Chapter 3907: Chapter 3895: Ratings Skyrocket

Silence!

Seeing the weapon on the table!

The entire room fell silent, everyone was in cold sweat.

"This, what is this..."

Wu Qiang panicked, his mind went blank, and he couldn’t speak clearly.

He instinctively thought it was a toy gun.

But in this setting, it seemed unlikely.

"Just take a look and you’ll know." Lin Yi smiled at Wu Qiang, "You don’t really think this is a toy gun, do you?"

Mo Hongshan chuckled, took out a magazine, and showed Wu Qiang what was inside.

"Lin Yi is crazy! How dare he hide a weapon, this is a capital offense!"

"Oh, don’t be so tense, it’s nothing major."

Lin Yi leaned back in his chair, smiling, and gave Mo Hongshan a look.

The latter took out his ID from his pocket.

With trembling hands, Wu Qiang opened Mo Hongshan’s ID, saw the steel seal inside, and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"Brother Qiang!"

Tens of people hurriedly rushed over to help him up.

At this point, anyone thinking of making a move must be out of their minds.

They realized the seriousness of the situation; this wasn’t something apologies could solve.

"Mr. Lin..."

Wu Qiang stuttered, but his face was full of respect.

"Your friend here..."

"Didn’t the ID say it? Didn’t you see it clearly? Should I read it for you?"

"No, no, no need..."

Wu Qiang quickly said, "But you... why..."

Wu Qiang hesitated, wanting to say something, but his words got stuck, and he couldn’t finish the sentence.

"I know what you want to ask, isn’t it why I have such a powerful friend but still work as a journalist?" Lin Yi said with a smile:

"Or perhaps, why would I attend the banquet if I didn’t intend to compromise?"

Wu Qiang nodded blankly; this was the question he most wanted answered.

"Since you want to know, I’ll tell you slowly." Lin Yi said calmly:

"Being a journalist is just to kill time, so I don’t lack money, nor do I care about your 100,000 yuan. As for attending the banquet, it’s because I know people like you too well."

Shifting his position, Lin Yi continued:

"If I didn’t come today, you’d definitely approach my colleagues. I just didn’t want you harassing them, so I came to handle it once and for all. It also means peace and quiet in the future."

Wu Qiang was dumbfounded and didn’t know what to say.

He just realized he had been played all along.

No wonder his skills were so good, and he wasn’t tempted by the money at all.

Now everything was clear.

"Mr. Lin, I was wrong in this matter, and I apologize. I swear to the heavens, when I get back, I’ll reform and never dare to do such a thing again. If it happens again, you can have me executed; we’ll definitely rectify it."

"It’s too late to say this now. What you’ve done seriously endangered my personal safety. Do you think you can just go back?"

Wu Qiang’s face turned deathly pale, devoid of any color, and even his aides were trembling.

Facing such a circumstance for the first time, they didn’t know what to do.

"Is there anything else?" Mo Hongshan asked.

"No, that’s about it."

"Then I’ll arrest them."

"No problem."

Mo Hongshan made a phone call, bringing in the people outside, taking Wu Qiang and the others away.

"Let’s find a place to drink." After handling things, Mo Hongshan said to Lin Yi.

"I’m actually hungry too."

After dealing with Wu Qiang, they found a seafood stall.

Lin Yi took out two bottles of alcohol, one for each, eating and chatting until past eight in the evening.

Back home, Lin Yi watched the show broadcast that day; the test results and fabrication had been exposed, but a loose end was left on why the first test result was qualified.

Lin Yi then checked the views on several short video platforms.

If he hadn’t checked, he wouldn’t have known the view count was over ten times higher than usual!

Judging by these numbers, tomorrow’s ratings would look good.

It felt like an overnight sensation.

The next morning, Lin Yi arrived at work early and met with Zhou Li and two others at the TV station entrance.

When they arrived, Xu Qingqing was already there, without any entourage, just Li Wei and a small assistant.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Xu Qingqing dressed very simply, wearing slim jeans and white sneakers, with a white half-sleeve and black jacket on top, lacking many of the star features.

With a mask and sunglasses on the street, no one would recognize her as Xu Qingqing.

"We just arrived too."

Xu Qingqing and Li Wei were very polite, saying:

"Recording this time will trouble you, and we’ll fully cooperate and follow your lead throughout."

"We’re all working together; no need to be too polite."

Zhou Li checked her watch, "It’s about time; let’s head out."

"Sure."

Xu Qingqing had her own car and didn’t ride with them.

The three returned to the car, with Lin Yi driving, Zhou Li said:

"I’ve always heard Xu Qingqing was difficult, but after dealing recently, she seems good, not that temperamental."

"I’m puzzled too, having read many such stories, but she doesn’t seem like that in person, maybe someone deliberately tarnished her." Ma Jun said.

Listening to their conversation, Lin Yi smiled.

If not for that night’s incident, Xu Qingqing probably wouldn’t have behaved like this her whole life.

"Oh, Sister Li, what was the show’s rating yesterday? Is it out yet?"

"Let’s see."

Zhou Li checked her phone.

"Oh my god, our rating broke 0.7!"

"No way, jumped 0.4 points?" Ma Jun was also surprised, "Entertainment Frontline seems to be only 1.0, right?"

"That was before, their rating yesterday was 0.89. Keep going this way, and we’ll soon surpass them."

"Never thought we’d see the day, seems the initial decision was right. Without exposing the pharmaceutical issue, we’d never get so much attention." Ma Jun laughed:

"Sister Li, your role as the selection director was crucial."

"Don’t say that, I admit some credit, but the biggest credit goes to Lin Yi." Zhou Li said:

"Mainly because the filming content was different, especially the three water quality reports, stripping them bare, and it involved the testing department, things that the public loves, amusing to think about."

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