Act 106 Manipulating people's hearts
With the contract in hand, Doug said goodbye to Tom and walked to Principal Woolsey's office.
Although Principal Woolsey, in front of many people, admitted that Doug was his student.
But Doug didn't bother Principal Woolsey too much because of Principal Woolsey's words.
He wouldn't have been in Principal Woolsey at all unless he had to.
Because Doug knew that instead of clocking in and out of work every day, what Principal Woolsey needed more was his performance.
Prove that Principal Woolsey did not choose the wrong performance.
A person's experience is limited, and if all of a person's energy is used to maintain some unnecessary etiquette, how can he have the energy to do other things?
"Teacher, this is the "Monopoly" you ordered me to make, there are five sets in total, would you like to take a look?" Doug put a small metal box that looked very beautiful, and put his hands on Principal Woolsey's desk.
Compared with the filthy painted cloth more than two months ago, the small metal box in front of him, although the materials used are still ordinary, but in terms of the exquisiteness of the workmanship, it is already worthy of the principal's desk.
The headmaster, who was wearing a pair of reading glasses, opened the lid of the box with his dry hands, looked at a set of very exquisite, but not expensive components inside, took out a small metal house, looked at it for a while, and said, "Doug, I don't have to worry about your work." ”
What Principal Woolsey said at the time was nothing more than unintentional. Doug hadn't moved for so long, he had almost forgotten about it.
However, today, Doug suddenly presented the finished product in front of him, but once again made the principal realize that his last student was different.
His former students, if they had similar opportunities, might really use the most ordinary set of "Monopoly" to deal with things, otherwise there is a high probability that they would use expensive materials to make several sets of "Monopoly".
However, both the former and the latter are too extreme.
Even if the former is sent out by Principal Woolsey, others will not care too much.
Although others may be a little concerned about the material, they don't care about the content of the game itself.
Doug's approach to craftsmanship seemed novel enough to him.
However, this is something that Doug has become accustomed to.
In the past, his leader's favorite gifts were those that seemed not very valuable, but they were very exquisite.
Because if the market price is not valuable, even if it is identified, it is just some ordinary small gifts.
However, with these seemingly ordinary raw materials, you can live a low-key luxury and connotative life, and it seems very tasteful.
Doug also tried several times before finally discovering the taste of leadership.
Now he applies his experience directly to Principal Woolsey. Principal Woolsey has some of the same ideas as the leader, and Doug's opinion, which is far beyond his peers, naturally makes Principal Woolsey feel comfortable.
Headmaster Woolsey handed over the delicate metal building in his hand, and he asked, "I heard you've recently started another newspaper?"
"Yes, it's called The New Haven Times, and from the first issue, a newsboy has been delivered to you. Doug replied.
"That's right, the New Haven Times, what do you mean?" asked Principal Woolsey.
"That's what I meant. Doug generously admitted.
Every newspaper has its own style.
If you make a benchmark against the New Haven Times, Doug feels that its positioning is likely to be in "The Reader", "Yilin", and "Youth Digest", which sold millions of copies per issue of chicken soup literature at the peak of New China.
Although the New Haven Times was unlikely to sell millions of copies per issue with the level of education in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, there was a demand for chicken soup texts in this era.
There were no such newspapers before, not because readers didn't like to read them, but because content providers didn't find this subdivision.
Contrary to the intuition of the vast majority of people, the vast majority of people do not know what they like.
Only a small number of people feel that the existing ones are not satisfied, and they will make completely new content.
This kind of new content comes out and falls on paper only for others to find out.
"Oh! I like articles like this!"
"I've read these front-page articles in the New Haven Times a few times. In the beginning, I thought it was well written. However, the more I look at it, the less I feel like it's a report.
What journalism needs is to respect the facts.
But from the front-page headlines of the New Haven Times, I could only sense a lot of emotional rendering.
Are you trying to create a manipulative newspaper?"
Although Principal Woolsey's tone was not turbulent and the speed of his speech was very smooth, the content of what he said was not at all flat and not at all harmonious.
Hearing Principal Woolsey's question, Doug did not hesitate, and continued to admit generously, "Yes, I just want to create a newspaper that can manipulate people's hearts."
You said that the New Haven Times has the meaning of manipulating people's hearts, and other newspapers are not suspected of manipulating people's hearts?
Everyone in this world is fighting for their own interests.
I just want to start a newspaper that happens for me.
Otherwise, if a newspaper smears me, like the New Haven Journal, am I going to acquiesce to everything they say?"
Principal Woolsey admired Doug's inferior appearance in front of him, and did not feel offended, on the contrary, Doug's current appearance was able to make him feel the power of youth.
Headmaster Woolsey waited for Doug to finish before he said, "I'm not going to accuse you. The New Haven Times is doing a good job. However, I would recommend that you have time to attend church services on Sundays, where you may find something new. ”
Doug frowned for a moment, "What do you mean...... Should I use worship as a means of propaganda?"
"That's right. Or someone will regard everything related to religion as sacred. However, if we talk about it in terms of propaganda. Probably not as good as your New Haven Times.
However, the religions that still exist today have their own special features.
In the distant past, when technology was not so developed. For the ignorant, only the stories they hear on Sunday can be their talking.
The content of the New Haven Times is good, but ...... Doug, I want you to make it look more mature.
Mature enough to be able to accept everything the newspaper says without rejection.
Only in this way can we really manipulate people's hearts. Do you understand?"
"Yes, I see. ”
Doug listened to Principal Woolsey's words, Chi Guoguo, and nodded in response.
He felt that Principal Woolsey wanted to say more than that.
Sure enough, Principal Woolsey spoke again......