Chapter 70: News Figures (Part 2)

  There is more and more discussion about Tang Xiaosheng and Long Xiaoxue's relationship, and there are also more and more people supporting and blessing them.

  However, there was one person who felt quite uncomfortable about this. This person was Long Tianhao. After seeing the relevant reports in the media, he became a bit restless.

  Long Tianhao has always been opposed to Long Xiaoxue and Tang Xiaosheng having dealings with each other, completely unable to accept Tang Xiaosheng, a poor and unremarkable actor, as his son-in-law.

  When he saw thousands of netizens blessing Tang Xiaosheng and Long Xiaoxue's love on the media, Long Tianhao knew that he had to do something quickly, otherwise once public opinion was formed, it would be difficult to change later.

  Long Tianhao first called Xiaolongnv and once again persuaded her to leave Tang Xiaosheng, and painstakingly laid out the facts for her, explaining that Tang Xiaosheng was now a murderer and a mentally ill person, and was not worthy of her lifelong trust.

  Unfortunately, Little Dragon Maiden was completely unmoved and unaffected.

  Helpless, Long Tianhao had to resort to some extreme measures. He secretly bribed some media reporters, hoping to use the power of the media to change the direction of public opinion.

  Soon, some media reports and comments appeared, saying that Tang Xiaosheng was just a murderer, an idle young man with no talent or virtue, who fell in love with Long Xiaoxue only because of her family background, and was a complete pretty boy. Their love was not as touching as everyone imagined.

  Due to the fact that many journalists were bought out, similar comments gradually formed a certain public opinion force, and the voices criticizing Tang Xiaosheng also gradually increased.

  At that time, two completely different voices appeared in the media. One was supporting Tang Xiaosheng and the other was opposing him. The two forces were evenly matched, with each side coming and going, pointing fingers at each other, and engaging in a war of words.

  Seeing this phenomenon, Long Tianhao was also quite pleased. This is exactly what he had hoped for. As long as public opinion wasn't overwhelmingly in favor of Tang Xiaosheng, his efforts to stop Tang Xiaosheng and Long Xiaoxue's romance would be more popular.

  Long Tianhao had thought this matter would unfold as he imagined, continuing with countless controversies.

  However, two days later, a commentary appeared in the Beijing Metropolitan Daily with the title "Tang Xiaosheng in My Eyes".

  The journalist who wrote this comment is the same female journalist who interviewed Tang Xiaosheng more than half a month ago. At that time, Tang Xiaosheng was awarded the "Honest and Virtuous Advanced Individual" award for handing over 1 million yuan he had picked up to the police station. After receiving the award, the female journalist had a brief interview with Tang Xiaosheng.

  The female journalist in the article "Tang Xiaosheng in My Eyes" not only exposed Tang Xiaosheng's integrity but also highly praised his noble character. She wrote in the comments: "I didn't want to write this comment at first, because when I interviewed Tang Xiaosheng, I promised him that I wouldn't reveal his integrity. But seeing many malicious comments about Tang Xiaosheng in recent days, I couldn't help but speak out a few fair words."

  "The Tang Xiaosheng in my eyes is absolutely not a money-eyed person. How many people can pick up one million and remain unmoved, and voluntarily hand it over? The Tang Xiaosheng in my eyes is also not a person who covets fame. At the time of the interview, he specifically asked me not to write his real name in the news report. The Tang Xiaosheng in my eyes is a low-key person, a humble person, an honest person, and also a very humorous person."

  "In fact, I don't know Tang Xiaosheng well, we only had an interview once. But as a media person, I think it's my duty to tell the truth to everyone. In recent days, there have been many comments on the media that slander Tang Xiaosheng with arbitrary guesses and conclusions, I don't know what your purpose is, but I want to tell you, this is the real Tang Xiaosheng I saw."

  The comments of this female journalist caused a stir after being published in the Beijing Metropolitan Daily. The reason for the stir was not because of the comment itself, but because of the matter of picking up one million and handing it over.

  More than half a month ago, the media reported that someone had picked up one million and handed it in voluntarily. This news also caused quite a stir. However, at the time of the report, there was no revelation of the identity of the person who picked up the money, so nobody knew who this honest person was.

  Until today, the female journalist brought up the old matter again and told the truth of the story in the newspaper. Only then did everyone know that the person who had picked up one million yuan back then was actually Tang Xiaosheng.

  The comment by the female journalist had a very positive effect on Tang Xiaosheng's image. Public opinion also began to gradually lean towards Tang Xiaosheng with the appearance of this comment, and some people who originally opposed him started to change their stance and support him instead.

  Long Tianhao saw that the situation didn't seem quite right, so he decided to continue buying off some media reporters and increase the intensity of his slander against Tang Xiaosheng. Just as he was about to take action, an even more explosive piece of news appeared.

  The day after the female journalist made her comments, a Walmart saleswoman voluntarily revealed to the media that half a month ago, Tang Xiaosheng had purchased 200 sets of children's clothing and 200 sets of elderly clothing at a Walmart store, which were then directly donated to an orphanage and nursing home in Beijing.

  The waitress explained that at the time, Tang Xiaosheng had also reminded her not to reveal to outsiders that he was the one who donated these clothes. It's just that recently she saw too many reports in the news criticizing Tang Xiaosheng, and couldn't bear it anymore, so she decided to speak out about this matter, hoping everyone wouldn't slander such a good person who does good deeds without seeking fame.

  After the waitress's story was reported in the media, the nursing home and orphanage in Beijing quickly responded, claiming that they had indeed received a donation of 200 sets of clothing more than half a month ago. The person in charge of the nursing home and orphanage said that they had been looking for the kind-hearted donor all along, but to no avail. It wasn't until today, after seeing the report in the media, that they realized the kind-hearted donor was actually Tang Xiaosheng.

  After Tang Xiaosheng's donation of clothing was reported, many media and netizens were in an uproar, finding it difficult to understand Tang Xiaosheng's behavior, and even more so, the person himself.

  In the "Beijing Metropolitan Weekly", there was a comment that expressed the feelings of many people after hearing this news: "It's really hard to understand, Tang Xiaosheng is an extra actor, a construction worker, and a dishwasher. His life is more difficult than most people, he needs money more than most people. But he still silently helps others, silently does charity. We don't know where the money he donated to the orphanage and nursing home came from, maybe it was earned by running extras, or maybe it was earned on the construction site moving bricks or carrying cement, or maybe it was earned in a restaurant washing dishes. But no matter where it came from, I want to sincerely say - Tang Xiaosheng, you are a good person, you are the pride of this city."

  In the following days, similar comments and praise for Tang Xiaosheng's donation behavior increased. At the same time, some people also expressed their gratitude to Tang Xiaosheng through practical actions.

  The next day after the report came out, more than 100 elderly people rushed to Jinghua City Mental Hospital. These elderly people were all from Jinghua City Nursing Home and were recipients of Tang Xiaosheng's donated clothing. Tang Xiaosheng had originally donated 200 sets of clothing for the elderly to the nursing home, benefiting 200 elderly people. All 200 elderly people had planned to visit Tang Xiaosheng in Jinghua City, but some elderly people's legs and feet were not very agile and couldn't walk, so only more than 100 came.

  Although the sky was not beautiful every day and a storm broke out, the old people still braved the wind and rain.

  After arriving at the hospital, the elderly people came to the rehabilitation activity center's hall and met with Tang Xiaosheng.

  These old people not only knitted two woolen sweaters for Tang Xiaosheng, but also brought him a bucket of freshly wrapped Sanxian dumplings. Seeing so many elderly people coming to visit him, Tang Xiaosheng was actually quite moved, but he is now pretending to be mentally ill and can only maintain a dazed expression, unable to thank them in person, even the dumplings were fed to him by Xi Longnu.

  Some elderly people saw Tang Xiaosheng's somewhat demented appearance and couldn't help but shed tears, saying that the heavens were blind to let such a good person as Tang Xiaosheng contract mental illness.

  On that day, many media reporters also rushed to the psychiatric hospital for comprehensive coverage of the incident and captured many touching moments.

  The old men didn't leave the psychiatric hospital until dusk, and before they left, they all reminded Xiaolongnu to take good care of Tang Xiaosheng and told her to tell them if there was any difficulty. Many elderly people also said that they would come to the hospital often to visit Tang Xiaosheng in the future.

  The next day after the elderly people visited Tang Xiaosheng, the children from the orphanage also came. On that morning, 200 children who had received donations from Tang Xiaosheng all arrived at the hospital, wearing the clothes he had donated earlier, and brought 9999 paper cranes for Tang Xiaosheng.

  9999 paper cranes were all folded by the children themselves, with one person folding 50 and 200 people making 10,000. On these paper cranes, the children wrote their blessings to Tang Xiaosheng in pencil.

  "Wishing Tang Xiaosheng a speedy recovery!"

  "Wishing Tang Xiaosheng brother becomes more and more handsome!"

  "Wishing Brother Tang and Sister Long a happy life!"

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