Crossover: Becoming Japan’s Prime Minister? Chapter 298 299: Elections Are Just About Granting Oneself B

"Mizunashi, Fujiwara Toru is preparing for a roadshow on Koto Ward's Dream Island. This is his first roadshow after announcing his bid for mayor of Koto Ward. Don't miss it. Make sure to record it live."

The director of Nichibei TV called out to the station's top reporter, Rena, and instructed her.

At this ti, it was election season in Japan. Unless so sudden major news event happened, the most watched events during this period were the elections for various positions in different regions.

Although most people in Japan did not care much about politics, elections could sotis be like a festival, bringing great amusent to the public.

Among them, aside from so bizarre candidates, no one knew who would actually win before the results ca out.

This kind of joy, like opening a blind box, was pursued by almost everyone.

Rena smiled and nodded in agreent. Under her leadership, she organized a group of people to prepare for live filming in Koto Ward.

As the station's most prominent reporter, Rena should have been covering the Pri Minister's election.

The forr Pri Minister had recently resigned due to various incidents that occurred during his tenure, and the acting Pri Minister had served for a period of ti.

Just as the general election arrived, many people were competing for the position of Pri Minister.

The acting Pri Minister was ambitious, and forr Pri Minister Ōoka also made a coback.

These television stations all had insider information that the Ōoka clan and the Fujiwara clan had joined forces this ti and were determined to win the position of Pri Minister.

Compared with the Pri Minister election, a small election like the one in Tokyo's Koto Ward was actually not a big deal.

But when Toru was among the candidates, even the smallest election would still attract attention.

What did television stations want? Was it the election results? Of course not, they wanted traffic!

Rena got into the minivan with her familiar team mbers and caraman, then headed toward Dream Island.

Nichibei TV's headquarters was in Koto Ward, so they did not need to travel far and quickly arrived at Dream Island.

Then, they saw a sea of people.

Today was the weekend, and many high school girls, middle school students, college girls, and even housewives had co here to watch Toru's speech live.

The male-to-female ratio of the entire speech audience could be said to have reached an exaggerated 2:8.

Rather than saying they ca to listen to Toru's so-called speech, it would be more accurate to say they ca here just to see his handso face.

And seeing this scene, Rena felt that Toru's election was already secure.

Those female students were not important. Their votes were only a small part.

The ones who really held the majority and had influence were actually the housewives!

These people were the most prone to gossip and could easily influence their children or husbands at ho, as well as their girlfriends who often gathered together.

Rather than saying one person was voting, it was more like a group of people were voting.

Similarly, these housewives were also the easiest targets for cults to bewitch. Organizations like the Unification Church primarily focused on recruiting these housewives into their religion.

The Unification Church did not deceive people with sex, but defrauding money was a must. Of course, the most important thing was that they relied on the faith of these female masses to gain significant influence, thereby manipulating elections as much as possible.

"Hello, viewers in front of your televisions and friends online. I am Mizunashi Rena, a reporter from Nichibei TV."

"Right now, I am on Dream Island in Koto Ward, watching the election campaign of Japan's great hero, Mr. Fujiwara, live."

"Please look behind . The person giving a speech on the campaign vehicle is Mr. Fujiwara."

"We can see that there are many people at the scene, and the tropolitan Police Departnt has also dispatched a large number of police officers to maintain order."

"We know that Japan has recently encountered various attack incidents frequently. This election is also a huge test for the tropolitan Police Departnt. As Japan's hero, he must not suffer any harm."

Rena spoke eloquently in front of the cara with a professional smile.

At the sa ti, the cara and microphone were aid toward the campaign vehicle, allowing those who could not attend in person to hear the promises Toru made to the people of Koto Ward.

"I promise all residents of Koto Ward that when I beco district mayor, within the next four years, I will bring over ten billion US dollars in investnt to Koto Ward."

This one sentence caused people to exclaim in surprise.

Ten billion US dollars in investnt, that was a national-level project. Did a district mayor have this capability?

"This is not an exaggeration, but a concrete plan that is already on the agenda. On the artificial island in Koto Ward, I have already discussed it with major Japanese conglorates."

"They have agreed to build a new comrcial center on this island, and they will also construct a supercomputing center, a pharmaceutical R&D center, and other facilities."

"The establishnt of the entire comrcial center will involve an investnt of over ten billion US dollars. The initial three billion US dollar project is already ready and can start construction at any ti."

Toru stood on the campaign vehicle, holding a microphone in his hand, raising his hand high, and making promises to all the voters in an impassioned tone.

"In addition, I will provide tax incentives to supercomputing and pharmaceutical companies. In my plan, Koto Ward will beco a research and developnt center in the future. The newly built artificial island will not only bring comrcial revenue, but also continuously carry out scientific research and innovation, leading the world."

"I solemnly promise here that in the next few years, the inco of all residents in Koto Ward will surely rise steadily, allowing us to move even higher in the per capita GDP rankings of Tokyo's various wards."

Well, anyway, the so-called pharmaceutical companies and supercomputing centers were all things Toru was preparing to get his hands on.

In other words, these tax incentives would ultimately benefit Toru himself.

Under the election system, why did people want to beco officials? Wasn't it just to give themselves more benefits and advantages?

The role of those capital lobbying groups in Arica was exactly this, to get presidents and congressn to enact policies that were more in line with their own interests, thereby bringing in a continuous stream of inco.

But on the surface, Toru was seeking welfare for the people and was a great district mayor!

The audience below applauded and cheered vigorously, but it was all female voices.

They did not care about Toru's election promises. What they cared about more was Toru's handso face.

These won, who originally had no interest in politics, developed an interest in politics at this mont.

They were like fans chasing a star, pursuing Toru as a celebrity to satisfy themselves.

And Toru knew this and would satisfy their needs as much as possible.

"Therefore, I hope everyone can personally go to the polling station and cast your valuable vote. Within the next four years, you will be able to see frequently on television and online!"

The applause rang out again. Toru bowed.

"Thank you, everyone!"

(To be continued.)

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