The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 53: Just laugh?

Hangang Sports News, Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Although it was Sunday, Bae Young-jun chose to work overtime in the office in order to prepare for the first quarter of the page that Group 2 would be responsible for tomorrow.

He sat behind his desk, looking through information about Jung Joon-young.

What I was looking at was the news that Jung Joon-young held a press conference to explain the situation more than a year ago.

In the photo, people from a private supervision company are holding a strange-looking silver box, proving to the media that Jung Joon-young's mobile phone had long been under their supervision and stored in a special safe.

The safe requires multiple complex verifications before it can be opened, and all opening records will be recorded in real time to ensure no errors or omissions.

Records show that at the time of the incident, the mobile phone that Jung Yoo-mi said Jung Joon-young used to take secret photos was not in his hands at all, so the so-called secret photos were purely false accusations.

The police technicians also conducted an inspection and confirmed the function of the safe and the opening record. This was how Jung Joon-young was able to get rid of Jung Yoo-mi's accusation and turned it around to accuse her of false accusation.

It was indeed flawless, but based on the video shot by Bae Young-joon the day before yesterday, Jung Joon-young cannot escape the responsibility.

Pei Yongjun read and revised the manuscript while recording the areas that needed improvement. After a while, he called in Liu Chengzhu who was also working overtime.

"Chengzhu, come here for a moment. How's the preparation for next week going?"

"Everything is ready. The number of views will definitely not be lower than that of Park Ji-cheol's time." Liu Chengzhu walked in and started counting on his fingers.

"Zhicheng has two or three live performance reports every day, and there are always 10,000 or 20,000 views for each."

"As for other news, I've made an appointment with a few people at the newspaper. They have suitable manuscripts on hand, and I've selected seven high-quality ones. I've already received the manuscripts and have them formatted. I'll send them out one a day. Judging by their quality, each article can get 5 to 10 views."

"With this calculation, even without the front-page news, we can still surpass our previous performance based on other factors alone. There will be no problem."

"That's good." Pei Yongjun nodded.

"Team leader, do you have any plans for the news you have on hand?"

"Jung Yoomixi has explained what happened clearly, but she doesn't have any concrete evidence. I need to refine the manuscript and interview some people who can corroborate it."

"Let's schedule Jung Joon-young's article for next weekend and publish it as the last front-page news of the week."

"Okay, Team Leader, I'll coordinate with the editorial team right away."

Liu Chengzhu called the editorial team and then discussed the specific arrangements for next week with Bae Yongjun.

As they were talking, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door. Pei Yongjun looked up and saw that it was the editor-in-chief, Zhao Dongxu.

This was the first time the two had spoken since Park Ji-cheol was kicked out that night, but his face was full of smiles, as if basking in the spring breeze, and there was no sign of dissatisfaction after Bae Yong-jun took away a quarter of the space.

"Editor-in-chief, thank you for your hard work. Is there anything I can do for you?" He stood up and greeted.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay. I'm free at home on the weekend, so I came over. I didn't expect you, Yongjun, to be so hardworking." Zhao Dongxu waved his hand with a smile.

"The president and you have entrusted me with such an important task, so naturally I dare not slack off." Pei Yongjun said in a humble tone.

"Yongjun, you are too modest." Zhao Dongxu looked around at the furnishings in the office.

"This place is still a bit small. Coincidentally, there's an empty office across from the conference room. It's spacious and has good lighting. After the morning meeting next Monday and the news is published, your team can move there. It'll be more convenient for adding people."

The morning meeting every Monday starts at 9 o'clock. All editors and reporters of the newspaper attend to determine the publication focus of the week. It is the most important daily activity of Hanjiang Sports.

After the meeting, at ten o'clock the editorial team will publish the news of the day according to the results of the morning meeting. The news of each day will be marked on the notice board at the door of the conference room in order of popularity as a sign of encouragement.

The news released by Bae Yong-jun about Choi Jong-bum has been hanging at the door of the conference room for ten days. People come and go, and he enjoys everyone's envious gazes.

"Editor-in-chief, I'd rather not bother you." Pei Yongjun declined politely.

"It has been cleaned up. Don't refuse. That's it." Zhao Dongxu signaled him not to say anything more and turned to leave.

"Team leader, what does he mean by this?" Liu Chengzhu watched his figure disappear from the spot where he was standing. "Give up? No way?" "It's okay." Pei Yongjun narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and instructed Liu Chengzhu, "Continue to collect information about Zheng Junying. The more the better."

"After all, this is the battlefield of news."

"As long as there's news, there's no way I'll lose."

Bae Young-jun was busy at the newspaper office until it got dark, then he got up and left to go to Goo Hara's house to attend a party.

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ding dong~ ding dong~
Standing at the door of Goo Hara's house, Bae Yong-jun rang the doorbell with a beef gift box.

"Please wait a moment, is this a takeaway from the supermarket? Wait a moment." A lively voice came from behind the door, followed by light footsteps looming in the distance, and delicate arms opened the door, revealing a slender and graceful figure.

"Ah, Editor-in-Chief-nim!" Choi Sulli opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Oh, come in quickly."

She grabbed Pei Yongjun's arm and pulled him in. "Editor-in-chief, how are you doing lately? Are you okay?"

She closed the door and stood beside him in the entryway, a happy smile on her face.

"I'm fine." Bae Yongjun looked at Choi Sulli in front of him. "How about you, Sulli?"

Although Choi Sulli often talked to him about random things, the two of them had indeed not met again since they parted that day.

There was plenty of heater in the room. Choi Sulli was wearing a light yellow tank top and her long hair was tied into a ponytail. Her dark hair swept across her shoulders and neck, making her skin look even more snowy.

She wore a plain black slim-fitting miniskirt, revealing two crisp, snow-white long legs and a large area of smooth skin.

"It's fine, Editor-in-Chief-nim." Choi Sulli replied, "Ouni has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering well."

"We've also had someone help clean up the house. Look," she trotted to the center of the living room and turned around in a circle, "everything is cleaned up."

The hem of her skirt rose slightly, revealing half an inch more of her plump thigh skin.

Pei Yongjun couldn't help but take a look.

Another look.

"Editor-in-chief nim..." Choi Sulli noticed his gaze, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she tucked her ponytail shyly. Her voice was as soft as roasted marshmallows.

Pei Yongjun loosened his tie, feeling that the heating here seemed a little too strong.

Choi Sulli ran to the shoe cabinet with her head down, took out a pair of slippers and handed them to him, "Wear these, I just bought them, I don't know if they will fit."

Pei Yongjun changed into slippers and finally had time to look at the living room on the first floor.

Compared to the miserable scene when he last came, the place had been cleaned up, the broken TV coffee table had been replaced with a new one, and it looked neat and bright.

"Does it look good?" Choi Sulli's soft voice suddenly came from beside him.

Pei Yongjun turned around and saw that she had her head down and was not looking at him.

"You look good." He nodded. "You look good when you smile."

"Just laughing?" Choi Sulli's nasal tone sounded a little aggrieved.

"You're dressed nicely and have a nice figure. Miss Shirley looks beautiful from head to toe." Pei Yongjun laughed.

"He has good taste." Cui Xueli muttered twice, raised her head, looked at Pei Yongjun's smile, and burst out laughing, with her eyebrows curved and bright.

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