The "Beacon Evening News" successfully squeezed into the "10,000 copies club", surpassed the goal of breaking even, and achieved a small surplus. Sean's revision of the evening paper without increasing staff has begun to bear fruit.
Of course he doesn't stop there.
Sean's determination to enter the newspaper industry was not based on the idea of "being rich and settling down".
His goal is to become an influential media tycoon as a newspaper owner.
This means that he must continue to improve in this industry, all the way to breaking through 50,000 or 100,000 daily sales, until he competes with industry giants such as the "New Testament Times", "Wall Street Journal" and "Rongguang City Post" …
He believed that under his management, such a time would not be far away.
The fact that the newspaper staff, including Mr. Dupres, was full of high morale made Sean feel particularly comforted and happy. He returned home in such a good mood.
I came back relatively late, and I didn't expect to meet my sister downstairs who had also just returned home.
Aaliyah adjusted her glasses, slung her bag across her body, and had a slightly tired smile on her face.
She has been promoted to a regular teacher at the grammar school, and her daily work has become a little busier.
Not only that, she is preparing for her second collection of poems, and she has to close the door and work overtime after returning home every night.
Both brothers and sisters are very busy, but they remember to remind each other to get a good rest.
On the way upstairs, Sean told Aaliyah in a happy mood what happened in the newspaper office that day.
Emotions are contagious. When Aaliyah learned that the daily sales of the newspaper had stabilized at 10,000 and finally earned advertising agency fees, she was radiant with joy and her fatigue seemed to have subsided a lot.
"Sean, I knew you could do it!" Although she hadn't told her brother, Aaliyah had also seen articles attacking Sean in the newspapers a few days ago.
In order not to distract her brother, Aaliyah thoughtfully did not mention the incident and pretended that she had no knowledge of the newspaper dispute.
However, she actually felt very uncomfortable——
She knew what kind of person her brother was, so she couldn't understand the abuse and attacks those people had on him.
Not only that, some teachers in the grammar school are also aware of the war of words between newspapers. There are quite a few people in the school who are willing to believe those people's evaluations of Sean, and even point fingers at Aaliyah behind her back...
This was what really chilled her.
During those few days, she felt the loneliness and terror of being in a foreign land for the first time.
She felt like she and Sean were like beasts forced to hide in caves by hunters holding torches, like unwelcome strangers, and there seemed to always be strange eyes on them on the road...
Her reason told her that it was all an illusion.
But she just couldn't help but think this way.
However, that time eventually passed.
As it turns out, Sean was right.
Facts have proved that Sean's reform of the newspaper was right!
Sales and reputation have effectively countered those people's unprovoked attacks.
Not only that, she knew that Sean would create even more dazzling results and slap those people in the face...
Thinking like this, the emotions that had been suppressed in her heart were fully released, and Aaliyah's depressed brows relaxed.
It was late at night, and Aaliyah, who had finished her poetry writing that night, took a shower, said good night to Sean, and yawned before entering her room.
Sean also walked into his room and sat on the single sofa in the corner.
Usually at this time, he would take out a book to read. The book he was reading recently was Lippmann's "Public Opinion".
Many of the ideas in this book made him feel suddenly enlightened.
However, tonight he did not pick up the book on the table, but adjusted his sitting posture and fell into a state of meditation.
After Sean's heartbeat slowed down, his attention was focused on Shawshank Rogers.
At this moment, Shawshank is not in the Black Mansion.
He is now located in the factory building of Fisher Mining Equipment Factory, and sitting in front of him are more than forty faces illuminated by candlelight.
Another meeting about Ms. Hershey's beliefs.
However, this secret gathering is a little different. As Shawshank said at the last gathering, the purpose of this time is to select the four most pious and contributors to go to the "Temple" to pay homage to Ms. Hershey. .
What is worth celebrating is that the day before this gathering, the number of Ms.’s followers also exceeded one hundred.
The power of faith provided by a hundred people gave Hershey's divine power another boost that could not be ignored.
At this time, Olivia Wind Chime used the darkness as cover and stood on the roof of the factory.
As the protector of this gathering, she is faithfully fulfilling her mission.
Her crystal red eyes were covered by metal eyelids as thin as cicada wings, and crimson ties spread out from her body, covering the entire neighborhood like a big net.
This large network of perception is connected to seven hidden golden sparks distributed in a circle. Combined with the power of Ms. Hershey, Olivia can absorb everything that happens in the entire neighborhood.
Sean didn't begin the ritual until a pair of correctional officers patrolling the corner were gone.
Today's protagonists are four people, namely Henry Hart, a single father living in downtown, Harman, a black laundryman, and the Hopman couple living on Pills Street.
The four of them are the first four "Immortal Silver Flames" born of Yefeng's faith. Compared to other believers, they have tied their lives to this faith.
After that, they experienced the resonance of Sean using the oath torch to destroy the Wendigo, and witnessed the legendary scene described in "The Long Poem of the Night Wind": the goddess held fire to drive away the beasts on a winter night...
This further deepens the induction and belief.
Traditional beliefs also teach people to be good, but what is criticized is that as the belief deepens, people will become closed or paranoid.
But the faith Sean created was different.
Night Breeze Faith not only provides blessings to the believers, but also soothes their originally uneasy hearts (this is what Sean promised them).
And after their souls were finally at peace, each of them showed amazing potential...
Henry Hart, the single father who was always fearful and uneasy, now sat quietly. Due to the deepening of his faith, his soul was connected with all the believers, and his demeanor had become completely different.
When dealing with internal affairs within the church, he was conscientious and skillful, which not only kept Yefeng's faith in order, but also improved his and his daughter's lives.
Haman, the laundry worker, was illiterate before. As her faith deepened, she made up her mind to be able to read "The Long Poem of the Night Wind".
From there she began learning the alphabet and spelling rules. So far, in just a few months, she has read half of "Long Poems".
Gaining the ability to read seems to open the door to a new world. This burly black woman has recently even begun to read the newspaper placed in the laundry room, and even chatted with others about labor rights and unions...
The Hopmans had changed minimally in temperament - they themselves seemed earthy and quiet.
During this time, they contributed the largest amount of education. Fourteen believers walked out of the small house on Piris Street.
Since the last fisherman incident, they have become more cautious, and the number of disciples has been slightly reduced.
However, as her faith deepened, Mrs. Hopman developed some extraordinary abilities. She found that she could tell whether the other person was sincere. In this way, she basically eliminated the potential of people with evil intentions...
