"Excuse me, is this Ms. Su?" Several men in suits asked Su Yanke respectfully.
Su Yanke turned around and saw several middle - aged men with thinning hair bowing slightly in front of her. The question was asked by a man with a bald spot in the middle of his head among them.
"Yes, I am. Who are you?" Su Yanke replied with a question.
"Well, we've been closely following this live - broadcast. Especially after Ms. Su went through such a dangerous situation, we were all very worried. The state has specially issued an order, and these medical staff are arranged specifically for you."
Hearing this, Su Yanke twitched her lips slightly. Although she knew this arrangement was for her own good, it sounded a bit strange!
The man seemed to realize that what he said was inappropriate and quickly tried to remedy it. "No, no, no. I definitely don't mean to wish that Ms. Su would get injured. This is just a precaution, a worst - case scenario..."
Seeing that he was about to go on, Su Yanke quickly interrupted him. "I understand, I understand. Did you come here just to explain about these people? Is there anything else important to say?"
Seeing that Su Yanke wasn't angry, the man let out a sigh of relief. He was extremely nervous in front of this incredibly beautiful lady and didn't dare to look up at her throughout. His eyes were fixed firmly on the ground, as if he was determined to stare a hole in it.
Hearing Su Yanke's words, he immediately got to the point. "Actually, we're here to inform Ms. Su that you're going to receive an award."
Su Yanke was puzzled. "Receive an award?"
What award? When did she participate in a competition? She had absolutely no impression!
The man smiled. "It's about the desert incident. Ms. Su, you led everyone to discover a new area for our country, filling in the blank on the Yingtan Desert on the map!"
Now Su Yanke understood. It was about this. She asked hesitantly, "Do I really have to go and receive this award?"
The man was stunned. Was there anyone who didn't want to receive an award?
"Yes, yes. There will also be media for interviews and photos at that time. This is a great event for the country and will be widely reported!"
Hearing this, Su Yanke sighed softly in her heart and agreed. She directly got into their car. Since this was a live - broadcast, many people knew the whole story, so there was no need to prepare for the report. Now the venue for the award - receiving was already crowded.
In the car, Su Yanke sent a message to Yuan Hexiao, saying that she might not be going back for a few days. Just then, the director had sent a message saying that the recording of the next episode could start.
After sending the message, just as Su Yanke was about to call Agent Liu, his call came in.
"My little ancestor! Are you okay?" As soon as Su Yanke answered the phone, Agent Liu's worried voice came through.
The voice was so loud that everyone in the car could hear it clearly.
"I'm fine. Don't worry. I'm on my way to receive an award. Where are you?"
Agent Liu suddenly paused for a moment and said a bit strangely, "I... I'm stuck in traffic right now. Maybe we won't be able to meet this time. Just now I received a notice saying that you'll have to start the recording of the next episode tomorrow?"
Su Yanke didn't suspect Agent Liu's words. Hearing this, she said regretfully, "Yes. It's okay. We'll see each other soon. If you miss me, you can come and visit me on the set!"
Su Yanke and Agent Liu chatted about some other trivial matters. As they were about to reach the destination, the man reminded Su Yanke, and she hung up the phone.
Outside the building, there was a sea of people, three layers deep. There were also all kinds of banners.
Su Yanke immediately saw a few shiny words.
[Little cutie, awesome! Little cutie, the best!!]
Su Yanke embarrassedly touched the tip of her nose and stopped looking at the embarrassing thing.
"Ms. Su, there are really too many people here. Can we enter through the back door? I know this might make you uncomfortable, but..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Su Yanke agreed. "Okay."
The man was stunned again. Was she really so easy - going? He had received some upper - class elites and popular stars who did charity and education before, but they all disliked entering through the back door, thinking it was beneath their dignity. He was always very distressed because it was very dangerous in a crowded place and all kinds of unexpected events could happen.
He originally thought he would be rejected this time too, but she agreed so easily. He was so incredulous that the word "What?" blurted out.
"I agree to enter through the back door." Su Yanke repeated.
This time the man heard clearly and quickly told the driver to change the route.
There were almost no people at the back door. Mainly because no one ever entered through this back door which had no exposure.
Outside the back door, two or three people were gobbling up their boxed lunches. They hadn't eaten all morning and had been keeping an eye on Su Yanke's movements, but they still hadn't found anything. They also wanted to wait at the front gate, but there were too many people there.
They had no place to stand, so they came to the back door on the off - chance that Su Yanke would come out through it after receiving the award, although the possibility was extremely small.
Su Yanke got out of the car and was surrounded by those people as they walked in.
The little journalist who was still stuffing food into his mouth was stunned. He had strong professional qualities. Even though his brain hadn't reacted yet, his camera had already clicked.
It was only after Su Yanke had been inside for a while that he reacted. He had just seen Su Yanke! And he seemed to have taken a photo!
His hands were shaking. He opened the memory to check the photo he had just taken. His body trembled suddenly, and then he let out a loud shout. "I... I took a photo... I got a photo!!"
The other people who were still eating were startled by his shout. A person who was familiar with the little journalist even lightly kicked him on the butt. "Xiao Zhang, what are you crazy about? Even if we don't see her this time, we can still buy photos from the second - batch people. We can still get some clicks from that!"
Seeing that Xiao Zhang remained the same after he had talked for a long time, the man sighed and put his arm around his shoulder. "Don't worry. If you still don't get promoted this time, I'll jump ship with you. We won't stay in this company anymore!"
Xiao Zhang and he graduated from the same university. He had been promoted, but Xiao Zhang hadn't. With Xiao Zhang's professional level, he should have been promoted for sure, but a person with connections had taken his place. Xiao Zhang had excellent professional skills, and the company was reluctant to let go of such a good talent, so they had been keeping him on.
Xiao Zhang was different from other little journalists. He never used the flash when taking photos. He always found the best angle.
Once he had asked Xiao Zhang why he didn't use the flash. Wouldn't it be more convenient and efficient to take photos with the flash on?
He would always remember Xiao Zhang's shy reply. "Using the flash will make the person being photographed uncomfortable. It will irritate their eyes. I can find a suitable angle to take clear and nice photos without the flash."
So every time he would go to find the best position to take photos a few days in advance, which cost him several times the physical strength and energy of others to complete the task.
"Brother Hong, I took a photo of Su Yanke."
Hong Tao was stunned and said with a bit of disbelief. "Are you too tired these days and having hallucinations? How is that possible..."
Hong Tao stopped mid - sentence. Xiao Zhang showed him the photo he had taken. Hong Tao said excitedly, "This... this is!"
But then he quickly came to his senses and lowered his voice. "When did you take this?"
"Just now. Su Yanke walked in right in front of us, and I took the photo."
Hong Tao: !!!???
How didn't he know!? What surprised him the most was that Su Yanke had entered through the back door!
After coming to his senses, Hong Tao quietly took Xiao Zhang to their nearest hideout. After editing the photo, they sent it out. This time, Xiao Zhang's promotion was definitely a sure thing!
Su Yanke had no idea about all this. She didn't know that this small decision of hers had changed another person's life.
The venue was arranged very elegantly. After all, this was a national - level event. Red carpets and wooden tables and chairs were standard. For the safety of the event, journalists were not allowed to enter during the award - giving ceremony, so the venue was very spacious and quiet now.
"Ms. Su is here. We can start!"
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Su Yanke when they saw her. They had seen what she looked like during the live - broadcast and knew how beautiful she was, but they were still amazed when they saw her in person.
The award - giving ceremony followed the same procedure and was as boring as usual. Su Yanke went on stage to receive the award and took photos with the leaders. Usually, it was just one group photo, but this time everyone asked to take a separate photo with Su Yanke.
There was nothing they could do. Not only did they like Su Yanke, but their wives, children, relatives, and friends at home also liked her!
Everyone had wrinkles on their faces from smiling during the photo - taking, and the smiles on their faces didn't stop even after the photos were taken.
The time for the journalists to enter for interviews had already arrived, but there were still many people waiting in line to take photos. When the journalists entered, they were all a bit dazed. Had they entered the wrong place? Was this really a national - leader award - giving ceremony? It seemed more like a fan meeting!
After double - checking, they were sure they hadn't entered the wrong place.
Then there were flashes and the sounds of shutter clicks coming from all directions.
For such explosive news, no one wanted to be slower than others. Almost as soon as the photos were taken, they started writing and sending out the reports.
As soon as the news that Su Yanke had entered through the back door was sent out, it caused quite a stir. Some trolls and haters who couldn't stand to see others do well started making all kinds of sarcastic and slanderous remarks about Su Yanke.
They said things like, Su Yanke was quite self - aware. She knew she had no ability and was afraid that no one would take her photo at the front door, so she simply didn't enter through the front door.