Yin Lian wrote in the letter: "The war of public opinion has never been a detective legend. You don't have to insist on returning the truth to the public. You should understand that ordinary people have their own desires and are more willing to believe what they want to believe. matter, and fighting a public opinion war is not about persuading a specific person, but only needs to gain an advantage in public opinion. Just like playing chess, it is a chess move to attack and defend with others. Attacking is also another way of chess."
Then she elaborated, gave several examples, and stated how she might choose to respond to this situation. She elaborated on three plans to deal with the Zhongzhou warlord's methods from three different directions.
One, in the name of another missing person, came out to confront Chen Zhong, overturning and refuting his statement, and even beating him up. The second is to have the local people and gentry treat an ordinary upstart soil and mine owner with the same attitude, encouraging him to purchase real estate and participate in various celebrity gatherings. A liar has a lot of money and cannot spend like a real rich man. If he is unwilling to participate in such activities that can obviously improve his own class, others will naturally feel abnormal. But if he participates, the scammer's own funds will soon be unable to support it. Even if they can support it, their capital will be held back and they will be unable to expand the scam. On the basis of this strategy, you can also try to invite people who are well-known and experienced in gold mining to understand them, and then seize their flaws to expose and refute them - if the newspaper's remarks do not have enough local prestige , or there is conflict between them, then the authority in this area should always be convincing enough.
The third strategy is completely different from the first two. Yin Lian calls it "attacking the heart first." If the other party uses people in the village as a fulcrum, it is indeed easier to gain the trust of the villagers and their relatives and friends, but at the same time, feelings are two-way, and his behavior is more likely to be noticed or even blocked by relatives and friends. If the prince's people can persuade the people around Chen Zhong and indirectly incite rebellion against Chen Zhong through their attitudes, they can achieve the purpose of removing the firepower from under the cauldron.
There are two ways of influence.
One is to make Chen Zhong feel that the people he values will be harmed by his scam; the other is to make Chen Zhong suffer the whipping and condemnation of conscience from those he is close to or admires. For example, if Chen Zhongruo has a son and younger brother, he will indirectly use the surrounding public opinion atmosphere to make them admire and even envy the Nuggets going west. And the famous squires in his hometown, even Li Zheng, or his uncles and elders, can become points of attack on his conscience. To do this, you don't even need to bribe your own people. You just need to grasp the personality of the relevant people and provide indirect guidance.
As for the specific strategy, Yin Lian couldn't formulate it for her because she was far away and lacked understanding of the actual situation, but she didn't care. I believe that there are many capable people with lofty ideals around the prince. With a little prompting, he can formulate many more sophisticated strategies than her.
The prince was reminded by her, and after a brief discussion, he felt that these strategies were feasible, so he formulated several strategies based on her ideas.
"Speaking of feasible candidates, I happen to have one here. There is no need to find another person." Mr. Ren said, "We had people investigate the situation in Zhongzhou before, but it was not without success. Not only was he successfully placed in Zhongzhou Several spies got some information and saved two people."
"For some reason at that time, the Zhongzhou warlord wanted to kill two soldiers, but we took the opportunity to rescue them and hid them. In the past two days, one of them had just regained consciousness, and we found out that these two people were still with Chen Zhong. Things matter."
Mr. Ren explained the matter in detail, and then the prince knew what was going on. It turned out that these two people were the people that the Zhongzhou warlord originally planned to use to carry out the mission that Chen Zhong was currently doing. However, the other party later discovered that they were secretly unwilling to deceive their fellow villagers, and even secretly planned to expose it to the court. and accuse them before planning to dispose of them.
When Mr. Ren secretly asked someone to rescue them, the other party was already half-dead. Even so, it still took a lot of effort to hide it from the people in Zhongzhou. Mr. Ren asked people to do their best to treat him. As a result, he woke up one after another until the treatment. One of them was not able to communicate, but the other was already conscious and told some things intermittently.
After knowing the intention of Zhongzhou's counselor, Mr. Ren sighed. He felt that Zhongzhou's move was indeed very skillful. If Yin Lian had not been behind the plan, they would have been exhausted for a while with their usual way of dealing with it. While he admired the little girl Zeng Erya, he was also secretly wary of the counselors in Zhongzhou.
This wave of operations in Zhongzhou is really disgusting. In Mr. Ren's view, this method is too low-level and not what should be done to achieve great things. Warlord Li who can do this kind of behavior is not something to be afraid of in the long run. It's just that although this person is not a serious problem, he is as sick as scabies, which still makes people feel sick.
Moreover, this method of deceiving and harming ordinary people has already gone beyond the level of deception. It can be said to be a despicable act. This is definitely not the work of princes who are eager to compete for the throne. It is more like the practice of some cult or bandits. It is really not worthy of the status of a noble prince.
But even if he knew what happened, it was not easy for Mr. Ren to expose the matter for a while. In fact, this matter was too ridiculous for a group of warlords, and it was so bizarre that it was unbelievable. He still had to find the right time.
However, the series of strategies proposed by Yin Lian made him aware of the opportunity to artificially create "opportunities".
Of the two people who were rescued, one was from Nanyi Province and the other was from a neighboring province. When I woke up, this one was from a neighboring province. In Mr. Ren’s opinion, he was not as suitable as the one from Nanyi Province, but he had the opportunity advantage.
So he designed it a bit and decided to use this one first.
Although this salesman from the neighboring province is not from Nanyi Province, he speaks Nanyi dialect, and because of the previous incident, he can be said to be full of hatred for the Zhongzhou warlord, so there is no need to worry about him being bribed or betrayed, or even Whatever benefits need to be given will make him actively cooperate with Mr. Ren's actions.
What's even better is that after Mr. Ren inquired carefully, he found that the other party and Chen Zhong were quite familiar with each other. They had even lived together in the Zhongzhou military camp for a while, which made his plan more successful. Rate.
Next, the newspaper world in Nam Yi Province can be said to be very lively. This series of incidents inexplicably attracted the attention of almost everyone and heated discussions from all walks of life. There were countless reports, and reporters from various newspapers conducted in-depth investigations. There are even tracking reports, and some people even want to go deep into Zhongzhou to explore the truth about the gold mine.
The part that emerged from the struggle between the prince and the Zhongzhou warlord behind the scenes also made many people find it exciting and ups and downs. Although ordinary people do not know the truth behind it, it does not prevent them from discussing and being emotionally affected by the verbal struggle between Chen Zhong and Ji Geng and the confusion of the truth.
Under the guidance of the newspaper reporter, Ji Geng not only knew everything about what happened in the Zhongzhou military camp, but his description was also filled with real resentment and resentment. This kind of true expression of emotion actually has a certain effect on reporting, so the reporter not only did not abandon these emotions, but modified them to suit the newspaper media, and then retained most of them and printed them in the newspaper.
In this report, Ji Geng also brought out information about many other missing persons. Different from Chen Zhong's selective narrative, Ji Geng's statement brought out more people he had come into contact with in the Zhongzhou Army, including those who were still alive and those who had been "consumed" for various reasons. As a salesman, Ji Geng is quite good at memorizing personnel information. After all, this is an essential skill for businessmen, especially those doing business.
The time spent in Zhongzhou Military Camp was particularly unforgettable, causing him to have deep memories of many people he met. Compared with him, Chen Zhong's intelligence advantage is that he can get supplementary intelligence from Zhongzhou at any time about the civilians who are still alive and have been robbed and abducted. The disadvantage is that Chen Zhong himself is not particularly good at communication and is an all-rounder. , so the people I met and the character information I got were completely incomparable to Ji Geng.
The news that Ji Geng broke out here is obviously more credible and convincing even in the eyes of ordinary people. And some of the people he mentioned in the report - especially those who have passed away, to those who really know these people, are more like a public obituary, which is not only unbelievable, but also attracts more attention. There was a storm of commotion and widespread questioning.
Ji Geng's appearance directly pushed the whole thing to a climax. Although his revelations did not include all the missing names - after all, the abduction list in Zhongzhou in the past few months has attracted the prince's attention, and the number of people involved is undoubtedly far beyond the social range he can contact. But just the list that has been revealed is enough to attract the attention of every village and town in Nanyi Province.
Moreover, the naming of Xia Kingdom also has a regional style. That is to say, the coincidence rate of names given by people in the same area at the same time is actually very high. Therefore, sometimes, a specific name may have multiple matching objects, and among them There may be more than one missing person who fits the description, which can make many relatives and friends of even those who are not on the list suspicious and uneasy.
Although you may realize afterwards that it is not someone you know, the attention paid by these people will still promote the development and brewing of the whole thing.
So in the following time, the newspaper that published the relevant news and the two parties involved received the attention of many people throughout Nanyi Province and even other provinces. People kept going to the newspaper office or the two people's locations to inquire about information about their relatives. As time passed, in addition to newspapers, everyone heard more subjective or emotionally charged judgments from many relatives of the missing who had visited the two.
As time passed, public opinion began to clearly have its own bias.
Ji Geng's high emotional intelligence allowed him to perfectly guide the emotions of many victims when communicating with their families, making them willing to become the next step in spreading the news. Coupled with the guidance and assistance of Mr. Ren, he even used some tactics and psychological suggestions during the negotiation process, which affected the other party's thoughts and feelings without leaving a trace, making the other party have a strong feeling for the mastermind of the whole thing. Hatred, and logically remembered the crimes of the Zhongzhou warlord. In contrast, Chen Zhong's situation gradually fell into a disadvantage. The prince's men have never given up their plan to attack Chen Zhong, and to Zhongzhou's staff, Chen Zhong is not a collaborator but just a chess piece, but even a chess piece has its own ideas, which leads to private With the command and coercion of the people behind the scenes, the undercurrent between Chen Zhong and those who monitored him became increasingly fierce day by day.
But Chen Zhong is nothing more than an ant to the Zhongzhou Warlord. The Zhongzhou Warlord can threaten and induce him, which is considered a waste of effort, but will not further worry or appease his emotions.
This gave the prince's people an opportunity to take advantage of.
