In July 2012, Backlund was still not at peace. Although the "Antichrist", "Cultist" and "Ripper" were arrested one after another, the story of the Demon Chef still echoed in the city.
Almost every day, housewives are visited by the devil chef. Many of them have greatly improved their cooking skills and even started to become gourmet hosts on the Internet platform. The label "disciple of the devil chef" once became a password for wealth.
However, as this element becomes popular, it is inevitable that many people will appear. In order to attract attention, they also pretend to have encountered the devil chef, and each of them can vividly describe their experiences. , but it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and only those lucky people who occasionally eat "youth food" and successfully rejuvenate can be identified as stone hammers.
However, as the up-owners of the beauty area later discovered the wealth code and joined this round of competition, the circle became increasingly difficult to distinguish between true and false. The community forum where the legend of the devil chef was first published was acquired and upgraded by capital. Even though In this way, it is often crowded with a large number of visitors, and there are even reports of a large number of self-proclaimed devil chefs appearing here every day, and the accompanying photos of the dishes are even more exaggerated.
In the information age, traffic is wealth. If you grasp the code of wealth, you can make a lot of money. And a certain second-rate newspaper that originally specialized in publishing all kinds of gossip news seemed to want to gain popularity and suddenly began to serialize a movie titled "Devil Coin" For the introduction.
From the perspective of an interviewer, it tells a story heard from a friend. This story begins with the past and present life of the coin, telling the story of an assassin organization from its birth, to its rise, to its decline, and finally to its re-emergence from the ruins. Throughout the whole process, the author's words and writing style completely imitated the structure of the "interview style", and even gave people the feeling that this was not, but a real interview with a legendary assassin.
It has to be said that the reason why the term "hot popularity" can be used proves that popularity can be used. The devil coin, which is a hot topic in Backlund, coupled with the already good writing style and the story that conforms to the Victorian aesthetic, once Even newspaper subscriptions have increased significantly (including online subscriptions).
In fact, the book was immediately put on sale on Amazon and major well-known physical bookstores after it was completed. At the same time, news about this book called "Libra Covenant" began to appear on the Internet, on TV, and even in mainstream magazines. Famous speakers were full of praise, and all kinds of praises and scoldings filled all platforms, as if they had never read this book in their lives and lacked the confidence to talk to people.
And under this terrifying traffic promotion, some things are also happening quietly in the dark:
Murder cases began to appear frequently across Victoria. Most of the deceased were criminals who had committed crimes but were given light sentences for ridiculous reasons such as "giving them a chance to reform." Many of them were even serving their sentences in tightly guarded prisons. , and a card is often left at the scene of the crime. On the front of the card, there is a picture of a scale with a heart on one side and a gold bar on the other. On the back is written the famous saying of Sherlock Holmes——
“When the law fails to bring justice to the parties involved, private revenge is justified and even noble from that moment on.”
And this happens to be the method used by the Libra organization to kill people in the book that sparked a topic.
If there were only two cases at once, they could still be called copycats. However, in less than two months, hundreds of such cases have occurred, which makes people begin to wonder whether this Libra organization is real. exist……
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"Hello? Old man, are you stupid? I just published the submission, right! It was submitted anonymously, and I don't know the author.
"Huh? Why did I spend so much effort blowing that book? Isn't it your fault?
"Nonsense! You asked me to run a tabloid newspaper into a first-class newspaper. What else can I do except go astray?
"This is popular, topical, and well-written. If I spend some pocket money to ask someone to brag about it, won't the sales of my newspaper go up? Do you know how much the sales of my newspaper have increased?
"Compared with the recent profits from advertising and the royalties from that book, the money spent on promoting the book is not worth mentioning! Okay, okay, I understand, there is pressure from above, right? No problem, just ban it, but Is it okay if I take a few side shots?
"No, it's just to establish a character. Yes, that's right. As expected, Jiang is still old and hot. I just thought about it. After all, it would be too abrupt to directly convert gossip news into a newspaper reporting on war. I will report on some domestic controversial cases first. Yes, just to gain popularity, if the cases I published really come across the Libra Organization’s actions, wouldn’t I be able to become popular again?
"Don't be so serious. Even Tasok Newspaper and Lieyang Newspaper are doing this kind of thing. It's a bit late for me to start now, but I should still be able to grab some profits by taking advantage of the name of the serial publication "Libra Covenant" , Well, can you help me with the pressure? You don’t want your daughter’s first business plan to collapse like this, right? Okay, I love you so much! Goodbye!”
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Jessica hung up the phone with a snap, and then said to Feng Xue, who was standing not far away:
"My old man called me. There was pressure from above, saying that the book was going to be banned. It's not that I can't handle it, but there's no reason to. After all, I can't say that the book was written by me, right?"
Hearing Jessica's words, Feng Xue grinned and said:
"It doesn't matter. In fact, banning is a good thing. Think about it, among all the banned books in history, which one has not become popular? In other words, the more banned a book is, the more popular it will be! Just wait and see. Before long, there will be a lot of private printing and piracy. Didn’t you sell overseas copyrights before? Maybe there will be exports to domestic sales after a while! It’s just a loss of royalties, do you care?”
"It seems to be the same." Jessica thought about it carefully and found that there was nothing wrong with her words. Anyway, as long as the story spreads and let ordinary people know about the existence of Libra, a righteous partner, their goal will be achieved. As for royalties , not enough for her weekly pocket money.
"Okay, your progress is already much behind your junior brothers. Let's start training." Feng Xue interrupted Jessica's deep thoughts and clapped her hands to signal her to return to the center of the practice room——
This was originally Jessica's gym, but after training started, the fitness machines were moved to the utility room in the attic, leaving only an empty room covered with yoga mats for exercise.
"What does it mean to be backward? I still have to manage the newspaper and control public opinion, but unlike them, I just need to train..."
Jessica muttered with dissatisfaction and walked to the center of the room, but before she finished speaking, a strong feeling of danger came over her.
"Whoa!" Jessica, who had received the blessing of "Strong Physique", immediately twisted into a position that was difficult even for a gymnast, and let go of the invisible blow, but then, there were two more sharp attacks. The feeling comes from different angles!
"Hey, hey, I'm not ready yet!" Jessica protested loudly while avoiding the invisible attack with gymnastic movements, but Feng Xue did not stop her "sword of murderous intent" at all, and was just serious typical:
"There is no time for you to prepare in actual combat. If you don't want to die from bullets fired from nowhere, just concentrate on me! Also, call me instructor during training!"
Regarding the relationship between the "Libra" organization and the devil...
The answer is that it doesn't matter, the protagonist is just casting a wide net.
After all, he was a newcomer. Although he learned from Lao Li that he needed to condense the so-called "weird talk entries", he didn't know how to condense them. In order to increase the probability, he adopted a strategy of casting a wide net around different [ elements] to expand.
The Demon Chef was the first ghost story he created. It relied on the propagation power of the housewife to achieve good results. It is a traditional ghost story, and its foundation is [Chef].
The Devil's Coin is the second ghost story he created to test the manufacturing profession. It violates his summary of "don't leave real objects" because he wants to use this to test the power of manufacturing items. The basis of this ghost story is [Money Printing Press] 】.
After obtaining the mass production capability of the phantom coin, the protagonist planned the third ghost story, which is the so-called "Libra Organization".
To put it simply, it is a bit like a new up owner making videos. He doesn’t know what videos will be popular, so he plans to do everything he is good at. First, he will make the lowest-cost mixed editing, and after making some money, he will make a handwriting that takes a while. After it becomes popular, I will update the first two and start a big project such as unboxing evaluation.
If you have to ask what is the connection between these videos, apart from being the same author, there really is no connection, and there is no need for direct connection, because they are not the same genre.
Of course, it's another story when bad guys see Libra people as evil.
(End of chapter)
