"Your Majesty, what do you think of this writing?"
Sima Yan took a sip of hot wine, spraying hot mist from his mouth, and then looked at Cao Mao sitting in front of him.
Cao Mao held an article in his hand and read it carefully.
"It's a good scolding, but it's too hard. You can't just scold me, you have to scold yourself. You have to show the helplessness and pain of someone close to me."
"You can't be a tough person, you have to be a victim."
Cao Mao analyzed this article admonishing him, but Sima Yan just felt a headache.
"Your Majesty, this is what I came up with after having it revised five times by my father's scholars. Let me take it as it is. Why should it be so serious?"
Cao Mao looked at Sima Yan seriously.
"An Shi! Have you forgotten your ambition?!"
"How can we just make do with scolding the emperor?"
Sima Yan said aggrievedly: "I didn't want to scold you originally, but you insisted that I write a letter to scold you."
"An Shi, if we want to be the top celebrity in the Wei Dynasty, we must do this."
Cao Mao put the article aside and analyzed it carefully for Sima Yan.
"Your background is a plus. Unfortunately, when you were young, your family was really busy and didn't have time to find allies to comment on you. Instead, it was your younger brother who has been commented on by several celebrities. In terms of reputation, , you are already one step too late."
"However, with the current situation, it cannot be said that there is no chance at all."
"Do you know what it takes to become a top celebrity?"
Sima Yan asked hesitantly: "Write articles, read classics, and do good deeds?"
Cao Mao sneered and shook his head.
"No, it's not necessary at all. In today's era, if you want to be a celebrity, you don't need to have any talents, and you don't need to read any classics. These are not important."
"So what's important?"
"Let others think that you can write articles, that you understand classics, and that you have done good things. This is the most important thing."
Sima Yan seemed to understand, "Your Majesty, you want me to pretend?"
"It's called marketing."
Cao Mao motioned Sima Yan to sit over, and then analyzed seriously: "Look, first of all, you have to create a character, the character of the Taiwei as a loyal king, the character of the Sili Colonel as a filial son, and Ji Kang and the others. That kind of bohemian persona, these are all necessary. If you want to be a celebrity, you can't do it without a persona."
"After you have a character, you have to have a big deed that can be promoted. This deed must match your character. The more exaggerated the better."
"Let's just talk about that Lieutenant Sili. Look at him, he is lying on the ice begging for carp. Once this matter becomes fermented, it will be difficult for him not to be a famous scholar."
"It's not enough to market your reputation yourself. We have to make friends with famous people and let others help you praise and build momentum."
"You are born with a different appearance, you are handsome in appearance, you have a rich family background, and you have a generous and solid personality. You have the basic skills to become a celebrity. As long as you run it well, it is not impossible to become the number one celebrity in the Wei Dynasty."
Sima Yan was stunned for a long time, "I don't understand very well."
"It's okay! Anyway, you don't have to worry, just do as I say, and I will definitely turn you into the number one celebrity. From now on, you won't be begging those celebrities to hold banquets, but they will be asking to see you!"
Although Sima Yan didn't know anything about character marketing, the beautiful picture Cao Mao painted for him still moved him.
"This article is your path to becoming a celebrity."
"Well, from what I've seen so far, your main character can be the same as a Taiwei. First, make a loyal character, then add a virtuous friend, and finally make a filial son, generous, polite and virtuous corporal. Don't worry."
"The writing style of this article is good, but the character creation is a bit poor. So, let me leave the article here for now, and I will write it for you!"
Sima Yan scratched his head, "Your Majesty, this is an article criticizing you. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for you to write it yourself?"
"What? Are you afraid that my words are not strong enough?"
"No, I'm afraid it's too harsh."
"Hahaha, don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion."
Sima Yan felt a little moved in his heart. The more Cao Mao behaved like this, the more he couldn't help it.
"Your Majesty, I always feel that it is inappropriate to sacrifice your reputation to fulfill mine."
"What's wrong? Anyway, they will use me to make a name for themselves. Instead of helping them, it's better to help you."
Sima Yan felt relieved. Next, Cao Mao asked calmly about the situation outside.
"Oh, the situation is turbulent."
Sima Yan's face was full of sorrow.
"The rebel Wang Yuan hijacked the county magistrate and hid in the mountains. Fu Shangshu led his people to punish the lawless officials in Henan. I heard my father talking to his staff, saying that there were rebellions all over Hebei, saying that they were in response to Wang Yuan."
"There are so many rebels everywhere."
"The Shu side is also ready to take action. Liangyong has sent letters several times, saying that they must find a way to stop Jiang Wei from plundering next year."
Sima Yan said a lot, and finally added, "I also heard that Mr. Situ is seriously ill."
"ah?"
Cao Mao was stunned. Gao Rou was still very aggressive when he came to see him a few days ago. He didn't look like he was seriously ill.
"Situ Gong is so tough, how could he be seriously ill? Who did you listen to?"
"Father! Dad just summoned many ministers yesterday, including people under my uncle's command. He said that Mr. Situ was seriously ill and asked them to make a personal selection."
Damn it, we are going to attack Guanqiu Jian!
Cao Mao suddenly woke up
Situ Mansion.
Sima Zhao looked at Gao Rou in front of him affectionately, with tears in his eyes.
"Mr. Situ, I heard that you are seriously ill, so I came here to visit you. Are you okay?"
Gao Rou had a straight face and a gloomy expression, staring intently at Sima Zhao in front of her.
The pair of allies were completely at odds at this moment.
Gao Rou has been bouncing around these days, how could she possibly be seriously ill?
Sima Zhao came directly to the door and said that Gao Rou was seriously ill. What was he trying to do? Is he trying to imitate Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty? ?
Do you want to cry to death?
Gao Rou was also holding fire in her heart.
Regarding Cao Mao's matter, he worked so hard, but he did not get any actual benefits. None of the benefits promised by the Sima family. Instead, he lost the support of his officials because of Zhong Hui.
How dare the Sima family betray their trust! !
Old Situ was very angry. Now seeing what they meant, did they want to take away all his Situ?
Do you really think that Nai Gong is the puppet emperor? Can I be bullied at will?
Sima Zhao actually didn't want to offend this old ally, especially when facing Guanqiu Jian.
However, there is no other way. The trouble caused by Cao Mao is too big, and Gao Rou is a key part of it. For the sake of the Sima family's own interests, they can only reluctantly sacrifice the interests of their allies.
Anyway, they had given up once. When they needed to sacrifice someone to deal with Guanqiu Jian, they naturally thought of Gao Rou again.
They need Gao Rou's Situ position to win over Guan Qiu Jian.
Oh, it can't be said to be a win-over, but to use this Situ position to invite Guanqiu Jian to return to the temple.
"I am still strong, so there is no need for the general to worry."
Gao Rou acted very tough.
Sima Zhao looked around, lowered his voice, and said sincerely: "Don't misunderstand me, Mr. Situ. I want to ask Mr. Situ to rest for a while. It only takes two months to recuperate."
"Everyone in Luoyang knows that Guanqiu Jian wants to rebel."
"We can't wait for him to raise troops to harm the Wei Dynasty. We must deal with him first. Therefore, I want to use Situ's position to invite him to return to the temple. You know, he will definitely not accept it. When the time comes, we can Declare him a rebel, and then order the world to attack him."
"When Guanqiu Jian is pacified, your illness will naturally be cured!"
Sima Zhao said very confidently.
In this regard, Gao Rou just laughed.
Do you think Nai Gong will trust you again? I'm afraid it's not as easy to come down as it is to come up, right?
If I listen to your nonsense now and take the initiative to go home to recuperate, then I will have no choice but to recuperate until I die. This is completely suicide, suicide for political life.
Sacrificing reputation can indeed solve many problems, but it can also cause many problems.
For example, this time, Sima Zhao really didn't want to take away the Situ position. He just wanted to borrow it and really planned to return it.
However, Gao Rou doesn’t believe it!
"The prince is seriously ill, why not summon him to Luoyang as a Taichang?"
Gao Rou responded quickly.
Sima Zhao said helplessly: "Guanqiu Jianthi has such a great reputation. Only the position of Situ can still reflect the sincerity of the temple."
"If he can accept it and become the third prince of the temple, I will be willing to hold the whip and lead the horse for him. As an assistant minister of the temple, why can't you think about the world?"
"Since we want to show our sincerity, why not let the Taiwei resign and let him serve as a Taiwei in the court? Or wouldn't it be better to let the general resign and let him enter the court as a general?"
"Can't the two of them think about the best for the world?"
"you!!!"
