Life Reset: I’m the Master in the Officialdom

The headquarters' first meeting concluded. Tian Xinxin, a member of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda, hurried over to Wen Tao and gave him a detailed report on the current situation. "Right now, not only are reporters from our province pouring in, but we've also seen quite a few media friends from other provinces and even Beijing! Preliminary estimates suggest the number of reporters present has already exceeded one hundred."

"This event is on a large scale, so we must do our best to ensure the food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other aspects of our visiting journalist friends. Especially the safety issues, we must not be careless at all. In addition, whether it is on-site shooting or post-production editing and production of films, reporters will use a large number of electrical equipment, so we must ensure a stable and reliable power supply. At the same time, you can prepare some coffee, cigarettes, and snacks for them, which can help reporters do their work better and produce reports that are more conducive to the promotion of our city's image." Wen Tao said.

Tian Xinxin smiled and responded, "Don't worry, Secretary Wen, I've already arranged all these things in advance. All the supplies are ready, and the expenses will be fully covered by our Propaganda Department."

She hesitated for a moment before continuing, "However, I have one more thing to report to you. Many reporters have requested interviews with key leaders of Bengang City, but considering that the various city departments haven't yet reached a consensus on the relevant matters, I haven't agreed to their requests yet."

After hearing this, Wentao frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

After a long pause, he slowly shook his head, declining. "Well, you're right. The city's stance on this matter certainly needs further refinement and unification. Rashly accepting an interview could cause unnecessary trouble. We need to quickly convene a special meeting to discuss and finalize this matter."

"Let's hold a press conference on this accident at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. At the same time, you should also notify everyone that no party or government officials in Bengang City are allowed to accept interviews with reporters. Everything will be based on the official press conference. Anyone who accepts interviews privately will be severely punished!" Wen Tao said.

"Yes, Secretary!"

Under the current severe situation, no matter at which level the personnel are, once they say the wrong thing, it is possible to bring immeasurable serious consequences to the Bengang City.

Especially in terms of media and public opinion, we need to be highly vigilant and cautious.

After all, information spreads extremely fast nowadays, and the slightest carelessness can cause an uproar.

Besides, the press conference should be held sooner rather than later!

At this moment, Wentao was most worried that the press conference would be held too late.

Because the general public has a preconceived mindset, if relevant information cannot be released to the public in a timely and accurate manner, some illegal media with ulterior motives will inevitably take the opportunity to make a big fuss and mislead the public.

By then, it will probably be extremely difficult to reverse the situation.

As the saying goes: "It may only take 30 precious seconds to save a life."

For Bengang City, the release of its authoritative information must be done every second!

Only in this way can we occupy the commanding heights of public opinion at the first moment, seize the initiative, avoid the spread of false information, ensure the stability of social order and appease the public's emotions.

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At about three o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, the sun was still shining brightly on the earth, and the first press conference on the Tieshan Coal Mine accident officially kicked off at the accident site.

Although today's venue was built temporarily and is not as comfortable and pleasant as indoors, it is filled with a tense and solemn atmosphere.

In order to ensure that the press conference can be held smoothly and with high quality, all relevant equipment is of the highest quality.

Among them, Wen Tao personally ordered and arranged for personnel to move all the most advanced and complete equipment of Bengang City TV Station here, with the purpose of highlighting the high level of attention paid to this press conference.

Although we are outdoors and the surrounding environment cannot be compared with that indoors, Bengang City still does its best to prepare all kinds of items that can be equipped.

In a prominent position in the center of the venue, a banner was hung high, on which was clearly written the specific name of the accident and the exact time of the press conference. It was like a flag, attracting everyone's attention.

Below the banner is the podium, which is equipped with microphones and sound equipment.

There were more than 200 chairs placed below, and they were already filled with reporters.

Although it looks simple outdoors, Bengang City has fully equipped it.

When the time came, Wentao, Sun Yiguo and Executive Vice Mayor Sun Shuo walked onto the stage.

Wentao sat in the center of the rostrum, scanning the audience with a faint smile on his face.

Although Wen Tao has been in a lot of trouble these days, his eyes are still firm, and the aura of a superior still covers the entire place.

Just by sitting in the middle seat, you can intimidate all the reporters in the audience.

"Dear journalists, welcome to Bengang City to attend this accident press conference..."

Wen Tao first introduced the specific circumstances of the accident and the progress of the rescue work.

Up to now, 12 trapped miners have been rescued, and the remaining trapped people have been found. Simple food and medicines have been delivered to the trapped people through special equipment.

The people who have been rescued are not in danger of life and are currently recovering in the hospital.

At present, the best medical experts in the city are at the scene of the accident, and expert directors from several hospitals in the province have also provided medical resources.

After Wentao finished his speech, reporters took the opportunity to ask questions.

Wen Tao and his colleagues had already done their homework and answered the reporters' questions one by one, appearing to be at ease.

The reporters were also quite satisfied because the accident in Bengang City was not like accidents in other places where the information was kept secret. Bengang City did present real data to them, so they could report back.

Normally, many leading cadres and journalists do not trust each other.

Leading cadres believe that reporters are here to make trouble and blackmail them, while reporters believe that leading cadres are hiding things. This is why many interviewing reporters cannot obtain first-hand information and even make random guesses in the manuscripts they send out.

The biggest reason for this problem is poor communication with reporters!