First Player

Chapter 276 Chapter 274·[Hero Plan]

With a "bang" sound, like thunder, Ashkel's fist hit the conference table hard.

"Alger - this is the United Regiment!"

His tone was very solemn.

Even when facing Alger, the top player on the list, and facing the peak armed strength of this joint group, his tone did not give in at all:

"——This is the United Group! Our purpose is to think about the destiny of all mankind, concentrate all our efforts, mobilize all manpower and material resources, and not give up on every human being at will!"

"I have to tell you, Alger, this is a war! Even if we are not some salvation welfare organization sent by God and cannot save everyone, we must do our best. As long as the United Regiment can sustain itself for one day, we will not be able to save everyone." I will give up on anyone who asks for help. As long as you don’t give up, miracles will always exist—even until the end of human history!

If we give up right here, what happens to those who are sacrificed? For the remaining people who are still alive, can they continue to fight with peace of mind? You have to remember that the number of casualties is never a number, it is a living life, an independent person! As long as we are alive, we will never give up a life, miracles will definitely happen, and our persistence and faith will be passed down forever with history! "

His words were very convincing.

After listening to his words, people were in awe, and Kairosa sat up straight, with tears of excitement in her eyes.

"...But we are leaders, aren't we?" At this moment, Alger narrowed his eyes.

Facing Eshkol’s generous words, his words were almost ridiculing: “… As a leader, what a leader should do most is to believe in data, and what a leader should avoid most is falsehoods.

It's ridiculous. A secret meeting like this is the last place where slogans and formalities are needed.

But... Sir, your words are still overly optimistic and full of slogans like those used at world forums. The whole process seems to be saying, 'In the long run, all this will pass', but there is no response to the current issues... "

He yawned: "...It's a pity, I thought the United Regiment was an interesting place."

He said, standing up from his seat, which made a screeching sound.

Ashkel frowned and watched him walk out of the conference room, like watching a teenager entering a rebellious period.

"...Alger is getting more and more outrageous. Even the top players shouldn't..."

"The players at the top of the list don't listen to orders, are not under control, and all of them have very bad tempers. It's really hard to imagine how we can hand over the future of mankind to such a group of unreliable guys..."

"If you ask me, this kind of people should not be allowed to participate in this kind of high-level meeting. Their knowledge is still too short-sighted and their suggestions are useless. They are not as good as our previous parliamentary group..."

"It's just formal power. If we don't give this group of players the right to participate in the meeting, how can these arrogant guys be obedient... However, it's just a formality, and they can't have access to the highest-level matters..."

Ashkel coughed, and the conference room became silent for a moment, and the original whispers disappeared instantly.

"Chief of Staff, I have a suggestion." A white-faced man with his head turned back pushed up his glasses.

"Please tell me." Ashkel nodded.

"I believe that in response to the disaster just mentioned, in addition to setting up a special disaster response team. Under the current situation, excessively suppressed and desperate news should not be announced to the outside world." The white-faced man said: "The joint group was originally made public. We can appropriately hide some of the information and materials to reduce the number of cases of mental breakdown disclosed to the public, appease the masses, hide the truth about the bad situation, and reduce their panic."

"You are right, Jin Minhao." Ashkel motioned for him to continue.

"Public opinion has huge power, and we should control this power." Jin Minhao said seriously: "The voice spread will become the trend of public opinion. As long as we control this trend... we can use more topical The degree of violence has suppressed people’s attention to mental breakdown incidents.”

Ashkel showed an expression of approval.

Encouraged, Jin Minhao said even more excitedly: "In this regard, I think we can focus on the topics that the current players are most interested in, the most popular public opinion trends, and carry out targeted amplification of the topics, so that their eyes have to focus on this damn thing. incident of mental breakdown."

"After all, on the order of billions, hundreds of thousands of people are still a minority. As long as we can control the trend of public opinion and not go against the grain of the public, it will be easy to create a topic that can overwhelm the crisis."

"This is an era of entertainment. With the introduction of rankings and live broadcast systems, people who have been admiring others since ancient times are always good at exploring new entertainment topics in this era."

Ashkel: "You mean..."

"Yes, sir." Jin Minhao's face glowed: "We can start from the topics that players are most interested in at the moment, and be an invisible hand to reverse the unfavorable direction of public opinion, so that the public can find peace in entertainment!"

"Panic will bring uncontrollable consequences and will only slow down our rescue progress."

"In order to 'save the majority of people' and allow the majority of people to survive, we need to cut off this senseless panic that is prevalent on the forum!"

"For this reason, appropriate means are necessary. This is just a means of controlling public opinion, and it is an excellent means of redemption!"

"You have full responsibility for this matter and it is required to be implemented immediately." Ashkel made a decisive decision: "We must do our best and do our best! Completely stop this spreading panic!"

"Yes, sir!" Jin Minhao was extremely excited after being appointed.

He continued: "I have continued to observe that the topic that players are most interested in currently is not speculation about the next world, nor speculative analysis of the world of the Lord God, nor data guide posts - but about top players. Respect! As long as you amplify this emotion and create a topic, their attention will be easily distracted..."

"That's very well said." Ashkel nodded: "This is a necessary means."

While they were communicating, Kairosa was also thinking.

Kairosa felt worried when she saw the overly excited Jin Minhao.

She couldn't help but raise her hand.

"Can I ask a question?"

"Ah, please ask, Miss Kelosha."

"Mr. Jin." Kairosa stood up: "I understand your suggestion of reversing unfavorable public opinion by creating a buzz about top players, but... publicizing the heroic behavior of top players in such a huge way highlights individualism... …What if, in the future, these powerful beings whom we have praised suddenly behave violently and disobey control, how should we deal with it?”

As she spoke, she couldn't help but mention Alger who had just made her angry: "Look, Mr. Alger just now is a being who disobeys control. We do not rule out that other top players will also have such excessive behavior." The existence of rebellion. Our good intentions may have been fed to a white-eyed wolf."

"Calm down, Kairosa." Jin Minhao said with a smile: "This is exactly another suggestion I want to make."

"Please tell me."

"The joint team has calculated the weight proportion of each peak player - it is shocking, the proportion is beyond our expectation." Jin Minhao said: "We have gradually been unable to ignore their importance. On the contrary, if If we want to continue human civilization, they will be the most important pillars - if we want to continue to exist, we should not be leading them, but they are redeeming us, and their status has undergone earth-shaking changes. "

"So I think it's better to promote it than to suppress it."

"Rather than being limited to struggles between factions and personal grievances, the United Group should take a broader view."

"...the situation is amplified. After all, we are fighting for all mankind."

"Besides, commending heroes, inspiring the masses, and continuing the pioneering spirit...this is what humans have been doing since ancient times. If we want to transform the bad emotional atmosphere and everyone is united, we must establish the due 'hero'."

"We need to make people believe that there are people who are always fighting, people who are always trying to save them, and people who are always fighting for them. As long as civilization lasts, there are people who will never fall."

"——We need a clear leader."

"——We need the strongest leader of mankind right now."

"In this way, even if the environment is extremely harsh, people's hearts will be united."

After Jin Minhao finished speaking, Kairosa immediately stopped asking questions.

She already fully understood that the other party's preparations were completely in place, and she did not need to be confirmed by an outsider.

The look in the other person's eyes... She could see it very clearly. She had seen many such looks when she went to many countries for rescue as a volunteer ambassador. The other party... without exception, is a person with great love.

She didn't need to question anything.

However... the meaning of Jin Minhao's words really sounded familiar to Kairosa.

It's like I've heard it over and over again, like a theory that's almost engraved into my DNA...

The other party's overly enthusiastic attitude, like a fanatical believer in his own words, also seemed familiar to her...

"So, my plan is roughly as follows." Jin Minhao pushed up his glasses and continued.

Facing the people in the entire conference room, his eyes were shining, as if he was speaking his ideals to the whole world:

"This plan, which I call the 'Hero Project', aims to introduce topical heroes to distract people from the bad situation and reverse the negative and pessimistic trend of public opinion."

"This program is mainly run by the Ministry of Information. The key point is 'public focus'. In the first step, we can introduce selfless heroes in the true sense who can serve as role models. This batch can include great scientists, Or technical talents who have made outstanding contributions, such as Dr. Zhuang, Minister Liu, Dr. Chomia, Dean Skoll, etc..."

"The second step is to introduce 'personal heroes' that the public likes, to amplify their topicality and appeal. The number of them is preferably one to two, so as to maximize the focus of the public's attention. And among them, I also have a personal Suggestions must be made by individuals who are powerful, highly topical, have a simple background, and are easy to convince the public..."

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【December 4, 2023, 15:25 pm】

"Goodbye, big brother!"

"Goodbye Brother Lighthouse!"

"Goodbye, Teacher Auntie's husband! Remember to bring wedding candy next time, don't come empty-handed again!"

Warm wind flowed slowly in front of his eyes.

The silver bell-like laughter flowed slowly along the wind.

The children stood behind the railing, waving, their hands filled with candies and balloons.

Their faces were full of smiles, and their smiles bloomed like spring flowers.

They seem to be extremely happy living in this world.

After waving goodbye to the children, Su Mingan turned around.

"Are you having fun?" Noel asked.

"It's okay." Su Mingan said, "The children are very cute."

Noel glanced at him and sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"They look very cute, very optimistic, very happy, right." Noel sighed: "They are like pieces of white paper, without any stain, not contaminated by this world at all."

"They really don't realize what such a world means." Su Mingan said.

"I don't envy them, frankly," Noll said.

"how?"

"...In fact, most of these children are children whose parents were not selected into the game." Noel said: "Or, they have completely lost contact with their parents, cannot find any relatives, and are removed from the streets. The child that was picked up."

"Loss of contact?" Su Mingan was a little surprised.

"Well, no one knows what happened to their parents. Logically speaking, as long as they are selected into the game, they can be contacted. The United Group has a special children's rescue society, and there are also organizations that help contact relatives. On the World Forum , also has a special section for searching for relatives." Noel said: "Even in such a world... people are indispensable for family care. Children miss their parents, parents are looking for their children... but there are situations where they cannot contact each other. It may be that one of the parties has chosen to commit suicide, become a special identity, or has suffered a mental breakdown and fallen into madness..."

Su Mingan remained silent.

"I don't know what the game wants to do by choosing such a group of children to come in." Noel sighed: "There are many of them, and they can't even understand the meaning of the opening ceremony. Some of the children can't even speak. They cannot walk upright...and they have all experienced at least one death since they came here."

"Every time I see them, it's hard for me to imagine how helpless and painful the death they experienced was."

"They are all a group that is 'ignored by the public,' and their pain can only be seen by a few people."

After a moment of silence, Su Mingan spoke:

“…People tend to see only what they want to see.”