Arrived in Beijing for the meeting (continued)

  He smiled awkwardly and said, "It's not entirely like that, uh, anyway, being represented isn't a good feeling. I think the key point is to make the people believe that our party stands among the people, not above them. The leaders who work for the people and ask for instructions from the people should be praised, while those so-called officials who ignore the people and disrespect the people will eventually be punished. I dare to mention a somewhat immature opinion here: at this time when our party still enjoys high credibility among the people, we should make good use of this advantage. Our people's congress system should extend further down, let the people's representatives go into the masses, let the people's voices truly reflect through the people's representatives, and when the people's interests are possibly infringed upon, the people's representatives can stand up to help the people solve problems."

  The elder nodded and said, "This suggestion is good. Our NPC does not need representatives who only know how to vote in favor and listen to orders. They should be truly representative, but the specific implementation may have more problems. Each region has a limited number of representatives, but many people, and one person's words may not be enough to handle everything. Moreover, our country does not have the funds to support this matter."

  "In fact, we can maintain the work of representatives through forms such as volunteers and donations. Especially, we can let university students and college students with higher education experience actively participate in our normal and valuable political life, do things that benefit the people, rather than being incited by people with ulterior motives to do things that undermine social stability."

  His suggestion, however, made these big shots' eyes light up. To put it bluntly, some students make trouble because they have nothing better to do after eating their fill, and think of themselves as invincible and the favored ones of heaven, so whatever they think is right must be right, while official governments are evil. This problem is quite serious among students during this period, especially those majoring in liberal arts. But if a channel can be established to vent these students' energy and at the same time educate and "unite" these "favored ones of heaven", it would undoubtedly be very valuable.

  Here is the translation:

  Qī Yī Míng has done many big and small things to get rid of these "heavenly favored sons" who don't want to use their worried hearts for the country and people to wreak havoc on the world. Feed them more comprehensive knowledge, let them not be limited by narrow views, but have a richer and more rational discussion, measuring the pros and cons of each country. More enriching learning and social life will shift their energy away from politics. Mobilize students to do more meaningful things, even Qī Yī Míng thinks it's worth sending them for compulsory education. Qī Yī Míng feels that this group of people in that era is naive, lovely, and simple-minded, they are hateful, but some of their characteristics are also admirable. The 9527 project brought thirty years of knowledge and previous discussions, enough to make these people unable to do their own jobs. There are also valuable comments on politics that can broaden their horizons and exchange rationality for this group of people.

  This matter has also been settled in this way. The current chairman of the People's Congress will lead it, striving to speed up its implementation and truly play a role.

  "After six years, the Soviet Union will disintegrate. According to some comments we've seen, the West's peaceful evolution is 'meritorious'. And the West has been promoting their evolution in our country all along, even up to thirty years later. We absolutely cannot lose this war of public opinion and cultural position! What does Little Qi think?"

  Everyone thinks they are about to become Yuan Fang, but being taken seriously is still a pleasant surprise. He replied: "At the root of it all, there is the problem that people yearn for a better life, and there are also external factors that intentionally guide us in this direction. The peaceful evolution has not stopped even after thirty years, and we cannot put down our guard. I think this is actually an ideological battle, a war of images between us and the West. When we opened up to the world and saw the good life in the West, it seemed like we were lagging behind in many aspects, including civilization and material wealth. If we don't do anything, people will naturally yearn for the Western model."

  We need to have enough tolerance to allow certain critical voices to exist, but we must not let these voices become the mainstream of public opinion. The fundamental reason why we lost this battle of public opinion in that world is that our material foundation did not keep up and our information was asymmetrical, and our preparations were also insufficient. Specifically, I think we need to do the following:

  Now, let's engage in an invisible war with the West. We need to have more in-depth discussions, exposing the cruel and bloody history of the West, the chaos and darkness of their underclass society, and even the seemingly beautiful life they lead. We should not hesitate to use conspiracy theories and the like, such as the fact that since the establishment of North American colonies, the population of Native Americans has decreased by tens of millions, or the strong racial discrimination in the United States, and the unjust treatment of Chinese people in America for over a century. Emphasize that what the West is using now is soft exploitation, where capitalists control their countries through money politics, and their people are just sheep waiting to be sheared at any time. The so-called stable income and life they have now are not choices they made willingly, but rather something they were forced to do after our red flag was raised. We must expose the evil of the West, the unfairness of the West, and other issues to everyone. Let people know that the West has not only a relatively good life but also serious problems.

  Second, we must also continue to strengthen our propaganda on this side. The good tradition of revolutionary martyrs must be inherited. We must rely on some major achievements to boost the morale of the people and let them see where the hope for tomorrow lies. We must expose those traitors in the revolutionary ranks as a warning to others. To defeat the mass movement that has been stirred up, we must rely on our magic weapon - mobilizing the masses to solve problems, uniting the masses, educating the masses, and respecting the masses. As long as we firmly grasp the hearts of the people, no matter how sinister the plot or scheme, it will be impossible to defeat us!

  Thirdly, on the cultural front, we need to utilize the many works I have brought with me to strengthen and export our culture, and counter the invasion of Western culture and way of life. The West wants to peacefully transform us, but we must do the opposite, introducing our traditional culture and revealing the ugly reality of capitalist society through our cultural works. We should produce more of such works. Hmm, also, some of our own cultural works, like the popular "scar literature", need to be controlled or diluted with a large number of other works. As I always say, on the cultural market, there should be both positive and negative things, but overall, we should let the masses accept more positive energy.

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  He also has a bit of personal motives, he can't stand the countless god dramas and thunder dramas of later generations, as well as domestic films and domestic animations that are difficult to compliment. Although the current industrial chain is not yet complete and lacks funding, he has many excellent materials in his hands. By engaging in cultural plagiarism, modifying influential cultural works into Chinese versions, although it's very immoral and unscrupulous, but can conscience be eaten as food? Moreover, theoretically speaking, no one's legitimate rights are being infringed upon.

  After discussing several major issues, Qi Yiming was invited again to attend a meeting of the Economic Construction Leading Group.

  The officials attending this meeting were relatively lower in rank, but more in number. Not all of them knew the true situation of Project 9527, they were only responsible for reviewing materials and making plans. The elder still attended the meeting with Qi Yiming.

  The meeting was not held at Zhongnanhai but moved to a conference room in the unit of the State Commission for Restructuring.

  This conference room was not as relaxed as the one in Haizi, because most of the directors or cadres of the Physical Culture Committee were serious and nervous, so the atmosphere became very solemn. The layout was also different from the previous round table, but instead set up a rostrum, with Elder Long and Premier Zhao, among others, and Qi Yiming sitting on the rostrum.

  The meeting started without any major issues, and the various cadres of the Reform Commission took turns reporting on their work achievements and problems in this stage, followed by reports on specific arrangements for the next stage.

  Zhi Yi Ming frowned upon hearing this, and only spoke up when the elder asked for his thoughts: "The system itself has hardly changed. Although I know everyone had a short time to review the materials, having comparisons and lessons learned, yet there's still no reaction - are you planning on repeating the same mistakes?"

  He, a young whippersnapper, scolded people from the body reform committee in front of the top leaders, and the faces of the people from the body reform committee were extremely ugly.

  The old man chuckled and said: "What are you dissatisfied with? Speak up."

  "Yes, elder, I myself majored in economics and business administration, so these things are quite familiar to me. Let me pick out a few key points: first, in terms of planning, the comrades from the Reform Committee hope to use the technology and personnel provided by our 9527 project to carry out technical reforms and then push manufacturing into a new stage. This is fundamentally not wrong, but I think that at this stage, it's more important to increase the intensity of attracting investment and opening up our regions to accept some industrial transfers from the West, especially focusing on essential goods for people's lives, i.e., light industry products. As for things that will produce pollution and other negative consequences, we should use the advanced technology of the 9527 project. At our current level, it's not very valuable to focus solely on becoming world-class or the best in the world. Only when our market is no longer scarce and people's lives become rich and abundant is that the most important thing."

  In addition, on the aspect of state-owned enterprise system reform, taking advantage of the current situation where vested interest groups have not grown strong, we should standardize the behavior of state-owned enterprises and establish a system of accountability for cadres. The operation of state-owned assets cannot be lost easily, nor can it become a private tool for some people to seek benefits. Supervision and regulation must be in place. Moreover, later on, we will open a management class, I hope that the management model and level of state-owned enterprises will have a certain improvement.