xinhua news agency's "house of cards" has a new episode! "climbing the wood" to elect the president, "fancy" soliciting donations
2024-09-15
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recently, xinhua news agency released a new micro-film "house of cards" and launched the "shangmu campaign" series. this time, politician "shangmu" ran for the president of the "united states of america" and filmed a fundraising advertisement with his partner "hanbao", listing 5 reasons and calling on the audience to donate $5.
at the beginning of the fundraising advertisement, "shangmu" and "hanbao" got straight to the point: "if you don't donate and he doesn't donate, we can't vote alive." it turns out that because of the divided opinions among the people, everyone is on the verge of a war, and the proliferation of guns, the presidential election has become a "high-risk" activity.
in order to save their own lives, "shangmu" and "hanbao" called on the audience to donate money to buy helmets, bulletproof podiums and other items, and promised to distribute transparent suits to those who attended the rally. in addition, the two also admitted that they needed hundreds of millions of donations to run advertisements to attack their opponents, just because they did not have items such as the bible and the school logo to sell:
knowing that most small-amount donors are from low- and middle-income groups, shangmu and hanbao said, "we know it's not easy for you to make money, but if you accumulate a little, you will achieve great things." the two promised that if they win the election, they will use the people's "small money" to do "big things":
as for why it was only $1 last time but $5 this time, the two politicians gave an explanation: inflation! after all, even the air in the potato chip packaging is getting more and more.
finally, "hanbao" said that the donors would have the opportunity to receive a call from "shangmu": "donating money is not a waste of money, 'shangmu' will call you." this has always been a privilege only for big "sponsors". "shangmu" dialed the phone on the spot, but he didn't expect to hear a burst of angry curses from the other party:
after hanging up the phone in a hurry, the two did not forget to remind everyone again: "donations are urgent."
after the micro-film was broadcast overseas, it attracted the attention of experts and netizens from many countries. maria ceballos, anchor of russia today, forwarded the video and praised it: "very creative, i like it!" indian geopolitical expert kantan quoted the lines in the film and commented:
liu qingbin, a senior researcher at the digital economy think tank, thought of the real-life television debates between us presidential candidates and ridiculed trump's claim that immigrants eat pets during the debate:
netizens in north america said:
the situation of the "united states of america" shown in the film reminded many netizens of the chaos in the united states in reality, such as the proliferation of guns, divided public opinion, military intervention, inflation, and money politics. an american netizen said: "this comedy is good." some foreign netizens even said: "even chinese people understand american politics better than americans."
so, will shangmu have smooth sailing in the next election? what will happen? this series will be continued.
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screenwriter and starring: zheng jinqiang, zhang can
editor: xu haijing, bai lin, ma xiaocheng
translation: zhu dongyang
stage manager: li ruojia (intern), chen zhekai (intern), yang xin (intern)
professional guidance: zhao ningnan liang yongbin huang tingting hai rihan zhang chao xinxin fanfan
produced by zheng jinqiang studio
produced jointly by xinhua news agency international department hebei branch and guangdong branch
