Wang Zhong had just gotten off the plane when he saw Journalist Mike and his colleague, leading two other unfamiliar faces of white men.
"Mike, I was wondering how a meeting destined to go down in history, like the Balas Conference, could take place without you," Wang Zhong teased as he approached Mike.
Mike flashed a bitter smile, "It's because the real big-time journalists want the credit, so I graciously stepped aside."
Wang Zhong, "I thought you were the ace reporter of your newspaper."
"Speaking of getting news, I am. But I don't have a governor for a father-in-law, so I had to yield to that guy—the one who interviewed you. I read his report; it missed the point and lacked any provocativeness. Publishing something like that on the front page might even affect the sale of war bonds. But the guy has a governor as his father-in-law and can do whatever he wants."
Wang Zhong, "Is that how the Federation is nowadays?"