Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"Boss, you are lucky to have me as your younger brother."

The next afternoon, A-Zu came to Da Lao Guang's shop. He saw the gorgeous decoration and the menu price list on the wall and felt that they were out of place. He shook his head and sighed, then said, "I have already greeted my classmates at noon and we have reached an agreement. You are now officially an amateur correspondent for the Gossip Express."

"Really? That means I can get a job." Da Lao Guang was excited. He didn't think he was a great writer, he just wanted to earn some part-time money to increase his income. A Zu patted him on the shoulder and left without saying anything. A Zu was also very concerned about this matter. He suddenly treated his friends to a big meal at noon and finally negotiated this job for Da Lao Guang.

Big Brother Guang started working almost immediately. When he went to the market to buy vegetables early the next morning, he looked around carefully and didn't even notice the butcher calling him. "Boss Guang, your meat, four pounds of bones and five pounds of pork, one hundred and three pieces." The butcher called Big Brother Guang several times before he responded.

"How much?" asked Big Brother Guang.

"One hundred and three dollars!" the butcher repeated. After paying, the boss didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, he asked the butcher: "Boss, I heard there are a lot of thieves here. Have the police caught any of them today?"

"Never mind. No one dares to steal your wallet with me here." The butcher patted his chest and assured Da Lao Guang. His tone was so sure that Da Lao Guang thought he was a gangster. He asked curiously, "Boss, are you the one who looks after the place? Can I interview you?"

"What do you mean by watching the scene?" The butcher was stunned. After a while, he finally understood what Big Boss Guang meant. He shook his head and smiled, "What I mean is that I have been here for so many years. I know all the vendors in the vegetable market. No one will steal money. Don't worry."

Seeing that he could not get any news, the boss went to other stalls to continue shopping. After a while, he bought all the goods he needed for the day and rode back to the restaurant. He did not find any news all day. When he returned to Kang's house at night, he went straight into A Zu's room and said to A Zu, "I have been running around all day and still can't find any materials. What do you think we should do?"

"If the materials are so easy to get, everyone would do it. Why should we pay you to do it?" A-Zu said while playing on the computer.

The boss thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he said: "Then you have to teach me some methods. You don't want me to fail to accomplish anything, otherwise you will lose face in front of your friends."

Ah Zu scratched his head, paused the computer game, walked out of the living room, got a newspaper, and said, "Look at this article, 'Short circuit caused fire in the camps'. The report is so detailed and well written. He deserves to be rich."

The boss read it carefully and said with emotion: "This guy even waited for a fire. He is really waiting to get rich."

Seeing that the boss had only read the newspaper for a long time but didn't get the main point, A Zu was speechless. He took a deep breath and then said, "Wait? Boss, according to you, you are just sitting back and waiting for the fire to happen? Your idea is wrong. You should have a keen sense of news."

Big Brother Guang didn't understand at all, "You mean this bowl of rice is not delicious?"

"Of course, but you have to be patient. You don't have to report big things like plane crashes and fires. In fact, the little things around you can also be reported." A Zu gave him an example and said, "For example, some time ago, someone caught a fish with two tails in a pond. He reported it immediately and got paid immediately. How cool is that!"

"You can draw inferences from one example. For example, if you go to someone's house and find out which chicken lays square eggs, then you'll be rich. So pay more attention to what's happening around you. You'll definitely be able to find news. With news, you'll definitely be able to find material. Do you understand?"

But the boss didn't understand a word. He just heard a news eye and asked blankly, "What news eye? Does news have eyes?"

"You've been in the news all day, but you don't even know what a news eye is?" A-Zu was even more surprised. A news eye is a figurative metaphor for news sensitivity. For example, when an emergency occurs, ordinary people may only see the surface phenomena, while reporters with a news eye can dig deep into the causes and impacts behind them, and write more in-depth reports.

Based on the principle of seeing the Buddha off to the west, A Zu explained to Da Lao Guang what a news eye is and how to use it to find valuable news. When Da Lao Guang walked out of A Zu's room, he nodded as if he understood.

He walked back to his room while talking to himself and paying attention to the trivial things around him. When he reached the living room, he heard his uncle say that the sword flowers in the patio garden were blooming. He was immediately happy, thinking that this was a trivial thing around him that was worth reporting.

He borrowed a camera from Kang Qirui and took several photos. The next day, he found the editor-in-chief with excitement and said, "Editor-in-chief, editor-in-chief, the sword flower, the sword flower is blooming..." The editor-in-chief took a look at the photos brought by Lao Guang and said disdainfully, "It's just the Overlord Flower blooming."

"Yes, yes, it is the Queen of Flowers. It is very rare for it to bloom. I waited for several days before it bloomed." Big Brother Guang said exaggeratedly.

"What's so rare about this? It's totally worthless. Publishing it will only make people laugh." The editor-in-chief slammed the table speechlessly.

"There's no reason, editor-in-chief. A few days ago, I saw other newspapers publish a photo of Epiphyllum. Look, Epiphyllum and Queen of the Night are almost the same. Is there any reason why they can publish it but we can't?" The boss was not convinced.

The editor rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "Of course they are two different things. Epiphyllum is much more precious than Queen of the Night. I have heard of Epiphyllum blooming once, but I have never heard of Queen of the Night blooming once. Scarcity makes things valuable. What news value do you have about Queen of the Night stewing pork?"

The boss was speechless and returned to Kang's house dejected. Then he heard from his father that the white cat raised by Zhu had given birth to four calico cats, so he went to Zhu's house again with his camera.

"A Guang, I'd love to hear your presence at my house, but I'd be sorry if you took a picture of the kitten." Mrs. Zhu was afraid that the camera's flash would scare the kitten, so she didn't let him in.

"Mrs. Zhu, that's the worst that can happen. Can I take pictures secretly? It definitely won't scare them. Besides, if I report it to the newspaper, I'll be fired in a minute." The boss had to settle for the second best and said pitifully.

Mrs. Zhu still didn't let him in. Just at this time, Zhu Wanling brought Kang Siqi to see the kitten, so Da Lao Guang repeated what he had just said. Finally, after Zhu Wanling's persuasion, Mrs. Zhu agreed to let Da Lao Guang take pictures secretly.

The editor-in-chief picked up the photo of the kitten taken by Da Lao Guang and asked in confusion: "So what? Is it news now if a cat gives birth to kittens?" He didn't understand what Da Lao Guang meant.

"If you don't treat it as news, you can publish it as interesting story." The big boss said with a smile.

The editor still didn't understand. "A cat gave birth to several kittens at once. Isn't this a normal thing? How can this be news or anecdote?"

Da Lao Guang explained seriously, "No, Editor-in-Chief, think about it carefully. Her cat is pure white, without a single stray hair. And she gave birth to four calico kittens. Don't you think it's strange?"

The editor finally understood, but he was also angry. He slammed the table and stood up and said angrily: "I really give up on you. You are getting more and more stupid. The female cat is white, what about the male cat? If the male cat is a calico cat, then the kittens born must be calico cats, do you understand? It's a simple matter! Boss, please spend some time to find some valuable topics, and stop doing these weak things all day long, please!"

Once again, Big Boss Guang was speechless. At dinner, everyone burst into laughter after listening to his story. A-Zu said, "If Big Boss doesn't laugh, who else can you laugh at? You have to argue with others about such a simple truth. I, Kang Qi Zu, am weird enough. I am 100% yellow, and I gave birth to a son with curly hair and a hooked nose. Why don't you go and report it?"

Everyone laughed again, and Big Boss Guang said unconvincedly: "What does it have to do with me? It's all my fault that my father lied to me and said that a white cat giving birth to a flower cat is more precious than a flash in the pan, and I was laughed at by others."

Of course, Lao Dou refused to admit his mistake. He insisted that it was strange for a white cat to give birth to a spotted cat, but the editor-in-chief was in a bad mood and did not accept his opinion. Naturally, no one exposed him. At this time, the phone in the living room rang. The boss was afraid that it was a tip-off call, so he took the initiative to answer the phone.

Seeing him walk out of the dining room, Xianglan said to everyone in a pleading tone: "Dear ones, what I want to say is that you should stop laughing at A Guang. If you keep laughing like this, he will laugh himself silly. He is actually very serious and diligent, but he always fails to do it on point. He may not have grasped the technique yet. Please stop laughing, I beg you."

The mother also said: "Did you hear that? He is your boss. He is working hard now. You have to encourage and support him." (End of this chapter)