It's the age of cyber, and you're still a traditional villain?

Chapter 285 The boomerang of childhood finally hits me in the head
"What's wrong? In a panic?"

Unlike his stupid apprentice who was panicking, Xu Shi stayed as calm as possible.

"Master, it's a newspaper..."

Pan Ling held a thick stack of various broadsheets and tabloids, her face uncontrollably anxious.

“What’s all the fuss about in the newspapers?”

Xu Shi laughed, "On the first day you saw them slandering you as a teacher?"

The newspaper industry in the Hualan Empire is actually quite rich. The royal family and the Holy See have their own official newspapers, and there are also various tabloids flying all over the sky. Strictly speaking, the latter is not allowed by law, but after several bans on both sides, It was found that it could not be eradicated, and in the end it could only be allowed to run wild, becoming a secret that was no longer a secret.

Since the day when the Poseidon Stone transaction was launched, reports about Xu Shi, a guy who gradually entered the public eye, have not stopped.

The content of the reports has been mixed with praise and criticism - during the Poseidon Stone trading period, some people praised it for bringing economic prosperity, while others accused it of speculating and disrupting the market.

After all the fuss, it calmed down for a while - it's not that no one scolded it, it's just that both the royal family and the Holy See were involved at the time, and scolding them all equals everything. Xu Shi reached cooperation with the royal family very quickly, and the final public opinion could only be Let it go.

Now that the Mao Mao Cult is on the rise, he, the leader and the new emperor master, is going to be fired again, but this time he has received mostly positive reviews. Who asked him to pay everyone... The so-called negative, then Focus more on tidbits.

For example, he has a deep love for his concubine with his eldest wife, Jiang Chengchenglang, and his deep love with his second wife, Xia Wuyou, and his wife. Of course, what people like to watch more is the story between him and the guard surnamed Shen who is suspected to be his sister, and the unforgettable relationship between him and his beloved disciple. Tell a story or something...

Those who are bolder will even hint that there may be something going on between him, the leader of the Cat Cult, and Xia Keyan, the saint of the Cat Cult. Those who are more courageous will even vaguely describe his relationship with the current little empire. The relationship between the queens...

There is a saying that it was a big deal for a report that dared to involve the latter to be published once. Later, the royal family attacked with an iron fist, and the only remaining issue was even sold at a sky-high price.

As for the former, it was quickly confirmed that the relationship between the two is probably that of father and daughter.

After everyone found out, they didn’t say anything, but instead became even more excited.

It can be seen that most of the newspapers that can publish these two topics are not serious newspapers, so the public just reads them for fun.

Only Xu Shi's own people here know that these are actually quite true... The content is of course not entirely relevant, but the tone really doesn't deviate much.

So, if you insist on saying it, it doesn’t seem to be slander?
However, he is a thick-skinned person, and he has been completely immune to these things as early as in Night Sin City. His only role is to educate his stupid apprentice who has no ability to resist the suppression of public opinion, and tell her that there are so many good and bad things about being popular. Learn to take it in stride.

Pan Ling vaguely remembered that her master was still lamenting, "Why did I become a Russian monster monk inexplicably?" She was quite curious at that time?What kind of character is that?
The bad master said not to inquire about this matter. If you have such leisure, it is better to drink two more glasses of milk.

So until now, she doesn't know where Russia is specifically, or whether it got such a name because of its good geese.

The master said no, if so it should be called Goose City.

but.

Now is not the time to think about such silly questions.

"No, no..."

The silly disciple came back to his senses and said seriously, "Actually, these reports have become a bit strange since yesterday..."

"Ok?"

Xu Shi took it curiously, took a quick look and discovered the problem.

Because of the reports in the past two days, the focus has changed.

"Shock!The current emperor's master was swallowed by the sea god together with his wife?I am afraid that I have become a vassal of the demon! 》

"Cat Cult?"Poseidon Cult! 》

"Three views are destroyed!"The royal family actually interacted with..."

Take out a good-selling one at random, and all you will see are headlines like this. Naturally, the records are all about Xu Shi and Xie Qingyan's crusade against Poseidon.

According to the above nonsense, ah no, it is a reasonable guess that people swallowed by the Poseidon are unlikely to survive. Then the two Xu Shi who survived are naturally no longer human beings, but bodies parasitized by the Poseidon.

Poseidon was jealous of humans and drove him to extinction, so he used various methods to take revenge.

The Poseidon Stone transaction is a lesson, and the Holy Fire Cat Cult is a trick to manipulate people's hearts, with the purpose of completely destroying the entire Hualan Empire.

And today's royal family has been infiltrated and bewitched, which is the best proof.

Without even thinking about it, I knew who was behind all this.

Apparently the Holy See couldn't sit still and began to use this method to create panic.

"...This is too much! Who is slandering my brother behind his back?"

Shen Qin was not on duty today. After seeing the above content, he became furious. He picked up the knife and prepared to go out to teach these blind things a lesson.

"Little Qin."

Xu Shi stopped her, "Don't be impulsive."

He was still very calm, although he also felt that this matter was excessive.

Just, how should I put it, it’s really too much.

Because I thought that he used this method to put pressure on the "Forgotten One" a year ago, but now the boomerang comes back?
Of course, seeing that the leader of the "Forgotten Ones" is now indignantly avenging himself, it seems that the effect of the program is more important than the effect of public opinion.

This made Xu Shi, who had a fragile heart, unable to hold back for a moment and laughed out loud.

"You...brother, you are still smiling!"

Shen Qin was very angry when he saw this, "Brother, you have such a good temper that you let them bully you so unscrupulously!"

Sorry, I really can't help it... Xu Shi cleared his throat awkwardly, looked at his good sister who had completely gone the silly girl route and never looked back, and comforted her in turn.

"It doesn't matter. What can this little thing do to your brother and me?"

He waved his hand and said, "The point is not here, but the follow-up effects these reports will bring."

There is a saying that the Hualan Empire's newspaper industry is very developed, but I would like to say that their ability to manipulate public opinion may not be as good as mine - no matter what I did before, I would send Su Lin to find a good brother afterwards. It is a habit of life for Qi Maoyang to occupy the moral high ground first, and he has long been accustomed to this.

So he didn't look down on the media system here at all before. Public opinion and everything else were just carried out by others. When something was done, there would naturally be people to help publicize it. Why bother?

But for the people of the empire, this trick is still very effective.

Especially when most of these things are true - as we all know, the same sentence will have different effects if said in different ways. Just like the Poseidon Stone transaction, at best, it is for the benefit of the family. It is often said that it has become a "Poseidon's lesson", even if the Holy Fire Cat Cult is so beneficial to the country and the people, it cannot be spared.

However, I still have to say that Xu Shi was not taken over by the Poseidon to live in. This is pure slander. I hereby clarify it and hope everyone will keep their eyes open.

But no matter what, the shock caused by it will not be small. Originally, the Maomao Cult was not yet firmly established, but now it is so smeared, even if it is canonized as a state religion by the royal family, it is impossible not to be affected.

Because even the royal family has been brought in, this is a very dangerous signal, which means that the Holy See is going to fight to the death.

Otherwise, they don't have to involve the royal family and just focus on themselves, right?

It was obvious that he had made them a little bit overwhelmed by boiling frogs in warm water before, and now he just wanted to strangle himself in the cradle, and maybe ask the sun and moon to change the sky to avoid future troubles.

"When will our ship arrive?"

After sorting out the cause and effect, Xu Shi rubbed his temples tiredly, "Don't tell me it's today."

No one answered his question. Apparently the cargo ship docked today.

Otherwise, why would these news break out in these days?Of course, it was to disrupt his position to the greatest extent, so that he would be distracted and unable to do anything else.

"Then hurry up and get ready."

Fortunately, Xu Shi didn't get upset because of this, and quickly recovered and made arrangements. "Xiaoling Xiaofeng, you two go to the church with Ke'an. Public opinion will inevitably affect the Maomao Cult, and the saint needs to step in to stabilize it."

"Xiaoqin, go to the palace and don't expose your whereabouts. If anything unusual happens there, report it to me in time."

"Wuyou and I are going to the dock. We have to watch our cargo ship dock safely."

"Chengcheng, you are not good at fighting. Stay at home at this time... No, you should stay with me."

"Master, thank you, Master..."

Pan Ling couldn't help but ask.

"There is no other way. At this time, we must stagger her first."

Xu Shi gritted his teeth and said helplessly, "The Vatican has made it clear that they are using her as a breakthrough point and cannot give them this opportunity."

This is true. Others are not affected by these reports, but Xie Qingyan may not be.

With her current mental state, it would be considered a success if she could see this kind of thing without going crazy, not to mention that the Vatican was quite petty and allowed some of the tabloids to remain intact.

Now there is even a comparison - if it were someone else, he would be loving and affectionate for a long time, but with her, he would be a monster with ulterior motives.

Nowadays, Xie Qingyan is so jealous that her hair will explode when she sees herself getting close to others. You can imagine how lethal these things are to her.

Fortunately, she is not here right now - since the Cold War, except for necessary contacts, she doesn't even want to see Xu Shi. She either locks herself in the room or takes Ye Shanshan to who knows where.

Her situation today is the latter. Now it seems that she is lucky among misfortunes...?

In fact, not necessarily. She was even more worried about being alone, and she didn't expect that Ye Shanshan could calm her master's anger.

So the current situation is very polar, either she doesn't know anything and gets through it peacefully, or... something big is going to happen.

But now is not the time to sit at home and analyze back and forth. We must first stabilize all aspects of the situation.

"...It's really disgusting."

Even though Pan Ling had such a good temper, she couldn't help but curse. Of course, she also saw the purpose of the Holy See's doing this, otherwise she wouldn't be so anxious before.

In her opinion, such a trick was a bit insidious, but it worked. It could be seen from the master's expression that he was even a little worried.

"If you want to learn how to fight public opinion, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Without further ado, Xu Shi waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and do your own thing. When you're done, try to find her as much as possible and take her home, you know?"

"it is good."

Everyone has no opinion.

Only Shen Qin was a little unhappy and asked tentatively, "Brother, can Xiaoqin go to the dock with you? I still want to stay by my brother's side to protect him."

During this period of time, she had not had much contact with her brother, and she was really jealous.

"...Then I'll go to the palace. Just pay attention to your safety."

At the critical moment, Xia Wuyou didn't care too much and took the initiative to change positions with her. "If the situation there is good, I will rush back in time."

After all, the royal family only needs to confirm. They don't need to worry about safety. Isn't it enough to have Cheng Gujian?

"...Okay, go and come back quickly."

Xu Shi nodded and everyone split up.

"Well, brother, Xiaoqin really didn't mean to be willful..."

On the way to the dock, Shen Qin couldn't help but explained aggrievedly.

This sounds a bit teasing, but she actually just wants to spend more time with Xu Shi - the fact is that since the establishment of the Maomao Cult, she has rarely been able to stay with her brother.

Originally, the layer of window paper had not been pierced, but now I witnessed Xie Qingyan's incident... It was more of a crisis than a conspiracy.

"Well, I know, our Xiaoqin is the most well-behaved, right?"

Xu Shi didn't blame her, but touched her head.

The last thing to worry about is her. She won't be able to have tea until her memory is reconstructed, let alone now.

"Uh-huh!"

Shen Qin nodded vigorously, "I will also protect my brother!"

"it is good."

While talking, several people arrived at the dock.

"Have you confirmed when the cargo ship will arrive?"

Now that they have their own area here, and the facilities and personnel are all from Night Sin City, it is much easier to do things.

"About an hour and a half, Director Xu."

The person in charge is a member of the combat team, and he is addressed as always.

"An hour and a half... then just wait."

Xu Shi nodded, this time is very delicate, whether it is long or short, it may be too late to find someone.

"Don't frown, it'll be fine."

Seeing the gloom on his face, Jiang Chengcheng smiled and comforted him.

"hope so."

Xu Shi smiled at her without comment.

Today is cloudy.

In the world shrouded in "rust fog", the daytime may not be very white, but the nighttime is extremely dark.

When night fell and the lights turned on, the steel giant on the sea finally appeared in everyone's sight, slowly approaching the shore from far to near.

"Unload the goods as quickly as possible."

Xu Shi did not hesitate for a moment and immediately gave the order.

"Yes."

Seeing everyone walking up and down in an orderly manner, he breathed a sigh of relief.

At least it wasn't affected... maybe.

however.

next moment.

A sharp question sounded from behind everyone.

"Xu Shi, can you explain to me what is going on?!"

　The cold is finally almost gone. I’ll give you an update tomorrow. Hey
　　
　
(End of this chapter)