Three days later, a news conference was held as scheduled in the auditorium of the Xiangjiang Police Headquarters building on Weaponry Street.
The auditorium, with a capacity of two hundred people, was full.
What Xiangjiang certainly wasn't short of was media. From the government-affiliated Phoenix News at the top tier, down to the gossip magazines on street corners, dozens of newspapers and periodicals of all sizes were in attendance; furthermore, since the news about the 'kidnapping case' didn't involve political opinions, but was about moral and legal boundaries that all humanity should abide by, even many radical newspapers that usually held opposing views to the government had specially sent reporters to cover the event.
As three public relations officers, adorned with shining police stars on their shoulders, took to the stage, a flurry of shutter sounds immediately filled the auditorium. It took a good ten seconds before the venue quieted down again.
