Chapter 744: Propaganda
Obviously fake news, it is generally difficult to attract people's attention, just like those small advertisements that cure all diseases on the street.
But news that is too real is often too bland to attract people's attention.
For example, in the process of promoting "2012", the half-truth and half-truth gimmicks used by Guanghui Film and Television are the easiest to attract the attention of netizens.
Since John Stephens first discovered the ruins of the ancient Mayan civilization in the tropical jungle of Honduras in 1839, archaeologists have found more than 170 ruins of ancient Mayan cities in the jungles and wastelands of Central America - from the Yucatan Peninsula to Guatemala and Honduras in the south, and directly to the Andes.
The Mayan people built megastructures of astonishing scale in the tropical jungles of South America. When the majestic city of Tikal was revealed, many of the modern city's designers marveled at it.
These are all real, and as long as netizens know a little bit about the relevant information, they will not doubt some of the words in the propaganda of Guanghui Film and Television.
Even, the more people who know some of the Mayan information, the more they believe that the "end of the world" may be real.
Why?
There are countless and various apocalyptic prophecies in this world, but only the Mayan prophecies feel the most true.
This is because the Maya had precise calendar and astronomical knowledge.
The Mayan calendar estimates the Earth year to be 365.2420 days, while the modern estimate is 365.2422 days, with an error of only 0.0002 days, that is, an error of only one day in 5000 years. The Venusian year is estimated to be 584 days, which is only 7 seconds off from modern estimates in 50 years.
How could the Mayans thousands of years ago have such accurate calculations?
There is a sense of mystery in it, which makes the Mayan prophecies seem more mysterious and believable.
Many netizens have noticed "2012" by Glorious Film and Television in the recent hot words related to "Maya", "The End of the World", and "2012".
Ah Kuan is a senior who has already found a job in advance, and after signing the tripartite agreement, he can have a good time in the remaining half a year.
Of course, in the process of playing, you still have to find some time to spell out your graduation thesis everywhere.
As an only child from a typical middle-class family, Ah Kuan's parents are doctors and local university professors, and Ah Kuan's living expenses are 3,000 yuan a month, which can definitely be regarded as relatively abundant in 2007.
Since I was a child, I haven't been short of money, and now my living expenses are more abundant and I have more time, so Ah Kuan basically takes his girlfriend Xiaoli to watch a movie at least once a week.
If you encounter a large crowd, you will even watch it several times a week.
Ah Kuan has always belonged to the kind of people who basically only watch Hollywood blockbusters in the cinema.
Every time he sees a bus stop, a subway passage or a new blockbuster on the Internet, he will study it carefully, and if the reputation is good or he is more interested, he will buy tickets on the Guanghui ticketing system in advance and watch it on the first day of release.
Recently, the overwhelming information of "Mayans" and "the end of the world" in Guanghui Weibo, school intranet and other places has naturally attracted his attention.
"Xiaoli, have you noticed, there is a very hot topic on Guanghui Weibo recently", Ah Kuan said to his girlfriend Xiaoli.
"Do you mean the news that Yang Qing came out? I don't have much interest in Yang Qing, but I think her husband Brother Bai is so pitiful," Xiaoli said.
"You know that I've never been very interested in the news of the Celestial Empire's entertainment industry, so I don't care what Yang Qing, Wang Qing or Li Qing are."
"Is there anything else going on? Is there anything else going on with Jiang Hui being secretly photographed? It seems that no one is discussing it on Weibo now."
"No, don't you notice that the topic of Mayans is quite hot right now?", Ah Kuan interrupted Xiaoli.
"The Mayans are the people who are said to have existed earlier than our Chinese ancestors?"
"Yes, the Mayans settled in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and parts of El Salvador and Honduras around 2500 B.C., and created one of the greatest civilizations in the Western Hemisphere before the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America. engaged in farming, building monumental stone buildings and pyramidal temples, smelting gold and copper, and using a hieroglyphic script that is now partially deciphered".
It's a rare opportunity to show his erudition in front of his girlfriend, and Ah Kuan naturally spares no effort to show off his knowledge.
Where the Maya originated remains a mystery, and their origins are still uncertain.
There are several theories: immigrants from a certain country, or descendants of "lost tribes", or even descendants of aliens, etc.
This is puzzling, such as where the original state came from, the physiognomy of alien immigrants, etc., have become mysteries in the history of archaeology.
There are so many mysteries there, Ah Kuan can pick a few and talk to Xiaoli for a long time.
"This Mayan seems to be quite mysterious", listening to Ah Kuan's introduction of the Mayan situation for more than ten minutes, Xiaoli looked at Ah Kuan adoringly and said.
"Well, because of the mystery, their prophecies are taken very seriously," Kuan said.
"What prophecy?".
"The Maya had five major prophecies, namely: predicting the demise of the Maya themselves, predicting the emergence of high-tech products such as airplanes and automobiles, predicting the emergence of a man like Hitler, and predicting the date of his birth and death. Crucially, they predicted that we would end the fifth solar age, which would be the end of the world in 2012," Akuan said.
"Ah, it seems that the first four have already been realized, is 2012 really the end of the world?", Xiaoli said in surprise.
Jiang Hui, as a person who has come over, is actually the most aware of the so-called Mayan prophecy.
Although four prophecies have been fulfilled, none of these five prophecies were prophesied by the Mayans, and of course, no one knows whose prophecies they came from.
But the funny thing is that the prophecies only appeared after the event, such as the demise of the Mayans, and the appearance of airplanes, Hitler, these prophecies should be considered true, but these prophecies did not appear until after the event.
Therefore, the Mayans did not predict these so-called five major prophecies at all, they are just hyped by some modern people!
It's like the hype of Glorious Film and Television.
History is like a little girl, let everyone dress up!
The Mayans prophesied this, probably a little girl who was dressed up.
"I don't know, but Radiant Pictures and Columbia Pictures teamed up to make a blockbuster film called "2012," which is said to revolve around this prophecy," Kuan said.
"Really, when it's released, I think we can go and see it."
"Yes, I've already booked two tickets for the premiere on Radiance Ticketing," says Kuan.
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(End of chapter)