A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Li Mu's words at this moment were actually the result of careful consideration.

Although he didn't know why he thought that way, his intuition told him that it's always good to have a backup plan.

This interview is essentially him interviewing himself. Logically speaking, if this news comes out and no other outlet has obtained any information about the winner, it constitutes an exclusive interview. With this exclusive interview, his official appointment is practically guaranteed.

An interview about winning a 50 million yuan lottery prize with ten bets—that's sure to be a sensation.

Actually, there's no need for Sui Kuan at all.

But for some reason, he always felt that the safest approach was to involve Sui Kuan. Because if he did involve Sui Kuan, even if some resourceful reporter managed to dig up some inside information and expose his privacy, he could simply say, "I won the lottery; my colleague Sui Kuan interviewed me, and we published the article together."

This process seems more reliable than the "I interview myself" process.

If any problem does occur, whether it's overt or covert, there will be no problem at all.

It provides an extra layer of protection, but also makes the other party owe you a favor.

It also eliminated potential hazards.

It's a win-win situation.

He didn't know how he came up with this idea, but it was true that doing it this way seemed more prudent and mature than taking it all for himself.

As expected, when he spoke, Sui Kuan's expression quickly turned to surprise:

"Did you really interview the lottery winner?"

"not yet."

Li Mu shook his head slightly and lowered his voice:

"But I got his contact information and arranged to interview him later."

"Where is he?"

"They left through the back door a long time ago; people saw the reporters gathered at the entrance."

"!!!"

Sui Kuan's expression immediately became excited:

"Then I'll go with you?"

"It has to be just me. I had to really plead with him to agree to the interview, and he insisted that it be just me. I'll contact him in a bit, and after the interview, I'll give you the article. Then the report will be ours, how about that?"

"...Okay! Thank you!"

"ha."

Li Mu smiled and shook his head:

"You're welcome. It's just the two of us in the Arts and Sports Department, and we're classmates, so we should help each other out. With this interview, we're sure to get permanent positions. Don't forget to tell me if you have any good news in the future."

"Don't worry! From now on, we're brothers!"

Seeing him pound his chest so hard it was deafening, Li Mu no longer hesitated and said directly:

"I'm off now. I'll go back and work on the interview transcript. I'll contact you when I'm done."

"OK!"

……

[Card balance: 40000721.1]

Inside the ATM, Li Mu looked at the balance on his bank card, his smile becoming so wide it was impossible to suppress.

Fortunately, he remained clear-headed. After withdrawing 700 yuan in cash, he took out his bank card, left the bank, and went straight to his rented room.

The urban village is much less crowded during the day than it is at night.

For Li Mu, it felt like a lifetime ago.

All I can say is that at this moment, he inexplicably felt a surge of confidence.

It seems that one can go anywhere in the world.

It's time to move away from here...

Looking at the streets that he hadn't thought much of before, but now seemed particularly dilapidated, Li Mu thought to himself.

After returning to his messy room, he threw all the bottles and jars on the small table where he used to eat into the trash can without saying a word.

After tidying up the small table, he immediately rummaged through his backpack and took out the Nikon FM2 and its tripod.

He fixed the stand to the opposite side of the small table, checked the focus, and after confirming there were no problems, he took out the Big Head Son mask from his bag, put it on, sat down at the small table, and picked up the small microphone with the Southern Metropolis Daily label on it.

moment.

After the shutter clicked, Li Mu took off his mask.

At this moment, the camera film contains two negatives of the winning lottery numbers and two photos of him wearing a mask, which is enough to prove that the person he interviewed was indeed the "winner".

Then, he took out his interview notebook and notepad. Looking at his first question—"Could you introduce yourself?"—he thought for a few seconds and wrote down a line:

"Just call me Mr. Lin. I'm 21 years old. I'm not from Guangdong, but I work here."

The second question: [How did you manage to buy this lottery ticket?]

"Bought at a lottery shop."

Li Mu paused at this point.

The six elements of news writing are: time, place, people, cause of the event, process, and result.

News articles typically consist of: headline, lead, body, background, and conclusion. They are characterized by being factual and specific, responding quickly, presenting clear viewpoints, and using concise language.

This is what he learned in school.

His interview designs were all based on this knowledge. Although the aspect of "real and specific" was somewhat vague, he used concise language and made his points as clear as possible.

But for some reason, when writing the second question, he felt something was missing.

For some reason, a thought popped into my head: "It's not hype enough."

Gimmick...

To be fair, news articles should not exaggerate, but once this realization emerged, it could never be erased from his mind.

After hesitating for a moment, he crossed out the above answer and wrote instead:

"I just bought it randomly, and I never expected to win 50 million."

After writing that sentence, he thought about it and then deleted the sentence that followed.

"I just bought it randomly."

Just casually, simply put, those four words.

But... for some reason, Li Mu found it much more "pleasing to the eye".

……

"Li Mu! You're back!"

In the afternoon, Sui Kuan, who had rushed back to the newspaper office after receiving the news, greeted Li Mu as he walked in and handed him a form.

"Here you go, your paperwork for the field trip."

"Okay, thank you."

Li Mu took it, and at the same time handed over his own notebook:

"The interview is over. There are photos in the film roll; I'm handing them over to you."

"!"

Sui Kuan's expression quickly changed from anticipation to excitement:

"OK, leave it to me! I'll definitely finish it before I leave work..."

"Don't rush."

Li Mu quickly shook his head and said in a low voice:

"This is our first article together, so write it well and try to minimize the trouble for the editor. I've already asked the winner of this award, and he doesn't plan to give any more interviews besides this one, and he doesn't want more people to know about him. This is an exclusive story, so don't rush it."

“!!!!!!”

When he heard the word "exclusive," Sui Kuan's eyes were beyond burning with desire.

Like two high-powered light bulbs, they nodded heavily:

"Okay! I'll go get the photos developed first."

"it is good."

After watching Sui Kuan leave in a hurry, Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down in his seat.

But for some reason... he felt that even the air in the office had changed at this moment.

A beautiful scene.