After Mad Dragon was released from prison, I shocked the world!

"Get out of here, all of you!"

Zhong Yuxian slammed her cane on the ground and shouted angrily, "This is a special care ward! Don't you know the rules? Don't you have any professional ethics?"

Upon seeing it was her, the tabloid reporters shrank back.

After all, Yizhou TV is the official mouthpiece, and its status is undeniable.

"Hey, isn't this our 'Battlefield Rose,' reporter Chung?"

Xiao Wang, relying on his position in commercial media, usually earns traffic by attracting attention and doesn't take these "regulars" seriously at all.

"What? Is it a case of 'the magistrate is allowed to set fires, but the common people are forbidden even to light lamps'?"

He said sarcastically, "Your Yizhou TV station wants to have a monopoly on this big news? No way!"

"We live in the internet age, where traffic is king! Whoever gets the first-hand information wins!"

Xiao Wang looked at Zhong Yuxian and said disdainfully, "Don't try to intimidate me with that outdated set of professional ethics. We'll film whatever the audience wants to see!"

"Viewers love watching family feuds and scandalous gossip, so we provide that! That's just how the market works!"

"you!"

Zhong Yuxian was furious that someone dared to contradict her. Her face turned pale with anger, and she snapped, "You're profiting from other people's misfortunes!"

"What's wrong with eating human blood buns? As long as it fills your stomach, that's fine!"

Xiao Wang doesn't care whether it's eating human blood buns or white flour buns, as long as he can eat them.

"As long as I'm full, that's fine?"

A middle-aged woman in a gray Zhongshan suit walked into the ward. She looked at Xiao Wang and said indifferently, "Is this your journalistic philosophy?"

Xiao Wang was in the middle of a lively conversation when he was interrupted, which made him very unhappy.

He glanced sideways at the middle-aged woman, not recognizing her at all: "Auntie, who are you? Don't you know anything about new media?"

Xiao Wang scoffed, saying with a disdainful look, "If you don't understand, don't point fingers!"

"Auntie?"

He Mengting, who was standing next to the middle-aged woman, changed her expression. She was about to reprimand her when the middle-aged woman raised her hand to stop her.

The middle-aged woman wasn't angry; instead, she laughed and said, "Since you think news doesn't need a bottom line, then I think the 'Durian Business Daily' has no reason to exist."

Who do you think you are?

Xiao Wang was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter. "Do you know who's behind our newspaper? Do you know how many daily active users we have? Try to blacklist us? Do you think you're the head of the propaganda department?"

A pale-faced reporter next to him tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "She's Zeng Guoxiang, Minister Zeng!"

What an idiot!

They don't even recognize the Minister of Propaganda from Yizhou!

This is a top-tier bigwig who holds the power of life and death over these media outlets!

Xiao Wang's face turned deathly pale instantly, and cold sweat poured down his face.

"Minister Zeng... Minister Zeng..."

He stammered, his teeth chattering, "I...I was blind to your greatness...I was just joking..."

"joke?"

Zeng Guoxiang's smile faded, and her eyes sharpened: "They treat news reporting as a tool to grab attention, use the privacy of victims as a bargaining chip to make money, and even openly promote the idea that 'the bottom line is useless'."

"You're not just stupid, you're evil! The Durian Business Daily is truly a cancer in the industry."

She turned to her secretary behind her and said, "Notify the Press and Publication Bureau to immediately revoke the publication license of the 'Durian Business Daily' and ban all its self-media accounts across the internet."

"Those responsible must be thoroughly investigated!"

"yes!"

The secretary immediately took out her phone and started making calls.

"No! No! Minister Zeng, spare my life!"

Xiao Wang knelt down on the ground with a thud, abandoning all pride: "I was wrong! I was really wrong! Please, give me another chance!"

"Drag him out."

Zeng Guoxiang waved her hand dismissively. "And everyone else—all the media outlets that entered the wards without permission and harassed patients—are all recorded and publicly criticized!"

Several bodyguards rushed in immediately and dragged Xiao Wang out.

The other reporters exchanged glances, dared not say a word, and slunk away from the ward.

The ward was finally quiet.

"Mr. Lin, I'm sorry to have startled you."

Zeng Guoxiang walked to the bedside, her attitude softening. "I am Zeng Guoxiang, here to visit you on behalf of the organization."

Although Lin Li did not know Zeng Guoxiang, he guessed that she was an important person: "Thank you, Minister Zeng, for getting me out of that predicament."

"You all go ahead and get busy. I need to talk to Mr. Lin about something."

Zeng Guoxiang smiled and said to Su Qian and the others.

The women looked at Lin Li, and seeing him nod, they left with worried expressions.

After closing the door, Zeng Guoxiang pulled up a chair and sat down, getting straight to the point: "Mr. Lin, this case is huge."

"Fifteen lives lost; the nature of this is extremely heinous. Although you acted to save lives and it was legitimate self-defense, reporting the facts would be very detrimental to you in the eyes of the public."

Lin Li's eyes flickered, and he asked, "What does Minister Zeng mean?"

"We have drafted a publicity plan."

Zeng Guoxiang glanced at Zhong Yuxian and said, "This incident will be classified as a case in which Zhong Yuxian, a reporter from Yizhou TV, went undercover in a criminal den and cooperated with the police to bravely dismantle the criminal gang."

"All the credit and honors belong to Chung Yuk-han and the police."

"And you, Lin Li, will be completely invisible in this story and will not appear in any official announcements."

She stared at Lin Li and said slowly, "This way, we can protect your privacy, avoid unnecessary trouble, and also set a positive example."

What do you think?

"I agree."

Lin Li agreed without hesitation.

He had no interest in any "hero" title; on the contrary, he felt it was a burden.

His style is to quietly make a fortune by extricating himself from this mess.

"No! I disagree!"

Zhong Yuxian, who had been silent until now, suddenly shouted excitedly.

"This isn't fair!"

She looked at Zeng Guoxiang and Lin Li, her eyes red-rimmed: "Lin Li killed the man, he raided the hideout, he risked his life for him! I was just a burden who was rescued!"

"You want me to take credit for his work? You want me to be this fake hero? I can't do it! I wouldn't deserve it!"

Zhong Yuxian has a strong sense of self-respect and simply cannot accept such a fabricated honor.

"Yu Xian!"

He Mengting tugged at her sleeve, "This is for the greater good, and also to protect Mr. Lin."

"I don't care about the big picture!"

Chung Yu-hsien stubbornly declared, "Minister Tseng, facts are facts! If you insist on writing it this way, I'd rather resign!"

Looking at this stubborn girl, Lin Li felt a mix of helplessness and admiration.

"Chung University reporter, can't you use your brain a little?"

He sighed and deliberately said, "If an ordinary person like me becomes a hero, surrounded by people every day, how am I supposed to live?"

"You're helping me, not taking my things."

"But……"

"There's no 'but' about it."

Just as the two were arguing, the ward door was pushed open again.

Su Lin approached the ward, looked at Lin Li on the hospital bed, and a hint of admiration flashed across her face.

"If he coveted these empty titles and achievements, then he wouldn't be Lin Li."