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Chapter 1637 Big News (rd update, please subscribe)
Outsiders can never imagine what the heads of small countries will do in order to achieve certain goals.

Park Jung-woong's good intentions naturally won him a lot of praise in Chang'an. After all, his actions greatly satisfied people's vanity.

Everyone has some vanity to a greater or lesser extent.

For the people of SEA, when they see South Korea's full efforts to promote Chinese characters, they immediately feel a sense of honor. Such vanity makes reporters actively praise South Korea in their reports, praising South Korea's economic progress since Park Jung-woong came to power, and praising how wise it is to maintain friendly relations with Chang'an.

In a word, Seoul’s heartfelt output made many people happy.

It is an honor and a pride. After all, everyone knows why Koreans have such a strong attitude to learn Chinese characters.

"Because we are rich and strong enough!"

In the newspaper office, Li Jie picked up the newspaper in his hand with some pride and said:
"This is the fundamental reason why South Korea embraces Chinese characters. Otherwise, they would definitely not do so."

Looking at the editor-in-chief, Yi Daoguo said:

"Yes, when South Korea just gained independence, they even planned to abolish Chinese characters and issued an order, but later, because of our development, they abolished the decree and further promoted Chinese characters. Now their official documents, newspapers, television and radio all use Chinese characters."

As a reporter for the newspaper stationed in Seoul, Yi Daoguo was transferred back to Chang'an from Seoul last year, so he naturally knows South Korea very well.

“That’s the beauty of economics!”

Li Jie smiled and said:

“Because we created the Equatorial Miracle, people are willing to learn from us, learn our success, learn our language, learn everything about us, and want to copy our success! After all, we did create a miracle!”

While expressing his feelings, Li Jie looked at Yi Daoguo and said:

"How is it? It's been such a long time since you came back. Are you still adapting?"

"I have adapted quite well, but there is no big news. I feel that my salary is not worth it."

Yi Daoguo's answer made Li Jie laugh:

"Don't worry, don't worry. Big news doesn't come every day. It will come when it's time."

After hearing what the editor-in-chief thought, Yi Daoguo thought for a moment and said:

"Editor-in-Chief, I got some news these days. I don't know whether I should follow up on it."

"what news?"

"Well, it's like this. You know, before I retired, I worked in the military court room. There were some comrades there. A few days ago, when I was at a party, I heard a rumor."

"rumor?"

Li Jie asked curiously:
"From the military?"

"Yes, that's right. The military court received a file a while ago, saying that a junior officer violated military law. The military court was going to punish him severely, but later, a certain general forcibly suppressed it."

After a slight pause, Yi Daoguo said:
"It is said that the officer is the son of a high-ranking official, so the matter was suppressed!"

"Oh!"

Li Jie immediately became interested and said:
"So, someone was being partial?"

"Yes, that's why they are very unhappy. After all, that person did violate military law."

Looking at Yi Daoguo, Li Jie thought for a while and said:

"Is this news accurate? You know, this involves the military."

SEA has news censorship. If the news is inaccurate, once the newspaper is sued by the parties involved, it will not only have to pay huge compensation but may even have its license revoked.

That's why Li Jie was concerned about the truth of this news. It not only involves the military, but also the law and favoritism. No matter how you look at it, this is big news!
"There are specific troops and specific people. If the editor-in-chief agrees, I can go to Jakarta to conduct on-site interviews. The person involved is in Jakarta."

After hearing what he said, Li Jie pondered for a while, and then said:

"Okay, you go there in person. If it really happens, the front page will be yours!"

Everyone who works in journalism knows that when a dog bites a person it is not news; but when a person bites a dog it is news, and every newspaper needs big news.

army!

Favoritism!

military law!

All things considered, this is big news!
So what if it involves the military?
The newspaper itself is a supervisor!
After obtaining permission from the editor-in-chief, Yi Daoguo immediately flew to Jakarta, not on a passenger plane, but on a military plane as a war correspondent. After all, civil aviation in Jakarta had not yet been restored and the flight ban was still in effect. People who wanted to enter and exit Jakarta could only do so through military channels.

After arriving in Jakarta, Yi Daoguo immediately found the Fifth Brigade’s base.

In the army, the easiest place to get information is the bar. In the bar, you can always get the information you want to know with just a few beers.

"…At that time, we were all shocked. Reporter Yi, can you imagine? There was actually a woman, a female reporter, on the battlefield."

"Yes, they were standing among the dead bodies, filming everything with their cameras."

"That's nothing. I heard that she even killed an enemy with her own hands."

Listening to the soldiers' stories, Yi Daoguo asked:

“Didn’t the military ban journalists from the front lines?”

"Oh, so the military court got involved later."

"Yes, our brigade commander personally ordered that Platoon Leader Li be locked up."

"It's not like he'll be locked up for a few days!"

"It's a big deal in itself. How many days can he be detained?"

……

What's the big news?
Big news is something you need to discover from some details, and Yi Daoguo soon found clues in those details.

First, the platoon leader took in the reporter for an interview, and the reporter was a female reporter.

"The two seemed to be brother and sister." "Then the brigade commander was furious and demanded severe punishment."

"The Court-Martial is preparing to prosecute."

"As a result, the higher-ups intervened! The person was released."

After Yi Daoguo connected all the clues together, he immediately sensed the news hidden in them.

This is big news!

A news story about high-ranking military officials committing corruption and favoritism.

"But, if he is a general's son, why is he at the front line?"

This somewhat subverts Yi Daoguo's cognition. In his opinion, shouldn't the sons of generals just be used to gild their reputation on the battlefield?

"That's unlikely."

In the hotel room, while talking with colleagues about the findings of the interview, Wang Shiyou said with some doubt:
"Look, this guy has always been a vanguard. We have all served in the military and we all know the risks of being a vanguard."

The vanguards are the pioneers of the troops. They are in the front line of the troops, and the danger level can be imagined. In just a few days, they have encountered no less than ten battles.

"Yi Ji, take a look at this report."

Wang Shiyou flipped open a report and said:

"His platoon has carried out three pioneer missions, four flanking raids, and two reconnaissance missions since crossing the border. On one occasion, the entire platoon was surrounded by hundreds of enemies. Would the general... throw his son into such an environment?"

Yi Daoguo frowned at his colleague's reminder and said:

"It's very strange. From the perspective of experience, he is no different from ordinary officers, but..."

As he said this, Yi Daoguo picked up the photo again and said:
"Li Yixuan, Li Yixuan, Li..."

Suddenly, Yi Daoguo frowned and said:

"This, this is impossible!"

"What? Impossible?"

"I mean, I mean..."

Yi Daoguo seemed to have discovered something and said to Wang Shiyou:

"Li Yixuan, this name!"

"What's the name?"

Wang Shiyou asked doubtfully:

"It's very common. Many people use this name. It seems..."

Suddenly, he stopped talking, and even his lips were trembling uncontrollably. He quickly picked up the photo, looked at it carefully for a while, and was completely stunned.

After a while, he said:
"Oh my god... This, this is impossible! Look at his picture."

Taking the photo, Yi Daoguo looked at it carefully for a while, then said:
"It does look a bit like him. His facial features do look a bit similar."

Wang Shiyou nodded and said:

"Do you think this is possible?"

This question made Yi Daoguo not know how to answer it. It took him a while to answer.

"Who knows? If this is true, who would have imagined that he would be at the front, and..."

"It's just like an ordinary soldier, charging into battle amidst a hail of bullets, and even risking life and death. It's really unbelievable."

Wang Shiyou's voice even trembled a little when he spoke.

"How could this be? He is, but...your Excellency's son."

Yi Daoguo asked back.

"Do you think it's true?"

"I don't know, but if it's true, then it's definitely big news."

An unprecedented big news.

If this is true, this news will definitely shock the whole world once it is published.

"It seems like all this is just speculation."

Yi Daoguo thought for a moment and said:
"This is just speculation. If it's not true..."

"The biggest problem is that we have no way to verify the truth of this speculation."

Wang Shiyou said while holding the photo.

"Although the facial features look somewhat similar, there are many people in this world who look alike. Therefore, it is impossible to confirm his identity with just this one piece of evidence."

"What do we do now? His information is confidential."

Yi Daoguo said.

"We all know that since he was 3 years old, all the information has been kept secret and has never been disclosed to the outside world."

"Yeah, I didn't know why in the past. Now..."

Wang Shiyou said:
"I finally know why. It's to let him study and live like ordinary people, and then..."

Yi Daoguo nodded and said:

"There's nothing special about even going to the battlefield like an ordinary person."

(End of this chapter)