Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 212 The most difficult virus in the world
What is the most difficult virus to deal with in the world right now?
It's HIV.

Because HIV directly attacks the immune system, making it unable to function, it can then do whatever it wants.

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The same goes for clever rumors, which are intended to directly attack the person who debunks the rumor.

For example, when Uncle Benshan wants to sell crutches, he wants Fan Wei to believe that his legs are of different lengths.

At this time, if someone can stand up and prove that Fan Wei's legs are the same length, this person will be very disadvantageous to Uncle Benshan.

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He has more experience in selling pants than Uncle Benshan, has seen countless legs, and his visual ability far exceeds that of Uncle Benshan, an amateur carpenter.

At the same time, the pants are sold with rulers, a magical artifact of cause and effect.

If Uncle Benshan really argued with the pants seller, he would lose 99% of the time.

So, Uncle Benshan chose a more sophisticated tactic.

That is, don’t attack your conclusion, attack your motive directly!!

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"A trouser seller? If the trouser seller tells you that your legs are not the same length, will you still buy the trousers?!"

This soul-searching question directly identifies the person selling the pants as a profit-seeking, unscrupulous merchant who can lie for the sake of profit! A liar!
At this time, the PK between Uncle Benshan and the man selling pants has ended.

Lao Zhao wins without fighting!

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The guy who sells pants is in the real world.

He could be a profit-seeking doctor who sells western medicine to make money for himself! He even slandered Dr. Zhang that eggplants and mung beans cannot cure diseases!
It could be a UN staff member, who received benefits from Harris! That’s why he said the Israeli Air Force attacked the hospital!

It could be the male passenger who was slandered and secretly photographed on the subway. He wanted this wave of traffic! That’s why he insisted that the girl apologize!
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Directly attack your motives without even needing any arguments or proof, and first label the person who debunks the rumor as a bad guy.

Then he said a few more words in a sarcastic tone...

"You need to reflect on why no one believes in you!", "Crisis of Trust", "Tacitus Trap"...

People who spread rumors make up stories, and the plots of the stories are often more exciting than reality and more to the taste of some people.

Then, we will "besiege the point and attack the reinforcements"...

Anyone who tries to use public opinion to support the opposition will be fiercely attacked by rumor makers.

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While spreading rumors, people are also creating a negative image for those who refute them.

It directly pointed out that the person who refuted the rumor had ulterior motives, the person who refuted the rumor was a liar, etc.

In this case, the more you refute rumors, the stronger your negative image will become.

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Now, Ishihara Masatarou of the Sankei Shimbun attacks you for the motive of wanting to sell more albums.
This is true damage.

It is logical in people's cognition.

One Piece Entertainment's publicity, cooperation with the Winter Olympics, chart promotion, and peripheral activities are indeed for the Beasts to sell more albums...

You are refuting the rumors at this time, not for the sake of buying the album, but for charity?
To improve people's artistic aesthetics?
To share music with your fans?

This line of public opinion defense is weak and will break at the slightest touch.

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On April 4, One Piece Entertainment's newly acquired international first-line fashion magazine "ELLE" released a set of neutral imitation makeup.

"ELLE" is a French fashion magazine founded in 1945. It is a women's magazine focusing on fashion, beauty, and lifestyle, and has a great influence in the global fashion circle.

The inspiration for this imitation makeup is said to come from the serious historical literature "The New History of the Samurai" which is written by "the new generation flag bearer of Japan".

Two Black Pearl models imitated Shintaro Ishihara's dressing style and released a photo album.

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Eye makeup is the focus of this imitation makeup. When taking photos, Shintaro Ishihara always tilts his face, trying to show depth and sharpness.

These two black pearls used delicate eyeliner to outline slightly upward eyeliner to enhance the depth of the eyes.

Shintaro Ishihara has a neat hairstyle, and especially after publishing the serious literary work "A New History of the Samurai", he always tries to give people the dignified and serious demeanor of a literary master.

These two hot black pearls used hair spray or wax to create a similar look, and used a makeup pencil or eyebrow pencil to lightly draw the outline of the beard.

What’s even more terrible is that on the lower body of the model’s bikini underwear, there is the Showa Empire flag and the cover pattern of “New History of Samurai” that Shintaro Ishihara is proud of.

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After this imitation makeup came out, it was immediately reprinted by Japan's top fashion magazine "Vivi", which invited a 180-kilogram plus-size model to do the imitation makeup photo shoot.

"ViVi" is a monthly women's fashion magazine published in Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore. It was founded in May 1983 and was acquired by Metaverse Co., Ltd. two years later and then transferred to One Piece Entertainment through equity transactions. The magazine is full of various changing, unique, and avant-garde fashion styles. It is also an indispensable magazine for those who want to grasp the Japanese fashion information, so it has received widespread attention and popularity.

Last year, its monthly circulation in Japan was 44 copies, ranking first among Akagi magazines.

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Then, the red-letter series "Ray", "Cancam" and the blue-letter series "Mina", "Steady" and "JJ" began to promote Ishihara Shintaro's imitation makeup and the book cover of "New Samurai History", and placed them on the tights, hip pants and bikini pants of model magazines.

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A new mini-game compressed package began to circulate on Telegram.

Shintaro Ishihara's Dressing Room

Shintaro Ishihara, dressed in a mighty and unyielding samurai outfit, military uniform, and literary kimono, had normal clothes at the beginning, but later on, he changed his clothes like models such as "Vivi", "Ray", and "Cancam".

There are also some special metal chains, pink handcuffs, pet chew balls, bikinis and other props.

Players can use the mouse to change Shintaro Ishihara's clothes.

This game was promoted by game magazines and periodicals such as "Famitsu", "Ultraman Information Book", and "Showa 40 Year Man", and the number of downloads exceeded 500 million within a week, becoming a hit in Japan.

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In the latest chapter of the popular manga "What can I do for you, Sakamoto?" published in "Monthly Harta," "Japan's coolest manga magazine," a clown character named "Shintaro Ishihara" appeared, who became the laughing stock of the class for plagiarizing someone else's novel.

The comics of "Gundam Ace" also feature a fat, big-eared, and incompetent villain officer who holds a copy of "The New History of the Samurai" all day long, muttering the spirit of the new right wing, and privately uses a hydrogen bomb called "Ishihara Shintaro", causing the deaths of millions of people.

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Faced with One Piece Entertainment's cross-dimensional offensive, Sankei Shimbun realized that this was a public opinion attack, but had no way to fight back.

Masataro Ishihara did publish several articles, angrily denouncing these fashion magazines and comics as a blasphemy against Japanese history and an insult to his own personality.

Masataro Ishihara also hired a team of lawyers to sue the programmer of "Shintaro Ishihara's Dressing Room".

However, due to the anonymous communication function of Telegram, it is impossible to find the person to be sued.

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Furious, Ishihara Masataro asked his lawyer to write a statement:
"The left-wing media has gone too far in defaming the imperial culture and samurai traditions. Rather than trying to survive in a cowardly way and leaving a legacy of shame for eternity, it is better to launch a large-scale attack and decide the outcome."

"I formally authorize Mitsui Law Firm to send a letter to Telegram! Send a letter to Vivi! Send a letter to Ray! Send a letter to Famitsu!"

"Send a letter to the Ultraman Information Book! Send a letter to Showa 40 Year Man! Send a letter to the manga magazine Monthly Harta! Send a letter to the Gundam Ace weekly issue!!!"

Having run out of tricks to this point, Ishihara Masatarou is like Don Quixote dueling with windmills, completely losing the seriousness and authority of the original debate.

He and his "New History of the Samurai" became the clowns in this circus of fashion, games, and comics.

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The devastating weapons of public opinion warfare appeared ahead of time in the Japanese public opinion battlefield in the 20s.

Deconstruction and dissolution.

Questioning, criticizing and subverting traditional meanings and value systems makes everything meaningless.

Let struggle become a comedy, let sacrifice become a joke, let seriousness become absurdity, let the sacred become a clown, let anger become fun, let history become nothingness...

This is a two-dimensional foil of public opinion warfare that compresses the three-dimensional world into two-dimensional space.

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In 1999, a Harvard journalism professor who studied propaganda gave an example in class:
The workers went on strike, surrounded the nobles' banquet, and sang the Internationale.

The atmosphere was solemn for a while.

The song is finished.

"Good, they didn't go off-tune too badly this time."

One noble said so.

The atmosphere became cheerful again.

"I know a music teacher, her black silk stockings...", "Their leader's singing style is problematic", "The leader's eyes are so wide, is his eyes sore?"

The entire solemn, angry, tragic, and heroic scene was instantly deconstructed and dissolved...

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In the face of this public opinion carnival, Ishihara Masataro, a recognized figure at the top of Japan's right-wing literature and a big shot whose status was similar to that of pre-war right-wing mentors Kita Ikki and Okawa Shumei, lost all his prestige, reputation, and the seriousness of his works.

The serious historical work "New History of Samurai" which expounds his political ideas, philosophical thoughts and theoretical doctrines has become a book like "Wu Xinlan's 365-day technical course" in this carnival of public opinion deconstruction.

No political group will use "Wu Xinlan 365-Day Technical Course" as its factional program or governing philosophy.

Two weeks later, Masataro Ishihara announced his resignation from Sankei Shimbun.

The Sankei Shimbun was badly damaged and could no longer launch a media offensive...

(End of this chapter)