Lord of Puluo

When they arrived at Heishipo, everyone got off the train.

This was Li Banfeng's first time to Heishipo. Not long after getting off the bus, he felt the different atmosphere of this city.

The atmosphere of Heishipo is different from other places. Li Banfeng has the skill of Baiwei exquisite and can deeply feel this difference.

There is a smooth and sweet taste in the waistband of the trouser belt, there is the aroma of food in Haichi Ridge, there is a unique tranquility in Tiemen Fort, and there is a tantalizing luxury in Green Water City.

The smell of Heishipo is stronger. To sum up, there are three main types: smoke smell, ash smell, and engine oil smell.

The sky here is obviously darker than other places. After leaving the station, looking up, there are tall and short chimneys everywhere.

In an era when electricity could not be used on a large scale, steam was used to the extreme, and coal was the most important "ration" for steam engines.

Heishipo has three major specialties: iron ore, stone and coal.

Some of these three major specialties are transported to various parts of the Prefecture, and some are processed into commodities locally.

This determines the special nature of Heishipo, which is a very pure industrial city.

Xiaochuanzi arrived first and had already found a place for everyone. Li Banfeng was still looking for a car, and Xiaochuanzi had already prepared the car.

Not a horse-drawn carriage, not a rickshaw, but a steam vehicle.

The steam locomotive pulled two carriages through the streets and alleys on the narrow rails.

Isn't this a train?

The only difference from a normal train is that this train is smaller, small enough to drive into an alley.

Heishipo is such a city. Different from the roads that extend in all directions in Green Water City, all the roads here have become railways. Although the noise is a bit louder and the air is a bit bad, there are trains available when you go out.

This reminded Li Banfeng of the light rail in Yuezhou City, but the light rail was a tram and felt less interesting than the steam train.

Xiaochuanzi said: "I heard from the workers here that Green Water City originally wanted to build a railway in the city, but the group of rich people didn't agree. They thought it was noisy and dirty. I think it's okay, just a little coal." It’s just dust, it’s all loose soil, how dirty can it be?”

Ogawazi is an engineer, and Blackstone City is simply a holy land for him. Every time he introduces a place, Ogawazi is very excited, even though from the outside, these buildings look almost the same, dense, simple, and rough lines.

The train traveled for more than forty minutes and stopped at a station. Everyone got off the train one after another and arrived at the house Ogawazi had just bought.

Let's call it a house...

This place is huge.

After entering the gate, there is a courtyard first. In the courtyard is a behemoth more than 20 meters high.

This behemoth is a gray-white cube as a whole, with various types of pipes of different thicknesses distributed on its body, and there is a chimney taller than it next to it.

Laymen think this is a building, but insiders know that this thing is one of the core equipments of the steam age. Its scientific name is a steam generator, and it is commonly known as a boiler.

Walking past the boiler and further inside, Li Banfeng saw parts and semi-finished machine tools scattered on the ground.

The parts and machine tools were stained with rust. Li Banfeng looked at Xiaochuanzi: "Is this a house?"

This is clearly an abandoned factory.

Xiaochuanzi scratched his scalp and said: "Master Qi, the house you want is not easy to find in Heishipo.

You said that it needs to be able to accommodate more than thirty people, and it needs to be private enough and not too conspicuous. Only this kind of place is suitable. "

Li Banfeng frowned and said, "Where do you live? In a factory?"

"That's not true. There is a building behind the factory."

There is a three-story building in the backyard of the factory. There is a canteen, bathrooms and toilets on the first floor, and there are more than a dozen rooms on the second and third floors.

There are many factories like this in Heishipo, and the residents of Heishipo are basically workers.

Workers work in the factory during the day and sleep in the factory at night. After they get married, they take their families to live in the factory and rarely leave the factory.

Apart from work, don’t they have their own entertainment life?

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Go to the cinema and watch a movie.

Go to the bistro and have a drink.

Buy a newspaper and take a nap.

When you have money, go to a special place and find a special person to have sex with you.

When you have no money, you can buy a magazine yourself and come here once.

Workers' time is very tight. Dance halls, theaters, salons, banquets... these things are not suitable for them.

Entertainment suitable for workers must first save time and be economical. This is also the main reason why the Heishipo book and newspaper industry is particularly developed. This thing saves money and trouble, and is easy to use.

Li Banfeng said to writers Bai Qiusheng and Yu Wenqi: "You two have lived in Heishipo and know the rules here. You will go through the procedures tomorrow to open a newspaper first and then a magazine."

"Procedure?" Bai Qiusheng shook his head and said, "No need for that. To open a newspaper office in Heishipo, a printing press is enough."

Yu Wenqi said: "Opening a magazine is a little more complicated. You need a camera."

Li Banfeng said in surprise: "Can you open a newspaper office with just one printing press?"

Bai Qiusheng said: "Yes! We will write the manuscript tonight and type it tomorrow. You can arrange for someone to buy the printing press. We can almost catch up with tomorrow's evening paper."

Li Banfeng was stunned for a long time and said: "The newspaper office is not open, so why not rush for tomorrow's evening paper? Are you telling a joke? What do you use to write articles? Is there any news?"

Yu Wenqi said: "News is easy to talk about. Just find a few big newspapers and copy two pages. Our newspaper mainly sells comments and stories. Where can't we read the news? The key things must be written vigorously!"

"Written by Hu?" Li Banfeng still couldn't understand, "Who will sell the newspapers written by Hu?"

The two writers didn't know how to explain it. Xiaochuanzi said: "Master Qi, I will take you to report the car, and you will understand."

Xiaochuanzi took Li Banfeng and others to report the car.

The so-called newspaper cart is a small house that sells newspapers and magazines. In Yuezhou, this thing is called a newsstand.

The newsstand in Heishipo is different. There are wheels under the small house, four wooden wheels and four iron wheels.

Usually the wooden wheels are on the ground, and the stall owner can pull the newsstand along.

When you pull it to the railway, you control the pulley in the pavilion. The wooden wheel rises and the iron wheel touches the ground. There is a hook in front of the newspaper car, so you can hang it behind the train and follow it.

Li Banfeng entered the pavilion and glanced at the newspaper.

Li Banfeng recognized both the Lu family's and Ling's newspapers, but Li Banfeng did not recognize most of the newspapers.

Like "One Shot" Evening News, the name is very distinctive.

Li Banfeng glanced at the headline: "The fake show is real, the diva Xiao Xiufei, how deep is the drama".

The first few sentences of the news are about what happened when singer Xiao Xiufei was interviewed before the first part of "Blood Blade Detective" was released.

When was this news? It’s been four months!

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Can this even be published in the newspaper?

Li Banfeng was very curious and picked up the newspaper to take a look. The stall owner immediately stopped him: ""One Shot" costs eight cents. If you don't buy it, you can't read it."

Li Banfeng pointed to the newspapers of the Lu family and the Ling family: "How much do these newspapers cost?"

"Three cents for the Morning Post and fifty cents for the Evening Post."

"Then why is your "One Shot" selling for 80 cents?"

"This is the price, the goods are genuine, the results will be reported, and you won't be deceived!"

What is reported to be effective is called medicine to be effective!

Li Banfeng despised the stall owner and bought a copy of "One Shot" for 80 cents.

Needless to say, the registration really showed results. Just after reading the front page, Li Banfeng’s penis lit up.

The news on the front page gives an in-depth account of Xiao Xiufei's entry into the drama from different angles. The vocabulary is simple but the content is detailed. The feelings of the male lead, the experience of the female lead, the photographer's touch, and the memories of the sweeping aunt are all very detailed. In place, it’s even more exciting than the movie itself.

Before he could read the remaining pages, Li Banfeng noticed a magazine.

This magazine is called "Blood Gun Detective Five".

My movie has been published at three, and his magazine has been published at five?

The woman on the cover is very beautiful, with a distinctive figure and clothing.

The figure is very graceful.

In terms of clothing, there is no clothing.

"How much does this magazine cost?"

"Five six."

"Isn't that too much? A movie ticket only costs five yuan."

The stall owner sneered and said: "You don't understand this. If you buy a movie ticket, you can watch it once, and the Bloody Gun Detective is not allowed to be watched now.

If you buy this magazine, you can read it as many times as you want, and I also give it a poster. "

The stall owner had just displayed half of the poster when Li Banfeng decided to buy it.

This poster has a conscience.

"I want that one, and that one..."

In a few minutes, Li Banfeng spent more than one hundred yuan. The stall owner was so happy that he gave away more than twenty posters alone.

If Bai Qiusheng hadn't stopped him, Li Banfeng would have wanted to buy more.

When they returned to the factory, Ma Wu had already ordered people to clean up Li Banfeng's room. After studying in the room for an hour, Li Banfeng figured out Heishipo's book and newspaper industry.

Newspapers are all made up.

The magazine is not made up randomly. We need to find a few local girls to serve as models, take photos, and then add some background information about the girls, as well as their insights on life and the future.

Li Banfeng sighed: "Not to mention, these girls are very talented, what they write is very profound, and they are all people with ideals."

Yu Wenqi shook his head and said: "Master Qi, these girls don't know a few Chinese characters, how can they get so much insight? These are all written by editors, and they earn only the money from their pens."

Li Banfeng nodded and said, "So, except for the girl's name, which is true, the rest are all false."

"That's not true," Yu Wenqi shook her head, "the girls' names are not true either."

Bai Qiusheng said: "In Heishipo, if you want to earn a living, your pen must be strong enough. This is the same as doing business on the ground.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a world-famous writer or a famous writer. If your writing is good, people will come back to buy it. If your writing is not good, people will be fooled by you once and will never buy your second book. "

Yu Wenqi said: "Master Qi, you may think that these things are not serious. Heishipo also has serious things. There are a lot of good stories. Heishipo never lacks good books and newspapers."

"I think these things are very serious and are serious art. Those who know how to make art are good people, and those who know how to appreciate art are also good people. This cannot be wrong, and this place cannot be wrong either."

Li Banfeng patted the books and newspapers in his hands, "We have to make newspapers and magazines. We will start work when Xiaochuanzi buys the printing press in two days."

"Why wait two days," Bai Qiusheng said with a smile, "Kawako has been gone for more than an hour, it's time to buy it back."

"One hour to buy a printing press?"

The printing press is not a printer. Li Banfeng has seen the printing press in Puzhou. It is steam-driven and cannot fit in two rooms. How can such a large thing be bought in a blink of an eye?

Kawako really bought it and assembled it.

The printing press was not big, about the same size as two wicker boxes.

After tossing his wife every day, Li Banfeng has some mechanical knowledge: "This is not steam-driven, this is hand-cranked."

Kawako said: "The two writers said they would buy this first and make do with it."

Bai Qiusheng said: "Master Qi, this is Black Rock Slope, not Green Water City.

The printing machine in Green Water City costs thousands of oceans. We don’t need that.

In Heishipo, there are all kinds of printing presses you want to buy. This machine should not cost more than sixty oceans, right? "

Kawako nodded and said: "Fifty-seven."

"Okay, it's not expensive. Master Qi, you listen to us. Let's use this one first. When the business is good, we'll replace it with a new one. If the business is bad, we won't lose much."

Li Banfeng nodded and said: "I am a layman and I listen to both of you, so I'll spare the trouble for you two. Let's start work immediately, first make the newspaper and then the magazine."

Yu Wenqi lamented: "We made a living from this back then, and now we are somewhat famous. I didn't expect that we would be back to our old profession."

Li Banfeng smiled and said: "That's not a price. Based on your current worth, I will give you three times the remuneration and double the bonus. I will never treat you unfairly when it comes to money."

Bai Qiusheng praised: "Master Qi is always quick to do things. What do you think the name of our newspaper is?"

Li Banfeng thought for a moment and said: "Since it is an evening newspaper, let's call it "Tuberose"."

Yu Wenqi said: "It's easy to remember, that's it!"

Several writers immediately got to work and began writing about art.

The photographers Ma Wu brought from the crew also stopped idle and started looking for girls to take pictures of art.

As for how to deal with newspapers and magazines, Ma Wu and the two writers are experts, so Li Banfeng does not need to worry about this matter.

Li Banfeng went directly to Sanfu Cinema.

The boss is packing his things and preparing to move.

The theater was smashed, the clerk was beaten, and the Qing Guards Association sent people to issue an order to get out of Heishipo within a month and not to come back for the rest of their lives.

Li Banfeng took out twenty oceans and stuffed them into the hands of the theater owner: "You clean up the theater and put on another show called Blood Gun Detective."

"Still letting go?" The boss shook his head and said, "Sir, if I dare to let go again, my life will be gone. Please don't embarrass me."

Seeing that the boss really didn't have the guts, Li Banfeng didn't embarrass him anymore: "Well, you can give me a price and sell this theater to me."

The boss was startled: "May I ask what your name is?"

PS: Tuberose is not just the name of newspapers and magazines.