Scene 221 Fiction Magazine(1/2)
Some people say that stories are people’s first needs.
The reason why humans are humans transcend other animals is that humans can imagine fictional things.
Whether it is the promotional focus of "monopoly" "get rich overnight" or the promotion of Lincoln's chicken soup, it is actually telling stories.
However, what Blair didn't expect was.
The story of gas engines and power equipment is actually sold so well.
Even several groups of readers went to newspapers in different regions to make proposals, proposing that they should see more things related to science and technology.
However, when the information was summarized here, Blair was difficult for it.
Because that not long article has already said everything I want to say.
This itself is a publicity task issued by Doug. Now that the publicity task has been completed, it may involve commercial secrets.
"I really don't know how to do it. They always want to see more science and technology-related content. But they can't understand it even if they are advanced. Is there any good way?" Blair asked Doug.
Although Blair is already a person who stands alone.
However, he suffered from Doug dependence.
Once he encountered any difficult things, he had the urge to ask Doug.
However, most of the time, his impulse was suppressed by him before he could do it.
Because he knew that too much disturbance to Doug would only make him feel incompetent.
Is an incompetent person suitable to sit in the position of the president and editor-in-chief of the American Press Group?
No, not suitable.
Therefore, he will find Doug only when encountering very sharp things.
Doug can give some methods that he could not imagine but are extremely easy to implement for every problem he had.
This time, Doug's answer was, "Why not try science fiction?"
"Science fiction?" Blair asked.
"Science-based fantasy novels," Doug explained.
Unlike Chinese, it is not difficult to achieve a daily conversation level in English.
However, when it comes to some proper nouns, it is very tormenting.
Even in some professional exams that require a lot of professional vocabulary, professional dictionaries can even be brought into the examination room.
Therefore, Blair couldn't understand what the science fiction novel that Doug mentioned was.
Doug's best explanation is to describe this concept in longer but more common words.
This time Blair understood, and he immediately adopted Doug's first statement and asked, "Science fiction? Novels are good...but... are they what they want to read?"
"Do you think they are looking at the real development of a certain field?" Doug put down the newspaper in his hand and said, "No, no, no. You are too respectful to those who read our newspapers. Just like I just mentioned the concept of science fiction, you didn't understand it for a while. So, there are always some professional words in professional matters. Can readers understand it?
If they can't understand, do you want to explain it in more layouts than the main text?
Is this dry thing interesting?
Will readers like to read it?
No, they won't.
You may feel that I am very arbitrary now.
But, Blair, you sit here.
Look, this is the newspaper that published "Ranking and Electricity" that day.
If you take a closer look at "Burning and Electricity", where is its core? Is it the scientific knowledge that readers think, or the satisfaction that they can gain through these "scientific knowledge."
Blair picked up the newspaper and read it carefully, and he looked it carefully again.
I found that the scientific knowledge mentioned in this report is indeed very simple and almost no professional vocabulary is used.
However, compared with this, more of it is to imagine the future.
Imagine what kind of world it would be with internal combustion engines and electricity.
In this article, it is predicted that the future internal combustion engine will have the power of dozens or even hundreds of horses.
You know, in reality, there are only eight horses with the most horses.
The specifications of eight horses are almost worthy of the Queen of England.
Because, this is not just a matter of car width.
It also means that these horses must have similar personalities, similar heights, and similar postures.
In this way, there will be no trouble.
And such a carriage drawn by eight horses is, in a sense, a symbol of identity.
Symbol of noble identity.
The article "Burning and Electricity" says that in the future, almost everyone can have an internal combustion engine with dozens or hundreds of horsepower.
Doesn’t this mean, “I will be very noble one day?”
Readers will feel an abnormal sense of satisfaction at this time.
However, he felt that his satisfaction came from more advanced science and technology. But in fact, their satisfaction came from the point of "I am more noble than the queen."
Blair has read this article "Rain and Electricity" for more than fifty times before, but he has never discovered this. Now, under Doug's guidance, he discovered this and immediately felt that he had seen a new world.
And this new world also provides solutions to the difficulties he is currently facing.
So, what difficulties has he encountered now?
The difficulty he encountered was that the huge American newspaper group had no way to expand even more after expanding to this level.
Even the advantages that news can be reported in various places have become disadvantages to some extent.
Because the news is real, people who read the news are not so much looking at the letters on it, but rather looking for news related to rain themselves.
Just like, the reports of New Haven Hotels will attract the attention of people who have been to New Haven Hotels.
However, people who have never been there are indifferent to this.
Therefore, in Detroit, reporting on what happened in New Haven, people in Detroit would not be interested.
The rapidly expanding American newspaper group is far inferior to the newspapers that have been working here for many years due to various reasons.
After the initial panic, those newspapers gradually became able to confront the US newspaper group.
What Blair has a headache for now is this counterattack force.
For these counterattack forces, the US Press Group may be a behemoth.
But, for the American Press Group.
Countless tabloids fought back together, but it couldn't bear it.
However, the American Press Group encountered relatively big problems in non-fiction writing.
But now, the virtual writing proposed by Doug can completely solve the current problem.
Even the scientific imaginations carried out in "Rizing and Electricity" are highly universal.
Compared to a small thing happening in a certain city, people may be more concerned about the future.
Care about what kind of life you will live in the future.
And when they are attracted by this fictional imagination, they will gain satisfaction.
In this way, they settled down and became readers of the American Press Group.
The disadvantages of the US newspaper group's previous stadium can also be turned into advantages.
Because, not every story creation is excellent.
If, those tabloids intend to fight back.
However, their coverage is too small, and there are not enough excellent creators.
However, for the American Press Group, any place it covers or any person who has done any story creation may be delivered to readers of the American Press Group.
Because, compared with ordinary news reports, fictional writing is more likely to attract the concern of people in different backgrounds and regions.
If this step can be truly taken, the US Press Group will really gain a foothold.
"I understand, I'll do it now." Blair, who felt more excited as he thought about it, immediately went to work.
And Doug had no intention of blaming such a false aphorism.
Even if he was asked to choose a group of polite people and a group of people who could work, he would rather choose someone who could work.
Of course, many times it is not either this or that.
However, Doug prefers people who can work.
In fact, the article "Rain and Electricity" was drafted by Doug.
To be continued...