They completely failed to understand that this was a form of propaganda.
When the time came, Ke Meiyu took the microphone and went on stage, smiling and greeting everyone. After a brief opening speech, the lights in the venue went out, and a huge screen on the stage slowly descended. A beam of light shone on it, revealing a movie, or more accurately, a photo with pictures, text, and a beautiful border.
If people in later generations were to see this, they would know that it is not a photograph at all, but a low-budget version of a PowerPoint presentation.
Ke Meiyu chuckled and first told everyone about her original intention in building the Jianle Nursing Home: "I am a businesswoman, and I prioritize projects that bring in money quickly and easily. However, after money meets people's basic needs, it is more of a number."
"At this point, I, being a bit sentimental, started looking for projects that could pique my interest, demonstrate my value, and benefit the local people."
"It was during a visit with my grandfather to comfort veterans that the idea of opening a nursing home came to me..."
"Everyone attaches great importance to children's education, but how many people care about how the elderly in the family are doing?"
"They have lived most of their lives, and have given so much to the organization and their own little family. They are no longer young in body and spirit, and are showing signs of old age. Yet they have never stepped out of their homes, and have never experienced the vastness and abundance of our Xiahua, or the amazing scenery."
"What I can do is to ensure that the elderly have a comfortable, relaxed, and joyful old age, and to meet their needs and preferences in many ways, so that they can truly live for themselves..."
Ke Meiyu's words were already easy to evoke emotion in the elderly present, and her passionate words, combined with her skillful use of persuasive techniques, brought tears to everyone's eyes.
Some even covered their faces with handkerchiefs, crying with their shoulders hunched over, seemingly lost in thought.
After playing the emotional card, Ke Meiyu began to talk about her vision for the nursing home and the various constructions that had been underway, including environmental and human resources aspects. In short, she was aiming to build the Xia Hua First Nursing Home.
Then Ke Meiyu gave a detailed introduction to the current facilities and services of the nursing home.
If in the past, when people saw a nursing home, they felt an irresistible urge to leave, and secretly wished to stay there permanently.
This isn't just a leisurely retirement; it's like living the life of a god!
The younger generation, with tears in their eyes, also wanted to move in, to eat and drink well, to have friends to play with, and to participate in activities from time to time...
In order to live the same good life as the old folks do today decades from now, they need to work hard and earn money.
With such a comfortable environment and services, the cost of staying in a nursing home at one's own expense is naturally higher.
It's like a privately run kindergarten.
Even so, everyone remained tense and hesitant, simply because they stubbornly refused to shed their feudalistic remnants.
Now, Ke Meiyu changed her tone and started brainwashing everyone.
“I know your concerns, Grandpa and Grandma. We live in a new society and a new era. The spring breeze has already begun to blow, and we can’t be too conservative in our thinking.”
"Yes, our old nursing homes mainly housed elderly people who had no one to care for them. However, there are big differences between different nursing homes."
“We can’t be rigid and inflexible. You’ve all seen what nursing homes are like; they’re hardly places for suffering. If your children sent you here, paid for it, and you didn’t have to take care of them, that would be true filial piety.”
“If you can’t accept it, let’s put it another way. You’re still in good health and can take care of yourselves. In the countryside, to avoid family conflicts, people usually have to separate the family early on. Sometimes, the older generation would even separate out on their own because they didn’t want to put up with the younger generation’s attitude, just to be fair.”
“You can live here as if you were living independently. You have your own pensions, and your children take care of you from time to time, even if it's just small things like needles and thread, they still care about it.”
"Once you know, why are you afraid of gossip? It's because you're open-minded and willing to try new things. In other countries, older people raise their children until they're eighteen and then stop caring for them. And older people themselves go to nursing homes while they're still in good health."
"Why can children go to kindergarten, where teachers can help look after them and teach them knowledge? Why can't the elderly do the same?"
"It is often said that the elderly are like children, and they also need the care and love of their families. Nursing homes and kindergartens are similar in that they are not without their own reasons."
"We're not just taking care of the elderly; we're also enriching their inner world..."
Ke Meiyu can find examples everywhere, and she gulps down bowl after bowl of chicken soup.
"Every family loves its own child. The younger generation has a heavy burden of caring for both their elderly parents and young children. We parents shouldn't be too stubborn; we'd definitely be happy to lighten the burden on our children..."
"Housing is in short supply right now..."
"The nursing home has a monthly outing plan..."
She really used every trick in the book, resorting to both threats and inducements, and even brought up the grand opening promotion.
Each of them captured people's hearts, and it could be said that the crowd was completely overwhelmed, with each person having a weakness that Komi Yu could exploit.
Of course, this was no ordinary meeting; a large number of journalists from well-known newspapers in Kyoto and nearby provinces and cities were also in attendance, and the event was being broadcast live on television.
Ke Meiyu didn't exert much effort; she simply mentioned nursing homes and charitable causes, and it was as if she had obtained a license to work in the same industry. She made rapid progress and achieved her goal.
The reputation of Jianle Nursing Home has been thoroughly established, and the TV station even set aside a prime time slot to broadcast a well-edited and polished documentary.
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