Chapter 15 (1/2)

Xie Wu’s driver who was an army

veteran drove a Chevrolet Cruze. He sped through town and arrived at County S

Tv Station at around 3.30 pm.

“Thanks, sir!”

Se Cai yelled as he leaped out

of the car.

“Young man, wait!”

The driver called after Se Cai

and after giving him an once-over, said, “I’ve been the Commissioner’s driver

for quite some time and this is the first time he has personally requested me

to help him drive a person. He must have taken a liking to you. Anyway, I know

you’re in a rush but I just want to remind you that our Commissioner’s first

name is read as Sai if you’re doing a report on him. He’s a minority and is

used to having his surname read wrongly. This has happened way too often for

him to mind but it’s still a sign of respect to get his surname correct, don’t

you agree?”

“The word 解 has an alternate

p.r.o.nunciation of Sai? It is indeed a rare surname, thank you sir for your kind

reminder!” Se Cai bowed in appreciation.

The commonly accepted

p.r.o.nunciation is Xie, even for Se Cai, it was the first time he heard it called

Sai.

Indeed it would be too

troublesome for Commissioner Sai to correct the reporting one by one since it

was the more common p.r.o.nunciation.

“Director Bai, I’m back…”

Se Cai stopped short because he

felt the atmosphere in the newsroom was unsettlingly different.

Normally, the place was a

chaotic hub, with people rus.h.i.+ng here and there to meet the deadline.

That day’s newsroom though was

chillingly quiet. Se Cai scanned the room and realized most were gathered

around Xu Ran’s table.

The gathered crowd included rare

guests like the station manager and the station’s press supervisor. These

people were figures of certain authority in the station because even Director

Bai, the program director had to stand to the side.

“Perfect! This is the kind of

materials that we want! You’ve managed to capture the exact moment the thug was

tackled by the plainclothes officer! We must make use of this valuable footage,

play it in slow-motion if possible!”

Station Manager Wei Jian Guo exclaimed,

pointing at Xu Ran’s computer screen.

“This moment is too precious.

How did you manage to capture it?”

This had caused such a commotion

in the room that even the normally unmoved Zhang Xin Yu had huddled over.

“I happened to be around the

commercial building when Director Bai called me. I have a friend that rents a

room in the skysc.r.a.per opposite the commercial building. I asked him for a

favor and climbed above the water tower on his building’s rooftop to capture all

these.”

Xu Ran said more than a little

smugly.

“And where were you, Se Cai? We’ve

almost missed an important piece of news because of your absence! Thankfully I

was there to save the day. The jumper took a female reporter as hostage but was

eventually detained by a plainclothes police, this thing is huge! I’m sure it’ll

get bounced up to central news easily!”

Xu Ran saw Se Cai approaching

and turned on him.

He had been waiting for Se Cai

to return since this not only allowed him to put Se Cai down but also impress

Zhang Xin Yu.

“Xu Ran, now is not the time for