Chapter 222: The Second Young Master of the Self-Destructing Machine Company
Xingqiu's mouth twitched: "Although it's a bit confusing, or a bit strange, but I think I understand what it means."
"Well, it's okay, as long as you understand. I just want to say that it's not that easy to be the leader of the martial arts world. Otherwise, why would my family resign?"
Gu Sanqiu also sat down: "Okay, let's continue with the previous topic. If I remember correctly, it is related to the advertising screen?"
"Almost, never mind, almost is fine, we are all friends, please help me calculate how much time you can spare for my family."
Xingqiu waved his hand: "I earn a lot, so I will give you a lot when I bribe you."
"Xingqiu, Old Gu should not need the money you gave him as a bribe."
The corner of Chongyun's mouth twitched. What was this guy thinking about all day long? He actually talked about bribery so openly.
“It’s different.”
Xingqiu suddenly became serious: "But this guy definitely lacks the excitement and pleasure of accepting bribes."
"Yes, you understand me very well. You are worthy of being my childhood friend who did bad things with me."
Gu Sanqiu raised his drink and clinked glasses with Xingqiu.
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Chongyun began to believe what Xingqiu said. It was possible that Old Gu was not a good person in the conventional sense.
Think about what this guy looked like two nights ago.
Wearing white armor and holding a spear engraved with mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, clouds and dragons, the head of the Gu family fought against the evil spirit on the battlefield together with the Qianyan Army and the legendary demon-subduing great sage, or in other words, he held the evil spirit's head and beat him to death.
After this, it even aroused the thoughts of the people of Liyue Harbor, which turned into pure blessing power to pray for the Demon-Subduing Great Sage and restore his immortal name.
Based on these two points alone, it is not uncommon for one to say that this guy is a living immortal in the mortal world. At most, there will be some guys with not so bright brains who will secretly slander him.
But now, this guy actually toasted with his friends about his willingness to accept bribes. Chongyun suddenly felt that the world had become strange.
Chongyun is still unclear. If he knew that Gu Sanqiu not only aroused the public opinion of Liyue Port, but also included the power of Qingce Village, he might feel that the world is even more strange.
In other words, Chongyun might begin to suspect whether Gu Sanqiu had some strange schizophrenia.
“The use of the screen for advertising will probably have to be postponed for a while. After all, there is still work to be done with Xiao before that, and the official side also needs to see the actual effect of the screen.”
Gu Sanqiu refilled the drink: "Conservatively speaking, it should take about half a month. By then, I will be able to give you first-hand information. In this case, your family can prepare in advance."
"Prepare in advance?"
Xingqiu frowned and thought: "You mean, this form of advertising may be different from the previous ones?"
"Nonsense, how can the effect seen on the screen be the same as the effect written for people to see."
Gu Sanqiu explained: "For example, if I give you a secret scripture and ask you to spread it throughout the world, how do you think you can succeed?"
Chongyun reminded him, "Well, our lineage of practitioners has a very strict definition of secret scriptures. At least, they are those that contain hidden codes between words and require knowledgeable people to translate."
"You so-called practitioners are such a nuisance."
"There's nothing we can do. We all have to eat. After all, the secrets of our respective sects cannot be easily learned by anyone. Some methods can protect against gentlemen but not villains. However, those who have certain purposes will eventually be classified as villains."
Chongyun also shrugged: "It's the ability to settle down and make a living, just like the silk business you are in charge of, which also knows the secret recipe of silk making and the proportion of pigments."
Xingqiu held the drink cup in his hand and began to ponder, occasionally tapping the wall of the cup with his fingertips.
"Got it. I'll find someone who knows the subject to translate the whole thing for me. Then I can train some storytellers to teach more people in vernacular Chinese."
Xingqiu was very excited: "Although there are basically no illiterate people in Liyue now, those who want to reach the level of understanding the secret scriptures must be only a small number."
“If it is translated in its entirety, it will not only save costs, but also provide a wider range of choices for teachers.”
Xingqiu continued, "If you're worried that the translator I hired might have problems, I can hire a few more to help with the proofreading , and set up a reward and punishment mechanism to avoid errors."
"Well, that's about it."
Gu Sanqiu nodded: "The advertisements you put on the screen are of this type, more straightforward and easy to understand."
"For example, if you used to sell a long sword, you might advertise it as 'slicing iron like mud, blowing through hair' or something like that, but people would have to actually use it to know if it was true or not."
"Through the ads on the screen, whether you want to chop iron blocks or wooden stakes or even find a real person to fight, you can see more intuitively how powerful your weapons are. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Oh, I see. You mean we need to be responsible for producing the images displayed on the screen?"
"This is your job to make money. If not you, then who else will take the photos?"
Gu Sanqiu said: "However, after filming, it must be submitted to the authorities for review. This is also to avoid the appearance of vulgar content or dangerous remarks."
Xingqiu argued confidently: "How can those things be vulgar? They are a way for humans to explore their own desires!"
"When Keqing brings the Thousand Rocks Army to seize your family's assets, you will definitely not think so."
"Well, that's impossible."
Xingqiu smiled awkwardly: "If I use the convenience you gave me to do this kind of thing openly, big brother will kill me with a sword."
"That's good. However, the advertisements placed there need to be 'filmed', and the prop for this operation is a camera, which was sent from Fontaine."
"You should have it at home."
"No."
Xingqiu's expression suddenly turned flattering: "But it will be available soon, right Sanqiu?"
"Get lost."
Gu Sanqiu had a blank expression on his face: "Strictly speaking, this thing still needs to be regulated at this stage, otherwise it will easily cause trouble. I'm afraid that if I give you one, you'll make some big news for me."
"How could that be? Although I have a rather eccentric personality, I am also gifted in business. I will not do anything reckless."
Xingqiu explained: "When it comes to this, I can't really mix any dangerous official remarks into the advertisement, or some content that the general public would consider vulgar."
"You're still talking about the common people, as if you're not the common people."
Chongyun muttered.
"Huh?"
Xingqiu reacted: "You're not worried that I'll do something weird with the camera, are you?"
He patted Gu Sanqiu on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, this is completely different from what we described in words back then. If you really use a camera to do something like that, you need a real person, and that's illegal."
“…”
Gu Sanqiu glanced at Chongyun, who was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and then looked at Xingqiu, whose face suddenly stiffened.
"Think of a way to die. I allow you to choose your favorite way to die."
"Except for death of old age or death under the peony flowers."
