"It's no wonder that there are always very few illustrations in newspapers, and it seems that newspapers don't want to bother themselves." Ms. Saliya pursed her lips and smiled, "Now I understand your intentions, with my 'photographic technique', it will become very easy to typeset the newspaper, just take a picture of the written article, and the illustration is even simpler, just shoot what kind of picture you need directly." ”

"But, Master Saliya, that's not all there is to it!" Nikita frowned and asked, "You just got a sample of a newspaper, there is no stencil or engraving, there is no way to print it!" ”

Lady Saliya smiled strangely, and the two dimples on her cheeks showed the wise side of the master illusionist.

"I can't change the existing typesetting and printing mode with my 'photographic technique' alone, but with the invention of 'photocopying' by your mother, I can make a revolutionary leap forward in the printing and publishing industry."

Nikita was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Isn't it, first use the 'photographic technique' to make a manuscript of the newspaper, and then directly use the spell to copy to create an identical copy, so that you can save the cumbersome steps of typesetting and engraving and printing, which is indeed a revolutionary technological progress in the printing and publishing industry!" ”

"Two ladies, that's exactly what I want to say." Roland's eyes flashed with an unusually bright brilliance, "Newspapers and books are the carriers of disseminating information and knowledge, the press and publishing industry in the Far East is developing slowly, the circulation of newspapers and periodicals is limited to large towns, and even textbooks are rare in rural areas, and they can only rely on copying to make up for the shortage of books, to change this backward situation, we must start from improving backward typesetting and printing technology, and the outstanding invention of Aunt Anna and Ms. Saliya provides a new, more efficient, and cheaper typesetting and printing model, By combining 'photocopying' with 'photographing', we can create a 'magic phototypesetting printer', which will bring a technological revolution to the press and publishing industry in the Far East, and then promote a more far-reaching social revolution marked by the popularization of cultural knowledge! ”

Finally, Roland uttered a prophecy in passionate and solemn words.

"The perfect combination of 'photocopying' and 'photographing' will greatly lower the threshold for people to obtain information and knowledge, so that the poor will also have the opportunity to read books, newspapers, and receive education.

Lady Saliya was deeply moved by Roland's sincerity and the bright prospects described, and nodded with a smile: "Of course I can authorize it to you, to be honest, I also fantasized about inventing a great spell to make future generations remember my name, but I never imagined that this dream would be realized by the 'Shadow Technique', which I have always regarded as a toy." ”

"So we mages are still too ungrounded, we only focus on studying spells, but we rarely think about what kind of value a spell has for ordinary people and what kind of changes it can bring to society...... Andre sighed with emotion, turned to his wife and Saliya and said: "The 'magic guide phototypesetting' that Roland just mentioned is a very interesting idea, you two study it, and strive to make a sample within a week." ”

"I'll do my best."

Lady Saliya took up the errand, and took Lady Anna aside to discuss it in a whisper.

"Now we have efficient typesetting and printing techniques, but there is still a key link to achieve rapid dissemination of knowledge." Roland whispered.

"What's missing?" Nikita asked, puzzled.

This question is not easy to explain, Roland thought about it for a while, and decided to use the issue of newspapers as an analogy, after all, newspapers are the most widely circulated and socially influential publications today.

"Nikita, you have accompanied me on a trip to the Far Northeast, and you should know the situation in various places very well, so you might as well recall where it is more convenient to buy newspapers?"

"Of course, there are big towns with more populous and prosperous economies, such as Kitland City and White Gull Harbor, and as for the smaller towns and villages in remote areas, there is hardly a shadow of newspapers." Nikita recalled.

"The reality is as you said, only a densely populated and economically prosperous big city will have enough citizens to subscribe to the newspaper in order to support the newspaper, in the case of Krasbourg, the circulation of each issue of the "Daily" and "Evening News" can exceed 10,000 copies, the newspaper has a high income, and there is enough money to hire high-level writers to publish high-quality articles, hire more and better reporters to track and report on social topics of interest to readers, and then work closely with the government to publish new policies and regulations, and comment on major social events. As a result, most readers' likes and dislikes will be guided by the direction of newspaper propaganda and subtle changes, and these newspapers that have a huge influence on the people are also very important propaganda positions, and if we do not take the initiative to grasp this position, sooner or later they will be taken away by the enemy. Roland said solemnly.

"So what's your next step in strengthening the management of the domestic journalism industry?" The clever mage lady guessed Roland's mind at once.

"Not only to regulate, but more importantly to promote the development of this industry, so that more people have the opportunity to see the newspapers published and distributed in the capital, so as to keep abreast of what changes are taking place in our country, what policies our government is pursuing, why they are being pursued, knowing deeply who are our friends and who are our enemies, and in order to achieve this purpose, it is necessary to deliver the newspapers published that day to every town and village in the kingdom in a timely manner. Build a news network that really reaches every corner of the country. Roland spoke of his ambitions.

Silence fell in the chamber again.

Nikita and the eight masters are all thinking about how to use spells to achieve this seemingly unattainable blueprint.

"If Anna and Saizeriya can make a relatively low-cost 'magic phototypesetting press,' the Kolas government can build this machine in large quantities, and each village can have a machine for each village, and when they get the newspaper published that day, they can make many copies for the local population to order." Lady Katie, the chief master of the Confusion Control Department and a flamboyant and charming half-goblin, muttered to herself.

"Katie's idea can only solve the problem of newspaper distribution in villages and towns, but what is difficult to solve now is the problem of transportation—how can newspapers published in the capital be delivered to distant villages and towns as quickly as possible?" Ovich, the chief master of the school of protection, pointed out the key, "If the newspaper samples cannot be delivered to the villages and towns as soon as possible, even if the local government has purchased a magic printing press, it will not be useful." ”