1855 United States Tycoon

"You have to pay attention to maintaining these principles in reporting to the Boers." The restaurant on the highest floor of the New York Tower that overlooks the entire city of employees (now temporarily changed into a conference room) Ligley Shi Dong said to his subordinates, "First, try to be as neutral as possible. Don't stand on the side of the Boers completely, because doing so will undermine the trust. We must be neutral, or even as neutral as possible. . Neutral to the point that readers feel a little unbearable. As long as we carefully select the factual content of the report, even if we do not speak out, the audience will be affected and think that this is their own opinion. So if it is not necessary , Don’t express your own attitude directly in the report. For example, the report two days ago was very good.

In addition, do not disclose all the information at once. In reporting on this incident, we have an obvious advantage, that is, our preparation and access to information are much better than those of the British. The British may not be aware of this, which makes them habitually lie. At this time, we have to give the British people ample opportunity to perform. We must know that the current public opinion is not good for them, and they will definitely defend them continuously. The more justified, the more problems there are. We let them keep performing and telling all kinds of lies, until they make most people half believe in our previous reports, we will throw out the indisputable truth again, and one guy will defeat them. . And by that time, those audiences who were deceived by them in advance will of course be very angry with the Brits, and will no longer believe them because they are unconditionally. At this time, we can add attitude comments in our reports. Just like back then, my father, Mr. Scrooge McDonald's practice in the China slave labor incident, is our example.

In short, this time, we must let the public opinion in Europe stand on the opposite side of the United Kingdom, put more pressure on the United Kingdom, and force the United Kingdom to suspend its actions in South Africa in the short term, and at the same time, in the long run, we will make the two sides more confrontational. , And it is even more impossible to compromise the situation. Only in this way can we make more money. "

As Greystone expected, after receiving a call from Cecil Rhodes, the London side immediately activated the propaganda machine and began to declare that Jason and others had just strayed into the Transvaal Republic, and Not an intentional invasion. But Transvaal launched an attack without asking indiscriminately. One guy killed so many people, it was too cruel. As for the conspiracy of British expatriates and Johnson and others to initiate a rebellion, this is even more that the Boers deliberately planted and framed them, which is definitely not a fact.

Then, the British used sensational methods. Their newspapers found out a large number of so-called "misunderstanding incidents" in the victims' relatives, wives, children, fathers and mothers, etc., in various newspapers, broadcast I used words or voices to make all kinds of calls, or tears of tears in my eyes. What a good person his family is, what a devout Christian, what has never done bad things, what is even a chicken at home I haven't killed it. All in all, they portrayed Jason and his men almost as much as Ms. Maria.

In addition to these methods, the British also carried out counter-propaganda. They accused the Boers of barbarism and viciousness. They portrayed the Boers like Alati or Temujin. At the same time, they also accused the Boers of xenophobia and discrimination against expatriates from other countries.

To say that the British propaganda is not unreasonable, and much of what the Boers did in South Africa is indeed barbaric. Especially when they treated the Zulu black corn, some of the methods were indeed no different from the barbarians that Europeans used to scare children. However, it is not convenient for the British to use this reason to accuse the Boers, because the British behaved more excessively than the Boers when dealing with Zulu black corn. If we take this matter as an example, I am afraid that there will be more scandals for the British.

As a result, the accusation that the Boers are savages has a rather negative effect. By this time it was the end of the nineteenth century, and the barbarians in the world had been killed and were about to become the South China tiger panda. There is a general rule in human society, that is, people always like to pin their beautiful imaginations on something far away from themselves. Therefore, the people of Life in the two Hans always felt that the three generations were heaven, while the people of Life in the Sui and Tang dynasties would definitely be called the two Hans. Even in an era when it is obvious that all nations are coming to exercise, a lot of brain-remaining fans can be produced all day to dream about crossing the past Danggege, Fujin, and even Fukujin. Europeans also have this problem. As the threat of barbarians fades away, coupled with dissatisfaction with the unfair reality of the disparity between the rich and the poor, praises the past, peaceful, idyllic life, and even praises the simplicity of those uncivilized peoples. Naturally, Life, which does not contradict human nature, has become a popular literary style.

For example, Gauguin, who was regarded as a master of painting and art, simply left Europe to Tahiti in the South Pacific and the indigenous people lived in Tahiti for a long time because of doubts about European civilization and traditional art. Together. With his frank, simplistic, and primitive art style and color scheme, he expresses his feelings brought to him by the hints of nature and his admiration for the "nature's darling" on the island. And this has inspired a large number of European literary and artistic youths to imagine the "barbaric" Boers, and has even become an idol in the hearts of certain literary and artistic youths. Think about it, far away from the hustle and bustle of Europe, in the mysterious and far away African continent, opened up a farm, the morning sun rises, men ride on horses, catch up with cattle and sheep, and go to the pasture, while women In the manor, he is taking care of a sick foal, or an unknown African flower and grass newly transplanted in the yard. At night, the men returned, still riding horses, carrying long spears, carrying cattle and sheep, but they brought back terrible lion corpses in the carriage-they tried to attack the flock, and then they were killed and lost. On the carriage. Then, the starry sky, which is completely different from Europe, rose up, and even the moon looked particularly bright. A bonfire was lit in the yard in front of the house, and the cheeks of men and women were bright red by the bonfire... how beautiful and romantic it is The picture.

And at this time, of course, Grey Stone, who discovered this tendency, would not waste such an opportunity. He immediately organized a group of writers and began to vigorously portray the peace and beauty of the Boer’s Life, and then took Thoreau of United States A lot of "Walden Lake" has been printed in Europe. Furthermore, he let people find a few "painters" among the Boers, held an exhibition in Paris, and then traveled to other European cities.

To be honest, the level of those Boer "painters" is not very good, but taking advantage of the "original ecology" wind, they have attracted a lot of attention. Their crude brushwork was boasted by MacDonald’s gunners as being naturally simple, abandoning the appearance and reaching the truth in the heart...Grey Stone also specially arranged a group of reporters to do an exclusive interview with them, through this Opportunity, and an artistic description of the simple and natural Life of the Boers.

Word art is really a wonderful thing. No matter how bad it is, as long as you can portray it, it can still be portrayed so as to make people yearn for it. For example, in the isolated mountain towns in Xiangxi during the Republic of China, letting the current literary youth really travel there to stay for half a month will definitely turn them into the "Party A and Party B" who claim to be tired of eating chicken, duck and fish. , The boss who ate all the rats in the village in the end. But this does not prevent Mr. Shen Congwen from portraying it like a fairyland, nor does it prevent those who are bored with the life of the city from sighing, "It would be nice to go back to that era".

In the process, something unexpected happened. When the exhibition was held in Berlin, a famous young literary and artistic youth, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, came to visit in person and bought some of it. One picture.

This is not over. After returning, the Wenqing emperor actually sent another telegram to the Transvaal government to publicly congratulate them on their victory in defending the country. This behavior immediately aroused the anger of the British, who quickly reacted and lodged a protest to Germany.

After being protested, William II seemed to have discovered that own's actions were too rash, but because of Face considerations, he could not withdraw the congratulatory message. He was able to emptyly express that he did not mean to offend Britain.

Two months later, the Boer’s court began hearing the case of the British expatriate rebellion.

Because of the previous propaganda, when the Boer’s court was in session, it was very rare. Actually, many media reporters traveled here to interview (in fact, these newspapers have obtained independent foundation Grant given in name).

"Everything must cooperate with propaganda." Prior to this, because of the effective propaganda, the Boers seemed to have the support of the whole of Europe, although it was only moral support, but this has made President Kruger very satisfied. Especially in emerging countries, the emperor of Germany sent him a congratulatory message, which made him even more delighted. He felt that it was a wise choice to outsource the promotion to the McDonald Consortium. So when the representative of the Macdonald consortium suggested to him that the court proceedings must also be considered for propaganda, the president readily agreed and gave such instructions. So, with the trial, a well-prepared performance began.

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