The radio station had made this a topic of discussion. It wasn’t just simply reporting the news anymore.
“Hello, I am the reporter for Radio News. Are you one of the kids who Uncle Wei has helped before? What kind of a person was Uncle Wei?”
“Sob, sob, sob!”
“Little girl, don’t be too sad. We are very sorry to hear about Uncle Wei, too.”
“Wei… Father Wei was such a good person! Sob, sob! He was a great man! He treated us…. Sob, sob, sob….. like his very own children…! When we first received help from Father Wei, we thought….We thought that Father Wei was a big boss. We thought he was very rich…. But only later did we find out that Father Wei was just a normal salaried worker…. His money came from his salary and picking up scraps! And… And he gave it all to us! Once…. When I was sick, Father Wei somehow knew about it… And when he came to the hospital to visit me, the doctor said that I needed to have a minor operation…sob, sob… Father Wei handed over the money without a thought…sob, sob… Later on, I found out that the money used for my operation was supposed to be for his own daughter’s university fees the next day!”
The news reporter at the studio also sounded moved as silence took over temporarily.
The child was crying, “Why!! Why! The textbooks and teachers always tell us to be good people! Good people should live to a ripe old age! But why has Father Wei gone so soon! Reporter Auntie! Sob, sob, sob…..They say that Father Wei had a heart attack because of fatigue! Did we cause Father Wei to die? Father Wei had done it all to help us…. To pick up bottles, to work overtime! Did we really cause the death of Father Wei?”
The child’s question had left a deep impression in many of the listeners’ hearts!
The reporter in charge of the interview did not know how to answer!
Following that, the second person was interviewed, then the third and the fourth!
“Big Sis, are you Father Wei’s neighbour? What impression do you have of him?”
“Old Wei was a really good person! He would always help if the neighbors needed anything! He was especially endearing to everyone! Why did such a good person leave so early!”
“Did you know about him sponsoring all those children?”
“We didn’t. No one knew a thing. We only knew that Old Wei worked at the television station as an editor. We have never heard of him helping all those children! We only knew that his household’s living conditions weren’t too good! There was once when his daughter went to university, and he couldn’t even pay her school fees. It was only later when we learned that Old Wei had to beg the school Leaders before they finally allowed him some time to pay it off. Sigh! Old Wei was such a person! He did not like to say what he did! There was once when my son was alone at home running a high fever. He went to Old Wei’s house in a daze and Old Wei brought my son to the doctor. After that, he just told me it wasn’t a big deal. Only later on did my son tell me that the route to our house was too far. With traffic jams, the ambulance could not make it here and it was Old Wei who carried my son and ran for a kilometer to the hospital! But these were things that he never mentioned!”
……
When the news was reported, it immediately attracted the attention of the whole society!
Actually, it wasn’t only Beijing Radio Station who reported it. At the same time, a few other newspapers also reported it. Even the Beijing Times newspaper had printed Editor Wei’s picture at a good place in its second edition! Needless to say, it must have been someone at the Beijing Television Station who leaked the news. It wasn’t only Zhang Ye who knew people. Everyone was in the media industry and had their own networks of friends and classmates! As this matter could actually attract many people who were paying attention to the news, Editor Wei’s story after his passing had been published throughout Beijing!
A broadcast media and seven or eight newspapers were all reporting on the story!
This incident had suddenly attracted so much attention that even people from other parts of the country were now concerned!
This was especially so online, the place where open discussions flourished. This incident had become a subject of hot discussion in just a short while!
“A good person!”
“How is there such a good person in this world?”
“I’m touched! Compared with Father Wei, I am ashamed!”
“Yes, those who are involved in charity, those who call themselves philanthropists, so many of them publicize their contributions after doing only one thing to show everyone what they did. They only want to gain praises about their noble acts. But are they really noble? In the past, I felt so. But now, I don’t think so anymore! After knowing of Father Wei’s story, I have a deeper understanding now. Kindness comes from deep within. It is a conscience of human nature. It doesn’t need to be known, nor publicized!”
“The previous poster said it well!”
“There was