Chapter 58: Getting Serious
Xu Jie came to the district-level heating office where Hongfang Community is located and found the staff member in charge of reception to report the substandard heating situation.
"The heating has been going on for more than a month, but the heating in many old communities still does not meet the standards. Has the heating office never received any complaints?" Xu Jie asked directly.
Although he has only been working as a journalist for two years, the problem of substandard heating occurs every year, so he is really angry. Why don't they solve it when they already know the problem?
"Reporter Xu, we are aware of the situation you described and have reported it to the heating company. They are working hard to repair it and try to restore heating during the warmest time."
The person who received Xu Jie was a middle-aged man in his forties, of medium build, a little fat, with a constant smile on his face.
"The problem is that so much time has passed, and the heating company is either repairing the water pump or the pipes. Half of the calls to our column's hotline every day are about heating problems. Is there no way to avoid it?" Xu Jie continued to ask.
"Reporter Xu, I'm really sorry to have caused trouble for your TV station. In fact, we don't want to have to repair things all day and cause inconvenience to the people, but there is no other way. This is how it is in old residential areas. I don't know about our area, but what we can do is to ensure that maintenance personnel are on call 24 hours a day. Wherever there is a problem, they will go to repair it immediately. Hope you can understand." said the staff.
Xu Jie frowned secretly. After saying so much, he still didn't give an accurate answer, just like Manager Zhao before.
"If it breaks today, we have to repair it tomorrow, but it takes several days to repair it. Can we turn passive response into active management?"
"Reporter Xu means..." The staff member looked at the reporter in front of him in confusion, but found it very funny in his heart.
In the past, when reporters came to interview us, they would keep asking questions. But today, this reporter was interesting. He actually started teaching them how to do their jobs. Isn’t this too much of a concern?
"The heating pipes in old communities are aging and often burst. This is a long-standing problem. Even if they are repaired this year, they will burst again somewhere else next year. Instead of waiting for these pipes to burst, why not replace them with new ones?" Xu Jie finally expressed his thoughts.
"Replace the pipes?" The staff member was stunned when he heard it, and then couldn't help laughing. "Reporter Xu, some things are simple to say, but not so easy to do. Do you know how many old communities like Hongfang Community there are? By the time all the pipes are replaced, the heating period will probably be over. Besides, it's freezing cold, how can you let the workers do the work?"
"If we can't change it this year, we can wait until tomorrow spring to change it." Xu Jie said. Tomorrow and tomorrow, there are so many tomorrows. Many things are postponed and eventually left unresolved. We will find a way when it happens again.
"This is not a question of when to change it. Do you know what it means to move the entire body with a single move? Do you know how big this project is?" The staff member asked repeatedly, and his tone seemed to be mocking the young reporter's arrogance.
"I don't know how big the project is, and I don't know how many old communities like Hongfang Community there are. I only know that the indoor temperature of the few houses I visited this morning was only 5 degrees. I only know that even during the New Year period, the elderly people at home had to wear cotton coats and trousers." Xu Jie said righteously, his voice was even more sonorous and powerful.
After hearing this, the smile on the middle-aged man's face disappeared, and his momentum suddenly weakened. He said impatiently: "There is no item for replacing pipes in the city's heating plan today. Let's talk about it next year ."
"I understand. What you mean is that you don't have this authority at the district level and you need to go to the municipal heating office, right?" Xu Jie asked.
"I didn't say that. I didn't say anything." The middle-aged man shook his head vigorously to deny it.
joke!
If the other party goes to the Municipal Heating Office and says it was his idea, won't he be immediately transferred to answer the phone?
"You just said that one move can affect the entire body. Does that mean we need the Municipal Heating Office to make overall arrangements?" Xu Jie asked again.
"I didn't mean that, absolutely not." The middle-aged man began to sweat nervously. He didn't expect that the young reporter in front of him was so young, but his words were so vicious. Wasn't this a trap for him?
"Okay, I'll go to the Municipal Heating Office now." Xu Jie stood up and walked out.
"No, no!" The middle-aged man immediately stood up and grabbed the person.
"Why, can it be solved?" Xu Jie stopped and asked the other party expressionlessly.
"You said I really can't do this, so how about this, I make another call to the heating company to urge them?" The middle-aged man showed weakness.
"Goodbye." Xu Jie shook off the other person and left.
"Reporter Xu, don't say it was me who said it. I didn't say anything." The middle-aged man shouted at the door of the office.
After leaving the district heating office, Xu Jie returned to the car.
"Are we really going to the heating office?" Zhang Mingliang asked.
"Yeah." Xu Jie nodded.
"I think replacing the pipes is a long shot. After all, it's been so many years. Residents have complained about it before, and it's been reported on TV. Isn't it the same?" Zhang Mingliang is not optimistic.
"I just want to fight for those old men and women and speak up for them. Otherwise, with so many hotline calls coming in, I would feel guilty if we were as perfunctory as Manager Zhao." Xu Jie fastened his seat belt.
"I admire your seriousness. If it were someone else, they would have stopped here after interviewing so many people. Going out for a photo shoot with you without visiting the city-level departments doesn't count as an interview." Zhang Mingliang said with a smile.
He knows a lot of reporters. Others are just good enough, but Xu Jie is almost there. Others dig deep into people's ancestors' graves.
There is nothing wrong with doing people's livelihood news with such an attitude and serving the people, but it is easy to offend people. Leaders of relevant departments often call the TV station behind the scenes , and Xu Jie has been talked to many times about this.
"Aren't you afraid of being interviewed by the director again?" Zhang Mingliang asked.
"Just make an appointment. It's not like I haven't been asked out before. If you stop me halfway through, then wouldn't it be a waste of money for me to buy this set?" Xu Jie said after hearing this.
"Condom? What condom?" Zhang Ming looked at Xu Jie.
"Gloves. It's so cold today. Of course you have to buy gloves when you go out for interviews. Otherwise, it will be very cold holding the microphone." Xu Jie stretched out his hand.
"Tsk!" Zhang Mingliang curled his lips. "It's too late. I still have to go back to edit the news. Let's go to the Municipal Heating Office tomorrow."
"Okay, let's cut out today's clip and broadcast it in the evening, so that we'll have an excuse to go to the Municipal Heating Office tomorrow." Xu Jie said.
The two drove back to the TV station.
After running around all day and not getting anything done, Xu Jie was very depressed. He was especially angry when he saw Manager Zhao's expression in the video footage.
Push push push, are you a graduate of massage major?
Shi Fei, who was not far away, saw this scene and slipped out of the office with his cell phone.
"Hello, Mr. Wu, I'm Shi Fei, and I have something to report to you." Shi Fei closed the door of the emergency passage.
"What's going on?" Wu Hao motioned to the secretary sitting on his lap to be quiet.
"Xu Jie returned to the TV station and looked very depressed." Shi Fei said.
"Why are you so depressed? Did you post on Weibo again?" Wu Hao asked.
"He didn't post on Weibo. It's probably because he didn't have a good interview today. I'm not saying anything bad about him, but this guy has a problem with his work ability. If it weren't for Director Wang's protection, he would have been transferred to guard the gate a long time ago."
“…”
Wu Hao wanted to curse after hearing this. He asked this man to keep an eye on reporter Xu, not to let him report on him for no reason. It seems that he must set a direction.
"Pay more attention to his social media updates from now on, and tell me less about work!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Shi Fei lowered his head and looked at his phone. What was the status of his social account?
Does Mr. Wu suspect that Xu Jie is flirting with girls online?
Yes, definitely!
Eating from the pot, looking at the basin, and thinking about the bowl...
Xu Jie, Xu Jie, I didn’t expect you to be this kind of person!
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