Enforcer Manual
Chapter 603: Mr. Song, You Wouldn’t Want To..._1

Chapter 603: Chapter 603: Mr. Song, You Wouldn’t Want To..._1

Song Lan realized that the company and the Review Meeting were serious.

At this very moment, the director of the Propaganda Planning Department of the Polaris Alliance was earnestly discussing with her team how to turn Song Lan, a run-of-the-mill grassroots department employee, into a war hero.

Although he was in the living room of his own apartment, the heated discussion made it seem as if he had stepped onto the set of a reality show, which reminded Song Lan of a program he used to like called "Master of Cuisine". That show was about turning an ordinary culinary enthusiast into a master chef through a reality show selection process.

His presence in the living room was somewhat out of place, and the director and photographer had even begun to discuss what angle to shoot him from as he lay on the sofa watching a movie.

The main focus of the propaganda was on "normalizing" daily life in an effort to make people feel that Song Lan’s life was no different from theirs, portraying him as a battle hero who emerged from the ranks of the everyday person.

Guan Lili noticed that Song Lan was getting distracted, so she pulled a chair in front of him and sat down face to face with him, assertively. She then forcefully slapped her hands on his thighs to draw all of his attention to herself.

"The doorman of this apartment is a very important character in the propaganda. Most people’s understanding of you will have to be conveyed through him. I’ve included a page in your manual for an interview script written for the doorman, please take a look at it first."

Her forefinger expertly slid the manual open to a page filled with character settings that even Song Lan himself was unaware of.

For example, it was written that his favorite pastime was to collect and study all kinds of firearms, and that he spent his free time each week at the shooting range training. His marksmanship on the battlefield was not by chance, but the result of long-term training.

Another example stated that he was compassionate and, upon learning that the doorman’s family was struggling and that he had a spouse who had been bedridden for a long time, he often helped him out in private.

As a battle hero with a personality, of course, Song Lan would also have some bad habits.

Whenever he got drunk, he would climb to the rooftop of his apartment, holding his collected military arms high, and gaze at the night sky, imagining himself enlisting in the army and entering the battlefield.

"This point needs special attention,"

Guan Lili’s slender fingernails, painted with nail polish, swiped across the paragraph on the electronic manual, marking a red wavy line over the section about "small habits". "You must control the extent of it correctly. You want it to feel familiar to them, not to make them think you’re an alcoholic."

"But..."

Song Lan fell into thought, expressing his view as gently as possible, "It seems that every single point here doesn’t match reality."

"That doesn’t matter,"

Guan Lili said, "What we do is simply to ensure that when you appear in public, you fit the identity of a war hero. We’ve selected large data sets on the topic. Every single point here is the result of our selection. As long as you satisfy the above content, you will become the war hero in the eyes of 83.72% of the population."

As for what kind of person Song Lan was in real life and what hobbies he had?

They never needed to care about these details. The company’s job for them was to produce a war hero acceptable to the public, so as to convey through him the many "truths" that the Review Meeting wanted the public to understand.

"But the manual mentions helping out the doorman. As far as I know, Grandpa Li and his spouse have a fairly happy life together."

He did have a pretty good relationship with Grandpa Li, occasionally giving him some homemade snacks, but financially helping him out was utterly baseless.

"You don’t need to worry about these things; we will arrange everything for you."

Guan Lili couldn’t help but sigh. These trivial tasks normally wouldn’t require the oversight of a director like herself. Any branch company’s propaganda team would know how to package a rescuer that would be loved by the public, but this was a command directly from the Review Meeting, and in her view, Song Lan completely lacked the talent to become a national-level rescuer.

His problem was that he worried too much and couldn’t grasp the main point.

Under normal circumstances, such a person would never have been able to get past the preliminary screening to stand before her.

But this time, they could only choose between Song Lan and Lu Xiang.

"From now on, you just need to focus on familiarizing yourself with this electronic manual," she said.

"But... it seems like you didn’t give me a chance to refuse, did you?"

"Refuse?"

Guan Lili was taken aback, and even the members of the team stopped their discussions, all looking at Song Lan with surprised expressions.

The last thing they expected was for someone to say such a thing in front of the director.

They could only think that this fool must have spent too much time in a small city, to the point where he lacked understanding of the outside world. Guan Lili’s prestigious position today was built on her impressive work achievements, and now over half of the national-level rescuers of the Polaris Alliance had been crafted by her very hands.

Without any exaggeration, if one could gain the favor of Guan Lili, even the most unremarkable and incompetent minor characters could undergo a complete transformation.

Especially for someone like Song Lan, who lived in a border city, this was their opportunity to soar to great heights.

This opportunity was not something he earned on his own, but a pie from the sky that coincidentally hit him on the head.

But for someone blessed by Lady Luck herself, to actually want to refuse this gift from the heavens?

"I’m actually not fond of facing cameras. I’m not as capable as you say, and I just want to live a simple life," he said.

"I understand," Guan Lili replied, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Your first public appearance is scheduled for the day after tomorrow. In the meantime, try not to show up in public places. On the morning of that day, my assistant will contact you. I hope you can use these two days to familiarize yourself with the content of the electronic manual."

Huh?

Her self-assured manner of arranging work left Song Lan deep in thought.

It seemed that the esteemed director was not the kind to take others’ suggestions into account.

"I’ve heard your request, but I also hope you can understand that this is a decision of the Review Meeting. It concerns the future overall propaganda strategy of the United Government. It’s not something you, or I, can influence," she said.

After organizing the work, Guan Lili added, "To my knowledge, there are already quite a few members of the Review Meeting discontent with Lu Xiang’s past attitude. Mr. Song, my personal advice is that if your decisions force the Review Meeting to change their propaganda strategy, it will be unfavorable for both you and Lu Xiang."

During the conversation, she gave her team a look.

The team members tacitly packed up their tools, and in less than half a minute, the living room was empty once again.

As the living room returned to silence, Guan Lili suddenly stood up, leaning close to Song Lan’s chair in an almost flirtatious manner, her lips nearly touching his earlobe, "You two are the only survivors who have returned from the front lines. You must make a public statement, and the content of that statement must be what the Review Meeting wants to see, otherwise..."

At this point, she deliberately paused for a long while.

Then, the corners of her mouth curved up slightly, revealing a sly smile, "Oh, there’s one more thing I forgot to mention to you—Qi He asked me to send his regards on behalf of the Ragus Foundation."