Chapter 565 Time Magazine

In order to fabricate news, Claire took Qin to take a photo.

During dinner, Gwen stood pitifully in the corner, holding a camera.

"Take a side profile photo, the kind that you can't see the real person, the blurrier the better."

Facing the tyranny of the sister-in-law, Gwen did not dare to resist and acted as a tool.

After taking a few photos, the photos were developed in the time it took to eat.

Claire chose a satisfactory one: "Not bad, this one has good skills, Gwen... I'll reward you with an extra half an hour of fun before you go back to the palace."

Gwen squeezed out an ugly smile, and she wanted to go back and complain now.

Qin took the photo and frowned.

Gwen's skills... hard to describe.

There was a problem with the focus, so the photo was blurry, and those who didn't know would think it was an impressionist oil painting.

In short, it was barely possible to see that two people were sitting face to face, and nothing else could be seen clearly.

But this is also good, perfectly meeting the requirements of being low-key.

Qin held Claire's hand and sprinkled dog food in front of Gwen: "Wait another year, until I come of age."

Sixteen years old, in this era, is the time to set up a family.

Derrick was this age and went out to serve in the Knights for two and a half years.

Claire nodded, calculating the time, it was about the same, a year of hype, and then a big news, perfect.

Of course, she was helpless.

It's too difficult to start the first magazine.

First, make a gossip entertainment magazine, open up the market, and then launch other types of magazines one after another, so that there is a way to survive.

The two of them are very tacit, and the rest doesn't need much.

Poor Gwen didn't eat enough, but she ate a lot of dog food.

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At Time Magazine, when the editor got the final draft, he was in front of black.

The front page was left to the president, and it was the first time he saw the full version.

It's just...will he really not be arrested for doing this?

This blurry photo, in his opinion, was just taken casually by Claire.

As for the whole article, from his professional level, it was also completely devoid of substance.

The whole article was full of words like "maybe", "probably", "speculation" and so on, and there was no truth at all.

Is this news?

The editor found Claire with the final draft, and was a little angry: "President, your article is unqualified, very unqualified. News should be true. What is the difference between this and those black newspapers?"

"Who told you that this is news?" Claire asked back, "Our magazine is positioned as gossip entertainment, understand?

Survive first, then you can launch newspapers, serious literary magazines, and realize your ambitions.

It's that simple, do it if you can understand it, and do it if you can't understand it, listen to me."

Claire easily convinced the other party, mainly because this idealistic alumnus... couldn't find a job for the time being.

So, this magazine, which seemed absurd and unreasonable to most journalists in this era, began to be printed urgently.

It wasn't until the sample issue landed that the editor realized that he had forgotten to ask the most critical question. Wouldn't he be arrested if he sent out this kind of article?

In fact, newspapers have been developed for several years, and various small newspapers that have taken a different approach have appeared.

They just didn't know how to handle the situation well, so a group of them were arrested and a group of them were imprisoned.

But it was only a matter of time before gossip and entertainment newspapers appeared.

Claire was keenly aware of this market and opened a new track, not competing with the fiercely competitive newspapers.

The first sample issue, except for the cover and the main content with painted illustrations, the quality of most of the paper can only be said to be average.

But overall, it is still solid.

At least the appearance will not be a drag.

On the cover, the huge color title is very eye-catching: The eldest prince Qin Mi meets his girlfriend.

Who is the royal daughter-in-law?

Who is the most likely candidate for the top ten imperial concubines?

Rows of sensational headlines filled the blank space on the cover, and in the middle was the impressionist photo.

I have to admit that the editor had an urge to take a look at the magazine when he took it in his hand.

"Damn it, this is a blasphemy against art. How could I have such a depraved idea?"

He slapped himself hard on the face a few times, then handed the sample issue to Claire.

While Claire was checking, he hesitated for a long time and finally asked: "Boss, we won't be arrested for spreading rumors like this, right?"

Claire saw the senior's cautious look and comforted him, "Don't worry, I have someone above me, I can handle it."

The senior editor hesitated, he wanted to say who could handle this kind of thing?

But thinking about the fact that the president took him in when he was down and out, he was embarrassed to speak up, just like he was afraid of death.

When he was sent out to supervise, he didn't come up with a good solution, and finally he could only break the jar and break it.

If he could really let go, he wouldn't be like this.

So the whole Sunday, Time magazine was preparing for stock.

Claire prepared 10,000 magazines in the first batch and put them in the five districts of Pulan City.

This number is actually very large. Taking newspapers as an example, there are definitely no more than 20 newspapers with sales of more than 10,000 copies in Pulan City.

This is still the imperial capital, and the proportion of reading and reading newspapers is very high.

But Claire didn't think he would lose money. At worst, he could sell them slowly and sell them as collector's editions in the future, and he could always recover the cost.

In fact, she even thought that she might create a hit.

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On Monday, newspaper owner Old Jack opened the door early as usual.

Soon, the employees of the Imperial Post drove a horse-drawn carriage and delivered today's newspapers.

"Old Jack, this is today's quantity. There are also thirty copies of this Time Entertainment Magazine. The higher-ups are forcing you to sell three issues and return the rest to me next Monday."

When Old Jack heard this, he muttered in dissatisfaction: "Another small newspaper? It has been forcibly distributed three times this month."

The postal employee pretended not to hear it. In fact, he was also at fault for this matter.

But what can a grassroots employee do about the things decided by the higher-ups?

Old Jack did not continue to nag, but helped to move the newspapers in, dragging his lame leg to work.

He was a veteran who retired from the battlefield and had a subsidized salary. The Empire also arranged this small business for him.

Otherwise, this place is less than one kilometer away from the palace, occupying a passage in and out, how could it be the turn of ordinary people to sell newspapers.

After sorting and putting away other newspapers as usual, Old Jack took out the magazines that were forced to sell.

The book-like magazines were novel, and the colorful covers were also very attractive.

Old Jack learned to read very late, so it was a bit difficult for him to read: "The eldest prince Qin... secretly met with a mysterious woman?"

He became interested. As a veteran of His Majesty, he was very concerned about His Majesty's family affairs.

Once Old Jack started reading, he forgot the time until Director Smith passed by and called him: "Old Jack, what are you so fascinated by? Give me a copy of that Time Entertainment magazine, it should be out today."