British 1986

"Have you ever been exposed to the teachings of our school before?"

Wright looked at Allen's expression and asked a little cautiously.

People in their profession are well-informed. Every time they talk to people about this, nine out of ten people will show contempt for this kind of thing.

but

This is precisely the charm of the flat earth theory.

This school of thought, their theories seem extremely absurd, but only after a deep understanding, you will find out

This thing is still very logically autonomous.

Flat Earth theory has been around since a long time ago, and it was not until modern times, that is, around the 15th century, that there was scientific research and demonstration that the planet under people's feet is an ellipse.

But this does not mean that there is no market for the flat earth theory. Their school of thought has evolved so far that the theory has been updated countless times. Anyway, if you follow his settings, you will not find any major flaws.

For example, in normal people's cognition, 1+1=2, but the setting they learned is 1+1=3.

According to their settings, 3-1=1 is also correct, provided that you follow their settings.

But often the difficulty is to make ordinary people accept their setting. As long as they accept this setting, the rest will be easy to say.

Allen frowned while holding the document and said, "I haven't had any contact with it, but I have heard about it."

Professor Wright looked at the people around him. This time Allen came here without many people. In addition to the secretary sent by the above who has been following Allen, there are also several bodyguards. But when he came to the European Parliament office Before entering the venue, there were several bodyguards staying at the hotel to look after the house, but now there were only four bodyguards following Allen.

At this time, there were only seven people in the office, including Professor Wright. He no longer hid, moved closer to Allen and lowered his voice: "Your Excellency, you may think our school of thought is ridiculous, since Americans have long been The moon landing was successful, and recently there was news that they would take the lead in building the International Space Station, but why does our school of thought still exist to this day?"

"Um"

Allen nodded. He was not in a hurry to deny it. He just wanted to hear what he wanted to do. Anyone who could get along with the professor would definitely not be a fool.

"Your Excellency, this Flat Earth Society has been established by our school." Professor Wright pointed to the blue logo on the document and introduced: "Currently, it has developed more than 3,000 formal members in Europe, North America, and even the world. Others There are countless non-member believers.”

"Many of these members are high-end people in the business, media and political circles."

Having said this, Professor Wright smiled and looked at Allen and explained with a look that you understand: "Anything that is beyond ordinary people's cognition but can continue to exist has a reason for its existence, just like our school of thought. , you can disagree, disbelieve, or even secretly laugh at it, but many ordinary people in our school of thought agree with it, and with these ordinary people, we have a foothold."

Today's Internet is not particularly developed, and this is not an era where you can search for knowledge casually with your mobile phone.

For ordinary people, if they want to learn some knowledge, apart from libraries, schools, and newspapers, the place where they can get the most information in their daily lives is television or radio.

But these things on TV are the people who lead them. They want to show ordinary people what they want, so that ordinary people can see it.

As a result, there are many paranoid people who are extremely distrustful of these sources of information. They are supporters of conspiracy theories and skepticism.

In other words, no matter what appears on TV, there will always be some people who will not believe it. The more people come forward to popularize science, the more suspicious they will be. It can be said to be a kind of alternative anti-intellectualism.

It is some of these people who support organizations like the Flat Earth Society.

"!!!"

Allen opened his mouth slightly, and he understood a little bit. To put it bluntly, these members are not so much believing in the flat earth theory, but rather they are ordinary people who need those who believe in the flat earth theory.

These days, there is a huge gap in understanding between ordinary people and professionals.

But due to certain things, niche fields are often very eye-catching.

Attracting attention is what many people in special industries need most, such as politicians and people who work in the media. They all need this influence, or "news popularity."

After understanding this, think about it. If they develop more than 3,000 official members through this, their influence can be said to be quite large. No wonder all the members of the European Parliament are from this organization.

We are all in the same niche organization, with both identity and publicity. With this layer of skin, things like mixed councils will be of great help to ourselves.

In addition, most of the members of the society are from developed areas, so it is also a good choice to make connections.

There are a large number of ignorant people below and 3,000 high-end people above. Such an organization

interesting!

After thinking about this, Allen finally had a smile on his face. He no longer despised Professor Wright as much as he did when he first saw him.

He took the initiative to stretch out his right hand and shook Professor Wright's hand vigorously: "Professor, you are a great talent, I am very interested in your Flat Earth Society, but I am too busy today. Can I take this document back? I I’ll take a look when I have time when I get back.”

"Okay, okay! Your Majesty, please do so. If you don't understand anything, please feel free to contact me at any time."

Although Allen agreed to join the society without being present, Professor Wright was already satisfied now that he had expressed his intention.

The formal members of their society only require high-end people. If you don't have any status, they don't want you.

Everyone just sticks together to keep warm and everyone gets what they need. As for the flat earth theory, it is just a tool for them. Believe it or not!

On the way back to the hotel, the secretary sat in the passenger seat and turned his head to introduce Allen who was sitting in the back seat.

"Your Excellency, there are many strange little organizations in the European Parliament."

A Flat Earth Society with 3,000 high-end members has become a "small organization" in the words of the secretary.

"Small organizations like these usually actively recruit various high-end people. People with your status are very attractive to them, so after you come here, don't worry. Once you get familiar with it, you will There are many such organizations that come to visit you and tell you their ideas.”

"But there are very few people who do practical things, most of them are."

The secretary smiled at Allen, and everyone understood what he meant.

"Well how long have you been here?"

Allen was a little curious. This secretary knew a lot. It seemed that the people sent to accompany him this time were quite attentive.

"Your Excellency, I have been here for almost two years and have been followed by two congressmen. You are the third congressman."

"Tell me about these small organizations. Are there any that are similar to or similar to the Flat Earth Society?"

When you are in the House of Lords, there is no need to form cliques. Each member of Parliament can say whatever they want.

But after coming here, with just one day's experience, Allen discovered that if he wanted to have a good time here, he still had to find an organization to join and get involved.

But Allen doesn't want to join those familiar large organizational parties. He is now a non-partisan and can only join some small organizations without political bias.

"Well, Your Excellency, there is a European Women's Association. You may be familiar with this association. I think they will also send people to visit you in a few days. There are also environmental organizations, animal protection organizations, and the Human Rights Council. But the usual affairs of this department If there are more, you probably won’t be interested.”

"oh?"

Allen's eyes flickered. The European Women's Association and the British Women's Association were theoretically the same group. He was indeed familiar with this organization. Since his debut, this is the organization he has had the most contact with.

Although he has never formally met with the people there, he can be said to have been close friends for a long time.

After all, Allen's previous external personality was to care about the people, especially women.

But now with this Human Rights Council, he is more concerned.

The main thing is the word human rights. He has heard it a lot in his previous life. These powers always use human rights to talk about things, which is very annoying. In Allen's understanding, the Human Rights Council is almost like doing nothing all day long, just finding faults here and there. The kind of organization that is looking for trouble, they stand on the moral high ground and can criticize without restriction anything they see that they subjectively deem "unfair", which is very interesting!

When choosing a department before coming here, this department was considered Allen's "first choice."

"Your Excellency, the Human Rights Council is very busy at ordinary times, mainly because it requires frequent business trips. For example, the theme of the recent meeting is their business."

"Tell me in detail!"

"Yes, Your Excellency, you know that the May Treaty will not officially come into effect until the end of this year. At that time, we will officially transform from the European Community to the European Union, and then the inspection work of this group of new applicants to join the European Union will be put forward. The schedule is up, and inspections of these applicant countries require many departments to organize small inspection groups, including the Human Rights Council."

"In other words, this matter will be discussed at tomorrow's meeting?"

Allen didn't expect that he would be so lucky this time to catch up with the meeting before the formation of the inspection team. So, could he sneak in and become the small leader of the inspection team?

Allen, who is not very familiar with the operating mechanism here, can only rely on this secretary to give him advice.

"Can I join the Human Rights Council and then join the inspection team to participate in this inspection?"

Alan asked with a smile.

"Your Excellency?"

The secretary was slightly startled when he heard Allen's question. Normal congressmen are not interested in such thankless tasks, and leave them to the people below. After all, as long as they are related to human rights, It's somewhat annoying.

But I didn’t expect that the gentleman in front of me would be interested in this matter.

"Yes, yes, but this kind of inspection is a waste of time. Are you sure you want to participate?"

"OK! Which countries are newly applying to join this year?"

Allen didn't care about this kind of news before. Anyway, the people of Great Britain don't care about this kind of news. They live on the island. What does Europe's affairs have to do with me, Great Britain?

But now that he is here, Allen needs to know more about it.

"Well, this time I applied for four countries, namely Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Austria."

"Oh? Three of the five Nordic countries applied?"

After hearing that it was these countries, Allen became even more interested in this inspection!

Needless to say, Austria is located in Central Europe and is close to Eastern Europe. It is the best place to visit Eastern Europe. Many poor people in Eastern Europe want to come to the "free world" to make big money, so they have to go to Austria first.

For example, Arnold, Cameron's number one general, used to be Austrian.

In addition to Austria, the remaining Nordic countries are also remarkable.

Let's not talk about Norway. Although the royal family here is a poor family, the income of their people is still reasonable. The situation in Finland is similar to theirs. It can be considered as evenly matched.

But Sweden is different. Sweden is rich!

Today's Sweden is known as a paradise for immigrants. It is located in Northern Europe and has a very developed economy.

And basically I have never experienced the baptism of war. Going to their place for inspection, if nothing else, is a good idea even if it is regarded as a trip.

Besides, Allen is still a nobleman. In the past, he could directly communicate with Swedish nobles. When the time comes, whether it is doing things or conducting inspections, he will have an advantage over ordinary people in the Human Rights Council.

Now, Allen is in urgent need of "manpower", that is, those female medical representatives.

Whether he goes to Austria or the three Nordic countries, he can inspect this aspect. In comparison, going to Austria is more beneficial to him.

"You prepare some materials for me. After the meeting tomorrow, help me apply and go through the procedures. I want to participate in this inspection."

Allen made up his mind to be more serious this time and do something practical!

Isn't it just to examine human rights? It's like no one knows how to talk about it. For people in Great Britain, isn't this a natural skill to ridicule people in a weird way?

"Okay, Your Excellency, I will prepare now."

A huge conference room with seats arranged in a fan shape.

More than 600 vacancies

This is the approximate layout of the conference hall at the European Parliament headquarters now.

Very old, but doable.

Allen looked at the surrounding facilities in confusion like a country bumpkin who had just entered the city.

He used to hang out in the British House of Lords and never found that holding a meeting could be so troublesome.

Today's meeting actually attracted more than 200 members.

But in addition to these congressmen, there are dozens of translators.

There are currently more than a dozen languages ​​in circulation in the European Parliament, and members of each member state speak in their own language.

But other members of Congress, if they don’t speak a few foreign languages, will only have half-understanding when listening to such speeches.

Like Allen, he can vaguely understand French, and the same goes for German.

It's like Chinese people listening to Japanese. After watching them chatter for a long time, he can only understand some common words here and there, and the rest has to be translated.

Just like now, if the people above say something, there will be translators below who will translate it in real time in the area where the members of each country are sitting.

It takes more than ten minutes to listen to a speech.

No wonder the outside world generally complains about the inefficiency of the European Parliament. This is the model

Anyone who comes has to be inefficient.

PS: Repairing a computer will fix your mentality.

When they came to see it, it was done in a few minutes. I stood by and watched, and it was so profitable!

Woohoo. I have discovered a truth, people, don't mess around in areas you don't understand. After all the fuss, you will have to make up for it in a time-consuming and laborious way.