Wang Xiaohai walked into the TV station building. The security guard at the door compared the portrait in his hand and saluted politely. After all, one of the five people who came today would become the mayor of Qingliu City in a few days, and no one could be offended.
There was still an hour before the official broadcast, and four mayoral candidates had already sat on the large sofa chairs in the studio. Wang Xiaohai was the last to arrive.
A fat old man stared at Wang Xiaohai with eagle-like sharp eyes.
"Who are you?" Wang Xiaohai also looked over, "Candidate Yu Tu!" This guy looks a bit like the principal, but Principal Yu is thin, and this guy is fat.
"Young people are so disrespectful, calling their elders by their full names!" Yu Tu said. "But it doesn't matter. You don't know anything anyway, and your life experience can't compare to ours."
Before the live broadcast officially started, the studio was already filled with tension.
Yu Tu is a well-known entrepreneur in the city with a very high reputation. He is the candidate with the highest vote rate in the online test survey.
Wang Xiaohai is actually the second-ranked candidate. Although the gap between him and the first is huge, elections are unpredictable and who can guarantee that he will always be in the first place?
"That's right, I have less experience than you, but my energy and memory are at their peak, so I don't get confused often." Wang Xiaohai replied.
Yu Tu understood that Wang Xiaohai was mocking his old age and the decline of his energy and memory. He snorted coldly and stopped talking.
Wang Xiaohai drank a cup of tea and an hour passed quickly.
The candidate debate has officially begun!
As the stage lights and floodlights came on, the director turned on the camera and the host handed five microphones to the five mayoral candidates.
"Hello, everyone watching the show, welcome to Qingliu TV's mayoral candidate debate," the host said, holding a microphone and facing the camera. "Those watching the show can participate in the discussion by sending comments via their phones. If you have any excellent comments, I'll pass them on to the candidates. Friendly reminder, don't ask any tricky questions!"
This is not a friendly reminder, it is an obvious hint. In order to increase ratings, the host thinks the more tricky the questions, the better.
"I want to ask candidate number one first." The hostess turned to face the candidate sitting on the first sofa chair, "Why do you want to run for mayor?"
Wang Xiaohai is the last one, candidate number five, and the fat old man Yu Tu is number four.
Candidate number one took the microphone and said, "Because I'm already very rich, but I've never been an official, I want to run for mayor. To do this, I spent $100,000 and gave $100 to a thousand people each to get their signatures."
Such an obvious bribery and fraud, candidate number one made shocking remarks!
The TV audience was in an uproar, and the screen was filled with comments like "get lost" and "rubbish".
Candidate number one looked embarrassed. Was it wrong for him to tell the truth?
The female host hurried over and asked candidate number one to turn off his microphone. If he continued speaking, he would probably talk about bribing the legislators!
"Okay, let me ask candidate number two," the female host said. "What competitive advantages do you think you have among the five candidates?"
Candidate number two was a middle-aged man with a beard. He raised the microphone and said, "First of all, I used to be the mayor of Dongcheng District. I have political experience, which is my first advantage. Also, I am strong and healthy, which is my second advantage. I am a man of my words. If you elect me as mayor, I guarantee that within one year the GDP of Qingliu City will increase by 50 percentage points, the unemployment rate will decrease by 20 percentage points, and the wages will increase by 80 percentage points!" It must be said that he spoke very well and painted a big rosy picture for the citizens of Qingliu.
"Candidate No. 2, how are you going to do this? Do you have a specific plan?" Candidate No. 4 Yu Tu picked up the microphone and asked.
"Well... I will try my best to attract investment." Candidate No. 2 showed that he had no specific plan prepared, so he could only speak carelessly.
"Attract investment? Who wouldn't know that?" Candidate number three took the microphone. "I can guarantee an additional ten percentage points increase on top of what you promised!"
"I'll increase by twenty." Number Two said, holding the microphone.
"Thirty," said Number Three.
"Forty." Number Two blurted out, obviously he was used to talking big and empty words.
The audience in front of the TV booed, obviously seeing through their true faces. They made all kinds of grandiose promises before the election, but none of them would keep their promises after they were successfully elected!
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