Enforcer Manual
Chapter 602: Professionalized Hero_1

Chapter 602: Chapter 602: Professionalized Hero_1

The only reason Security Guard Grandpa Li came to visit was to take a photo with Song Lan before he soared to fame and was on his way to the core city to become a General. That way, he could slap his phone down with a bang in front of his friends while drinking and boasting, claiming he had once had a hearty laugh with the General.

However, as for going to the core city to become a General, Song Lan himself hadn’t heard a whisper about it.

After taking a photo with Grandpa Li and sending the old man on his way, he immediately logged onto the Rescuer’s official website and triple-checked that this was not part of a well-orchestrated internet scam, his photo was now prominent on the homepage. Without his consent, the official website even slapped on the title of "war hero" for him.

The title is a codename used by all three-star rescuers and up for external promotion and is also used by their contracted companies for commercial purposes.

When Lu Xiang was first promoted to a three-star rescuer, she was given the title of "Lord of the Western Frontier," which referred to District Seventeen, the border city located to the southwest of the United Government.

This was a title carefully selected by the Rescuer department for Lu Xiang, originally intended to go all out promoting this newly minted three-star rescuer. However, every company that wanted to sign with Lu Xiang was turned down by her one by one.

Lu Xiang didn’t like this flashy stuff, preferring instead to spend her time relaxed on the couch at home watching a movie with Song Lan instead of wasting it packaging herself and facing the media.

But the United Government was not dissuaded. It wasn’t long before they inexplicably saddled him with the title of "war hero."

Is this something that can be casually thrown around?

In Song Lan’s mind, only those at the level of the United Government’s top battle force, like the three great naval generals, deserved the title of a hero, while he wasn’t even a one-star rescuer!

This was blatant over-kill!

After the Rescuer’s official website released the news, it immediately sparked a massive amount of discussion about him online, and everyone was asking who Song Lan was. He did a quick search of his own name and already saw no fewer than six or seven versions of rumors.

The imaginations of silly netizens were always amazing.

The Rescuer department didn’t seem satisfied with just that, and moments later, Song Lan received messages from his colleagues. They had taken photos of holographic projection billboards in places like commercial plazas, with billboards featuring Song Lan wearing a deep blue military-grade exoskeleton armor issued by the United Government, gazing solemnly into the distance.

The publicity was even more intense than that of unscrupulous pay-to-win games about to release a new loot pool.

His colleagues were all inquiring about what incredible feat he had accomplished on the frontlines to earn such a distinguished honor.

Faced with the barrage of messages, Song Lan made an instant decision to turn off his phone.

He had forgotten to charge it when he got back yesterday, so today his phone was dead, and he hadn’t received a single message. Then he drew the curtains, blocking the bright sunshine outside, and focused all his attention on the home theater.

Starting now, no one could drag him out of this room.

"Knock knock knock, knock knock knock—"

Before the actors on the screen could utter a few words, the knocking at the door rang out again.

Yeying was just about to go to the door, but Song Lan stopped him with a glance.

"Starting now, we are not at home. Until Lu Xiang comes back, we have the right to remain silent."

With the commotion outside, it was definitely impossible for him to go to the department’s compound to ask Lu Xiang for the truth now. Not to mention the colleagues who bombarded him with text messages, even the common citizens of District Seventeen could probably recognize him at a glance.

Yeying nodded, seemingly understanding.

Anyway, these matters had nothing to do with her; she still had an entire sack of walnuts in front of her.

These had been specially bought for her by Song Lan, who also told her that eating more walnuts would make her smarter.

"Mr. Song Lan, I know you’re at home, we ran into the doorman when we came up."

Grandpa Li—!

Song Lan felt a wave of darkness before his eyes; the visitor seemed not to understand the principle that "silence means not wanting to answer the door," and she persisted in knocking on the apartment door, as if she would continue until the end of time unless Song Lan opened the door, "Mr. Song Lan, we have something very urgent to discuss with you."

Having no choice, Song Lan could only unwillingly press the pause button once again.

Peering through the peephole, he saw that there was more than one person outside the door; besides the woman standing in front of the door in the company-standard suit skirt, a complete work team followed behind her.

Director, cameraman, scriptwriter, and even two burly security personnel.

"Hello, Mr. Song Lan, I am Guan Lili, the head of the marketing and planning department at Polaris Alliance; I believe you must have heard of us."

"I’m well aware."

Out of politeness, Song Lan responded.

Of course, he had heard about the Polaris Alliance; half of the regular cast in the superhero movies he watched was made up of members of the Polaris Alliance. There was probably nobody more professional than them at packaging and promoting rescuers for the United Government, and they were the very people Song Lan least wanted to see at the moment.

Anyone who could become the head of the marketing and planning department at the Polaris Alliance was definitely not simple, which also indicated that the rescuers’ department was seriously intent on shaping him into the image of a "war hero."

Guan Lili hadn’t immediately entered the room. Upon seeing Song Lan, she stood in place and stared at him unblinkingly, sizing him up for a full minute until Song Lan felt unbearably uncomfortable. Only then did she say, "Although your current image is quite far from our ideal state, you have a strong potential for development."

Meanwhile, her team had already started to set up their equipment; Song Lan’s long-time living apartment was also one of the crucial filming scenes for their future promotion.

The focus of this marketing strategy was "civility" and "normalization," with the key being to shape the character into the feeling of a "battlefield hero emerging from civilians."

It was in part a response to the call for universal conscription, and on the other hand, the Review Meeting wanted to let the public feel their commitment was being honored.

"The promotion ceremony for the rescuer department is all set, and you will be exceptionally appointed as a three-star rescuer."

Guan Lili spoke calmly, pulling out an electronic handbook she had brought along, and handed it to Song Lan, "However, this is just the initial marketing strategy. We will create momentum to help you advance to a four-star rescuer within six months. The content on this handbook is something we hope you will read carefully; we have listed all the things you need to be aware of in becoming a ’war hero.’"

"You’ve misunderstood; I’m not a battlefield hero, and I certainly don’t know how to fight."

Song Lan clarified.

This head of the marketing and planning department certainly came prepared—they had even figured out the promotional direction for the next half year, but they had omitted one important thing—seeking the opinion of him, the person concerned!

He had never said he wanted to become a rescuer or a "war hero."

Song Lan’s words caused Guan Lili to falter slightly, then she tried to squeeze out a smile to appear gentle and amiable, "Please rest assured, nobody is born a rescuer; it’s our job to help you become a true war hero. If you need it, we can also arrange for you to have a counseling session."

With that, she didn’t wait for Song Lan’s response and clapped her hands towards the busy staff, drawing the director group’s attention to herself, "That’s enough, we can start the meeting now."

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