Male Inferiority and Female Supremacy in the World of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 138 - . Doing news is about adding personal touches.
Chapter 138: 138. Doing news is about adding personal touches.
The person who coughed was Yu Qing. She had just finished reading the news and noticed Fang Zhou and Lu Qiuling were ‘gazing deeply’ into each other’s eyes.
This scene brought an indescribable feeling in Yu Qing’s heart.
She didn’t understand what this feeling was, only that Taoist Fang clearly had emotional entanglements with her junior sister, yet was involved ambiguously with another female disciple.
Of course, Fang Zhou does not belong to the Heavenly Sword Sect, and Yu Qing had no authority over his emotional affairs. The cough was just a subconscious reaction.
Lu Qiuling acted normal and hurried away with two thousand newspapers.
Over at Yujian Peak, around a thousand newspapers could satisfy the entire market demand, so they sold out quickly.
However, some disciples didn’t leave after selling out, instead, they shyly or boldly handed Fang Zhou one letter after another.
Don’t misunderstand, these were not love letters but submissions for an essay call.
In this era, most who could engage in Cultivation were well-off; those like Li Yunlong from small villages were few.
These wealthy disciples were mostly literate and prided themselves on their literary talent. They were very enthusiastic about essay submissions for newspapers since having their submissions accepted was something to boast about to fellow sect members. Cash rewards and commemorative items were less significant to them.
Fang Zhou collected all these submissions and promised to review them earnestly, making the female disciples leave one by one, smiling happily.
Fang Zhou then turned to Yu Qing and asked, “Taoist Yu Qing, have you decided on your submission yet?”
Yu Qing smiled slightly and said, “I’m still considering it.”
But her eyes would occasionally glance at the submissions in Fang Zhou’s hand, clearly indicating she was tempted.
After selling out the newspapers, Fang Zhou bade farewell to Yu Qing and left Yujian Peak.
He felt quite anxious today. By the most conservative estimate, with the sale of the third issue of the newspaper, it should reach the vicinity of Heavenly Sword Peak. The Law Enforcement Department or Yan Gulan would definitely know the concrete whereabouts.
If Yan Gulan saw through Fang Zhou’s intentions, she would surely come forward to stop him or suppress him through other means.
If she remained quiet, it would mean she either didn’t see through him or didn’t care. Either way, it was beneficial for Fang Zhou.
The third issue of the newspaper sold smoothly, and Yan Gulan didn’t step forward, making Fang Zhou breathe a sigh of relief. This matter was half-successful. Once the market developed, it would be too late for Yan Gulan to try to stop him; she wasn’t the Sect Master.
After returning to Moon Viewing Peak, Fang Zhou hurriedly entered the gourd space to prepare the fourth issue of the newspaper.
The gourd dolls were already prepared. After spending time together, their attitude towards him had gradually improved, no longer resisting and opposing him as they initially did.
After all, when faced with someone who continuously tells jokes and adult literature, and you enjoy it immensely, your goodwill naturally grows.
Among the gourd dolls, Cheng Xing’s relationship with Fang Zhou progressed the fastest. This literary monster was deeply impressed by Fang Zhou’s shown knowledge and began to regard herself as a student. Over time, she saw Fang Zhou and couldn’t help but smile and flatter him.
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The worst relationship remained with Huang Lian. This third doll maintained a cold face toward Fang Zhou except during joke-telling sessions.
After arriving at the gourd space, Fang Zhou immediately called Cheng Xing over and handed her the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples’ essays, asking her to select some interesting submissions.
Cheng Xing knew about the submissions but didn’t expect Fang Zhou to ask her to review them, making her cheer in excitement.
Fang Zhou took the opportunity to pat her chest in encouragement: “You are now the first review editor of Wangyue Daily. Work hard.”
Cheng Xing collected her smile, her pretty face serious, and promised, “Rest assured, I will work hard.”
Only then did Fang Zhou begin dictating the contents of the fourth issue.
The first three issues were merely groundwork and testing. Starting from the fourth issue, Fang Zhou would begin sneaking in private material.
And this private material would naturally revolve around the demolition issue.
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The method Fang Zhou taught to Lu Qiuling was very effective.
Small ads plastered everywhere made the words Wangyue Daily frequently mentioned, significantly boosting newspaper sales at Heavenly Sword Peak.
Now, the most popular phrase in the entire Heavenly Sword Sect was—Wangyue Daily, you deserve it.
That advertisement slogan started trending among disciples. Even those fearful of being isolated and ostracized, whether they liked reading the newspaper or not, had to spend money to buy it and understand its contents.
For a time, a newspaper-reading trend rose in the Heavenly Sword Sect and kept growing.
Now when disciples met, they wouldn’t greet each other with ‘Have you eaten?’ but ‘Have you read the newspaper?’
As the elder of the Law Enforcement Department, Yan Gulan naturally noticed this trend but disregarded it, considering Fang Zhou’s actions to be a surrender.
Regarding Wangyue Daily, Yan Gulan subscribed to it every issue and couldn’t help but marvel at it. That scoundrel surname Ling actually has such a talented disciple.
Once Moon Viewing Peak gets demolished, perhaps she could arrange to bring his disciple into the fold of the Law Enforcement Department.
With no interference from the Heavenly Sword Sect’s upper echelons, Wangyue Daily had practically spread across the entire sect, becoming known to everyone.
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The release day of the fourth issue of the newspaper finally arrived to a grand occasion.
The entire area in front of Chaoyang Palace was filled with eager readers, at least two-thirds of the disciples at Yujian Peak came there, intending to purchase Wangyue Daily as soon as possible.
Because of the large crowd, Yujian Peak had to dispatch personnel to maintain order.
Fang Zhou’s bamboo-made table and chairs had long been replaced, now substituted with counters provided by Yujian Peak near the entrance of Chaoyang Palace.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Sword Sect was open-minded, keeping a tolerant attitude towards this situation. If it were in a more conservative sect, Fang Zhou would have been chased away long ago.
After three issues of collaboration, Lu Qiuling had officially become Fang Zhou’s first employee at the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Yes, an employee rather than a distributor.
Lu Qiuling wisely realized she couldn’t monopolize Fang Zhou’s newspapers; others were already eyeing these profits enviously.
She was just an ordinary disciple and couldn’t protect the meat in her hand, so she simply joined Fang Zhou, choosing to cling to him—if the boss eats meat, she drinks the soup.
Fang Zhou regarded Lu Qiuling as an important employee, and specially signed a labor contract with her.
Of course, it was signed privately, not to be known by outsiders. If the Heavenly Sword Sect discovered their carefully cultivated disciple working for someone else, they might not know if they’d be angry, but they’d certainly be displeased.
On the release day of the fourth issue, Lu Qiuling directly stood beside Fang Zhou to help sell newspapers.
Yu Qing, who hurried over, hesitated briefly but then joined in too.
With the help of these two, Fang Zhou became much more relaxed, otherwise, just dealing with the money would have been overwhelming.
After finally waiting for the disciples to buy the newspapers and leave, Yu Qing began reading the fourth issue.
The headline was still sensational, and the informant remained the anonymous Ms. Li Ruyu.
But this time’s content made Yu Qing furrow her brows.
