Chapter Seventy-Five: The Crowd of Protesters
"We will be abandoned!!"
"Boycott the Spaceship Faction!!"
"Viruses are conspiracy!!"
"The moon landing is a conspiracy!!"
"Arrest William Beal!!"
"Free !!"
The crowd gathered outside the Sidon Hotel was furious, shouting neat slogans, waving various slogans and flags, hundreds of people were in Wuyang, and the road outside the hotel was blocked.
Seeing that the car couldn't go away, the three of them found a parking lot next to it and parked the car.
At this time, don't drive the car and move forward, who knows what these people are doing, it's better to get out of the car and go around and observe it secretly.
After parking the car, Tang Chao and the three of them kept a distance from the group of people, and walked around outside, and found that these people were still relatively organized, and the slogan was that someone was shouting, and it was not blocking all the roads.
Cars can't pass, but people can still move around.
In addition, the police he saw should be maintaining order, and there was no nervous look on the faces of these policemen, so it seemed that there was no big problem.
But don't worry, you have to observe and observe.
Tang Chao found that none of these people wore masks, and they did not maintain social distancing, so they gathered together in twos and threes, shouting slogans and shouting for a while without shouting.
After a while, he also discovered the secret of shouting slogans.
When someone walks to the Seaton Hotel, these people shout slogans, and when no one is around, these people don't shout.
Seeing this, Tang Chao knew that these people should be protesting every day, so it would be fine.
People are interested in this, it's useless to say, anyway, you have to shout, and there are even pastimes on rest days.
But today was not a day off, and hundreds of people had gathered, apparently for something.
He heard a little bit of meaning in the slogan just now, but it wasn't all, so he planned to get closer and listen.
There were also many professional reporters and self-media people at the scene, who were interviewing these protesters, and Tang Chao aimed at one and leaned over to listen to what they were saying.
ββ¦β¦ I knew that these high-tech big enterprises are the devil, they are monitoring our lives with mobile phones and cameras, they are ruining this free country! β
An interview was given to a middle-aged man carrying a Merrican flag, with his trademark big belly and beard, and a hat, who was very emotional.
"Mr. Bob, what do you think of this Grand Prix of the Moonshot? What brings you here? The blonde reporter asked.
"It's the responsibility, it's the responsibility of being a Merrican taxpayer, this country is brain dead, it's all these high-tech companies! I've lost my job! β
"Because of this epidemic, you know, this epidemic must have been made by a high-tech company, and these space companies are not gathered here for the Moon Grand Prix, they want to build a spaceship to leave the earth and then leave us in this garbage heap!"
Listening to his roar, the blonde reporter skillfully blocked the saliva flying by moving the microphone position, and then asked with a smile: "As far as I know, many people, including the government, believe that this virus came from Tianxia, why do you think that Big Tech made it?" β
"Ha, you are such a naΓ―ve journalist, you have been deceived, don't believe them, they will do nothing but dump the pot, they are in league with those big companies, they will only restrict our freedom, how can Tianxia be so backward to create such a powerful virus, such a powerful virus can only be made by Merriken's high-tech companies......"
After listening to it for a while, Tang Chao seemed to have figured out some things, but it was only some, because some he couldn't understand what he was saying.
It's not because he can't understand English, he has an English teacher at home, who was taught harshly, so his English is very good.
It's just the expressive ability of these interviewees that makes him a little ...... I don't understand.
Okay, this is actually a traditional art of Merrican, but it wasn't so obvious before, but now it's getting more and more obvious.
Many Merricans don't trust authority and government, they think they're deceiving everyone, and they only trust their own analysis and their own guns.
Who would have thought that questioning the authenticity of the moon landing was the first to be questioned by their own people in China, and they didn't even believe that the former "hostile country" certified the moon landing was true.
Anyway, no one believes in it, even the more authoritative it is, the more it doesn't believe it, and the clinic doctors and police in their own community don't believe in authority.
Of course, the most trustworthy thing is yourself and your own gun.
In this situation, I guess I heard some rumors, or I figured out a little "truth" by myself, and then I called my neighbors to protest.
However, this situation does not rule out that someone is manipulating it behind, after all, this is Merriken, and there are also those who do business.
For some, protest is also a kind of business, and if done well, it can make a lot of money.
Knowing this, Tang Chao and the three of them stopped staying outside and hurriedly walked towards the hotel.
There is a commotion outside, who knows if there is any potential danger.
The crowd of protesters, who had quieted down a bit, shouted again when they saw someone coming.
"Boycott the Spaceship Faction!!"
"We want to be free!!"
"Debunking the space conspiracy!!"
"We want the truth ......"
With the sound of protest, the three of them entered the Seaton Hotel and entered the hall, and instantly felt that the noise outside was much quieter.
There was a reception point for the competition committee in the hall, and Tang Chao went to report his invitation number to the reception staff, and they registered him, and then he got a real official entry number.
Sure enough, although I received an invitation to participate in the official competition, I could only activate the qualification by signing in to the conference site.
He brought two people, which was allowed by the meeting, so after screening, the number of teams who could be present should not be much, and a team of three people would make the scene look better.
It's to cheer for the big guy above, and the voice can be a little louder.
After taking the seat number of the venue three days later, Tang Chao also specially asked about the situation outside.
"Will the situation outside have any bad impact on this meeting?"
The reception staff looked outside, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry, this situation is very common, when there is a large-scale event, there will always be some people gathered to protest, and they will disperse after the event is over." β
"And the police outside have a lot of experience in dealing with it, and they have the right to shoot in an emergency, sir, I want to say that Merrican is the safest country in the world, and the security system of the Seaton Hotel is also very good, and there will be no chaos."
Hearing that the police are experienced and can shoot if necessary, and that Merrican is the safest country in the world, Tang Chao felt uneasy.
Because the more you listen to these words, the more they resemble a flag.
Huh~ He quickly shook his head, threw these thoughts out of his head, and said thank you to the staff, and he hurriedly took Zhang Qin and Zhang Liyan to check in.
He should go back to the house and sleep first, fall into jet lag, adapt to the environment here as soon as possible, and detect any situation in time.
It was already a challenge to come to Merriken for the meeting, and he didn't want to make any more noise.
He even wondered if he should control his curiosity in the future, just because he had never attended such a meeting, he had to come and see it for himself.
If you pay a local to check in, it should have the same effect.
However, curiosity is the driving force of human progress, and the original reason why human beings have come to this point may be because they look at the starry sky and become curious about it.
If human beings were not curious, he could not imagine what would be like now.