As a political suspense movie, although the plot of "Ms. Sloan" is fictional, the political games shown in it are really wonderful, and people can't help but want to pick it up.
The protagonist Sloan is an Internet celebrity lobbyist, first briefly introduce what is a lobbyist, the so-called lobbyist is to wander between various politicians and consortiums, the purpose is to help customers lobby those influential people, promote the achievement of certain policies and systems.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China, such professions were once prevalent, such as the Zonghengjia, which was a genre that was rich in lobbyists.
With the development of the times, the dynasty has changed, and now, the profession of lobbyist has disappeared in China, but in European and American politics, it has become a very popular profession, and even developed a lot of "lobbying" companies.
Due to the relationship between the political system in Europe and the United States, lobbyists are a bridge connecting the consortium, politicians, and voters, for example, in the United States, whether it is a campaign or an amendment bill, it needs to be voted by both houses, and legislators or interest groups must publicize, create momentum, hit opponents, and win votes in order to pull enough votes.
Since 1930, the United States lobbying organization has grown rapidly, and the United States has become the most popular lobbying country in the world.
"Ms. Sloan" tells the story of two lobbies with different positions fighting each other, Sloan as an ace lobbyist, the main job of the day is to dress up, socialize, fight in the palace, find the little yellow duck...
On this day, she received a new case: opposing the new gun control bill.
Regarding the Gun Control Act, everyone knows that guns are free in the United States, but there have also been a large number of bizarre shootings.
From civilians to presidents, from young children to the elderly, they are all victims of shootings, and it can be said that where there are people, there are shootings.
In order to avoid tragedy, some people have also proposed a stricter "gun control" bill, once the new law comes into effect, from then on guns can not be bought by anyone who wants to buy, and background checks must be done before buying.
In the United States, the entry into force of a new bill is not easy and needs to be passed by a vote of both houses of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
In the movie, the new gun control bill is the same, which will be voted on in the Senate in 84 days, and if there are 6 adults in favor, it will pass.
In fact, if Sloan takes over the case, it will be a sure win, knowing that this new bill violates the interest group behind it - gun manufacturers, who have a steady stream of money as a backing, which is indispensable for lobbying.
But Ms. Sloane, after all, was not a woman of common sense inference, and she resolutely went into the enemy camp — lobbying for the new bill and taking her entire team, except for one intern.
With regard to the situation on both sides, the situation at that time was as follows:
A total of 100 votes, Sloan's team can be sure that there are 44 votes, neutral has 22 votes, against 34 votes, if you want to win, you have to pull another 16 votes from the centrists, don't look at only 16, in fact, the form is very unfavorable, because they have no money! Behind Sloan are non-profits like the Anti-Gun Society.
Their weapon is also very simple, that is, the woman Sloane.
Looking at the opposing side, they only need to win 7 votes from the centrists, not to mention, there is a big consortium behind them.
To win this war, it is difficult to ascend to the heavens.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > use public opinion to force a statement</h1>
Sloane knew it wouldn't be easy to win, so he decided to use public opinion to preemptively attack.
On this day she opened the calendar book, looked at the recent major dinner party (the kind attended by parliamentarians), chose a zodiac auspicious day, and arranged for her right-hand man to attend some high-level dinner.
It is planned that when the parliamentarians give speeches, they can take the opportunity to throw out sensitive issues and force neutral parliamentarians to take a stand on the spot.
Of course, the opposing side is not a vegetarian, and it has long been expected that Sloan will have this move, so he has moved his hands and feet on the question list in advance and changed the personnel installed by Sloane.
But I never expected that during the questioning period, someone still raised sensitive questions, and could only watch as the parliamentarians cast a valuable vote for the gun control side in the atmosphere of public opinion.
It turns out that this is Sloane's plan B, the so-called preemptive opportunity is not only to move fast, but also to deal with an anticipated other party's action first, according to the last move, high, really high.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > spy out</h1>
After the preemptive attack, Sloane did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but instead wanted to mobilize the crowd to win over the parliamentarians who had no influence, and the members of the group were all deceived, but Sloane must have a mystery in doing so, so they all obediently cooperated.
Sure enough, Sloane's plan was just a fishing operation, catching out the undercover agents who had been lurking in the group.
It turned out that Sloane saw through everything again, expecting that the other side would install spies, so he deliberately used fake actions to deceive and deal with them, and took the opportunity to catch the spies.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > betraying his companions</h1>
Betraying one's companions is not a term for rebellion, and for Sloane, as long as he can win, anything is easy to say.
One of Sloan's colleagues, who was a survivor of a shooting, was traumatized and has since become anonymous and does not mention the past.
But after learning of this, Sloane decided that this was an unmissable emotional card, so on a certain show, he deliberately unveiled the scars of his friends unexpectedly, won the sympathy of the public, and won several votes.
Because of this, she was tortured by the conscience of her colleagues and questioned by her boss, but she just calmly told the other party that she was just a card in her hand. Seeing the inflammation here is also deeply shocking, how hard it takes to suppress feelings to this point.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > use itself as a weapon</h1>
Of course, Sloane's fierceness is far more than that, and she is so fierce that she does not even let go of herself.
As the day of the vote drew closer, the Sloan side still had a few votes short, and the opposing side finally took out their hole cards.
With the help of Sloan's former intern, she turned over her previous case of using legal loopholes to bribe lawmakers, and incidentally dug up evidence of her private life and forced him to go to court.
As he watched Sloane lose his fortune and lose his reputation, the truly wonderful part began.
Only to see Sloane unhurriedly pick up the water cup, take a sip slowly, take out the killer, remember the intern who did not want to follow Sloane?
Yes, she is the undercover that Sloan planted in the former company, she is the top player of infernal affairs, and these so-called evidences are just the traps deliberately set by the interns.
Before it was over, she continued to throw out Wang Bang — taking out the secretly filmed video of the hearing judge being coerced into stinking herself.
Since then, this hearing has become the biggest propaganda bomb of the new bill, and public opinion has completely turned to her, and she has finally won.
But the price was to lose his career and go to prison for 5 years.
This Battle is very enjoyable, and the political things reflected behind the movie are even more thought-provoking.
In this political game, the will of the people is manipulatable, the aims of politicians are distorted, and the means are often illegal...
A democratic country, up to now, unconsciously the leader's heart has lost faith, the reason for each vote is not pure, becoming the result of a game of interests, putting its own political interests above the country, even at the expense of crossing the boundaries of the law, and making democracy a joke.
At the end of the movie, although Sloane won the final victory by sacrificing himself, back to reality, due to the excessive involvement of the interests of gun control, the famous gun controller Sarah Brady and his wife have struggled for more than thirty years for the gun control movement, and the US gun control act is still struggling to move forward, which will be a protracted and cruel war.