Chapter 880: Rising to the Challenge
Zhao Mu paid special attention to the current demonstrations, and learned through the latest media news that this demonstration was a spontaneous activity carried out by the French people in order to protest against the government's recent regulations on increasing fuel taxes.
According to media reports, today is the first day of demonstrations. However, according to approximate statistics, nearly 280,000 people took to the streets in France today to participate in the protests. And on the streets of Paris, nearly 8,000 people took part in the protests.
(Drawing on the "Yellow Vests" movement in Paris, France, the largest riot in 50 years in Paris, France, interested friends can learn more about it on the Internet.) The plot needs, and there are some changes in the text compared to the actual situation, such as the time, please understand. )
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"Hoo ......"
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Mu shook his head, with a helpless look on his face, he was really unlucky, who said that he was just about to come to Paris to hold an event, and he just happened to encounter such a thing.
Knowing the situation, Zhao Mu now felt that he and Charlie were really innocent, and he was really caught off guard. It is obviously a protest of the French people against the government, but he and Charlie have to pay the price, which is really ...... Outrageous!
After clarifying the situation and thinking of his activities, Zhao Mu's heart was clouded.
According to what I know now, today is only the first day of the demonstrations, and the number of people participating in the whole of France has reached an astonishing 280,000, which is simply terrifying, and it has been a long time since such a large-scale demonstration has taken place in the world.
Based on the huge number of participants in this demonstration today, it is not difficult for Zhao Mu to conclude that this activity is likely to last for a short time, and if the French government cannot come up with effective means to stop it, the later development of this activity is likely to deteriorate further.
Where will the later development of this event go, Zhao Mu has no time to think about it, Zhao Mu is not prepared to think too much, this is something that the French government needs to consider. If they can't even handle such a thing, then they will be ashamed to be one of the world's top five hooligans.
Zhao Mu didn't have time to think about the later development of this event, but the recent development of this event was something that Zhao Mu had to consider, because these circumstances would greatly affect his own activities.
According to the contract, he must hold the event the day after tomorrow, although Charlie will try his best to maneuver, but he must prepare for the worst in advance.
On the bright side, even if Charlie succeeds in maneuvering and makes some time for himself, Zhao Mu doesn't know how long this demonstration will last, in case it will last for a month or two or even longer?
The time is uncertain, so Zhao Mu can't hope that the event will end as soon as possible and the follow-up adverse effects will dissipate before holding the event himself, God knows how long this event will last!
With this in mind, Zhao Mu made a decision that even if Charlie could successfully carve some time for himself this time, he would have to carry out his own activities in the near future.
With such a decision, Zhao Mu had to be prepared for the worst-case scenario.
The impact of the demonstrations on the number of attendees of their own activities, whether it will cause potential safety hazards to their activities, and how to make more people's attention shift from the demonstrations to their own activities after the event......
Zhao Mu was very unhappy in his heart, because this sudden outbreak of demonstrations made many of his previous preparations useless, and now he had to overturn all the preparations, and it was in the short time that his activities were about to be held.
If it were someone else, it would have collapsed now. Even if you don't collapse, you have to retreat.
The next day, Zhao Mu went out early and walked through Place Charles de Gaulle and the twelve streets centered on it, including the Champs-Élysées, and even more other streets around these twelve streets.
Every time he walked through a street, Zhao Mu's mood became heavier. Through his own observations, Zhao Mu found that yesterday's demonstrations had a bad trend of further expansion and spread today.
In the streets we walked through, the crowds of people demonstrating were obviously much larger than yesterday. And that's just what I see, what about the city of Paris that I don't see? What about other cities in France?
More demonstrators mean more violence and more serious safety hazards that are likely to occur, which casts a thick shadow on Zhao Mu's heart.
The only thing that gave Zhao Mu some peace of mind was that the procession of demonstrators did not spread to the twelve streets near Place Charles de Gaulle, including the Champs-Élysées, and on this street, Zhao Mu also saw more police officers than yesterday.
Seeing nearly twice as many police officers as yesterday, Zhao Mu felt a lot more relieved.
Also, the 12 streets centered on Place Charles de Gaulle are important neighborhoods in Paris, including the Champs-Elysées, the "fashion center" of France, and the Paris government will definitely not let the demonstrators storm here, which makes Zhao Mu more confident in the safety of his activities.
Charlie's phone call made Zhao Mu end his observation and return to the hotel.
"Shek, I'm sorry......"
Seeing the helplessness and apology on Charlie's face, Zhao Mu said, "The matter of changing the time of the event was not successful?"
"Yes, those damned politicians, greedy vampires......"
Zhao Mu stopped Charlie's angry scolding. "Charlie, don't do that, in that case, we should now focus more time on our event preparations. ”
"Oh, yes, shepherd, you're right, that's what we're supposed to do now. Don't worry, I was ready for the event a few days ago and it was no problem at all. If it weren't for what happened all of a sudden......"
Seeing Charlie's expression that quickly relaxed, Zhao Mu suddenly understood that a large part of his anger just now might be due to himself.
Judging from Charlie's relaxed expression when mentioning the preparation for the event, the preparation for the event has not stopped at all, and he should have been ready to hold the event as usual tomorrow.
looked at Charlie, Zhao Mu did not expose him. It was clear that Charlie would prefer to go ahead with business as usual than the price to pay for default.
Even if the event will have a big impact because of the demonstrations, the choice between the two is clear compared to the huge cost of default.
Zhao Mu did not debunk Charlie, and he was not ready to take advantage of this. Compared with the unknown wait after changing the time, Zhao Mu is also inclined to face the difficulties and hold the event tomorrow. Since they have the same idea, it doesn't make sense to debunk Charlie at this moment, but it is likely that the two of them will have a conflict that will affect tomorrow's activities.
(End of chapter)