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"What’s Brother Long waiting for? He’s going too far, making us cooperate with the police, treating us like we’re not even human."Zhao Tonghai got up from the ground, and the others followed one after another, standing opposite Lin Yi.
Lin Yi didn’t want to waste words with the four of them and made the first move.
The first target was Zhao Tonghai, "You came here to help, and you’re still so arrogant. Do you think you’re something, or do you just look down on me?"
"I do look down on you, and today I’ll finish you!"
Bang!
Lin Yi delivered a heavy punch to his abdomen.
Zhao Tonghai immediately saw stars, his face turned pale, and he lay down crookedly on the ground.
After dealing with Zhao Tonghai, Lin Yi kicked Mao Hai Long, making him cough up blood directly.
The other two didn’t fare much better, after being knocked down, they could hardly breathe, let alone stand up.
"Do you give up now? If not, I’ll beat you again."
"You, you’re a journalist, how can you hit people! Even thugs aren’t like you."
"Whether it’s a thug or a journalist, I solve problems effectively. If you don’t listen, you deal with this approach."
"We, we’re going to call the police!"
Lin Yi glanced back at Zhou Li and Ma Jun.
"Should we work overtime and record the show tonight?"
Zhou Li checked her watch, "It’s 7 PM now, if we record, it should take about two hours, the time should be enough."
"Then let’s start recording, we’ll be free tomorrow to take it easy." Ma Jun said.
"Let’s do it, I’ll call the police now."
Zhou Li dialed the emergency number.
Reporting her identity, the police arrived quickly, in less than ten minutes.
"Comrade journalist, what’s the situation? Please tell us first."
Zhou Li nodded and exaggerated the content and details, explaining the incident to the officers.
But no matter how they looked at it, the police found it a bit strange.
After all, these four were criminals, and despite having the upper hand in numbers, they got beaten like this. This journalist must be something else.
"Do you all agree with what the journalist said?" The officer asked Mao Hai Long.
"We agree, this journalist was too ruthless, practically wanted to beat us to death."
"You know what you’ve done. If you weren’t capable, you’d just let them bully you."
"Officer, he also runs a pharmacy selling prohibited drugs. I think we should collaborate with the market supervision department to shut it down."
"Alright, I’ll contact the market supervision people now, and we’ll go together. We can’t let criminals take advantage."
"Well said."
After discussing the filming plan, the group left the hotel, taking Mao Hai Long and others to the police car and to his animal pharmacy.
During this process, Lin Yi’s main task was filming, to enrich the show content, while the police handled punishments and compensations effectively.
Once the recording was complete, Zhou Li called Ma Shengxing and Pan Yongbing.
She informed the former that he could return to work as the village doctor, and told the latter about satisfactory compensation.
With that, the shoot wrapped up, but Zhou Li didn’t have them go back.
Planning to visit Siling Village and Permanent Village the next day, with Xu Qingqing as a guest journalist to interview villagers.
While resolving issues, they would promote the beauty of modern life, adding value to this episode for perfection.
Early the next morning, they set off after breakfast, Zhou Li prepared several questions for Xu Qingqing, who then skillfully recited them, looking the part.
The entire recording process ended by noon, and they headed back after lunch.
They returned to the TV station by mid-afternoon.
"How did the recording go? Smoothly?"
Upon returning, Feng Chengrong stood at the entrance smoking, and upon extinguishing his cigarette, asked.
"Smoother than expected, we got enough for three episodes."
"As long as it went well, pack up then clock out."
"Thanks, Brother Rong."
Back at the office, Dong Xiao eagerly approached.
"I’ve got great news for you, our show went viral again."
"Really?"
"Of course." Dong Xiao said excitedly:
"After the pickle factory incident went public, the public interest was far beyond our expectations, the short video platform views nearly hit a billion, even the official media account used our video report. We’ve finally made it big time."
"What was yesterday’s viewership rating?"
Zhou Li’s question was also what Lin Yi cared about.
The short video platform’s data didn’t matter to Lin Yi now; he was focused on ratings.
"Guess?"
"0.7?"
"No, it was 1.03!"
"Wow, that’s so high!"
Learning this, even Lin Yi was a bit shocked, the increase in ratings was faster than he anticipated.
"Indeed, higher than ’Entertainment Frontline’.
"Made us proud this time."
Dong Xiao sighed a bit too, "But we’re not stable yet, we need to maintain quality in the show, or else high ratings won’t last long."
"Absolutely, for the year-end bonus, we need to push harder." Zhou Li said:
"The pickle factory program should still have two episodes left?"
Dong Xiao nodded, "We’ve evaluated that after these two episodes, ratings could hit 1.2."
"Having a program with a 1.2 rating makes years of work worthwhile."
"I think most credit goes to Lin Yi, Brother Rong should grant him a bonus."
"True, Lin Yi’s quite capable, naturally suited for this field."
"Don’t praise me, it’s a team effort."
"You’re too humble, it’s not good in the TV industry, be high-profile when needed." Zhou Li said.
While they chatted, Feng Chengrong returned, visibly radiant.
The increase in ratings clearly boosted his standing with the leadership.
"After two tiring days, take it easy, discuss matters tomorrow, rest well."
"Alright then."
The three tidied up, clocked out, and left work.
Lin Yi planned to pick up his kid from kindergarten, so they could have a family outing.
The three walked out chatting and laughing, when Ma Jun suddenly stopped.
"Look over there."
Following Ma Jun’s gaze, Lin Yi and Zhou Li looked over.
They saw a woman kneeling on the ground holding a sign.
"What’s going on?"