Chapter 147: The Confrontation of Public Opinion
However, the other party didn't seem to have any ill intentions. What did this guy want to do by approaching me?
Su Ming took the notebook from the other party, wrote his name on it, and handed it back to the other party.
"Thank...thank you!" The woman returned to the crowd happily and looked at Su Ming with an "admiring" look.
He didn’t seem like a good person, but he didn’t seem like a bad person either. Su Ming shook his head and turned to leave.
Arthur stood aside and watched Su Ming leave after speaking nonchalantly in front of the camera, without being able to say a word.
This was supposed to be his personal show, but Su Ming stole the limelight. He dared to assert that Su Ming did it on purpose!
"What should we do next?" Arthur approached Bill and asked softly.
Bill opened his mouth, and hesitated to speak. After a long while, he finally said, "I'll go back and discuss it with the others."
He really couldn't say it. Arthur's performance this time was extremely bad. If he was the only one who had gone through so many dangers to kill the female ghost in white, it would be fine. But under Su Ming's efficient killing, Arthur was completely reduced to a foil.
Anyone can see that the strength of Arthur and Su Ming is very different, they are basically in two different dimensions. Although people will vote because of their liking for someone, they also give great weight to strength. Maybe this bad broadcast has changed the minds of some people who originally wanted to watch and vote for Arthur.
After this broadcast, Su Ming's impression in the public's mind must have greatly increased. He has now become a threat.
Fortunately, District 11 was previously the territory of the Investigation Bureau 14. Generally speaking, as long as there are no major accidents, it is easy for a district chief to be re-elected for the next term. The reason why Arthur participated in the election this time was because the previous district chief, Song Tianxing, had to retire due to some health reasons.
Bill believed that the residents of District 11 still had feelings for Investigation Bureau 14, and Song Tianxing had served as the district chief for ten years since the Investigation Bureau moved into Dongyang Island. The residents trusted Song Tianxing very much.
As long as we ask the retired Song Tianxing to say a few good words for Arthur in front of the camera, we should be able to get a lot of votes.
Yes! That’s what we should do. Let’s do it this time when we go back!
Bill made up his mind.
…
Investigation Bureau 7, Propaganda Department, Lin Fei’s office.
"Great! Are you acting as yourself? That's awesome!" Lin Fei cheered with his fists clenched in the office.
Su Ming sat on a chair nearby, holding his forehead, feeling somewhat troubled.
He is a very approachable person, but in order to gain power, he has to pretend to be aloof. Perhaps this is what it means to be in a high position and have no choice.
"It's lonely at the top." Su Ming sighed.
Lin Fei didn't hear Su Ming's muttering at all, and shouted excitedly: "There are a lot of topics discussing you on the forum now! Your debut show this time was simply perfect!"
Lin Fei did not expect that Su Ming's first time doing things would be so smooth. First of all, Su Ming's acting skills are admirable. He is good-looking and young, and his temperament is perfectly in line with his cold personality. This makes it easy for young people to admire him, but makes middle-aged people feel reliable.
In addition, this time Su Ming stepped on Arthur to enter the game. The strength comparison was clear at a glance. Anyone could see that Arthur was just a younger brother in front of Su Ming! A younger brother that he beat with one hand!
Of course, the most important thing is Su Ming's hunting method, which is not fancy at all - straightforward! Resolute! Overwhelming strength!
The battle lasted less than ten minutes, and he maintained a crushing posture throughout the entire process, without even having to dodge the opponent's attacks. It can be said that this battle completely established Su Ming's image as a strong man!
"As long as we keep it up, we will have a chance to compete with Arthur!" Lin Fei said.
"Really? Is there a chance of winning?" Su Ming keenly noticed that Lin Fei's statement was much more optimistic than before.
"Yes! We still have a chance of winning!" Lin Fei took a deep breath, "Leave it to me from now on! Guiding public opinion is the specialty of the Propaganda Department. You just need to continue to maintain this attitude."
Su Ming nodded, and suddenly thought of Ying Shuran, so he asked, "Ying Shuran is also a candidate. Do we in the Seventh Bureau have to compete with each other? Does the Propaganda Department have to send two people to support each of us?"
"Well... sometimes it's like this. Minister Zhang and Minister Sylvie don't have a good relationship. They've always been competing with each other. Everyone thought about this confrontation, but there's nothing they can do."
When it comes to the topic of Zhang Tianxiao and Sylvie, Lin Fei immediately calmed down. People from other departments were speechless about these two ministers.
Ultimately, it’s all about control of resources.
Sylvie believes that the biggest threat to humanity is the devil, and in the battle against the devil, numbers are useless. People who do not meet the standards for outliers and fear characteristics are like ants even if they are S-level, so talents must be cultivated and the elite route must be taken.
Zhang Tianxiao felt that although demons posed the greatest threat to humans, the frequency of hunting demons was low after all, and the total number of humans killed by monsters far exceeded that of demons, so the focus of the battle should be placed on monsters.
He believes that any level of psychic can cooperate with other psychics who are suitable for him. The lack of resources will lead to a higher mortality rate for weaker psychics, so the resources of the weak should not be diverted to the strong.
The philosophies of these two people are completely conflicting. One takes the elite force route, and the other takes the militarized route. Both sides need to invest a lot of resources to realize their ideas, but the resources allocated by the alliance to the Seventh Bureau are limited, so they can only fight.
However, the highest-ranking deputy director and director of the Seventh Bureau were busy doing something unknown and did not care about the party disputes between the two sides. As a result, over the years, the situation has gradually developed into what it is now.
"In short, just do your job well. Minister Zhang and Minister Sylvie are both upright people. Although they occasionally take out their anger on each other's subordinates, it's not a big problem." Lin Fei said.
Isn’t it a big problem? Su Ming frowned, wondering whether he should take the initiative to say hello and show goodwill when he meets Zhang Tianxiao on the road next time, so that he might not be bullied.
"The next thing to do is to create a more comprehensive image of you! Right now the public only has a preliminary impression of you, they don't know you well enough, so I have to summarize your resume and then post it online."
Lin Fei paced back and forth in the office, seriously thinking about the next publicity strategy.
"Black Gate and Metro Stalker, these two must be mentioned. What else can you brag about? Oh! I remember! You also broke through the Stairs of Fear in the Lovers' Secret Room. This quality of fighting fear is directly related to hunting demons, and it has great publicity value!"
Lin Fei immediately returned to his seat and started typing on the keyboard, recording all the ideas in his mind.
Su Ming had only been in the Investigation Bureau for a short time, so he did not have many achievements to brag about. Fortunately, the few things he had accomplished were of very high quality and could be further explored.
For example, in Black Gate, Su Ming saved a lot of brainwashed people, and these brainwashed people all wanted to kill Su Ming in Black Gate. This is worth bragging about.
This incident can highlight Su Ming's strong strength and kind character - ordinary people like kind people.
As for the Subway Stalker, this monster is very well-known. Needless to say, everyone knows that solving the Subway Stalker is equivalent to indirectly saving hundreds of people who die every day. This is a great achievement.
But simply describing these data is not enough to give the public a sense of reality; a more detailed description of this strange nature is necessary.
For example, tell them why the Subway Stalkers have not been eliminated for so many years, because powerful people and monsters cannot enter that different space, and those who can enter the different space are weaker than the Stalkers.
The fact that Su Ming was able to enter the subway's alien space proved that his strength was weaker than the hunter, but he killed the hunter. This situation can be explained as Su Ming growing from being weaker than the hunter to being stronger than the hunter in a short period of time.
In this way, those people should be able to understand that Su Ming has terrifying growth potential.
Not to mention the Fear Stairs, which are very unique in themselves. You can find all the posts about the stairs on the forum. Here we just need to emphasize that Su Ming has the best fear resistance in Dongyang Island, and is the most suitable person to fight against demons after Ye Xing!
Oh, right! Night Star!
Lin Fei's eyes lit up and he became excited. He thought of a better title - [Successor of Ye Xing! ]
This title is definitely sensational! Ye Xing is widely loved by people in Dongyang Island. Even today, some people still miss him on the Internet. Now, if we use this title, it will definitely attract everyone's attention.
"Lin Fei, what should I do next?" asked Su Ming who was standing aside.
"It's all your business. The next step is my job. Go back and have a rest."
Su Ming nodded: "Then I'll go back first, thank you for your hard work."
"Um."
…
Two days later, Arthur finally got his TV debut.
In the past two days, because of the pressure from Su Ming, he often went to bed at three o'clock in the morning. Sometimes he even dreamed that he failed to be elected as district mayor. In his dreams, he lost, but no one cared about him at all. Everyone gathered around Su Ming, and he was like an invisible man.
Of course, this is not the most annoying thing. The most annoying thing is that even in his dreams, Su Ming always looked indifferent. He won the position of district chief, but he didn't care at all. When facing the support of voters, he still put on a matter-of-fact face.
But now, Arthur is in a much better mood, because Bill has specially customized a script for him targeting Su Ming, and his performance was also very stable during the recording yesterday.
Showing himself in front of the public is an area that Arthur is very good at, and he believes that he can turn the situation around this time.
In addition, there is one thing to be thankful for, that is, although the female ghost in white has greatly increased Su Ming's popularity on the Internet, it has not shaken Arthur's base.
Statistics from the official website show that he still has an overwhelming advantage!
"Arthur, you performed very well yesterday. I didn't expect you could handle the serious style." Bill praised.
Arthur smiled and said, "After all, it's the local official program with the highest ratings, so of course we have to be serious."
Bill nodded: "This should be a good turn, but in addition to Su Ming, the contestant named Ying Shuran should also be paid attention to."
Hearing this, Arthur frowned. He knew Ying Shuran, she was another candidate in the seventh game.
Yesterday, there was a lot of heated discussion about her online, and the most fundamental reason was because of an article on the Internet.
