Chapter 405 - 424: Haiyun Evening News
Chapter 405 - 424: Haiyun Evening News
The Haiyun Evening News recently started working on a special report. With the New Year approaching, all the major companies were about to close for the holidays. As Haiyun Star’s dedicated media outlet, they proposed a segment following and filming the lives of young professionals after they clocked out.
As a mainstream media outlet, the Haiyun Evening News had always pursued authenticity. They almost never sent advance notice, preferring to show up at companies directly and interview randomly selected people. They weren’t trying to capture anything particularly interesting; they just wanted to show the world the most realistic side of life.
Such authenticity—
Which is why their ratings were exceptionally poor.
I mean, with the Star Network so advanced these days, who wants to watch something boring?
Even though most people were just corporate drones who collapsed into bed the moment they got home from work, who wanted to see that on camera?
Despite this, the Evening News stubbornly persisted. It was the same every year—relentlessly authentic.
This time—
On the way over, their hovercar had an unexpected problem—the thrusters were firing unevenly. The repairs took a while, so by the time the reporter arrived, the office had already closed for the day.
They were about to head back—after all, everyone had left—but the camera drone suddenly spotted a group of gorgeous, well-dressed young men and women walking out of the company’s main entrance! ’A whole group of them? A team-building event, maybe?’
Following and filming a single individual was a violation of privacy, but covering a team-building event was something the Evening News’s policy allowed.
So, since they were already here, the reporter decided to get some footage before leaving.
"Hello, our dear viewers. This is the Haiyun Evening News, and we’re back again this year with our look into the daily lives of young professionals after work..."
"This time, our chosen subjects are the young employees of Haiyun Star’s Changhai Group. Due to our late arrival, we didn’t get a chance to meet them face-to-face, but we were able to capture them as they headed out."
"They’ve now boarded their hovercars. There are three large ones, carrying about fourteen hundred people in total—"
As the reporter spoke, the other hovercars began to move, and the Haiyun Evening News vehicle followed. Filming a flight was boring, so the reporter aimed the camera drone out the window to capture some of the distant scenery along the route.
About thirty minutes later, the hovercars left the main urban district, and buildings became sparse.
"We’ve now left the main urban district. It seems the young people from Changhai Group aren’t on their way to a social event. Let’s see, this direction... The Sea Treasure Elderly Activity Center? The hovercars are heading straight for the Sea Treasure Elderly Activity Center! Could it be that the young employees of Changhai Group are actually going to visit the elderly at a retirement center?"
"This is truly touching. Even in their leisure time, the young people of Changhai Group haven’t forgotten to care for our senior citizens."
Spoken like a true professional from an official news outlet, he effortlessly recited the details. "The Sea Treasure Elderly Activity Center is Haiyun Star’s largest facility of its kind. Many of our planet’s contemporary heroes reside there."
"There’s a general who retired from the front lines thirteen years ago, Mr. Shao, who once spent his entire fortune to establish the Children’s Nutrient Liquid Benefit Association, and even our previous Planetary Governor and professors from Star Nebula University..."
"Speaking of them makes me feel quite nostalgic. Today, let’s follow these young people from Changhai Group and pay a visit to those heroes of yesteryear."
After saying this, the reporter shut off the camera for a moment and turned to his partner. "Wasn’t my performance today great?"
"Inspiration just struck! I came up with a profound new theme for the segment just like that. I’m brilliant!"
"Yeah, you were amazing!"
The reporter smiled, glancing at the hovercars ahead. "Are the young people at Changhai Group really this thoughtful this year? Going out of their way to visit the Sea Treasure Elderly Activity Center... I have a feeling we’re going to get some really great footage for this segment."
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