District 9

At noon, while a division director was on duty in the Public Opinion Control Center of the Yanbei Information Department, the staff below came to report again.

"Director, some slanderous revelations against Mr. Teng on various platforms have been fermented for the second time. There are more than a hundred big V accounts. At the same time, they are setting the pace on self-media platforms and they are spreading very quickly." The staff member frowned and said, "Our side The accounts were banned and posts were deleted as soon as possible, but... it is still difficult to control, they have too many accounts, and the people... are spreading on their own."

"Is it still the same thing as yesterday?" the director asked.

"No, the information that was revealed is more purposeful. I intercepted part of it and printed it out. You can take a look." The staff handed over the information at hand and continued: "And in this revelation, the other party has a lot of control. v account, screenshots of our deletion of posts and account ban last night were also exposed, and they said... that our officials protect each other and are clearing Fatty Teng's name."

The director frowned, picked up the information, and looked down at it.

The revelations made by Hongjing Company against Fatty Teng this time are not completely smearing and spreading rumors. The information they revealed to the public is all true and false, and both false and true.

For example, the report stated that when Fatty Teng was stationed in Sichuan, he secretly used troops to suppress bandits, and pocketed all the money and armaments obtained from suppressing bandits into his own pocket.

Is this happening?

Yes, this did happen.

When Fatty Teng was assisting in the garrison in Sichuan Mansion, he carried out many bandit suppression activities around the defense area. He did replenish the finance and military equipment obtained from bandit suppression to his own troops, but only reported a small part.

If you want to be picky, this matter is indeed somewhat illegal, but Fatty Teng is such a person. He is not bound by rules and regulations in his work. The original intention of doing this was to ensure the stability of the Sichuan area, and also to deal with a few waves of bandits, so that the soldiers and officers below could live a better life.

However, now these things have been revealed and magnified infinitely.

According to the report, in order to make a lot of money and plunder the people's wealth when Fatty Teng was stationed in the Sichuan Army, he was often willing to put on the hat of a bandit for ordinary people and civil forces, so as to find legitimate reasons to send out troops to suppress.

The bandits on the side being suppressed were often massacred first and then paid to save their lives. Only when the money and armaments provided met Fatty Teng's expectations could he order the troops to withdraw.

The report listed in detail Fatty Teng’s gray income over the years, claiming that at least while he was stationed abroad, he pocketed hundreds of millions of yuan in gray income.

In addition, the report also pointed out that Fatty Teng engaged in nepotism within the division and engaged in the "business" of buying and selling official positions. As long as there were people above certain officers who were willing to spend money to be promoted, Fatty Teng would accept all comers and take whatever they got. How many.

Is this happening?

In fact, there are, but the nature is completely different from the details pointed out in the report. Because Fatty Teng is indeed very arrogant. Whether it is his subordinates, or the generals and officers who are friends with him in the Sichuan government, if they get along with him, they will always give him some gifts to express their gratitude during the holidays. . The value of these things is not considered corruption at all, but when it is magnified and combined with Fatty Teng's personal resume, it becomes more eye-catching.

For example, Fatty Teng helped Qin Yu many times in military activities during the Sichuan Mixed Brigade period and the Sichuan Independent First Division. If Sichuan Province uses other people's troops, he will definitely give him some benefits afterwards and express his gratitude. , and Fatty Teng did accept everything he ordered...but this kind of benefit was mostly given out of favor and did not rise to the level of corruption at all.

But the people don’t understand, the people don’t know the truth. They only know that as soon as the report spread, Yanbei’s public opinion control immediately started, and a large number of posts were deleted and accounts were banned, so the matter intensified. People think this is true, otherwise why would you feel guilty? Why do you want to suppress discussion for Fatty Teng?

In fact, sometimes this is the case. Most people do not have independent thinking when judging a thing. Before they could understand the situation, they were eager to express their opinions and participate in it, which caused the public opinion to continue to ferment. It was not controlled by the upper level, and it would not work if it was not controlled.

After the public opinion fermented, their respective media platforms and Internet platforms immediately became excited and launched a blind attack on Fatty Teng. The overwhelming curses on the Internet could not be suppressed at all.

For companies like Hongjing Media, their careers are set online, and they know very well where the public’s most sensitive points are.

Therefore, in the third wave of attacks, Hongjing Media’s copywriting is very sharp and has public opinion.

For example, Fatty Teng's personal life was very chaotic when he was stationed abroad. He was a division commander during the day and a groom at night... In order to curry favor with him, many officers often kidnapped and coerced women from good families, provided convenient services to the division commander, etc....

For another example, Fatty Teng has a separate bank account overseas, with more than one billion in cash stored in it. He has certain connections with the European Union and may be on the run at any time.

These points that make people imagine endlessly after listening to them are the key to spreading among the people. After the wave of public opinion was raised, Fatty Teng also had many nicknames...such as Teng Bridegroom, Teng Bandit Suppressor, etc.

Some people may be wondering, will this kind of malicious smear really be effective?

In fact, public opinion is really a knife that kills people invisible.

When someone says you have a problem, there may be nothing wrong with you.

But when a hundred, ten thousand, or even millions of people scold you at the same time and say you have a problem, then your problem becomes a problem.

Forced pressure is not the final solution, and if nothing is found during the upper-level investigation, some people will say that this is official protection.

The best way to defeat public opinion is to reverse it.

Hongjing Company's thinking is very clear. They want to mobilize public opinion and let everyone go to trial for Fatty Teng. Then after the upper management intervened, they had to deal with some of Fatty Teng's disciplinary violations...

Fatty Teng's popularity in District 8 was relatively extreme before. People who liked him really liked him, and people who didn't like him also stayed away from him. This was the result of his personality...

This time when he returned to defend the Eighth District, Fatty Teng came with Shang Fang's sword, and he didn't give face to anyone. This also unintentionally offended many people and forces.

From a standpoint, Fatty Teng represents Governor Gu. If the other party attacks him, it is obvious that he is also fighting against Governor Gu...

Aren't you a spokesperson? Then let you die first!

After public opinion was stirred up, attacks from the top military and political leaders in the Eighth District also came.

Wang Zhou's two division commanders, together with a dozen general-level and colonel-level officers from the First and Second World War zones, went to the governor's office to put pressure on Gu Yan.

They only mean one thing, Wang Zhou, you can handle it, but what about Fatty Teng, can you not handle it?

At this point, the secret war under the table in District 8 has gradually become clear and has escalated to an overt confrontation.