It's the hottest time of the year outside, and the rolling heat waves make the air misty. But inside, it's as cool as spring. The crushed ice and ice water in the walls continue to take away the heat from the walls along the copper pipes. , filling the whole room with coolness.
This is a recording hall. The mayor is sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed and talking to the host. From time to time, the audience bursts into cheers and applause. It can be seen that the mayor enjoys such unique interviews, and his humorous language often makes the host laugh out loud. Half an hour later, when the video indicator light stopped, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including the "actors" in the seats who were receiving professional acting classes.
"This thing is good. The key is that your ideas and creativity are very advanced. This is the most important thing in this era!" The mayor's assistant gave him a face towel soaked in cold water. He wiped his face and body. The mild heat seemed to disappear without a trace at once. As he and Du Lin walked outside, he asked: "I think there will be other people who want to promote their political ideas and opinions in this more vivid way. I will introduce some people, no problem, right?" ?”
This is the second program. Each tape can be played for ninety minutes, of which fifty minutes are skits. It just so happens that there are so many students studying in performing arts schools, and the free labor is not wasted. I found two screenwriters to compile it. I told some trivial stories for these students to practice. In the other forty minutes, there will be some talk shows that are not shy, as well as some news interpretations such as "old news", and about fifteen minutes of current affairs.
The first issue of Dulin only charged a cost price, and the response was very enthusiastic. All 5,000 tapes sent out have been sold out, and part of them even flowed into some "rental stores" and became the most popular content. So far, there are more than 7,000 users who plan to subscribe for three issues, and more than 10,000 users who plan to subscribe for six issues. This number is still expanding.
When Du Lin talked about this matter with the mayor, the mayor immediately realized that the effect of this thing was far more effective than traditional media like newspapers. First, the audience is there. Those who can afford to buy or rent tape are at least the middle class, and these people are the mainstay of the empire. Second, the freshness of new media will always exceed people’s freshness of newspapers. Everyone wants to take a look and find out whether this new thing is interesting.
No matter what the purpose of these people is, as long as they read this tape, they will definitely see the current political comments at the front, which also expands the popularity of the interviewee.
It is conceivable that when Dulin's audience grows larger and larger, he will have a news mouthpiece that is not weaker than the George family, and is more dominant than the George family. People who buy newspapers may not all be middle class, but those who can watch these programs must be middle class at best.
The middle class pays more attention to politics than those at the bottom of society, and any public opinion has the most direct impact on them. Once people realize the value of Dulin, there will definitely be more counterfeiters. But it doesn't matter, Dulin is one step ahead of others, and with his advanced ideas, the gap will not shorten, but will only grow.
After casually throwing the face towel to his assistant, the mayor lowered his voice and said, "I have been approved by the party. They have no objections to your joining the new party. By the way, I have also found a good place for you.", He opened the door and walked with Du Lin to the corridor outside the recording hall. "In Otis, do you know that place?"
Du Lin frowned slightly. Odis was not a prosperous city. It was close to the center of the empire. It was about three hundred kilometers south of the imperial capital. It could be reached by steam locomotive in one day. It seems that this place is close to the Imperial Capital and should be very prosperous, but in fact it is quite the opposite. This is a poor place.
There are no pillar industries, no tourism resources like Ilian, no seafood resources like Willis, and it is not even as good as Tenel. After all, Tenel is still a transit point at home and abroad. Even pastures and farms are not available in that birdy place. No!
It was precisely because he started to actively operate this matter that Dulin learned about more than 200 cities in the entire empire. The only thing that can keep people fed in Otis is light industry, but its scale is extremely limited. The long-term lack of economic development has caused many locals to leave the city. Compared to large cities with populations of millions, there are less than 400,000 people living there in the entire city of Otis.
It's like a lifeless place without any vitality. If you throw yourself there, do you feel that you are too talkative
Sensing the change in Dulin's eyes, the mayor patted his arm, "I know Odis is not a good place, but it is also a good place. Next, I will seek the position of governor of Cosenna State. , you only need to endure for four years, and everything will be fine after I take office. And don't you think that the poorer the place, the easier it is to develop? There are no big capitalists there, either. There is no subordinate who wants more power than you, you are the biggest one there!”
"If I really move you to the imperial capital, how many minutes do you think you can stay there? The governor there is also my friend now. I will ask him to give you certain policies when the time is right. Only, Du Lin, have a chance. It’s rare, you have to make good use of it. Not everyone becomes a mayor at the beginning, many people become a mayor after a lifetime!”
"I have something to do in the afternoon, so I'll go ahead! Goodbye!"
Du Lin shook his head after watching the mayor leave. Something special flashed in his eyes when he looked at the back of the mayor.
The mayor returned to the office and locked the door from the inside. He picked up the phone and after thinking about it, he dialed his old friend. Because he was using a dedicated line, he didn't need to worry about whether the operator was too busy or asleep. As for the problem, the call was answered quickly.
"How did things go?"
The mayor walked to the window with the phone in hand and looked at the countless tourists on the beach like gravel. He paused for a few seconds and then said: "It's done. He agreed. He made a very interesting one." Something I thought you would be interested in."
"Really? You are interested in it, it must be something good, tell me about it!"
The two talked on the phone for almost thirty minutes before the mayor hung up. He blinked, pushed open the compartment door, and lay on the bed. There was a crackling sound in his body, like some bones touching each other. He was in his forties and his body functions were declining. After sitting for a long time and lying on the bed, he would feel a little uncomfortable in his spine. He exerted a little force on the hard bed. After a while, after the pain passed, he felt much more comfortable.
In fact, it was not his intention to invite Du Lin to join politics. According to his own intention, he was not willing to allow businessmen to enter the field of politics. However, someone from above sent him a message and tried to find a way to bring Du Lin in.
At first he thought that Du Lin had used money to bribe the upper echelons of the New Party. Later, he asked his political mentor and found out the inside story.
Although Anpu failed and the officials hung Hodok on the gallows in the imperial capital, many people also realized that the money was most likely in Dulin's hands. They couldn't get the money, but they weren't willing to watch Dulin squander it or use it elsewhere. Instead of watching him spend the money, let him be roped in and let him spend the money on the empire.
Give him a little hope, and then force him to spend money. When the money is almost spent, find a remote place and drag him there for the rest of his life. Du Lin's recent actions have touched the sensitive nerves of some people. Not only is it not just the 70 million that is still uncertain, but he has also set up a hometown association and plundered funds by selling private liquor. The empire has emerged. We have a progressive party, and the people at the top don’t want another hometown party or a bootlegging party.
The new party and the old party seem to be in opposition in form and position, but privately, there is me among you, and you among me. From the fact that many of the top officials of the New Party are aristocrats from the old era, we can see that the two are not as incompatible as people imagined.
In other words, in the eyes of the senior leaders of the new party and the old party, no matter how the empire turns back and forth, who comes to power and who steps down is still in the hands of "their own people". It is nothing more than my turn today and your turn tomorrow. Everything is under control. among. But once more parties appear and divide up the already insufficient resources, what if one day the new party or the old party is excluded from the core of power
This is something that must be guarded against, and it is more important than guarding against the power of capital.
So how to do it
It's very simple. Use lies and the invisible future to weave a beautiful cage, and then wait for some less honest people to take the initiative to get in and close the cage door, just like the managers of Turnell did. These people knock out their own teeth, round their own claws, and transform from a lion into a docile cat!
This method is not only used by people from the old party, but also by people from the new party!
The mayor thought of this and wiped his face with a wry smile. Although he is the mayor, he is still too far away from the real core of power. But when he thinks that Dulin will have the funds and manpower to support him, he will definitely step into that circle and become one of them in the next election year!
Will!
(End of chapter)