(First update.) The chapter that made the mistake yesterday has already been revised, thanks to the correction from the book friends. Well, if that's right, it should be on the shelves around next Friday. Of course, there will be a lot of updated chapters after entering V, so stay tuned. When the time comes, I have the cheekiness to ask for a subscription, because I really want to order a thousand for the first time, because after a thousand can I **add V, and I don't have much ambition, I just want to tell someone, hey, I really didn't lie to you that I am indeed a person who writes novels. )

"All of you here, you are all elites who have responded to the offensive of Soviet public opinion, and your contributions to the Gorbachev era are obvious to all and deserve everyone's praise."

Robert Gates' voice was a little cold, half a minute colder than the winter snow and rain outside the window of Virginia. Everyone in the audience swallowed their saliva and stared nervously at what else the director of the CIA had to say.

Robert Gates's mood certainly wasn't much better, because of the so-called Soviet folk videotape. Because the US authorities did not intervene immediately when the media broadcast it, it snowballed and now caused a huge impact on public opinion, and it is impossible to get the media to stop.

Fortunately, the influence of public opinion was not negative, but only showed the situation of the Soviet Union and alluded to the United States once. So George W. Bush simply reprimanded Robert Gates to keep his memory fresh and ready to fight back against the next round of Soviet propaganda.

But there are exceptions, and he is unhappy with the propaganda materials submitted by the CIA elites, who are accustomed to sitting in their offices.

After comparing the manuscript with the so-called "I Am a Soviet Aggressor", the director of the CIA, who had been reprimanded by the president, was even more unhappy, no matter how you look at the copywriting submitted to it, it is not as good as the propaganda of the Soviets, and it is simply to the heart of the American dream.

"But what are you handing in now?" Robert Gates slammed the document on the table, startling the people sitting around the table. He snorted and said dissatisfiedly, "Although I am not your supervisor and do not have the right to directly discipline you, I still forgive you that everything written by everyone here is rubbish." ”

Indeed, it was only because of the rigidity of the Soviet bureaucracy in the propaganda war that liberalism became more and more marketable in the Soviet Union. The new generation of propaganda clearly has sufficient resources and advantages in the anti-liberal front.

"Take it all back and revise it! Three days, give you three more days, and after three days I'm going to see a perfect report, otherwise you're all going to clean the toilets in the cleaning department. ”

The elites in suits and leather shoes trembled and walked away with their copywriting, leaving Robert Gates alone in the conference room smoking and sulking. During the Cold War, the competitive mentality formed by the United States and the Soviet Union in their struggle for hegemony was that once you have a weapon better than mine, I will come up with a weapon that is more powerful and terrible than you, and public opinion is the same, which is simply an endless vicious circle.

"Take it easy, my friend." Irving, the CIA's director of public opinion, walked in when Robert's anger had waned a little, and as a classmate and friend of Georgetown University, Irving had made impressive achievements in the propaganda offensive against other communist countries, for example.

For example, in Yugoslavia, after Tito's death, the waves of national separatist forces rose and fell, and the team led by Owen served as the propaganda promoter behind the scenes. It was precisely because of this that Robert was relieved to hand over the propaganda attack on the Soviet Union to his friends.

"I know you don't want to make it difficult for me, but I'm also embarrassed that you crossed my identity and directly reprimanded my team. I'm going to encourage them when I go back next time, tsk. Owen lit a cigarette, he knew that Robert had always taken care of himself, so this time he also woke up his old friend at a critical moment.

"You see, how boring it is to always propagate that the Soviet people live under totalitarian rule without personal freedom, and we want to show the countries on the other side of the Pacific the freedom and beauty of democracy. Haven't they always claimed that we are exploiting the workers? Let them see how good the welfare of workers is in the free world. ”

"Propaganda to the Soviet world? I'm afraid the effect is very small. Robert pondered for a moment and said, "Now that Moscow has banned the publication of democratic newspapers, the Soviet public may not have access to this video at all." ”

"Old friend, you don't know the US official too much." Owen flicked the cigarette ash on his fingertips and laughed, "We're just doing this to give the U.S. officials an explanation, so that they can get a comfort from the so-called 'humiliation'." It's like waving your fist through the air to comfort yourself after being bullied, you know? ”

"Our leaders don't want to see how much damage this war of public opinion can recover, they just want the Americans to know that we are better off than the Soviets."

Owen snuffed out the cigarette butt, threw the burned cigarette into a parabola in mid-air, and landed perfectly in the trash can three meters away, said Bingo with a smile, and then turned back to Robert and said, "Of course, if I can fight back, I think it will be a very rowing boat." ”

Far away in Moscow, the head of the propaganda department, Surkov, also gathered his elite staff, first of all he affirmed the achievements of everyone, and he did not take any credit for himself like those bureaucrats, but gave credit to his elite team while Yanayev praised himself. And said that he was ashamed, and he just did a little work.

"All right, comrades. Your amazing intellect has made the top brass in Washington feel stupid like a pig. Now I want you to make persistent efforts to surprise the red necks of the United States with Soviets. Surkov clapped his hands and congratulated the group of young people.

Unlike the tension in the CIA, Surkov was particularly good at enlivening the team atmosphere, making people feel that he was not at all a dull bureaucrat, but an energetic Soviet propaganda leader.

"U.S. imperialism will still feel the sanctions from the iron fist of communism, and now let's think about how to make these Uncle Sams look angry again." Surkov snapped his fingers, "And if I'm not mistaken, after this public opinion offensive, the Americans will definitely give a counterattack." ”

"But the propaganda of the counterattack should not be aimed at the Soviet people, because so far we have controlled all the media and restored censorship." Surkov, as a think-tank figure in Moscow, quickly pointed out to the staff team the target of their propaganda, "US imperialism will definitely propagate its people and tell people not to be deceived, the United States is a free land, and there will never be so-called human rights problems." ”

"Then let's start with human rights." The thin young man, pushing his glasses, shook the big head that was out of proportion with his body and said, "Every country is the same, and the United States must have the same human rights problems." We just need to amplify their human rights issues and turn a small stain into a black page, so that we can achieve a good propaganda effect. ”

The young man muttered again, "Anyway, we are often scolded by them as a totalitarian country, we are all used to it, and there is no progress at all, and it is just a cliché to scold us again." ”

The companion next to him quickly poked him in the arm, signaling him to shut up quickly, and then glanced back at Surkov to make sure that the other party was not angry before breathing a sigh of relief.

Surkov shrugged his shoulders and signaled that it didn't matter to him, anyway, after Gorbachev, the KGB's blow to the people's freedom of speech had been much lower, and by Yanayev's time, the KGB had become a sword of Damocles to spy on liberal members and bureaucratic corrupt elements, presenting their every move to the table of the KGB chairman at any time.

As one of the two major killers of the destruction of socialism-construction, Yanayev would never allow the Soviet government to repeat the mistakes of the past.

"All right, comrades, now go back and collect the sins of America, so that this insatiable group of capitalists has nowhere to hide. Seven days later, I'm going to see a final version. "Surkov gave them a tight time.

"Why seven days?"

"Isn't seven days too short?"

"Yes, yes, it can take three days just to collect materials and write a manuscript."

The group of people who discussed it exploded all of a sudden, and they all euphemistically expressed that the time was too short and hoped to forgive it for a few days. But this time, Surkov did not accommodate these comrades who held the position of public opinion, and said bluntly, "Because I have a hunch that the Americans may also launch a propaganda offensive next week." So what you have to do is slap them back when they just released the news! ”