Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 226 - 222 Hillary

Washington, D.C., in a spacious and well-lit conference room.

The incumbent President Clinton was discussing the increasingly heated election situation with his staff.

As the economic development during his first term was very good,

everyone present was quite confident about retaining the traditional Democrat Party strongholds in this election.

"The Northwest region is the stronghold of the Republican Party; our chances of getting Electoral College votes there are slim," said the chief of staff, leaning forward and speaking to Clinton. "So what we can aim for are only some swing states."

"But the most important swing city right now, New York, has a Republican Mayor, Giuliani," another staff member raised a doubt.

"The real masters of that city have always been Wall Street," the chief of staff said as he looked directly at the other, speaking slowly. "And those vampires always bet on both sides."

"Besides, we are not without advantages," he said respectfully, gesturing towards the couch.

"Due to the First Lady’s influence, the latest polls show a significant spike in support for Mr. President among New York’s women."

The First Lady furrowed her brow and said offhandedly, "Just call me Hillary."

Then she turned to the President, "So, you must pay attention to the feminist rally being held in New York."

"I’ll help you review the speech once it’s written."

Clinton looked at Hillary and unconsciously furrowed his brows.

At that moment, an internal staff member pushed open the door, "Mr. President, we’ve located the documents you requested."

"Miss Lewinsky is currently keeping them safe in the President’s Office."

"Oh," Clinton averted his gaze unconsciously and stood up, "Let’s stop the discussion here for now; you all go and prepare."

After the staff had left the conference room, he smiled at Hillary and said, "Thank you for your hard work, dear."

"You should go and rest."

"I still have things to do; you go check on the ’documents,’" Hillary said as she sipped her coffee, showing no intention of getting up.

"Alright." Clinton, not suspecting anything, hurriedly left the room.

"Lewinsky?" Hillary tugged at the corner of her mouth and sat down by the computer.

Ever since being voted as a feminist icon on Twitter, she had grown more and more fond of the feeling.

Feminists identified more with Hillary, not that damned First Lady designation.

However, on Twitter, she had a rival.

That was the representative of the conservatives.

Thinking back to the recent past, Hillary felt a headache coming on.

That restless person, because of frequent guest appearances on TV shows, had attracted a large following.

This often put Hillary at a disadvantage in their exchanges of blows.

Fortunately, during the controversy initiated by Twitter’s founder, the two adopted different stances.

Accusing that Asian author of being a "manipulator of public opinion," claiming everything was a publicity stunt by the other party.

Hillary, having garnered most of her early fan base from the readers of "Harem Boleyn," naturally chose to stand by Wang Jian.

The result was that, due to "violating the code of conduct," the other party was banned for three days.

While she, once again, rose to the top of the trending list.

But soon, things took another turn.

An announcement from the Writers Association had made "Anomalies and Creatures" and its eponymous TV series very popular.

Riding on the popularity, Hillary expressed her support for the Asian author once more.

Afterward, things returned to the way they were before.

"Sigh, I can’t possibly join a reality show like that," Hillary said, looking up at the White House roof.

Although she had been a representative of feminism even before Twitter,

back then, her voice still needed to be spread through newspapers, television, and other media.

Now what?

She could freely express her opinions without the media’s editing.

There were even times when she thought her statements were a bit too radical.

But by the time Hillary wanted to delete them, her followers were still supporting her unconditionally.

And through the Wang Jian incident, she realized how strong these people’s initiative was.

Therefore, maintaining a good image as a "feminist icon" on Twitter was very necessary.

But now, Hillary was facing a problem.

Most of the feminists on Twitter were book enthusiasts.

Without good works being published, their activity began to decrease gradually.

Hillary sipped her coffee as she pondered a solution.

Moments later, she shook her head in resignation.

"Sigh, literature isn’t my field of expertise."

"Being ’First Lady’ alone is hardly enough to engage these feminists for long."

At this moment, Hillary suddenly realized: her fans today were unexpectedly active.

"Have you all seen Wang Jian’s new work?"

"Of course! His writing skill is getting more and more mature!"

"What I admire most is his creativity. The new work isn’t immersed in romance like ’Prison Break,’ nor is it just women scheming against each other like ’Harem Boleyn Family.’"

"Yeah!" Many people were discussing fervently, "It actually lets a woman contend with men."

"And in the end, she ascends to the pinnacle of power!"

"That’s the true meaning of feminism!"

"Indeed, I have already called many sisters to read this novel together!"

Seeing this, Hillary was genuinely interested.

She combed through her brain but couldn’t recall any woman in the Western World who truly held the greatest power through struggle rather than inheritance.

Hillary clicked the mouse and entered the website.

Soon, the name of a novel appeared before her eyes.

"Pope Joan"? Pope Joan I?

Hillary looked at the computer screen, her brow slightly furrowed.

Although this woman was mentioned in many documents,

the legends only indicated that such a person existed,

but her experiences were not at all addressed.

"What documents did Wang verify?" Hillary picked up her coffee and took a sip.

"Reality doesn’t need logic, but a story does."

"It’s completely illogical for a woman to become Pope."

She muttered to herself while clicking the mouse.

"Wang wouldn’t give Pope Joan I special functions like he would in masculine works, would he?"

"Ms. Marvel version of the Pope?" The First Lady was momentarily unable to face the image in her mind.

But before long, she was carefully reading.

Her excess worries vanished without a trace.

"Mmm, it’s still the same style as ’Harem Boleyn Family,’ where the heroine is an undervalued person."

Hillary’s focus sharpened when she saw that the heroine became a lowly priest.

As far as she knew, this was the pinnacle of power a woman in the Middle Ages of Europe could achieve.

"What?" Hillary exclaimed softly, her face expressing a mixture of emotions.

"An alien invasion wiped out everyone who knew the heroine’s identity, including her brother?"

"So the only survivors of this war are the heroine and a priest who was away on official business?"

Hillary looked at the part about the brother, at a loss for words.

Just a moment ago, she felt both love and hate for this character!

The First Lady continued with the novel, curious to see how the Asian writer would handle the following plot.

She saw the heroine, who narrowly escaped death but fell into a coma, being rescued by reinforcements.

Because the heroine held a letter of recommendation given by her brother, everyone mistook her for him.

Thus, the woman became a man.

Jon became Pope Joan.

This...

Hillary touched her neck then looked down at her chest.

"Bullshit!" she muttered under her breath, "Cross-dressing requires heavy makeup to disguise oneself, people in the Middle Ages might be unenlightened but they surely weren’t blind, were they?"

The First Lady exited the novel and navigated to Twitter to discuss this unrealistic element.

However, she was surprised to find that none of these female book fans cared about the "woman disguised as man" aspect.

More people were discussing, "Women are indeed very oppressed!"

"Such a capable woman still has to pretend to be a man to truly have her own career!"

"Wang Jian truly is a feminist, he has already spotted this issue."

Uh...

Hillary shook her head slightly as she read the discussions.

Have these women not considered the illogical parts?

What about the bust? What about menstruation? Even how would they deal with restrooms?

But...

She took out her notebook and began recording the content of the discussion.

That way, it seemed to more effectively highlight the unfair treatment suffered by women!

Hillary watched the female readers eagerly sharing their thoughts, pondered for a moment, and then returned to the "Female Pope" contents page.

Although for her, the greatest mystery had already been resolved, and the author had not handled it perfectly,

seeing a female protagonist, who came from a poor and remote area, use her knowledge to crush a group of young talents considered to have limitless futures, was still very cool.

Alright, she admitted, those young talents reminded her of her husband.

Hillary closed her eyes, imagining herself and her husband in the book, and soon the corners of her mouth began to curl up slightly.

In an instant, the word "power" appeared in the First Lady’s mind.

She opened her eyes and continued to look at the screen.

Only, the desire radiating from her eyes was almost too intense to meet directly.

Soon, the female protagonist, due to her exceptional academic performance, was assigned to serve as a bishop in a foreign land.

In the Middle Ages in Europe, this position held much greater power than a state governor in the present-day United States.

It could even strip nobles of their governing authority and inheritance rights.

However, under Wang Jian’s arrangement, the diocese the protagonist was put in charge of was her very own hometown.

Upon her arrival, her parents came eagerly to greet their son who had become a bishop.

The protagonist first changed into a sackcloth habit, typical of penitents, to meet her parents in the reception room.

"Father, Mother, I have missed you so much!"

"Jon? Where’s your brother?" her parents looked behind the protagonist.

"Because he’s in the same diocese, and you’re not nobles, Pope Joan has hoped that you wouldn’t visit anymore."

"That would affect his future."

The parents were first stunned, then a look of conflict and pain appeared on their faces.

"That’s right, that’s right," the father muttered to himself: "We didn’t consider these things."

"By the way," Jon looked at her distraught parents and added another sentence, "I hope you won’t visit me either, as I have turned to become a penitent."

"That would affect my admission into the Inquisition."

"What?" both parents exclaimed in anger, "You are our daughter, this is God’s will!"

"Not to visit you, but what about the remuneration you receive? As a penitent, shouldn’t you be serving God wholeheartedly?"

Jon looked deeply at her parents and made the sign of the cross over her chest.

"It was my neglect, please wait a moment."

"I will go get the remuneration the Church has granted over these years."

But once Jon had left the room, she said to the guards outside: "Though these two are my parents, they are also followers of Satan."

"To demonstrate my devotion to the Lord, I hope to give them the punishment of fire."

"Remember, do not speak to them; everything they say is the voice of the Demon."

Having said that, she waved her hand, signaling the guards to spring into action.

And the protagonist, slowly turned and walked away.

Uh...

Hillary was so excited by this part of the book that she trembled.

This was the image of the female protagonist she desired, not like those in "Jane Eyre" or "Wuthering Heights," who inexplicably capitulate for men!

In that moment, the First Lady felt a surge of impulse.

She wanted to grab a pistol and burst into the conference room where her husband, Clinton, was.

And then, shoot the two people inside together!

"Calm down, Hillary!" She patted her own face, then refocused her attention on "Female Pope."

The path to power that followed was what really interested Hillary.

Because foreign wars had led to the deaths of many clergy members, combined with the protagonist’s act of "righteous familial annihilation," Jon was promoted further.

Of course, this was also inseparably linked to her own scholarship.

Bishop, regional bishop, Archbishop, cardinal, swiftly, the protagonist became one of the seven privy bishops.

Amidst conspiracies, betrayals, and exchanges of interests, as a member of the high church hierarchy who had climbed up from the lower echelons, she still gained the support of many lower level church members.

At this time, the contemporary Pope, Leo IV, was advanced in age, and the election of the next Pope was impending.

The protagonist and another candidate from a great noble family were the frontrunners.

But due to financial reasons, the protagonist knew she would have a hard time competing against the other.

At this moment, the Church’s army sent on a campaign against the Barbarians returned in triumph.

At the welcoming ceremony, Jon unexpectedly discovered the priest who had written her a letter of recommendation years earlier.

This made Jon both afraid of her identity being exposed and wildly joyous.

Of course, it wasn’t for reasons of sentiment, but because the priest had already become the leader of the army.

If she gained the support of the army, then money would be utterly worthless.

With the firm belief that they would meet, the protagonist decided to strike first.

In the dead of night, she snuck into the priest’s dwelling and spoke of her longing to the only person who knew her true identity.

The priest went through a process of doubt, shock, and fear regarding the protagonist’s identity.

But the protagonist discovered that he never showed any intention of betraying her.

Therefore, she put away the poison-coated dagger emblazoned with the noble crest and began to seek his support.

The "Female Pope’s" plot truly scared the priest.

He began to persuade the protagonist to hide her identity and leave the Church Court.

But how could someone who had tasted power choose to give it up?

After much thought, the protagonist realized she had no leverage to sway the priest.

So, one night, she finally remembered her womanhood.

After a night of passion, Jon informed the priest that she was pregnant.

Only by becoming Pope could one sit alone in a cell, listen to God’s teachings for extended periods, and remain undisturbed.

Otherwise, the child’s life was certain to be lost.

The priest looked at the protagonist’s belly, his face turning pale.

After silently reciting the Bible many times over, he eventually spoke out in support of the protagonist.

What the protagonist didn’t expect was that she was truly pregnant.

After enduring a long period of sickness and suffering, Oli IV finally answered the Lord’s call.

And by the time the ceremony for the new Pope’s inauguration took place, the protagonist had already begun to show signs of morning sickness.

But such a ceremony was absolutely impossible to postpone.

The protagonist endured her physical torment and persevered with clenched teeth.

However, during the Pope’s procession through the Holy City, she miscarried.

The new Pope, amid a welcoming crowd, had a miscarriage?

This was nothing short of a huge scandal!

The grand noble priest ordered that no one should treat her, and the father of the protagonist’s child chose to withdraw.

"If I were a man," the protagonist said, her gaze hazy as she looked at the cross, "I could fashion myself into the second Saint."

"Why can only Maria be the Holy Mother, while Jehovah can be God?"

Hillary, after reading "Female Pope," remained silent for a long time.

Indeed, why can only Maria be the Holy Mother, while Jehovah can be God?

Since the founding of the United States, there has never been a female president.

In this respect, it’s even worse than some feudal empires!

"The beacon of democracy should not be this way!"

Filled with emotion, Hillary entered the Twitter discussion.

"Why can only Maria be the Holy Mother?"

"Does giving birth strip one of the qualifications to be Pope?"

"Women should have the right to be treated equally!"

"Heh, white men are simply a disgrace to humanity."

"Exactly! Completely unable to shoulder the responsibility a child’s father should bear!"

"Ah, I feel so uncomfortable, I can’t sleep at all!"

Looking at the heated discussion area on Twitter, Hillary snapped to alertness.

She herself was drawn into the angry sentiment by that Asian author.

Then, for real feminists, this book is too easy to resonate with!

She thought for a moment and began to post some comments about "Female Pope" on Twitter.

After that, the assertive First Lady contacted the White House spokesperson.

She was going to start drumming up support for the upcoming feminist rally.

If "Female Pope" could spread widely, would the voters choose Clinton, the famous lawyer with a wife?

Or would they choose his competitor, whose wife was like a canary socialite?

However...

It would be best to have the author, that Asian bestselling writer, appear at the rally to commend his contribution to the feminist movement.

Hillary pondered for a moment before picking up the phone.

"Hello, can you help me find the contact information for bestselling author Wang?"

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