It was a little after eight on the morning of April 30.
Xu Bingbing, a reporter from the Haicheng bureau of the Central Radio and Television Station, sat in the news van, leafing through materials freshly printed that morning.
She had come to cover Source Intelligence Technology's addition to the latest entity list issued by a certain country's Department of Commerce.
The restrictions had just taken effect. How would the companies concerned respond? What consequences would follow? Beyond the companies themselves, how would the local area and related industries be affected? To produce an in-depth report, she had to consider all of that.
As she thought, Xu Bingbing scribbled notes and marked up the materials with her pen.
Generally speaking, reporters had to get out into the field and do extensive research to obtain firsthand information. Sometimes, it could even be dangerous.
But that usually applied to reporters covering social issues. Exposing society's darker side was no easy job.
As a reporter for the Central Radio and Television Station covering business, Xu Bingbing had a rather different experience.
They generally did not have to worry about finding someone to interview. Major corporations even invited them over, providing generous meals and accommodations. She had heard that some teams also received "travel allowances."
But Xu Bingbing had not become a reporter to make money. At least, not just for that.
The most frustrating thing about working as a reporter for the Central Radio and Television Station was that the material they gathered might never see the light of day. So much happened across the country every day, with reporters conducting interviews everywhere. Whose story would make the news in the end? Whose would not?
It depended on which story was bigger. That was why Xu Bingbing had dug deep into business and