Roland nodded slightly: "In principle, this is basically the case, but stop using the old sign of the Far Eastern Daily, which is a negative asset reminiscent of the whitewashed clichés of the Times Daily in the Imperial Province, we will replace the old sign and put up a new sign that is more exciting." After thinking for a few seconds, Roland made up his mind: "The "Far Eastern Daily" after the resumption of publication...... Changed its name to "Motherland Daily"! ”

"Since the registration has been changed, it is not a republication of the old edition but the creation of a new newspaper, "Motherland Daily...... This is really a journal with strong ideological overtones. John Plitt was so angry as an artist that he couldn't help but sneer.

Roland knew what kind of virtue this old rascal was, and he laughed and didn't care: "After you go back, seize the time to select a group of elite soldiers and strong generals to enrich the daily newspaper, and do a good job of resuming the publication as soon as possible, and at the end of the month, a national symposium of literary and artistic workers will be held in Krasbourg, when the cultural celebrities of the Far East will gather in the capital, if we declare at the symposium that there is only one "evening newspaper" as a stage for them to display their talents, you, the news director, do not feel shabby, I am still ashamed!" ”

John Pullett smiled awkwardly, and quickly put on a serious face: "I'll do this when I go back, and the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper will be selected...... What do you think of Vladimir? ”

Roland was slightly stunned, nodded after a deep groan: "Vladimir is a very good person, you can consider it...... Ask him for his own opinion, and don't force people to make it difficult. ”

"Okay, I'll talk to him when I go back, the young man is very ambitious and wants to make a career, I believe he will not turn down this good opportunity to get ahead." John Pullett stood up and shook Roland's hand.

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As Roland had predicted, Vladimir Bunin refused to be the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper. The apparent reason was that he lacked political and managerial experience to be qualified for this important position, but John Plitt revealed the true thoughts of the young printmaker when he relayed this to Roland.

"Vladimir is an idealist, and he believes that going into politics will make him an 'insider', unable to evaluate the work of the government in a righteous manner, or even to continue to stick to his creative ideas."

Roland did not have any dissatisfaction with this, but paid more respect to the young printmaker, wrote him a letter in his own hand, translated the famous sentence in the "Book of Songs" "Those who know me say I am worried, and those who do not know me say what I want" into the lingua franca of the Far East, and invited him to participate in the "National Symposium of Outstanding Literary and Art Workers" held at the National Center for the Performing Arts at the end of the month.

On 28 May, a sunny day, nearly 1,000 literary and artistic workers, experts and scholars from all over the Far East were kindly invited by His Royal Highness the Prince to gather at the Colasbourg Bolshoi Theater to participate in an unprecedented event in the cultural circles of the Far East.

Roland has prepared a budget of up to 100,000 gold talers for this grand event, in order to treat these cultural elites well, except for the morning of the meeting, the remaining three days to entertain them with free food, drink and fun, and when they return home, they will also give exquisite gifts, fully demonstrating the respect and care of the Korras government for intellectuals.

John Pullett was surprised to learn that Roland had to spend so much money to entertain these literati, and thought it was an unnecessary waste.

Roland laughed off his skepticism and insisted on his own approach.

The news director himself was a literati, and he only saw the poor and pretentious side of the literati, but he did not fully realize the power of the literati. This power can be used to praise merit or to viciously slander. Thousands of years later, the heroes and heroes of the past will be turned to dust, and the words of the literati can be passed down to future generations in the form of historical books, biographies, poems, paintings, etc., to whitewash or distort and discredit those who have passed away in power.

Words kill without seeing blood, and Tang Taizong understood this, but – if not greater, at least as great – Qin Shi Huang, Ming Taizu, and Mr. Runzhi either did not understand the power of literati or disdained to curry favor with this group, and as a result, they were not evaluated commensurate with their merits after their deaths.

Roland is now considered a person in power, and he does not want to repeat the mistakes of the ancients, so he has to deal with intellectuals carefully. In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that compared with the endless troubles caused by the suppression of the literati group, the price paid to buy this group is quite low. How to make this business cost-effective, Roland knows in his heart, how can he be reluctant to give up the 100,000 gold tale.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the same day, literati and celebrities from all over the Far East gathered together, and there was quite a prosperous atmosphere of the sages. The event later provided an excellent fodder for the poets in attendance, and poems praising His Royal Highness's respect for intellectuals were flooded in the newspapers, but at the very beginning of the symposium anyone could feel the oppressive atmosphere.

This unpleasant atmosphere stemmed from the politically charged speech delivered by the Director of Public Information, Mr. John Pullett, at the symposium.

John Pullett first announced the news that the Far Eastern Daily would soon resume publication and change its name to the "Motherland Daily", and warmly invited the literati present to participate in the grand event and enthusiastically contribute articles to the "Motherland Daily".

The audience applauded at the right time, but Roland could hear that the applause was not very warm, and there were mostly polite elements. Obviously, the participants realized that the republished "Fatherland Daily" must be the organ of the Kolas government, and that the works published in the newspaper could not accommodate anything other than praise of virtue? Most of the intellectuals were arrogant, and with the exception of a very small number of ambitious political speculators, most of them were reluctant to play the role of royal literati, and it was understandable that they responded coldly to John Plitt's call.

The press director's next conversation continued to revolve around the press and publishing business, detailing the powerful functions of the new equipment such as the "Anna-Saliya Phototypesetting Press", the "McManus Fax Machine" and the "Andrea Radio" that had already been put into production in the factory, and claimed that these new magic devices would bring about a seismic change in the press and publishing industry, and that the circulation of newspapers and periodicals in the Far East would increase year-on-year with the popularization of new technologies, and that the geographical barriers would be broken down to form a unified national cultural market.

A bright future is coming, the daily and evening newspapers will be expanded to include a large number of patriotic intellectuals as editors and reporters, and sub-stations will be set up in towns and cities in the Far East to receive the original newspapers and periodicals faxed by Krasbourg, which will be copied by the "Magic Guide Phototypesetting Press" and sold to local readers.

"In the near future, the people in the remote areas of the Far East will be able to read the newly published newspapers on the same day as the people in the capital, and the national newspaper distribution channels will be used as a network to closely link the central government with the people in various localities, so that the decrees issued by the central government can be conveyed to the ears of all the people in a timely and accurate manner."