Lucifer sacrificed too much for world peace

I found something for Satan to do, and Michael didn't always cling to him, and Lucifer's surroundings suddenly became much cleaner. The person who had a sense of distance from the gathering of three handsome people also Finally willing to talk to Lucifer.

Miss Christina Dumas, who hadn't been able to have a good chat with Lucifer for a while, seized the opportunity and ran over.

She handed Lucifer the latest sample issue of "I Do My Way" and the sales statistics of recent issues.

This is already the fourth issue, and the rule of publishing one issue per week has been roughly set, and the response has been quite good.

Due to the high degree of cultural popularity in this world, there are basically no illiterate people, so the marketing method of the first issue of the newspaper for free and without charging quickly spread the stalls, making many people just think that this "I do what I do" The title of "Up" is a bit strange. People who are curious about what these people have come up with have fallen into the pit unprepared.

Because in the first issue of serialization, only three short stories have been completed, and the rest are all medium-length serializations. After reading this issue, they can only see Chapter 1 of all the novels...

Everyone: "...???"

The honest people faintly felt that something was wrong, and they couldn't explain the reason. With so many serializations, one or two hit their hearts, so the sales of the second issue, which started charging, turned out to be quite good.

Why are epics so popular?Because it satisfies the imagination of many people, and fictional novels will only be stronger than epics in satisfying imagination.

Everyone has fantasized about what would happen to them if they did, and what they wrote would be the original novel. They were inspired by the words on the acceptance notice, and sent their articles over one after another.

...Although by the time they sent it, "I Do My Way" had already reached its third issue.

However, among the letters received by the Garden of Eden Literature Club, only a quarter are submissions, and then a third are impressions, and the rest are basically hoping that each issue will have a little more words...

Among the remaining submissions, there are not many that can be used. After all, most of them are newcomers. Unlike their literature club, which has written a lot of articles and has been trained, the level is not enough for the above-mentioned magazines.

There are also some areas that are far away, and the time to receive the first issue is very late. When there is an idea, there will be submissions... I guess it will take seven or eight issues to receive it, and the number of submissions will change at that time The more you have, the more options you can choose.

However, the people in their literary club have recently begun to practice writing seriously. It is easy for talented people to catch up. Therefore, Dumas and the others are very serious when reviewing manuscripts, and they read more than just this one. The level of writing depends on the talent and thinking of the writer, and sends invitations to those who they think are talented.

"After this issue comes out, it can almost cover the cost of the first issue's free delivery." Alexandre Dumas explained while watching Lucifer open the newspaper. Anyway, she also knows that the sage is very good at being single-minded and multi-purpose.

She is reporting work to investors now, and her tone is very serious: "The sales volume is higher than expected, but the Thanksgiving Festival in the Garden of Eden a while ago caused many caravans to postpone their plans to go to other places, so the time for the last two issues received by other places is also very serious. It's been affected."

Lucifer nodded: "It's okay, those who want to watch will naturally wait."

Alexandre Dumas continued to report: "The number of submissions is increasing, but not many can be used. Instead, we have dug out a few good seedlings and see if they can be cultivated."

Lucifer continued to nod, turned a page in his hand, and saw the call for papers.

Seeing that Lucifer saw this page, Alexandre Dumas also said naturally: "In this issue, we published a call for papers on the theme of 'City in a Hundred Years', because it doesn't feel good to mention the Garden of Eden alone, and authors living in other cities did not participate. The desire-desire, in this way, they can continue to contribute.”

"...well done." Lucifer looked at Alexandre Dumas appreciatively, thinking that the child had been trained.

Alexandre Dumas's eyes were full of anticipation: "I haven't seen a work with the theme of the future. It's Mr. Sage who suggested it well!"

Lucifer coughed and skipped the topic: "Is there anything I can do for you now?"

"We can do it ourselves, Mr. Sage, you have been very busy recently." Alexandre Dumas said hastily, "It's just because the call for papers to be published in this issue is different from what you said before, so I came to confirm with you. Ok."

I often come to deliver meals to my boyfriend, so I naturally know how busy the first floor of Lucifer was a while ago.

When her boyfriend came out, he couldn't even finish his sentence, and when he opened his mouth, he was full of calculations, which made her very worried.

Lucifer looked at the call for papers on this page, and after a few seconds of silence, he suddenly proposed: "This call for papers, let's change it."

Dumas was taken aback: "How?"

"How many articles on this topic do you plan to select?"

"Uh... if it's well written, it will be published?"

"No, you have to set a time." Lucifer began to come up with an idea, "When the manuscripts are almost ready, make a supplementary issue and sell it together with the main issue, put the essays you think are good together into the supplementary issue, and let them vote .”

Dumas: "...??? Vote?"

"Yes, it becomes a voting system." Lucifer said slowly, "Whoever they like the future described in the article the most, they will choose whoever. You can change the last page of the supplement into a questionnaire, and you can just write how many votes you want to vote for." No. article, you can also write your own feelings, and then the number of votes cast will be calculated according to this questionnaire.”

Alexandre Dumas nodded half-understood: "The questionnaire...seems very interesting. Now everyone communicates by writing letters. Using the questionnaire, I feel that I can better grasp which article is more popular."

"That's right." Lucifer gave her an appreciative look. This child is very good at drawing inferences from one instance to another. "This model can be used in the main issue first, and when everyone gets used to it, a supplementary issue of this topic call for essays will be published."

The more Dumas thought about it, the better he felt: "Okay! I'll go back and remake the sample magazine! The call for essays also needs to be rewritten... But I feel like this will increase everyone's participation."

Lucifer nodded.

His goal is certainly not as simple as participation.

Judging from the sales reported by Alexandre Dumas just now, "I Do My Way" will soon become a popular publication, and it is very popular even in other places. Under such circumstances, "I Do My Way" wants to do some activities , It will definitely attract people's attention, and there is no need to specially distribute leaflets.

And this theme solicitation activity can be regarded as a cultural output.

The future of other places... Lucifer knows what it is like without even thinking about it, let alone 100 years, even if the topic is xxx 500 years later, the content of articles written by outsiders is probably the same.

But the Garden of Eden is different. Everyone has been indoctrinated with the steam engine for a long time, and has seen the use of the steam engine with their own eyes. Presumably, their confidence in the steam engine will be much higher than that of outsiders.

Looking at the previous leaflets from other places, maybe it was just a lively discussion for a while, but seeing that it didn't affect them, they naturally put it down. Only the locals in Eden know how the steam engine is progressing.

Even the canning factory and the glass factory have recently been made popular by Da Vinci. These changes are seen in the eyes of the well-informed and paying attention to the people of Eden.

The changes in the Garden of Eden during this period are actually very big. Of course, technological innovation in one industry will affect adjacent industries, even if this part of ordinary people can't feel it. It is also obvious that the "Mutual Aid Wall" has increased people's enthusiasm for research, and the relaxation of "games" caused by the "sit-up" incident in the dying illness has subtly changed people's lives.

This kind of turbulence will also be fed back into people's thinking. An open society will naturally make people have an open mind. Their views on the future are different from those of themselves half a year ago, let alone from outsiders. .

Those who live a life that is not much different from hundreds of years ago are not as good as the people of Eden in this respect.

That is to say, in this essay contest, as long as there is no accident, the highest vote must be 100 years after the Garden of Eden. Because of its big brain, it can surpass the imagination of many people, while the other essays are similar and basically have no voting value.

Because it is an imagination of the future, people always hope that they will get better and better, so the articles written are definitely positive publicity.

At that time, the first article of the essay activity can be published in the main magazine after a few issues, so that more people will be curious about the changes in the Garden of Eden... It can be regarded as a wave of propaganda about the reform of the Garden of Eden, So that people in other cities don't resist, and gradually come up with the idea of ​​"shall we follow suit?"

This activity is simply a good thing that can be achieved with one stone, so we must do it well!

Thinking of this, Lucifer added: "The person who voted first will get a trophy in recognition of his outstanding performance in this essay competition."

Giving money directly, maybe some people are more sensitive, but giving trophies is different, iron trophies are also trophies, even if they are worthless, they can be used as an honor, and they can even be passed on to future generations. This aspect is not as easy to touch as money Nervous.

Alexandre Dumas nodded again and again: "Okay, I understand, let's do the same for future themed essay solicitation activities! Speaking of which, if this kind of activity is held regularly in the future, it would be better to have a fixed name, which will be more impressive. "

Lucifer has no objection, and thinks Dumas is very smart: "It's ok, you can come up with the name."

So Alexandre Dumas said loudly: "Since you proposed to give No.1 a trophy, let's call it the 'Sage Cup'!"

Lucifer: "..."

79. Chapter 79