On this day in Hong Kong, the unexpected death of Teresa Teng occupied the front page of almost all newspapers.
A generation of singers has passed away. Even if they are not Teresa Teng¡¯s fans, they can¡¯t help but feel sad when they hear the news.
Throughout the day, almost everyone was discussing topics related to this matter. However, Ming Pao¡¯s decision to postpone the publication of the current newspaper did not attract too many people¡¯s attention.
Only those regular readers of "Ming Pao" will feel a little confused because they did not get today's newspaper in the morning.
Xiao Mingcheng, who works in a foreign trade company, is the type of person who is puzzled.
Xiao Mingcheng, who has received higher education and has studied abroad, has always been a loyal reader of "Ming Pao". He buys a copy of "Ming Pao" every day when he goes to work and reads some of the column comments on it in his spare time. A habit that has been indispensable in many years of professional life.
Xiao Mingcheng felt like he was missing something all day today. He worked overtime until eight o'clock in the evening. While waiting for the bus at the bus stop, he went to a nearby newsstand to buy today's "Ming Pao" and go home slowly. Watch slowly.
"Sir, I'm sorry, you're late. Today's Ming Pao has been sold out."
"Sold out?" Xiao Mingcheng looked at the newsstand owner with a surprised look. Although "Ming Pao" has the highest sales among all newspapers in Hong Kong, in his impression, it has not been so popular. Today is really strange.
"Okay, I'll go somewhere else to see if there's anything else."
Xiao Mingcheng turned to leave, but the newsstand owner stopped him from behind.
"Sir, I advise you not to waste your time. There will probably be no Ming Pao left at any newsstand in Hong Kong today."
Xiao Mingcheng stopped. He turned to look at the newsstand owner curiously.
¡°What, is it because there wasn¡¯t enough newspaper printing today?¡±
"The number of newspapers is still the same as usual, but there are so many people buying this issue, so I guess you can't buy it." The newsstand owner shrugged and told Xiao Mingcheng this answer.
Xiao Mingcheng looked at the newsstand owner in confusion. "I buy Ming Pao every day. Usually this newspaper is not as popular as you said."
Seeing that no one came to sell newspapers at this time, the newsstand owner leaned in front of the window and started chatting with Xiao Mingcheng.
¡°It¡¯s not all the news of Teresa Teng¡¯s death that caused the commotion.¡±
After hearing this, Xiao Mingcheng became even more confused.
Things about Teresa Teng are all over the newspapers today. What does the sellout of "Ming Pao" have to do with this?
"It's all fake news. Teresa Teng is not dead at all!"
A word from the newsstand owner. Xiao Mingcheng was left stunned on the spot.
"This this is fake news, but newspapers all over Hong Kong reported this incident, saying that she suddenly fell ill in Thailand and died after rescue efforts failed!"
The newsstand owner was not surprised at all by Xiao Mingcheng¡¯s reaction.
"Otherwise, Ming Pao is so popular today because of a report published there. I specifically clarified this matter because you were late. If it had been half an hour earlier, I would have had more than a dozen copies left unsold. Go out, but in just over half an hour, all the newspapers were bought."
Hearing what the newsstand owner said, Xiao Mingcheng had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky. If he hadn't worked overtime today, he wouldn't have been unable to buy a newspaper in the end.
Although there was some regret in his heart, Xiao Mingcheng was more curious that all newspapers in Hong Kong believed that Teresa Teng was dead. How did Ming Pao find out about this matter?
"The newspaper said that a reporter from "Ming Pao" happened to be on vacation in Chiang Mai. The newspaper contacted him directly and asked him to verify the news in person Although some people believe both versions now, I would like to say that "Ming Pao" According to the principles of running newspapers, we should not make random reports without real evidence."
"Xiao Mingcheng didn't have any objection to this. Indeed, among all the newspapers in Hong Kong, "Ming Pao" should be regarded as the most rigorous in its stance. The advantage of this is that it will not make mistakes, but the disadvantage is that on many hot news, the response will lag behind its competitors.
"Ming Pao" published such news today. It can be said to be a slap in the face to other newspapers. I don¡¯t know how many editors-in-chief of newspapers will resign sadly after tonight.
After thinking about this, Xiao Mingcheng naturally gave up the idea of ??buying newspapers elsewhere. As the newsstand owner said before, it is estimated that there will really not be any "Ming Pao" left tonight.
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Bangkok, Thailand, the hotel where the crew of "The Hangover 2" stayed.
Huang who just returned from a flight from Hong Kong??Knocked on the door of Cai Lan's room with a newspaper, and upon meeting him, he said: "The Hong Kong newspapers were really screwed up by the Thai media this time."
Cai Lan let Huang Zhan into the room, and while pouring him tea, he asked: "Did I miss anything interesting?"
During the crew's vacation, Cai Lan did not return to Hong Kong, but went to Singapore, and returned to the crew one day earlier than Huang Zhan.
"The editors-in-chief of more than 20 newspapers have collectively resigned. Is this a big deal?"
Huang Zhan took the teacup handed over by Cai Lan, put it aside, and told the whole story with great interest, and finally said: "This time, if it weren't for a reporter from Ming Pao in Chiang Mai, we would have been in time. Once the truth is found and clarified, the Hong Kong media will be completely disgraced!"
Cai Lan nodded, ¡°Many people criticized Ming Pao for its conservative style before, but this time it should stop for a while.¡±
"By the way, is Mr. Lin back?"
"He's back. He arrived one day earlier than me."
"There are two beauties accompanying me. I thought he would be the last one to come back, but I didn't expect" Huang Zhan smacked his lips, "It seems that the blessings of Qi Ren are not so easy to enjoy."
"Miss Zhou and Miss Wang should have had enough fun and have gone back." Cai Lan responded casually.
"Wait a minute!" A thought suddenly flashed through Huang Zhan's mind, and then he asked: "Do you know where Mr. Lin has been these days?"
Cai Lan was not as enthusiastic as Huang Zhan about discussing other people's private affairs in private, and he couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
"There are so many scenic spots in Thailand, how do I know where Mr. Lin went? Besides, why are you asking about this?"
"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else. I just suddenly thought of a question. Do you think Teresa Teng's incident has anything to do with Mr. Lin? Otherwise, Ming Pao's reaction was too fast this time. I always feel that If it were just an ordinary reporter vacationing there, he wouldn't be able to dig up such deep inside information, at least not so quickly."
When Huang Zhan said this, Cai Lan also realized that something was wrong.
"If this matter is related to Mr. Lin, your suspicion can be explained, but do you think the probability of this possibility is too low? Mr. Lin happened to be in Chiang Mai, and Teresa Teng happened to have an accident. How can there be such a coincidence in the world. "
"So, that's what I said. Probably only the parties involved know the specific truth."
Huang Zhan curled his lips and was just about to end the discussion on this topic when the phone in Cai Lan's room suddenly rang.
Cai Lan signaled Huang Zhan to wait a moment with his eyes, then walked over and answered the phone.
"Oh, it's Miss Lin. What do you want from me?"
"Mr. Cai, are you with Mr. Huang?"
Lin Zhiling's unique sweet voice came from the other end of the phone. Under normal circumstances, it would be a pleasure to listen to her talk, but at this time Cai Lan was frowning. He glanced at Huang Zhan, and he didn't know how to answer.
After Cai Lan hesitated, Lin Zhiling on the phone seemed to sense his embarrassment, and then explained: "The thing is like this, Mr. Lin has to return to Hong Kong to deal with some matters, and the filming of "The Hangover 2" may be delayed. It will take a few days to continue. Because something unexpected happened, Mr. Lin specifically asked me to call you two to explain to you two before getting on the plane. However, no one answered the phone number I called Mr. Huang¡¯s room just now, so I wanted to ask him if he was Here you are.¡±
Because of the hesitation just now, Cai Lan was a little embarrassed to admit that Huang Zhan was in his room, so he lied, claiming that he didn't know where Huang Zhan was, but then he also said that when Huang Zhan came back, he would be responsible for telling him on his behalf. .