Misunderstanding
"Holy crap, you made a video like this. Aren't you going to get in trouble? Don't drag me into this!"
At the other end of the line, once the editor-in-chief had processed what was happening, he finally started trembling in fear, completely panicked.
When news media workers got into trouble—especially people like him, who worked for the government—they were fired without a second thought. And it was never just one person; a whole chain of people, from top to bottom, would be dragged down. If innocent people got caught up in it, all they could do was accept their bad luck. There was no room for negotiation.
Losing your press card meant a lifetime ban from the industry and the loss of your professional credentials. It wasn't like a driver's license—you couldn't just go get another one!
Setting up an independent media account for fun and scraping by was one thing, but hoping to transfer to a government-run outlet and make a comeback? Forget it!
You might be willing to jump ship, but they might not dare hire you!
The editor-in-chief would rather release a video of Godzilla beating up Ultraman and cause a huge false alarm than expose a terrifying video like this and send the public into a panic.
A false alarm would mean losing a bit of bonus money and getting a scolding, then that would be the end of it.
But if it caused social unrest, he'd probably be doing a lot more than going home to live off his parents. He'd have to kiss his freedom goodbye and spend the rest of his life behind bars.
"Chief, can we publish it?"
Ximen Dong couldn't make the decision himself, so he had to ask his direct superior.
It seemed he'd managed to sniff out the