Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 226 225. The Victory Is Decided
Lin Xiao drove to Hejia Village and followed the smoke to find the farmhouse that was on fire.

Outrageous.

Qin Zhenggang set off less than a minute earlier than him, but when his car drove out of the town compound, Qin Zhen's car, which was noisy except for its horn, had disappeared from the main road.

Lin Xiao even suspected that he had opened the door of time and space and traveled through it quickly.

When they arrived at the burning house, they found that Qin Zhenggang's car was indeed parked there, but the fire truck and police car had not arrived yet.

This is not surprising.

Because of the emergency lessons learned in recent years, any accidents occurring in the village will be reported to the town immediately.

In addition, Qin Zhenggang drove the car as if it were a high-speed train, so he naturally arrived early.

Lin Xiao had just parked the car when he heard the sound of a fire truck approaching from afar and appearing at the entrance of the village.

He looked back at the fire rising in front of him and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The villagers were busy putting out the fire, and the scene was filled with smoke and chaos.

But because the rice had just been harvested and burning of straw was prohibited, the firewood rooms of every household in the village were filled with dry straw.

Once a spark appears, it only takes two or three minutes for a fire to spread. It is simply unrealistic to rely solely on water pumped from the well to put out the fire.

So after working for a long time, the villagers gave up and sighed as they stood in front of the dilapidated houses.

Fortunately, the fire occurred in an old house, where only an elderly couple in their seventies lived. The surrounding old houses had been demolished and new houses built in recent years, and they were kept several dozen meters away from this old house.

So there is no need to worry about the fire spreading, the overall loss is controllable.

Of course, this is for the rest of the village.

For the elderly couple living in the old house, this fire burned down the place where they would live for the rest of their lives.

In rural areas of the south, the elderly basically will not rely on their children unless they are paralyzed in bed and unable to move.

Although raising children is a way to provide for your old age.

But when they are really old to the point where they have to rely on their sons, the elderly will inexplicably develop a sense of humiliation of living under someone else's roof and accepting relief, so they will not live in their son's home unless it is absolutely necessary.

So although the property loss from this fire is controllable, it is a fatal blow to the two elderly people.

When Lin Xiao arrived, he saw a gray-haired elderly couple crying and shouting at the top of their lungs. They were struggling to break free from the crowd and were trying to rush into the house that was engulfed in flames.

Several young men almost couldn't hold him back.

Qin Zhenggang was standing in front of the burning house, his face flushed with anger, and he shouted at the top of his voice: "Do you want the house or your life? Are you senile? You are rushing in with such a big fire, what a joke, just stay here..."

After being threatened, scolded and yelled at, the old couple finally calmed down and knelt on the ground crying.

Leng Tao followed Lin Xiao's instructions and kept chasing Qin Zhenggang to take pictures.

He didn't dare to shoot halfway through, because the Qin Zhen in the camera was particularly scary. He had no mercy or kindness towards the two elderly people at all. He looked just like a corrupt official who exploited the people and took advantage of his power.

Leng Tao felt that this kind of video could not be used as promotional material, but rather more like evidence of a crime.

He looked at Lin Xiao for help.

However, Lin Xiao just nodded, indicating that he could continue shooting, no problem.

Leng Tao then carried out his mission with some doubt and filmed the whole process of "Qin Zhenggang scolding the old couple".

The fire truck arrived midway.

Qin Zhenggang handed the old couple over to the villagers and then handed them over to the leader of the fire brigade. He even fell because he ran too fast.

The fall was captured in time by Leng Tao's camera.

The fire was quickly brought under control and the fire brigade retreated. The remaining finishing work was carried out by Qin Zhenggang and the village committee, including providing housing for the elderly couple.

Lin Xiao didn't follow and drove Leng Tao back to the town.

As soon as I got off the car, I ran into Deputy Mayor Qiao Xuyang who was also coming back from outside.

"Qiao Zhen, busy~~" Lin Xiao greeted warmly.

"..."

Qiao Xuyang's face drooped so much that it almost fell to the ground, but he didn't dare to say anything. He pretended not to hear Lin Xiao's voice and hurriedly fell into the office building.

Lin Xiao was puzzled: "How come Qiao Xuyang is so young and hard of hearing?"

Leng Tao looked embarrassed: "Lin Zhen... Is it possible that in the first article of the public account 'Flood Prevention Pioneer', you wrote about Qin Zhen instead of Qiao Zhen, so Qiao Zhen was angry?"

Lin Xiao was very surprised: "Really?"

Leng Tao was speechless, thinking that if I didn't know that you, Lin Zhen, were cruel and sinister, I would have been deceived by your innocent image.

The two looked at each other and smiled, neither of them pointed out anything.

……

Lin Xiao was not worried at all about offending Qiao Xuyang.

But it is impossible to say that he was not worried about the consequences at all after sending out the article on the public account.

He was worried, and quite worried.

It’s not that I’m afraid that what I write may be too sarcastic or bold, and may arouse disgust and negative comments from my followers.

What he was afraid of were the many pairs of eyes watching the "Chaobai Window" public account.

Chaobai Window now has more than 8 fans.

This number of fans may not even be enough in the eyes of some popular public accounts, but you should know that according to the statistical caliber of local Internet information departments, a single online account with more than 1 fans is called a big V.

In recent years, the country has continued to promote the Clean Internet campaign.

Clean Internet, on the one hand, means what everyone understands, and on the other hand, it means recruiting as many Internet celebrities as possible through the Internet Information Office to carry out some positive online publicity, so as to lead and create a harmonious Internet environment.

Of course, it is easy to tell that the top internet celebrities will not cooperate at all, and the influence of those so-called celebrities whose number of fans is only in the five digits is extremely limited.

Therefore, the effect of this work can only be described as "not satisfactory".

Against this background.

Some official accounts of government departments with more than 10,000 followers have naturally become the key targets for cultivation and recruitment by local Internet information departments.

The reason is simple: obedient, easy to use, and like-minded.

This is why official accounts from all over the Internet are becoming more and more popular.

Some netizens have raised questions before. The science popularization videos shot by official accounts in various places are becoming more and more sophisticated, and the cost is obviously not low. However, the science popularization content has actually been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and it seems that there is no need for repeated promotion.

So, are such popular science videos really necessary? Are they a waste of fiscal funds and a boost to the government's external window towards entertainment?
In fact, there is no need to worry about this.

Because the popular science videos released by official accounts in various places do not necessarily put their popular science significance first, the important purpose is to take the lead in leading a positive online atmosphere.

Instead of allowing internet celebrities to lead the trend in all kinds of ways, causing bad trends on the Internet and then spending time, effort and money to clarify and dispel rumors, it is better to guide these positive energies in small and practical ways.

This is the deep reason why official accounts in various places are becoming more and more popular.

In this historical context.

Chaobai Town’s official WeChat account and Douyin account have both become big Vs, so they will naturally receive high attention from the county and even the city.

However, at first glance, this "slippery" article just published by Chaobai Window does not seem to conform to the basic operation of leading with positive energy.

In particular, Qin Zhenggang is already a criminal.

It is said that the county has already made a disciplinary decision. With his current status, it is not appropriate for him to appear on any network line.

So whether from the perspective of ideology or from the perspective of cadre purity.

The county would not allow Chaobai Town to publish such an article.

Lin Xiao understood the logic behind this, so he was prepared to receive "consolation" calls from the county or even the city as soon as the article was published.

There is a high probability that they will ask you to delete the manuscript directly.

He would just play dumb and say, "Why delete it? Is there something wrong with the writing?"

The county leaders would certainly not say directly that Qin Zhenggang had been punished. After all, the official document has not been issued yet. Saying it in advance would be a leak and would have no administrative effect.

Lin Xiao felt that this tactic of using the opponent's force to counter attack was amazing.

But I waited until I got off work at five o'clock, but I didn't receive any call from any department in the county.

Lin Xiao even suspected that the entire county had lost its Internet access.

He did not give up and went to ask Zhou Baoping and Leng Tao, but he did not receive any calls either.

That's strange!

He left work full of confusion and had no idea what was going on.

However, the weirdness continued.

In the next two days, the final number of readings of this article "The Slippery Mayor" exceeded 1.3, which was truly a hit.

However, the county propaganda department and the Cyberspace Administration of China did not take any action or respond.

Lin Xiao was completely confused. He didn't know whether he made the right move or a wrong one.

On Wednesday afternoon, Han Haijun called unexpectedly.

It was the first time that Lin Xiao received a call from his father-in-law during working hours. He was shocked, thinking something big had happened.

He was a little nervous for a moment, but he adjusted his breathing and quickly answered the call.

"Hey, Dad!"

"Deputy Mayor Lin, it's not a good habit for you to answer personal calls during working hours!" Han Haijun's voice came with a hint of joking.

When Lin Xiao heard the tone, he knew that he was overthinking and nothing serious had happened.

Then he rolled his eyes and thought to himself, is this a sting operation by his father-in-law?

"If I call you mayor, will you accuse me of bypassing my level to contact the leader?" Lin Xiao said with a smile.

Listening to his son-in-law's jokes, Han Haijun laughed out loud, obviously in a good mood.

The father-in-law and son-in-law joked with each other.

Lin Xiaocai asked: "Dad, why are you calling me at this time? Is there something wrong?"

Han Haijun said, "It's nothing serious. It's just that the article on your Chaobai Town public account has been very popular in the city. Many cadres have forwarded it in their circle of friends. I just saw it today... You wrote this article, right?"

Lin Xiao had actually guessed that it was because of this incident, so he remained calm.

“Yes, I wrote it!”

"Did the town ask you to write it?" Qin Zhenggang asked immediately.

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment before he realized that what his father-in-law was actually asking was: Was it Qin Zhenggang, the protagonist of the manuscript, who asked him to write it?
He was a little caught off guard.

As expected, it had to be the leader. His reaction to this matter was completely different from that of ordinary people. At least Lin Xiao did not expect that this would trigger the leader's speculation.

He smiled and said, "No, our mayor rarely appears on camera. He has always believed that the main purpose of establishing these online platform accounts should be to serve the people, not to let officials show off. To be honest, as soon as this article was published, he asked me to take it down immediately, but I insisted not to do so!"

This answer made the person on the other end of the phone stunned for a moment.

Han Haijun then smiled and said, "Hearing what you said, Mayor Qin is quite pragmatic, just as you wrote in the manuscript!"

Lin Xiao was so angry that he said, "Dad, even if you doubt our mayor, you can't doubt my integrity... I can't do false propaganda!"

Han Haijun laughed again.

This son-in-law is also a wonderful person. You can't joke with the mayor, but since he calls him "Dad" all the time, you can chat about family matters without restraint.

Han Haijun asked again: "Then let me ask you, since your mayor doesn't want to promote it, why are you so persistent in writing this article? Although I don't know much about the Internet, the title of this article is very attractive. It has caused so many people to forward it on WeChat Moments. It must have taken a lot of effort... If it was just ordinary publicity, you, as a deputy mayor, wouldn't have to write it yourself, let alone put in so much effort, right?"

Han Haijun asked directly.

Lin Xiao felt a little sweat on his back, thinking that the mayor is the mayor. He is indeed able to see things that ordinary people cannot see at a glance.

Lin Xiao really wanted to tell the truth.

But this matter is really hard to say. Saying it openly or saying it secretly are completely different in nature.

If he were to state his purpose openly, it would be like admitting that he was breaking the law knowingly, and whitewashing Qin Zhenggang who violated the rules and regulations. What's worse, he was begging Han Haijun to break the law knowingly. Isn't that corrupting the mayor as the deputy mayor?

This is absolutely unacceptable.

So Lin Xiao could only say secretly: "Dad, I insisted on writing this article because I really admire our mayor's character, so I couldn't bear to see him being bullied. As for what bullying he suffered, don't ask, it's nothing more than those grassroots things.

"It is true that it can be easily solved with your intervention, but I still want to try it myself, just as a training for myself. If I can't solve it, I will ask you for help again, and it won't be too late for you to help me!"

Han Haijun was stunned.

He made this call with the mentality of 50% investigation and 50% assistance. He wanted to see what difficulties his son-in-law had encountered that caused him to make such an abnormal move.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiao guessed his intention at once and refused directly.

Han Haijun was surprised, but also inexplicably relieved: "Since you said so, I won't get involved...If you have anything, call Dad, we are all family!"

Lin Xiao was very surprised when he heard this.

The value of the last sentence was so high that it was almost unbearable for a moment for him, the son-in-law who had no blood relationship but only legal relationship with her.

He digested it quickly, then smiled and said, "Dad, you are making a personal call during your working hours now!"

Han Haijun was stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter.

He said "you kid" and hung up the phone.

Lin Xiao looked at his phone which had returned to the lock screen and felt happy. He finally understood why there had been no movement in the county in the past two days.

Even my father-in-law saw this manuscript.

It can be imagined that the Municipal Organization Department, Propaganda Department, and Cyberspace Administration have all seen the post.

The county did not make any move, not because they did not want to make any move, but because the city recognized the value of the article and called the county in advance to "commend" it. Naturally, the county would not push away the honor it had earned for nothing.

So I accepted the positive reviews brought by this article to my superiors, and suppressed all my dissatisfaction and dealt with it in the cold.

Lin Xiao frowned.

After this battle, the game between him and the county leaders became clear.

Lin Xiao knew that the county punished Qin Zhenggang in order to make him take the blame for Deputy County Chief Ma Yongqiang.

As for why he can be the top, that is another topic. Simply put, there are indicators for disciplining cadres within the system. If someone commits a crime, he will be punished, but the main leader wants to protect him, so he has to push another person to meet this indicator.

It's cruel, but it's the truth and not worth discussing in depth.

Now, Lin Xiao knows that the county wants to protect Ma Yongqiang, while he wants to protect Qin Zhenggang.

The county has power, and he has two accounts with 40 followers.

This is a showdown between power and public opinion. It depends on who can defeat whom!
Although the publication of this public account attracted a certain amount of attention, the number of fans of the public account is only 8 after all, and most of the followers are villagers in Chaobai Town, which cannot create a sensational effect like the Douyin platform.

Two days after the manuscript was sent out, the heated discussion about the "slippery" mayor died down.

Although many city officials forwarded the article, they were just watching for fun. Only people of similar level as Han Haijun, Zhang Deqing and Deng Biao could sense the hidden gambling potential in the article.

Most cadres thought that Chaobai Town wrote such an advanced model propaganda article just to attract attention.

As for the county leaders of Anyang County.

Although they couldn't put pressure on Lin Xiao to delete the manuscript because of the city leaders' approval, they were still not completely helpless.

The best way is actually to do nothing.

The flood season has not ended yet, but the influence of popular articles on public accounts can only last for three days at most. After three days, no one will remember them.

Once the flood season is over.

The county can just pretend that nothing happened and directly issue the disciplinary decision.

In the decision, the facts of Qin Zhenggang's violation of discipline were clear and there was no problem with the legality and compliance of his dismissal.

In this way, all Lin Xiao's previous efforts were in vain and he couldn't say a single word.

Lin Xiao knew the county's plans very well.

He would not admit defeat, and even had a bit of a killing spree. At this moment, he just wanted to shout out the classic line: I have Qin Zhenggang, and even Jesus can’t take him away! !
The influence of public accounts is limited, right?

Then let’s come up with something that has a greater influence, a more diverse group of followers, and is more likely to spark online discussion!
Lin Xiao quickly gave Leng Tao a task: "Cut a video according to the idea of ​​the article in the official account!"

Leng Tao seemed to have expected this day to come, so he calmly asked back, "Is the theme still about the mayor who slips?"

"If you have other ideas, that's fine. If not, just stick with this!"

"Okay... can we use the footage shot at the Hejia Village fire scene on Monday?" Leng Tao asked.

"It works, why not?"

"Uh... I feel like I'm smearing myself!"

Leng Tao explained, "Generally speaking, when such an accident happens, it's good enough if it doesn't cause online public opinion. Now that the fire is out and no one is discussing it online, we are still actively posting it... Isn't this just looking for trouble?"

Lin Xiao said: "It is because the fire is out and there are no casualties that we can send it out."

Leng Tao nodded.

After receiving a positive response from Deputy Mayor Lin, he felt more confident and began to be eager to try.

After working as a college student village official for more than a year in Xiaguan Village, I found it quite boring. Every day was filled with trivial matters.

It was not until he was seconded to the town by Lin Xiao and worked full-time on short video promotion for Chaobai Town's tourism industry that he felt his job was much more interesting.

Although this time it is not to promote the town’s tourism industry.

But he read the article on the official account early in the morning and found it particularly interesting. In the past two days, he has been thinking about how to edit it, how to add music, and how to take advantage of the online popularity if he wants to make it into a short video.

The reason why Leng Tao was so excited was that the theme of the "slippery feet" mayor was much more eye-catching than simple scenery promotion.

He vaguely felt that the first video of Chaobai Town’s Douyin account that would exceed 100,000 likes might be about to be born.

……

With the honor of his profession, the advice of Deputy Mayor Lin, and the determination to clear Qin Town's injustice.

Leng Tao devoted himself to the video creation with unprecedented enthusiasm, and came up with the video version of "The Slippery Mayor" after just one day.

The content is similar, but the material is richer.

Leng Tao not only posted the footage of the fire scene on Monday and Qin Zhenggang's slipping, but he also found photos taken during the town's flood prevention efforts seven or eight years ago.

At that time, Qin Zhenggang was less than 40 years old and had only a few white hairs on his head. In the rainy weather, he rolled up his trouser legs and was soaked all over as he carried the old man out of the dilapidated house that was trapped by the flood.

Of course, the photo was not taken well and the image quality was not clear. One could only vaguely recognize that it was Qin Zhenggang.

But this is enough.

As long as it is real and the video will not be exposed as fake by netizens, there is no problem.

Leng Tao added a sentence here: Although our mayor often slips, when he carries the people on his back, he walks very steadily!
This sentence made Lin Xiao stunned, and he felt like peeing.

Directly decide: "No need to change it, just publish it!"

Leng Tao was originally a little unconfident, but when he heard Lin Xiao's words, his blood suddenly boiled.

He agreed and went out.

Having learned from the lesson of the last public account, Lin Xiao was smart this time and set the video release time at 11 o'clock in the evening.

The next morning, when Qin Zhenggang heard from others that he had become famous again, the latest video of Chaobai Town’s official Douyin account had received 8 likes and was on the hot search list in Yizhou and Ninghai cities!
This time, Qin Zhenggang became really famous!
Because this video, which is less than a minute long, revolves around "slipping feet" in the first 1 seconds, the mayor's position and the humor of slipping feet form a strong contrast.

This contrast is not only attractive, but also dilutes the public's resistance to positions within the system.

The reversal in the last ten seconds about "the mayor carrying the people on his back" directly triggered netizens' demand and recognition for good officials and good cadres.

Therefore, this video hits the netizens' satisfaction points from beginning to end.

Funny, contrasting, touching...

Precisely because it brought together multiple online hot spots, this video became popular so quickly, with nearly 10 likes overnight, and the Douyin account of "Chaobai Window" also gained 2 followers.

Qin Zhenggang was dumbfounded, all the town cadres were dumbfounded, and the county leaders were also dumbfounded.

But this is just the beginning.

If the popularity of a public account is like a 40+ man, then the durability of a short video is like an 18-year-old, full of vigor and vitality.

The more attention a video receives, the more traffic the authorities will allocate to it and push it to more people's accounts.

So, even though the traffic of Tik Tok during the day is far less than that at night, the number of likes for this video is still rising.

By the afternoon, it had successfully exceeded 15!
Even in the comment section below, there are more and more IPs from various provinces, which shows that Qin Zhenggang has really become popular now.

Qin Zhenggang was dumbfounded.

He never imagined that after working at the grassroots level in townships for nearly twenty years, he had inexplicably become an Internet celebrity?
The popularity of the video continues to rise.

The chain reaction triggered is reflected in all parties.

The county propaganda department called and conveyed the praise and affirmation from the municipal propaganda department, hoping that Chaobai Town would continue its efforts to operate the "Chaobai Window" public account and the Douyin account well, and create a model for Yizhou City's grassroots online accounts.

Zhang Peng, the good brother, changed his cold attitude from last time and asked immediately: "Brother, is this mayor who slips on his feet the mayor you said last time to be a model of positive publicity? He has this advanced quality, why didn't you tell us earlier? Our editor is very interested now! Brother, dear brother, let me do this topic, I promise to promote your mayor well!"

Even the county magistrate Liu Wang called Qin Zhenggang and showed him some concern for him for no apparent reason, saying "you've worked hard" and "it's so rare" all the time, which made Qin Zhenggang feel very nervous.

After hanging up the phone, he went to Lin Xiao's office.

This scared Lin Xiao!
After all, no matter how approachable and humble the top leader is, he will never go to his deputy's office to discuss matters. If there is anything, he will just invite people to his room directly.

Lin Xiao gave up his seat to Qin Zhen, pulled a chair and sat in front of him, asking him what was the matter.

Qin Zhenggang was like a primary school student who had just received a certificate for being a three-good student. He was awkward and excited, yet he had to pretend to be calm and told the county magistrate Liu Wang everything he had just said.

After hearing this, Lin Xiao reacted very calmly.

His change of attitude towards the county governor was completely expected.

"Lin Xiao...so I'm okay now?"

"What do you think?" Lin Xiao smiled mysteriously.

Qin Zhenggang still couldn't understand it. He always felt it was a bit too absurd and too trifling.

A county-level unit disciplined a cadre, and then suddenly rescinded the punishment without any human intervention, and the top leader even called personally to give verbal praise?

What is this!

"Will they wait until this storm has passed before making a decision on punishment?"

"No, don't worry!"

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Not only do they not dare, but all the excellence awards this year will be given to you. You should be prepared to become a mascot and get awards and give reports everywhere!"

Qin Zhenggang's brows furrowed even more.

He really didn't understand the current operating rules of the world - could traffic and popularity have such great magic that they could call a horse a zebra and confuse right and wrong?

Qin Zhenggang didn't want to use these two words on himself.

But judging from the current situation, it seems to be the case. I have somehow reaped the benefits of the Internet age.

He was totally bewildered and still confused.

Lin Xiao took the opportunity to blackmail: "Qin Zhen, tomorrow is Friday, can I take a day off?"

Qin Zhenggang nodded blankly: "Oh, go and do what you want..."

It took me a while to remember to ask, "Is there something wrong at home?"

Lin Xiao blinked and smiled playfully: "It's okay, my wife will have a live performance on Mango TV tomorrow, I'll go and cheer her on!"

Qin Zhenggang was stunned again, and it took him a long time to smile belatedly.

He had even forgotten that Lin Xiao had a superstar wife.

Now that he was reminded of this, he suddenly felt a little dazed - if something as outrageous as the deputy mayor marrying a famous star had happened, then it seemed, seemed, should not be that difficult to accept that his own person had become an internet celebrity in middle age? !

(End of this chapter)