industrial overlord

Chapter 677
"Comrade Tang Di, in view of the fact that you were unable to strictly enforce the propaganda discipline when you were in charge of the Southern Economic Guide, there were many false reports, which caused extremely bad social impact. As decided by the Ministry's party group and ministerial office meeting, from now on, You will be removed from the position of editor-in-chief of the Southern Economic Tribune, and the Southern Economic Tribune will be suspended for 2 months to carry out internal reorganization..."

In the editor-in-chief's office of the Southern Economic Tribune, a serious official held a document with a red letterhead in his hand, and said to Tang Di who was ashamed.He is a deputy director of the Provincial Propaganda Department, named Tan Hongming, who is Tang Di's immediate superior.

Southern Economic Tribune is a newspaper between the inside and outside of the system. Its mode of operation is completely commercial, and most of its employees are recruited from the society.However, some high-level managers, including Tang Di, are still within the business establishment and must submit to the management of the system.When Nan Dao was in full bloom, Tang Di, the editor-in-chief, could not be easily replaced by his superiors, but when Nan Dao encountered a crisis, how his superiors would deal with him was beyond his ability to change.

Han Hua's pursuit of Nan Dao finally reached the point where even the province where he was located could not keep silent.The province has also made requests to the relevant departments of the central government, hoping that the central government will intervene in this matter, including restricting the discussion of this matter on the Internet, stopping the publication of the book "Southern Guide Revealing Secrets", etc.But the central government officials just laughed and said they would find a way to coordinate, but they still refused to readily agree to help.

In fact, it's not that the superior department really doesn't want to help, but there are also many people who are looking forward to the bad luck of the South Director, and their influence is also very large. The superior must balance everyone's demands, right?
To put it bluntly, the large enterprises and units that Nangui has offended are not only the Hanhua family, but many departments including telecommunications, oil, aviation, etc. have been blackened by Nangui.In the past, these things have passed in the past, but now seeing someone jumping out to attack the South Director, how can those departments that have suffered losses sit idly by?

These departments are all hands-on, and they have expressed their position to the several departments in charge of propaganda in the central government: We do not require the state to use administrative means to sanction Nantong, but at least the state cannot use administrative means to protect Nantong, right?When the Southern Directorate exposed our problems, you said it was freedom of the press and could not interfere.Now that Nam Dao himself has been exposed, we demand that everyone be equal before freedom, isn't that too much?

In addition to these large enterprises, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Science and Industry Commission, and the Ministry of Commerce also came out to speak together: Does this South Korean guide understand what national interest is?We are now negotiating with foreign devils to force them to spit out patented technology, which is to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.You are a Chinese newspaper, speaking from the standpoint of foreign devils, what is this?Well, now someone is exposing the matter of Nantong, and the method used is completely legal. If you come forward to favor Nantong out of departmental interests, then we will go to the top to talk about it.

When all these voices are suppressed, it is naturally inconvenient for the higher authorities to pull their hands.When the leaders of several units in charge of publicity got together, they all shook their heads helplessly and said: This South Director is really not good at being a human being. Alas, it is a pity for such a dynamic newspaper... This person Tang Di... Well, none of us can claim to have known him before.

Without the government's intervention, the battle between Hanhua and Nandao would depend entirely on their respective strengths.As Lin Zhenhua said, the media simply cannot compete with capital.Hanhua took out the vigor to compete with foreign companies to blackmail a media, but still worry about not being able to discredit this media?
Nan Dao finally collapsed.

The core value of a newspaper lies in its credibility.Hanhua's attack this time is precisely aimed at the credibility of Nandao.In the past, Nam Dao has always advertised itself as the conscience of the society, being able to tell you some information that is not available in the official mainstream media, which has won it the love of a broad audience.But now, Hanhua tells everyone with iron-clad facts that the information disclosed by Nan Dao is actually false. It takes advantage of people's desire for the truth, and what it sells to everyone is lies that deviate from the truth.

The charm of an idol is endless, but once an idol collapses, it is completely irreversible.Almost overnight, Nan Dao suffered serious slowdowns on all newsstands across the country.The advertiser immediately called Nan Dao's advertising department to stop publishing his advertisement, right? Who is willing to spend money on a notorious media?
South Guide reporters also encountered difficulties when they went out to conduct interviews.In the past, whenever Nan Dao's reporters went, as long as they showed their press cards, others would be three points short, for fear of being caught by Nan Dao.But now, when the interviewed agencies saw Nan Dao being chased and killed, they had enough confidence. When they saw Nan Dao's reporter, they just said one sentence: "I'm sorry, we don't believe you can report our affairs objectively."

"If you refuse the interview, it means that you have ghosts in your heart. If you don't cooperate with the interview, we will find out the truth through other means!" Nan Dao reporter resorted to a big killer that has been tried and tested in the past.

For such a threat, the other party just sneered: "Any other way, isn't it just spreading rumors? Your methods have been clearly written in "Southern Guide Revealing Secrets". If you have the ability, go and expose it." “Bland” said in an interview with a reporter a few days ago that he is still preparing to release the second episode, and everyone is welcome to provide new materials. If we provide him with the words you threatened us, he will give us 100 yuan for the reporting fee of."

The young journalists couldn't bear the discriminating gazes from their relatives, friends and classmates, so they resigned one after another.In the past, it was a very honorable thing to say that I worked in Nandao, but now everyone can't wait to say that they have never heard of Nandao.After all the young reporters were gone, the old reporters and editors also began to feel emotional. When they were at work, some people were openly calling to find their connections, and they were active in job-hopping.Everyone realized that Nan Dao's ship was about to sink, and there was no need for him to die for it.

In fact, there is no need for the province to notify the suspension of publication, and Nan Dao can no longer support it.For several days in a row, the editorial department could not collect the necessary number of manuscripts, and could only rely on some gossip articles such as "Girls wear low-cut clothes when riding a bus, a bus driver reveals ten tricks of perverts" to fill the page.At this point, does Tang Di still want to stand up?
"I obey the decision of the province." Tang Di said gloomily, "I just want to know one thing, what does the province think about the future positioning of Nandao?"

Tan Hongming said: "Nan Dao will definitely continue to run it. As a newspaper with a high reputation among the masses, the province will not sit idly by. The province will transfer an experienced editor from other newspapers. Comrade to take over your position, Nan Dao will resume publication after the publication is suspended for rectification.”

Tang Di laughed at himself and said: "High popularity, that's a thing of the past. After Hanhua's deliberate suppression, even if Nan Dao is still famous, I'm afraid it's notorious, right? How does the province plan to change Nan Dao's reputation?" What about the image?"

Tan Hongming said: "Old Tang, you are also an old man of Nandao, and you have made a lot of contributions to the development of Nandao. There are some things, it's good for you to know. Before I came to you, the Propaganda Department had passed Jiangnan The relationship between the province and Lin Zhenhua got in touch. The other party said that as long as the southern guide is willing to change his mind, they can continue to ignore the past. They welcome a southern economic guide that can truly reflect the reality and reflect the social situation and public opinion. "

"It's so beautiful!" Tang Di sneered, "Isn't it all about changing your mind and not being in trouble with Han Hua? Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish. The existence of Han Hua has become an obstacle to the freedom of Chinese society. gone."

"Old Tang!" Tan Hongming sighed, "You don't have to blame others all the time. Director Nan has indeed gone a little far in recent years. How dare you say that the things that Hanhua exposed about your distorted facts are not true. What's wrong with you doing the first day of junior high school and others doing the fifteenth day?"

Tang Di said: "We cut the facts necessary to make everyone pay more attention to our society. Our motive is justice. In fact, many things we reported have received positive responses from the society and contributed to Relevant departments should improve their work. Think about it, if we don’t report on the issues of out-of-school children, rural poor mothers, and land expropriation and demolition, what will happen?”

"Old Tang, we are also old friends. In front of me, do you need to say these big words?" Tan Hongming's face sank, "The things you said are also reported by other media, and the government itself has been reporting these things over the years. You are also working hard to improve. How could this be the credit of your family? You criticized the overlord clause of civil aviation, but the civil aviation company put more than 1000 million advertisements in your newspaper. Change, is this also true?"

"This is a necessary means for newspapers to survive." Tang Di argued, "It's not because our country lacks an atmosphere for news development. If we can survive by relying on social donations instead of relying on advertisements, naturally we don't have to succumb to Advertiser's."

"Then you will also succumb to investors." Tan Hongming said unceremoniously, "Old Tang, don't think that you are the only one who has been to the United States, and we have all been there."

"Uh..." Tang Di was speechless. He knew that the words he said earlier could be used to deceive ordinary audiences, but if he told them to the experts in the news circle, it would be a joke.In the so-called free parliamentary seat that he kept talking about, the most core media has the shadow of a big consortium behind it. Which media would dare to make fun of its own benefactor?
In fact, most of the foreign stories we usually hear are made up by public intellectuals, so we have the United States on the passport, Germany in the oiled paper bag, Japan in the summer camp, and India on the freedom train. , Saudi Arabia without a second generation of officials, Iraq that is waiting to be rebuilt, and Afghanistan that is safe and happy... All these myths, as long as you go abroad for a walk, you will know that they are all jokes.

Nan Dao is an expert at fabricating such myths, how could Tang Di not know the ridiculousness of these myths?
"Minister Tan, Nan Dao was defeated by Hanhua this time, so don't expect any media to dare to expose Hanhua's light in the future. If Hanhua behaves mischievously, no one will be able to supervise them. Don't you think it's ours? Are you sad?" Tang Di didn't dare to talk about Nan Dao's own affairs, and turned to Han Hua.

Tan Hongming said: "Let me tell you another piece of news. Hanhua is planning to set up a truth award recently to encourage domestic media reporters to bravely expose the truth. Hanhua also promised that if a reporter encounters retaliation for revealing the truth, Hanhua will We will provide full living security and legal aid to the victimized journalists. When we communicated with Lin Zhenhua, he also made it clear that he welcomes the revised South Guide to supervise all work of Hanhua, as long as it reflects the truth Hanhua will never take any retaliation against the situation.”

"Smart! Behind Hanhua, there must be a master." Tang Di praised.

If it were Tang Di himself, after defeating his opponent, he would definitely do the same thing to show his justice.Tang Di even guessed that after he resigned sadly, Hanhua would definitely sing a double reed with the new editor-in-chief of Nanhua, and Nanhua would report an innocuous negative incident of Hanhua, and then Hanhua would stand up and say Sincerely accept.

In this way, the grievances that the audience felt about Hanhua's suppression of Nan Dao will be completely eliminated. Everyone will say that Han Hua is really cute, easy to talk, and what is wrong is only Nan Dao's. The former editor-in-chief Tang Di was nothing more than Tang Di.

"That's okay, I will bear all the infamy. As long as I can get Han Hua to let Nan Dao go, it can be regarded as my last contribution to Nan Dao." Tang Di said.

"Old Tang, learn your lesson." Tan Hongming patted Tang Di on the shoulder and said, "Hanhua is not like the state-owned enterprises that you have exposed in the past. For the leaders of those enterprises, peace is the best choice. , everyone is afraid that if things get big, it will affect their own reputation. And Hanhua is Lin Zhenhua's private enterprise, no matter how big the trouble is, it will not change his absolute authority in the company. In this case, he dares to fight with Lin Zhenhua You have started a war, and if a large company with over [-] billion assets wants to crush a media like yours, is there any difficulty?"

"I am so convinced that I lost." Tang Di nodded and said, "If I had another chance, I would definitely choose to be friends with Lin Zhenhua, not enemies."

You have no chance... Tan Hongming said secretly in his heart.

Tang Di left, and turned off the lights in his office before leaving.The Nandao office building, which was once brightly lit all night, has now become dark and blind, in stark contrast to the lights reflected in the surrounding office buildings.

Standing outside the building, watching this scene, Tang Di suddenly remembered a poem given to him by a poet friend named Ziwei:

Where light abounds, darkness is also a lamp!

　Regarding Nan Dao, it is probably most appropriate to end with this poem.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)