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Volume 20: Looking at the World with Cold Eyes, Section 71: Try, No Regret

Lu Weimin's series of rhetoric questions made Cao Lang feel a little stunned. It was not that he could not answer, but that so many questions suddenly came over and couldn't react. He smacked his lips. Cao Lang then replied: "Do you think the propaganda department now lacks effective supervision and control methods for emerging media and information exchange methods?"

"It's not a control method, but a control mechanism." Lu Weimin paused and pointed at his head. "It's because this place is not paid enough attention, so there is no targeted research. Then, management measures are introduced. I think you have to wait until one or two major events happen and the consequences are caused, so that you will really pay attention to it."

"It's not as bad as you said. In fact, we have also realized that the influence of emerging media and instant messaging methods is constantly expanding, but as you said, we don't pay enough attention to it, and we still lack some control mechanisms."

Cao Lang admitted that some of Lu Weimin's concerns are facts. In recent years, the rapid rise of emerging media has squeezed and eroded the voice of traditional media. Some online positions such as Weibo/forum/title bar/network communities have become popular among the younger generation. In contrast, the voice of television/radio and newspapers and magazines is constantly fading. As Lu Weimin said just now, emerging media and emerging instant messaging methods are becoming more and more mainstream, but domestic legislation/policy systems on this aspect have not kept up, which has led to a gap. If this gap is not filled in time, it may bring some unpredictable risks.

"Cao Lang, although you are not in charge of this work now, I think the work of online information may become a major section in the propaganda department, and may even gradually be on par with the traditional propaganda section. This section has not yet attracted enough attention in our country. I suggest you do some research on this work and write something. I think it is beneficial." Lu Weimin said meaningfully: "It is also that I am not in charge of this work. If you want to speak up here, I may really make people angry and resentful. You also know my current situation in the Central Political Research Office. Many people don't like me very much, think I don't know how to restrain myself, and I'm sensational when I first arrived. I've been showing off all the limelight, so I have to hold my tail a little."

Lu Weimin's words were beneficial and made Cao Lang feel a little moved. Indeed, he was not in charge of the Internet information and rashly expressed his opinions on it may cause unnecessary bluster. However, if you want to mention some suggestions, such as from the perspective of the Literature and Art Bureau's own work, it is feasible to write down suggestions and opinions in this regard in a targeted manner.

Seeing that Cao Lang was silent and concentrating his thoughts, Lu Weimin did not urge him.

Cao Lang has been practicing in the Central Propaganda Department for so many years. He also knows the worldly styles and has a sense of smell. If he gives him this point, he should be able to understand the risks and opportunities of blank space in this area. If he can make some useful suggestions on this area, even if it is not accepted by the leaders now or has not been implemented, then when such as the North African and West Asia region became chaotic like in the previous life, and the emerging communication methods such as Twitter and Facebook played a huge role, the central government will realize the huge risks here. At that time, the foresighted Cao Lang's leadership weight in the minds of senior management will be different.

After pondering for a long time, Cao Lang nodded, "I think about it. I understand a little about this, but it is not thorough enough. You have to find out the key to this."

Lu Weimin smiled leisurely, "Simplicity means its timeliness and convenience. It is difficult to control, fast and simple. This is the power of these new media and new communication methods, but it is not easy to be controlled. Once it is used by people with intentions, it is easy to spread like a virus, and the harm and risks caused are difficult to estimate, so you must intervene in advance, prevent it in advance, and come up with a response strategy."

Once Cao Lang made up his mind, he was not stubborn. "I know, so I have to find an expert in this field to consider it carefully."

He works in the publicity department and naturally has abundant resources. It is no problem to find a few experts and scholars in this field. As long as he gives the title and finds the right direction, it is naturally not difficult to come up with the corresponding things. The key is that someone should pay attention to it, which is exactly what is missing now.

This requires opportunities to prove it. If history does not change, then the domino effect jasmine*li* flower revolution in North Africa and West Asia will become the most important demonstration in a few months. Lu Weimin believes that judging from the current situation, such a thing is still a high probability of events happening, because from the information collected by all parties, it is not much different from the situation in the previous life. The only change may be Djibouti. However, Djibouti is precisely because it lacks resources and does not belong to a country with rich resources and is monopolized by some power families. Therefore, Lu Weimin estimates that this will not have an impact on the overall situation.

Time almost flashed by. In April, the chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference visited four African countries, South Africa/Namibia/Cameroon/Ethiopia/Djibouti. According to the knowledge of Lu Weimin, there was only the plan to visit four African countries before, and Djibouti was added in the end, which is said to be in response to the request of the military.

The visit of national leaders to Djibouti is basically a precedent for history. The highest level of Chinese leaders to visit Djibouti was just the Vice Premier of the State Council and the Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, and it was basically something that happened more than ten years ago. In recent years, they have been to Djibouti as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This time, the scale of visits with the Chairman of the CPPCC was also quite high, including a deputy minister of the Ministry of Defense and deputy chief of staff.

Less than a month after the Chairman of the CPPCC visited Djibouti, the Chinese Navy Commander was invited to visit Djibouti again. At the same time, the Kyrgyzstan also announced that the Kyrgyzstan President will officially visit China in July. It is rumored that during the Kyrgyzstan President's visit to China, it is expected that the two congresses will officially sign a large number of agreements, including agreements on the establishment of naval and air military bases in Djibouti and some related agreements on military aid and economic investment.

Lu Weimin no longer has much thought about this issue.

The military had completely taken over the dominance when the Djibouti naval commander visited China. Lu Weimin knew that at that time, the agreement between China and Kyrgyzstan signed a military base with only specific technical details. The Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference visited Djibouti to help the final agreement. When the President of Kyrgyzstan visited China, the agreement between the two countries on the signing of a land leased in Djibouti to build a naval and air military base was just one of many agreements. China will also formally sign a memorandum of understanding with Kyrgyzstan on China's support for the construction of the Djibouti Addis Ababa Railway, officially launching this railway project, which is the lifeline of both Djibouti. The entire railway fully adopts Chinese standards, and is also supported by the Export-Import Bank of China.

Before this, the Council for the Promotion of International Trade organized a group to visit Africa to inspect the investment environment. Tuoda Group/Xinlushan Group and Hualang Group both participated in this event. Tuoda Group also officially announced the cooperation with China Electric Power International to announce the construction of a 2x300,000 kilowatt thermal power plant in Djibouti. At the same time, Tuoda Group also announced that it would build a cement plant with an annual output of 800,000 tons of cement in Djibouti, with a total investment of more than US$40 million. Both projects can be regarded as the largest investment projects in Djibouti in recent years. It will effectively promote the development of Djibouti's industrial economy and greatly resolve the power consumption tightness in Djibouti. At the same time, the newly built cement plant will also provide building materials and material guarantees for the next step of infrastructure construction in Djibouti.

According to Lu Weimin's idea, even if the President of Djibouti was able to sign an agreement with China to establish a military base as scheduled during his visit to China, it would probably be two years later that the military base would be completely completed and put into use. At that time, it was estimated that this area would be turbulent. Of course, it is of great significance for the Chinese Navy and Air Force to gain a foothold here, but it cannot dissolve the near fire from afar. When the fire burns, China will realize how embarrassing it is to not have a foothold here.

However, some things are powerless to change by Lu Weimin. Even if he is a charlatan with memories of his previous life, since some things cannot be changed, Lu Weimin would not think about them much.

What he has to do now is to "reasonably" transform his past life memories through Dou Qingwen and his intelligence collection and analysis and evaluation as much as possible into "accurate evaluation and judgment". In this way, he can not only contribute to the country to the greatest extent, recover the huge losses that may be encountered for the country as much as possible, and defend national interests, but also win himself the good impression of far-sightedness and far-sightedness through this strategy of first finding results and then finding evidence.

He is not sure how much effect his efforts can play and whether they can be accepted by the top leaders, but he must try it, otherwise it will be a lifelong regret.

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