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Matvey pressed on, "Mr. Logan, what is the first element of journalism?"

Logan said, "Real."

Matvey said, "How can you talk about adhering to the first principle of journalism when you don't even dare to tell a single truth?"

Logan said, "In order to uphold seed oil and democracy, it's okay to deviate a little from the truth."

Matvey chuckled coldly and said, "What is freedom? What is democracy?"

Is the freedom you're talking about the freedom of depravity?

Is your democracy a hegemonic form of democracy?

"Mr. Logan, many times, decadent freedom is tantamount to self-destruction!"

"And the democracy you uphold is nothing more than wiping the feet of rich lords!"

"So, I can only say with pity: You're really stupid!"

"When you try to cover up a corrupt hegemony with a lie, you'll likely find yourself spouting lies from head to toe!"

"Because the Giant Eagle has become a veritable empire of lies."

"They lied desperately just to cover up their weakness."

"Take your space fighter for example, do you really think you've actually built that thing?"

Logan nodded firmly: "Of course!"

“I firmly believe this.”

Matvey shrugged and said, "You're hopeless."

"I was so stupid to argue with an idiot."

"I should have shut up sooner."

"Hmm! I should encourage him, praise him, and try to make him an even bigger idiot."

“Mr. Logan, you may begin your performance.”

Li Jiansong found it quite amusing to watch Matvey and Logan arguing fiercely.

He naturally knew that some people had their thoughts imprinted in their minds.

Hmm! Or you could say that Logan probably felt he was just protecting the giant eagle.

No matter how bad the giant eagle is, it is still its homeland.

That must be maintained unconditionally.

That's actually correct.

Logan's mistake was that the hawkish regime he supported did not represent the interests of the vast majority of the people.

It represents the interests of big capitalists and conglomerates.

In this context, Logan's ideas would be seen as flawed by progressives.

There is only one way to judge whether a person's thinking is flawed: "Does he truly care about the general public, or has he become a spokesperson for a small privileged class?"

If he only represents the interests of a small group of people, yet he spouts benevolence and morality to mislead ordinary people, then he is definitely a bad seed.

Li Jiansong smiled and said, "Mr. Logan, do you have any other questions?"

Logan said, "I don't want dragons and eagles to fight each other."

"I hope we can all sit down and have a chat, and ideally become best friends."

"Mr. Li, could you please convey my request?"

Li Jiansong frowned and said, "We have always advocated for equal cooperation."

"If you want to sit down and talk, of course, no problem!"

"But what's the prerequisite? The prerequisite is that you must be sincere!"

"You have never been sincere, and you have always been delusional in trying to handle bilateral relations with a hegemonic mindset."

"So, under these circumstances, how can we even begin to negotiate?"

"If you want to talk, my suggestion is: why don't you first abandon your hegemonic mindset?"

"You should start by withdrawing from all the bases."

“You should first apologize for the damage you have caused to the world in the past, and for the harm you have caused to other countries by invading them, and make compensation.”

"Is it possible to do that?"

"If you can do that, then there's no problem at all for us to sit down and have a proper talk about cooperation."

In fact, Li Jiansong wanted to add one more request: that the people of Juying be treated better and that they not be exploited endlessly!

But then he thought about it again and held back.

Because it's time to put aside the urge to help others and respect their fate!
They can't be changed just by saying a few words.

The Giant Eagle is a superpower dominated by a conglomerate.

How could they possibly be truly kind and caring towards the people at the bottom of society?
Capital, of course, is driven by the pursuit of profit.

In their minds, there is only the goal of maximizing profits.

For those at the bottom of society, they are all fuel.

Logan hesitated for a moment. The demand made by the other party was tantamount to asking the giant eagle to completely relinquish its hegemony.

In fact, after Japan withdrew, the eagle's hegemony had almost completely collapsed.

Yes, their hegemony has completely collapsed.

However, they are not willing to give up their hegemony.

"Oh, I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to convey your request."

“I’m just a small-time reporter,” Logan said.

Li Jiansong smiled slightly and said, "You can turn this into news."

"Once it airs, the Eagle King should consider it."

“Mr. Logan, I believe this is about saving the giant eagle.”

"The eagle is waging war recklessly, wasting too many resources."

"If these resources can be utilized within your country, you will become a more beautiful nation."

"Your people may have better welfare."

“Your ordinary people are living a very hard life.”

“I’ve seen reports from your own media.”

“Many of you are ordinary people who only eat one meal a day.”

"The money they earn has to be spent on huge amounts of various unnecessary expenses. As a result, they never have a surplus and even have to live beyond their means. Once their income stops, they will probably soon end up homeless! Your homeless people have an average lifespan of only two or three years. It's really tragic."

"Who exactly has caused your people to be in such dire straits?"

"Have you never reflected on this?"

Li Jiansong's words were sharp and incisive.

A round of enthusiastic applause erupted at the press conference.
The applause was incredibly enthusiastic.

Moreover, it has been going on for a long time.

Logan shrugged.

He suddenly realized that the conference was almost turning into a conference criticizing the giant eagle.

"Mr. Li, don't you have similar problems?"

Logan attempted to launch a counterattack.

Li Jiansong laughed and said, "Sorry, we really don't have any."

"Our infrastructure is very beautiful."

"Now, even in remote areas, bridges and roads have been built."

"Our people all have jobs, good incomes, comfortable houses, and delicious food."

“Every household has a lot of savings.”

"We have a wide variety of vegetables and grains, and the prices are very reasonable and inexpensive."

"Almost all people are satisfied with their lives."

"Mr. Logan, as a journalist stationed in the Dragon Kingdom, haven't you done any in-depth investigation?"

Logan tilted his head and pursed his lips, saying, "I've met many people from the dragons, and they're very dissatisfied. They feel they're being interfered with too much because they don't have seed oil."

"They believe that the eagle remains their ideal home."

Li Jiansong laughed and said, "This is really interesting!"

"Why do you always manage to find the cancerous elements within the dragon's ranks?" "Those people say there's no seed oil; I think they believe they don't have any seed oil to do whatever they want!"

"What they might want is degraded seed oil."

"I'm sorry, we really don't have that, and we don't want to."

"We always stand on the side of the broadest masses of the people."

"As for the small group of people who abuse seed oil and find decadence amusing, we do not welcome them!"

"If they feel they are not free here, they can leave immediately! We are free to come and go as we please!"

"Hmm! Perhaps there is also a small group of people who are dissatisfied with this and that. These people are the rulers of the old days. They occupied almost all the land and means of subsistence and made a living by exploiting the masses."

"We will absolutely not protect the rights of these people!"

"We will never follow your example, using the excuse of protecting the interests of a small minority to deprive the majority of their rights!"

"What you're doing is actually an unjust act!"

Li Jiansong once again left Logan speechless.

Logan said, "Mr. Li, aren't you being a bit too subjective and absolute?"

"Should the rights of a small group of people be ignored?"

Li Jiansong smiled slightly and said, "If that's what you're saying, then let me ask you, why did you use a majority-wins-minority mechanism when electing the Eagle King?"

"Isn't it unfair that those who get fewer votes are eliminated?"

"The person who lost the election often represents the rights of nearly half the population!"

"However, you just ignored it."

How do you explain this?

Logan wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "But we haven't ignored the rights of those people."

Li Jiansong said, "If you haven't overlooked this, then you should let the person who lost the election go on stage!"

"At the very least, shouldn't he be made a deputy Eagle King?"

Why did he lose everything?

Logan didn't know what to say.

“You can’t understand democracy,” Logan said, forcing himself to speak.

Li Jiansong laughed and said, "Haha! This is hilarious! Is this what you call 'empty talk democracy'?"

"Ignoring the interests of the majority, enacting one bizarre bill after another, and then actually calling it a democratic world? I don't understand?"

“Mr. Logan, you’ve become a joke too.”

"I sincerely hope that you can truly go deep among the people, visit them, and discover the truth."

"Hmm! Any other questions?"

Logan heard boos coming from the press conference room.

The boos were clearly directed at him.

This made him blush a little.

“Oh, that’s all,” Logan said.

Li Jiansong said, "The reason I've been talking to you so earnestly for so long is because I genuinely want you to wake up."

"Good luck to you."

Another round of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.

Because we are already in the internet age.

So by the time the press conference ended, the topic of the meeting had spread across the entire internet.

Wang Haoran naturally noticed it immediately.

"Ha! I never expected Comrade Jiansong to be so sharp-tongued," Wang Haoran said with a smile.

Xiao Lijuan, who was standing next to him, said, "Comrade Jiansong is indeed an excellent spokesperson. He always knows how to respond to the opponent's provocations at just the right time."

"However, I really didn't expect that the giant eagle people would also pretend to be pitiful."

"I thought they were always so vicious."

Wang Haoran said with a smile, "The Eagle People have no sense of shame."

"Moreover, they have no bottom line."

"They are the wolf and the snake in the story of Mr. Dongguo and the wolf, and the farmer and the snake."

"You cannot have any pity for these things."

"If you pity them, you're probably just making things difficult for yourself!"

Xiao Lijuan said, "But what if they take the initiative to seek peace?"

Wang Haoran said, "Didn't Comrade Jiansong set out conditions?"

"It's fine for us to seek peace proactively."

"Just correct the mistakes according to the conditions."

"Of course we are willing to discuss cooperation."

"After all, world harmony is mainly achieved through exploration, not through fighting."

"We still need to learn from the lessons of the giant eagle."

"As the overlord, the giant eagle was far too obsessed with force in the past."

"They resort to violence to solve problems at the drop of a hat. But the result is that hatred grows deeper and they make enemies all over the world."

"When they are at the height of their power, naturally nothing happens."

"When they begin to decline, they will inevitably suffer a backlash."

"In fact, the giant eagle is already beginning to suffer the consequences."

"Moreover, the backlash came extremely fiercely."

"What does it mean to see them retreat in such a sorry state time and time again?"

"This means they are close to being isolated."

"But even at this point, they are still stubbornly clinging to their delusions, thinking that by making some big move, by developing a space fighter, they can turn the tide all at once. What are they thinking?"

"Is that possible?"

Xiao Lijuan said, "Our military strength will definitely be unprecedentedly powerful in the future."

"What would happen if we reached that point, when we were undefeated and dominated the world?"

As the saying goes, prosperity inevitably leads to decline.

"It's very easy to become complacent when there are no competitors."

Wang Haoran smiled slightly and said, "See, you're still talking about a periodic law!"

"Periodicity is indeed a big problem, haha!"

"What I want to say is that we should rely on the people, never be separated from the people, and take the interests of the people as the core starting point. As long as we can do this, we should be able to break free from the historical cycle."

"After all, this truly realizes that the people are the masters of their own country!"

Xiao Lijuan asked, "Haoran, when do you think the eagle will be completely defeated?"

Wang Haoran said, "That's hard to say."

"The zaibatsu are quite powerful!"

"They will certainly not willingly withdraw from the stage of history."

"They will definitely put up one last desperate struggle."

"In particular, we need to be careful with those squid conglomerates."

"If these guys aren't completely eliminated and turned into ordinary people, the world will never be at peace."

Squid can be considered a major source of chaos in the world.

They bribed the royal family, colluded with the rulers, and often ended up turning the tables and controlling the guests.

This is pretty scary.

The squid's greed has fueled numerous major wars throughout history.

The war also made them a fortune.

Wang Haoran felt that he had a long way to go.

We absolutely have to plan this out carefully; we can't afford to lose our composure at the very dawn of victory. (End of Chapter)