After deciding on the "Datang Dictionary", Li Zexuan suddenly felt that he had forgotten something. After thinking about it, he clapped his hands and said with a smile:
"By the way, Ma Zhou, in addition to compiling a dictionary, you also have to help me with one thing. I want to start a newspaper!"
Ma Zhou frowned and asked, "Sir, what is a newspaper?"
He used to be conceited about his talents and knowledge, but what he saw and heard today really affected his self-confidence, because from Li Zexuan's mouth, some words he had never heard before always came out, which made him couldn't help but doubt. Is it because Li Zexuan is too evil, or is his knowledge too shallow
Li Chengqian and Li Tai also looked at him curiously.
Li Zexuan explained: "The so-called newspaper is a printed matter that is regularly released to the people, mainly publishing anecdotes and comments by celebrities.
This newspaper is quite large and is divided into several sections. It can record some new things happening around you. You can also invite some famous Confucian officials to interpret the new decrees issued by the court for the people. You can also record some recent cases heard by the government. For big cases, you can even publish some story novels on it.
The newspaper publishes one page every day, and then hires newsboys to sell them in teahouses. In the early stage, we mainly write the content ourselves. In the later stage, we can mobilize readers to submit articles to us. We will select the best and pay them some compensation.
Over time, the content of our newspapers will become more and more abundant, and people will become accustomed to buying a newspaper every day when they have nothing to do to see what major events are happening around them. "
Li Chengqian thought for a moment, put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! In this way, we can know all the major events in the world without leaving home?"
Li Zexuan nodded and said, "That's the truth!"
Li Tai laughed and said: "This is good, this is good, so you can read novels in the newspaper in the future!"
Li Zexuan was speechless. He was now worried that once the newspaper came out, the majestic King Wei would become a dead man who stayed in the palace and read novels every day.
Ma Zhou cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Sir, Ma will definitely take care of this matter as soon as possible!"
Li Zexuan thought for a while and said: "Brother Ma, please pay more attention to the other sections. I will be responsible for writing the novel section first. Please work hard these days to write out the aspects I just mentioned. , leave it to me, I will format the first issue, and you can imitate the following issues."
Just as Ma Zhou was about to agree, Li Chengqian said first, "Xiaoxuan, do you have a new novel?"
Li Zexuan nodded and said: "I just started writing it recently. It's called "The Biography of Mortals Cultivation to Immortality". Here, this is the manuscript!"
As he spoke, he took out a stack of manuscripts from his sleeve. Another purpose of his coming here today is to ask Liu Yidao to arrange for someone to print out the first few dozen chapters of the novel and then sell them as serialized novels.
As a result, now that Ma Zhou is here, Li Zexuan plans to make a big news and launch the newspaper directly. He believes that with the bonus of this wonderful novel in the early stage, the sales of the newspaper will definitely get better and better.
Li Chengqian quickly took it and excitedly took it, glanced at it, and immediately exclaimed: "Wow, I haven't seen you for a few days, Xiaoxuan, your calligraphy has become so good? Oh, no, why does this calligraphy look familiar?"
Li Tai smiled proudly and said: "I wrote this in my own handwriting, so the handwriting is of course good!"
Calligraphy is also one of Li Tai's strengths that he is proud of. When he heard Li Chengqian's praise, the little fat man couldn't help but grin even though he was not usually on good terms with his elder brother.
"Oh, no wonder! Qingque, your calligraphy has improved again!"
Li Chengqian nodded suddenly, and complimented Li Tai casually. As the eldest brother, he still had this kind of magnanimity.
"Haha, no prizes, no prizes!"
The little fat man's face was full of pride and he didn't even know what modesty meant.
Li Chengqian smiled, looked at the thick stack of manuscripts in his hand, thought for a moment and said, "Xiaoxuan, I wonder if I can take this manuscript back and read it?"
He wanted to read it now, but there were so many manuscripts that he couldn't finish in a while, so he could only take them back and read them slowly.
Li Zexuan nodded and said: "Okay, Your Highness has finished reading it, just remember to send someone to deliver it!"
"good!"
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A few people discussed the future development direction of "Fantastic Culture", and Li Tai and Li Chengqian said goodbye. They usually have a lot of things to do, but unlike Li Zexuan, a rich second generation, who can wander around all day long. .
At this time, Li Zexuan and Ma Zhou were the only ones left in the house.
Li Zexuan asked with a smile: "Brother Ma, are you more confident now?"
Ma Zhou smiled heartily and said: "Of course! I really didn't expect that Your Majesty would be able to get in touch with the Crown Prince and the King of Wei. With the help of your two highnesses, our strange culture will definitely succeed!"
Li Zexuan nodded and looked into Ma Zhou's eyes for a while before saying:
"Brother Ma, if this thing succeeds, you and I will be famous forever, and you will have a bright future and wealth in the future. I hope Brother Ma can calm down and do things in a down-to-earth manner before Funny Culture takes off, and don't think about it. other."
Ma Zhou's heart trembled, knowing that Li Zexuan's words were knocking him. He didn't expect that Li Zexuan had seen through all those little thoughts before. He quickly handed over his hands and said: "What Sir Alex said is that Ma will definitely do his best. "
He finally figured it out. He had nothing now. King Wei and the Crown Prince would definitely look down on him. Now that Li Zexuan could help him, he had to be worthy of them. Instead of going out to cling to others, it would be better to stay here and work hard. If you have a successful career and become famous all over the world, why worry about having no future
Li Zexuan nodded with satisfaction. He walked to the cases, pondered for a moment, and said, "I wonder if Brother Ma has any family members in Chang'an?"
Ma Zhou Nahan said: "Ahem, Ma has been poor since childhood and has not yet gotten married."
Li Zexuan was speechless. Ma Zhou looked like he was twenty-six or seventeen years old at least. In modern times, this would not be a problem, but in ancient times, it was very problematic to be so old and not yet married. Alas, the only thing to blame is that this guy is slovenly and has such a bad image!
"Where does Brother Ma live now?"
Ma Zhou was even more embarrassed. He coughed in embarrassment and said: "Ahem, cough, cough, Ma used to stay in an inn, but he ran out of money in the past few days, so he has been staying here for the past two days!"
Li Zexuan looked around. There wasn't even a bed in this room. Ma Zhou probably slept on the table at night, right? The dignified future prime minister of the Tang Dynasty was in such a miserable state. Li Zexuan frowned and said:
"How can this be done? Later, I will ask Uncle Fu to rent a house for Brother Ma near the workshop. Only when a person has a good rest can his work efficiency be higher!"
Ma Zhou quickly thanked him gratefully.
After chatting with Ma Zhou for a while, Li Zexuan opened the door and left.
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Thank you Xiaoyao Xiong for the two more rewards, and thank you for the monthly ticket that makes your dream come true.
(End of chapter)