Chapter 1379 An event thousands of kilometers away
Huang Sibo was stunned for a moment: "No."
"The "Successor" project is probably the one that Mr. Pei has least interfered with. It is basically carried out according to the original plan. Mr. Pei did not give too many requirements or suggestions."
Meng Chang shook his head: "There must be, think about it carefully!"
When he didn't expect this level before, Meng Chang was still a little confused and confused.
But after thinking about this, he suddenly became extremely determined.
Someone wrote a negative manuscript and attacked "Successor" from its spiritual core. This matter is actually a high probability event.
Meng Chang felt that he didn't expect that it was because he was too good, or he was dazzled by the previous victory using Pei's propaganda method and lost his vigilance.
It is impossible for Mr. Pei to have thought of this.
Now that Mr. Pei has thought of it, he definitely has some backup plans and also gave some hints.
Huang Sibo said no, maybe because his feeling was not sharp enough. Unexpectedly, Mr. Pei's ordinary words already contained hints of breaking the situation.
"Here... just wait a moment, I'll think about it carefully."
Seeing that Meng Chang was so determined and persistent, Huang Sibo had no choice but to search his own memory and dug out every bit of his previous report to President Pei from the depths of his memory.
After a long time, Huang Sibo said with some uncertainty: "The only thing Mr. Pei changed about the "Successor" project is probably the broadcast time..."
"I originally planned to have one episode a week, but Mr. Pei said that the time was not suitable, so I wanted to change it to two episodes a week, and it will be broadcast on January 12th."
"This is actually a bit strange, because longer time is more conducive to accumulating popularity. Each episode of "Successor" is nearly an hour long, and the content is rich enough. It is not a big problem to use it for the audience to discuss for a week."
"But Mr. Pei still asked to change it to two episodes a week."
"I asked Mr. Pei at that time if anything would happen around January 12th? Otherwise, why is it in such a hurry?"
"Mr. Pei was very vague at the time. He said that it might be useful, or it might not be useful. There is no need to have any expectations, but it doesn't matter if you try your luck..."
"If there are any special requirements, this is the only one."
Meng Chang frowned slightly: "January 12th?"
"Is this some special day?"
"Besides, Mr. Pei's words are very strange, too ambiguous."
"It stands to reason that with Mr. Pei's perspective, he can accurately understand the results of ordinary things. Things that are as uncertain as Mr. Pei's are certainly not trivial."
After a little analysis, Meng Chang felt that what Huang Sibo said was probably a back-up left by Mr. Pei.
So he immediately opened the Qiandu search engine and began to search the Internet to find out what big events would happen around January 12th of this year.
It seems... this is just an ordinary weekend, not even an auspicious day.
Meng Chang did not give up and began to expand the search scope again, extending the date to between January 8 and January 15. The search content was no longer limited to domestic, but expanded to the world, and even searched some foreign language web pages.
After searching for half an hour, Meng Chang scanned a piece of inconspicuous foreign language information while quickly flipping through the web page.
"An election in an Eastern European country will announce the results of the second round of voting on the evening of January 13, which basically means the end of the election."
Meng Chang's first reaction was not particularly concerned, because although this country called Ukraia is not a small country in Eastern Europe, its presence in the country has always been quite weak.
After all, there are so many countries and regions in the world, and many people only know the name of the country when they watch the national football team playing games. It is normal for a country like Uklaya not to know it.
But after crossing this piece of news, Meng Chang felt something was wrong and quickly turned it back.
Maybe it was because the keyword election touched a nerve in him, making him unconsciously think of the superhero election in "Succession".
Meng Chang originally knew nothing about the election in Uklaia, so he began to collect more information from foreign language websites to supplement relevant knowledge.
The more supplements you get, the more amazing you feel!
Elections in Uclair are held every four years, and this year happens to be the time for the previous president to seek re-election.
Although this president does not have any particularly outstanding political achievements, he has not made any big mistakes in the past four years. According to common sense, there should be no problem in being re-elected normally. After all, he has very senior qualifications and good political achievements.
There should be no one among the candidates who poses a direct threat to him.
So far, the situation is gradually becoming clear. The first round of voting will be held this weekend. If no one gets more than 50% of the vote, the second round of voting will be held on the third Sunday.
It happens to be January 13th.
"Could it be related to this?"
"But it feels like it's hard to be related to "Succession". Even if it can be related, how many people would recognize it? News without breaking points will not have a good dissemination effect."
This country called Uclaya is not very famous in the country, and even the public is too lazy to touch it, let alone the legend of oil paper bags.
Take this election as an example. Meng Chang found some relevant information on the Internet. Not many people in China paid attention to it. How could it be used?
But from a time perspective, it’s very appropriate.
Meng Chang did not give up and began to investigate the candidates one by one.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
Because there is a buddy here whose painting style is obviously completely different from the others!
This guy is quite handsome, and can even be said to have an upright face. He was born into a wealthy businessman family. He studied law at a prestigious foreign university. After graduation, he worked in the entertainment media industry, and then became a famous actor and program host in Uklaia.
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Three years ago, he made a movie in which he played an ordinary history teacher who became popular on the Internet for criticizing the authorities. He was unexpectedly elected as the president of Uclaya, so he formed a grassroots team and finally relied on
This "motley army" defeated a corrupt prime minister representing oligarchic interest groups.
This movie triggered a warm response in Uklaia, and he became a national comedian with this movie and was deeply loved by the people.
Of course, although he performed well in the polls, the mainstream media on the Internet did not think he would be elected at all. They felt that the current polls were inaccurate. Many people expressed their dissatisfaction in a joking manner when being interviewed.
, the final election result must be that the current president is successfully re-elected, there is no doubt about it.
"Is this what President Pei is talking about?"
"Well...that does make sense."
"Only for matters of this level, Mr. Pei said he couldn't be sure and gave such an ambiguous statement."
"But if Mr. Pei is not sure, the risk of this matter is too great, right?"
Meng Chang fell into deep thought again.
Huang Sibo watched from the side as Meng Chang searched a lot on the Internet, and even searched some English information pages. He was a little confused.
"It shouldn't be so difficult to find, right? Since Mr. Pei has chosen something as an auxiliary promotional method for "Successor", it means that it must be a hot topic that will trigger widespread discussion. If it is too unpopular, I can't afford it.
When it comes to triggering heated discussions, it doesn’t matter how good the timing is.”
Meng Chang shook his head: "What if it is not popular now, but will suddenly become very popular in the future?"
"I have found the major incident that Mr. Pei mentioned, and this is it."
"Election in Uklaia."
"Look at this candidate named Vasily the Great. He is handsome, born in a wealthy businessman family, majors in law, and is engaged in the media field. He is a famous actor and host. He is well-known through a movie. Now he is participating in the general election. He even
I have received support from many people..."
"Isn't he very similar to Phil? It can even be said that he is carved from the same mold."
"His name is also very interesting. It is very close to the word 'comrade'. It just so happens that he also considers himself a 'public servant'."
"The most important thing is that he can run, partly because he has gained a lot of popularity through TV programs, and partly because he made a movie in which he played a good president who turned the tide."
"Isn't this more bizarre than the story of "Succession"? Phil has laid the groundwork for three or four steps. He first started a talent show as a judge, then commented on hot superhero events, and finally reluctantly became a superhero. He used it one after another.
It took several years to climb up step by step, and I had to use various conspiracy methods to kill my competitors. I went through many twists and turns, and even almost bankrupted the entire family."
"In the end, Vasily the Great was much simpler. He participated in the election directly after filming the movie, and there wasn't that much preparation at all."
"Facts have proved that logic is needed, but reality does not require it at all."
"Think about it, what would happen if this person was really elected a month later?"
Huang Sibo's eyes widened: "This...isn't this too much of a coincidence?"
"Could it be said that when Cui Geng wrote this book, he was used as the prototype of Phil?"
Meng Chang shook his head: "I don't think so."
"Because Basil the Great was just an actor before, and he didn't announce his participation until just before the Ukraia election this year. And Cui Geng wrote the original work of "The Successor" much earlier."
"Great Vasily is very famous in Ukraia, but no one in our country has heard of it, and most likely Cui Geng has not heard of it either. And even if he had heard of it, it was impossible to predict that he would participate in the general election.
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"This may be a pure coincidence, but Mr. Pei noticed it before us."
"Mr. Pei obviously thinks that Vasily the Great is likely to win the election, so he requires that "Successor" must be played before the results of the election come out."
"Because once the election is over, various media will definitely cover this matter overwhelmingly. A comedian without any experience was successfully elected, which can be said to be big news around the world."
"And "Successor" must be finished playing before this, creating an illusion that the word-of-mouth dust has settled, so that it can be perfectly reversed after this incident!"
Huang Sibo: "But, according to current reports, his chances of winning are not great, right?"
Meng Chang nodded: "Yes, so Mr. Pei also said that this matter is not completely certain. After all, he should have learned the news earlier. At that time, Vasily the Great had just announced that he was running for election."
"But...even if the success rate is very low, I still believe in Mr. Pei's judgment!"