Wandering in the vast darkness

Chapter 70 (A Discussion)

Around 10 o'clock, Yu Wenhao received a call from General Manager Qu in the workshop, asking him to come to his office immediately.

Yu Wenhao left the workshop, entered the adjacent office building, took the elevator upstairs, and arrived at General Manager Qu's office, where he saw a man and a woman sitting there. General Manager Qu introduced them to Yu Wenhao, saying that one was surnamed Xia and the other was surnamed Feng, both reporters from the Hangzhou Daily, who had come specifically to see him.

Yu Wenhao was puzzled. What did this reporter want with him?

The man, reporter Xia and reporter Yu said:

"Director Yu, I heard that you participated in a large-scale rescue operation in the cold night last night and helped find an elderly person with dementia, is that right?"

"Being a reporter, you always love to use fancy words. It's just finding someone, why the rescue, the cold night, and all this fuss?" Yu Wen thought kindly. But then he thought about last night, the police station mobilized dozens of people, so calling it a "major" didn't seem so unreasonable.

Yu Wenhao said, "Yes, that's what happened. The old man had ridden in my car before, but then he disappeared, so I went over to help look for him."

"Oh my god, is that really true?!" Mr. Qu exclaimed. "Xiao Yu, I heard you found it this morning, is that true?"

Yu Wenhao confirmed, "When they found him, it was already daylight. The weather was so cold that the old man had lost consciousness from the cold..."

"The doctor said that if they had found the elderly woman an hour or two later, she would have died," said reporter Feng.

Yu Wenhao thought disdainfully, "You reporters just love sensationalism. If you're looking for someone, what does it matter who's looking for them? A KTV hostess's grand rescue in the cold night, that's eye-catching enough, isn't it?"

"Director Yu, do you have this girl's contact information? Could you help us get in touch with her? We'd like to interview her as well," said reporter Xia.

"What?!" Qiqi suddenly perked up and exclaimed, "A reporter is coming to interview me? Brother, does that mean I'm going to be famous?!"

Yu Wenhao could only speak as he thought, recounting how he first saw the news of the elderly man's disappearance in a ride-hailing driver group last night, and how he immediately contacted the platform and Officer Zhou, before telling the two reporters the whole story.

Yu Wenhao shook her head: "It's okay, I can handle it."

That wasn't enough; they then went to Workshop 1. Workshop 1 wasn't open yet, so the two reporters had Yu Wenhao stand in front of the Commander printing line and the Comet newspaper printing line at KBA Corporation and took photos of them separately.

"It's not about whether you can handle it or not, but... come on, Xiao Yu, you do the interview first, and after the interview, you go home and rest immediately. That's right, I mean, you go home and rest, and you're not allowed to drive again before dinner."

General Manager Qu said, "This is an official business, so you'd better complete it properly."

The group stood up and went back to Yu Wenhao's workshop. The two reporters had Yu Wenhao stand in front of the German Heidelberg SM74 four-color offset printing press and the Heidelberg Speedmaster CD102 printing press, and took photos of them respectively.

"Okay, okay, I'm getting up now. If you want to step on me, I'll put on some makeup. Oh, by the way, my brother knows my address, I'll have him give it to you." Qiqi called out.

"Help her at the KTV entrance? What does she do for a living?" Reporter Xia asked.

"Of course I did. I recorded the whole thing. I was thinking of organizing it after I woke up and posting it on Xiaohongshu."

"By the way, Director Yu, do you have any photos from last night?" Reporter Feng asked.

Yu Wenhao was puzzled. Qiqi had been with him all day yesterday, so how come he had no idea when Qiqi took the photos? Kids these days really have amazing photography skills.

Yu Wenhao shook her head: "No, I was so busy looking for people, I didn't have the mind to take pictures."

Helpless, Yu Wenhao could only dial Qiqi's number and put it on speakerphone.

"They still want to do interviews? I didn't do anything, I just followed the police from the police station and looked around."

"No, the police station leaders said that you were a great help. You were the ones who pointed out the places where the elderly person might have gone missing," said reporter Feng.

"Do you know which organization this girl works for?" Reporter Xia asked.

After taking the photos, the two reporters left to find Qiqi, while Yu Wenhao was also escorted by General Manager Qu out of the workshop to go home and sleep.

"Oh dear, is that really true? And you even found out this morning. Xiao Yu, why are you even coming to work? Why don't you just go home and rest?" said General Manager Qu.

"Yes, we must promote and carry forward good deeds like these; it is our responsibility as journalists."

The phone rang for a long time before being answered, and Qiqi's lazy voice came through: "What's wrong, brother?"

Reporter Xia raised her hand to greet Yu and said, "It's alright, Director Yu. Just tell us what happened last night, the more detailed the better."

Reporter Feng also came over and asked the same question that the other person had asked so politely: "Excuse me, did you take any photos last night?"

"What's wrong with giving an interview?" General Manager Qu called out from the side. "What are you talking about? This is a matter concerning our own employees, and our newspapers should report on it even more carefully. This is a major issue that relates to the image of our group. The Party Office of the Group has already called me. Xiao Yu, give the interview properly. This is a task assigned to you by your superiors."

Yu Wenhao was both amused and exasperated. He looked at reporter Xia and then at reporter Feng. Although he worked at the printing company under the Hangzhou Daily Group, where the company printed several newspapers for the group every day, he was very familiar with newspapers. However, this was the first time he had ever been interviewed by a reporter. He was even more inexperienced than when he went to a parent-teacher meeting.

"I'll give it a try, but I don't know if she'll be willing to do an interview."

"She is, she is..." Yu Wenhao hesitated for a moment before saying, "She's a hostess at a KTV, isn't she?"

"Great!" exclaimed Reporter Feng. "Please don't rush to publish it. Let us come and review it, then we'll discuss how to handle it, okay?"

After Yu finished speaking, reporter Xia asked, "By the way, Director Yu, I heard that there was another girl with you last night, is that right?"

Yu nodded and said yes, she was one of my guests. I picked her up and she said she also wanted to help find someone, so I took her with me. By the way, this girl really helped a lot.

"I know," Yu Wenhao said. "She's a regular customer of mine. She takes my taxi every night, and I pick her up at the entrance of NOCpartyktv."

The group of people looked at each other and laughed. Reporter Xia leaned closer and, pointing at Yu Wenhao's phone, said:

The two reporters stared intently at Yu Wenhao, urging him to make a phone call. Their gazes were even more fervent than when Diandian had been watching him that morning, begging him to attend the parent-teacher conference.

"What? She's a hostess at a KTV?" Reporter Xia immediately became interested. He looked at Reporter Feng, and the two of them laughed.

Yu Wenhao said, "Qiqi, I'm sorry to disturb your sleep. There are two reporters here interviewing me about what happened last night. They'd like to interview you as well, is that alright?"

"Go ahead and hit me," reporter Xia urged him.

As Mr. Qu spoke, both reporters smiled and nodded repeatedly. Yu Wenhao became flustered and said:

"Okay, okay, then hurry up and step on me!" Qiqi shouted, laughing heartily.

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