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Chapter 706 "705" Li Jie: The overall situation? We Chinese are the overall situation!

“I don’t think we should be so impulsive.”

There are hard-line squidmen, and naturally there are moderate squidmen.

On the right, a squid tycoon wearing a casual suit and a beard shook his head: "Nanjing also suffered a massacre, and 30 people were killed. If we deny and do not respond to the outside world, then the outside world will ask us: Since you do not sympathize with the Nanjing Massacre, why should we sympathize with the squid massacre?"

"This is bound to put us in a very passive position."

"My suggestion is to downplay it, downplay it when reporting it, and then emphasize the Squid Massacre to draw everyone's attention back to the tragic history of us Squids."

Next,
There was a debate in the meeting room, with each side holding its own opinion.

Each has its own reasons.

Ben Stuart Resnick listened to the argument and rapped on the table.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

Everyone fell silent.

"First of all, it is clear that the promotion of The Rape of Nanking is very harmful to our status as the only victim. We cannot actively promote it for them."

"But the risk of blocking is too great and it is easy to become a target of public criticism. The only option that is most appropriate is to downplay the situation, which can reduce the impact without causing too much backlash."

"Let's follow this direction and discuss in detail what to do."

Ben Stewart Resnick struck the keynote.

Many squid tycoons began to discuss.

30 minutes later……

After some discussion, the meeting quickly reached a consensus.

Ben Stuart Resnick began to assign tasks: "In terms of publishing, contact HarperCollins Publishing Group immediately and find a way to get them to modify the content of the book to weaken the impact of the Nanjing Massacre. If that doesn't work, try to delay the printing speed..."

"Media, from now on, be selective in reporting on all content related to this book and exhibition, reduce exposure, and highlight the history of our squid people."

"The public opinion team is ready to guide public opinion, emphasize the uniqueness and irreplaceability of the Squidman Massacre, and draw the public's attention back."

"Also, set up a monitoring team," Ben Stuart Resnick added.
"We must keep an eye on public opinion in real time. Once there is any new situation, report it immediately so that we can adjust our strategy. We must get this done well. This is related to our core interests."

Like a mobilization meeting,
Everyone was in silence.

"The meeting is dismissed!"

Next, Squidward's organization began to operate rapidly.

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a new day,
Umbrella Corporation building, in the office.

Guan Zu stood in front of the French window, looking at the bustling Chinatown downstairs.

I looked at the system.
San Francisco support rate: 53%... This support rate is the result of two years, but it has been stuck for a long time and has not moved much.

San Francisco Bay Area: 23%…up slightly.

Looking at Los Angeles,
Los Angeles support rate: 12%...In the early stages, the increase is relatively fast.

Tap tap tap~~~
at this time,

Li Jie walked in with a serious expression, holding a stack of documents tightly in his hands.

"Brother Zu..."

He walked up to Guan Zu.
"The media we had previously agreed with the Squidwards basically did not report on the news in Union Square."

"Moreover, most of the California newspapers today do not contain relevant content."

Guan Zu's expression remained unchanged, his eyes were deep: "Do you know what the reason is?"

Li Jie: "I arranged for someone to call those TV stations and newspapers."

"The Squid Man media that we had an agreement with apologized to us, saying that we couldn't prove the truth of the massacre. So they didn't dare to report it."

"Heh~~~"

Guan Zu sneered.

"When they report something, do they care whether it's true or not? It's a joke from hell!"

"What about the non-squid media? Why aren't they reporting on it?"

Li Jie: "The newspapers that didn't report it all said similar excuses."

In the office, Li Qiao, Bao Ge, Gong Wei and others showed curiosity and confusion on their faces when they heard the news.

Li Jie: "The media that had nothing to do with the Squid Man didn't report it. I guess the Japanese threatened them not to report it. After all, there are still a lot of Japanese advertisements."

"The only thing I'm curious about is why the Squidman suddenly changed his mind. Didn't he say before that he would work together to carry out the Squidman Massacre? Why didn't he report it at the critical moment?"

Brother Leopard said thoughtfully: "These squid people are always smart, they will definitely not do this for no reason. Is there some deal behind the scenes that we don't know about?"

Guan Zu was also thinking about this problem.

It is reasonable for the Japanese to stop it, but it should not affect the Squids in any way.

Could it be——

Suddenly, Guan Zu had an idea: "Tell me, is there a possibility that the Squid People want to maintain the priority of the Squid People Massacre in the eyes of the world. Are they afraid that the Nanjing Massacre will steal the limelight? And then lose those vested interests."

As soon as Guan Zu said this,
Everyone started thinking.

"It's really possible."

"Eh~~~"

"That should be it."

Li Jie nodded: "There have been signs before that they are very sensitive to the distribution of attention to this kind of historical themes. So how should we deal with it next?"

Brother Bao said: "Boss, I have an idea, maybe it will be useful."

Guan Zu smiled and looked at Brother Bao: "Tell me about it."

Brother Bao: "In the past two years, we have set up a "mutual aid association" to deal with the media. We have a method to let a large number of people call those newspapers and threaten them that if they don't do well, they will cancel their subscriptions."

"That's what the Squidwards have always done."

Brother Leopard grinned: "We can use the same method for this matter."

Guan Zu nodded: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you."

Brother Leopard patted his chest and said, "No problem!"

Guan Zu looked at the others: "Do you have any other ideas?"

Li Qiao raised her hand: "Our Chinatown in San Francisco and Los Angeles is one of the busiest places in the entire city. We can hold an exhibition on the Nanjing Massacre and put those cruel photos in it..."

“Then there’s a ‘watching experience’. Anyone who can successfully hold on for 10 minutes will be rewarded with $5, and there will also be advertising.”

Everyone fell silent.

"it is good!"

"That's a good idea!"

Guan Zu and others were all surprised.

Guan Zu looked at Li Qiao. This woman had performed well in "Comrades: Almost a Love Story". She was a country girl from Guangzhou, working as a cleaner and eavesdropping on English classes, then becoming her own boss. She also came to the United States and became very successful. She really had her own abilities.

"Great! She's worthy of being my wife. She's really amazing!"

Brother Bao rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "The "viewing experience" was set up and a $5 reward was given. The public's enthusiasm for participation was greatly increased by using the profit-driven approach. The 10-minute viewing time set in the experience rules also ensures that visitors have enough time to immerse themselves in the exhibition and gain a deeper understanding of the history of the Nanjing Massacre, rather than just a cursory glance."

Gong Wei nodded: "By showing the brutal photos of the Nanjing Massacre, with direct and shocking visual effects, visitors can feel the cruelty of history more deeply, which is more contagious and persuasive than simple preaching and propaganda."

Li Jie also praised: "This novel form of 'viewing experience' is itself topical and can easily attract media attention, further expanding the scope of dissemination and achieving a publicity effect of small but great benefits."

The atmosphere in the office suddenly became heated.

Guan Zu clapped his hands: "Okay, let's do it!"

"Once the situation gets underway, we will organize a demonstration and march to Japantown to force them to apologize and create conflict..."

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

A confrontation... against Japan.

To the Squidward.

Officially kicked off!

Guan Zu waved his hand and said, "Li Jie, A Bao, Li Qiao, thank you for your hard work next... Also, inform Xiao Fu that Los Angeles cannot fall behind!"

Li Jie and others solemnly said: "Yes!"

Ring ring ring~~~
Just then, Li Jie's cell phone rang.

Answer.

"Mr. Crewson wants to see me? All right, I'll be right over."

Cruzon is the Democratic Party chairman of San Francisco.

After Li Jie hung up the phone, he said to Guan Zu, "This Cruson called me at this time, it must be with bad intentions. He might be lobbying for the Japanese."

Guan Zu sneered, "It's okay. Go meet him and see what his attitude is. This November, there will be elections for California governor, state assemblyman, San Francisco mayor, and city council. In the San Francisco Bay Area, we have far more Chinese than Japanese. I believe he will make an important choice."

"If he really wants to stop us, you can threaten him, and we can also join the Republican Party."

Today, the reach of umbrella companies is large enough to make many people compromise.

The political characteristic of the United States is compromise.

Guan Zucai didn't believe that Cruson would offend the Chinese community for the sake of Japan.

In San Francisco,

How many Japanese people are there? Just over 1.

And what about the Chinese? 18!
In the San Francisco Bay Area, the Chinese population is 40, while the Japanese population is only 2.

Can Japanese compare heads with Chinese?
The only thing it has is money.

……

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quickly,

The San Francisco Democratic Party's executive building.

Li Jie got out of the car and walked in with Li Qiao. He usually worked here as a campaign assistant for the Democratic Party campaign team.

In the lobby, Councilman Tom Armagno saw Li Jie and quickly greeted him: "Mr. Li~~Chairman Thomson is in his office, waiting for you..."

Li Jie smiled: "Thank you."

The two have a good personal relationship. After all, Tom Armagno's successful campaign was aided by the votes from the Umbrella Corporation.

Arrived at the door of the president’s office on the fourth floor.

Knock on the door.

"come in~~"

Li Jie pushed open the wooden door and saw the dark brown walnut bookshelf with the Federalist Papers and other political science classics neatly arranged, and biographies of Clinton and Roosevelt below. On the top of the bookshelf was a copper Democratic Party emblem ornament with its eagle's beak facing the door.

"Li~~~"

"Master!"

Cruson turned and looked at Li Jie, who was tall, with a beard and a typical old white face.

Drink coffee,
Chat about family matters.

After 10 minutes of talking about this and that, Cruson finally got down to business.

"Lee, I heard you are a Singaporean Chinese."

"Yes."

“Which generation moved to Singapore?”

"In the 30s, my ancestors immigrated from Dongda to Malaysia because of the war. Then the Malays expelled the Chinese, so we followed a large number of Chinese to Singapore..."

Cruson smiled: "Good, so logically, you should have nothing to do with Dongda, right?"

Li Jie nodded: "Yes."

He glanced at Cruson and said, "Master, if you have anything to say, you can just say it."

Cruson clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll get straight to the point... Mr. Kenjiro Sato, the president of the Japantown Chamber of Commerce, wants me to connect you with him, hoping to get some information on yesterday's conflict and the Nanjing Massacre..."

He hasn’t finished yet…

"impossible!"

Li Jie said flatly: "Japan committed such a heinous crime at the University of Tokyo, 30 people were massacred, and they don't want to admit it, and they don't want us to mention it? There is no such thing in the world."

Cruson: "But didn't you say you were Singaporean?"

Li Jie: "I am Singaporean, but my ancestors are from Dongda, so I am Chinese. Mr. Xi, I hope you can forgive me. This is a conflict between Chinese and Japanese."

Cruson was a little dissatisfied: "But you are a member of the Democratic Party now. You should understand that the Democratic Party is fighting for the rights of ethnic minorities. Chinese and Japanese are both ethnic minorities. There should be no internal conflicts."

Li Jie was firm: "Sorry, there is no room for discussion."

Cruson got angry and slammed the table: "November is election month. Your conflict will affect the overall election situation of the Democratic Party."

Slam the table?

Li Jie sneered and slapped the table.

Bang~~~
"Mr. Chairman, in the San Francisco Bay Area, there are only 2 Japanese people, while there are 40 Chinese people!"

"Excuse me, who is the boss?"

Li Jie looked at Cruson coldly.

Cruson: “…………”

I was speechless for a moment.

40 versus 2, it is clear at a glance who is the king.

He quickly forced a smile: "Ahem... Actually, I have always valued the Chinese very much, and I hate the hypocrisy of those Japanese..."

Sorry, I spoke too loudly just now!
Cruson: "Don't worry, I strongly support the promotion of "The Rape of Nanking". I strongly agree that more people should know about it!"

Li Jie pretended to be calm: "Thank you for your support, Mr.

The two sides chatted for a few more sentences and then Li Jie left.

Cruson suddenly became gloomy. He wanted to do a favor and help Kenjiro Sato, but he didn't expect to fail.

"Damn, those damn Japanese!"

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……

The next few days were calm.

The conflict in Union Square soon lost its appeal. Even though the group of "actors" performed in Union Square every day, their appeal was greatly reduced.

The popularity comes quickly and goes away quickly.

A few days passed like this, and Japanese people such as Kenjiro Sato and the squid people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the storm had calmed down.

Then he sneered:

"That's it?"

"That's it?"

This Chinese person is indeed weak and can be bullied.

At this time, the second operation planned by Umbrella Corporation is being prepared in full swing.

There is an "exhibition hall" in each of the Chinatowns (Chinatowns) in San Francisco and Los Angeles, which are being renovated rapidly and will soon be "opened"!
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ps: I recommend a good science fiction novel: "Did the World Destroy Today?"

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