Cosma Empire

Chapter 417 Public Opinion [2]

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Walking in the city center, the reporters who are still in shock are quickly igniting the spotlights to take pictures of the messy city center. A little bit of fear, maybe the cameras in their hands will be snatched away.

Du Lin stood in the empty city center with a sad face. The smoke column above has not been extinguished. There are smashed shops everywhere, and innocent citizens lying on the ground wailing. Du Lin pursed his lips, "As the mayor, I feel deeply guilty about everything that happened here. I will make up for all the losses, free medical care, free reconstruction, and additional compensation. I promise, this Definitely the last time!"

At this time, some reporters suddenly realized that this was also a piece of news, and immediately surrounded Du Lin. Height led the police to keep a certain distance between these reporters and Du Lin.

"Mr. Mayor, what do you think of this parade?" A female reporter continued to squeeze in, holding a pen and a notebook in both hands and holding them high above her head. Du Lin didn't know if she could really record what she heard without looking at it, but this did not prevent him from expressing his opinion.

"You are wrong, ma'am, this is not a parade, but a riot!", Duhring's first sentence made the reporters a little quieter, and the rustling of writing immediately sounded around him, "The empire has given all citizens The right to declare one's own rights and interests through the parade, but one thing, the parade must ensure safety, the safety of the marchers and the safety of other onlookers." He stretched out his hands to both sides and said with a sneer: "Look, this looks like a safe place ?"

He raised his toes and fell, with a slap, the blood on the ground splashed onto his trousers, and there was a sound of water hitting at the same time.

"No, this is not a parade, this is a riot. They use the name of the parade to exercise the purpose of the riot, which is a crime!"

The female reporter blushed. She liked the young mayor very much, because he told the news that the citizens of the entire empire wanted to see the most tomorrow morning. She hurriedly followed and wanted to continue asking questions, but was blocked by a young reporter. Behind him, the young reporter asked his own question, "Mr. Mayor, who do you think is responsible for this riot? Is it you, or the workers' union that organized the march?"

The mayor glanced at the reporter and frowned, "That's a very good question. As we all know, there was a general strike today. It was initiated by the branch president of the workers' union, Bu Qiao, and it is said that the president of the Federation of Trade Unions was also involved. They Not only went on strike, but also submitted a parade application, and that document is still in my office. It is well known that workers’ unions have caused huge economic losses more than once through strikes and parades, but this is their power, and I The approval was given to them, and it was stated in the reply that order must be maintained, rationality must be maintained, and safety must be guaranteed.”

He slightly raised his head,

The voice was also a little higher, "But you see, it's different from what they said."

"I don't deny the role workers' unions play in society, but it would be wrong to ignore some problems because they are workers' unions. Today, right here, right now, these problems have arisen, and we should Face up to this problem and the deeper phenomena that may exist behind the problem, instead of entangled in who is responsible. Simply using me to be responsible, or the workers' union to be responsible, can make up for what happened today, for the citizens and the empire harm?"

Du Lin shook his head, "No, sir." He sighed, "No matter what the workers' union does, I will compensate these innocent citizens for their losses, whether it is property or health. Up."

Everyone is not an idiot. Du Lin's words seem high-sounding, but he has already shifted the responsibility to the workers' union, and characterized this time as a "phenomenon". This is the rhythm of making things big. In addition, he offered compensation, which obviously put the workers' union in a very bad position. The young reporter was very satisfied with Du Lin's answer. He even thought about how to use the shocking headline to attract readers' attention to his article tomorrow morning.

Immediately afterwards, another reporter who looked very calm raised his own question, "Mr. Mayor, I have one thing that I don't quite understand. When the riot broke out, the army quickly cut into the city center. Do you know something about it?" Did you expect it? If you expected it, why did you let the riot break out instead of using soldiers to deter these people in advance to avoid unnecessary losses caused by this riot?"

Not all journalists have a neutral position, and some journalists are oriented toward the workers’ union. It’s not that they are hard-core supporters of the workers’ union, but that newspapers need more explosive news to gain enough attention.

If Durin knew that the riot would break out and prepared soldiers to suppress it in advance, then this was a conspiracy.

Perhaps people prefer to see uncovered plots and exasperated government officials more than the riots caused by the demonstrations.

Du Lin smiled, "This question is very interesting. If one day you come home and find that your wife is having an affair with someone else, your wife accuses you that you knew she would be unfaithful, but you didn't stop her in the first place. , and think that all of this is your conspiracy, how do you feel?" He didn't give the reporter time to refute, and continued amidst the unsuitable laughter of the surrounding crowd, "From President Bujo's submission When I was given their application for the parade, I did get some wind that they were going to show me some color!"

"I'm not sure how this parade will turn out, but in line with the attitude that I should fulfill my responsibilities as mayor, I notified the security zone of the Imperial Capital and told them that there was a parade here. The response from the security zone was to let I sent the police to maintain order, but when I told them that tens of thousands or more people might be involved in the march, the cordon area became serious and soldiers were sent in.”

"Gentlemen, please face up to the scale of this parade. It was a parade involving tens of thousands of people. I don't want to discredit the working class, but we should all understand that there will always be good people and bad people in this world. At the same time, I also want to ask a rhetorical question, if there are many good people in this riot, then why do problems appear after entering relatively prosperous areas in the city center?"

"A small group of people can't control their greedy desires, thinking that they can get through with the help of the collective. I heard that some people even said that the law will not punish the majority of people. A sense of justice, why did the vast majority of people participate in this riot? It is impossible for me to control their minds, and it is impossible to foresee such a disaster. Everything is done according to the rules and regulations. If you read the Empire The law should understand one thing, the army is not allowed to enter the city until there is a time that endangers the safety of the city and the property and personal safety of the citizens!"

Facing these reporters, Du Lin dealt with it lightly and calmly.

But outside the city, Bu Qiao escaped the army's pursuit by hiding in the mud pit on the side of the road in embarrassment. He heard that there seemed to be no movement around him, so he crawled out of the mud pit. He knew he was doomed, and there was no doubt that the workers' union headquarters would never reach out to help him. If they did, they would drag the trouble along with them. Therefore, they are more likely to condemn their actions and mistakes, while trying their best to make up for the negative impact of this riot.

Anyway, I'm done.

Just a few hours ago, Bujo felt that he could force the city hall and those capitalists to bow their heads. In fact, this is just a trivial matter, as long as Du Lin and those capitalists are willing to take the initiative to provide a sum of money to compensate all the losses of the injured worker , Let the workers union and he get some prestige that doesn't make much sense. It is impossible for him to organize such a big strike and parade! Just bow your head, is it that difficult?

He glanced back at Odis City, and finally made a decision that he wanted to leave here. He will not be buried with him for responsibilities that do not belong to him. He still has great ideals and future, so there is no need to be entangled in this place. The only good thing is that his bank account is anonymous, thanks to the consistent policy of the Imperial Bank. Perhaps in the Federation, there will be a more suitable position for him.

This "catastrophe" finally passed. Early the next morning, almost all newspapers reported that the riots in Odis City were suppressed. More than 1,000 people were arrested, and more than 700 people were killed on the spot. Disappeared after the collapse. What makes people even more ridiculous is that the army actually suffered casualties. A total of more than 30 people were injured, one of whom was seriously injured and had already been sent to the best private hospital in the imperial capital for treatment.

This news seems to have attracted a lot of firepower for the workers' union, or the overnight public relations at the workers' union headquarters played a certain role. After a large number of newspapers reported the riot at large lengths, they began to question the Imperial Army. Facing the unarmed mob, how were these thirty people injured, and how did the seriously injured soldier who had been under supervision be seriously injured. Perhaps this is the reason why the Federation was almost able to hit the imperial capital during the Civil War.

Immediately afterwards, the workers' union headquarters issued a solemn statement, dismissing Buqiao from his post, and urged Buqiao to surrender as soon as possible in exchange for the judge's discretion to reduce the sentence. At the same time, the workers' union is willing to compensate for the losses caused by this matter. Whether it was intentional or unintentional in the statement, they didn’t seem to state that they were willing to take responsibility for the riot. Instead, they shifted the responsibility to some workers with “malicious intentions” and “a small group of workers with ulterior motives.”

This matter seems to have entered the aftermath stage, but the aftermath is much bigger than people think.

It can even be called a tsunami!

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