It was none other than the only woman on the jury, Kate, who began with the 1990 "Person of the Year" selection, which was Kate's third consecutive nomination of Zhou Jingming as the cover character of Time magazine.

In the first year, Gerald vetoed Kate's proposal to make Zhou Jingming the "Person of the Year" in 1990 on the grounds that Zhou's actions were not enough to be called "a major impact on human life", and the cover character of that year was selected by then-US President George H.W. Bush.

Last year, that is, in the selection activity in 1991, Kate Carrier nominated Zhou Jingming to enter the shortlist, but in fact, in 1991, Zhou Jingming's social exposure was not high, and the development project of Xiaofuwa car was not announced to the public.

However, in this year's selection, Kate still spares no effort to elect Zhou Jingming into the shortlist, and once Zhou Jingming enters the shortlist, Kate will do her best to ensure that Zhou Jingming is elected as the cover character of this year's "Time Magazine", because Zhou Jingming's conditions this year are the best years in the last three years, or probably the next few years, if Zhou Jingming cannot be successfully elected this year, then Kate does not know if Zhou Jingming can still have a chance to appear on the cover of "Time Magazine".

There is only one reason why Kate recommends Zhou Jingming, and that is the release and sale of Xiaofuwa sedan!

This small Fuwa car, which is defined as a "Chinese family car", has had a far-reaching impact on the world once it was released, especially in China, and it has set off a rush to buy, bringing China closer to the era of family sedans.

As long as you understand a little bit about China's automobile industry and the level of economic development, you can know how difficult it will be to let China enter the era of family cars, which was almost impossible before that.

However, Zhou Jingming did it like this, Kate really couldn't think of how Zhou Jingming designed a car that was less than 10,000 yuan and only about 1,000 US dollars when converted into US dollars!

Not to mention, the "500,000 plan" announced by Tianming Automobile Company some time ago and the two news that the cumulative domestic sales exceeded 100,000 units, let everyone see how popular the Xiaofuwa car is in China!

If even bringing China into the era of family sedan chairs is not enough for Zhou Jingming to be elected this year's Person of the Year, then Kate can't think of any good reason to nominate him again.

Sure enough, as soon as Kate's words fell, there was a burst of discussion in the conference room.

"I agree with Ms. Kate that this Zhou Jingming deserves to be on a shortlist. One of the white journalists said.

"One of the hottest words in the international car market this year is the Xiaofuwa car, this car for the change of Chinese people's lifestyle, absolutely can not be expressed in a quantitative way, I think it can even directly make this Zhou Jingming elected this year's cover character." Another jury member chimed in.

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Unlike the previous two times, this time when Kate recommended Zhou Jingming to the shortlist, most of the judges agreed, unlike the previous two times, where basically no one agreed.

Sitting in the middle, Gerard fell into thought, and there was a copy of Zhou Jingming's information next to him, including the interview with Zhou Jingming at the Asian branch of Time Magazine this year, and Gerard also read it several times, frankly speaking, Zhou Jingming entered the shortlist of this year's selection, and there must be no problem at all.

But Gerald is thinking about whether Zhou Jingming should be elected as the cover character of Time magazine this year, after all, this is the best chance for Zhou Jingming in the past three years.

Since everyone has no other opinions on Zhou Jingming's entry into the shortlist, let's follow Ms. Kate's proposal to include Zhou Jingming in the shortlist this time. In the end, Gerrard still retracted his thoughts, the current task is to decide on the shortlist, as for the final result, it still depends on the subsequent process.

After determining the shortlist of Zhou Jingming, Gerald organized the review committee to give the remaining shortlist, and then said, "The shortlist is over, and the final selection will be held the day after tomorrow, I hope everyone can participate on time." ”

When the meeting was over, when Gerald packed his things and was about to leave, Kate's voice came from behind him, "Mr. President, can I delay you for a few minutes?"

"Ms. Kate is looking for me for Zhou Jingming, right?" Gerald turned around and asked with a smile, Kate found herself at this time, and Gerald didn't even have to think about it to know that it was for this matter.

"Hmm. Kate didn't hide it at all, "Mr. President, I think Zhou Jingming is worthy of being elected as this year's Person of the Year in Time Magazine, and I hope Mr. Chairman can consider it carefully." ”

Gerald smiled, "Of course I know that Zhou Jingming is qualified to be elected, but I want to ask Ms. Kate, who do you think is on the list of candidates determined today who is not eligible to be elected? Is it President Clinton? Or are the rest of the people?"

When Gerard asked, Kate was also speechless for a while, admittedly, how many of them were not qualified to be elected to the final cover character in this shortlist?

"But Mr. President, it is really not comparable to ordinary people to make the current China enter the era of family sedan chairs, I think purely from the perspective of changing the status quo of human life, Zhou Jingming is the most qualified one in this list. Kate thought about it and gave her own explanation.

"Ms. Kate, I must reiterate once that as a journalist, maintaining an objective mentality is the most important quality we should have, and I hope you can keep this in mind, as for the final result, whether Zhou Jingming can be selected, this one, I will naturally make a fair choice. With that, Gerald smiled and nodded to Kate, and then turned to leave.

In fact, Gerald already had the answer in mind.

Two days later, the final selection of this year's "Time Magazine Person of the Year" was held as scheduled, again chaired by Gerald, and then the final result will be determined based on the opinions of the jury.

The shortlist is full of people who have attracted significant attention at some point this year, so it is not easy to choose one of these people to be the cover character of Time magazine.

And the biggest controversy finally focused on Clinton and Zhou Jingming, who is qualified to be selected as the final man of the year, and the judges who support Zhou Jingming and Clinton are almost evenly matched, and no one will back down.

"Okay, you all be quiet, and I'll give you my opinion. Gerald tapped lightly on the table, and then continued, "From my personal point of view, both President Clinton and Zhou Jingming are qualified to be elected as this year's cover characters, but I have thought carefully about it in the past two days, and if I had to choose one, I would choose Mr. Zhou Jingming! As for the reason, I believe Ms. Kate has made it very clear. ”

"Therefore, this year's Time Magazine Person of the Year, I support Zhou Jingming's election. ”

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