Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch 119.2 - Team

At 8pm, Situ Ye ordered pizza. Four of them sat at a desk, opened up a bottle of coke, and had a department dinner.

"Alright." Lin Ze said, "From today onwards, we'll be a formal investigation team. Let's re-introduce ourselves."

The four of them introduced themselves. Jin Weicheng asked, "Where are the other two young editor ladies?"

Lin Ze said, "One went off to get married, while the other got a postgrad position at Beiwai. Yu Hao will have to suffer a little more in the beginning; you'll have to do the interviews, transcribe the manuscripts, and edit the photos a little. Xiao Ye will slowly start recruiting more people again."

Yu Hao quickly said 'okay, okay'. While he helped Jin Weicheng transcribe his manuscripts, he could learn from it at the same time. But there's only one desk in this office. Where am I supposed to help you transcribe your manuscript?

Situ Ye could see Yu Hao's doubts and answered, "I'll go to IKEA tomorrow to buy some furniture and bookshelves.

"We aren't much of a bureaucracy." Lin Ze said, "And there are no distinctions between superiors and subordinates either, so you can just say what's on your mind."

Yu Hao said, "I was just wondering why this table seemed so important."

Lin Ze answered, "Because according to the tradition of Qinghua Times, every desk represents an independent post, and it also symbolizes how much say we have in this newspaper office. Yang Laoshi promised to give me this desk, which was why I was reluctantly willing to leave my hometown to come over here and start up this department. Also, this desk we took over is exclusive for reporters. You'll sit behind this desk to come up with the manuscripts, which means that you'll have your own special place in this office."

"Look at the editors in the three-shift system," Situ Ye said, "They all use the same desk. That's considered a sort of ritual for them ba."

Yu Hao understood now and nodded. Lin Ze had taken the table by force, which meant that the articles published by their investigation team would have their own independent post within this newspaper office.

Jin Weicheng said, "This office isn't bad either."

Lin Ze said, "I've never drank so much alcohol in my life. God damn it, I can still feel the acid sloshing around in my stomach from all those drinks."

Yu Hao looked around him. This office was both dark and humid; the lights were dim too, so it was difficult to see what was good about the place.

"Wen Yiduo used this office before ba." Jin Weicheng said, "I heard some reporters say that today."

"Yes." Lin Ze nodded, "Apparently Wen Yiduo used to work here for two years."

Yu Hao, "Wen Yiduo?! The Wen Yiduo in our Chinese textbooks?!"

Situ Ye, "Yes."

Jin Weicheng said, "Hopefully, our articles won't bring shame to this office."

"Of course they won't." Lin Ze said, "What I'm most worried about now isn't the quality of our articles, but the criteria for censors. From what I've seen yesterday, it doesn't seem too optimistic, and there's a certain discrepancy with what the office had promised us."

Jin Weicheng said, "Let's play it by ear. I'm going out for an interview."

Then you......" Situ Ye looked at Yu Hao.

Yu Hao really didn't want to go do an interview now, it was already past 9pm, and he just wanted to go back and sleep. But if he was required to work overtime, then even if he couldn't do it, he'd still have to force himself to, so he forced himself to keep his spirits up and said, "Okay, I'll cooperate at any time."