Cosma Empire

It is the hottest time of the year outside the house, the roiling heat wave even makes the air misty, but the house is as cool as spring, and the broken ice and ice water in the wall continuously take away the heat on the wall along the copper pipes , making the whole room full of coolness.

This is a recording and broadcasting hall. The mayor is sitting on the sofa, crossing his legs and talking to the host. From time to time, cheers and applause erupt from the audience. It can be seen that the mayor enjoys such a unique interview, and the humorous language often makes the host can't help laughing out loud. Half an hour later, when the recording light stopped, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including the "actors" in the seats who were receiving professional acting training.

"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 that had been applied with cold water, and he wiped his face and body. The little heat seems to disappear without a trace. As he walked out with Du Lin, he asked: "I think there will be other people who want to use this more vivid way to publicize their governance ideas and propositions. I will introduce some people, no problem, right?" ?”

This is the second program. Each tape can be played for 90 minutes, of which 50 minutes are skits. It just so happens that there are so many students studying in the performing arts school. The free labor is not in vain. I found two screenwriters I told some trivial stories to practice for these students. In the other 40 minutes, there will be some nonchalant talk shows, some news interpretations like "old news", and about 15 minutes about current affairs.

The first issue of Du Lin only charged a cost price, and the response was very enthusiastic. Not to mention that all the 5,000 tapes sent out were sold out, and some of them even flowed into some "rental stores", becoming the most popular content. So far, more than 7,000 users intend to subscribe to the third issue, and more than 10,000 users to subscribe to the sixth issue, and 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 such as newspapers. First, the audience is placed 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 novelty of new media is always greater than that of newspapers. Everyone wants to read it to see if 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 top political commentary, which also increases the popularity of the interviewees.

It is conceivable that when the audience of Dulin becomes more and more, he will have a news mouthpiece not weaker than the George family, and 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 the middle class at worst.

The middle class pays more attention to politics than those at the bottom of society, and the influence of any public opinion is the most direct on them. Once people realize the value of Dulin,

There are bound to be more knockoffs. But it doesn't matter, Du Lin is one step faster than others, and he has advanced concepts, the gap will not be shortened, it will only increase.

After casually tossing the face towel to the assistant, the mayor lowered his voice, "I have passed the gas in the party, and they have no objection to your joining the new party. By the way, I also found a good place for you.", He pushed open the door, and Du Lin walked to the aisle outside the recording and broadcasting hall, "In Odis, do you know that place?"

Du Lin frowned slightly. Otis was not a bustling city. It was close to the central part of the empire. It was about 300 kilometers south of the imperial capital. It could take a steam locomotive to reach the imperial capital in a day. It seems that this place is close to the capital city, and it should be very prosperous, but in fact, on the contrary, this place is a poor place.

There is no pillar industry, no tourism resources like Illian, no seafood resources like Willis, not even as good as Tenel, anyway, Tenel is still a domestic and foreign transit point, that bird place even has pastures and farms. No!

It is precisely because of the active operation of this matter that Du Lin has learned about more than 200 cities in the entire empire. The only thing in Odis that can feed people is light industry, but the scale is also extremely limited. The long-term lack of economic development has caused many locals to leave the city. Compared with those big cities with a population of several million, there are less than 400,000 people living in the entire city of Odis.

It's like a lifeless place, without any vigor, throw yourself there, do you feel that you are too talkative?

Sensing the change in Du Lin's eyes, the mayor patted his arm, "I know that Odis is not a good place, but it is also a good place. Next, I will seek the post of governor of Cosenas State , you only need to survive for four years. After I take office, everything will be fine. And don’t you think that the poorer the place, the easier it is to develop? There are no capitalists like giants there. There is no subordinate who is against you and wants more power. There, you are the biggest one!"

"If I really send you to the imperial capital, do you think you can stay there for a few minutes? Now the governor over there is also my friend. When the time is right, I will ask him to give you a certain policy. Only, Doolin, the opportunity It’s rare, and you have to grasp it carefully. Not just anyone is the mayor at the beginning, but many people have climbed for a lifetime, and they are also the mayor!”

"I have something to do in the afternoon, let's go first! Goodbye!"

After watching the mayor leave, Du Lin shook his head. When he looked at the mayor's back, something special flashed in his eyes.

After the mayor returned to the office, he locked the door from the inside. He picked up the phone, and after thinking about it, he still called his old friend. Because he used a dedicated line, there was no need to worry about the operator being too busy or sleeping. The problem that I had caught, the call was connected quickly.

"How are things going?"

The mayor held the phone and walked to the window, looked at the countless tourists on the beach like gravel, paused for a few seconds, and then said: "It's done, he agreed. He made a very interesting one." stuff, I think you'll be interested."

"Really? You are all interested, it must be a good thing, tell me about it!"

The two talked on the phone for about thirty minutes before the mayor hung up. He blinked, pushed open the compartment door, and lay down on the bed. There were some crackling sounds like bones touching in his body. He was in his forties and his physical function was declining. After sitting for a long time, when lying on the bed, he would feel a little uncomfortable in the spine. He pushed down a little bit, the hard bed, and after a while, after the pain passed, he felt much more comfortable.

In fact, it was not his intention to invite Du Lin to enter politics. According to his own intention, he was unwilling to let businessmen enter the field of politics, but someone from above sent him a message to find a way to draw Du Lin in.

At first he thought that Du Lin had used money to smash through the upper echelons of the New Party, but later he asked his political mentor and learned the inside story.

Although Anpu failed, and the authorities also hanged Hodok on the gallows in the imperial capital, it also made many people realize that the money was most likely in the hands of Du Lin. They couldn't get the money, but they didn't want to see Du Lin just squander that money or use it for other places. Instead of watching him spend money, it's better to hook him 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 some people's sensitive nerves. Not only is the 70 million that is still uncertain, but he also set up a fellow countryman's association, and plundered funds wantonly by selling bootleg alcohol. The empire has appeared A progressive party was established, and the people above did not want to form another country party or bootleg party.

The new party and the old party seem to be opposed in form and position, but in private, there is me in you, and you in me. It can be seen from the fact that many high-level people in the New Party are nobles from the old era, and the two are not as incompatible as people imagined.

In other words, in the eyes of the high-level leaders of the new party and the old party, no matter how the empire is turned back and forth, whoever comes to power and who will step down are all 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 the resources that are not enough are divided up, 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, weave a beautiful cage with lies and the invisible future, and then wait for some not honest people to take the initiative to get in, and then close the cage door, just like those managers in Tenell did, so that These people knock out their own teeth, sharpen their own claws, and change from a lion to a docile cat!

This method is not only used by members of the old party, but also by members of 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 he will have Du Lin's funds and manpower to support him, in the next general election year, he will definitely step into that circle and become a member of it!

Will!