Darkstone Code

Chapter 1086 - 1084: A Successful Speech and Extreme Cold

The vagrants who have begun to try to rekindle their passion for life and work surely do not realize that what awaits them are strenuous labor tasks.

In a place like Mariluo, they have no chance to escape!

However, on the other hand, this is precisely a kind of exercise and rebirth for them.

When they return from Mariluo, they will definitely become different, better integrated into society, work, and family.

The next day, Lynch watched a broadcast on Sabin City TV about Catherine’s speech in York State. As long as there’s money, the TV station will dare to air anything.

Moreover, political news is one of their main reporting contents, so they have no reason to refuse.

Watching Catherine on the TV, standing in front of the camera, and the many "spontaneously" gathered citizens who came to listen to her speech, she spoke somewhat passionately about her political ideas.

She did not completely stick to the script. Lynch had seen the script, and even the core content was personally written by him, then handed to that professor’s assistant for reworking.

Catherine has a certain ability to go off-script, which is actually great. In the Federation, people evaluate whether a politician is genuinely serving the people by seeing if their speech is passionate and off-script.

Especially the ability to go off-script is considered an important indicator of personal capability. Some give very passionate speeches, but they are all read from a script.

This makes the audience believe the politician is just a "stage actor," reciting lines and making a nauseatingly fake face to fool the public.

Lynch told her these things from the very beginning, advising her to avoid looking at the script as much as possible. The girl listened to him, successfully memorizing it.

The biggest difference between going off-script and reciting is in the emotional rendering. It’s like a person reading a book with the line "I love you."

The reader is not the person in the book; even if he says this line at that moment, it is difficult to use true emotion to touch others.

But off-script content, more than anything, is a summary or statement of personal thoughts, allowing the speaker to inject deep emotion into their words.

This emotion can also affect others, making them believe what is said is true.

Everyone who was "hurt" by Lynch has a common consensus in despair: never listen to what Lynch says!

Once he starts speaking, people unknowingly quiet down, listen to his words, and get influenced and convinced by what he says!

On TV, Catherine looked at those people, discussing Sabin City’s crime rates and social issues before and after the Great Depression.

She cited many examples to tell or remind people that Sabin City is far less safe than it appears.

It’s filled with vagrants, thieves, robbers, muggers, murderers... who knows what those suspicious-looking guys on the street are up to.

She even brought up some data that could embarrass the police station’s director, recording various serious cases from the past two years. Watching people’s expressions grow tense, it also meant people were starting to engage.

"... We cannot place all hopes of safety on others, although I must insist that when you are in danger, please call the police immediately."

"However, everyone..."

Lynch raised an eyebrow when Catherine used the word "everyone" instead of "ladies and gentlemen," which Lynch or others might have used. To some extent, it doesn’t suit formal and serious occasions.

When to say, where to say, and what to say all have standards; every word’s usage has strict rules.

If you don’t follow the rules, others will mock you unless you have the strength to disregard their attitudes!

For example, Lynch can say whatever he likes; no one can point fingers at him for using inappropriate words and say, "Look at this clown!"

Whoever dares to say that would turn themselves into a clown.

Catherine’s strength wasn’t enough, but she said it, and the professor’s assistant not far away furrowed their brows, but Lynch soon relaxed his tight brow.

This wasn’t the Congress Building; it was just a hall in a not-so-important building in a small city, surrounded by hardly any elites of high society; perhaps the word "everyone" would better match Catherine’s persona.

She is the flower of the people; this suits her image more!

Lynch took note of this, watching her continue.

The core content hadn’t changed; when people are in danger, the first one to help is not the police but themselves.

So, self-help and improving the social environment are more important than how many crimes the police respond to or who they catch.

A great entry point, telling people the police are incompetent and encouraging them to believe and rely on themselves, matching the Federation’s spirit.

Everyone would consider themselves their own hero, as people enjoy this kind of discourse.

Politics is about saying what makes the majority happy, then sitting atop them and enjoying the pleasures of power.

Catherine was getting into the zone; she became excited, and the audience was also getting into it, with some people already standing up, which was the greatest support.

Lynch couldn’t help but remember those days back in school; Catherine was so strong, one "little bitch" made the cheerleader captain’s face change.

Strong, confident, therefore beautiful.

Through the sedimentation of time, beauty has transformed into even greater beauty!

People around her occasionally cheered for her words or raised arms to shout; she led the mood of the entire venue!

Very soon, the speech concluded, lasting close to forty minutes, which for a TV station is not a short period.

Luckily, it’s daytime. If it were after eight o’clock, the time might have been much shorter.

In the last few camera shots, there are constantly people stepping up to Catherine to shake her hand, the most typical sign of people’s support for her.

If people didn’t support her, they wouldn’t shake her hand. If people simply refrained from spitting at her, they would have to thank the Lord for making them so civilized.

After waiting for about half an hour, Lynch picked up the phone and dialed Catherine’s office number, knowing she would be there.

"It was a brilliant speech, and you spoke without notes."

Catherine was still immersed in the emotions the speech had evoked, not yet fully out of it, her tone somewhat different from usual.

In fact, a successful speech not only can move the audience, but also establish a strong sense of confidence in the speaker.

Because the sense of recognition can give the speaker a sense of mission, making them firmly believe that everything they do is right!

That’s exactly how Catherine was. She hadn’t emerged from it yet.

"You watched the speech just now, didn’t you?"

She asked. This question wasn’t a response to Lynch’s comment; she was starting anew with a clear and strong direction in her question, showing how combative she was.

Lynch paused for about three or four seconds. "Yes, I watched it. You spoke without notes." He reminded her again.

Catherine paused slightly, "Ah, yes, I did speak without notes. I don’t know why, but at that moment, I seemed to have a lot to say."

"I don’t know what happened; many things were ones I hadn’t thought about before, and then suddenly they appeared, just popping into my mind that way."

"It’s quite magical. People also like these ideas!"

Lynch quietly listened to Catherine’s chatter about some of her inner thoughts and psychological dynamics. Once she gradually quieted down, he softly said, "Congratulations, you succeeded."

Perhaps because she shared a lot with Lynch, her mood gradually stabilized, even a bit ashamed, "Did I just seem like a lunatic?"

"Not really. Every successful person has certain characteristics."

Catherine asked, "Have you ever had such experiences?"

"No..." Lynch denied with a smile, "Because I’m a born winner, I don’t need these processes."

"You’re not modest at all, Lynch!"

They both laughed at this.

Catherine exhaled a deep breath, "There’s a lot of work ahead that I need to do, I’m a bit worried if I can do it well..."

"You can do it the way you want to. If there are problems, others will remind you, and you don’t need to worry about whether you can do it well."

"At least, you’ve got me."

The phone conversation between them fell into a long silence, followed by the bright laughter of the girl, "Alright, alright, I will do it!"

"So, see you next time?" The girl’s voice contained a bit of reluctance, but she knew what she should do; she was a smart girl.

"See you next time!" Lynch then hung up.

After this speech, the social situation improvement in Sabin City and the implementation of subsequent related works, she would get people’s support.

As for the future?

That’s even less of a problem. In the Federation, poor people can’t be politicians; only the wealthy can.

Precisely, Lynch is a wealthy man, and extremely wealthy.

By the time he returned from York State to Bupen, several days had passed.

During this period, he also discussed some detailed matters with Mr. Adelaide. Only after agreeing on the details did Lynch leave.

Bupen is closer to the North, and the atmosphere here is lower than that in Sabin City, with hardly anyone seen on the streets.

"It seems this year’s snow disaster is quite severe."

"Snow disaster?" Anna, who was sitting beside, paused for a moment. "That’s rarely heard as a description, but you’re right. This is a snow disaster."

"So far, more than four hundred people have been found frozen to death due to low temperatures by the City Hall, and perhaps many more haven’t been discovered yet."

"The temperature here has surpassed the historical low by quite a lot, and it is said it might reach as low as minus twenty degrees soon!"

Watching the unabated snowstorm outside the window, Lynch knew that come spring, people would remember this winter!

Because they had never experienced the despair of ’cold’ before!