Special Correspondent Chen Lifei
DPP candidate Lai Qingde’s campaign film "Together, On the Road" caused quite a controversy as soon as it was released. Not only was it accused of plagiarism, but it was also criticized that it was the DPP authorities who brought Taiwan to the forefront. On the way to war, it brings corruption and "scammers".
The content of the campaign video "We are together on the road" is that Tsai Ing-wen drove the car and talked with Lai Qingde. Finally, Tsai Ing-wen got out of the car and handed the key to Taiwan's political future to "Lai Xiaopei". Lai Qingde said, "As long as she (referring to Xiao Meiqin) is here, you can rest assured." As soon as the video was released, suspicions of plagiarism arose. According to Taiwan's China Times, "On the Road" is suspected of plagiarizing "On the Road", the "Best Student Cartoon" at the 45th Golden Harvest Awards. The plot tells the story of a father and son walking on the highway. The son kept asking questions to his father along the way. It was not until he arrived at the destination that the son discovered the changes in his father. In addition, Xiao Meiqin, who was in the back seat, was not wearing a seat belt and was also suspected of breaking the law.
At the rally on the 6th, Tsai Ing-wen, Lai Ching-te, and Hsiao Meiqin used "On the Road" as the center of their propaganda, claiming that only by continuing Tsai Ing-wen's path will Taiwan continue to move forward. On the 7th, while campaigning in Miaoli, Lai Qingde said, "My car drives well," and invited everyone to get in the car and work hard to make Taiwan go further.
However, the people on the island did not buy it. "On the Road" was adapted by netizens into "A Quarrel and Car Rollover on the Road", in which video clips of Tsai Ing-wen and Lai Qingde's past primaries were interspersed: Lai Qingde once shouted to Tsai Ing-wen, " Let your cyber army stop attacking me." Tsai Ing-wen said bluntly that as a political figure, Lai Qingde must bear responsibility, and integrity is the most basic condition.
When campaigning in Taoyuan on the evening of the 6th, Kuomintang candidate Hou Youyi focused on "On the Road" and said, "The DPP is on the road to corruption, black money on the road, war on the road, and 'Taiwan independence' on the road, leading the people to The abyss of eternal destruction.” On the 7th, KMT deputy candidate Zhao Shaokang angrily criticized Tsai Ing-wen's so-called "on the road" as "on the road of war, corruption, danger and uncertainty." By 2020, the defense budget has increased from NT$300 billion to NT$600 billion. During his tenure, none of the dozens of "Taiwan teams" succeeded. If Lai Ching-te is elected, the future will only get worse.
People's Party candidate Ke Wenzhe also released the campaign film "Government Crash", which satirized Lai Ching-te's "On the Road" promotional video to the extreme. At the beginning of the video, a car was hit with its front hood lifted off and smoke erupted from the engine. The video asked the audience, "Who stole your quality of life?" Then the subtitles showed, "Real total wages have declined, with the largest decline in 10 years." "There were only about 100,000 newborns in the first three quarters, and the number may reach a new low throughout the year." There are also cars that are smoking and out of control while driving, which is a metaphor for high housing prices, and people are worried about a war between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Ko Wenzhe said that "The Ruling Collision" shows that public opinion on the island believes that it is time for Taiwan to change its driver. The Democratic Progressive Party's governance of Taiwan is not very good, but the election is really first-rate. "Make all the movies and do all the bad things!"
You Zixiang, a professor of the doctoral degree in communication at Taiwan Shih Hsin University, said on Facebook that "On the Road" is very good at hyping up topics. This is the DPP’s best electoral tactic, using a fictional video to make you feel good and make you forget reality, corruption, and disaster. And there is a big hidden Easter egg in it. After Lai Qingde said the line "I am willing to protect it with my life", the next scene that appeared, from the street view, was "Ruifang Nanya Road"; keep driving forward, In 35 minutes, you will arrive at "Laipiliao", which is guarded by security personnel and police with their lives. He mocked that "On the Road" turned out to be on the way to "Laipiliao". No wonder Lai Qingde was so happy along the way. Former Taiwan deputy leader Annette Lu also ridiculed that the film made people feel that being the leader of Taiwan seemed very enjoyable. Driving to visit the mountains and rivers looked like an outing. No one knew how many storms were ahead and how many crises existed in the internal affairs. She revealed that the whole world is now concerned about how to improve cross-strait relations. Not long ago, a Japanese reporter said on a program that he was watching the Taiwan election with a very nervous mood, because where Taiwan goes is very important to the security of East Asia.
"Behind the film, Lai Pi Liao is still on the road, and the people are also stuck on the road." Taiwan's "United Daily News" published an editorial with this title on the 7th, saying that Lai Qingde's "Lai Pi Liao" is still on the road and will stand no matter how controversial it is; Coincidentally, DPP "legislator" Lai Pinyu recently closed the streets to create momentum, forcing people to be blocked on the road during the morning rush hour. Behind "On the Road" is the Democratic Progressive Party's "rampage on the road", turning Taiwan into a "pedestrian hell." The article stated that this is the biggest doubt that the outside world has had about Tsai's administration in the past eight years. It cannot hear public opinion and cannot see the people's poverty. It has high debts and soaring housing prices. Tsai Ing-wen, who was driving, insisted on going her own way, going against public opinion and still feeling good about herself, which highlighted the DPP's collective arrogance of "being too self-centered and forgetting who it is." ▲
