36 Strategies Vernacular Full Translation

Chapter 22
According to reports: On April 1988, 4, shortly after a Boeing 27 passenger plane of Apollo Airlines took off in the United States, a huge explosion opened a large hole with a diameter of 737 meters in the front cabin roof, and the ramp in the cabin was deformed. The rear cabin cannot see the severity of the front cabin.The pilot struggled and finally made an emergency landing at a nearby airport.Except for a stewardess who was thrown from the cabin roof by the air wave and died, all 6 passengers in the plane survived without any casualties.For a time, the world was shocked, and there were different opinions.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it is a pity that such an unfortunate accident will have an extremely adverse impact on Boeing's reputation.But Boeing believes that this is a "blessing in disguise", a good opportunity for product self-promotion, and it is a living advertisement that cannot be concocted by spending money.Therefore, they firmly seized this opportunity and widely publicized it on major radio stations and media across the country, saying that "the accident was caused by metal fatigue due to the old aircraft. The aircraft has been flying safely for 20 years 9 times, which greatly exceeded the service life, and no passenger died, which is our honor."Boeing's publicity is accompanied by the affirmation of 89 passengers, so that consumers can really feel its sincerity and credibility.Consumers will naturally draw conclusions about the quality of the aircraft.The information quickly spread all over the world. In May alone, Boeing received orders as high as US$5 billion from all over the world, while the total orders in the first quarter were only US$70 billion.Not only did the company not get into trouble because of this accident, but it became famous, its reputation improved, and its performance increased.

It can be seen that as a company, no matter how much potential appeal your product has, it is impossible for all consumers to know it.If you want to broaden the popularity of your products and become one of the strongest players in the world economy, it will be even more difficult if you are not good at seizing the opportunity of product promotion in time, and then aggressively advertise when the product is unsalable.The Boeing Company "took the lead" and grasped the opportunity well, so it was able to achieve twice the result with half the effort. It did not take too much effort to bring in reputation and profits.

Ding Baozhen beat An Dehai wisely
In political struggles, capturing and using opportunities that are beneficial to one's own side is often obtained through careful observation and analysis of actions.

An Dehai was Cixi's confidant eunuch, who was once ordered by Cixi to meet foreign ministers outside the capital.Cixi told An Dehai to go out quietly and come back without leaving a trace.

Unexpectedly, An Dehai was used to being extravagant and domineering, so within a few days after he left Beijing, he asked people to hoist a big flag on the boat to publicize it.Let officials along the way pick them up and give bribes one after another. Wherever they go, people's hearts are floating.The ship entered the territory of Dezhou, Shandong, and the prefect of Dezhou went to pay a visit and offered 200 taels of silver.An Dehai thought it was too little, so he was limited to make up 5000 taels of silver within three days.

Where can I get so much money?The prefect of Texas lost his mind for a while.Suddenly, he thought of his boss, Shandong governor Ding Baozhen.This man is a clean and honest official, and he is very courageous.The prefect of Dezhou went to Jinan overnight to cry to Governor Ding.Governor Ding asked the prefect if he had seen the imperial decree, and the prefect said he hadn't. "Okay!" Governor Ding slapped his hands and ordered the governor of Dezhou to go back immediately and arrest An Dehai and his party.The magistrate was terrified when he heard this: "My lord, aren't you breaking ground on Tai Sui's head?" Ding Baozhen laughed loudly: "I will bear everything." The magistrate of Dezhou obeyed the order.

It turns out that the Qing Palace has always had an ancestral precept: internal prisons are not allowed to leave the capital for forty miles without permission, and those who violate it will be punished by local officials on the spot.Ding Baozhen grasped this point and wanted to punish the rampant and rude eunuch.He thought, although An Dehai didn't receive a clear edict, he must have obtained the secret consent of the Empress Dowager.The empress dowager's refusal to issue a decree shows that there is a conflict between the empress dowagers of the east and the west.An Dehai is a member of the Empress Dowager, so I will ask the East Palace for orders.

Having made up his mind, Governor Ding immediately sent his cronies to Beijing to deliver the memorial.Soon, the Eastern Empress Dowager issued a decree: "Order Ding Baozhen to push An Dehai out and behead him." At this time, the Western Empress Dowager who heard the news also took action immediately.The proud An Dehai suddenly heard: "The Empress Dowager has arrived!" But he was so happy, he jumped up from the ground and said: "My surname is Ding, let's see how you end up this time!" Unexpectedly, Ding Baozhen But he ordered loudly: "Receive the order at the front door, and behead him at the back door!" Before An Dehai heard the order from the Empress Dowager Xi to escort him back to Beijing quickly, he was already decapitated and separated from his family.

In order to silence the Empress Dowager, Ding Baozhen also ordered An Dehai's body to be exposed in the downtown area for three days, so that everyone in the world would know that An Dehai had the status of a eunuch but violated the ancestral precepts and left the capital privately.

Facing the eunuch An Dehai, who is more powerful than himself, Ding Baozhen was quick to use his wits to manage the conflict between the empress dowagers of the East and West palaces, and cleverly used the ancestral precepts of the palace to eliminate the disaster.
The king of Chu unexpectedly got a beautiful woman

In life, "leading the sheep by hand" is a metaphor for getting it by the way, effortlessly.In the Spring and Autumn Period, Cai Hou took advantage of the lust of the King of Chu to easily help him "lead the sheep", and took away Xihou's wife, avenging himself a great shame.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Caihou and Xihou married Chenhou's daughter together, Caihou married the eldest daughter, and Xihou married the youngest daughter.Mrs. Xihou's wife, Guishi, was born beautiful and beautiful, and Caihou coveted her for a long time.

One day, Mrs. Xi passed by Cai Guo when she was returning to Chen Guo to visit relatives, and Cai Hou touched her without courtesy.Mrs. Xi saved herself from being humiliated by making an excuse to say goodbye.After returning home, she told her husband Xihou about the incident.

Xihou was furious, thinking that he must teach Caihou a lesson.So he sent people to the close state of Chu to discuss with the King of Chu, and wanted to punish Marquis Cai on the grounds that Cai State had spread rumors to destroy the relationship between Xi and Chu, and the King of Chu agreed.

Later, Xihou lied that Chu State was attacking Xi, and asked Caihou for help.Cai Hou didn't know what the trick was, so he personally led the army to rescue, but was beaten to pieces by the Chu army, but Xihou didn't move.Cai Hou complained endlessly, was humiliated and captured.

Before releasing Marquis Cai and returning home, the King of Chu hosted a farewell banquet for him, during which beautiful women sang and danced brilliantly.Caihou thought about the old hatred and took it to heart.When the king of Chu praised a girl playing the zither for her beauty, Caihou said, "In my opinion, the most beautiful woman in the world is Mrs. Xihou Xigui. Compared with this woman, Xigui is like a bright moon shining on an oil lamp." Chu Wang is lustful, and once he said it, he insisted on seeing each other.

The next day, King Chu asked Xihou to bring his wife to toast him, but Xihou had to obey.This look made the king of Chu determined to win.After a sleepless night, the king of Chu came up with a strategy to win back his concubine.The next day, the king of Chu held a banquet to reward Xihou, but secretly set up troops to seize the opportunity.Xi Hou was summoned to the banquet full of joy, and when the wine was half drunk, the king of Chu asked Mrs. Xi to attend the banquet to express condolences.Xihou was terrified, so he excused himself to go back and discuss it with Xigui.The king of Chu tied him up in a fit of power, broke into the palace and took Mrs. Xi away.

It is difficult to grasp the timing of "leading the sheep by hand", and it must be done properly.The premise of leading the sheep is to accurately judge the timing and quickly find a "smooth" way, that is, the right time and place.Caihou seized the opportunity and approached the weaker king of Chu. He became an accomplice of the king of Chu to "take the sheep by the hand", but he achieved his goal of revenge.

Roosevelt cracked the murder case

In life, the whereabouts of bad guys will always reveal loopholes.It is a kind of shrewdness and wisdom to be good at discovering and seeing the negligence and omissions of the other party, seize the opportunity, take advantage of the opportunity, and bring the bad guys to justice.

Franklin Roosevelt worked as a lawyer, a private detective, and made an exception and was re-elected four times as the President of the United States.This story happened during his work as a private detective.

One winter night, private detective Roosevelt received a phone call at home. "Mr. Roosevelt, it's not good! The golden mask of the ancient Mayan civilization has been stolen. A secretary has been sent to pick you up now, please come to the institute as soon as possible."

Two hours later, the car to pick up Roosevelt arrived.He got in the car, and the secretary told Roosevelt: "The stolen golden mask was excavated from the ancient Mayan pyramid in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. It is owned by billionaire A. Dr. Cain took it for research. It was borrowed."

It was already 11 o'clock in the middle of the night when we arrived at Dr. Kaine's research institute. "The doctor is in the research room on the second floor. Please rest here for a while. I'll call him." The secretary said and went upstairs.However, just as Roosevelt was about to sit down, he heard the secretary's scream from upstairs: "It's terrible, the doctor committed suicide!"

Roosevelt hurried up to the second floor.I saw a rope tied to the iron pipe under the ceiling, and Dr. Cain's head and neck was covered in it, and the chair used as a pedal fell to the ground.

"He probably committed suicide because he felt that the golden mask was stolen and he was responsible for it." The secretary said palely.

"The corpse is still hot!" Roosevelt felt surprised as he touched the cheek and hands of the deceased.It was quite cold in the room, but the body temperature of the deceased was almost the same as before.

"Maybe he committed suicide before we came back," the secretary guessed.

"Such a body temperature means that the person died less than an hour ago. Did you leave a will?" Roosevelt said, he went to check the pocket of the doctor's white overalls, and found half a piece of melted chocolate wrapped in tin foil.

Roosevelt held the half piece of chocolate, pondered for a moment, and suddenly pointed at the secretary sternly and said, "You are the murderer! Before you came to pick me up, you killed the doctor first, and then dressed him up as if he had hanged himself." From this, it can be seen that you are also the one who stole the golden mask."

"It's impossible. I'll pick you up by car, and it will take three hours to go back and forth. If I killed the doctor, the body would have been cold by now. There is no heating here, so how could the body be still hot?" the secretary said. pleaded.

Roosevelt pointed to the plug on the wall and said: "That's the problem. To prove that you were not there. You played a very clever trick."

It turned out that the young secretary killed Dr. Cain first, and created the illusion of hanging himself, and then wrapped the hanging body tightly with an electric blanket.Three hours later, the secretary and Roosevelt returned.The secretary asked Roosevelt to wait in the reception room; he went up to the second floor first and took off the electric blanket from the corpse.However, the secretary did not notice the chocolate in the pocket of the deceased.The melting phenomenon of chocolate shows that the body was wrapped in hot things, and there were electric blankets in the deceased's room.This allowed Roosevelt to use the secretary's slight omission to "take the sheep by the hand" and see through his trick.

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