A month after the incident, not many netizens paid attention to Lin You’s matter, the buzz has long since died down.
The Alliance is very secretive about this, they are intentionally delaying until the popularity goes down, after all, there are more news every day to divert the attention of netizens, they throw out a conclusion when no one is paying attention to it, and the matter will be brought to an end perfectly.
With Lin Zimao alone, it should not be able to change the Alliance’s decision on Lin You, let alone the authority of the parliament.
They misjudged the ability of others, Lin Zimao was not alone, he had a team around him, a team that could shock the entire Alliance.
It’s not like an ant trying to shake a big tree1蚍蜉撼大樹 (pí fú hàn dà shù): lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom); fig. to overrate one’s own strength; Synonym of 蚍蜉撼樹 (pí fú hàn shù), lit. an ant trying to shake a tree; to ridiculously overrate oneself; to be self-important., nor a mantis trying to stop a cart from advancing2螳臂擋車 (táng bì dǎng chē): a mantis trying to stop a cart from advancing—overestimate oneself and try to hold back an overwhelmingly superior force; (figurative) to overrate oneself and attempt something impossible; From Zhuangzi: 汝不知夫螳蜋乎？怒其臂以當車轍，不知其不勝任也，是其才之美者也。, Do you not know the praying mantis? It angrily stretches out its arms, to block the progress of the carriage, unconscious of its inability for such a task, but showing how much it thinks of its own powers., but constant dripping water wears through the rock3水滴石穿 (shuǐ dī shí chuān): dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant dripping water wears through the rock—persistence leads to success; little strokes fell great oaks; 一日一錢，千日千錢，繩鋸木斷，水滴石穿。, If one (steals) 1 dollar every day, he would have stolen 1000 dollars after 1000 days. If a tree is cut with a string (every day), it will eventually fall off. When water drops on a piece of rock (everyday), it will eventually wear through., a person cannot be judged by their appearance4人不可貌相 (rén bù kě mào xiàng): you can’t judge a person by appearance (idiom); one cannot judge someone by his or her appearance; you can’t judge a book by its cover..
Although the Alliance press conference was held in a low-key manner, some people are still paying attention to it, many self-media have already prepared to publish one of the articles they have written to ride the wave of General Lin You’s popularity, if the Alliance speaks positively of Lin You, they will publish an entire article praising him, if the Alliance doesn’t support Lin You, they will join the Alliance in criticizing him, of course, there are also those who take the opposite approach.
However, they found that the Alliance’s press conference was over, their articles were posted on time, and there were no major issues with the comments, unfortunately, there weren’t many people commenting on their blog post, what’s going on?
Senior netizens just got off work around six o’clock in the evening, they sat on the ground track bus to watch and start browsing the news.
Huh?
What did they find?
There are many popular videos, and also many topics related to General Lin You, all followed by the word ‘explosive’.
The young people who had been sitting on their seats and wanted to take a nap suddenly became energized.
Wasn’t General Lin You a very big figure who caused a lot of noise some time ago?
Is there a new topic of discussion?
So netizens clicked on the videos one by one out of curiosity!
Corresponding to the press conference just released by the Alliance, there are three videos in total.
The first video: About the secret of the space pirates’ hijacking of the ship sixteen years ago.
In the video, a group of space pirates who didn’t even wear hoods directly broke into the starship, they robbed the civilians on the starship of their money, and brutally killed the passengers who resisted, however, they didn’t have any logo on their bodies or clothes that were related to Lin You’s space pirate group.
The passengers left behind on the starship were taken hostage, and the leader of the space pirates contacted the Alliance to demand ransom, but the Alliance did not intend to compromise with the space pirates!
The Alliance official who had a video chat with the space pirate group had a high-definition face, and his face was not blurred in the video, this man is now a high-ranking official in the Alliance, and also appears in the news from time to time.
The Alliance has abandoned all the people on the starship!
While the hijacked passengers are still unaware that they have been abandoned by the Alliance government, a group of members wearing clothes with the emblem of the Youlin Space Pirate Group fought against the hijackers.
After a fierce confrontation, all the hijackers were captured and thrown into space, the remaining passengers on the starship were rescued, the Youlin Space Pirate Group also gave them enough supplies to reach their destination.
There are also the post-event handling of the Alliance later, the Alliance government compensated the families involved in the matter, but asked them not to speak out and forced them to sign an unequal agreement.
The second video: a secret deal.
This time, the first thing that catches the eye is a planet occupied by a certain space pirate, the environment was not very beautiful, but it was well protected.
Ten seconds later, several familiar politicians appeared in the video, and shook hands warmly with the space pirate leader, they had a pleasant conversation.
Not a single word in the video can be faked, because it is too high-definition, it’s so high-definition that whether it was the politician or the space pirate leader, the pores on their face can be clearly counted, their voices were recorded faithfully, if it was compared with the audio that politicians usually leak, it can be proven that this video is 100% real and not faked.
But what are they discussing?
Next, the politicians actually signed a purchase agreement for mechas and other weapons with the space pirates, the contract was even stamped with an official seal!
Is it the Youlin Space Pirate Group?
Of course not, the politicians are cooperating with the notorious Jiangyang Space Pirate Group!
This is probably the reason why the Jiangyang Space Pirate Group has always existed despite its constant turmoil, there has been some internal intrigue with Jiangyang, and now all these intrigues have been released!
The Alliance needs to give the public a reasonable explanation, whose pockets are filled by the sale of these weapons, and who is raising these space pirates?
The third video: It was a battle that almost wiped out the entire group.
The video is a bit shaky, but it is definitely recorded during the actual combat.
There was a lot of gunfire, and it was bloody and tragic!
There are people crying and cursing on the broadcast.
“Why haven’t the supplies arrived yet! We’re running out of ammunition!”
“Those grandsons from the Alliance, they’ve long been displeased with General Lin, are they deliberately leading us here to be caught in the pincer attack of these two space pirate?”
“General, can you contact someone from the Alliance?”
A calm voice replied: “Can’t, those who are not afraid of death, charge with me, those who want to stay behind can hide now.”
A fair and resolute side face appeared in the video, and he added: “No matter how the Alliance treats us, we must finish this battle first, we will not let our people’s sacrifice be in vain.”
The rest of the broadcast became quieter and quieter, with the mecha AI broadcasting about the warriors who had fallen into space one by one.
“Combatant Zhao Ming was sacrificed.”
“Front line soldier Jiang Hai was sacrificed.”
“Logistics soldier Wang Fugui was sacrificed.”
…
There are a lot more.
A silent line of tears formed on the man’s stoic facial lines, and he wiped away more and more tears on his face.
“So many soldiers have opened up a way for us to survive, so let’s rush out! Let’s charge out and live for them!”
“Soldiers, charge!”
After watching the three videos one by one, netizens can’t help but feel their eyes filled with tears.
The one who was sitting on the subway wept silently, thinking that he was the only one who cried uncontrollably, only to find that the person next to him cried even more fiercely than he did, and they glanced at each other.
“Are you watching that video too?”
“Yes, I’m watching it too, I want to join General Lin You’s support club! Resist the corruption of the Alliance government!”
“I’ll join too! Such a good leader cannot be buried, he deserves everyone’s respect, on the contrary, the corpse-like scum should be sent to hell!”
The same conversations occur in different places, some offline, some online.
Social media platforms began to repost these three videos crazily, and netizens’ Moments were flooded with these three videos!
The Alliance’s press conference just now has become meaningless, how righteously and sternly they just accused Lin You of wrongdoing, is how much they are now slapping their faces.
As for Lin You’s four former friends, they were condemned by the public, being reviled by the people, they were once so high above the masses5高高在上 (gāo gāo zài shàng): set up on high (idiom); (originally) high aloft; (now commonly) setting oneself high above the masses; not in touch with the common people or reality; aloof and remote; From the Classic of Poetry, poem 288 (《詩經·周頌·敬之》): 敬之敬之，天維顯思，命不易哉。 無曰高高在上，陟降厥士，日監在茲。, Let me be reverent, let me be reverent, [in attending to my duties]; [The way of] Heaven is evident, And its appointment is not easily [preserved]. Let me not say that It is high aloft above me. It ascends and descends about our doings; It daily inspects us wherever we are., but now they have fallen from the altar.
The Alliance government is not only corrupt, but also incompetent!
The one being pushed to the front now is Arquez, the supreme leader of the Alliance!
They are all blind, how could they elect such an ungrateful person to be the president, was he the one who made the deal with the space pirates?
These three videos all point to one thing!
That is, there is a mole in the Alliance who is cooperating with the space pirates, but who is it specifically, the person who posted the video didn’t say it.
Maybe everyone has guessed who is posting the video, but there is no way to say it is him.
Yes, it was Lin Zimao who brought the name Lin You from the darkness to the light.
Does he know who the mole really is?
It’s a pity that no one can contact Lin Zimao, first, he has no social platform for people to pry into, and his personal social account is set to refuse to add new friends.
While the netizens were furiously calling the hotline of the Alliance government, many others ran to the entrance of the Ning City’s government to protest.
It’s all a spontaneous act by netizens, the taxes they pay are actually not to protect themselves, instead, it gives officials the opportunity to enrich themselves6中飽私囊 (zhōng bǎo sī náng): to line one’s pockets; to stuff one’s pockets; to take bribes; appropriate public funds for one’s private use; feather one’s nest., what an abominable Alliance government!
A press conference was like poking a hornet’s nest, they didn’t know it was going to be so powerful.
Tonight, the Alliance government might not be able to sleep at night because of these three videos, they have been working all night7通宵達旦 (tōng xiāo dá dàn): overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long; all the night until daybreak; all through the night; whole night. trying to find a way to calm down the incident.
President Arquez immediately ordered the videos to be deleted, in order to prevent the incident from spreading further, however, the Minister of the Internet Department pressed the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief and said that it could not be deleted for the time being, these three videos are like viruses, if the delete command is executed, they would spread even faster.
The video is actually a virus!
It’s spreading non-stop, it’s only been an hour now, so probably everyone in the Alliance who is connected to the Internet has seen it.
Arquez slumped in his seat, he dialed Jiang Qi’s communication number.
“Brother Jiang, did you know? Someone posted three videos, I want to know if Lin You did it.”
Jiang Qi was playing chess leisurely, he was very calm: “I said in the parliament that Lin You’s name must be cleared, but you didn’t listen.”
Arquez: “But I also have to listen to the voices of the congressmen, I’m the president.”
Jiang Qi’s voice remained steady: “Arquez, you’ve stayed in this position for too long, you’ve been influenced.”
Two more video calls came in, from Yang Ming and Peng Jiashang.
Jiang Qi said: “What a coincidence that you guys are here.”
Yang Ming’s face is very poor: “I just want to know, who deliberately gave Lin You false information back then? Arquez, you told me back then that Lin You has defected, was it you?”
Arquez: “It wasn’t me, I also received the message you guys delivered to me.”
Yang Ming gritted his teeth and said: “If we don’t find out about Lin You’s mutiny, I’ll bring my mecha army to besiege planet Fiege!”
Peng Jiashang said: “Lao Yang, why are you so impulsive, back then, when Lin You was going to fight against the space pirates, didn’t you back down, why are you pretending to be the victim here now?”
Yang Ming: “I’m pretending to be the victim? Peng Jiashang, I remember that I was supposed to send you there back then, but you ran to Lin You and told Lin You that you have elderly above and young children below8上有老下有小 (shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo): T/N: May or may not be an alternative to the idiom/phrase, 上有老下有小 (shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo), lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom); fig. to have both one’s aging parents and one’s young children to take care of; to be a member of the sandwich generation., and he was alone, you begged him to go for you, didn’t you? Arquez, you agreed without even thinking about it! Were you afraid that he would take over your position as president when he came back, so you signed it immediately? Do you want face?”
Jiang Qi said: “Yang Ming, don’t be impulsive, we’re old friends, we’ve been through all these years together.”
Yang Ming sneered: “Who is an old friend with you, make no efforts to save somebody whose life is endangered, you’re playing a great game, from today onwards, I won’t accompany you anymore! Let me tell you, whoever agrees not to clear Lin You’s name this time, will be suspected of being a space pirate!”
Yang Ming exited the multi-person video chat.
Thirty seconds later, a new post was added to the official certified social media platform that had been abandoned9長草 (zhǎng cǎo): (literally) to grow grass; (by extension) to be abandoned (to the point that grass has grew on the subject of discussion); (mainland China, neologism, internet slang) to long for something, especially a product; (mainland China, neologism, internet slang, by extension) to have a desire to consume a piece of creative work or an entertainment media. for a long time.
【Lin You is innocent, hoping that the Alliance will come up with a charter as soon as possible, otherwise…】
What follows are unfinished words.
The three videos aroused the indignation of the general public, also revealed the dissatisfaction of Marshal Yang, the netizens who share the same hatred10同仇敵愷 (tóng chóu dí kǎi): T/N: May or may not be a typo of the idiom, 同仇敵愾 (tóng chóu dí kài), anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary; share a bitter hatred of the enemy; be united as one against the common enemy. seem to have found a backbone, and asked him to clear General Lin’s name!
At the same time, in a large private villa in the Alliance, a middle-aged man handed a freshly peeled apple to another handsome man lying on the bed.
The thin and handsome man took the apple and sighed: “These children are still too impulsive.”
The middle-aged man said: “Isn’t this because you spoiled them.”
The handsome man nodded: “That’s true.”
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