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Episode 1: New arrival, Chapter 618: Everyone is different

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    Li You's views seemed to be reasonable and powerful, but Guan Xiuxi still couldn't rest assured.  ([] ) That public opinion tool has really become mine alone, which may very well lead to accidents.  To prepare for a rainy day, I still gave half of the shares to the royal family.  It's good to put on the royal flag, but when the time comes, you can get away with just paying dividends and doing nothing.  "

    But it is said that at the Imperial College, Mr. Li has indeed become a dispensable sinecure. He only occasionally supervises and enforces discipline, and most of his energy is transferred to the newspaper office.

    Having both money and people will make things more efficient. By the beginning of March, everything will be ready to start printing newspapers.  Moreover, I heard that preparations have been completed in the newspaper office of the Imperial College and are ready to be printed.

    At present, this is the only company that can be called a competitor. Although Li You does not think that Shi Jijiu and his two teammates can be better than him in running newspapers, he is still paying close attention to it and is careful not to make any big mistakes.

    This morning.  Li You entered the newspaper office of the Imperial College in an elegant and dignified manner. No one questioned or stopped him.  If placed in another time and space, this would be unbelievable. Between two rival media outlets, it would be strange if the boss of one of them entered the door of the other, and it would not cause an uproar.

    Li You first went to the craftsmen and asked for the layout. How dare those craftsmen disobey the fifth-grade master.  He politely brought the writing tray to him.  Li You looked at the style of the dial carefully and could roughly deduce the publication format, so he had an idea.

    Then he found Vice President You Shaoqing, and after chatting for a while he asked casually: "When will your newspaper be printed? What is the price?"

    Sir You, first of all, has no sense of confidentiality, and it is a dispute between gentlemen and gentlemen.  Telling others about everything is like giving a memorial in public. Are you afraid that others won't know?  Second, we must cooperate with Li You.  So he told the truth: "There will be an early morning meeting on the sixth day of March. The printing will be opened on the seventh day of March and sent out on the eighth day of March. However, the expenses are a little tight, so we can only send out the first issue for free. After that, each copy will be tentatively priced at three cents.  Just like Mr. Li, give them all away for free."

    "So what are you talking about in the first issue of your newspaper?" Li You pretended to be communicating with peers.

    You Shaoqing did not hide anything and replied: "In addition to reporting the edict issued on the morning of the sixth day of March, the main thing is to persuade farmers. Because it is now the time of spring plowing, and it is related to a big plan, so we must comply with the weather and persuade farmers.  The foundation of civil affairs is to rectify people's hearts."

    Although Li You had no expression on his face, he almost laughed secretly.  Yes, agriculture is the foundation of the country. This is indeed true. It is politically tenable and will not be outdated even hundreds of years later.

    But the question is, among the millions of people in the capital, there are officials, petty officials, sergeants, eunuchs, relatives, merchants, and craftsmen. How many of them are farmers?  A newspaper published in the capital, with great fanfare, persuades farmers. Who should read it?

    Competitors are still in this primitive stage of blindness, so there is really nothing to worry about!  Hearing this, Mr. Li was completely reassured and said in a tone of admiration: "You are concerned about the country and the people. I admire you very much."

    You Shaoqing smiled slightly proudly and said: "This was proposed by me when we discussed it with Master Shi and others, and Master Shi also appreciated it. In the end, Master Shi personally wrote the essay to encourage farmers, with my official as the preface, and Sun Yushi's poem  Poetry is just like a home page version.¡±

    "Very good, very good" Before leaving, Li You suddenly remembered another question, and turned around and asked: "To distinguish the newspaper from the Di newspaper, it should have a name. What is the name of your newspaper?"

    "Master Shi said that when Mr. Li first advocated the establishment of a newspaper, there was a sentence that he appreciated very much, which was to explore the truth of things. Therefore, Mr. Shi decided to name the newspaper Pravda."

    Pravda Li You was stunned for a moment.  This was a joke that only a time traveler would laugh at. He was afraid that he could not help but smile and cause people to misunderstand him, so he left immediately, bowed his head and hurried out of the office.

    Back at his newspaper shop, Li You summoned Editor-in-Chief Cui and several foremen and editors, and ordered: "I found out that the official newspaper is printed on the seventh and sent out on the eighth. We will also follow this date."

    Editor-in-chief Cui asked: "The name of the newspaper has not yet been decided. What is the owner's idea?"

    Li You thought for a while and made up his mind, "The Imperial College calls it Pravda, so we will call it Mingli Bao, which means reading Mingli Bao!"

    "Good!" Regardless of whether it was true or false, the editors-in-chief praised it one after another.

    In March of the 10th year of Jinghe, the Beijing Double Newspaper, which was slandered by the ignorant people of this time and space as "untrue and unclear", was officially born. It was obviously an event of great significance and must be learned in history textbooks.

    Having decided on the name and date, the only thing missing is the main title.  Li You added: "From now on, the home page must have a theme, and the theme must be approved by me. Let's discuss the theme of the first issue now. This is related to a good start, so we must be cautious."

    Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke first.  Li You doesn't want to take over everything, after all, his main business will probably still be in the future.It was an officialdom, and the newspaper had to rely on these people to run the newspaper, so he asked in an inductive manner: "This theme must arouse people's resentment, and my newspaper must speak up and speak out, so that it can attract people's attention. What do you think?"  Think about it, is there anything unsatisfactory happening in the capital right now?"

    Suddenly one of the editors said angrily: "I have a question!"

    Li You raised his hand and encouraged: "That's all you can say."

    The man said impassionedly: "The most unfair thing for us is that in the officialdom, why are the clear and turbid currents clearly separated? They are all the children of saints, so why are their situations so different from those of heaven and earth? Is it because the country has three thousand scholars? Is it just to fill up the miscellaneous currents?  Huh! Based on my humble opinion, the first issue should be about the debate between the pure and the dirty. If you go up to the top and call out, the whole world will definitely respond!"

    Li You understands his sentiments as a supervisor. This is indeed a problem.  But unfortunately, this topic selection is not feasible, at least not at the moment. It is not the right time.

    First, we don¡¯t want to arouse the resentment and resistance of the entire high-level group. After all, the big guys are all from a clean background.  It's okay to complain a few words in private, but if you openly create such public opinion, I'm afraid you'll be ostracized immediately.

    Second, he was originally a clutter in the clutter, but he finally managed to become a pseudo-clean stream after a lot of hard work, and his powerful deterrent force prevented others from daring to pick on his shortcomings.  If you raise this topic yourself, isn't that exposing your own shortcomings?

    Third, who in general cares about this issue?  It is estimated that 90% of the people in the capital will not care about the issue of Qing Zhuoliu.

    However, this kind of conceptual issue cannot be rushed. Li You continued to persuade patiently: "As for the debate on Qing Zhuoliu, our newspaper is currently too weak to bear the consequences, so we have to put it in the future. Please be more careful.  Think about it, is there anything that can make most people in the capital sad at the moment? I have lived in the capital for a total of no more than one year, so I am very unfamiliar, and I have to rely on everyone to brainstorm."

    Another editor-in-chief suddenly realized something, "I have an idea."

    Li You continued to encourage people to speak freely, and the editor said: "The roads in the capital have been in trouble for many years. Only a few main roads are stone roads, and the rest are dirt roads. When the wind blows, dust and sand rise, and when the water hits the mud, cars get stuck. Both officials and people suffer.  It¡¯s painful. Now it¡¯s spring again. The ice and water in the western mountains are melting and the wind is blowing from the north. I¡¯m afraid that traveling around the city will have to suffer again!¡±

    It¡¯s still like this?  Li You really didn't know. The two periods he lived in the capital were from autumn to winter, and there was no spring or summer, so he really didn't know.  He clapped his hands and sighed: "This subject is good! Just write about it!"

    Editor-in-chief Cui asked doubtfully: "Everyone knows something, why write about it? Didn't the proprietor say that he wants new things quickly?"

    "Of course you can write it. Everyone can do tricks, and each one is different! Listen up, the theme here is not how bad the road condition is. Even a blind man can see it. What's there to say? The real theme is the system.  The problem has bad consequences!" Li You said confidently: "It seems that the construction of streets in the capital is under the control of the Ministry of Industry? Then we can say this on behalf of all the residents of the capital and accuse the Ministry of Industry of not doing anything. Anyway, the yamen of the Ministry of Industry are relatively weak, and the Ministry of Industry is ineffective  The minister is about to become official!".

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