The entire Ming Dynasty Morning Post is extremely busy. Here in the printing factory, the printing workers are working hard to print out newspapers one after another. They have been busy for two days and have printed almost 10,000 newspapers so far.
Tomorrow is the day when the first issue of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post will be discovered. Early tomorrow morning, these newspapers will appear in everyone's sight. For this matter, they have been busy these days, working overtime day and night, rushing to finish the work.
"Hurry up, hurry up~"
"These five thousand newspapers must be delivered to Tianjin before dawn tomorrow~"
Zhang Xian, who was responsible for managing this matter, was sweating profusely.
He had just finished inspecting the printing of the newspaper, and he immediately came to the Ming Morning News in the capital. In the courtyard, a hundred recruited children, each only eleven or twelve years old, were all using very
Watching with immature eyes, listening carefully to what the person above said.
"Tomorrow morning, each of you will carry a newspaper and go to the streets to deliver newspapers. Each of you will have fifty newspapers. This newspaper will mainly be given to some teahouses, pubs, restaurants and some wealthy families. After delivering fifty newspapers, you can
Come to me and receive the reward, fifteen cents per person!"
"Do you all understand?"
Jiang Chao, who was in charge of this matter, said to these newsboys.
In this era, there are still only a few children who can afford to go to school. Most of the children have no education. I heard that the Ming Dynasty Morning Post is recruiting some newsboys. The parents of these children are very excited. Children can also make money. This is for
It is very important for ordinary people's families, because it means they will have an extra income in the future.
"I understand~"
These children all nodded and replied in unison.
"Okay, then let me tell you how to sell these newspapers. We give away the first few issues for free, but in the end, our newspapers will be sold."
"We sell this newspaper for five cents. The more you sell it, the more money you can get. If you sell two copies, you can get one cent. So next, you must study hard and listen well.
This way you can make more money.”
Jiang Chao nodded with satisfaction, and then began to teach these newsboys the skills of selling newspapers. Of course, this was also taught to him by Liu Jin.
"When you go to sell newspapers tomorrow, you must shout out loudly. As you walk, hold the newspapers in your hands and wave them, and at the same time shout loudly, "Sell newspapers, sell newspapers~"
Jiang Chao took out a newspaper and demonstrated it while talking to the newsboys.
"Come on, you all learn a lesson~"
"Sell newspapers~ sell newspapers~"
Many newsboys also shouted out in unison, raising their hands and shaking them, learning in a good way. Children's learning ability is very powerful.
"Next, you have to memorize some important news. For example, the first issue we will publish tomorrow will have two main news. One is the Tatars' seizure of the border and the invasion of Gansu and Shaanxi by soldiers. The other is Southwest
The chieftains rebelled, and the imperial court made great achievements in the mountain camp."
"So when you shout, you should shout like this."
"Newspapers are being sold, newspapers are being sold, the Tatars are seizing the customs, and soldiers are invading Gansu and Shaanxi~"
"In other words, if you sell newspapers, if you sell newspapers, the chieftains in the southwest will rebel, and the imperial court will make great achievements in the mountainous areas~"
"When you shout like this, everyone will immediately know what news this issue of the newspaper mainly contains, so that everyone can spend money to buy your newspaper."
"Does everyone understand?"
Jiang Chao taught these newsboys very patiently.
"I understand~"
When the newsboys heard this, they nodded quickly and said.
"Okay then, come out and show everyone how to do it."
Jiang Chao nodded, then pointed to the newsboy at the front and said, this newsboy was a bit small and timid, so he was named by Jiang Chao.
He also stood up tremblingly, a little at a loss.
"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers~"
"The Tatars seized the pass and invaded Gansu and Shaanxi~"
It was the first time that Wang Tiedan spoke in front of so many people. He seemed very scared and his voice was very low, but he remembered Jiang Chao's words firmly.
"Well, it's good. It's just that the voice is too quiet. Let's make it louder."
Jiang Chao nodded and said.
When Wang Tiedan heard this, he gritted his teeth and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"That's right. When you sell newspapers tomorrow, you should shout like this. The louder the better, the more people know about it, the better. In this way, your newspapers will sell well and you can make more money.
, when you have money, you can buy what you like to eat and what you want to buy.”
"Does everyone understand?"
Jiang Chao was very satisfied at this moment and started to warn the newsboys again.
"I understand~"
Everyone hurriedly said in unison.
"Okay, you guys should practice well here first, practice, and don't make everyone wet their pants in fear when you go out to sell newspapers tomorrow, or you will be laughed at."
Jiang Chao smiled and left without saying a word. He was also very busy and had many things to do.
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"Sir, this is the first issue of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post we just printed. Please take a look."
Zhang Xian, Bao Jiwen, Ou Yangguang and others came to see Liu Jin and respectfully showed Liu Jin the copy of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post that had just been printed today.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work. I'll let you know, and everyone's moonlight will be doubled this month."
Liu Jin took the newspaper and looked at their red eyes.
In the past few days, they have all been very busy and busy. It is much more difficult to publish newspapers in this era than in later generations, and they have encountered various difficulties.
Just for the layout and printing of this newspaper, there were a lot of things that happened. For these things, these people have been busy for several days, and then they got the first newspaper out.
"Thank you, sir~"
When everyone heard this, they were immediately overjoyed. Everyone's enthusiasm for the moon was already very high, but it doubled this time. They immediately felt that the efforts and sweat these days were worth it.
"Hmm~"
Liu Jin nodded. Liu Jin didn't intend to make money when he opened the Tomorrow Morning News. Now he is spending a lot of money. If he can publish advertisements in the future, he can maintain daily expenses and operations.
This newspaper sells for 5 cents, and now there are 10,000 copies of one issue. Even if all are sold, it is only 50,000 cents, which is a matter of dozens of miles of silver. Liu Jin will definitely make money from this.
It's a loss to my grandma's family.
Liu Jin picked up the newspaper and read it carefully.
There are only two newspapers. Compared with the four, five, or even seven or eight newspapers in later generations, they are still very few. The main reason is that it is too difficult to collect news materials in this era. Transportation and communication are inconvenient. The collection of news materials is
, Liu Jin felt that he still had to work hard and spend real money to cultivate a large team of journalists, and then let these go deep into every corner of the Ming Dynasty to collect news materials.
Otherwise, this Ming Dynasty Morning Post might become a Ming Dynasty Weekly, Monthly or something like that, because there is no news for you to publish the newspaper every day.
In addition to being relatively short in length, the characters on this newspaper are also printed in large sizes. If newspapers in later generations printed size 5 characters, then the characters in this newspaper are basically size 3 characters, which are relatively large.
Mainly for printing reasons, the printing technology is immature.
There is definitely no way to make the printed characters too small. More importantly, the characters at this time are still traditional Chinese characters. If they are too small, there is no way to print them. The only way is to make the characters larger, so that they can be printed more clearly.
come out.
In terms of typesetting and art, it is far from being compared with later generations. The frames on the newspaper are all straight lines, and there are no patterns or the like. As for the pictures, there are no pictures at all. This is too troublesome and the cost is too high.
It's not realistic at all, so it's all just words,
As for some headlines, important news and the like, they are all placed in conspicuous positions just like later generations. They are also printed in larger fonts, so that people can focus on the key points when they read it.
Attract attention.
The font chosen is block letters, which are the most convenient for printing and reading. The rows and columns are the same as in later generations, from left to right and top to bottom, which is different from the habits of this era.
The writing habit of this era is to write from right to left, column by column, and there are no punctuation marks, etc. When reading, you must first get used to reading sentences, otherwise it will look very difficult.
But this newspaper is different. It uses a lot of vernacular and punctuation marks. Even people who can't read sentences will not hinder their reading. They can read the newspaper smoothly and clearly understand all the news content conveyed in the newspaper.
There is another difference between newspapers and newspapers of later generations. This is due to printing technology and of course the paper. In order to reduce costs, the paper used in newspapers is of poor quality. If the printing technology and ink are not up to standard, there is no way to do it.
It is printed on both sides, so there is only one side.
A newspaper only has content on the front side, and the north side is blank without any content.
Generally speaking, there is still a big difference between this newspaper and the newspapers of later generations, but it is very good to be able to produce such a newspaper in this era.
And this is just the beginning, and it can be continuously improved and improved in the future.
"Not bad, not bad~"
After reading it carefully from beginning to end, Liu Jin nodded with satisfaction.
Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhang Xian, Bao Jiwen, Ou Yangguang and others also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, nothing more happened on Liu Jin's side. Otherwise, if they changed it again, they would not be able to rest tonight.
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"Let's all get busy. Tomorrow is the day when the first issue of our tomorrow morning newspaper is published. Everyone should do their job well and don't make any trouble. Everything is difficult at the beginning, but it will get easier and easier in the future."