On May 8, 2024, Hu Xijin, a well-known media person, said:
"There is an organization, which is quite famous in the industry, when dealing with it, Lao Hu found an omission or mistake that shocked me. Lao Hu was soft-hearted and chose not to expose them publicly, but pointed it out to the other party seriously. They are very upright, serious, and correct."
"Lao Hu did not name this incident to warn all walks of life and institutions that the word 'safety' must be realized in the daily serious and reliable work order."
"Recently, there have been a number of safety accidents in various places, which is very distressing. Be sure to look for the day-to-day causes behind them and eliminate the hidden dangers that lead to all kinds of oversights. Everyone does their job conscientiously and let the chain of accidents be interrupted unconsciously here, which is a nameless contribution and a great good. Things that you yourself are not aware of, but the heavens have eyes."
A few days ago, Lao Hu responded for the first time to people's criticism of his "wall-riding" faction, firmly denying this nickname, but Lao Hu only quoted two famous words of Wittgenstein, claiming to be an inferior rider because he rode on a "horse of good nature".
But the voice of "I am not a wall-riding faction" still lingers for less than three days, but this passage sent by Lao Hu gives people an obvious feeling - that is, Lao Hu is demonstrating his "both when and ......" Hu's archway production process!
First of all, when Lao Hu Yan said this, he pointed out that it was a "security issue", but in the face of himself, he said that he was "shocked", but he still said that "Lao Hu is soft-hearted", so he chose not to expose it. I wonder if as a former media person and former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, will your "conscience of a journalist" be faintly painful?
Could it be that this is because Lao Hu is "dealing" with this well-known organization - the reason why there are interests or friendships?
Indeed, in this country where the "golden mean" is popular, it will sometimes become alienated into a synonym for "harmony and mud", so sayings such as "rather tear down ten temples than destroy a marriage" are widely spread, coupled with the tradition that human feelings are greater than the sky, "not offending people" has become an important principle of dealing with the world - a well-known media person like Lao Hu, after discovering the "shocking security problem", he can even "soft-hearted" not to be exposed, and he also has this mentality. This fully illustrates the sentence: "The rivers and lakes are the sophistication of human feelings."
Of course, the institutions that have security problems also assured Lao Hu that they would investigate and reform immediately - but since Lao Hu said that he was soft-hearted and would not expose others, why did he have to bring this matter out again, and it was the cause and effect, but the specific situation was exposed unclearly?
Mr. Hu can hide the name of the institution and say what the specific problem is, right? What is a "shocking security problem"? So that the listeners can understand and learn from the lessons, right?
But Lao Hu is good, on the one hand, he bought himself, said that he was "soft-hearted" and promised not to be exposed, on the other hand, he still slipped out the matter to talk about things, although he did not mention the name of the company, but he did not explain the specific problems, but just talked about the word "safety" in general, how can this look more and more like the old trick of "both when and ...... and "?
In front of the institution that exposed the problem, he said that he was soft-hearted and promised not to expose it - Lao Hu obviously wanted to "be a good person", but after saying that he would not be exposed, he took it out and said things publicly, Lao Hu still wanted to "set up a person": Look, my Lao Hu has a public conscience!
However, this matter is said to be cut off from the beginning to the end, which makes people wonder, and can only see the general word "security", but this can allow Lao Hu to earn the wave of traffic he needs and loves the most!
Hu Xijin liked to emphasize the "complexity of China" at that time, and also wrote a book called "Complex China" - in fact, China is not complicated, what is really complicated is human nature and human heart.
For example, Lao Hu just denied that he was not a "wall-riding faction", but many of his views and practices were obviously "and muddy" techniques, which were obviously flowering inside the wall and shaking outside the wall - you said that you didn't "ride the wall", and the wall was blushing with shame because of your!
Dealing with people, liking and mud, of course, is not useless - this does have a lot to do with the "golden mean" Chinese culture, ideological tradition, because the Chinese people pay the most attention to the "interpersonal relationship", therefore, our society is called "human society, relationship society", which is the Chinese cultural tradition, and Western culture has a big difference, but also let our society win the positive praise of "human touch".
However, if our "golden mean" goes too far, or when there is no bottom line, it is easy to cause problems - that is, the phenomenon of Chinese only caring about human feelings, not paying attention to principles, ignoring rules, and not abiding by the law is more serious!
Take Lao Hu, a well-known news media person, for example, if it were not for this consistent "harmony" character and style, but a clear bottom line, clear love and hate, firm stance, and principled moderation, how could there be a soft-hearted "woman's heart" in the face of such a "shocking" "security vulnerability"?
When media people discover problems, they should not only point them out, but also make them public, so as to produce a reference effect and demonstration effect that the alarm bell rings for a long time -- this is the best embodiment of a real media person's conscience.
Of course, Lao Hu's "harmony with the mud" does have its considerations, that is, he wants to protect this institution that "has dealings" with him from the impact of public opinion, which cannot be said to be completely wrong.
However, since Lao Hu can't restrain the urge to express and rub traffic, he still wants to take it out and talk about it, so he must also be specific and clear, right? ——This kind of "still think about it, and still want to buy an old donkey and not eat grass" is a clumsy display of "and thin mud".
In small matters, it may not matter, but when it comes to major matters, if it is still the first priority, it will cover up the substantive problems, and will condone the occurrence of mistakes and harms - if it is related to the fate of the country and the nation, there is still the thinking of "harmony and mud" looming in it, then it will involve the problem of national fortune.
Especially in modern history, when China can no longer close itself off from the rest of the world and has to be closely linked with the fate of the world, especially in the face of historical choices, it is absolutely impossible to stay out of the matter in a peaceful way, at this time, we must stick to the bottom line and make the right choice - for example, our key choices in World War I and World War II have greatly changed China's historical destiny.
Although the "golden mean" of the "harmony mud" style may exist to a certain extent, whether in the past or now, when faced with major and principled major issues that determine the fortunes of the country and the fate of history, if you are like Lao Hu, who has no bottom line and no principles in the style of "both standing and ......", and is finally abandoned by history and pasted on the wall, it will be the person who "reconciles the mud" himself! [Original Comment: Yu Says It's Closed]