Son of the Stars

Chapter 170 Rage

"We are a news media that relies on our good reputation, not an anti-social alcoholic fraternity!" It was 5:40 pm, one hour and twenty minutes before the evening news was broadcast. At the United News editorial meeting, senior producers and editors wearing pullovers of various colors were noisy.

The editor-in-chief hoarsely shouted to his group of senior producers, "I do not agree to report before the coalition government has made a public announcement!"

The senior producers stared at each other with undisguised anger. They shouted at the editor-in-chief, "We have countless evidence to prove that the control team is hesitating now! They are almost confessing that quantum potential energy syndrome is existing……"

"It's none of our business that they hesitate!" the editor-in-chief banged on the table angrily, "We don't even know what the control team is struggling with! Rumors on the Internet can only be rumors until they are recognized by the coalition government!" An overly high-pitched voice The editor-in-chief's vocal cords were obviously damaged. He swallowed with difficulty the spit that was not there at all. He lifted the cup in front of him and brought it to his mouth, trying to suck out another trace of water vapor from the dry pile of tea leaves.

The attempt failed, not surprisingly. The editor-in-chief frowned and put down the tea cup, trying to ask his assistant AI robot to come over and add tea. Then he remembered that the AI ​​robot was not allowed to enter this meeting.

When the content of certain news reports may affect the security of human civilization and may be related to AI robots, of course, AI must be prohibited from entering the conference room of United Media’s news department to prevent the occurrence of massacre scenes that can only be seen in certain science fiction movies.

The management of United Media has long ago determined that AI robots pose a great threat to human society. If the content of a news conference may affect the security of human civilization, then at least there will be no additional risks in kicking out the AI.

The editor put down the tea cup in his hand and walked to the tea cabinet beside him with a look of reluctance. A more intensive and louder dispute broke out in the conference room, but this time they did not demand that the content of "Quantum Release Syndrome" be broadcast live on all United Media channels immediately. Instead, he asked the editor-in-chief to throw some packaged drinks over to them.

After arguing for three full hours, even an iron man couldn't bear it. The editor-in-chief was kind enough to throw a parabola at the beginning. But as these bastards made more and more demands and argued louder and louder, the slow parabola gradually turned into a high-speed straight line.

Anyway, to ensure safety, the beverage packaging in the conference room is soft. If the high-speed black tea hits someone's face, it will hurt for a while at most, but it won't cause any injuries.

Drinks are flying in the sky, and souls are chasing them on the ground. After being noisy for a while, the conference room finally became quiet. The editor-in-chief, holding five servings of purified water, took advantage of the "quiet period" when everyone was rubbing their faces and drinking water, and quickly announced his decision, "As long as the General Information Administration does not let me get up to work, we will not broadcast the program live. Talking about online rumors – that’s not even news!”

"But we can interview relevant professionals to obtain professional opinions to refute relevant rumors." The young senior producer who insisted on doing a live broadcast for this purpose objected fiercely, "Such rumors have caused a huge amount of discussion on the Internet. , and even affects the lives of many ordinary people, so at least let us interview professionals and provide some valuable information to the public!”

"Don't do this." The editor-in-chief was not fooled at all. He knew his group of arrogant soldiers very well. "Let professionals answer questions. First, we must introduce the background in a systematic way. Wait until you put the background introduction." Come out, the mission of intimidating civilians and creating social panic is completed." The editor threw two more high-speed balls at the young senior producer, "Why do you have to create a social panic to satisfy you?"

"Our work will only be meaningful if there is enough social response." The young senior producer continued, "If you are worried about the consequences and don't report, then you can't raise your head when you see a meteorite falling from the sky?" "Cut down your high-sounding bullshit. It's too offensive." The editor rolled his eyes, "It's not like you're not going to get retribution after having solid evidence thrown in your face - it'll only take a day or two at most. Wait. The coalition government admits that quantum release syndrome exists and you just report it.”

"What should we do if the ratings drop?" the producer said angrily. "If the ratings fall behind by one thousandth, advertising and sponsorship costs will drop by tens of millions!"

"...Then you should make some preliminary preparations first." The editor sighed helplessly, "First make preliminary preparations and interview recordings, and prepare for shooting B-roll."
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There was something not right about the atmosphere in Central University.

Most students studying liberal arts do not know what "quantum energy release syndrome" is. After all, it is difficult for these liberal arts students to understand "excited states". Students studying science and engineering are a little worried - when they hear "quantum energy release syndrome" at first glance, they can't understand what kind of strange disease it is. It is even less understandable how diseases can still be based on the quantum scale.

As a result, the current situation has become: liberal arts students see the news and online statements, and find their friends majoring in science or engineering to try to verify it. The unlucky guy majoring in science and engineering couldn't understand the "truth" himself, but the above content didn't look like he was making it up - so while trying to fool the liberal arts students, he didn't dare to tell the truth, so he could only Say some nonsense like "It doesn't make sense even if you ask clearly about these contents."

Liberal arts students understood this and quickly announced to their netizens that Central University had received unspeakable pressure from their superiors. While explaining things clearly, he also tried to stop them from continuing to ask questions.

People from the Institute of Physics have become the most "hot" consultation targets in the entire Central University. The "rumors" on the Internet were specific - the explosion of the particle collider at the Institute of Physics was essentially an attack of quantum energy release syndrome.

Although there is no video to see the moment when Thomas exploded, he stumbled around the corner, and the video of the explosion sweeping through the entire operating area had already been circulated everywhere. At that time, there was a lot of excitement along with this video, and Tang Qinglong’s A story about love giving rise to hate and killing a heartless man.

Nowadays, no one takes the part about love and hatred seriously anymore, but they are starting to think of ways to dig out some valuable content from Tang Qinglong's mouth. Of course, you cannot directly verify the "rumors" on the Internet, otherwise you will only get a cold and hostile answer.

As a result, Tang Qinglong began to receive various interview requests. The interviewer boldly proposed that Tang Qinglong would comment on Thomas's death and his close relationship with Thomas - clarification was also acceptable.

Tang Qinglong had never been criticized so directly before. He could still handle the first two phone calls a little. Tang Qinglong, who was so annoyed at the end, even scolded him directly, "Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey? If you have time to ask such nonsense questions, why not put this time and energy into areas that are truly beneficial to society?" "

(End of this chapter)