Wang Hsing-ching gives an example. Reporters in days gone by would jump at any invitation hoping to get leads. They all became well skilled at glib repartee. If your skills at carousing could get some important person to confide in you, your value in the profession would rise.
應酬無所不在，王杏慶舉例，早年的新聞記者，常藉著「來者不拒」的應酬以套取新聞來源，每個人都被訓練得能言善道、靈牙俐齒；尤其「混」熟以後，若能和某要員勾肩搭背，談知心話，在同行間的身價自然水漲船高。