I don’t know whether it was because of reality that forced him to give in like this, or whether it was because Fang Chen, Igor, and even Mrs. Nana’s words were listened to by Yeltsin.

Faced with Igor, a former retired military officer, and a war reporter's straightforward and even harsh suggestions, Yeltsin actually nodded in agreement.

"In any case, you need a real election now, and preferably a modern Western electoral strategy, making news every day, making stories every day, appearing frequently on TV, and it must be good..."

Igor talked a lot, and most of them were examples from the previous US President Reagan. For example, when Reagan inspected the flag factory, he took the initiative to cross the crowd, pick up the American flag that fell on the ground, and called on everyone to

Personally, I love America and so on.

Yeltsin nodded in agreement.

With Yeltsin's attitude and cooperation, everything seems much simpler.

As the head of the campaign committee, Chubais first included Berezovsky, Gusinsky and other seven oligarchs, as well as Yeltsin's other cronies responsible for all aspects of the government, into the campaign committee.

But most of these people have prominent status and have a lot of things to do. Naturally, they cannot follow Chubais's ass all the time. They can only provide support in some key places.

So Chubais still needs a campaign team with him as the core.

Igor, director of Russian Independent Television.

Shahenovsky, Luzhkov's right-hand man and deputy mayor of Moscow.

Sergei, Vice President of Gusinsky Group and senior lobbyist.

Alexander Ahlstrom, the chief business pollster, as well as other members of the House of Commons, political consultants, entertainment advertising tycoons, etc. were all recruited by Chubais to join his team.

For a time, it seemed like there was a lot of talent.

When leaving, Fang Chen unexpectedly allowed Igor to sit in his car, along with Gusinski.

"Mr. Fang, thank you for your love and care."

As soon as he got in the car, Igor thanked Fang Chen sincerely.

He knew that those bold statements he just made would cause him a lot of trouble. Even if Yeltsin didn't care about him, what about those people under Yeltsin?

I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case.

At the meeting just now, he had seen many government officials express contempt and even anger towards him.

After all, the principle of humiliating ministers to death is applicable in any era and in any country. He made it impossible for Yeltsin to come to power. How could those people give him a good look?

Furthermore, the more he asked Yeltsin to change, the more it represented the incompetence of these people.

Now that Fang Chen has taken the initiative to invite him to accompany him, those who want to deal with him may have to think carefully about whether they can offend Fang Chen?

Obviously, such a character does not exist in Russia now.

After all, even Yeltsin had to look at Fang Chen's face at this time and beg Fang Chen, how dare other minions make trouble?

And after this incident, not to mention, Fang Chen's status in Russia will definitely rise to an unattainable height again.

"No, Igor, you said what I wanted to say, and I am the one to thank." Fang Chenhun waved his hand carelessly and said with a smile.

It is obviously one of his big principles not to let the person doing the work suffer.

Igor suddenly felt that a weak place in his heart was slightly touched, and couldn't help but look at Fang Chen with a complicated expression.

He now somewhat understands why Fang Chen has such a big foundation. Working under such a boss must be a very happy and comfortable thing.

"Igor, what do you think our winning rate is this time?" Fang Chen pondered for a moment and asked.

"Mr. Yeltsin, if you really do what I said, with the current lineup and resources, you will be at least 60% sure." Igor said confidently.

"Why?" Fang Chen asked in surprise.

To be honest, he, a person who has experienced previous lives and knows the results, does not have such great confidence in Yeltsin at this time. So where does Igor's confidence come from?

"The media, you and Mr. Gusinsky, control almost two-thirds of Russia's media, as well as most of the important TV stations and newspapers, which will undoubtedly have a fatal impact on the election results."

Gusinsky's Bridge Media Group controls Russia's independent television station, "Today" and "Seven Days" weekly magazines, as well as acquired the famous "Voice of Moscow" radio station, and co-produced the "Summary" weekly magazine with Americans.

As for the media resources in Fang Chen's hands, it is even more terrifying. The Auto Union under his name holds 51% of the shares of Russian public television and is its substantial controller.

Russian Public Television is the first public television station in Russia. Its predecessor was the Soviet Central Television and has unparalleled influence in Russia.

The Duma House has always wanted to take back 51% of the Auto Union's shares, but with Fang Chen's strength in Russia and so many allies, it is obvious that every proposal will end in vain.

In addition, Automobile Alliance also owns a large number of shares in the Independent and Spark weekly newspapers.

These are newspapers and periodicals with a long history and high reputation in Russia.

Judging from the previous elections in the United States, and even in other Western countries such as the United Kingdom, whoever makes more political donations will basically become the president of the United States.

In recent years, the U.S. presidential campaign funds have increased year by year, and now the two parties combined have reached a total of three to four billion U.S. dollars.

This is why the United States is said to be one dollar, one vote.

Why is campaign finance so important?

In addition to the fact that these campaign funds can help presidential candidates organize more gatherings, distribute more gifts and better logistical support to supporters, the most important thing is to purchase campaign advertisements in the media.

During the election year, there are many presidential candidates who spend huge sums of money just to appear in the Super Bowl.

After all, people’s understanding of presidential candidates basically comes from the media. The media thinks they are good. The more opportunities they have to appear on TV and the longer they occupy people’s attention, the easier it is for them to be ignored.

choose.

They are all the same thing, so people will naturally tend to choose the one they are familiar with, not to mention there are so many already packaged images and stories, there will always be one that can hit your heart.

Even choosing products in the supermarket follows this routine.

Faced with products that are equally unfamiliar and whose efficacy does not seem to be much different, everyone will be more inclined to choose the branded ones that have been advertised on TV stations, media and newspapers.

It seems that these brands and advertisements are just endorsing the quality of the products.

But in fact, the quality may not be the best, but the price will definitely be more expensive.

Fang Chen nodded, as if this was indeed the case.

To be honest, although Berezovsky reported it to him, he really couldn't remember when he had so many TV shows, newspapers and magazines under his name.

"In addition, there is another phenomenon that can determine victory or defeat that needs to be noted, that is, 90% of current media reporters are democrats and support capitalism or freedom." Igor said with a somewhat helpless expression.

Fang Chen was stunned for a moment, and then nodded involuntarily. This was obviously another matter where the butt decided the head.

Why do Western countries have a louder voice in the media and control public opinion?

In addition to its strong national power and greater media influence, it has served as the suzerain of many countries and cultivated a large number of so-called intellectuals during the colonial period.

In fact, there is another very important reason, and that is rights.

Try to think about which system, between capitalism and the Red Soviets, has the media with greater voice and influence.

There is no doubt that it must be the former.

In the Western world, the media is called the fourth estate, but in the Soviet Union, it obviously does not receive such high treatment.

Therefore, in order to increase their own rights, journalists, even in the Soviet Union, will involuntarily advocate capitalism and promote so-called freedom, democracy, and openness.

It can be said that in Russia, apart from people in power like Yeltsin and big capitalists like Fang Chen and Gusinsky, the ones who least want Russia to turn back into a Soviet state are these media reporters.

And Fang Chen had to admit that the pens and mouths of media reporters can obviously change many things.

Immediately afterwards, Igor talked a lot, such as how to promote Yeltsin in a positive way, and how to dig up dirt on Zyuganov, etc. Fang Chen was stunned for a moment.

As expected, politics is a dark pool. As long as you jump in, no one can escape cleanly. But what is helpless is that he has no choice.

All the money that should be given has been given, and the campaign team that should be organized by Yeltsin has been organized. Everything else depends on how Yeltsin and Chubais develop.

So that night, Fang Chen took a plane directly and flew to Leningrad.

He was going to meet a man, Sobchak, the mayor of Leningrad, or to be more precise, the former mayor.

Leningrad is the second largest city in Russia and the capital of the north, and its mayor naturally plays an important role in Russia.

And Sobchak is a legendary figure in Russian history.

In 1989, he entered the Supreme Soviet Conference as an independent candidate, and became the founder and coalition representative of the inter-regional group with Yeltsin. He was one of the twin stars of Soviet politics at that time.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, he was still a member of Yeltsin's Presidential Council and chairman of the Constituent Assembly of the Russian Federation Constitution in 1993, so the Russian Constitution was informally called the Sobchak Constitution.

But to the public, he is most famous as the mentor of Comrade Vladimir.

Although Vladimir has received help from many people along the way, most of them have not surpassed Sobchak, whom Vladimir also calls his only political mentor.

As early as 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and Vladimir was forced to resign from his position in the KGB because he did not support the KGB's overthrow of Gorbachev.

Then Sobchak accepted him and appointed him chairman of the Leningrad Liaison Committee and later first deputy mayor. Therefore, Vladimir also received the nickname Gray Archbishop.

Therefore, in the meeting between Fang Chen and Sobchak, Vladimir naturally appeared.

Furthermore, if Sobchak fails in the election, Vladimir will naturally be unemployed.

Although he had seen Vladimir too many times on TV and in the news in his previous life, now that he saw him in person, Fang Chen couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Compared with the domineering side of his previous life, the current emperor is much shyer and lower-key. He sits quietly on the chair next to Sobchak without moving, but his iconic right hand is still close to his trouser pocket.

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Fang Chen kept looking at Vladimir so frequently, which naturally aroused everyone's surprise.

"Mr. Fang, what are you looking at? Is there anything wrong with my disciple?" Sobchak couldn't help but ask.
To be continued...