The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Several monks were invited by the Zhang family, and his grandmother even brought her adoptive mother to show her sincerity. The little baby girl was taken over by the adoptive mother. Under the care of the experienced adoptive mother, she quickly calmed down and nestled in her arms. Looking at the street scene curiously.

Wang Wenlong and You Sicun also left on the sliding pole. When they returned home, Wang Wenlong arranged things at home first, and then took the manuscript.

You Sicun asked: "Is this the promotional copy that Mr. said?"

Wang Wenlong nodded: "Let's go to the newspaper office."

"Xundao" is now the most famous newspaper in Fujian, with the circulation of each issue slowly rising to 1,500. Editor-in-chief Wang Wenlong and content editors such as Deng Zhimo and Xu Zhonglin have also become celebrities in Fuzhou.

Deng Zhimo is busy in the newspaper office, worrying about the front page article of the next issue of "Xun Bao".

With the rapid circulation of "Xunbao" and the spread of wax printing technology, there is now more than one newspaper in Fuzhou City. In the face of competition, everyone naturally began to compete for newspaper content. In the past, "Xunbao" would just publish some news. It is popular among people, but with the emergence of other newspapers, the market news is more hype than evil. The authenticity of the talk on the streets these days is often not high, and many strange rumors have channels to spread.

The Xun Bao reported that a woman from the Wang family on East Street was caught stealing a man. Another tabloid said that the woman from the Wang family on East Street was actually picking up ashes. A third tabloid actually said that the man she stole from was the ghost of her deceased husband. ——There is no specialized agency that can control the content of newspapers. Naturally, one company’s words are more exaggerated than the other.

The competition is fierce. If "Xunbao" still uses trivial matters as cover content now, it will probably affect sales.

Deng Zhimo was worrying when he saw Wang Wenlong walking into the office with a smile: "Brother Zhimo, save the front page of the next issue for me."

Deng Zhimo was overjoyed and asked, "What big news is there in Jianyang?"

Wang Wenlong placed his textile factory advertisement on Deng Zhimo's desk. Deng Zhimo frowned after taking one look at it.

"Textile factory advertisements can be placed on the second and third pages. Putting them on the front page is just a waste of money."

Deng Zhimo said it mildly. In fact, he was afraid that Wang Wenlong, the editor-in-chief of the "Xun Bao", would insist on using the front page of the newspaper to advertise his factory. Deng Zhimo was worried that this would drag down sales.

Wang Wenlong smiled and said: "I don't want to make an advertisement this time, but I want to publish a series of in-depth reports on the issue of doting on girls. There will be more than one interview, and at least three issues in a row will be written to create a hot issue for the people. I know how serious the problem of female subjugation is in Fujian and how many human tragedies it has caused, so I would like to trouble Brother Zhimo to prepare a front page for me for a whole month."

Deng Zhimo was a little confused after hearing this, and asked doubtfully: "How should this be done?"

Wang Wenlong explained: "This first article is a report I wrote on the spot to interview the phenomenon of female drowning. It describes the scene where parents in the village kill babies and the female babies are left helpless in the wilderness."

Wang Wenlong's series of articles are all based on the information he found in the Government History Department and on-site visits.

The second in-depth report describes the consequences of the phenomenon of female domination - local men cannot find wives, and the abandoned baby girls who survive are miserable.

Wang Wenlong also wrote about a case where a family abandoned their daughter because of poverty. More than ten years later, the family became rich in business and wanted to look for her. After finding her, they found that her daughter had survived, but she had grown up in an almshouse. She was malnourished, and when she grew up, she was sent to a rogue family. Years of hard labor and abuse by her husband had already tortured her almost to death. When she was brought home, her eyes were already blind, and her face was beaten by her husband. Cut to pieces by a knife - this is a real case in the Ming Dynasty. Wang Wenlong personally visited and investigated it and then wrote it using literary techniques, which makes people extremely sad to read it. In the third chapter, we will write about the solution - the Putian woman Hu took pity on the orphans and raised funds to open a women's textile factory in Fuzhou, giving the women a way to survive.

Deng Zhimo looked at the three manuscripts. The more he read, the more surprised he became. Then he nodded repeatedly: "Jianyang, this is a great idea!"

The first and second articles written by Wang Wenlong were extremely emotional, and many of the tragic and true descriptions could move the people at that time. However, in the third article, Wang Wenlong did not mention his own equity in the Women's Textile Factory. It only packages this cause as Hu's charity, and impresses readers by describing the scenes of women working hard in textile factories. By the way, it uses a reporter's tone to promote how exquisite the fabrics woven by these women are.

Finally, Wang Wenlong interviewed Ms. Hu and expressed through her words that she hoped that some kind-hearted people could support the cause of the women's textile factory and not discriminate because it was a women's factory - this was a proper soft article.

But this article is very consistent with the upright and peaceful tone of "Xunbao". It can not only promote Wang Wenlong's factory but also be beneficial to society.

Deng Zhimo knew as soon as he saw it that this article would be popular.

Wang Wenlong added: "We also need to add stereotyped pictures."

Wang Wenlong took out a piece of his drawing. When Deng Zhimo looked at it, he saw grass drawn with a few strokes on the paper. Lying in the grass was a cute baby looking at the world with wide eyes and curiosity. But behind the baby was a smoking tower. Tower, a newborn baby cannot survive if left unattended in the wilderness. The smoking baby tower obviously foreshadows the child's fate.

Deng Zhimo had never seen this kind of painting before. There were only a few strokes. Although the painting was not very realistic, it contrasted the cuteness of the baby with the cruelty of the baby tower. The dead grass next to it was still covered with cold dew, showing the environment. The cold weather makes the viewer feel even more sympathetic to the plight of the hungry and cold baby.

Deng Zhimo nodded repeatedly and quickly asked someone to leave room for Wang Wenlong.

After half a month of practice, Zeng Jing's painting skills have improved greatly. Wang Wenlong was blocked in Putian before, and his servant missed Wang Wenlong by sending him calligraphy and paintings, so this time he simply brought Wang Wenlong's portrait to see his master.

Unexpectedly, he was intercepted as soon as he arrived at Wang Wenlong's home and was asked by Wang Wenlong to make paintings. These paintings would be published in the "Xun Bao" in the form of stereotypes.

"Do you really want to draw like this?" Zeng Jing was a little embarrassed when he picked up his pen. Wang Wenlong asked Zeng Jing to draw a total of five illustrations to match the three reports.

The first picture is of a baby girl who was abandoned in front of the baby tower, and the second picture is of the abandoned daughter who was disfigured and blinded after being found by her parents. Wang Wenlong asked Zeng Jing to paint the horrific appearance of the woman after she was disfigured, which is particularly realistic. At the same time, the woman is wearing luxurious clothes and sitting in a beautiful room, which makes the story even more lamentable. There is also an image of Mrs. Hu holding the baby girl with a sympathetic face.

It would cost nearly a hundred taels of silver to carve such a detailed painting, and the money would naturally come from the textile factory.

It's not expensive at all. It costs nearly fifty taels to publish a large-format advertisement in the "Xunbao" for three issues, and the publicity effect of these three soft articles is obviously better than that of a large-format advertisement.

(End of this chapter)