Chapter 20 - That “The Furthest Distance in the World” Poem (1/2)

Committing suicide?

The razor blade is already in her hand?

The atmosphere in the broadcast room immediately changed!

w.a.n.g Xiaomei was a veteran broadcasting host in the station and had seen all sorts of situations, especially unexpected incidents during a live broadcasting, like a listener calling in to curse or a piece of equipment failing; however, this was the first time she had encountered a person wanting to commit suicide during a live broadcast!

Listeners by the radio immediately exploded in their reactions. Boatloads of messages began flooding in!

“Is that true?”

“Teacher w.a.n.g, quickly say something! Don’t let her commit suicide!”

“Quickly persuade her! She’s just a twenty-two-year-old child!”

“Why is she taking things so hard? Miss, you must not die! How can you do this to your parents?”

However, the messages left by the netizens obviously could not be seen by the young lady!

w.a.n.g Xiaomei gasped as she quickly said to the female university student, “Sister! Sister! You must not commit suicide! Listen to what this elder sister has to say!”

The female university student replied, “There’s no need to say anything more, Teacher w.a.n.g. I’ve already decided that I can’t live on in a world without him. The distance between Beijing and New York is the world’s greatest distance. By leaving today, I hope that I can be closer to him. I believe we can be together in Heaven, forever.”

w.a.n.g Xiaomei shouted, “Why are you so silly!”

The female university student said, “I’m not silly; it’s because I love him.”

“Put down the razorblade first!” w.a.n.g Xiaomei hastily said, “This is you being irresponsible to yourself! It is also being irresponsible to your family! How can you just die like that after your parents painstakingly brought you up? You are too selfis.h.!.+ Have you thought about what others feel? Have you thought about how sad your parents and friends will be after you leave?”

With a life on the line, Zhang Ye could not be bothered to argue with w.a.n.g Xiaomei. He signaled to w.a.n.g Xiaomei to stabilize the girl as he ran out of the broadcasting room into the telephone editor’s room. He closed the door and shouted, “What are you dazing around for! Quickly, call the police!”

The telephone editor panicked, “Call the police? Right! Call the police!”

Zhang Ye directed, “Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Give her telephone number to the police! Find out her address and quickly go to her rescue! If not, it will be too late!”

The telephone editor immediately followed his instructions, “h.e.l.lo, is this 110?”

Suddenly, the door leading out was pushed open as seven people rushed in!

The group was led by Zhao Guozhou. He angrily shouted, “What the heck? Ah?”

The telephone editor pretended he was busy on the phone with the police and did not dare to respond to Director Zhao’s question.

Zhao Guozhou had a bad temper and immediately slammed the table, “How did you screen the telephone? Eh? How can you let just any telephone call through? What were you doing!?” If the call was not chosen, then the female university student would not have listened to w.a.n.g Xiaomei’s extremist advice and might not have decided on committing suicide. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the girl eventually chose to take her life, at least it wouldn’t have been during their Literature Channel’s live broadcast and would have had nothing to do with their radio station. However, now with the telephone call having been connected, to the listeners, it was clear that the girl had decided to end her life due to w.a.n.g Xiaomei’s words and their program. With the negative news, it was obvious that their radio station would be pushed to the tip of the plank. “Talk About the World”? The Literature Channel’s number one listeners.h.i.+p program? Those were all jokes! From the pressure of public opinion, their program would definitely face being taken off the air! There would be no way to recover from this!

The Literature Channel’s deputy was also extremely anxious, “How is it, now?”

The telephone editor put down the phone and said, guiltily, “The police have said that they will need at least an hour to find her address and her house. They asked us to delay as long as possible!”

The “Talk About the World” program editing team turned pale, “An hour? There is no way we can do it!”

Zhao Guozhou shouted, “You have to do it, even if you can’t! Hold on to her! Definitely do not allow her to commit suicide! Or our Literature Channel is doomed! All the programs will suffer a devastating blow!” They were working in the media, so they definitely knew the power of public opinion and the media!

The back door opened once again!

The radio station’s leader also rushed in, “Old Zhao!”

Zhao Guozhou came forward, “Station Head Jia! Why are you here?”

This was an old man, who was also the Beijing Radio Station’s Deputy Station Head, “You’re asking why I’m here? I’m here to see the trouble your program has caused! Immediately settle it for me!”

Zhao Guozhou said, “We will definitely do our best!” He said to Zhang Ye, “Little Zhang! Go back and persuade her! You must hold her for at least an hour! You can ignore the programs after this! Everything will be delayed!”

Zhang Ye responded and ran back into the broadcasting room.

In here, it was soundproof, so there was no noise, only w.a.n.g Xiaomei’s continuous persuasion.

“Sister, you are still young. This elder sister is experienced, so you must hear what I say.” w.a.n.g Xiaomei said earnestly, “Just now, what I said was a bit extremist. Actually, if the both of you still have feelings for each other, it is not impossible. I have handled several such cases where the men are in a distant land for many years, but the relations.h.i.+p between the two when he returns is still as good as ever. In the end, they got married and had kids, leading a blissful life. Why can’t you?”

The female university student laughed, “The distant land you say is at most in the south and north of China. Taking a plane or a train will allow them to quickly meet. But it’s different between me and my boyfriend. Beijing and New York are on opposite sides of the world and is the world’s greatest distance. Also, due to the financial limitations and the issue with pa.s.sports, we will probably never meet in the entire five years. I know this more than anyone else. Thank you, Teacher w.a.n.g. Thank you for your consolation. I have already made my decision. Let me say sorry to my parents and friends here. I’m really sorry.”

Ba La!