Chapter 263: Idar Daily and Merlin News Agency (Part 2)
There is a basic prerequisite for the large-scale distribution of newspapers in Idar Territory, which is the development and advancement of printing technology.
Otherwise,
If the copying was done solely by manpower, even if Bruno gathered together all the people who could spell in the entire Idar Territory, the daily circulation would still be a horrific number, not to mention a daily newspaper like the Idar Daily.
Fortunately, Mrs. Dalia doesn't need to worry about this.
Because as early as half a year ago, when the Qidian Orphanage was just established and Mr. Nicholas just began to educate children, a printing workshop was quietly established on the Golan Heights.
Whether it is the textbooks used in class at Double Point College or the Reference News distributed from time to time among Idar officials, these are all outputs of the Idar printing workshop.
The technology used in the printing workshop is the movable type printing that was well-known in the previous life. Through the brilliant points granted by the wonder construction system, movable type printing appeared on the land of Idar half a year ago.
However, since the readership of Reference News is not very wide and the update speed is extremely slow, even a large number of officials in Idar have never thought about why the words in Reference News seem to be carved from the same mold.
In their view, it is already very impressive to be able to publish one or two issues of newspapers and magazines a month by typing on the keyboard (crossing out) and copying words and sentences with both hands.
On the other hand, Mrs. Dalia's recruitment was going very smoothly.
Since Mr. Nicholas, the president of Two Point College, had a great interest in the publication of Idar Daily, he provided great convenience to Mrs. Dalia.
Most students who can spell words and sentences fluently are sent to the Merlin News Agency to serve as temporary editors or reporters, and this is called graduation internship, which is a mandatory assessment indicator for every qualified student.
This is not entirely for the purpose of fully exploiting the students' labor force. Through such hands-on practice, the students' comprehensive quality can indeed be greatly improved. In the process of compiling documents or conducting field interviews, students can more truly experience the changes that have taken place in Idar.
Nothing can be more real than putting yourself in someone's shoes.
This approach can not only greatly enhance students' love for Idar Territory and support the Stuart family's rule over Idar Territory, but also timely fill the current staff vacancies in Merlin News Agency, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Therefore, after a week of preparation and emergency training, the reporters of Merlin News Agency finally walked out of the Two Point Academy and ran back and forth in the streets and alleys of Idar City, collecting first-hand information from the people.
Part of this information will be published after screening, while the other part will even be placed on Bruno's desk to truly reflect the current situation of Idar County.
They corroborate the intelligence provided by the Idar CIA, allowing Bruno to have a clearer understanding of the actual situation in the Idar Territory.
A major point of view among the people of Idar was: Odin? Damn him! Although Bruno's propaganda had not yet begun to take effect, with the great victory of the Idar army in the first battle, the simple Idar people no longer regarded Odin as an unstoppable monster.
Even those refugees from the north who had personally experienced the brutality of the Odins had stronger confidence in the Idal regime under Bruno's leadership! In their view, since Idal was able to withstand the first wave of Odin's offensive at almost no cost, Idal might be able to keep the Odins out forever.
But what they didn't expect was...
As the magic rifles are gradually put into service, the Idar military, led by Bruno, will become even more radical...
At the same time,
The first draft of the Idar Daily was finally delivered to Bruno.
“Well done!”
When Bruno looked at it carefully, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Although compared with the eye-catching headlines in the previous life, the first issue of the Idar Daily draft seemed extremely plain and unpretentious, but for Mrs. Dalia, a complete novice, it was already extremely rare.
"This is all thanks to the Earl's guidance. Otherwise, how would I know how to layout a newspaper and collect news materials..."
Mrs. Dalia immediately gave her a compliment.
"Give the order and start preparing for printing."
Bruno gladly accepted Mrs. Dalia's flattery and nodded with satisfaction.
finally,
Following Bruno's order, the printing workshop, which had been silent for a long time, began to operate at full capacity.
It would take about a whole day from printing in the Gran Heights to distributing it to various places in Idar Territory.
therefore,
In the early morning of the second day, the first issue of Idar Daily, published by Merlin News Agency, finally appeared on the land of Idar Territory.
In preparation for this day, at Bruno's reminder, Mrs. Dalia specially recruited a large number of newsboys in Idar County.
Although Two Point Academy has been established on the south bank of the Idar River, it is undeniable that there are still a large number of children in the Idar Territory who have not gone to Two Point Academy to receive the most basic spelling and reading education.
Out of consideration for the actual situation in Idar County, Bruno had never thought of enforcing compulsory education for a few years in Idar County.
Because for many families that have lost their adult labor force, even the youngest children are a rare source of labor in the family.
They had to rely on their own hands to barely keep their family alive, and lived a hard life relying on their limited labor and the relief funds given by Bruno.
In addition, they still have relatives who are still alive, so these children do not meet the criteria for being accepted by the Qidian Orphanage.
But even so, their lives have become much better than before. After all... looking at their increasing income and the better Idar Territory, they gradually have hope in their hearts.
Now, the publication of Idar Daily has provided a new job opportunity for these children who have not been benefited by the policy. Although it will still be hard work, they no longer have to carry their weak bodies to join the production team.
When piles of newspapers that still smelled of ink were distributed to newsboys by the news agency employees, childish voices finally rang out in various places in Idar County.
"Selling newspapers!"
Preparing for the exam, no update tomorrow, sorry~ (End of this chapter)
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