Chapter 80 - News Figure (1/2)

“Reporter?”

“Interview?”

“Mini-marathon?”

Meng Fan looked at the tattooed arm and some of his memory returned. He had been one of the cameramen for the event, frequently directing his camera at Meng Fan. But this guy was pretty interesting, always rubbing his chin at people. Coupled with the ‘tattooed arms guy’, who said that one should avoid exposing their skin and wear an ice sleeve or something, he had left quite a deep impression on Meng Fan.

“I remember.”

Meng Fan nodded but continued to run.

He was now on the Hu Rui line, only a bit more than 5 kilometers away from the Shanghai market town, and 17 or 18 kilometers away from the Mu Tong village area.

There were quite a lot of people on the roads, with large amounts of vehicles passing through the section to JiaXing, Shanghai, and Wuzhen, slightly north of Mu Tong township. During the national holiday, it was normal for there to be on so much traffic.

Meng Fan speculated after running 1.5 kilometers that the cars had not moved much at all. In front of him, seven or eight aunties had seen the unmoving traffic and left their cars as they headed outside the road railing while starting to practice the latest square dance routines and burn their calories.

It’s so uncomfortable to sit in a car so it’s best to exercise. It would also help to breathe some life into the surrounding people. After all, traffic can jam one’s car but not one’s heart.

“Burn all my calories!”

From an auntie’s cell phone burst out—the most countryside and tacky sounding yodel inspired Meng Fan and sparked his interest. He quickly stuck up his thumbs in approval to the group of aunties who worshipped them in silence.

“Interviewing them would be much more interesting than interviewing me.”

His pacing was not bad, after only running 5 kilometers, his breathing was steady and was able to maintain a conversation with ease.

However, Meng Fan wasn’t particularly happy to be interviewed. Last time, during the mini-marathon, the interviews had been for charity and public interest so he was willing to cooperate.

“That? We’ve already seen too much of it.”

The short-haired reporter was not ready to let go of Meng Fan. They had painstakingly caught up to him from Hangzhou, under the poisonous blazing sun.

In the early days, square dancing during traffic jams used to provide some entertainment for people. Nowadays, at most, it would be shared on Weibo with friends and was no longer fresh and exciting.

But Meng Fan was different.

From Hangzhou to Shanghai, he was basically the only newsworthy figure.

Along with his body shape, he could qualify as first-class news!

Moreover, including his ten thousand HXB donation during the mini-marathon, it would be a news piece radiating with positive energy during the October 1st holiday!

On this trip, she hoped to dig out some other newsworthy material, like what the chubby guy’s purpose for running all the way from Hangzhou to Shanghai and why he would choose to run there, etc. These were all key points for her interview.

“Hello, we just want to do a simple interview with you, it won’t take too much time. Of course, if you want to talk more, we can also stop to chat.”

The short-haired journalist had a good attitude, she couldn’t rudely force Meng Fan to accept her interview.

Of course, another important reason was she also knew that Meng Fan had been streaming and had garnered a large online presence as well.

They too learned about Meng Fan through his live streams and were able to locate him through his channel.

“Holy cow, there are reporters trying to interview Meng fatty?! Meng fatty’s gonna be famous!”

“Hahaha, why does it sound like Meng Fan wants to reject them?!”

“Did they just say they were from Qian Tang evening news? This is the only provincial level evening report in all of Zhejiang province!”

“But it’s not from the happy camp, have a bad review!”

“Evening news heading: Young boy’s family is in a state of heavy debt and flees from Hangzhou!”

“No, it should be: Obese teenager is not satisfied with his body and crazily seeking weight loss. After hearing ‘Burn my calories’ on the road, he decided to try it out himself!”

“Shocking! Hundreds of thousands of netizens witness a youth madly abusing himself!”