Internet addiction schools had just sprung up. Because of good advertising and endorsements from mainstream media, the general public believed that these schools could cure their children, so they sent their children to these schools one after another.

Before knowing the true nature of internet addiction schools, most of the parents who sent their children there were deceived by the advertisements. Apart from a very few idiots like the bald man, there were also quite a few parents like Wang Mingzheng who loved their children.

Wang Mingzheng wiped his face and quickly made a decision. He said, “Xiao Lin, our newspaper must report on this. We need to report it as soon as possible, and we also need to collaborate with the TV station to do visual reports. You go back and write the article, and I’ll contact the TV station.”

Peng City Metropolitan Entertainment News was just a newspaper in decline. This news was exclusive, even nationally exclusive, but their influence wasn’t strong enough.

Newspapers primarily aimed to make money, but sometimes, making money had to come after conscience. This report needed to be covered by more influential official media as well!

Moreover, there were benefits to releasing this news. Peng City TV owed him a favor and would have to reciprocate in other areas.

This was a win-win cooperation.

Being able to broadcast this news on a larger media platform to expand its influence was exactly what Lin Shuyue wanted.

“Okay, Chief Editor.”

Lin Shuyue saw Wang Mingzheng make a phone call and left his office.

Sitting at her long-missed workstation, after turning on the computer, Lin Shuyue looked at the blank document and slowly typed out a title: 《Internet Addiction School? Actually a New Era Concentration Camp!!》

She planned to write the report in two parts. One part would expose the true face of internet addiction schools, and the other would direct criticism towards some parents who sent their children to these schools and then blamed the police after they were arrested.

With the title set, the rest of the report was easy to write.

After a flurry of typing, the basic form of a report was completed. This time, Lin Shuyue didn’t immediately send the report to the chief editor as she had done before. Instead, she read the report from beginning to end and polished it up.

This editing and revising took an hour. After sending the report to Wang Mingzheng, Wang Mingzheng shouted in his office. Lin Shuyue closed the document, stood up, and walked towards Wang Mingzheng’s office.

Two middle-aged men in white shirts and suit pants were sitting in the reception area of Wang Mingzheng’s office, chatting while drinking tea.

Lin Shuyue knocked on the door and walked in. Wang Mingzheng waved at Lin Shuyue. “Xiao Lin, come quickly. Let me introduce you. This is the deputy director of the news department of Peng City TV, Zhang Xionfeng, and this is their news department’s best cameraman, Yang Feirong. Ah Feng, this is Xiao Lin, a reporter from our news department, Lin Shuyue.”

“Hello Director Zhang, hello Cameraman Yang,” Lin Shuyue said politely.

Zhang Xionfeng looked at Lin Shuyue and smiled. “Hello Reporter Xiao Lin, I’ve heard about you for a long time and have always wanted to meet you, but your chief editor has been hiding you away, afraid I’d poach his capable subordinate.”

The last sentence was a playful jab at Wang Mingzheng. Lin Shuyue could tell that the two had a good relationship and stood by, smiling apologetically.

Cameraman Yang smiled at Lin Shuyue from beside them.

Wang Mingzheng poured a cup of tea for Lin Shuyue, not forgetting to protest his innocence. “It’s not that I wouldn’t let you meet her, Xiao Lin was away on assignment!”

Speaking of this, Zhang Xionfeng’s expression became serious.

He picked up his phone, glanced at it, and said to Wang Mingzheng, “Our director reported to the station head, and the station head attached great importance to this matter after hearing about it. He has already approved our filming plan. Furthermore, they decided to put this interview on tomorrow evening’s pre-news focus interview.”

Peng City TV and its subsidiaries, as local television stations, had extremely high ratings, especially Peng City Satellite TV.

Wang Mingzheng raised his teacup and toasted Zhang Xionfeng. “Ah Feng, thanks.”

The reason why Zhang Xionfeng scheduled it for tomorrow instead of today was to allow Wang Mingzheng to publish an exclusive in tomorrow’s morning paper! Otherwise, with Zhang Xionfeng’s abilities, it wouldn’t have taken much effort to replace today’s focus interview slot.

Wang Mingzheng appreciated this favor.

Zhang Xionfeng picked up his teacup and took a sip. “We’ve known each other for so many years. Saying thank you is too polite. If anyone should be thanking, it’s me thanking you. You know, our director is getting old and will retire at most next year. Deputy Director Li and I are both competing for this position. Your big news has helped me a lot!”

Once the news about the internet addiction school was broadcast, it would be his political achievement! Removing the “deputy” in front of his title next year would be a certainty! Not only that, but he would also gain exposure at the main station!

Next, Lin Shuyue just acted as a mascot, sitting on the side and listening to the two men discuss the details of their collaboration.

At noon, Lin Shuyue had lunch with Wang Mingzheng and the company’s management. At the dinner table, Director Zhao of their newspaper’s news department didn’t look too natural. Lin Shuyue didn’t pay much attention to him.

This Director Zhao was extremely bureaucratic. During her three-month internship, the original owner hadn’t been slacking off. She had submitted quite a few reports, but if even two out of ten passed under Director Zhao’s review, it was considered very lucky.

Lin Shuyue hadn’t been idle during this time either. She had read all the reports written by the original owner, and while they might not have made the front-page headlines, they could always get onto the second or third page.

Why hadn’t Director Zhao let her publish them? The reasons were that the original owner didn’t know how to flatter him and hadn’t given him any gifts.

On the contrary, Director Li from the advertising department made Lin Shuyue take a few more glances. After all, this guy and Wei Sheng looked exactly alike, like a copy-paste job. They looked too similar.

With such similar appearances, anyone who didn’t know them would think they were father and son!

And this Director Li was also very eloquent. He made witty remarks throughout the meal, making the atmosphere extremely lively. He was truly talented! No wonder he could sit firmly in the chair of the director of the advertising department.

No wonder Director Zhao had to flatter him as well.

In the afternoon, after returning to the office, Lin Shuyue changed her clothes and sat in Wang Mingzheng’s office to record the interview. Before recording, Lin Shuyue put on makeup without changing her appearance.

When she appeared in front of everyone, she shocked them all.

After all, the people they usually saw wearing makeup were making themselves look prettier. It was rare to see someone use makeup to make themselves look uglier. This makeup made her look completely different from Lin Shuyue’s usual appearance!

Zhang Xionfeng said to Wang Mingzheng, “Now, I want to poach you!”

With such superb makeup skills, she was good material for an investigative reporter!

There were many reporters now, but investigative reporters had always been scarce. There were only a few hundred people in the country doing investigative reporting!

Wang Mingzheng didn’t speak. From the moment Lin Shuyue put on this makeup, he knew that Peng City Metropolitan News was not the end of Lin Shuyue’s career.

“Ah Feng, I’ll just say it here. If Xiao Lin is willing to go with you, I will absolutely have no objections.”

Zhang Xionfeng glanced at Lin Shuyue, who was smiling beside him, and said, “It’s not the right time yet. Let’s wait, let’s wait. Reporter Xiao Lin, you must give me this opportunity then.”

Someone as talented as Lin Shuyue was definitely someone Zhang Xionfeng wanted to bring under his control. If he recruited Lin Shuyue now, it wasn’t certain whose side she would ultimately be on!

It was better to leave her with Wang Mingzheng; it was much safer.

“Definitely, definitely.”

Lin Shuyue found a comfortable place to sit down. Cameraman Yang used a potted green plant as the foreground and began filming.

It was already four o’clock in the afternoon after filming was completed.

Zhang Xionfeng and the others didn’t stay long. After packing up their equipment, they headed straight to the Public Security Bureau. They had already communicated with the police, and the police would also send representatives to complete the interview. Some of the children and some parents had agreed to participate in this interview.

Lin Shuyue took off her makeup and returned to her workstation. Before she could say much, Director Zhao from the news department called her over. Lin Shuyue went to his office.

His office was much smaller than Wang Mingzheng’s. Director Zhao tapped on the computer keyboard with a few fingers sticking out, using a one-finger typing method, leaving Lin Shuyue hanging.

Lin Shuyue didn’t mind. This was Director Zhao’s basic operation. It would be abnormal if anyone who came to see Director Zhao didn’t have to wait for three to five minutes.

Director Zhao glanced at Lin Shuyue out of the corner of his eye, his mind filled with complex emotions.

He had always been dissatisfied with Lin Shuyue.

Lin Shuyue was good-looking and worked diligently, but she was too inflexible and not good at talking. She had been interning for three months and had never said a single nice word to him, let alone any gifts. She had never given him any.

Director Zhao had originally planned to give Lin Shuyue an excellent grade on her internship report, just like he dealt with other interns who didn’t know how to behave, and then not hire her.

But he never expected that Lin Shuyue would create such a big news story at this last minute!

And she had even bypassed him, talking directly to Wang Mingzheng. After returning from her undercover investigation, she had brought another big news story to the newspaper and a great opportunity as well.

After the Suishan sisters’ case, Lin Shuyue had happily taken her bonus and gone to the Public Security Bureau, while he had been called into Wang Mingzheng’s office and given a good scolding, with Wang Mingzheng implying that he lacked the ability to recognize talent and the tolerance to accept people!

Later, after Lin Shuyue bypassed him and directly reported to Wang Mingzheng, Director Zhao felt even more stifled and that his authority had been challenged.

He had originally wanted to find an opportunity to criticize Lin Shuyue after she returned from her undercover assignment. But the news she brought back had led to a collaboration between the newspaper and the TV station.

Just from this point, Director Zhao knew that Lin Shuyue, who was now known by Wang Mingzheng and the TV station, was no longer someone he could suppress.

Director Zhao suddenly felt very bored. He coughed and said, “When did Xiao Lin come in? Why didn’t you say anything?”

Lin Shuyue gave a perfunctory smile. “Didn’t I see that Director Zhao was busy working and didn’t dare to disturb you?”

Lin Shuyue’s words were pleasing to Director Zhao’s ears, and his expression improved a bit. He took a file from his desk and handed it to Lin Shuyue. The comments were already written and signed.

“Xiao Lin, congratulations, your internship is over.”