Chapter 4: Prophecy and Another Seal
Beldan City, located in Mahae County, is a city that has risen and fallen into decline due to coal mines.
As coal began to deplete and the city's young people left Beldan for the metropolises of Constance and Beckland, the once thriving city quickly lost its vitality and became increasingly depressing.
After all, even if it is along the railway line and has lost its own resources, but has not yet found a new position, Berdan is hopeless.
Such a half-dead, somewhat famous but unprofitable place, still in the "border" of Mahai County, and Fusak, was rewarded to a "new viscount" who had contributed a fortune of three million pounds, which was a good thing for the royal family of Rune.
When Abner heard a few days ago that George III would give him the city, he couldn't help but feel that the other party was really calculating.
If he remembers correctly, according to the trajectory of the original book, this Beldan city will fall in a future war, and before the war is over, he is unlucky enough to encounter the Patriarch of the God of War Church who fled here with the seal "0-02", and almost destroyed the city......
"It's bad luck...... But now that I have a 'prophet' who can 'change my life against the sky' as my lord, it's time to operate! ”
After boasting a few words in his heart, Abner didn't think it was difficult to revitalize the economy of a declining city, and even casually thought about it, and came up with several plans, such as directly investing in the construction of "cinemas" and location buildings there, becoming a filming location for various types of films, and completing the transformation of the city.
In short, as long as you are willing to invest and resources are willing to tilt, are you afraid that you will not be able to develop?
In particular, Abner can also "observe" the "fate trend" of the city at any time, and choose the most "safe" "fate tributary" among them to guide.
While he was thinking about it, Abner was about to board the carriage and go to the theater in Hilston.
But at this moment, he suddenly had some strange "hunch", so he stopped and asked the coachman to wait a little.
This is his "passive prophecy" ability that suddenly gives him a hint that he must buy the newspaper in the newsboy's hand in a few minutes, and then "fate" will unfold in his favor.
Abner is no stranger to this feeling, when he was an ordinary person, the "pure white eye" actually used "passive prophecy" to subtly influence him.
For example, he would suddenly intervene in Hugh's task, and generously told the other party the "acting method", in addition to his own good impression of Hugh, a member of the Tarot Society, and the "reader" path itself also has the characteristic of "love to show", subconsciously acting in accordance with the "prophecy" to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages is also a very important reason.
It's just that he didn't know at that time that this was the impact of the "pure white eye" on him, and thought it was his own decision.
It wasn't until he became a "Keeper of Knowledge" and further deepened the application of "Pure White Eyes" that he was faintly aware of it.
"But what was the benefit of approaching Hugh in the first place?
"Let her and Furth be my friends?
"Or did it let me get rid of the unreality of the early stage of the time travel, and have a 'bond'?"
While Abner was thinking about it, a newsboy turned the corner from the corner, and his business seemed to be doing well today, and it was just afternoon, and the bag he was carrying was empty, and he still had the last newspaper in his hand.
Seeing this, Abner knew that he was the one in his "prophecy", so he beckoned him to come closer.
The newsboy's clear voice also sounded, and he said in a slightly apprehensive tone: "Sir, there is only one copy of "Tasok Miscellaneous Stories" left......
"Tasok Miscellaneous" is a tabloid newspaper that only publishes a few miscellaneous things, and because there is almost no exaggerated headline to create gimmicks, sales are mediocre.
The reason why it did not go out of business as a weekly magazine is rumored to be because the boss behind it is constantly operating with money......
Abner knew that the real owner of the tabloid was actually Stewart, the senior deacon of the "Storm Church", and most of the gossip in the newspaper was stories about the families of the more enlightened Storm believers, and he seemed to want to express some of his opinions, but unfortunately his influence was still too low.
Speaking of which, Abner would have known about this, or Hugh had told him.
Just a month ago, on the night he and Princess Vera met privately, Hugh was given the urgent task of recovering a stolen seal.
The seal, said to be the seal of the Gustav dynasty in Intis, was stolen during the exhibition, which disgraced the "penalizer" in charge of security, so he also sent Stewart to join in and form a joint tracking team with the military.
At that time, it was only by relying on his own "backtracking" ability, coupled with the help of his newspaper reporter, that Stuart discovered the house where the thieves lived and retrieved the lost seal overnight.
Unfortunately, the thief managed to escape, and no one even really saw his face, so he had no idea who he was or why he stole the seal and then gave it up.
Since Stewart had used his reporters in this case, Hugh learned about the Tassock Miscellaneous and later told Abner.
While thinking about this, Abner also took out a coin and gave it to the newsboy, and bought the newspaper.
Then he boarded the carriage and read the newspaper on his way to the theater.
The family sentiment stories Abner simply swept through and quickly locked his eyes on an advertisement:
"This Wednesday at 10 a.m., the private museum at 16 Pinster Street in the North District will open......"
If the hunch is correct, it should be it...... Could it be that there is something on display in this private museum that will be beneficial to me?
Moreover, there was only one advertisement in the entire newspaper...... Is it because sales are too low that no one wants to spend money on advertising, or is the museum actually a newspaper relation?
Maybe we should find someone to look into it first......
A thoughtful Abner soon arrived at the theater, and after getting out of the carriage, he entered through the back door, and soon saw Hugh, who was arranging for someone to deal with reporters and critics.
Speaking of which, because the "film and television industry" has just emerged, most of the current film critics are unprofessional, and even a large part of them are "nurseries" that Abner "trained" in advance to bring rhythm......
After all, the position of public opinion must be occupied in advance...... As long as some authoritative film critics are raised, and authoritative film and television journals are established, it is even less likely that other competitors will want to surpass their own companies.
On the other hand, Hugh was finally relieved to see Abner appear, and she felt that hosting such a scene was simply more tiring than fighting with the extraordinary.
However, she still pulled Abner aside first, stood on tiptoe, and looked at him with a very complicated face for a long time, before she was both excited and sincerely happy for the other party and said, "The ceremony was successful?"
"Abner, you've become a demigod?"
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The state is not good, the brain is mushy, so let's do so much first
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