At first Lu was very polite, but then out of the blue he asked some incisive questions which gave the interviewee nowhere to hide. (13) Sima Wenwu said that Lu first allows his subjects to gallop off, then thinks of a way to rope them in, and the subjects say many things without realizing that they will probably regret them.
蕭乾特別推崇陸鏗在訪問胡耀邦時所用的「逆勢法」：彬彬有禮，然後用冷箭射出一些尖銳的問題，逼得對方無處可躲 13.。司馬文武也說陸鏗讓人先跑野馬，再想辦法把他拉回來，對方就不由自主講了許多會後悔的話 14.。