Sean Dickinson's powerful medicine for newspaper sales this time is, first of all, the "Lost Generation" tracking feature;
The second is the advertising campaign centered around the slogan "New Testament in a Day."
Then, there is the relatively unbiased gain.
Serialization in newspapers has long been a tradition in the newspaper industry.
It is undeniable that the ongoing serialization by some outstanding authors has indeed had a certain boosting effect on newspaper sales.
As a result, Sean decided to make use of his identity as "Master of Horror" Lure Veitch.
As a mysterious master of horror, Mr. Veitch has not had his story published in "New Testament Horror Stories" for a long time.
This time, Sean plans to start his own long series in the leisure section of "Evening News".
For this reason, he also called Lingsi Feng specifically, saying that he would start serializing it in a newspaper on the grounds that it was hard to refuse the invitation from a friend...
This made the editor-in-chief of "New Terror", who had been looking forward to writing a full-length novel by himself, have mixed emotions——
On the one hand, as a lover of horror literature, she is very much looking forward to the fact that Lure Veitch will finally write a full-length novel.
On the other hand, she was a little disappointed that this series would not be carried out on New Fear...
However, Editor Lingsi Feng is a reasonable person.
After getting Sean's promise to continue contributing to New Horror after completing this novel, she quickly calmed down and expressed her sincere blessings for Sean's upcoming serialization.
"Mr. Kraft is also preparing a novel, you can pay attention to it."
“Besides—I want to subscribe to that damn newspaper too!
"Write well!" That's what the weird and lovely female editor said before she put down the phone.
Sean smiled and sighed as he hung up the phone. I still felt a little ashamed of Ling Sifeng.
It was she who financed his first collection of short stories, which sold very well.
As a result, the first long-form serialization was not carried out on "New Terror"...
This is actually not in line with Sean's usual style.
But there is no other way. He must now focus on driving up newspaper sales.
In order to thank Lingsi Feng for his help and understanding, Sean secretly determined that the subsequent serialization must be carried out in "New Terror".
After the new issue of the Evening News published the advance news that Lulwich was about to start serializing, Sean, who was sitting alone in his office, always felt that it was still not enough.
Although the general direction has basically been determined, he always feels that the Evening News can have more innovations in content.
However, he had no idea what to do specifically...
After thinking for a while, but still having no clue, Sean looked up at the clock on the wall.
It's already nine o'clock in the morning, it's time to set off——
Today is Saturday. In order to relax, Moonlight made an appointment with everyone a few days ago and planned to have a picnic together on the lakeside grassland in the Central Garden today.
Sean came to the newspaper office early in the morning to get the warm-up news about the start of the series. After finishing his official duties, it was time for him to "return to the team".
Standing up and putting on his coat, Sean relaxed his shoulders - he felt that he had been thinking too much these days and was a little tired.
He planned to enjoy the rare picnic time today.
So, with a relaxed mood, he bid farewell to everyone in the editorial department and left the newspaper office.
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Parking the car in the parking lot of the southern section of the Central Garden, Sean got out of the car and walked toward the park.
The weather today was incredibly good. The early spring sunshine shone on Sean, making him feel warm.
Walking into the park, you can see someone flying a kite in the distance. Two kites, one blue and one red, are floating in the blue sky, like two small colorful dots.
Sean took a deep breath and smelled the scent of grass.
In order to reach the lake as quickly as possible, he left the pebbled path and walked onto the grass.
Even wearing leather shoes, Sean could feel the soft touch of the grass.
The laughter of children could be heard in the distance, and the shadows of the mottled trees fell on him.
After turning around a dense forest, the vision suddenly opened up.
This is a vast grassland, and people come here on weekends.
The four children ran on the grass screaming and laughing, and the sunlight illuminated them so pure.
The line extending from the eldest child's hand was holding the blue kite that Sean had seen before.
A black Labrador was playing Frisbee with her owner, who was wearing a flat-brimmed straw hat. The slender dog suddenly jumped up, accurately caught the red Frisbee, and returned to its owner wagging its tail as if to take credit.
Stepping on the turf, Sean walked towards the lake and saw his family and friends from a distance.
On a gentle slope by the lake, a thick blanket was spread out with three bamboo baskets on it.
Aaliyah and Winnie were taking food and drinks out of bamboo baskets.
Sandwiches covered with tuna sauce and mashed potatoes, toasted biscuits, chiffon cakes, sun-brightened grapes, pomegranates, and crispy fried fish...
The moonlight while walking along the lake seemed to have just returned to his blanket. He saw Sean walking from a distance, smiled and waved.
The sunlight made the waves on the lake jump, and the moonlight rolled up my sleeves, smiling so hard that my tiger teeth were exposed.
"Sean, you're late!" Seeing the moonlight waving, Aaliyah turned her head and adjusted her glasses.
"Sorry." Facing his sister, Sean walked a few steps faster, as if to make up for being late, "I accidentally exceeded the time."
Winnie raised her head, she sat on the blanket, shielded herself from the sun with her hands, and smiled at Sean. Winnie's belly has swelled slightly, but not to the extent that it would affect her movement.
Evan Burns is finally out. But he didn't sit on the blanket with everyone else. He sat alone on the grass very close to the lake, as if he was spreading himself out by the lake. He opened a small book with one hand and was reading. When he noticed Sean was coming, he turned around and nodded.
After all, in order to meet his status as a "piano apprentice", Ivan did not wear his overly conspicuous robe, but a small gray suit with a waistcoat of the same color underneath, and bright reddish-brown leather shoes. He had a melancholic temperament and looked inexplicably handsome. .
Olivia Wind Chime seemed to integrate into this rare leisurely atmosphere faster than Sean. She sat cross-legged on the blanket, and the girls seemed obviously closer.
The moonlight returned to him, Sean looked at everything by the lake and sighed: "The weather is really nice."
"The weather is really nice." Moonlight also smiled.
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Moonlight brought two bottles of red wine. By the time the main meal was gone and some fruit was left, they had finished a bottle.
Aaliyah and Ivan, who did not drink, were sipping chrysanthemum tea. Perhaps because of their similar age, the aloof Ivan was willing to sit next to Aaliyah, and the two communicated from time to time.
Somewhat unexpectedly, on the opposite side of the lake, that is, to the east, the invisible children of the gods seemed to have piled up a large rain cloud in the sky.
However, the rain clouds have not yet arrived, which does not affect the sunshine on the west side.
I don’t know how much longer the sun will last today. Everyone who has had enough chatting during lunch began to do their own thing.
As if influenced by Ivan and Olivia, Moonlight was actually holding a book and reading it.
However, looking at the silly smile that appeared on his face from time to time, Sean knew that the pianist was not reading philosophy or mystery books.
"What are you looking at, man?" Sean picked a piece of grass, turned it lightly with his fingertips, and asked slightly curiously.
The moonlight turned the inside of the book with a smile inspired by the book.
When he saw the contents of the book, Sean suddenly felt a flash of lightning.
He sat up straight—
This is it, this is what the Evening News needs!
