somone/some people

[artart]

a. I had to publish those documents so that someone would believe me.

b. I had to publish those documents so that some people would believe me.

I think in (a) nobody believed me before I published those documents.

Is that correct?

And in (b) did anyone believe me before I published those documents?

Is it possible that some people did already believe me and the publication of the documents made some others believe me?

[azhong]

Hi, I'm not a native speaker. How about

I had to publish those documents to have myself (start to be) believed.
and
I had to publish those documents to have more people believe me.

Unsure. Just take them as references.