This kind of battle without fighting and leaving blood seems to have made Zhang Xiu discover a new world: it turns out that money can still be made in this way!
The production rights of Yueying Paper are in his own hands, with high output and low cost. He can print the world's most important newspapers at will and distribute them all over the world. Moreover, since the first edition was free, all the newspapers later started to ask for money.
Most of these world news recorded the contents of the world's scholars collected by Beizhen Fusi to express their grievances and redress Cao Zhi's grievances. Everyone in the gentry was very curious to know the development of the scandal, and they all used their own money to sell newspapers. Zhang Xiu also launched a package event, and it was a domineering package. You can only buy it on a monthly basis, or you don't want to buy it.
If Cao Wei wanted to counterattack, he had to purchase paper carefully, copy a lot, and spread a lot of propaganda to counterattack. Zhang Xiu took advantage of the opportunity and started to raise the price crazily. There were only a hundred pieces of paper in a stack, but he bought it for one tael of silver. What is the concept? It is equivalent to paying a thousand yuan to buy a hundred pieces of paper in future generations. Where is this business? It's faster than robbing money. Seeing this opportunity to make a fortune, how could Zhang Xiu miss it? He went even crazier and attacked Cao Wei. Later, he felt that it would be boring to catch one and bite him, so he asked Liu Bei to join him!
So he ordered Chen Lin to start fighting against Liu Bei.
Liu Bei, who was watching a play in Jingchu, was confused.
When he saw Zhang Xiu's news that spread all over the world and condemned Cao Pi, he watched the matter unfold with the mentality of a thief, and at the same time thought about whether to help Cao Pi, but later thought about it and let it go. I heard that The price of Zhang Jing's Yueying paper was frighteningly high, so he gave up the idea and quietly became his own melon-eater.
Unexpectedly, a fire broke out at Huicheng Gate and affected Chiyu.
Obviously he was a melon eater, but suddenly he became a melon.
When Chen Gong sent in today's world news, Liu Bei was eager to see how things would develop. Suddenly he saw Chen Gong's expression was wrong. His heart skipped a beat and he asked hurriedly: "Gong Tai, why are you so panicked?"
Chen Gong was sweating on his head and handed over the newspaper in his hand: "Your Majesty, please check in detail!"
Liu Bei hurriedly took the newspaper and read it, and saw the following words in the newspaper: The Emperor of Chu, Liu Bei, falsely claimed that he was a clan member of the Han Dynasty, but he pretended to be the emperor. Is this a distortion of human nature, a loss of morality, or a gentleman's selfless service to the public? , or a hypocrite?
It’s a clickbait again.
Liu Bei's eyes widened as he looked at it: "This...this...this...the palace, is this the most important news in the world today?"
Chen Gong nodded.
Liu Bei: "Fuck!"
He couldn't understand why Zhang Xiu bit him.
How can I endure this? I can’t bear it!
Liu Bei was so angry that he tore the newspaper in his hand into pieces angrily and cursed: "Zhang Xiu is just a fucking wild dog, and he will bite whoever he catches!"
Chen Gong said: "Your Majesty, this is Zhang Xiu's plan! Now, in order to deal with Zhang Xiu's pressure from public opinion, Cao Wei has to spend at least a thousand taels of silver every day. In just five or six days, tens of thousands of silver have been spent. Zhang Xiu wants to Pull us into the water.”
Liu Bei said angrily: "Is it true that I can only hit but not retaliate, or scold without retaliate?"
After a while, Chen Gong held back two words: "No money!"
Liu Bei: "..."
He blushed and stared at Chen Gong for a while. The Chu State was really short of money. Although it had developed its economy, it had not taken advantage of the huge advantage in the previous war, and it had also spent a lot of money and food. As a result, the treasury saved during this period was exhausted. But he couldn't even breathe out, and he felt too uncomfortable holding it in.
Chen Gongjin said: "Zhang Xiu wants to drag us into trouble, so let's pretend to be deaf and mute and let him scold us. If we don't fight back, he will only waste his money. In a few days, he won't be able to bear it, so Stop scolding us, we don’t have to spend a lot of money to argue with him, and please ask your Majesty to take a closer look!"
Liu Bei thought for a while and thought it made sense, but it was hard to swallow. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said in a vented voice: "Humph! I will treat myself as a dog bite today!" After that, he walked away with a puff of sleeves.
Chen Gong was left shaking his head helplessly.
I thought to myself, this Zhang Xiu is really despicable, he can use such dirty tricks. But if you think about it carefully, this dirty trick really works.
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On Cao Wei's side, Cao Pi was already being scolded.
Guo Jia and Xun Yu tried to persuade Cao Pi, but they couldn't stop Cao Pi's violent temper.
It's no wonder that Cao Pi was criticized by literary critics all over the world, and the film was full of insulting articles. There was even a tendency to compare each other's talents by criticizing Cao Pi's literary talent. Many literati had itchy hands and began to write articles. After finishing, they secretly passed them to Chang'an.
Zhang Xiu also tried his best, and even conducted an authoritative ranking of the submitted articles, naming it: Writers List.
Literati all over the world are proud that their articles are on the list. As long as they are on the list, they will naturally become famous all over the world, and everyone will know about it.
Cao Pi was also scolded for this.
"Zhang Xiu...shameless boy! Shameless boy!" Cao Pi was almost crying because of today's world news. The film is full of words criticizing Cao Pi, especially the top three writers on the list, who are from the Gu family of Wu, the Pang family of Chu, and the Zhang family of Wei.
etc.
The Zhang family of Wei State?
Cao Pi widened his eyes and stared at the Zhang family of Wei State. It turned out to be Zhang Wang (the father of Zhang Chunhua) from Pinggao, Hanoi. He was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he gritted his teeth: "How courageous! Zhang Wang is so courageous! Come here! Come here! Capture Zhang Wang and kill his three clans!"
It happened that Xun You came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Zhang family has moved to Jingguo."
"ah--!"
Cao Pi immediately exploded, his eyes were red and he wanted to kill someone. He pulled out the sword that shone with cold light and looked around. There was no one else but Xun You. He was filled with anger but had nowhere to vent it, and it was so uncomfortable to hold back.
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Seeing that Cao Pi was about to explode, Xun You bowed down to persuade him.
"Old Zhang Xiu, you are going too far!" Cao Pi held up his sword and roared heartbreakingly, "Write! Keep writing for me! I must compete with him!"
Xun You advised: "Your Majesty, it costs a lot of money every day. The price of Yueying paper continues to rise. The cost to us is too high. Please think again, Your Majesty."
Cao Pi said angrily: "Think twice! Looking at the article, how can I think twice? Do I dare to think twice? Do you want me to admit these unfounded charges and endure it?"
Xun You: "If you are upright, you won't be afraid of your shadow..."
Cao Pi said decisively: "Three people can become a tiger! No need to say more! Go down and carry out my will."
Xun You reluctantly agreed.
