Xia Qiu had been a little frustrated recently. He had wanted to write his novel quietly, but now he was being criticized by a group of people for no reason. Anyone would be unhappy, especially when some people dragged his master into it. This made him even angrier. Sometimes, he really wanted to throw those people with dry tongues into the sea and drown them.
However, this group of people was not a gang, but a cultural hooligan. You really couldn't use violence against them. Even a country's organization would treat such people very seriously. Their strength was not their fists but their pens. This kind of literati who relied on pens to make a living would affect many people's views on an issue and an organization.
Xia Qiu could not do anything about this group of people for a while. He did not think that he had the ability to fight a group of people alone. If he fought with them, he would forget about it. It would not do to find a lawyer to sue them. Gang City pursued freedom of speech. Even if you really won the lawsuit in the end, it would only be a defamation charge. What was the use of defamation? At most, he would be fined and do volunteer work. In the end, it would also increase his reputation. This was a good thing but not a good thing.
He remembered that after Li Cheng's first wife passed away, there was a newspaper that said that he and his mistress had killed his wife. Li Cheng was so angry that he sued the newspaper in court. In the end, the lawsuit lasted for a year, but Li Cheng did not get anything. However, the newspaper used this lawsuit to increase its sales. At that time, Li Jiacheng was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
With the word 'freedom of speech', the media in Gang City would sometimes do things lawlessly in order to sell sales. In the future, many celebrities in the entertainment industry in Gang City would have to go overseas because of them. He couldn't beat or scold these people.
At the moment, he could only sigh at his bad luck. The only thing that made him happy was that his Return to the Ming Dynasty and Be a Prince had already been published throughout Southeast Asia. It was said that it sold well in Wan City and Gang City, especially Gang City. Because it had nurtured a group of readers in the early stage, its popularity was much higher than in other places. However, since the first volume had already been published in the early stage, the price was lower than what he had expected. The entire set only cost 40 Jiang Yuan.
He wasn't sure about the other places, but they were basically priced at 50 Jiang Yuan. The debate outside seemed to have increased Xia Qiu's reputation. Although there were many people criticizing him, it was just competition among peers. Ordinary citizens did not care about such things. They just wanted to enjoy their novels.
The happiest person was probably Cheng Bao. Cheng Bao had lit a fire on this matter. After serializing the novel 'Lotus Step by Step,' they did everything they could to support Xia Qiu. They even copied the copyright agreement of Xia Qiu's book and published it in the newspaper. Even the villa that Xia Qiu had spent 15 million to buy was sold. This made Xia Qiu really speechless.
Now, a strange situation had appeared in Gang City's newspaper industry. Cheng Pao had challenged Ming Pao, Oriental Daily, and Sing Tao Daily. These three newspapers were worried that Cheng Pao would increase the sales of Xia Qiu's novels, so they tried their best to suppress it. Cheng Pao and Cheng Huang Bao said that Cheng Pao was a platform for those who wrote erotic novels and suggested that the Jiang Mansion should rectify Cheng Pao.
Cheng Bao was not willing to be outdone. First, he exposed the dark background of Dongfang Daily. The title was even more frightening." Two people who sell white are qualified to run a newspaper." He said that the boss of Dongfang Daily was the famous Ma brothers in Gang City. He pointed out that these two brothers sold white and became monks. One-third of the white in Gang City was supplied by them. They were simply a tumor in Gang City. He also pointed out that the Independent Committee Against Corruption in Gang City was now investigating the Ma brothers. He even advised the two brothers to quickly prepare to escape. They might spend the rest of their lives outside, or they would have to stay in prison.
Cheng Pao also went all out against Ming Pao's suppression. They claimed to be neutral, but in fact, they were bullsh * t. They had now become the lackeys of those second-rate writers. A group of unknown writers gathered together and called themselves the novel association. In fact, they were jealous of the association because they could not stand the good works of others and could not stand the money earned by others. They called themselves scholars, but in fact, they were a group of cultural hooligans who saw Xia Qiu's novels earn money. All of them ganged up to bully a teenager. They slandered, suppressed, banned, and even used their personal connections to persuade the Jiang Mansion to ban Xia Qiu's novels.
They even secretly pointed out that Mi Ming was the commander behind the scenes, and at the same time mocked Jin Ming for condoning their actions of suppressing their peers.
Cheng Bao couldn't find any strong points to attack Sing Tao Daily. They only said that they were ungrateful and burned bridges after crossing the river. Back then, they used Xia Qiu's novel to climb to the top of Gang City's newspaper industry. Now, they turned around and tried to suppress and smear them. They suggested that those who wanted to cooperate with Sing Tao Daily should consider carefully. They would not be stabbed by Sing Tao Daily in the future.
Scholars used their pens to fight. This had happened once before. When Ming Pao was first established, its sales had not been very good. In the end, Jin Ming relied on his novels to slowly improve. However, it was still unknown how long it would take for it to become a big newspaper.
At that time, China was being blackmailed by the United States and the Soviet Union. At that time, the country's deputy prime minister and the foreign minister, Chen Yi, said something that was still fresh in the memory of all Chinese people,'They have atoms, bombs, super bullets, so what? They bully us like this, laughing at us for being poor and unable to afford it. Even if I have to be a pair of pants, I will make a superbullet.
It was also this sentence that Jin Ming used to mock him, saying that he would create a superweapon regardless of the life and death of the people. As a result, it naturally attracted the siege of the five left-wing newspapers, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, New Evening News, Shang Bao, and Jing Bao. This debate of 'pants and super son' lasted for a whole year, and it was also this year that caused Jin Ming's Ming Pao to have explosive sales.
However, it had been almost 20 years since that debate. This was the first time many of the citizens of Gang City had seen a fight between scholars. Naturally, they were all watching with great interest, especially Cheng Bao. During this period of time, the sales of Cheng Bao had increased explosively. Although Xia Qiu's novel was a very important factor, it was mostly due to the fight. It had always been a good tradition in China to watch and watch the fight.
Although Cheng Bao couldn't find a way to attack Sing Tao Daily, it didn't mean that other newspapers couldn't. Sing Tao Daily and Oriental Daily had a deep background in the central government. Before Gang City returned, they had always been the mouthpieces of the central government in Gang City. These newspapers were naturally suppressed by the newspapers that were close to them.
Therefore, a few days later, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, New Evening News, Business Daily, and Jing Daily all joined in. The other small newspapers that were watching the show at the side understood after reading for a few days that fighting could also bring them high sales. How could they miss it? Therefore, they picked up their pens and joined in the debate.
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