779 Thoughts (1/2)
”Everyone, please wait patiently. Doctor Ling is now in the operating theater.” Nurse Niu blocked the reporters and showed a proud smile on her face.
The nurse's desk at the Emergency Medical Center of Yun Hua Hospital had been silent for some time already.
”We heard about the flood Doctor Ling encountered in Brazil, and how he saved hundreds of patients at the disaster site, are all those stories true?” One of the reporters could not hold back anymore and approached the nurse's desk.
”I think that's what happened.”
”We're not too sure ourselves.”
”Doctor Ling is saving lives everyday.”
Before Ling Ran came back, the head nurse had given everyone a crash course on what to say. The answers they gave were a bit different, but the content was about the same.
It was only natural that the reporters were not satisfied with such answers. They tried to ask around since they could not get into the operating theater.
Some reporters ran directly to Department Director Huo and said with a threatening and malicious tone, ”Department Director Huo, we're already old friends right, and this news will shed a positive light to all of you. It's quite difficult for us when the main character is not here.”
”Didn't I send a press release to all of you? Why must you insist on an interview?” Huo Congjun shook his head. From the hospital's perspective, they were really terrified of the mass media and reporters. However, Huo Congjun was more worried that Ling Ran would say something wrong in front of them. They would not even give him a chance to correct himself.
”I'll only ask three questions. It's not a show of responsibility when we publish an article without interviewing the person concerned, right?”
”Since when is the mass media ever responsible?” Huo Congjun retorted.
The reporter barked a laugh out, barely masking his annoyance, ”Since you said that, I can't do anything. Department Director Huo, are you hiding something we don't know? The incident in Brazil seemed to be extraordinary, but you're hiding him so fiercely that you refuse to even let us see him…”
”Reverse psychology won't work on me.” Huo Congjun showed an impenetrable look. ”Moreover, I'm not stopping you from interviewing him, right? Ling Ran is still in the operating theater, so you have to seek the agreement of the patient's family members if you want me to pull him out.”
”We can have the interview in the operating theater…”
”No.”
”Why?”
”If one media company goes in, what should I do if other mass media companies wish to interview him as well?”
”You're refusing everything we offer. When the papers come out later on, don't blame us for going by sheer conjecture.”
This time round, Huo Congjun fell into deep thought. ”Alright. But when it comes to the articles about Ling Ran, they must be checked by me first, and you must gain my agreement before publishing it.”
”This requirement seems to be a bit too much.”
”I'll bring all of you to visit the operating theater and look at a live surgery from Ling Ran after his rescue mission in Brazil. This offer is not too bad, right?” Huo Congjun smirked, and he was not worried that the reporters would not do as he said.
The reporters pretended to act for a few seconds, turned around, and agreed with that.
They had planned to butter him up right from the start. The reporters would be more than happy with a better offer, since they could get an exclusive shot and so on.
Half an hour later, four reporters showed up in the visitation room of Operating Theater 1 in the Emergency Medical Center.
”Department Director Huo, you are like a girl with many husbands.” The reporters were not pleased. When they looked at each other, they turned around and smiled.
”It's fine, since not many people read newspapers nowadays.”
”We're still fine, since we're working for the TV. However, that's how news is. Only people who have been on the news are concerned with it.”
”However, Doctor Ling has immediately started to perform surgery after coming back from Brazil. Can his body take it?” The female reporter who asked this question was not someone who was new to interviewing Ling Ran. She gazed at Ling Ran affectionately.
Huo Congjun smiled. ”Doctor Ling is always like this. He treats his hobby as his job. You should know that.”