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BackShen Boyang's ultimate move in a direct duel! Held a "Mayor, please listen to me!" street flash mob
Shen Boyang's ultimate move in a direct duel! Held a "Mayor, please listen to me!" street flash mob
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Shen Boyang's ultimate move in a direct duel! Held a "Mayor, please listen to me!" street flash mob

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Shen Boyang, the Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, announced that he will hold a "Mayor, listen to me!" street flash mob event at the Nangang Exhibition Hall Station of the MRT on the evening of the 17th, inviting citizens to fill in the proposal form on the spot and stand on the podium to give a speech, triggering heated discussions and comparisons among netizens.

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Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang has recently engaged in street interactions and has direct dialogue with citizens through public events.

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Shen Boyang, candidate for mayor of Taipei from the Democratic Progressive Party.

Shen Boyang, the Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, has recently set off a strong "ocean current". Today (17th), he launched a straight-ball showdown without warning. He announced that he would hold a "Mayor, listen to me!" street flash mob event at the MRT Nangang Exhibition Hall Station in the evening, inviting citizens to fill in the proposal form on the spot and stand directly on the podium to speak.

According to the event information announced by Shen Boyang, this pop-up will be held at Exit 2 of the MRT Nangang Exhibition Center Station in the evening. It is expected that the public will be able to collect and fill in the municipal proposal form at 16:30, and the "pop-up podium" will be officially opened at 17:15. No matter what suggestions or proposals citizens have for Taipei Municipal Government, as long as they write down specific proposals, they will have the opportunity to directly go on stage to communicate face-to-face with Shen Boyang.

As soon as the news of the event came out, it immediately aroused widespread discussion on the Internet. Netizens flooded in to leave messages praising Shen Boyang for his willingness to step out of the stratosphere and directly face public opinion. At the same time, he compared Jiang Wanan mercilessly, mockingly saying: "If Jiang Wanan is to be beaten, there will be a lot of bureau chiefs in front of him. After beating the bureau chiefs, he will also beat Yin Wei. In the end, After talking to the mayor, he kept answering B when talking to him, all wasting his life." "This is called guts. It hurts Kong An's feet to be stepped on." "On the other hand, Jiang Wanan had to give him the topic a month in advance." "This is something Something Jiang Wanan wouldn’t dare to do at all.”

Some netizens further analyzed that this form of "collecting orders on the spot and appearing on stage randomly" is completely unable to prepare a question bank or tricks in advance, which just highlights Shen Boyang's professional confidence and ability to adapt to changes and solve problems on the spot. In contrast, if traditional politicians have to rehearse according to scripts and recite ready-made speeches, it will be like filming in a studio, and their true abilities will not be revealed at all.

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