Starting from a Fake University
Chapter 509 - 309: Students Spreading Rumours (First Update, Seeking Subscription)_1

Chapter 509: Chapter 309: Students Spreading Rumours (First Update, Seeking Subscription)_1

"Xiao Lu."

In the office of NTS News Channel, Liu Mei came to find the leader of the news channel journalist team, Lu Jianan.

"Sister Liu? What brings you here?"

Seeing the deputy director of the first channel, Liu Mei, coming towards him, Lu Jianan immediately stood up from his workstation and asked.

"There’s something that I may need your help with."

Upon arrival, she promptly relayed to Lu Jianan the situation concerning the case of a student’s father from Mist City Arts and Science University.

"Sister Liu, this incident is certainly worth interviewing for news," said Lu Jianan, his eyes full of anticipation.

For a journalist, such an incident is something they cannot ignore.

However, if the news channel of NTS wanted to interview and report on this case, it would require the approval of their superiors.

Lu Jianan was merely the person in charge of the news channel team.

"I have already discussed the matter with the director of your news channel. You can proceed with the interview."

"Alright, Sister Liu. Shall I immediately gather a team and rush over there tonight?" Lu Jianan asked rather enthusiastically.

If this incident turns out to be true, it would certainly make for big news, and Lu Jianan planned on personally leading the journalist team there.

"Exactly. First, go to Mist City, meet Principal Ding Yue from Mist City Arts and Science University and understand the general situation. Then, you can proceed to the student’s hometown county to interview for more specific details," Liu Mei suggested.

"No problem, thank you Sister Liu for giving us such a news piece," Lu Jianan expressed his gratitude towards Director Liu Mei.

After all, news of this social nature had never appeared before, and if proven true and subsequently reported, it would certainly catch the attention of the public.

"No need for thanks. This case might even contribute towards developing our country’s legal system process," Liu Mei said with a smile, then leaving Lu Jianan’s office after giving him Principal Ding Yue’s contact information and returning to her own office.

Immediately, Lu Jianan assembled a team from the news channel: "Xiao Liu, Xiao Li, Tong, get Wu. Be ready to rush out with me!"

Upon hearing this, the journalists in the office not only didn’t complain about having to travel and work overtime again, but they were rather anticipating what big news came next. "Brother Lu, did another big news come up again?" the one asking was Xiao Li.

"Just follow me, and I’ll explain on our way," Lu Jianan started packing his things.

Tonight, they would directly fly to Mist City. Heeding Liu Mei’s suggestion, they would first go to Mist City Arts and Science University to understand the general situation.

The next day, they would proceed to the student’s hometown county to delve deeper into the news.

"Alright."

The people Lu Jianan called started gathering their things as well. It seemed that this sudden call to interview news was not uncommon for them.

"I’ll go get Wu."

Wu was NTS’s news channel cameraman for field news interviewing. He had just returned from a task this afternoon and whenever Lu Jianan had to carry out any urgent news interviewing task, Wu was always called along.

"Cai, could you help us book the flight tickets?" Lu Jianan asked one of his office mates.

"Sure, sure!"

Cai was a newcomer at NTS News Channel, but since she was often tasked with booking flight tickets, among other things, everyone usually asked her to take care of these for them.

Cai was more than happy to help her colleagues with these tasks.

Soon, Cai had booked the flight tickets for Lu Jianan’s team. Lu Jianan, Xiao Liu, Xiao Li, Tong, and Wu were all prepared and ready to leave for Yancheng Airport within an hour.

...

Meanwhile, at Mist City Arts and Science University.

Upon receiving another call from Director Liu Mei, Ding Yue learned that she had spoken with the director of the NTS News Channel and it was confirmed that a team would be dispatched to cover the incident.

"Wen Ruohan, please coordinate with the logistics department to prepare accommodation immediately. There will be a team of five journalists from NTS coming tonight," Ding Yue immediately instructed his secretary, Wen Ruohan.

"Alright, Principal Ding."

Upon hearing this, Wen Ruohan immediately contacted the logistics department.

Although the head of the logistics department, Huang Youjie, wasn’t on campus, the few people in charge under him and his secretary were, so they could be notified to handle these tasks.

Half an hour later, Ding Yue received a phone call from the NTS journalist Lu Jianan. After brief introductions and a short conversation to establish rapport, Ding Yue would share with them the details of student Liu Ping’s father upon their arrival.

By now, Lu Jianan and his team had arrived at Yancheng Airport and were preparing to board the flight.

The flight from Yancheng to Mist City doesn’t take many hours.

Principal Ding Yue was waiting for the arrival of the team of journalist Lu Jianan, but unexpectedly, in his own Mist City Arts and Science University, the news about Liu Ping’s family got spread by unknown means.

It initially circulated among a few student groups, but by the evening, it was widely discussed in all major and minor student groups, mainly concerning Liu Ping’s family issues.

[Mist City Arts and Science University 2021 Communication Group 9] ——

"Did you hear that a student’s father at our university was sentenced to life imprisonment?"

"From where did you hear that?"

"I saw it in a different group chat dedicated to a specific major, they say he was sentenced to a life imprisonment."

"What did he do?"

"Don’t spread rumors, we still don’t know whether this is true or false."

"I know about it, they say it’s a law school student whose father got life imprisonment due to a case from more than a decade ago, but it seems he was falsely accused."

"Right, I heard that they came to our university to study law to clear their father’s name."

"I see, I thought it was someone’s father who recently did something and got a life sentence."

"You guys, stop spreading rumors. Things get distorted when they circulate like this."

"I heard he was falsely accused and the university is preparing to help the student clear his father’s name."

[Mist City Arts and Science University 2020 Some Communication Group 5] ——

"The whole university is shaking with news about a student’s father being a murderer and sentenced to death!"

"Did that student drop out?"

"What’s going on? I heard so many versions, which one is real?"

"Don’t just say anything, we all don’t know what’s really going on, stop spreading it!"

"That’s one of our students you’re talking about, don’t pour salt on their wounds."

"Let’s be rational and wait for the announcement from the school. I think the school will explain this."

"It appears to be a law student, who supposedly offended someone, and his father was put away because of it."

The rumors spreading among these student groups became more and more outrageous.

After Ding Yue took a shower in his apartment and came to the living room, he noticed several missed calls and Whatsapp messages from Wen Ruohan.

"What’s she after at this hour?"

Ding Yue muttered, picking up his phone and checking the messages from Wen Ruohan.

Wen Ruohan: Principal Ding, our students are spreading rumors about Liu Ping.

Wen Ruohan: Principal Ding, what are you doing? Why didn’t you answer my call?

Wen Ruohan: Principal Ding, what should we do? The students’ rumors are getting out of control.

Wen Ruohan: Principal Ding, this won’t get spread online will it? The rumors are absurd! If they go online, it will be really detrimental to us.

Wen Ruohan: Principal Ding? Are you going to answer the phone or not?

Looking at the messages sent by Wen Ruohan, Ding Yue was taken aback, it seems that Wen Ruohan was really worried about the situation.

So, Ding Yue picked up his phone and made a call to Wen Ruohan.

"Hello, Wen Ruohan, you said that our students already know about Liu Ping’s situation? How did they find out?"

Right after the call connected, he asked directly.

"I don’t know, Principal Ding. I saw many student communication groups discussing this matter. And none of them knew where the news came from. The rumor is getting out of hand and I can’t stop it... I’m worried... what if it goes online? Won’t it affect our reputation of Mist City Arts and Science University?"

Wen Ruohan explained it anxiously.

Understanding the situation, Ding Yue realized that since students of Mist City Arts and Science University already know about Liu Ping’s family situation, the die was cast. It is impossible to keep thousands of students quiet.

However, Ding Yue believed that as a principal, he had a duty to guide students not to "spread rumors without verification."

"We haven’t helped Liu Ping understand this matter yet, it’s just a curiosity among the students, which led to the spread of unauthorized statements. We only need to give them a notice."

Once Ding Yue calmed down, he prepared to handle the current situation well.

Just as Wen Ruohan said, the students were spreading increasingly outrageous rumors. One could only guess what shape the rumors would take once it hits the internet, a situation Ding Yue did not want to see.

Ding Yue immediately called Director Liu Hongxia of the publicity department, telling her to prepare to post a notice on the school’s official website and WeChat public account.

"Director Liu, I’m going to send you a draft soon. Your department should post it on the official website of the school, in the official forums, and WeChat. At the same time, let counselors of each department and class send my notice to every class group. Make sure every student sees it."

"Ok, Principal Ding, I’ll get on it right away!"