Under the escort of two soldiers, Capa drove to the prison gate where members of the International Equality League were detained.
"We can't get in." The soldier didn't send Capa off and went inside. "We'll wait for you here."
"Okay." Capa got out of the car with his camera, notebook, and pen, and came to the prison door. He showed the prison guard patrolling the door a letter written by editor-in-chief Byron, explaining his purpose.
After reading the letter, the captain of the prison guard asked Capa to wait at the door while he went to report the situation to the deputy warden.
Soon, the deputy warden came out and looked at Capa warily: "Go back."
"Go back?" This answer surprised Capa. He thought that with a personal letter from editor Byron, going to jail would not be a problem at all.
"Well, let's go back. The situation in the prison is quite special and complex, and it is temporarily inconvenient for non-prison personnel to enter and exit." The deputy warden explained.
"But this matter is very important." Capa didn't want his newly raised hopes to be extinguished. He unfolded a handwritten letter written by editor-in-chief Byron and organized the language, "Now the publicity work is bigger than the sky, I just need to shoot
Some photos and interviews with some members of the International Equality Alliance. This is a brand new perspective that will have a greater impact on the international community and effectively defeat the International Equality Alliance! You see, this is a handwritten letter written by our chief
! He is the initiator and one of the people in charge of this plan, he can vouch for me!"
The deputy warden was a little confused after hearing this.
Seeing that he did not refuse outright, Capa saw an opportunity and further argued: "Nowadays, normal reports are all the same. Taking the members of the International Equality League arrested in prison as a starting point is an angle that no one has explored yet. This is very likely to become our
An important position for follow-up publicity work! If you refuse now, you are not rejecting me, but you are rejecting the overall publicity plan——"
"They are all our own people. You know some things very well." The deputy warden hugged Capa and whispered with a slight smile, "Aren't the so-called interviews actually compiled by your newspaper? Real interviews and fake interviews.
It’s all the same, the key depends on how you want to write it, right?”
"That's what you say, but -"
"Let's do this. You can come in to take photos and collect some materials, but you are not allowed to see the arrested members of the International Equality Alliance. This is also a rule. If you must see them, you can apply to the higher authorities at that time, and you have the permission from the higher authorities.
, it’s easier for me to do something here.” The deputy warden gave a plan.
Meeting talents is the real purpose of Capa's trip, but it seems that this is the bottom line of the prison. He can only agree to it first and then adapt accordingly after entering.
"Okay..."
"Let's go." The deputy warden personally took Capa around the prison and gave him some simple explanations.
"I heard that in just a few days, the search team has arrested hundreds of members of the International Equality Alliance. Do you know anything about this matter?" No one was seen for a long time, so Capa took pictures absentmindedly.
I took some photos and asked the deputy warden about the situation.
"We agreed, just take some photos." The deputy warden spoke politely because of the editor-in-chief Byron's face, but it could still be seen that he didn't want to deal with Cappado.
Capa had thought up the valid reasons in advance: "As you said, we can make up the content of the interview ourselves, but we can't know nothing and rely on our own imagination to write it. In the end, it will be full of loopholes and it will be found to be a forgery.
Yes, who will bear the responsibility?"
The deputy warden was a little helpless: "What do you want to know? Just ask, and I will answer you as best I can."
"I want to know how all these hundreds of people were caught?" Capa asked.
"I can't tell you this. If I don't tell you, I really don't know. Even if I know, this is top secret. It will affect whether the search team can catch more people from the International Equality Alliance in the future. How can it be published in the newspaper casually?
Right?"
"Then what do you know? In other words, what can you say?" Capa simply asked the deputy warden to take the initiative.
The deputy warden shrugged and spread his hands: "Basically no comment."
The mouth is too strict.
It was so strict that Capa felt a little strange.
Isn't it already widely spread that the search team captured hundreds of members of the International Equality Alliance? Why are the people in the prison so cautious when they come to interview some insignificant things?
What are they afraid of?
"Then don't talk about this. Can I interview you?" Capa suggested.
"Interview me?" The deputy warden never thought that this matter could be related to him.
"With so many people from the International Equality Alliance imprisoned in this prison, it is appropriate for me to include an interview with the deputy warden when I write the report. If the report really attracts attention, I think your fame will also skyrocket." Capa
Without waiting for the deputy warden to express his position, he opened his notebook and tightened his grip on the pen, "What do you think of these people arrested by the International Equality Alliance?"
"Well……"
"How do the prisons deal with these people?"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, the interview is OK, but let's go to the warden. I'm really not good at this." Under Capa's pressing step by step, cold sweat even broke out on the forehead of the deputy warden.
Capa didn’t know the warden, but he knew without guessing that being the warden would definitely not be an easy role. It would be best to talk to the deputy warden, who didn’t look that strong and was prone to flaws: “No need to bother, interview.
It's very simple, and it doesn't involve the secrets of the search team. Just say what you know. If you are still afraid of saying something that you shouldn't say, wait until the interview is over and you can check the records I made. If you think there is something wrong, I will
Just cross it out."
"These can all be forged! Anyway, there are photos of the prison. How many people who read the newspaper have the ability to question the authenticity?" the deputy warden shied away.
"The International Equality Alliance is watching. When they see our reports, they will definitely want to have evidence to expose our lies. The more true our reports appear, the less likely they are to be exposed. All of this is closely related to you now." Said this.
While talking, Capa secretly admired himself for being so brave and dared to say anything.
A few days ago, he didn't have the guts to lie to the editor-in-chief Byron, let alone force an important deputy warden to a dead end.
But now it feels... pretty good?
He likes the self that is no longer timid and has the courage to pursue the truth.
"You..." the deputy warden couldn't laugh or cry, "I was only responsible for letting you in, letting you take photos, and explaining some things to you. Why did the task become so difficult all of a sudden? I can't do it, it's not my responsibility.
"
"Then let's take photos first. Please take me to the place where members of the International Equality League are imprisoned." Capa put away his notebook and pen.
"We can't go." The deputy warden shook his head.
"I don't interview them, I just take some photos."
"That's not possible either."
Capa calmed down: "I can neither interview them nor take photos of them, so how credible do you think the final report can be?"
"It's impossible to go to the warden to accommodate this matter. I still suggest that you go talk to your editor-in-chief, Mr. Byron. If you want to investigate, you should apply to the above first. Otherwise, no matter how high the reputation is, it will be difficult for us to do it here."
The deputy warden seemed to be easy to talk to, but in fact his attitude was quite firm and he did not give in even half a step on important things.
"Then I just take some photos of prisoners, and finally say that they are members of the International Equality Alliance. Is that okay? There is not even a photo of the prisoner. It really doesn't make sense." Capa retreated.
He believed that the editor-in-chief Byron also wanted to use the prison report to expand his influence. When he went back to report the situation, Byron would definitely apply to the superiors and try to conduct an in-depth investigation to make the report more real on the basis of forgery.
sex'.
But seeing the deputy warden's resolute look, he was worried that the situation would not change if the editor-in-chief Byron took action.
In order to avoid going back without doing anything, the editor's application was not successful, and he lost the legitimate reason to come to prison. It is better to try his best this time, and then get permission from the above from the editor. If he does not get it, he will not be able to do it.
No more regrets.
"Okay, that's no problem. You can take as many pictures as you want." The deputy warden brought Capa to an ordinary prison and watched him take pictures.
"Click."
"Click."
While Capa was taking footage, he was thinking about ways to contact the arrested members of the International Equality League.
If you want to make contact, the first thing you have to do is to get rid of the deputy warden who has been monitoring you, but if you get rid of him, you, an outsider, will not be able to freely enter and exit the closed areas.
There seems to be no countermeasures to achieve your goals.
"How's it going?" half an hour later, the deputy warden asked impatiently.
Capa, who still couldn't think of a way, had to give up: "It's all done, then I'll leave first."
"Go slowly and don't see me off."
After returning to the newspaper office, Capa reported the situation to editor-in-chief Byron, and once again applied to go to the prison to interview members of the International Equality League.
This time, the editor-in-chief Byron lost his excitement. After a deep thought, he arranged for Capa to go do other things first. He also asked the prison report to be released first, and the existing materials were not allowed to be used for the time being.
Obviously, after the editor-in-chief learned about the vigilant situation in the prison, he immediately realized that even if he asked his superiors for instructions, it would probably not work.
As a precaution, all he could do was stop working on it.
Returning to his seat, looking at the manuscript that he had failed to finish several times, Capa once again fell into thinking.
This series of events is too abnormal.
It was obvious to everyone that the members of the International Equality Alliance had been arrested, so why did the prison repeatedly prevent him from conducting interviews and not allowing even a single photo to be taken?
Why did Editor-in-Chief Byron immediately suspend his work in this area as soon as he heard that prisons were not allowed to contact members of the International Equality Alliance?
They seem to be hiding something.
right!
What are you hiding!
This feeling is very strong!
Capa thought carefully about the prison and the arrested members of the International Equality League. What exactly did they need to hide from him?
People from the International Equality Alliance!
Capa suddenly thought.
There is only one possibility that the prison is hiding from itself, and that is that they do not imprison members of the International Equality Alliance at all! The so-called arrest of hundreds of members of the International Equality Alliance is all fabricated out of thin air!
This also explains why there are so many reports in the newspapers, but I am busy with official duties but can't even see those people!
At the same time, bigger problems followed.
What is their purpose in fabricating data?
In order to give confidence to the people of Lezeinli? Come on, they bully the people like this without considering the people's feelings at all!
Could it be that just like they framed the International Equality Alliance, they wanted to declare to the outside world that the International Equality Alliance was vulnerable? It doesn't make sense. If so, there was no need to hide it from him. After all, he was also part of the plan to frame the International Equality Alliance!
Capa vaguely felt that he had touched a huge secret.
This falsely reported number does not serve any known plan; it is more like using a simple shell to conceal the underlying complex purpose.
"Crack."
A drop of sweat fell on the manuscript paper.
I am sinking deeper and deeper into myself.
Capa felt the huge power and threat of the unknown.
He wanted to continue the investigation, but before that, he had to solve the problem of his family's safety.
His wife and children are all in Lezein. If something happens to him, they will not be able to escape their involvement. If he wants to investigate, collect the truth, and help the International Equality Alliance, he must first send them out of Lezein.
"Editor-in-Chief."
Capa found the editor-in-chief Byron.
"What's wrong?" Byron had just hung up the phone.
"I want to apply to have my family leave Lezein," Capa said.
When they came to Lezein with the government troops, their family members were also forcibly brought with them. On the surface, this was to protect the safety of their family, but behind the scenes, it could effectively coerce and control them to work wholeheartedly for the government.
If he wanted to use legitimate means to arrange for his family to leave Lezein, he had to apply to the editor-in-chief.
"What happened?"
"Nothing has happened yet. I am worried that we will suffer retaliation from the International Equality Alliance for reporting so much false news."
Editor-in-chief Byron smiled: "You don't have to worry about this. The government has arranged special soldiers to protect the safety. In addition, the International Equality Alliance cannot retaliate against my wife and children."
"If they are really cornered, who can say for sure what they will do? Especially in Laize Yinli, they have an action team left behind. What if they capture my wife and children and use them to blackmail me?
?" Capa acted as panicked as possible, trying to win the trust of editor Byron.
"Let's put it this way, if the International Equality Alliance can arrest your wife and children while we are on guard, that means they can attack us directly. So don't think so much. Instead of worrying about your family, it's better to be careful yourself.
Click.” Editor-in-chief Byron did not agree to Capa’s application.
"...Okay." Capa didn't press any further, arousing Byron's suspicion.
His original plan was to give the film containing the evidence to his wife and ask her to leave Lezein with the children and go directly to Lelist City, the headquarters of the International Equality Alliance.