In March 1998, the two sessions of the National People's Congress were held in Beijing as scheduled. This time, the two sessions can be said to have attracted the attention of the whole world, because during the two sessions, a new leadership group will be elected.
On March 19, the first session of the Ninth National People's Congress was successfully concluded, and the last press conference during the conference was held. The newly elected Premier Zhu Rongji and other leading cadres were invited to attend the press conference and met with more than 600 reporters at home and abroad.
Halfway through the reception, Zhu Rongji suddenly smiled and said to the questioner, "Shall we take care of Miss Wu Xiaoli of the Phoenix Terrace?" ”
Being named by the prime minister, Wu Xiaoli's reporter immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. What no one expected was that when Wu Xiaoli stood up, she actually asked Zhu Rongji an unusually spicy and tricky question: "Some people say that you are the iron-faced prime minister, and some people say that you are the economic tsar. ”
The prime minister personally named the name, coupled with this spicy problem, let Wu Xiaoli "become popular overnight", and the people of the whole country remembered this sweet-looking female reporter.
So, what is the origin of this Wu Xiaoli, who dared to ask such a question to Premier Zhu? How did Zhu Rongji answer this question? What happened to Wu Xiaoli?
Wu Xiaoli
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > from "ugly duckling" to "white swan"</h1>
Wu Xiaoli was born in 1967 in Taipei, Taiwan. Compared with the four sisters above, Wu Xiaoli when she was born was not "born beautiful", in the words of her mother, the first sight of her daughter came up with the idea of "black skin, black and red, like a little monkey".
It turns out that This idea of Wu Xiaoli's mother is indeed "correct", and Wu Xiaoli when she was a child was indeed like a "little monkey" and jumped around like a "little monkey", and there are many ghost ideas.
Perhaps because of the suspicion that the family is too "yin sheng yang decline", Wu Xiaoli has been raised by her mother as a boy since she was a child, with short hair, wearing short pants, trying to play with the boys in the village, and playing glass balls with them every day, or playing cards together, and sometimes playing "fighting". There was sand in my hair and shoes.
After returning home, Wu Xiaoli's parents never scolded their dirty daughter and let her grow up freely. The enlightened family environment has also cultivated her optimistic, tenacious, never-say-die, and uneven character.
Because of her jealousy and hatred, Wu Xiaoli has been determined since she was a child, and when she grows up, she will either become a journalist who speaks out for the people or become a lawyer who fights for the rights and interests of the masses. Therefore, when she grew up, Wu Xiaoli did not hesitate to choose the Department of Mass Communication of Fu Jen University, and was successfully admitted, becoming half a "uncrowned king".
In her junior year, Wu Xiaoli served as the editor-in-chief of the school magazine "Communicator", which integrates interviews, drafts, editing, layout and other work. Her first solo interview assignment was to interview a well-known elementary school principal at the time.
When she arrived at the principal's office, she had been timid for the first time in twenty years without fear. Would a prestigious principal really waste time interviewing one of her stinking students? Wu Xiaoli wandered outside the principal's office for more than half an hour, her nervous palms sweating. Seeing that time had passed minute by minute, Wu Xiaoli gritted her teeth and knocked on the office door with a hard scalp.
What Wu Xiaoli did not expect was that in the interview, the principal was very cooperative, the interview process was very smooth, after returning home, she wrote in her diary: "In fact, the difficulty is not as invincible as we think, for the reporter, no interview is impossible, conquest determines everything!" ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > fly to the wider world</h1>
After graduating from university, Wu Xiaoli joined China Television Station (the other two are China Television and Taiwan Television), one of the three largest television stations in Taiwan. At this time, Wu Xiaoli has become more and more beautiful, coupled with her vigorous energy, astute, deeply loved by colleagues and leaders, less than half a year from a reporter to a news column host, and then in a very short period of time from the morning news host to the noon news host, and later became the most important evening news host.
Becoming the host of the evening news at a young age, Wu Xiaoli undoubtedly attracted the attention of a large number of Taiwanese people and became a well-known public figure in Taiwan.
In 1994, Wu Xiaoli, whose career was in full swing, made a decision that surprised everyone: she was going to leave China Television and go to Hong Kong to join Hong Kong Satellite TV.
It turned out that Wu Xiaoli had previously come to the mainland as a host to conduct interviews, witnessed the vastness of Chinese mainland, and after returning to Huashi, her first impression was that "the space is so small". Therefore, when Hong Kong Satellite TV Chinese invited her to Hong Kong not long ago, Wu Xiaoli had an inexplicable impulse: I wanted to let Chinese wherever I could see my program.
In this way, Wu Xiaoli resolutely gave up the familiar living environment, relatives and friends, and the golden rice bowl of Huashi, desperately went to Hong Kong to give it a go, for Wu Xiaoli's choice, Taiwanese people feel sorry, saying that this is "Mesozoic anchors running away from home."
It turns out that it is gold that shines everywhere. After Wu Xiaoli arrived in Hong Kong, she had a broader space for growth, and after entering 1996, satellite TV Chinese (mainland part) was restructured into Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite TV Chinese, and Wu Xiaoli chose to stay in office. The following year, she successively hosted "Deng Xiaoping's Death Memorial Album", "Ke Shouliang Flew Over the Yellow River", "Hong Kong's Return to the Century Report 60 Hours Non-stop", and the special report of the "15th National Congress" of the Communist Party of China, becoming the ace host and reporter of Phoenix TV.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="23" > ask beijing</h1>
In March 1998, the first session of the Ninth National People's Congress and the first session of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference were held in Beijing. A year ago, Comrade Deng Xiaoping left us forever, and who will be elected as the first premier of the State Council after the end of the Deng Xiaoping era is a matter of common concern to everyone at home and abroad.
In view of the fact that when Wu Xiaoli went to Beijing to interview the "15th National Congress" before, many mainland viewers asked her for an autograph, Liu Changle, the owner of Phoenix Television Station, decided to send Wu Xiaoli to Beijing again to try to interview the new premier.
Zhu Rongji
In mid-March, Wu Xiaoli arrived in Beijing again, and a few days later, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the First Session of the Ninth National People's Congress, Vice Premier Zhu Rongji, who was known for his thunderous means to rectify the economy, was officially elected premier of the State Council after being nominated by the president and voted by the deputies to the National People's Congress.
For the prime minister's press conference to be held on March 19, Wu Xiaoli made sufficient preparations and formulated nine questions in a row with her companions, in case other reporters preemptively asked, she had no questions to ask.
At that time, some people in China had some controversy over Zhu Rongji's reforms, but Wu Xiaoli was not influenced by public opinion, thinking of sending Zhu Rongji a photo as a gift after the press conference, but she was worried that Zhu Rongji did not know herself.
After a long struggle, Wu Xiaoli decided to entrust "a friend of a friend" to transfer this photo to Zhu Rongji. On the back of the photo, Wu Xiaoli specifically wrote the following:
"Dear Prime Minister, I have written a card to you to sincerely wish you that everything you want to accomplish in the next five years will be realized, because whether as a media person or Chinese we will pray for this blessing."
Soon, March 19 will arrive. According to the agenda arrangement, the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress will be held at 9:00 a.m. and the last press conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. In order to seize a good position, at 7 o'clock in the morning, Wu Xiaoli, dressed in big red, arrived at the Great Hall of the People with her colleagues and seized the position on the left side of the first row on the 3rd floor.
Both the clothes and the location were carefully selected by Wu Xiaoli, and wearing red clothes can first express the celebration of Zhu Rongji's election as premier, and second, the bright colors can attract the attention of people on the rostrum.
The reason why the first row was chosen to sit on the left is because at the beginning of the press conference, the prime minister sitting in the middle part of the podium is the prime minister, next to the vice premier, the leftmost sitting is the Chinese media questioner, the right is the foreign media questioner, sitting in this position can see the prime minister and the questioner at the same time, but also attract their attention.
Soon, the press conference will begin, and the prime minister and vice premier will begin to enter the seats. When Zhu Rongji sat down, he looked up and looked around the venue, nodded at Wu Xiaoli, and revealed a smile. Wu Xiaoli originally thought that this was the premier greeting the journalist politely, and subconsciously nodded to him, who knew that Zhu Rongji actually nodded his head at her hard when he saw the situation, Wu Xiaoliton felt flattered, and it seemed that Zhu Rongji seemed to recognize her.
However, at this time, Wu Xiaoli could not believe that Zhu Rongji was also watching Phoenix Tv's own program, and speculated that it might be that he acted "eye-catching" on the day of the election of the premier, leaving some impressions on the premier and making him remember himself.
After the reception entered the question session, more than 600 reporters in the audience scrambled to raise their hands to ask questions, although Wu Xiaoli also desperately raised her hands, but the question officer did not call her once. In the blink of an eye, the meeting process was halfway through, and Wu Xiaoli couldn't help but feel very anxious and panicked in her heart, worried that she would not have the opportunity to ask questions herself.
At this moment, Wu Xiaoli found that Zhu Rongji, who had just answered the question, seemed to have taken a special look at her and seemed to be anxious for her. Just when Wu Xiaoli was secretly laughing at herself that she might think too much, Zhu Rongji suddenly said to the questioner who was next to her: "Shall we take care of Miss Wu Xiaoli of the Phoenix Terrace?" I really enjoy watching her broadcast. ”
After Zhu Rongji's words spread throughout the venue through the megaphone, Wu Xiaoli was stunned, and when she reacted to the meaning of Zhu Rongji's words, she quickly closed her hands and thanked him.
Soon, Zhu Rongji finished answering a question from a Russian reporter and entered the point of personnel again, Wu Xiaoli was not as urgent as the previous times this time, and she knew that there was a great chance that it would be her turn to ask questions.
Sure enough, the questioner immediately nodded her name, and there was a burst of good-natured laughter in the room. After Wu Xiaoli stood up with a smile on her face, she first said to Zhu Rongji: "First of all, thank you Premier Zhu, you are also my idol." ”
At the press conference, each reporter had the opportunity to ask two questions, and Wu Xiaoli first asked about Hong Kong's economic development during the financial crisis in Southeast Asia, and after receiving a reply from Zhu Rongji that he "must support Hong Kong." Wu Xiaoli asked Zhu Rongji a slightly sharp question, and it was this question that made her the focus of the audience again:
"It is rumored that when you were carrying out economic reforms, you also caused some trouble to your family, and I wonder what your mental journey was like in the ups and downs of the reform process? Have you ever been frustrated and thought about giving up? Also, what do you think of the fact that the outside world calls you 'Iron Mask Prime Minister' and 'Economic Czar'? ”
After Wu Xiaoli's question was raised, there were some people who were shocked and shook their heads, and there were also people who were curious about how Zhu Rongji would answer this question. Not only is it because the words "economic czar" and "iron-faced prime minister" have both derogatory and positive meanings, but also "trouble," "frustration," and "abandonment," all of which carry a very obvious sense of challenge, and no one dares to ask these questions, and everyone is looking forward to Zhu Rongji's answer.
Zhu Rongji did not evade the question, and first answered Wu Xiaoli's second small question: "I am not happy about the title of 'economic czar' and the like given to me by the outside world. After a pause, Zhu Rongji continued: "The Ninth NPC has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility this time, and I feel that my task is very arduous, lest I fail to live up to the people's expectations of me. Whether it is a minefield or an abyss ahead, I will go forward, I will not hesitate, bow down, and die. ”
Zhu Rongji's remarks showed his determination to push the cause of reform to the end, and everyone present was touched by his spirit, and after a reporter took the lead in applauding, the audience immediately sounded thunderous applause.
After the press conference, Wu Xiaoli immediately ran to Premier Zhu's side, personally gave the photo to Zhu Rongji, and shook hands with him. After Zhu Rongji shook his hand, he smiled and said to her, "This picture is beautiful!" ”
After the "roll call storm," Wu Xiaoli immediately became the interview target of her fellow news colleagues, and everyone was curious about how she and Zhu Rongji met, and this time asked whether there was "prior arrangement." In the face of reporters' questions, Wu Xiaoli calmly told them that she and Premier Zhu only knew each other on television, had never met before, and had not made prior arrangements.
At the same time, the name Wu Xiaoli also spread across the country, and the Hong Kong stock market rose by 340 points due to the "roll call storm". At the time, some news outlets referred to Ms. Wu as "a woman who touched Beijing with a question," and some said she "single-handedly boosted the Hong Kong stock market by more than 300 points," but the most common description used by the news media when reporting on her was: "Overnight, the fire spread across the country." ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="49" > trip to Europe</h1>
Although Wu Xiaoli became famous throughout the country, she never forgot her identity as a journalist, and after returning to Hong Kong after finishing her interview in Beijing, Wu Xiaoli immediately received a new task from the company: to follow Zhu Rongji on a visit to Europe a week later. Considering Wu Xiaoli's current "fame", Phoenix Tv also specially issued her instructions that "doing news can be high-profile, and it is necessary to keep a low profile for the same industry".
On March 31, after a flight of more than ten hours, Wu Xiaoli and others arrived in London at 5:00 a.m. London time and stayed at the Hyde Hotel where Zhu Rongji was about to stay.
At 3:30 p.m. on the same day, a special plane from the Civil Aviation of China arrived at London Heathrow Airport. After a while, Zhu Rongji and his party walked to the vicinity of the media area, and Wu Xiaoli took the opportunity to ask loudly: "Hello Premier Zhu, the first time you came to Britain as prime minister, is there anything you particularly want to accomplish?" ”
Zhu Rongji heard Wu Xiaoli's voice and followed the prestige, and instead of answering her question head-on, Zhu Rongji held out his hand, pointed at her and smiled: "Wu Xiaoli, you are now famous in Hong Kong." When Wu Xiaoli thanked him and was ready to ask questions again, Zhu Rongji had already smiled and left.
Although Zhu Rongji did not directly answer Wu Xiaoli's question, Wu Xiaoli was still quite happy, and it seems that the uproar in the media circles after the "roll call storm" did not affect him.
The next day, Wu Xiaoli followed Zhu Rongji to the Greenwich Observatory. The approachable Zhu Rongji also took a photo on the prime meridian at the request of this reporter.
After a while, when Zhu Rongji and the English commentator of the observatory finished chatting, Wu Xiaoli took the opportunity to step forward and asked: "Is it the first time to come to the Greenwich Observatory?" Zhu Rongji's language system had not yet had time to be converted, so he subconsciously replied: "First time."
Wu Xiaoli saw this and then asked, "Why did you choose to visit here?" After hearing this, Premier Zhu glanced at the British and Chinese diplomats accompanying him and replied frankly: "They arranged for me to come!" ”
"The first time you came to the beginning of time, did you have any special feelings?"
"Of course, when I was in elementary school, I knew this was Zero Dedgree."
Zhu Rongji (right) and Wu Xiaoli (center)
At this time, a reporter from another media also asked Zhu Rongji: "You have just crossed the meridian that divides the eastern and western hemispheres. ”
After hearing this, Zhu Rongji smiled and said, "The relationship is very good, I just crossed the East and the West, and I can connect them alone!"
Zhu Rongji stayed in Europe for 8 days, Wu Xiaoli followed him to run around, busy until 11 or 2 o'clock in the evening is a common thing, after returning to Hong Kong, the staff around her have sighed: "The waist bones are going to be scattered!" However, for Wu Xiaoli, compared with the car and horse Lawton in the interview, the bits and pieces that followed Zhu Rongji around in the past 8 days are even more unforgettable.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" after the storm ></h1>
After completing the interview task well for two consecutive times, Wu Xiaoli's fame has been further enhanced. In November 1998, China's leaders were invited to attend the APEC Leaders' Summit in Malaysia, and Wu Xiaoli was also given the opportunity to accompany the trip. What has caused headaches for the majority of reporters is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already stated that the leaders will not be interviewed on this trip before they go abroad.
However, journalists, known as the "uncrowned king", have always tried to conduct interviews regardless of whether the interviewee is welcome or not. In order to complete the task, Wu Xiaoli came up with many methods.
On the morning of the start of the meeting, Wu Xiaoli waited by the elevator early, and when the leader stepped out of the elevator, Wu Xiaoli immediately greeted: "Chairman early, do you sleep well?" The leader smiled and replied, "Very good, thank you." This meeting made Wu Xiaoli leave a good impression in the hearts of the leaders. After that, Wu Xiaoli took the opportunity of the leader's meeting with the Thai prime minister to mention some light-hearted topics, and also got good feedback.
Later, when the leaders walked out of the venue after the last bilateral talks, Wu Xiaoli knew that the time had come to ask questions, of course, in a roundabout way. Only to see her hold ahead of a brand-new 10 yuan prepared in advance, and asked in a loud voice: "Chairman, the 10 yuan in my hand, is it worth 10 yuan next year?" ”
After hearing this, the leader stopped and replied, "Of course, the renminbi does not depreciate!" ”
Relying on strong affinity, reaction and the ability to accurately control the scene, Wu Xiaoli has completed many interview tasks again and again. Someone once asked her about her experience in interviewing high-level figures, and Wu Xiaoli told the other party that for her, interviewing big people and ordinary people is the same, and all she has to do is to discover their interesting side for the audience. When interviewing big people, Wu Xiaoli is not interviewing, but chatting with each other and listening to each other's ideas.
In 2001, Wu Xiaoli was appointed as the deputy director of Phoenix Satellite TV Information Station, and her career was able to go further. Six years later, she was elected a member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as a member of the Guangdong Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference. Interestingly, this move actually aroused the dissatisfaction of the "Mainland Affairs Council" on the other side of the strait, and even issued a ticket for her.
In 2008, Wu Xiaoli, who has influence on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, became the 101 torchbearer of the Hong Kong Olympic Torch Relay, which attracted widespread attention.
As a journalist, Wu Xiaoli "flies around" most of the time, and fortunately, she has a husband who loves her. Although her husband is older than her, the two do not have any major contradictions in life. For Wu Xiaoli, there is no perfect partner in this world, only a partner that suits herself, and this is enough.