"Hm?"
Zhao Yuhuan looked at Lin Yi. "Lin Bro, you did that on purpose?"
"Of course. We have to let the audience know the whole story from start to finish, that’s how you get better show effect. Otherwise when the reversal happens, it’s no fun."
"The problem now is, how are we going to solve this?" Zhao Yuhuan said:
"That mother and son don’t even give the police any face, there’s nothing we can do either."
"There’s a phrase called ’saving the nation by a roundabout route’. If one method doesn’t work, we just use another one."
Zhao Yuhuan’s face was full of question marks. She still didn’t understand what Lin Yi was planning.
"Everyone has something they’re afraid of. Once you find it, you’ve got a way to deal with them."
Zhao Yuhuan stared at Lin Yi in surprise.
"Lin Bro, you’re not thinking of doing something to their daughter, are you?"
Lin Yi was half amused, half exasperated. "Where is your mind going? This is the adults’ business. No matter what, you can’t drag a kid into it."
"Then what are we supposed to do now?"
"Go back, clock out, get off work. We’ll talk about the rest tomorrow."
"Got it."
Lin Yi drove back. Most people in the office had already left.
One of the perks of this kind of unit is you don’t need to work overtime at night. In other MCN agencies, overtime is basically the norm.
There weren’t many people still working overtime in the office, and one of them was 18, while his teammate Chen Yuan had already left.
Seeing the two of them come back, 18 glanced at them, then got up and walked over.
"Yu Han, how come you two were off post this afternoon? It’s your first day at work, you really can’t do that."
"We went out to shoot material, we weren’t doing anything else. Why can’t we?"
"Normally it’s fine, but doing that on your first day doesn’t leave a good impression on the leaders. This is a little workplace trick; you need to learn this kind of thing later."
"I don’t see any problem, and Director Zhao is not going to say anything about us."
"You’re young, just graduated, you totally don’t get workplace rules. You absolutely can’t charge around blindly, can’t just do whatever you like."
checked his phone. "I’m almost done here. You got plans tonight? Let’s grab a meal together. I’ve got a bit more work experience than you, I can teach you some of this stuff."
"Thanks for the offer, but no need."
Zhao Yuhuan turned back to her desk, getting ready to pack up and clock out.
Right then, Zhao Jing came out of her office, handbag in hand, heels clicking, her aura somewhat similar to Yan Ci’s.
Seeing Zhao Jing, 18 immediately walked over.
"Director Zhao, I’ve figured out the program content. I’m going to do an entertainment segment. Once the account takes off, we can also connect with other shows on the TV station and play a promotional role."
Zhao Jing thought for a moment. "That kind of content works. Try it out first and see how it performs."
In fact, 18 had deliberately stayed, just waiting for this chance.
Let Zhao Jing see he was working overtime, then go report his work.
"Got it, Director Zhao."
Zhao Jing nodded, looked over at Lin Yi and Zhao Yuhuan, and casually asked:
"What did you two do this afternoon?"
"Director Zhao..."
Just as Zhao Yuhuan started to speak, 18 cut her off.
"Director Zhao, they’re young, they don’t really understand the unit’s rules yet. I’ve already talked to them. How can they just run around during work hours? It won’t happen again."
Lin Yi gave 18 a look. His little scheme was practically written all over his face.
"Director Zhao, that’s not how it was. We didn’t skip out; we went with Lin Bro to shoot material."
As she spoke, Zhao Yuhuan took out her phone. "Here’s the material we shot, take a look."
Zhao Jing didn’t look at her phone; instead she said in mild surprise:
"You found suitable material that quickly?"
"There’s this old lady who started banging pots and pans at home every day to disturb the neighbors because people wouldn’t let her dance square dance. Even the police couldn’t talk her down. We thought it was pretty interesting, so we went over to interview her," Zhao Yuhuan said.
Zhao Jing listened carefully, nodding repeatedly.
"The key issue is how you’re going to resolve this. If even the police couldn’t handle it, can you? If you can’t solve the problem, you can’t put this kind of content out; it’ll just turn the audience off."
"We’re also figuring out a solution. If we can’t solve it, we definitely won’t post it."
"As long as you get that, good. But how come you didn’t call Wang Xiyang when you went out to shoot?"
"Brother Wang was busy this afternoon, so we didn’t ask him to come."
"As long as you can handle it yourselves, it’s fine. Just be careful about your words and actions during interviews, don’t cross any lines. Netizens these days have sharper eyes than each other. One slip and you’ll become a negative example."