anwhile, over in the TV station...
As Xiaoyun parked his car at the front entrance, he could see that the door was already open.
People were still going in and out of the building, with a massive hole right behind the door now filled with concrete floors and tiles.
"Governor, over here!"
Shen Wen quickly waved towards him, signaling him to take the side entrance as so of the people turned around and noticed Xiaoyun.
"Oh my god, it's the governor!"
Xiaoyun quickly waved towards them before heading over to Shen Wen, who brought him into a short hallway that led all the way to the venue's side entrance.
"Governor, are you ready? I have every set up inside... Once you step inside, the host will introduce you to the guest."
The mont Xiaoyun nodded, Shen Wen quickly attached so sort of mic piece onto his suit before pushing the door open.
Looking inside, he could see hundreds of audience mbers sitting in chairs, all looking towards the host sitting at the desk.
"Live from Guangzhou... Welco everyone to the premiere night of The Midnight Current! I'm your host, Liang Han."
As the audience started clapping, music began to play as the hanging cara in the ceiling aid to the right where Xiaoyun stood.
"Everyone, please give a warm welco to our first guest of tonight's Evening Call!"
The audience started cheering even louder as Xiaoyun waved his hand toward them, slowly walking toward the sofa next to the host's desk.
"I doubt I need to introduce tonight's guest to any of you guys here. You all had seen the advertisent on who that person is.
But for those who just happened to tune into this channel, this is the Governor of Guangdong... Do you mind introducing yourself, Mr.Governor?"
Seated down, the cheer slowly faded as the music ca to an end. Everyone's attention was on Xiaoyun as he spoke his first word.
"Hello everyone, my na is Chen Xiaoyun... I'm honored to be invited as the first guest on this show, Mr. Liang."
"You took my line, Governor Chen. I should be the one saying Honored to have you here." Liang Han jokingly replied.
As the audience started laughing a little, Xiaoyun quickly realized the interview wasn't actually as formal as he had imagined.
"Hehe, sorry about that."
"Anyway, Governor Chen, you don't mind calling you Governor Xiaoyun, right?" Liang Han questioned.
"I got no problem. You can call whatever you like. Just call Xiaoyun if you really want."
"Perfect... Mr.Xiaoyun, have you ever been to a talk show before?" Liang Han curiously asked as they shook hands together.
"I have not. I didn't even know talk shows still exist in today's world." Xiaoyun replied as he shrugged his shoulder.
"Well, you're going on an eye-opening experience... Now, Governor, let's start with the first topic of the day."
As the display board appeared to the right, everyone could see the two different pictures next to each other.
One was a very small town with very shabby concrete block next to a tal gate, while the second one was a fully decorated hotel with revolving doors.
"Mr.Governor, can you tell when and where these two pictures were taken?" Liang Han asked.
"Um... I'm pretty sure the first picture is at Luoping's entrance, a year or two ago? And I don't know what the second picture is at."
"That's... absolutely right. The picture on the left was taken by a guard back when Luoping was still a small town, almost two years ago.
And the second picture is the sa place, actually... The only difference is that I took that picture yesterday when I was walking back ho."
As Xiaoyun and the audience absorbed the information, Liang Han didn't waste any ti as he spoke up again.
"You're all probably wondering what this picture has to do with anything... Well, this little concrete shack was what the Governor used to work in."
So of the people in the audience looked genuinely surprised, as if they didn't expect the workplace to be this bad in the past.
"I did work there for a few months. But we didn't work too long there." Xiaoyun clarified.
"I wouldn't want to work there either—a concrete block with no AC and nothing other than a wooden table and so cabinets.
But I want to bring everyone's attention back to the second picture... This is the hotel that was recently completed a few months ago."
As Liang Han paused for a second, Xiaoyun could feel the audience's faces changing a little as if they were awed by the drastic change.
"You, Governor, have managed to lead the town to prosperity. I just want to give you my personal thank you."
Seeing how much he is praised for the progress, Xiaoyun only nodded as the audience all started clapping once again.
"Now with that out of the way, let's get onto the more serious topics that everyone ca here to hear about."
The display screen started changing as Xiaoyun ntally prepared himself. However, what he saw on display shocked him.
It was a picture of a middle-aged man. To be more precise, a picture of Songming in a suit right on a magazine cover.
"I'm sure so of the older folks might recognize this picture... For those who don't know, this was the entrepreneur of the year who rescued Songjia's conglorate."
Even though none of them looked old enough to live through Songming's era, their faces were all filled with admiration as everyone in Guangdong knew of Songjia.
"Looking very similar to the Governor, doesn't it?" Liang Han asked as he looked over to Xiaoyun.
"Definitely look very similar to ... It's like if I just grew a few years older and had a little stubble on my chin."
Xiaoyun calmly replied, his face barely flinching as he held down the urge to question the host who compiled these topics.
"So of you might be confused as to why I'm comparing the Governor to Songming... Well, this would tell you why."
As the next picture ca up on the display, the audience all let out a shocked sound as it was a wedding photo of Songming and Leyan together.
"Sorry, Governor, I'm not trying to offend you or Mrs.Leyan." Liang Han apologizes in advance after noticing Xiaoyun's silence.
"It's fine. You can continue."
Xiaoyun murmured, his mind regretting sharing his wedding photo with a journalist back when he was being interviewed as Songming.
"Thank you... Ahem, this picture is the wedding photo of young Songming and his wife, Mrs.Leyan.
This was around twenty years ago, back in the 2000s. Both of them were in their twenties in the picture.
Now, based on this, you all probably thought this was a picture of the Governor, not Mr.Songming from earlier, didn't you?"
As the cara panned to the audience, they were all nodding their heads.
"Now, Governor, how do you and Songming look so similar? This was one of the questions my parent asked when they saw you in the military parade."
Xiaoyun sat there in silence as his brain quickly tried to brainstorm for an answer, but all he could co up with was the most generic response.
"I don't know. I never even thought about this until you showed this picture... What a crazy world we live in."
"Indeed. You two are almost like stunt doubles of each other... If it weren't for the fact that the age doesn't match up, I would have genuinely believed you're Mr.Songming."
The audience was all chattering in shock as they still couldn't believe how similar Xiaoyun and Songming looked when compared to the picture.
"Now, Governor, I have a question before I show the next one... Can I put up your photo of your wedding with Mrs.Leyan?"
"Go for it."
As a new picture appeared on the display, the entire audience fell into dead silence as the shocking similarity beca even more apparent.
From the wedding dress Leyan wore to the suit Xiaoyun had on, everything looked the sa thing pixel by pixel.
If it weren't for the two other won in wedding dresses next to Leyan, no one would be able to tell it was actually a different picture.
"This picture is the marriage between the Governor, Mrs.Leyan, and her two daughters."
Even though everyone already knew who was in the picture before Liang Han spoke up, they were all still a little shocked by it.
More importantly, all of the female audience's eyes were filled with jealousy as they couldn't believe how young and beautiful Leyan still looked.
"Mr.Governor, let's not beat around the bush any longer. You had seen the newspaper coverage about you a few days ago, right?"
Liang Han asked, his face turning fully serious as the audience all sat there in silence, waiting for Xiaoyun to speak up.
"I did. That's why I ca here today."
"Great. Then, can you defend yourself as to why you should be allowed to marry multiple won when the law says you can only marry one?"
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