"Thank-you letter? Alright, just send it to my office."
After Lu Ping'an came ashore, he inexplicably received several medals and thank-you calls – it's said that the Staff Headquarters received dozens of letters of thanks.
More bewildering, he was forced to endure another round of interviews... Even though he knew that maintaining public confidence was the most important task at hand, he was still tormented by a barrage of repetitive and meaningless questions that sent his blood pressure soaring.
"Yes, the war has not yet broken out, we are safe... No, I'm not saying the recent coastal incidents are unimportant, we are building a stable and solid defense line, but we need time."
As a news spokesman, Lu Ping'an was far from professional because he didn't talk big or spout clichés, but spoke the blunt truth, and told the public about the current unsafe reality of the coast on the TV screen.
