A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Chapter 44 Editor-in-Chief

"...Don't you two know anything at all?"

Li Wei's eyes were also full of surprise.

Then, after checking the time, she said:

"I'll clock in first, you two wait for me."

She quickly returned to the trash can, glanced suspiciously towards the front door like a thief, and then lowered her voice to say:

"I heard it from Teacher Sun. Her exact words were: 'The luckiest ones among your batch of interns are those two kids who were assigned to the Arts and Sports Department.'"

"Who is Teacher Sun?"

"The senior reporter I'm working with. He's a veteran at the newspaper, and incredibly shrewd."

Li Wei seemed somewhat dissatisfied with this Teacher Sun, but she didn't dwell on it and continued:

"At first, Pang Bo and I both thought he was referring to the interview you two found with the lottery winner, but Teacher Sun said no. The luckiest thing for you two was being assigned to Bie Yan's group. I was curious, so I asked him why. Hey, guess what Bie Yan's sister does?"

"Big sister, if you know, just tell us! How are we supposed to guess?"

Sui Kuan rolled his eyes.

Li Wei seemed to agree, and said:

"You know, last month our group launched a new publication called '21st Century Business Herald,' a weekly magazine positioned as a high-end financial publication."

"I know, isn't my workplace near the new company?"

The new company Sui Kuan mentioned is the group's new office building, the newly built headquarters of the Southern Media Group, which owns the Southern Metropolis Daily. It's about a half-hour drive from here.

"right."

Li Wei nodded and lowered her voice:

"The editor-in-chief is your teacher Bie's brother-in-law."

"..."

The two newbies' eyes widened in surprise.

Weekly editor-in-chief?

That's the absolute top leader of the department, a high-ranking official. He's even a member of the editorial board within the newspaper group—a powerful regional official…

It turns out he's Brother Bie's brother-in-law!?

"Holy crap! What about Brother Bie's sister?"

"The deputy editor-in-chief of the Daily News."

“!!!!!!”

Now, their eyes were beyond just "round," they were practically popping out of their sockets.

"That's amazing!?"

"Yes."

Li Wei nodded:

"But Mr. Sun didn't tell us the specifics, anyway, he's very capable. And... according to Mr. Sun, if there are any personnel changes in our newspaper in the next two years... he'll have to move up."

Although she didn't say it explicitly, the two of them understood what Li Wei meant.

"Are you sure!?"

Sui Kuan quickly asked.

Li Wei rolled her eyes as a result:

"How would I know? Teacher Sun just mentioned it that day. How could he possibly tell people like us? But it's true, he's someone important. Think about it, the editor-in-chief of a weekly magazine is his brother-in-law... Just that one identity is enough for us to look up to him."

"Li Wei, what are you doing? Hurry up, we're about to have a meeting."

Just then, an intern rushed to the door and called out to Li Wei.

"Here you are."

Li Wei responded and then said to the two of them:

"I'm going to a team meeting... Hey, don't forget me when you two become successful. Pang Bo and I haven't told anyone else this, just you two."

With that, she waved and quickly left.

Only then did Li Mu belatedly realize the meaning behind her words.

It turns out it wasn't just casual chatting, but rather deliberate.

After Li Wei left, Sui Kuan looked at Li Mu in surprise:

"Brother Bie is so amazing? No wonder he lets us not worry about attendance..."

"Don't tell anyone else about this, just keep it to yourself. Li Wei specifically came to remind us, it's a favor, we should remember that."

"Um."

Sui Kuan nodded vigorously.

Seeing that it was almost time, Li Mu said:

"Let's go, time to work. I need to submit my manuscript right away."

"Okay...uh."

Suddenly, Fatty Sui stopped in his tracks, looking at Li Mu's back with a hint of regret in his eyes.

He muttered something unconsciously:

"Damn it...we've lost so much money!!!"

……

"Sister Fang."

"Hey, it's Little Li."

Looking at Li Mu in front of her, Fang Xiaofang smiled and replied:

"More news?"

"Yes, I went to Hengdian with Brother Bie this time and got some photos of the start of filming for Zhang Yimou's new movie. I wrote a short article about it, and the photos have already been developed. Please take a look at the article and see if there are any problems."

"Okay, I'll take a look first."

Fang Xiaofang picked up the red pen and took over the manuscript, which was less than two hundred words long.

After glancing at it briefly, she nodded approvingly.

"Not bad, the format and wording are fine. Put it here."

"Okay, thank you, Sister Fang. I'll be going now."

"Um."

Li Mu left politely, then went to the personnel department and submitted a letter for processing a Hong Kong and Macao travel permit.

Another advantage is that the travel permit is issued by the employer and is a "purple book," meaning it's a government-sponsored travel permit. Not only is crossing the border faster than with a private Hong Kong and Macau travel permit, it also avoids a lot of procedural hassles.

After taking care of these things, he returned to his workstation.

Recalling what Li Wei had said that morning.

As for Brother Bie's background... just knowing that is enough, it's not a big deal.

He was more concerned about the "internet celebrity" that Li Wei mentioned.

Is he famous on Tianya Forum?

He wanted to go check it out immediately, but there was no computer in the office... By the way, when will the broadband be installed?

Just as I was pondering this, a phone call came in:

"Hello sir, we are from the telecommunications company installing broadband..."

He was instantly energized.

……

He took a special leave from work to come back and saw that after the workers installed the broadband, his THINKPAD was finally no longer a brick.

Looking at the icon in the lower right corner of the screen indicating a stable internet connection, he opened a webpage, downloaded Tencent QQ, and logged in. However, he didn't have many friends on QQ; most of them were classmates from university. Come to think of it, he had registered this seven-digit QQ number back in his sophomore year when he was using someone else's computer.

I have thirty or forty friends, but no more than ten of them are online.

Without saying hello, he left it hanging and then directly opened the webpage.

Only then did he realize... that he didn't know the URL of Tianya Community.

No problem, he just typed in a URL:

The webpage quickly redirected to a website that looked somewhat complicated.

Is this the HAO123 that the wheelchair-bound guy was talking about?

Looking at the various categories such as "music, news, and FLASH animation," he nodded to himself.

I must say, it's really convenient.

Then I found "Tianya Forum" in the community dating section, and after clicking on it, the webpage redirected directly there.

A very unfamiliar forum came into view.

moment.

He looked at the nickname he was asked to fill in when registering his ID...