"It is very sad that there are some people who try to blind the people's eyes, deafen the people's ears, and silence the people's voices. Faced with such atrocities, I have no power to be angry. All I have left is regret. People across Europe feel sorry!"
Xiao Letian's speech to reporters was shocking. When this sentence appeared on European mastheads in various languages, the anger of the people was finally ignited.
Yeah, what is a newspaper? That is a window to open people’s wisdom. Dictators and kings have controlled knowledge and information for thousands of years. They rely on controlling information to fool the people. Imagine that a person has no access to all kinds of news and information from the outside world throughout his life. knowledge, then he can only be a humble governed person.
The people can follow it, but they cannot know it. China's thousands of years of ruling experience have long condensed this idea into ten words, and each word is a tightrope to suppress people's hearts.
The emergence of private media represented by newspapers and becoming legal publications is in itself a victory for ordinary people. Not to mention that early newspapers were all controlled by the government, but the emergence of newspapers is already a great event. Big victory.
Newspapers are the eyes, ears and even the mouthpiece of the people. It is precisely because of these thin pages that the world in the eyes of the people becomes rich and colorful. People sitting at home can know what is happening hundreds of miles away, thousands of kilometers away, or even across the globe.
The people have never had such easy access to all kinds of information, and civilians can actually sit at home and discuss the world situation like politicians. This was simply unimaginable in the Middle Ages.
But now, there are despicable criminals who have put their dark hands on the people's eyes, ears and mouthpieces. This act of blatantly declaring war on the people was immediately condemned by the people.
"What Xiao Letian said is right. Newspapers are our eyes, ears and mouthpieces. We don't want to be blind anymore. We don't want to return to the dark Middle Ages. I don't care what these people's reasons are. Anyway, threatening the newspaper is a felony... "
"Shameless, it's really shameless. This is a regression of human civilization. How could France breed such a monster? The achievements of the great revolution that were so powerful back then have actually regressed to this point..."
There is a limit to the people's patience. When faced with injustice, as long as it does not harm their interests, they can at most express condemnation and anger. But when they realize that their interests have been harmed, they will immediately become angry. lion.
Xiao Letian is such an instigator. He successfully turned a threat and attack against him into a social crisis. With his eloquent words, the identity of the victim was quietly transferred from him to the entire European people. .
Not to mention, the European people who have enlightened their people's wisdom still follow this trick. With Xiao Letian's instigation, everyone automatically regarded themselves as the victims.
"Despicable politicians, we won't say anything if you bully those Easterners. Anyway, you are just watching the excitement. But now that you have hurt our interests, then don't think about it..."
As this kind of thinking spread, even Xiao Letian himself did not expect that a legendary event that shocked the whole of Europe and was eventually recorded in the annals of history actually happened unorganized.
The glass windows at the Times newspaper headquarters have been repaired, but the new glass always has a slight color difference with the old glass around it, making it obvious at a glance that it is newly replaced.
The doorkeeper of the newspaper office sat on a chair and gently rubbed his ankle. When the terrorists attacked the newspaper office that day, he sprained his ankle while trying to avoid the carriage.
Looking at the London police patrolling back and forth around the newspaper office, the old gatekeeper kept cursing, "What have you done? If the security level had been raised earlier, this situation would not have happened... This is not a thief leaving." Close the door!"
At this moment, a young and beautiful lady suddenly walked along the street, holding a white tulip in her hand. When she reached the door of the newspaper office, she stopped and stared blankly at the newly replaced glass window for a long time without saying a word.
"Sir... is that window where the thugs attacked?" When the beautiful lady got a positive answer, she actually walked to the window, put the flower on the window sill, and told the busy editors in the room Thumbs up.
"I will always support you!" the girl shouted through the glass, smiling like a flower.
The editors in the room were stunned. The angelic smile dispelled the dense fog in London like a ray of bright sunshine, and the whole room seemed to light up all of a sudden.
All their efforts are valuable. The fatigue caused by their overtime work during this period has all disappeared. It is a supreme honor for a journalist to be so loved by readers.
At this time, the editor suddenly had an idea. He shouted, "Who is outside? Stop this lady. We are going to conduct an interview... Prepare the camera. This flower will make the headlines tomorrow..."
People were moved after hearing the news. When they pushed open the door of the newspaper office, the scene outside the door changed drastically in just a few minutes and shocked everyone.
It was not just one person who sent flowers. In just a short time, there were as many as twelve flowers on the windowsill. Every person who put down flowers would give a thumbs up to the window. That was them. Silent support.
The eyes of all the editors present were wet. They never expected that this attack would greatly enhance their reputation.
People always follow the crowd. When one person sets an example, others will follow suit. Anyway, the public's emotions are very sensitive at this time.
Word spread, and within three hours there were hundreds of flowers at The Times headquarters, where people stopped to send their encouragement.
Journalists will not miss any opportunity for hype, not to mention that this is a hype for their own reputation. The latest extra issue was printed in hot paper that evening.
A beautiful young lady’s random act quickly became a reality under the auspices of the media. That night, many families took advantage of the darkness to go to the Times headquarters to personally send their blessings. The solemn newspaper office quickly turned into a sea of flowers. .
May in early summer is the season when flowers are in full bloom. Roses, roses, tulips, crabapples... all kinds of flowers of different colors gather into a sea of flowers that are eye-catching.
"The Prime Minister from the East is right. What is a newspaper? Newspapers are the eyes, ears and mouthpieces of the people. Now there are despicable criminals trying to blind our eyes, deafen our ears and block our mouthpieces... We are absolutely We will not let evil people do evil without saying a word..."
"We don't have power, let alone violence, but we can warm the world with our love and warmth. We want the whole of Europe to understand where the people's hearts are and where the justice and axioms are!"
Countless people's cries were published in newspapers, and the flower protest that started on the banks of the Thames soon swept across Europe.
The vast majority of the people followed the crowd. After they saw the actions of the London citizens in the newspapers, countless big cities began to follow suit. All the newspaper offices that were violently attacked ushered in a sea of flowers.
During this massive flower protest, France and Austria became the imaginary enemy in everyone's mind. Although no newspaper criticized them by name, they couldn't help but made insinuations, and the reputation of the two countries instantly fell to the freezing point.
In the face of such a large-scale public protest, Austria can still hold on to some extent. After all, the conflict between them and the Chinese is just a bit of irony at a cocktail party. But the French side is not the same. They are really fighting with the Chinese. The hatred between the two sides cannot be resolved at all. They are the ones who have been criticized the most this time.
As the flower protests continued to expand, those behind the attacks on the newspaper offices gradually lost their patience. When the protests reached the fourth day, they took action again.
The sea of flowers at the Times headquarters was doused with kerosene in the middle of the night. The thugs actually lit the blessings sent by the people in front of the police, and thick smoke rose into the sky.
Not only that, they dared to resist arrest. As London police attempted to capture the criminals, a shootout broke out. The people of London never expected that the criminals would be so crazy. They actually shot at each other with the police in the dense alleys like cobwebs. The sound of gunshots almost woke up half of the city's citizens.
Countless citizens blew out their candles and lay on their windows looking out in fear. Police cars rushed over one after another in the distance, and police officers ran into the distance one after another. The sound of boots was heard everywhere on the street. .
People underestimated the ferocity of the mob, and only four people started setting fire. However, when the gun battle turned into a chase, the London police suddenly discovered that the mob actually had reinforcements. They even conducted several ambushes in the alleys.
The police who rushed into the alley were knocked down by a hail of bullets, and the continuous gunfire pushed them out again. This attack alone resulted in one death and seven injuries.
The blood of their companions made the London police furious. After a while, the armed mounted police appeared on the street, their horses' hooves clattered on the stone road, and they began to outflank the attackers.
"Accelerate, accelerate, this is a group of well-trained thugs, their marksmanship is even better than that of the sharpshooters in the army... Maintain a suppressive posture, don't rush to attack, add reinforcements to block them, don't let any of them escape..."
"Quick, quick, quick, the thugs are trying to break out toward the Thames River, requesting support from the navy and asking them to send sailors to block the river..."
Just as a group of police officers were frantically intercepting the thugs, three explosions suddenly rang out in the alley. The police blockade opened a large gap, and then dozens of figures rushed out of the alley and headed straight in front of them. The flowing Thames rushed away.
Under the watchful eyes of countless police officers and citizens, these stubborn thugs jumped into the dark river water without any hesitation and quickly disappeared. The police officers present were so angry that they threw off their hats.
"Seal the river and search for me... For God's sake, if this case cannot be solved, we will all have to take the blame and resign!"
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