Facts have proved that Lin Youlun is very foresight. As soon as they left, a large number of reporters rushed to the Mae Bin Hotel, including Ming Pao reporter Xu Yancheng.
Most reporters from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places were still on their way to Chiang Mai at this time, but Xu Yancheng was able to arrive so early mainly because of chance.
Newly married Xu Yancheng took half a month's leave from the newspaper office and took his wife to Thailand for their honeymoon. Chiang Mai happened to be the last stop of their journey.
Out of professional habit, Xu Yancheng has always kept in touch with the newspaper. Then at about three o'clock this morning, he was awakened by a phone call from the deputy editor of the newspaper. This time he learned the news that Teresa Teng died after ineffective rescue efforts.
Regarding the news of Teresa Teng¡¯s death, the Hong Kong media is divided into two groups. One group believes that this kind of thing is unlikely to be a joke in Thailand and should be reported immediately in order to save time, while the other group is cautious and believes that it should be confirmed first and then reported.
"Ming Pao" belongs to the latter, so the deputy editor's call went to Xu Yancheng.
When he learned of Teresa Teng¡¯s death, Xu Yancheng felt unbelievable at first. After calming down and digesting the news, he realized that this was an excellent opportunity to make himself famous in the newspaper industry.
The response from the Hong Kong media was rapid, and it would take at least half a day to get to Chiang Mai. If he could investigate the ins and outs of the whole incident before then, it would definitely be a great achievement.
Xu Yancheng rushed to the Lamb Hospital responsible for rescuing Teresa Teng in the middle of the night. He stayed until dawn but did not get any more useful information. Then he found out the address of the hotel where Teresa Teng was staying when she became ill, and rushed over to see if there could be more information. But when he got here, he discovered that many local Thai media reporters had already beaten him to it.
I feel that I may not gain much from this trip. Xu Yancheng found a phone booth nearby, called his wife who was staying in the hotel room, and asked if there was any new news from Hong Kong during his absence.
"I was just trying to find a way to contact you, just now. Mr. Dong, the editor-in-chief of your newspaper, called"
Before the wife on the other end of the phone finished speaking, she was excitedly interrupted by Xu Yancheng.
"Are you sure it was Mr. Dong himself who made the call?"
Xu Yancheng¡¯s wife was a little dissatisfied with her husband¡¯s suspicion of her, and naturally there was a little emotion in her words: ¡°The person who called me claimed to be Dong Qianli. If I remember correctly, there is no other person in your Ming Pao Group except that person. Besides President Lin who is in charge of things, this Mr. Dong should be the one who speaks with the most weight, right?"
Lin Youlun seems to rarely interfere in the internal affairs of the Ming Pao Group. Therefore, he left the impression to the outside world that he didn't take care of things very much, but people who only knew a little bit about the inside story would not see it that way.
"Ming Pao Group" does not have the largest amount of assets among Lin Youlun's many industries, nor does it have the highest profitability, but it is definitely the one that he values ??the most.
In Hong Kong¡¯s environment of open speech, having an influential newspaper like Ming Pao can guide Hong Kong¡¯s public opinion to a certain extent. This function is not available in other industries under the name of Lam Youlun, including TVB, which monopolizes more than 70% of the Hong Kong TV market.
"Who said Mr. Lin doesn't care? Don't talk nonsense!"
Xu Yancheng immediately corrected his wife's statement. As a member of Ming Pao, he knew very well that Lin Youlun's personal will can be seen behind many important news topics of Ming Pao in recent years.
"Okay, I won't argue with you about this After Mr. Dong asked me to contact you, give him a call immediately."
"Okay, then I'll call him and hang up first!"
Xu Yancheng hung up the phone and picked it up again, and dialed the phone number provided by his wife.
Because it was a cross-border long distance call, the transfer time was a bit long. Xu Yancheng waited for almost three minutes before the call was connected.
"Mr. Dong, I am Xu Yancheng"
"It's Yancheng. I'm looking for you. I just called the hotel where you are staying. Your wife said you went out for interviewshow was it? Did you get anything out of it?"
"The situation here is very chaotic. Both Ram Hospital and Mae Bin Hotel have firmly denied the death of Teresa Teng. However, according to reliable information within the hospital, a woman named Deng did die in the hospital yesterday evening after rescue efforts failed. So far, the deceased has None of them have been identified yet.¡±
Xu Yancheng gave an overview of the situation in Chiang Mai. I thought Dong Qianli would feel a little disappointed, but unexpectedly, he just said "oh" lightly and seemed not to care about it.??.
"It's really hard for you to go and interview in the middle of the night!" Dong Qianli encouraged Xu Yancheng, and then asked where Xu Yancheng was now.
Xu Yancheng said that he was at the Mae Bin Hotel where Teresa Teng stayed before she became ill. He thought Dong Qianli would let him continue to wait for news here, but to his surprise, Dong Qianli actually asked him to put down everything he was doing. He immediately rushed to another hotel in Chiang Mai and asked him to meet someone.
Hearing this arrangement, Xu Yancheng's first thought was that the newspaper was going to send someone else to report on this matter, but Dong Qianli's next words made him completely relieved.
"Regarding the death of Teresa Teng, the newspaper now has an exclusive clue. Anyway, hurry up and go there. When you see that person, you will understand everything."
Dong Qianli didn't mean to tell the truth on the phone, but he was worried that there was someone else around Xu Yancheng. They were specifically ordered to keep this matter secret. The fewer people who knew about it, the better, so he deliberately concealed it from Xu Yancheng. Part of the truth.
Xu Yancheng didn't think much about it, and immediately rushed to the hotel as instructed by Dong Qianli. Then in a suite of the hotel, he met the so-called "qingren".
"Mr. Lin, this is"
Xu Yancheng looked at Lin Youlun, who was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, in surprise. He almost wondered if he was dazzled.
Lin Youlun smiled and raised his hand, motioning for Xu Yancheng to sit down and talk.
In front of Lin Youlun, Xu Yancheng was somewhat reserved. After sitting down, only the lower half of his butt fell on the sofa. His back was straight and his expression was very focused.
"Do you know why I came to you?"
Xu Yancheng hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
The moment he saw Lin Youlun, Xu Yancheng vaguely thought of a possibility, and Lin Youlun's words now confirmed this.
"Then can I trust you?" Lin Youlun asked again.
If the previous conversation seemed casual, then after these words, Xu Yancheng clearly felt the pressure from Lin Youlun's scrutinizing gaze.
After taking a deep breath, Xu Yancheng nodded affirmatively again.
¡°All the news about Teresa Teng¡¯s death is false.¡±
Xu Yancheng was slightly startled. He was not surprised to hear the news from Lin Youlun. What really surprised him was Lin Youlun's very sure tone when he said this.
Seeing Xu Yancheng's doubts, Lin Youlun added: "I was at Lamb Hospital last night."
It took Xu Yancheng five or six minutes to completely digest the news, because he had so many questions in his mind that he didn't know where to start.
"You should know that the crew of "The Hangover 2" is filming in Thailand during this time. The crew is on vacation recently, so I came over to Chiang Mai to rest for two days. Coincidentally, Miss Deng and I stayed in the same hotel. , we had met once before, and she had already agreed to be a guest performer at the opening ceremony of this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival. Unexpectedly, she had an accident just one day later."
Lin Youlun¡¯s words were of course reserved, but for Xu Yancheng, this was enough.
"Last night I came back from going out. The hotel hurriedly came to me and told me about Miss Deng's illness. Because Miss Deng's boyfriend was not with her at the time, I asked the hotel to take care of her first. Ms. Deng was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, and then I went to the hospital with her. It was not until the doctor responsible for the rescue told me personally that Ms. Deng was out of danger that I left the hospital. Now the media has concluded that the evidence of Ms. Deng¡¯s death is actually It was a misunderstanding, because a patient did die last night after ineffective resuscitation, shortly after Ms. Deng was sent to the emergency room. When the doctor came out to announce the result to the patient's family, we were also shocked. I found out that the pronunciation of their names is similar."
Hearing Lin Youlun explain the whole incident, Xu Yancheng was so surprised that he was speechless.
There are such coincidences in the world. If it hadn't come from Lin Youlun's mouth, Xu Yancheng would have found it hard to believe it.
"I know that this matter has been widely circulated in Hong Kong. This time, Ming Pao chose to confirm first and then report on the position, which makes me very happy. Of course, the most important thing now is not to gloat and watch other media make a fool of themselves, but to The truth of the matter must be announced as soon as possible and the impact of this matter should not be further expanded."
When Lin Youlun said this, Xu Yancheng immediately nodded solemnly.
"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I will publish the article immediately after I get back. I should be able to send it back in time."In tomorrow morning's newspaper. "
"You don't have to wait until tomorrow. Today's issue of Ming Pao has been postponed by Mr. Dong until the evening. The front page is waiting for your report. The time is not generous."
"Ming Pao" has been published for so many years, and there are only a handful of ways to delay the publication of the newspaper in order to prepare for a major news. Xu Yancheng can't help but feel excited about being able to enjoy such special treatment, but he also feels a lot of pressure.
"When I rush back to publish the article immediately, I will definitely not delay the distribution of today's newspaper."
With that said, Xu Yancheng stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wait a moment!"
Lin Youlun stopped Xu Yancheng and gave him a meaningful look.
¡°I don¡¯t want anything related to me to appear in this report, do you understand what I mean?¡±