Chapter 316 Interview
Chapter 316 Interview
The audience who came to watch the symposium arrived at Guangming Square very early, and there were huge crowds of people.
The large lawns and trees are planted with various flowers, which are gorgeous and add a lot of color. The fountains around them constantly spray clear water in a unique pattern, reflecting a gorgeous rainbow under the sunlight.
Along the way, banners with various welcome messages or vertical propaganda flags fluttered slightly in the wind.
The large venue in the center is very magnificent. The whole building looks like an irregular hemisphere hanging on the ground, and the streamlined silver-grey shell is shining.
People enter from four gates one after another. The hall is two stories high and simply decorated. When you look up, you can feel the spaciousness and solemnity.
The walls of the hall and passages are carved with exquisite patterns, and the floor is paved with smooth marble, as white as snow and shiny.
After walking for a while, people poured out from various passages and came to the viewing area.
A huge circular venue comes into view. The stands that can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators are circular in shape and divided into two levels. The seats are arranged in a stepped manner from high to low, and the colors are silver and light blue.
The ceiling is extremely high, with gorgeous chandeliers and various auxiliary small lights hanging from it, and the dazzling light is scattered throughout the space like stars.
There are many instruments arranged on the flat ground in the center, which looks very technological.
People found their corresponding seats, sat down one after another, chatted, and waited for the official start.
The awakened ones who were going to carry out the first "mind control" in the morning had already entered the rest area earlier than the audience.
Zuo Xiuyan took a quick look and found that there were 20 people in total, including himself, half of them were women and half were men. Some cities did not participate, while some cities sent two people.
This competition is the simplest one among all the events of the conference, so it was arranged at the very beginning to serve as a warm-up.
More than a dozen reporters have been allowed to come for pre-match interviews. They first went to the awakened people in the inner circle cities. Due to time constraints, they naturally asked the most important people first.
"What do you think is the most difficult part of the project you are about to take part in?"
"What preparations have you made?"
In addition to topics related to the competition, there are also topics about daily training and future planning.
Zuo Xiuyan and the other two people from the outer city were immediately marginalized. There were crowds of people over there, but it was deserted over here.
She looked at the two people next to her. Although there was no expression on their faces, they were tidying up their clothes and drinking water. They seemed very busy, but their eyes would occasionally glance towards the crowd, listening attentively to those people's answers.
In addition to wanting to know what the opponent has to say, there is also a hint of deep-seated envy and a desire to work hard to do better.
It would be fine if people were not compared, but if they were compared, they would appear to be so unimportant and unfavorable.
Although from the perspective of strength and past performance, inner-circle cities are indeed more likely to get a ranking, the outer-circle cities are more likely to "focus on participation".
After the reporters over there finished their brief interviews, a few of them looked at them and walked over.
But it's like looking at dessert after finishing the main course. It doesn't matter whether you eat it or not, it's better than nothing, and it's here.
A reporter came up to Zuo Xiuyan, took a look at her, and asked with a smile: "You are a stranger. Are you here for the first time? Don't be nervous. I won't ask you anything too difficult. I will test you. What are the three key points of mental control?"
Zuo Xiuyan looked into the other person's eyes.
The first half of the sentence is reasonable, but the latter part is the real purpose. There is a sense of "I am taking care of and comforting you" in the words, and those who hear this should be grateful for this condescending "kindness".
If I were to take the test this way, would I be taught how to release my super powers later?
This ridiculous feeling...
Zuo Xiuyan said with a friendly smile: "I don't know."
When several reporters from other companies heard this unconventional answer, they immediately turned their camera lenses towards him.
"How can you not know whether it's true or not?" The person who asked the question was surprised. "Then let me ask something else."
"No, thank you. You should interview someone else."
The reporter's smile froze a little, and he suddenly felt bad. I came here specially to interview you, to give you face, but you rejected me directly and drove me away. Do you look down on me? Do you think I really want to interview you?
He changed the subject: "Excuse me, are you refusing to communicate because you have a problem with the journalist community?"
Zuo Xiuyan looked at him. It was obvious that these words were leading him into a trap. Firstly, he was accused of being arrogant, and secondly, he was involved in a group attack.
She wanted to deal with the matter peacefully and didn't want to get entangled, but since the other party was being so aggressive, there was no need to continue talking nicely.
"Oh, no, I'm actually very interested in journalists and news." Zuo Xiuyan's smile became more friendly, "Then let's chat."
The reporter then put on a smile and said, "Is it still impossible to deal with you? I won't dare to put a hat on you."
Zuo Xiuyan continued, "Since you asked me, I would like to test you as a courtesy. Don't worry, it's a simple question."
Without waiting for the other party to speak, he asked directly: "What are the professional ethics of journalists?"
The reporter was stunned, frowned, and looked at Zuo Xiuyan in disbelief: "You scolded me?"
Zuo Xiuyan's face was even more puzzled: "How could that be? Isn't it just a common question like you?"
"Then you can change the question. How do you usually conduct interviews? Would this be better? I want to understand the process."
The reporter looked even worse. What's the difference between this and asking a person who is repairing an air conditioner, "Master, what do you do?" Both questions are in disguise saying that he has no morals, no skills, and can't be a reporter.
But he couldn't just lose his temper, because losing his temper would make him look at a disadvantage and unreasonable, and it would also be equivalent to admitting the "secret meaning" of what the other person said. After all, on the surface, there were no insulting words in the other person's words, and his attitude was good and he was smiling.
In order to ease the awkward situation and make himself look unconcerned, he waved to his colleague next to him and said, "Let's go, let's change someone."
When he was far away from Zuo Xiuyan, he snorted and said to his colleagues, "This guy doesn't have much ability, but he's quite arrogant. It's better not to interview him. It's not worth reporting anyway, so I won't waste my time."
"The main ones are done, the rest are not interesting, let's go back." He was in no mood and was too lazy to interview other people.
After leaving the rest area, he sent out all the interviews by type and person, and of course did not miss the culprit who made him uncomfortable.
"The strength of Xincheng is suspected to have declined significantly." The title is written.
"The Awakened sent out said that they are not clear about the key points of mental control. The first game is so worrying. I wonder if the other contestants will perform well in several events?"
After sending it, he suddenly thought that this person looked familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, he recalled a report not long ago.
Although this person has four superpowers, he has only been in the team for a month, so how can he have much time to practice controlling them? Superpowers are innate, but control ability needs to be trained later, which is two different things.
Maybe she was afraid that asking more in-depth questions would expose her lack of expertise, so she stopped with simple questions.
That's even funnier.
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