Chapter 26 I want to make headlines
"What should we do!"
In the early morning, Wang Lei stood on the steps next to the stadium and said loudly to Luca and the others. In front of him, there was an empty stadium and a slightly cold street. A rusty road sign hung on the pillars on the side of the road, and the arrow still pointed to the abandoned steel factory area ahead.
"Rex, what new plans do you have?"
"The Great Demon King is too arrogant, it's time to teach him a lesson."
"Tell me, if you have any good ideas, we all support you." Everyone looked at Wang Lei and said angrily. Like Wang Lei, they were often harassed by Hawke's "Women's Team" and felt a sigh of relief. Especially when they saw Hawke's momentum was at its peak, they felt even more aggrieved. This aggrieved can turn into motivation and may also disappoint them.
"Yes, our voice is too small, and many people can't hear it. We have to make a louder sound. We have to go to the newspaper! On TV! Let more people see it." Wang Lei nodded and said with a fist. He thought things too simply before. The most difficult thing in the world may be to let others change their inherent prejudices.
"Oh, it's very cool to go on TV!" Luca twisted her big butt and made a bicycle move on the spot. The first one expressed support.
"But we don't have money!"
"Five hundred dollars are only enough for a half-page advertisement for a week..."
"Ten seconds of TV commercial."
"We can't compare to Hawk in advertising!"
"Rex..." Emily looked at Wang Lei worriedly, afraid that he would make an impulsive decision. He could print tens of thousands of flyers for 500 US dollars, but it would be inconspicuous when doing newspaper advertisements, and the effect might not be good.
Wang Lei smiled and shook his head. He seemed to have already made a decision: "Who said we want to advertise?"
"No advertising? How can I enter the newspaper?"
"News! I'm talking about news. Is it very news-effective for an 18-year-old boy to run for the mayor of a town? Although this is not the youngest in the United States in history, at least in the Pittsburgh area, there is no one yet?" Wang Lei raised his finger and said with a smile.
"Wow, this is a good idea, more interesting than the news that Mr. Smith's house had seven puppies!" Emily's face showed a beautiful smile, and she mocked the Pittsburgh Post today - this newspaper often saw Hawke's campaign advertisements, which made her very annoying.
"Yes, maybe it can still make the headlines!" Wang Lei was in a good mood. He should have thought of this method for a long time, but it is really difficult to change people's opinions. He originally thought that as long as he had a good method and worked for the town sincerely, he could win the election. Now he realized that it was not that way, and the reality was cruel.
“The Pittsburgh Post’s headlines, cool!”
"Yes, the chances of appearing in the newspaper are very high, although the chances of the front page are smaller, only half!"
"That's enough, isn't it?" Wang Lei looked at Colin, who also nodded: "Yes, it's enough, you can try it."
"What's even better is that you don't have to spend money!" said the shrewd Wang Yang happily.
"News will work better than advertising," Douglas said.
"Then, leave this to me. I can see if I can contact the Pittsburgh Post or other media through my father's relationship!" Emily said happily, her long golden hair swaying behind her head. She can finally help Wang Lei. This will be an extremely important attack.
Wang Leiping raised his arms, stretched out his two fingers and pointed Emily, and said with a smile: "Of course, you are our press officer, and you have no choice."
"Hehe, I'm willing to serve!" Emily nodded with a giggle.
"Then, I think we should make a newspaper ourselves..." Wang Lei continued to look at his friends who became excited because he found hope again.
"Oh, run your own newspaper? How is that possible?"
Wang Lei's words shocked everyone again, but some people were full of confidence in him. Emily asked with a smile: "Rex, do you have a good idea again? Tell me quickly."
"Yes, it should be a good idea. We can make a tabloid with eight openings and four editions, use one page to perform campaign content, one page to perform community projects, one page to perform leisure and entertainment, such as various humorous stories and front pages to be comprehensive, which can be current affairs or something else," Wang Lei explained his specific plan to everyone.
"This is not difficult. We have done it in school, right?" Wang Lei blinked with a smile.
Whether it is Braddock's elementary school, or junior and high schools in the Woodland Mountain School District, the school has its own tabloids, teachers are responsible for guidance, students act as journalists, editors and typesetting, and contact printing, newspapers are distributed among students. Wang Lei, Emily, Colin and others have experience in this area.
"But, this requires money, and it won't cost much to do five hundred dollars."
"It's okay, the money is gone, we can continue to find ways to raise it. If everyone doesn't object, then it's decided. Let's do two issues first." Wang Lei said. The others looked at each other, but did not object. It was just a tabloid, and it was not a big deal.
"Now, it's the time for our Jedi to fight back." Luca curled her arms and showed off his arm muscles.
Wang Lei was not that optimistic. He shook his head: "We want to do more publicity, but we still have to have some practical results. Just talking with our mouths, we can't say Hawk."
In this regard, Wang Lei has always paid more attention to the Braddock Club and I Love Braddock Volunteer Association have begun to operate, especially volunteers, who have begun to provide services to libraries, medical centers, schools, elderly clubs, etc. Although the number of people is still relatively small, the effect is being reflected.
However, volunteer service cannot be a deadly weapon for Wang Lei to fight Hawke. Everyone will only think that he is a teenager who is enthusiastic about the community, rather than a leader who can lead the town out of difficulties and achieve development. He must achieve more convincing results in other aspects.
If Hawke's previous term just didn't achieve results, then Wang Lei's age and experience are not at all advantageous, and it is even more suspicious.
He had to do something, and no one had any good ideas in this regard, so Wang Lei had to put it aside for the time being and continue to discuss the arrangements for other matters.
"Alvin, our web page seems to be very deserted?" When everyone left and went to different places, Wang Lei came together with Alvin and asked about the situation of the website.
Wang Lei asked Alvin to make a personal homepage for him and put some campaign information on it. It has been several days since it was launched, but now it seems that the effect seems to be minimal.
In order to let everyone know about this website, they printed the website address on the flyer and told the residents of the town they were facing: our website is on it, and you can see more detailed information.
It is obvious that very few people are interested in this website. They are not interested in turning on the computer, entering the URL into the browser, and viewing the content of the website.
"Yes, basically no one is watching!" Alvin scratched his head embarrassedly.
"In addition, the blog posts I updated on the Camworld website and the posts posted on Braddock BBS were also very cold."
"Well, this is not surprising. Alvin, don't blame yourself. After all, this is my personal website, so it is normal for everyone to be uninterested," Wang Lei saw Alvin's annoyed expression and quickly comforted him.
"It seems that we have to make some changes and add some content to the web page."
"I thought about it too, but what content should be added? News, jokes, prose, novels... or something?" Alvin listed in distress what he could think of. Every one seemed to be read by someone, but it was difficult to guarantee that everyone would read their websites, because there were too many similar websites, and they could not do better.
"Alvin, do you think this is OK? We are building a website like this, similar to the Braddock Club we are doing now, so that everyone can interact on the website. I am not talking about bbs, bbs are the place to speak, and they should be able to do other things..."
Wang Lei felt that he was not very clear about what he said. He waved his hand, paused, and then continued: "That's how I think about it. This website is like Braddock. Everyone has their own home and house number. They can greet each other, visit each other, discuss hot topics, and show others some interesting things, such as my campaign information."
When Wang Lei conceived this website, he wanted to attract more residents of small towns and let them pay attention to him, but his influence was limited. If he was the only one, it would not attract everyone to click on this website. He had to change his perspective and let everyone go online and have such a homepage online, so they would come.
As long as they come to this website and let them follow themselves, it will be easier.
"Rex, are you talking about a blog website like Camworld?" Alvin's eyes suddenly looked at Wang Lei like a small light bulb.
"Blog? No, no, blogs are too complicated. Not everyone is willing to write their diary on the Internet. You know, there have always been very few people who write diaries."
"I mean, everyone can have a homepage similar to a blog, but they don't need to write anything. They can have a circle of friends similar to icq, but they don't have to chat. They can knock on the door, say hello, or even do pranks..." Wang Lei said with some confidence. He knew that there were very few people who wrote blogs. IQ is also unfamiliar to people over 30 years old. This website can only be accepted by everyone if it is as simple as possible and close to daily life. But can it be really acceptable? He cannot be sure.
"I understand a little, I think we can give it a try!" Alvin frowned and thought for a while before he seemed to understand what Wang Lei meant.
Wang Lei and Alvin continued to communicate the details of the website. Although they were not sure what kind of website it was and whether anyone would like it, their intuition told them that it seemed very interesting.
Think about it, everyone has a home on the Internet. Every day when sitting at home, you can greet your good friends, or even tease each other, and tell everyone some interesting things, what an interesting life it is.
Whether it is the BBS, IQ that everyone knows, or the blog that few people use, or the personal homepage that technical men are passionate about, it seems that they are not so interesting.
"The key is that it is simple and convenient!" Wang Lei said to Alvin. If it is not simple enough, those elderly town residents don't know how to use it.
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ps: Some people can see what kind of website this is? Novels are a one-man statement, and the purpose is to bring happiness to everyone. There are some details, so don’t be too serious. Anyway, the protagonist must change the world. Then, changing the fate of a website doesn’t seem to be nothing. What do you think? The protagonist’s route is to go into politics, and of course he will occasionally cross the line. This is very common in the political culture of the United States.
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