Tang Yu was startled and asked subconsciously: "Why? Is it because my story is not attractive enough?"
No way.
Tang Yu deliberately came up with many stories, including Journey to the West and other four famous works.
You must know that the Four Great Classics are classics among classics. Logically speaking, Xu Shize should look at him with admiration.
However, what Xu Shize said next made Tang Yu suddenly realize.
"The story is indeed very attractive. Even I am interested in the four masterpieces you mentioned."
"However, you have forgotten the most important thing, that is, the people of the Tang Dynasty are mostly hardworking people, and very few have attended private schools. It is good if one out of ten people can read."
"Moreover, the Tang Dynasty is currently in the process of development, and the people are busy making money and have no time to read long articles."
Xu Shize pointed out Tang Yu's problem to the point.
In Xu Shize's eyes, every story Tang Yu just told was a masterpiece, but the writing cycle was too long. It would take at least three months to write a book.
"Old Xu, what you said makes sense. The time is indeed too long." Tang Yu frowned slightly.
Hearing this, Xu Shize glanced at Tang Yu meaningfully, and then said: "However, if you really want to do this, I can give you a good suggestion."
"What advice?"
Xu Shize took out a memorial and said: "Shorten the story. We will only publish one story at a time. Split these four masterpieces into pieces. Each piece is a new story."
"This will not only whet the reader's appetite, but also give people a dazzling feeling, and the story will no longer be single."
As soon as he said this, Tang Yu looked at Xu Shize as if he was seeing a monster.
He didn't understand what Xu Shize meant.
Splitting the stories and publishing only one story at a time is, to put it bluntly, just a newspaper!
"Old Xu, you are my lucky star! Why didn't I think of that!" Tang Yu was overjoyed, as if he had been on stimulants. As Xu Shize said, the cycle of publishing a single book is too long and consumes the time of the people of the Tang Dynasty.
Once the time is too long, the benefits will become less.
But if the story is split up, it will perfectly make up for this shortcoming. In addition, you can also write some things that interest the people of the Tang Dynasty and whet the appetite of readers!
"Hahaha, if you weren't an old fox, I wouldn't be as thoughtful as you!"
Hearing Tang Yu's praise, Xu Shize glared at Tang Yu angrily.
"Then what are you going to do?"
"I still want to remind you that writing a book is a very energy-consuming thing. I suggest you find someone else to do it. There are still many things in the Tang Dynasty that require you, the new emperor, to do it yourself." Xu Shize did not want it. Tang Yu consumes energy here.
However, Tang Yu shook his head and smiled, saying: "Old Xu, you don't need to worry about this problem, I have already thought of an excellent solution!"
For others, writing a book and promoting it is a complicated matter.
But for Tang Yu, it was as simple as eating, especially since he had mastered printing, publishing a book only took a matter of minutes.
Thinking of this, a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of Tang Yu's mouth, he picked up the brush on the table and wrote a few big characters.
"Old Xu, come and see!"
Xu Shize took a closer look, with curiosity in his eyes.
"Datang News Record?"
Xu Shize looked at Tang Yu with a suspicious look on his face. He couldn't figure out what this Datang News Record was.
Tang Yu explained with a smile: "The Datang News Record prints all the recent events in the Tang Dynasty, not only in the Tang Dynasty, but also in the seven countries of the world!"
"In addition, I also plan to print the stories of the Four Great Classics and other works on the back of the Datang News. This will not only satisfy the appetite of readers, but also allow the people of the Tang Dynasty to grasp the trends of the Seven Kingdoms in the world in real time!"
Hearing this, Xu Shize's eyes suddenly lit up. He also felt that this Datang News Record was up to something!
