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This morning I climbed into my time machine, set the time and place for Westergun's boardroom one minute before he walked in for the first Pluvia meeting, all dressed up in his shiny trooper boots. Before pressing the "go"button, I donned my invisible suit. This is a short version of what I heard:
Westergun:
"OK troops. Business sucks. Too many annalyst web sites out there, much better than ours. Too many people making up their own minds as to where to put their bucks. We're going under, unless we take drastic measures.
So, here's the plan. First, we'll set up this whatever you wanna call it, a "web sweeping service" sounds good. Then we'll announce it on our site. I know that nobody really comes here, so that on it's own ain't good enough.
We gotta create a stir, a damned sensation! We'll pick on somebody. Pluvia sounds like the best target. He's been pestering us on SI and AOL for months. Who cares if he's right or wrong, a lot of people don't like him, so let's hit him with all we've got.
You can bet your last dollar that sh*t will hit the fan! No doubt about it. A thread will start on SI, huge amounts of people will flock to it, and I'll just show up once in a while, plug our site address while spewing the necessary "we're nice guys they're scum" babble, and viola, we're on a major roll!
I know, I know, don't worry about everybody hitting the ceiling 'cause we're acting like the nazis we are. No problem. We'll just post some garbage about free speech and some such nonsense here on our site, the stupid public will buy it, they always do, and I'll bet, that tons of people will tune in day after day, here, at SI, and AOL, will keep the story rolling, will keep bringing up our site in conversations on the net, with friends over drinks, on the street and on the phone.
Publicity is publicity, good or bad, period! Sensational publicity is the best. Rights? Who gives a rat's ass? I sure as hell don't. And if you do, you're fired! This is about money, money, money - period.
Now get out there, and stir the pot! I want those web site hits! I want magazine articles! I want TV and radio! I want internet chatter! I want massive publicity!
Hail Dollar!"
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