Chapter 31: The Godfather

The year 1508 of the Haiyuan calendar.

In the conference room of a newspaper office in the East China Sea, a tall, thin, balding middle-aged man stood in front of the blackboard and shouted loudly: "News! News! I want scoops!"

"The sales have fallen below the red line, if this continues, the newspaper will go out of business, I will kill you one by one, and then swallow the gun and commit suicide!" The middle-aged man's eyes were red, his tie was torn open at will, and the whole person was like a large vulture with teeth and claws.

Xu is the appearance of his own editor-in-chief is too terrifying, and an editor raises his hand tremblingly like a good student.

"Say!" the vulture editor waved his hand.

"The sea train of the Great Voyage was recently completed ....... ”

Before the good student editor could say the word "yes", the vulture's chalk had already been smashed.

"Next!"

“…… 7. The president of the No. 4 Shipbuilding Company of the Capital of Seven Waters, due to a lack of materials, caused 50 people to die in the sea in the process of purchasing timber, resulting in the collapse of the No. 4 shipyard. ”

The vulture editor-in-chief looked at the talking editor with an unpredictable expression and asked, "What is our newspaper called?"

“…… Tokai Daily. ”

The vulture editor-in-chief was furious, grabbed the chalk and threw it over, and as if it was not enough to throw one, he threw several chalks one after another, and kept cursing in his mouth: "I know that it is the 'Donghai' Daily, and it has been giving me news about the great route! I will make you great, I will make you great!"

"I want news from the East China Sea! Scoop! I want readers to be unable to walk just at the first word of the headline!" said the vulture editor, who let go of the editor who was smashed with a bag, "or hot news that is universal and resonates with readers like last year's Mary Joya attack!"

Last year's Mary Joya attack was a real boon for journalists, as well as for local media outlets like Tokai Daily.

First of all, the people are very happy to hear about the fact that the Tianlong people are deflated, and secondly, they are also very curious about the extremely rare fish-people in the East China Sea.

Although the name of "Donghai Daily" is very formal, it is actually just a gossip tabloid with no discipline, and during that time, relying on the newspaper editors' nonsense about the fish-people to rub hot spots and attract attention, the newspaper's sales have increased for a period of time.

It's a pity that this kind of heavenly gift pack is not available this year!

The editors who participated in the pre-editorial meeting had to bow their heads in the face of the obscenity of the editor-in-chief.

The corners of Gesseta's mouth curled, and there was a little smug in his heart, he had prepared for this meeting long before this meeting.

"I received news that the prohibition of alcohol in the Kingdom of Navia has actually existed in name only in name only in the past year!" Geseta tapped his notebook with a pencil, attracting the attention of his colleagues, including the editor-in-chief, and said confidently, "From my intelligence, at present, except for the royal city of Kalmar, which is quite strictly supervised, the alcoholic beverages in the underground black market of the entire kingdom have not been out of stock. ”

"It's not enough...... The vulture editor-in-chief returned to normal from the state of popping beans, supported his chin with one hand, muttered to himself, and then stared at Geseta and asked, "Is there any more specific news?"

Geseta said a little unnaturally: "It is said that there is a complete line of production, transportation, and sales, and there are people who escort the smuggling of alcohol. ”

"Nonsense!" said the vulture editor-in-chief unceremoniously, "You don't have to think about it to know that there is such a line, and I want to explode!"

"The staggering profits of smuggling?"

"Local officials are complicit!"

The editor made a proposal at the first time.

The Vulture Editor-in-Chief went back and forth, which was actually enough for them to make up a series of news, but he still felt a little unsatisfied.

"Can we extend the conversation to the king of the kingdom of Navia?" said Geseta with some unwillingness at this time, after being robbed of his right to speak.

The vulture editor-in-chief clapped his hands and said happily: "Yes, we can divide the period and gradually package him into a hot character!

He glanced at everyone: "What is the general impression of him?"

"Idiot!" said an editor with a rosacea nose unceremoniously.

"Harsh. "It's humane again.

"He's supposed to be a cultist, right?"

"His ideas are too detached from reality. ”

The Vulture Editor-in-Chief listened to the words of the crowd as he wrote words on the blackboard: "Harsh, religious, out of touch with reality...... ”

The editor-in-chief dropped the chalk, looked at the contents of the blackboard, and fell into deep thought, and the other editors also gathered around him, and put forward their opinions:

"What about the image of a devout believer?"

"It's too positive for readers to buy it. ”

"The fanatical believer?"

"Almost meaningless. ”

The vulture editor-in-chief came back to his senses from his contemplation and exclaimed: "Religious madman, from now on, he is a religious madman in our pen and in the eyes of our readers!

Everyone was stunned, and then the horses were like a tide, and only a voice that was not very gregarious said weakly: "However, the argument that strictly supports the prohibition of alcohol seems to be only a few branches of Protestantism, and it seems that it has not spread in the Kingdom of Navia." ”

The conference room was quiet again, and after a long time, someone said in a weird manner: "People like you, sooner or later, you have to go and gnaw on the bark, except for boring guys, who cares about these things?"

The vulture editor-in-chief nodded appreciatively to Queseta and said, "Your news is good, is there any material that can be mined into news?"

Everyone in the room looked at Geseta with envy, which made him a little carried away, and he only hesitated a little, and then said: "There is a piece of news, but it is only hearsay, and there is no actual evidence, it is said that it is only a group of young people who are probably not even twenty years old to establish the local trade and smuggling network of the kingdom...... ”

The reason why Geseta hesitated was because the truth of this news was not even comparable to the rumors about Norton I, and it was all just hearsay, and there was no basis in the slightest.

But the vulture editor-in-chief has bright eyes, and if he wants to attract readers, novelty and eye-catching are the most important things.

The vulture editor-in-chief waved the chalk and wrote a few big words on the blackboard:

"Religious madman and juvenile godfather", he also drew a circle on the word "juvenile", regardless of whether the other party is a teenager or not.

……

In the royal palace of Kalmar, the capital of the Kingdom of Navia, the early dynasty ended as before.

As soon as Arcatio walked out of the palace, he regained his spirit from humility.

What about nominally dominating the territory and sea of thousands of miles, the king who was born in the palace and grew up in the palace can actually see and touch it every day, but the local personnel in this radius.

Everything else has to be described by the ministers around him, and from this point of view, Alcatio, as the chancellor of the exchequer, has been very careful.

Of course, Norton I is not the editor-in-chief of the "Tokai Daily", a religious madman who is about to be concocted, he is just too whimsical, and he also cares about his country and its people, and it is actually Alcatio who chooses to use the ridiculous way of "Prohibition" to "care" about the people and the country.

Those who hover on the fringes of politics and want to enter the center of politics but can't get it will profit by selling policy news, and Alcatio, a real minister of the state, will choose to promote policies on his own to make a profit.

Out of caution, Alcatio did not immediately engage in a premeditated smuggling business after the successful implementation of Prohibition, but waited a full year for the entire royal city to almost disappear alcohol.

On the one hand, it was to cultivate the demand for products from customers in the royal city of Kalmar, the largest market in the kingdom, and on the other hand, it was also to completely paralyze and deceive King Norton I, so that he would think that his prohibition was indeed effective, so as to relax his attention and divert attention from this aspect.

Now, it's time for Arcatio to reap the fruits.

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(There is Christianity in the One Piece world, which can be seen from the cross of Hawkeye, the nuns in Luo's memories, and the church, and from the perspective of having nuns, Catholicism is more likely, because in addition to branches such as Anglican Christianity and Lutheranism, the vast majority of Protestantism does not have nuns and monasticism.)

The prohibition in the book is based on real events in the United States in history, but the religion of the old United States is mainly Protestant, and the prohibition actually appeared in the context of events such as the Puritans and the women's movement, and there is no such "personal heroism" in the book.

I am not religious, there may be something wrong, if there are religious readers and friends, don't shoot me, and please don't ask me how do you know these things, I will gnaw on the bark.

The previous chapter marked is a foreshadowing, and you can wake up when you dig it up later, and this chapter is the same. Since the pursuit of rationality and IQ online, details need to be filled. I don't know if this book is a good dish or not, but I want to make a good dish for everyone to taste, and I beg to give me some time to put it on the plate. ）

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