01.
Hill received a very interesting submission that day, and the submission used by the other party was very high-grade indigo blue parchment. Most of the parchment seen on the earth was milky white or yellowish in color, but in fact, some craftsmen had already dyed the parchment, including purple, red, peach, indigo and the like. Hill only found out after he arrived in another world. He checked the Internet and found that the same is true on Earth.
Another new knowledge point was obtained.
When I first heard about this, Hill’s first reaction was, Umlitch must like this kind of pink parchment... Speaking of Umlitch, the last time Hill thought of Harry Potter, and then he Baidu I searched for Umbridge casually, and found that there was a related search in it, "What happened after Umbridge was dragged away by the centaur". Hill was very shocked after watching it at the time, thinking that everyone's brains are really big. And there is actually a very serious analysis, saying that in the legend, the centaur will take away beautiful human brides and so on, and there are only males and no females among the centaurs... But if the target is Umbridge, I just think... um... it's indescribable.
Let’s talk about the submission of the manuscript again. The letterhead of the submission has already demonstrated the extraordinaryness of the contributor, and the content inside really stunned Hill for a while—it is about the plot analysis of the existing chapters of "A Song of Ice and Fire".
Both the writing and the wording of the other party were concise, giving Hill the feeling of reading a report. There are quite bold speculations about the next plot, and there are concise comments.
"From the existing information, it can be inferred that the author's eyes are not only on the Winter Stark family. It can be seen that the overall framework of the novel is very large... I even doubt whether this is really a novel.
Also, I wish the content of each magazine serial could be longer. "
Hill read this letter and got some inspiration. He immediately decided to create a column at the back of the novel to discuss and comment on the content of the novel. This sentence is like the comment area of serial articles on the earth... But in this world, everyone can All you see are featured reviews.
One of the major selling points of "A Song of Ice and Fire" is that you don't know who will die next. Some predictions about the future plot in this anonymous gentleman's letter are indeed correct. Hill can't make readers lose their sense of expectation because of this. So he thought for a moment and began to write: "I have a different opinion about the previous gentleman's opinion. If the death of the mother wolf and the survival of the little wolf are directly understood as Ned will die, his sons will die. It’s too rigid to stay. I also said that the direwolf is a legendary animal. I think their appearance may mean that the Stark family is about to take off, and that scene symbolizes ‘letting go of the old and ushering in the new’ …”
This is to stir up the muddy water.
Let readers not know which guess is correct, which arouses their interest in thinking and discussion, and then the article becomes more and more popular.
In fact, Hill's method did arouse an upsurge in the discussion of the plot, and the letters rained down on Joan Baker's home. Joan Baker had to find a few loyal servants to screen the letters first. On the one hand, these people wrote letters because they were really interested in the discussion of the plot, and on the other hand, they felt that their words could be read by the whole city, which is a very exciting thing.
As for what the contributor said about Jado's serialization, Hill did indeed intend to do so. But cost is the main issue at this stage—the cost of parchment is too high. Parchment paper has gone through a slow and complicated process from material selection to completion. First of all, high-quality sheepskin is hard to come by, and then it needs to be depilated, skinned and other processes... By the way, there are often holes in sheepskin manuscripts. , the only remedy is careful sewing stitch by stitch.
At a time when medieval parchment was the most expensive on earth, a parchment Bible might be worth as much as a vineyard.
Of course, parchment from another world is not that expensive, but the cost is still something that Hill doesn't want to accept.
So... make paper.
It just so happened that Ghost Binns had just finished researching the copier, and Hill handed over the papermaking theory found on the Internet to him, and let him take full responsibility. After some written research in the library, the ghost Bins directly lived in the forest of the dark elves for experiments. The dark elves bearded and stared at him because he cut down some of their favorite trees.
The technological content of papermaking itself is not very high. This world has magic bonuses, and Hill thinks it won't take long to research it. As for whether to spread papermaking, this is a question worth thinking about.
In fact, the first reaction is that you must not spread it. You can only make money by pinching this kind of thing in your own hands. However, one of the benefits of spreading papermaking on a large scale is that all kinds of books will increase exponentially. Simply put, what do rulers hate the most since ancient times? Literati—because they spread ideas. The cheap price of paper and books provided some basic conditions for those literati, which led to the prevalence of various speeches and ideas...
This is not conducive to the unity of belief.
In the end, Hill made a decision: Hold the papermaking technology in his hands for the time being, and spread the papermaking technology when he first earns enough money in the contract, and then earns a part of the basic funds for his rise.
This does not bring economic benefits, but it can bring more and longer-term benefits.
02.
The preliminary preparations for "He is a Dragon" have already started. There are many such small islands in the endless sea of the lower realm, but they are too far from the shore. Hill discussed with the 'technical consultant' Lich Ali Gaili After a while, Ali Gaeli decided to use magic to transport a suitable island.
What Hill saw at the time was that the corners of his mouth twitched.
When Hill was making preliminary preparations for the crew of "He is a Dragon", the dragon Gormon had been following him all the time, and Hill still seemed a little dazed when he saw him.
"Looks like you still don't have faith in me," Hill quipped.
"No, my lord." Gormond frowned slightly, and he said, "It's just that I feel... To be honest, I really felt very powerful in the first movie, but I didn't like the second movie that much." , I'm afraid I'll screw up your plan."
Hill understood. It turned out that the other party was worried about this.
It is a matter of course that a steel tough guy like Gormond would not like "The Domineering Demon King Falls in Love with Me". If a man on the earth tells you that he likes to watch prostitutes by female protagonists or forced love by a domineering president, your first reaction will be Usually it will be "perverted".
Hill considered for a moment, and said: "We have seen too many things, we have witnessed how the blood moon rises in the wasteland, we have seen the flames of war burning on the front lines, we have seen the swords of angels shining in the dark, we also drink Drinking strong wine, singing in the wind..." He said these are what Gormon told him, but after a pause, Hill continued: "I'm tired of these."
Gormond frowned.
"I want to see new landscapes," Hill said. "And we lost, which means we made mistakes. And then, make new mistakes, Gormond." He laughed. He said, "You can have no confidence in yourself, but at least you have to have confidence in my judgment. Come on, I'll show you something."
03.
Mrs. Leicester's Film Salon.
Mrs. Leicester's salon has been the top salon in Magnolia City since a few years ago, and the Magnolia royal family will occasionally appear in her salon, which is the history she is most proud of. But this time, before holding the salon, she announced to the outside world that two unprecedented big figures came to the salon.
This made everyone who followed her salon instantly curious. Their first reaction was, is there a member of the royal family coming? Or even Emperor Yulan himself? Not to mention, this is quite possible, after all, Emperor Yulan himself likes such flashy and extravagant things.
With such doubts in mind, many people were overwhelmed to join this salon.
In a certain room of the Viscount Leicester's mansion, the dragon Gormond was a little restless. The devil suddenly dragged him to a human gathering, and he thought he had heard it wrong... What is the devil's intention? After arriving at the human mansion, the Lord Demon King changed back to his appearance in the movie (Hill modified his appearance in filming the film), and Gormond felt vaguely aware of what the Demon King was going to do.
The beautiful Mrs. Leicester was full of fanaticism at this time, she received every visitor as elegantly as possible, and then smiled and said that it would be kept secret for the time being.
After everyone took their seats—most of the invitations this time were ladies—Miss Olivia finally couldn't help asking: "Who is the mysterious guest this time? Mrs. Leicester."
Mrs. Leicester covered her face with a round fan. This movement seemed elegant, but in fact it concealed the unnatural curvature of her mouth: "You all know this person and yearn for..."
"So it really is our emperor?" Olivia felt bored. As a princess, she had seen the emperor many times.
"That's not the case." Mrs. Lester said, and then she had to raise her voice: "It's ours—Master Demon King!"
The door at the end of the living room opened, and Hill walked in side by side with the dragon Gormon.
White hair, red eyes, handsome face, and a luxurious cloak embroidered with dark gold patterns.
The flames burned slowly in his eyes, but there was a light that seemed to be soaked in morning dew in the middle, and his pale collarbone reminded people of the unruly poems of troubadours.
Exactly the same as in the movie, Lord Demon Lord.
There was silence in the hall for a few seconds, and then a noble lady let out a scream: "Master Demon King!"
... So many young ladies immediately lost their original reserve.
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