Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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A huge bright yellow round face hung in front of the studio, which confused everyone present and shocked the audience squatting in front of the TV.
This was an extremely famous emoticon that was used by people all over the world, so everyone knew what it meant. Its unbending eyes hid a mockery of the world, and the corners of its sly mouth revealed its inner disdain and contempt. It also rolled its black bean eyes, making its expression even more lively and expressive.
On such a serious and solemn occasion, its appearance was like a bolt of lightning, making everyone feel the feeling of being struck by lightning.
Gong Xuanqi twisted his neck to look at it, his mouth opening wide, and his expression management going suddenly out of control.
Le Zhengming’s brows were deeply furrowed, his thin lips pursed tightly, and every inch of skin on his face was filled with doubts and restraint. He seemed to be confused about why his political opponent played this emoticon during their debate. Was he mocking him? What was the reason for the previous inexplicable accusations?
The automatic camera followed him, so he blinked and became calm again.
Zhuang Li, who was sitting in the audience, was whispering to two colleagues beside him, shaking his head and waving his hands, as if he had no idea what Gong Xuanqi was talking about.
Gong Xuanqi’s security officer was typing on the keyboard hurriedly, trying to delete the big yellow face on the screen. But soon, his computer froze, and even after being forced to shut down, it became unresponsive. That big yellow face hung motionless in the venue for a long time, and also hung in front of the people across the country.
Even if this was not a debate about the fate of the country, but an ordinary variety show, the occurrence of such a situation was enough to be classified as a major live broadcast accident. All relevant staff would be severely punished by the TV station.
But it was Gong Xuanqi and his team who caused all this. They were so powerful that the national TV station could not control them, but the senior politicians sitting in the audience watching the debate already had the answer in their hearts – it was simply ridiculous for Gong Xuanqi to cause such an ungraceful thing to happen on such a solemn occasion!
Even though they knew that he might have been plotted against by Le Zhengming, these people had no sympathy, pity, or even intention to help Gong Xuanqi.
If he couldn’t even deal with his political opponents, how could they expect him to deal with the United States, Country Y, and Country F? Could they still expect him to manage such a large country? Could they still expect him to deal with various issues related to national interests calmly and with ease?
Impossible.
Gong Xuanqi, whose two consecutive encounters ended in disastrous defeats, had shown the world his incompetence. From today on, whenever the public thought of him, this huge mocking expression would automatically appear in their minds.
He went from being a politician to a comedian in an instant.
Things were so unpredictable and life was often just so unpredictable. In the blink of an eye, you may win, in the blink of an eye you may lose again.
Realizing that he had once again been defeated by Zhuang Li, an insignificant person, Gong Xuanqi turned back stiffly and shouted into the microphone: “I obviously took a video of you two kissing! You are gay! Le Zhengming, you are not worthy of being a member of this country. You are sick!”
There was an uproar in the audience.
The camera focused on the faces of Le Zhengming and Zhuang Li again.
The two looked at each other from a distance, one with a solemn expression, completely undisturbed; the other with raised eyebrows, curled lips, and hunched shoulders, looking innocent, helpless, and laughing. Their attitudes were natural and calm, and apart from confusion, there was no trace of panic in their eyes as if their adultery had been exposed.
Even the most observant psychology experts would find it difficult to believe that there was any unclear relationship between them.
The bosses looked back and forth between the two of them. No matter what they thought in their hearts, at least there was no expression of disgust or doubt on their faces.
A female secretary hurried onto the stage carrying a thin blanket and whispered a few words to Gong Xuanqi.
Gong Xuanqi, who was about to lose control, immediately pretended to have a splitting headache, said a few words of apology into the microphone, and then staggered away with the help of his secretary, citing physical illness due to heavy work.
A senior dignitary picked up the microphone and said on the spot: “Xiao Gong, since your body can’t bear the high-intensity work, I suggest you take a long vacation and take good care of yourself. Health is more important than anything else, what do you think??”
The other big guys nodded in agreement. No one stood up to support Gong Xuanqi or said a few words to smooth things over for him.
It would have been better if he had not shouted those words just now, then there would still be room for recovery. However, once he shouted out that homosexuals are sick in front of the people of the whole country, it would definitely arouse the public’s crusade, and would also lead the foreign media to criticize the current human rights situation in China.
Homosexuality was a natural sexual orientation and was not a mental disorder. This had long been recognized by the world. Ordinary people could denounce homosexuality on any occasion, but national politicians could not do so. This was squeezing the living space of vulnerable groups and violating their human rights.
You could not like, contact, or talk about it, and you could not exclude or even persecute a human group.
As the head of state, he could not be someone without such a bit of mind and insight.
Thinking like this, the big guys had an even worse impression of Gong Xuanqi – he didn’t know how to assess the situation, didn’t know how to control his emotions, and didn’t know how to speak cautiously. Three consecutive misunderstandings were stupid mistakes that a head of state must never make.
Looking at him with so many questions, scrutiny, and even disgust and rejection, Gong Xuanqi, who was smiling while bending over and nodding, almost fell to the ground and couldn’t get up.
After finally standing firm, he immediately realized that he might not be able to get up this time.
In front of the people of the whole country, these dignitaries actually asked him to take a long vacation to recuperate. Wasn’t the meaning of this obvious enough? They felt that he was not qualified to assume the important role of national leader and wanted him to withdraw from the race automatically.
Withdrawing from the candidacy meant ruining one’s career. If one’s career was ruined, what hope did he have in this life? At this moment, Gong Xuanqi’s disguised sick appearance actually showed a bit of real weakness and confusion. He walked backstage one step at a time, and when he saw the security officer with a pale face, he didn’t even have the strength to get angry.
“Forget it,” he waved his hand tiredly, “take me to the hospital.”
When acting, you always have to do the whole thing.
The debate ended inexplicably.
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