that he looked very bad after answering the call. I guess the boss has already given him an ultimatum."
Xiao Hai spoke out his guess without hesitation. Anyway, it's time to go, so he just broke the jar.
After listening to it, the others were all worried, and some even had red eyes, looking like they were about to cry.
"What should I do? If I lose this job, how can I pay the monthly rent of 3,000 yuan?"
"Is the newspaper really unable to hold on? I'm done for. Where can I find a job?"
"Alas, even if we find a job, we will probably have to work as interns for a while. It's unlucky. Anyway, we have to tighten our belts and save as much as possible."
"No, how can we just let it go like this? Let the newspaper compensate us!" Suddenly someone shouted.
This resonated with everyone instantly. Knowing that the newspaper was going to be finished and everyone was going to lose their jobs, everyone was extremely united and wanted to appeal for their own interests.
"Let's go and find the editor-in-chief!"
"Let's go together. We must let him give us an explanation."
"Let's go together. Everyone will go. If we don't unite now, we will be bullied later."
A group of people gathered together. Even the cleaning lady in the newspaper came over after hearing the news. A group of people rushed to the editor-in-chief's office.
At this moment, in a fast food restaurant less than a hundred meters away from the newspaper office, Yu Hai and the bearded man were eating French fries, laughing and guessing how panicked the editor-in-chief and his men must be.
"I tell you, he must have been scared to death when he got the news."
"He deserves it. He offended our boss. He deserves it. Our boss is such a good person, but he also wrote articles to slander me. His conscience is really black."
"You guys, you change your mouth very quickly. You called the boss before you even start working?" Yu Hai laughed and scolded.
When the bearded man heard this, he replied proudly: "What's wrong with that? I told everyone that my boss is Nie Wei, and I have a lot of face. I can't help but tell you that I will tell my wife and children when I go home, and tell them that I have joined Fanxing!"
"Hahahahaha!" Yu Hai laughed. The bearded man's words also touched his heart. When he goes home tonight, he must show off to his girlfriend and parents.