MTL - Number One Player-Chapter 209 public opinion war

Across the sea, Bald Eagle Country, the top floor of Eric Meiyi's headquarters.

"What?" Solomon Atwood, who has always been able to maintain his temper very well, is furious at the moment, "Huaguo's Lingshi new energy demonstration reactor project has actually entered the field construction stage? It is expected that two Can it be officially completed within a month?"

"Such important news," Solomon violently threw the document in his hand on the table, "Why did I only receive it now?!"

"Huaguo has carried out a very strict information blockade..." The reporter standing opposite him replied tremblingly, "Three layers inside and three layers outside, completely confidential. And there are many scientific research projects in progress in Yongliang City at the same time. , so, at the beginning, we were not able to find too many clues in advance from the mobilization of the peripheral scientific research team..."

"What I want is not your excuse for your incompetence!" Solomon Atwood interrupted the reporter, and almost shouted in exasperation, the past demeanor almost disappeared, it was a bit like Is venting his anger, "What I want is the result - the result!"

"How much do I spend on you every year? How much do I expect from you?" Solomon Atwood tried his best to restrain his temper, but his words were still like a storm, smashing the opposite side. The reporter, "And this kind of thing is the return of your investment in me for so many years?"

The reporter standing opposite her shivered and did not dare to answer.

Solomon Atwood can let Solomon Atwood give up his self-restraint and restraint for so many years and become this manic and furious appearance. Of course, the reason is not just because a "Huaguo Demonstration Reactor has entered the field construction stage and is expected to be officially completed within two months." ” delayed information.

To be more precise, the information that appeared on his desk a little over half a week late was just a fuse.

And this fuse ignited all the restlessness, unease, and panic that Solomon Atwood had accumulated since the broadcast of "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes From Afar" the day before yesterday.

On that day, at 19:00 in the evening in Huaguo, which is exactly 7:00 in the morning in the United States, Jiuqu's "Transcendent Times: Eyes from afar" video was officially broadcast.

As before, this video was forced to appear on video sites in all countries, and the headlines were on the top, instantly attracting the attention of the whole world.

Just like the vast majority of ordinary viewers, Solomon Atwood was also a member of the crowd who opened Jiuqu's video for the first time and started watching.

In such a world with turbulent changes and a new look almost every day, Jiuqu's videos are often a harbinger of new changes, hiding extremely important information, and it is an important event that no one can miss.

Just like in the past, there were many politicians and business people watching the news broadcast in China; in this new extraordinary era, not only the common people at the middle and lower levels, but also the elites at the top are more reluctant to miss the new video of Jiuqu .

Because many times, missing a video of Jiuqu is likely to mean missing important information and missing the critical moment of decision-making, resulting in business failure, missed business opportunities, and even life-threatening.

And Solomon Atwood is a well-deserved elite figure in the secular sense. He grew up with the most elite education, attended the most elite private schools, and had the most elite circle of friends, and then climbed the throne of the chairman of Eric Meiyi Group all the way.

For this reason, Solomon Atwood watched the new video of Jiuqu "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes from afar" for the first time, and while watching, he was acutely aware of the hints and interpretations behind this video, and thought of it. After that, this video may have an impact on the industry.

Sure enough, not long after the video was broadcast, the momentum of the public opinion war about Lingshi new energy and the new technology of the extraordinary era, which was going well, was suddenly setback.

in the original plan. Solomon Atwood and his allies will start from the wave of layoffs and the untenable harm caused by the new Lingshi energy, and slowly spread the war to all attacks on the new technology of the extraordinary era, and then Spread from online to online, and finally seize the opportunity of the entire era.

From the early stage, their rhythm has been done very well.

From the initial entry point of the rumor, to the announcement of the so-called insider information, to the announcement of several laid-off real hammers, to the sincere confession, to the proliferation of war against all new technologies in the extraordinary era , and finally the parade that was quickly organized offline—

Judging from this early start, almost all the well-known social networking sites fell within a day, and online public opinion almost became a one-sided accusation.

Except for China and a few countries with a very special Internet environment and its own belt, all the other countries that are completely connected to the global network have become the targets of their public opinion war.

The siege of the city and the land is like a broken bamboo, and the achievements are remarkable.

This public opinion war was launched in a lightning-like manner. On the first day, the public opinion was subverted, and on the second day, it almost fell to the world. On the third day, the position was stable and turned offline.

Just before Jiuqu released this new video, Solomon Atwood and his fellow allies held a small celebration.

At that celebration, the host opened a bottle of champagne with a smile, and everyone's faces were filled with smiles. On the other hand, Solomon Atwood maintained his reserved attitude at first.

"Come on." Holding a red wine glass, Solomon Atwood restrained and touched the allies around him, "Let's toast for this small staged victory."

"'Stage Victory,'" the allied person laughed, with a smug look in his smile, "Mr. Solomon's words are always so humble."

Under the touts and drive of him and the rest of the people, and the influence of alcohol, Solomon Atwood's attitude gradually became complacent from the original restraint.

"You want to suppress a technology and drag him into the whirlpool of public opinion." Taking a sip of red wine, Solomon Atwood hides all his pride in a smile, "Scientists Wouldn’t want to get into a mess of dirty water—hey, modern science has so many directions worth exploring, why would you want to find a direction that’s stigmatized, likely to get you into trouble, and your reputation tarnished?”

When he said these words, the people around him were listening carefully. Speaking to a group of elites in the absolute sense is much better than speaking to ordinary people, Solomon rarely has some show-off emotions.

"All wars of public opinion in modern times should be blitzkrieg wars," Solomon said about his theory, with a little bragging in his eyebrows, "Just like the beginning of the German army in World War II, conquering Denmark in one hour, 23 days Conquer Norway, 5 days to conquer the Netherlands, 18 days to conquer Belgium, 39 days to conquer France…”

It's just that maybe when he used this analogy, he didn't think of one thing, that was the end of the German army during World War II, and it didn't seem to be very good...

"Mr. Solomon, we're off to a great start," an Allied source said. "What should we do next?"

"The war of public opinion is just the beginning," Solomon Atwood smiled and said suggestively, "First set the general direction of public opinion, and it will be more convenient for more operations in the future."

"It is inconvenient to disclose the specific details in public," Solomon said, and he was full of confidence at this time, "However, I can confirm one thing, that is - from the beginning of this war, the end has been doomed, It will surely be us who will win the war."

"How many people stand behind us? How many governments, companies, and families are our strong backing?" Solomon said to his allies around him, "The economy of the entire world is closely related to us, and who dares to ignore our Threat? Aren't you afraid that we will die together?"

"This world is still the world of oil, and the world of oil is our world," Solomon Atwood raised the glass in his hand, "In our world, what can challenge us? "

"What a 'our world'!" Allied talkers raised their wine glasses, "Let's toast this 'our world'!"

The light touch of the wine glass caused slight ripples of the red wine in the glass. The color of this special wine in the glass was as bright as blood, which seemed to herald the future of this public opinion war.

And this future is completely different from the future Solomon said and imagined.

Just before the broadcast of Jiuqu's new video "Transcendent Times: Eyes from afar", everything seemed to be going so smoothly, the small offline actions were already being prepared, and the further rhythm was ready.

However, it was at this moment that the trend of the war of public opinion, which had been smooth sailing, suffered a great blow after the Jiuqu new video was broadcast.

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The heavy hit in the first stage was a huge drop in the topic's popularity.

In such an era of the Internet and the eyeball economy, attention is everything.

Jiuqu's new video, with its bizarre and inexplicable painting style, thoughtful and terrifying hints, and shocking and tragic pattern, completely detonated the public opinion on all social networking sites.

All of a sudden, everyone was discussing the video of "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes From Afar". Everyone was analyzing the hints behind the video frame by frame, arguing fiercely about the image symbolized by the video, and talking about aliens. Civilization, talking about the scene of the parallel world on Earth, talking about the decline of civilization, and talking about the strange eye above the distant sky.

There are countless topics worth discussing, and countless details worth studying.

Under this circumstance, the original discussion on Lingshi New Energy suddenly plummeted—or more precisely, the popularity of all the other topics plummeted, and instantly became a little pitiful unattended.

At that moment, no matter which website you go to, whether it’s a popular social network or a niche forum BBS, all you can see are screen-swiping discussions about the video of “The Extraordinary Age: Eyes From Afar”.

Even if you are offline, you can hear countless people talking about this video, talking about that eye, and talking about their feelings of watching...

In a trance, at that moment, it seems that there is only one topic left in the world, and that is "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes From Afar".

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The second stage of heavy damage came from the concerns about the future of Earth civilization that appeared on the Internet after a more in-depth analysis of "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes from afar".

Experts are in the folk. There are always all kinds of smart people in the world. They use different languages, different methods, on different websites, and do different analyses, but almost all analyses point to human civilization. s future.

Earth civilizations in parallel worlds and alien civilizations in different environments, in various tragic ways, have revealed how tragic the end of civilization will be if it fails to break through the interstellar age in a short period of time.

"We always think that technology is exploding, so human beings will naturally enter the interstellar age one day in the future, and maybe this day will come very soon," said an article that was highly reprinted on Facebook and climbed to Top 10 in a short period of time. The article, says, "What we don't realize, however, is that the interstellar age may never come."

"If it weren't for Lord Jiuqu (the original text is GodNine, maybe it can be literally translated as the God of Jiuqu, by the way, God doesn't just refer to God, it can refer to all gods) in "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes From Afar" , in such a tragic way, with the different endings of the demise of various civilizations, it reminds us that maybe we will still have beautiful dreams, delusional that we can enter a more developed era without spending any effort."

The author of this article is obviously concerned about scientific development for a long time, his remarks are rational and objective, and his analysis is meticulous and in place:

"After I saw the release of Jiuqu's new video, many netizens were questioning: 'Technology is clearly exploding, why can't human beings enter the interstellar age, but will be locked on the planet instead?'"

"As a doctor of science, here I want to do a little popular science and reveal the two most important reasons for everyone."

"The first reason is the consumption of resources."

"Before the first industrial revolution, the consumption of resources by all human beings on the earth was actually very low. The restriction of life in the Middle Ages made it impossible for the rich to consume much resources, no matter how noble their status was."

"However, after entering modern society, the whole world is developing rapidly, and people's consumption of resources and fast-changing technology are rising in an astonishing manner."

"Recently, developing countries in the third world are striving for development - here, of course, I support them in their pursuit of a better life. However, we have to realize that if everyone in the world lives like the developed world in Europe and America If the people of the country live like that, then the resources needed to live in this way will cost at least 5 more earths to support.”

"That is to say, if the development of science and technology slows down and human beings' pursuit of life keeps accelerating, then sooner or later, the resources of the entire earth will not be able to supply technology to make it climb to a higher level. In the end, human beings can only In the midst of drunken life and dreaming of death, watching civilization die."

"And the second major reason for not being able to enter the interstellar age is that the so-called technological explosion is actually likely to be a pseudo-theory."

"The theory of the technological explosion is based on the fact that:"

"On Earth, life arose about 3.5 billion years ago, multicellular organisms about 1 billion years ago, dinosaurs about 200 million years ago, apes about 7 million years ago, and apes about 10,000 years ago, Humans began to experiment with farming and cultivation, and the Sumerians invented the earliest writing more than 5,000 years ago.”

"In the 18th century, mankind began the first industrial revolution, replacing manual work with machines; in the 19th century, mankind began the second industrial revolution and entered the electrical age; in the 20th century, mankind began the third information revolution, and Internet technology developed explosively."

"From the evolution of life in tens of millions of years, to the recent technological progress in intervals of 10, even 5, or even one year, it has given us all human beings great confidence."

"'Technology is exploding exponentially.' — that's what everybody says, everybody pretty much believes."

"However, is the big tech explosion really going to last forever?"

"The current explosion of technology is just a case of 200 years of modern science."

"Looking carefully, in the field of science, the bottleneck of controllable nuclear fusion has been stuck for almost half a century, and basic science has also been stuck for almost half a century without any progress. We are eating the theoretical research in 1920. There is hardly any progress."

"Take the computer science (or technology) that best represents human development today. Today's computers are still based on the von Neumann structure proposed in the 1940s and 1950s. After decades of development, human production and manufacturing The capability still has not reached the limit of the von Neumann structure. Although a more advanced quantum computer had a relatively complete theoretical system as early as the 1990s, it is still far from being manufactured. That is to say, the current situation is , our technology is still based on fundamental theories that have been proposed for decades.[Note]"

"It's not just the slowdown in technology, but more importantly, the loss of talent."

"In a world where the myth of the Internet is played out over and over again, high salaries in the financial world exude unparalleled allure."

"As a talented person with high IQ, are you willing to work hard for the rest of your life in the field of scientific research that has no reputation at all and can't get too much money, or are you willing to jump out of this field and go to a more decent and richer research field? What about life?"

"According to the current situation, it is very likely that on the original timeline (I mean the timeline where the White Mist Mutation did not occur, and Lord Jiuqu did not appear), the development route of human civilization has been completely locked. ."

"Maybe human beings will be stuck on this bottleneck for hundreds or thousands of years, as shown in the video of "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes from a Distance", and then eventually die helplessly in the exhaustion of resources."

"Furthermore, when we look back on human history, it is often all kinds of crises and interests that can drive technology more fiercely."

"Looking at the various industrial revolutions, World War I, World War II, bipolar Cold War, and so on, it's all like that."

"New era, new opportunity, new crisis, the arrival of the extraordinary era, the discovery of more scientific fields, the crisis of the third world war, and the weird eye in that video - Master Jiuqu used his video , sounded the most violent alarm bell for us."

At the end of this article, the author who wrote this article said in sincere language:

"My major is theoretical physics. Although I like theoretical physics very much, or else I would not have been able to get a doctorate, but to be honest, this is not a popular industry at all. Whether it is salary or future, it is far from good. It can’t compare to the financial field and the Internet field.”

"I originally planned to change jobs after graduation. I like not being able to eat, and I also long for a richer and more decent life."

"However, now that I have changed my mind, I will continue to struggle in this profession until I see the day when human civilization breaks through the interstellar age."

Fighting for a future of the myriad of possible civilizational demise shown in the Beyond Age: Eyes From Afar video, as described in this article, has completely sparked concern around the world.

The development of science and technology, the issue of energy, the exploration of aviation, etc., have successfully overshadowed all other discussions and become the focus of attention from areas that were not very popular.

There are many similar articles, on the real feelings, on the detailed data, none of the articles is inferior to the original article by Solomon Atwood and their alliance attacking the new technology of the extraordinary era.

In such an environment, the keyboard warriors who were originally opposed to the development of new technology and shouted that new technology should "wait for the backward people" immediately changed their tone and began to say "Our journey is The slogan of the sea of ​​stars" came.

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A further heavy blow comes from the interpretation of the most bizarre eye in "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes from afar".

At present, 7 or 8 different speculations have appeared on the Internet. Of course, the most mainstream speculation is that this eye may be suggesting a cosmic overlord civilization that devours other civilizations for a living.

This speculation caused great panic on the Internet.

The only good thing is that this guess is only one of the many guesses at present, and human beings have already experienced the apocalyptic crisis of "The Creator" and the evolutionary animal and plant war of the Third World War.

Under the background of many previous doomsday experiences, this kind of speculation that another doomsday is coming only caused panic and did not cause any particularly bad effects.

Optimistic people joking with each other online.

On Quora (equivalent to the English version of Zhihu), there is a very popular question that asks:

"How many times will human civilization be destroyed?"

The top voted answer has a dark humour:

"In the series of videos of "The Creator", human civilization has been destroyed 5 times; in "Amazing Age: Eyes From Afar", human civilization has been destroyed 5 times. Now a total of 10 times."

"But if you count the small bubbles of doomsday scenes in "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes from afar" that are suspected to be parallel world Earth civilizations, and you count the obliterated timeline in the "Master of the Creator" series of videos, then maybe all Maybe a thousand times?"

"What we pursue as best as possible is always the sliver of life in the endlessly ruined future."

This answer received tens of thousands of likes in just one day and was successfully ranked as the Top 1 for this question.

And the last sentence in his answer has also become a popular phrase on the Internet:

"What we pursue as best as possible is always the sliver of life in the endlessly ruined future."

People say this, like self-comfort, like self-encouragement.

In this context, faster, faster, faster development has become a trend of thorough political correctness on the Internet.

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Internet public opinion has spontaneously changed since then.

- The word "spontaneous" here is questionable. Although there is no clear evidence, Solomon Atwood believes that behind this change of speech, there are certain research institutes and "certain countries".

In a word, after the public opinion about the video of "The Extraordinary Age: Eyes from afar" fermented, netizens suddenly changed their tone on the topic of the new technology of the Extraordinary Age represented by Lingshi New Energy.

In response to the original accusation that "the development of new technology will bring about a wave of layoffs and unemployment", netizens said:

"To develop new technology, there must be some price to pay."

"I don't understand, shouldn't the birth of a new industry bring more opportunities?"

"Yes, new energy will bring more new jobs. As long as you are willing to accept and learn, you can find new jobs after being laid off."

"Why does everyone only focus on those laid-offs because of Lingshi New Energy? The rapid development of the Internet in recent years has eaten up many job opportunities for people in the physical industry - why is no one saying this?"

"During the first industrial revolution, there was a tragedy of cannibalism! But now that everyone talks about the first industrial revolution, who would dare to say that this was wrong and that the pace of development should be delayed?"

In response to the remarks that "Lingshi New Energy may have hidden dangers", netizens retorted:

"After all, what harm does Lingshi New Energy have?"

"I carefully checked the so-called 'hazard' of Lingshi New Energy, and the results are all speculation and speculation - the adaptation is not random, the joke is not nonsense, the chapter is coming, it is to apologize to the people of the whole country (funny - Note , the remarks came from Chinese netizens.

"Maybe there are some potential dangers in the technology of Lingshi New Energy, but as long as I think that this is the direction that Jiuqu is guiding us forward, I suddenly let go of a hundred hearts."

"Lingshi new energy may bring harm, so we can't use it; paper factories will bring pollution, according to this reason, we can not use paper. Is this logic strange?"

"Should we reject a certain technology because it may have certain hazards? Shouldn't the correct approach be to continue to develop technology to address these hazards?"

In addition to some well-founded remarks, the number of netizens who stand behind Jiuqu and support all of Jiuqu's remarks is also much more than Solomon Atwood imagined.

In terms of online public opinion, I don't know where it started. Lingshi new energy, new technology in the extraordinary era, etc., are completely equated with "the direction of science and technology that Jiuqu has greatly guided us."

"What Jiuqu greatly guides us to do, then we must work hard to do it!"

"From "The Creator" to "The Hero Project" to the Miracle of the Five Rainbows, follow the great steps of Jiuqu, and human beings will have a better future!"

"What Jiuquda is doing must be right!"

- Of course, from Solomon Atwood's point of view, there must be some ulterior motives behind this kind of public opinion. By the way, he ignored that he had also carried out some ulterior motives to guide public opinion before, but just cursed bitterly, simmering fire in the office like a trapped beast.

Solomon Atwood was still a little unwilling to give up.

His team, grasping the point that "the brave man manipulated the long river of time in the video", made an effort to make an appeal, implying: the brave man is probably leading our civilization maliciously, maybe the brave man is now manipulating our long river of time .

Although this remark caused some waves, it was finally annihilated in the voices of many netizens who supported the brave and Jiuqu.

"Master Brave is maliciously manipulating our civilization? Who is talking nonsense? If Master Brave is indeed manipulating our civilization, then he is clearly trying to save us again and again, okay?"

"Repeat it again, what Jiuquda has done must be right!"

"If Jiuquda was really the manipulator behind the scenes, would he be so foolish as to send out the picture of himself manipulating civilization and give us such a bad revelation?"

Further, some netizens who are familiar with online pushers and online public opinion warfare have begun to dig out the stories behind their previous remarks.

"How did the comments on the Internet become so fast? Within a day, the new energy of Lingshi has become something that everyone shouts and beats, from the hope of the future to some kind of 'the devil of hell', it won't be any water Army?"

"There is definitely a mastermind behind the scenes. The public opinion has been flipped in one day, and the offline parade has been launched in two days. The ghosts believe that there is no force behind this."

"Hehe, can't say, can't say."

"Share the clues I've dug up. I have a friend who specializes in online marketing. These days, I received a business order for the new energy of the Black Spirit Stone. I'm sorry, because of the need for confidentiality, some things can't be said. But behind the previous public opinion, there are indeed black hands who fool..."

The only thing that makes Solomon Atwood feel fortunate is that his alliance is huge, and there are countless bigwigs on the platform behind him. This kind of excavation of the background of the previous public opinion war is only shallow at most, and it will soon be over. .

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However, the wall is pushed down by everyone, and the defeat of the public opinion war is only the beginning.

After seeing that the momentum was not good, a series of chain reactions happened.

The first chain reaction came from the Ernest International Joint Research Institute.

In the previous intensifying public opinion war, the Ernest International Joint Research Institute, which was the signature object of the first paper of Lingshi New Energy, was besieged by some emotional mob.

A researcher was injured, some expensive experimental equipment was damaged, many experiments were forced to be suspended, and the entire institute was transferred to other places for refuge. It can be said that the loss was heavy.

During this siege, the Ernest International Joint Research Institute sent an application for a call to Solomon Atwood, and got a reply from Solomon that "investment will not stop, so they can rest assured that research and development must be seized in advance".

However, when the clues behind the scenes began to be revealed, when the institute discovered that Solomon was likely to be the driving force behind the war of public opinion, their attitude changed instantly.

Paper can't contain fire, and there is no airtight wall in the world. When the Ernest International Joint Research Institute looked at Solomon's original answer when he knew some insider information, he only felt extremely ridiculous.

At the same time, many universities, research institutes, scientists, and scientific research practitioners who share the same hatred have also completely blocked Solomon Atwood and the Eric Meiyi Energy Group he represents.

The extraordinary era has brought endless possibilities in scientific research. Almost most of the international frontier universities, research institutes, and scientists have invested more or less in the research on evolution factors, spiritual stones, extraordinary abilities and other related aspects. .

Especially during the previous apocalyptic crises, in response to the call of the United Nations and governments of various countries to "save humanity", countless scientists gave up the projects they were half-researching and turned to this new field.

Therefore, when Lingshi New Energy is attacked on the network. , and when this kind of public opinion still has a tendency to spread to other fields of science and technology in the extraordinary era, many scientists directly end the field and strive to speak for the new technology.

However, before the video of Jiuqu was released, they were violently besieged by netizens.

Just like in the field of genetically modified food in China, the three professors who won the annual Future Science Prize, which is called the "China Nobel Prize", were ridiculed on the Internet as "the three ugly GMs", and they were scolded with blood. Many scientists and laboratories who went straight to the scene also had a very bad experience.

Now that public opinion has reversed, and the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes has been revealed, relevant people are naturally reluctant to cooperate with Eric Meiyi Energy Group.

And this first chain reaction gave Solomon Atwood a heavy blow.

The fact that he promoted this public opinion war was not because he did not approve of the future of Lingshi New Energy, but precisely because he was very optimistic about the future of Lingshi New Energy.

Solomon just wants to delay the application of its technology, so as to pave the way for the transformation of his group, so that in the future era of new energy, Eric Meiyi can still become the hegemon.

If Lingshi New Energy is allowed to develop rapidly and large-scale applications begin to appear within a year, then the Eric Meiyi Group, with its huge size, will have to lose at least two-thirds. The boat is small and easy to turn around. For a group as big as them, it does not mean that transformation can be transformed.

However, if the entire Lingshi New Energy technology is no longer related to him, then does the entire Eric Meiyi Energy Group still have a future to speak of?

However, this fatal blow was only the beginning...

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