In the industrial age, commodities were produced at an unimaginable rate by the ancients, especially some products with very strong timeliness, such as news and newspapers, which had long been adapted to the cruel market competition.

From writing, typography, printing, distribution and sales... this industrial chain has long been quite mature. If you ask why it matures so quickly, the reason is very simple, but it is just because huge profits are contained in it.

At the end of the 19th century, the status of newspapers was almost equivalent to the world's top portals and search engines in the 21st century. In this era, newspapers had controlled the channels for people to receive information and even influenced people's judgments.

Can such an industry not make money? Almost all newspaper giants in this era are famous figures on the global wealth rankings!

Such a profitable industry will naturally allow investors to invest heavily, and more capital and manpower will naturally make the industry's efficiency faster and faster.

One and a half hours after the Duke of Newcastle's telegram arrived at the Imperial Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's residence, a large number of outgoings had already flowed out of the streets of London.

The newspaper boys with double salary were running wildly on the streets, and the numbers outside their hands were shaking like battle flags!

"Extra! Extra! Important Extra!"

"The French Joint Fleet broke out in the Eastern Friesian Islands, the Chinese and Prussian warships... The naval battle lasted for twelve hours... The battle was fierce..."

These newspaper boys obviously understand marketing psychology. They shouted for a long time but didn't say what the result was. Moreover, the sales of such numbers are different from the daily sales of newspapers.

On weekdays, they have to carefully observe the gentlemen on the street, try to deliver them to them, begging others to buy them.

But the number position is different. What is released here is shocking news. At this time, we have to change our previous sales strategy and make a big reversal.

The newspaper boy ran back and forth on the street, shouting but he didn't stop. If you were anxious, then hurry up and buy it.

Not to mention, the more they sell like this, the more arrogant the gentlemen who are usually arrogant, the more they are. When they see the newspaper boy running past, they put down their figure and chased after him.

"Wait a minute... Give me one... how much, how much..."

"Mr. Penny... Don't think it's expensive. What you bought is a first-hand extra. You will know the results of the battle earlier than others!"

"Give it to you..." A shining coin flew into the hands of the newspaper boy, and the ink that had not yet dried fell into the hands of the readers.

"The Battle of East Frisia... The Zhiyuan fought alone... pierced the French Joint Fleet battle formation... bombarded the French Army on Spike Island?"

"God! Are there any pictures here?"

The Times's illustrator completed the drawing of the naval battle with his imagination alone, and of course, it was mixed with many of his own imaginations.

On the black ink print, the golden dragon on the head of the ship Zhiyuan was magnified several times, and the entire ironclad ship pierced the waves like a deep-sea beast and rushed over.

The French warship was obviously smaller, and the deck was full of ugly and frightened expressions of French sailors!

The cannons were bombing, and the French army was bombed in a mess!

It can be seen from a simple illustration that Britain, France and the people are indeed not in dealing with each other. For hundreds of years, Britain and France have always been direct competitors, and the two countries are in confrontation in many aspects.

Because of the existence of direct competition, there is a serious mutual exclusion, ridicule and even hostility among the people!

I'm afraid that if the civil relations between Britain and France want to become friendly, they have to wait for the rise of the Second German Empire! Only when another group that threatens Britain appears will the image of the French be improved a lot.

In addition, Xiao Letian's continuous cultural publicity also played a great role. The series of reports on the Oriental for more than a year, coupled with the Xiao Letian Ethnic Group's good deeds and virtues in London and the generous donations, which made the Chinese people's reputation very good in London.

As one goes up and down, the public opinion in London is a bit biased towards the Chinese.

From the outside, we can see that the editors and illustrators are still in the hearts of the Chinese, and there is a big component of the report.

How can we not be too stubborn? These media people have paid a lot of Xiao Letian's car and horse fees. Almost every time they come to interview the Chinese, they can eventually reimburse a large car and horse fee.

The shortest thing to eat others is, this is a common problem among all mankind!

"Zhiyuan sank one ship and seriously injure three ships? Good, is this an April Fool's Day joke?"

"The Zhiyuan was shot more than a hundred times, but it was still unscathed? The main armor did not even explode a hole?"

"After a twelve-hour naval battle, the main structure of the Zhiyuan was not damaged at all, but the auxiliary armor and the structure on the deck were damaged?"

"Does the 210 caliber cannon lose its combat power by blowing it up?"

"Impossible, this is impossible! It must be an April Fool's Day joke!"

No one who bought a foreigner could believe his eyes and shook his head and shouted.

"Look at it below... The battle has reached this morning. Suddenly, the entire Prussian Navy was dispatched and completely defeated Hoff's joint fleet under the leadership of the sister ship Zhiyuan..."

"The Zhiyuan actually has a sister ship? The Prussians actually secretly imitated one..."

"Why are our intelligence unaware of it? How did the Prussians hide it from us? What are the people in the Navy doing?"

"All 30,000 French troops surrendered! They were put into prisoners of war camp in front of the Duke of Newcastle! At this moment, Spicy Island has become a Prussian prisoner of war camp!"

"Fake news! This must be fake news!"

As more and more numbers were sold, more and more people were reversing their emotions. The hearts of investors who were just drinking fine wine to celebrate the escape from the top suddenly fell from the sky to hell.

"Fake... these newspapers talk nonsense every day..." The drunk investor angrily tore the number position to pieces.

But some people cry and some people laugh. The investors who did not succeed in escaping today laughed excitedly!

"Haha...haha...miracle! Miracle! The French Combined Fleet lost...and it was a crazy loss!"

"We have saved it, we have saved it! Hahaha... Double it, we will make double the profit tomorrow. God loves me! Praise you God!"

"Don't dream, this is fake news! That's a whole joint fleet of France! How could it be defeated by a warship?"

"You know nothing! What you said outside the zodiac is very clear. Zhiyuan is a cross-age warship, and its design theory completely transcends this era..."

"From today, the design style of Zhiyuan will become a benchmark for global warships! All warships will have to be designed and produced in accordance with this principle!"

“High protection, high firepower, high tonnage!”

"Do you understand that caliber is justice? Chinese head of state Xiao Letian said in an interview that caliber is justice!"

"The axiom is only within the range of the cannon! Do you understand!"

"You fart!" The angry investor went up and fisted. "Xiao Letian is a liar! This is also a lie outside of the number! They cannot win, they cannot..."

People will quickly become beasts in front of money. They just toasted like gentlemen at the tavern table, but in the blink of an eye, when they found that their dreams were shattered, they were hysterical and refused to face reality.
Chapter completed!