The Ancestors: From Gwen to Spider-Man

Chapter 28

Some practitioners in the industry had already heard some rumors even before today.

They all know that the Elliott family has taken action again.

Gotham's media oligarchy is already hungry and thirsty. Three axes are hanging over their heads, and another unlucky guy is about to be beheaded.

And it’s not difficult to guess who this unlucky guy is. Except for Marvel Newspaper, which has been in the limelight recently, there is no one worthy of the Elliott family’s action.

Admittedly, most of them regret this.

The comics of Marvel News are really good, and many of their people are fans of the comics, but reality is reality.

In Gotham, no one can challenge the authority of the four major families.

Everyone is watching this day, watching another new star fall in front of the old monopoly power, with both indifference and regret in their hearts.

Then, Elliot was dried to pieces.

On that day, Diana moved the newspapers out and asked the newsboys to distribute them as usual.

Newsboys lamented not being able to see the next issue of "Iron Man," but their attention was quickly drawn to "Gotham Spider-Man."

For children in this era with limited entertainment activities, their requirements are really not high. As long as there is something interesting enough to divert their attention, they can accept it.

Compared to the superior arms tycoon Tony Stark, Peter Parker, who was born into a poor boy, also made them empathize more, and the effect was not bad at all.

At the same time, the newspaper did not forget to publish a piece of news,

"The hardcover album of "Iron Man" is on the shelves today. In addition to all the comics from issues 1 to 3, it also contains the follow-up plot..."

"The quantity is limited. If you purchase this newspaper, you will get a discount coupon, which can be purchased at a preferential price. Each person is limited to one coupon..."

Immediately, a newsboy saw the news, pointed and asked: "Sister Diana, what are the hardcover albums and coupons?"

Diana was already prepared and took out the comic book and tickets with a smile.

The moment the newsboys saw the album, their eyes lit up.

The top of the album is a cool Iron Man cover, which I have never seen in newspapers.

Most importantly, whether it is the material of the paper or the exquisite and clear printing technology, the quality far exceeds the level of this era.

Although the printing methods of previous newspapers were somewhat superior, due to the carrier, they were not too outstanding after all.

But in order to better carry the comics and make the effect more prominent, Peter directly improved the technology for decades, which resulted in a stunning final effect.

As for why it has not directly reached the modern level, it is mainly due to the influence of the current overall scientific and technological level of mankind.

But this is enough.

Such a picture album, regardless of its content, is of great collection value simply because of its quality.

As for discount coupons, they are just a means of hunger marketing, and there are also methods to prevent counterfeiting.

Anyway, under the sanctions of the Elliott family, it was impossible to publicize it on a large scale in the early stage, whether it was newspapers or albums.

Yes, Diana has been aware of the attack on the Elliott family.

In the past few days, she clearly felt the pressure from the Elliot family.

Most of the vendors who had originally agreed to buy newspapers suddenly changed their promises and broke their agreements in the past few days.

Anyone who is not a fool knows that something is wrong here.

Originally, she was worried about this and didn't know what was wrong. She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Fortunately, during this time, she also learned a skill from Black Superman, namely, shifting the blame.

Since Black Superman can leave a lot of chores and troubles to her, then she can also leave such confusing and difficult problems to Black Superman, right?

Well... even though she paid a lot for it later, Diana couldn't help but blush.

Fortunately, the effort is worth it.

Black Superman analyzed the matter clearly to her, and at the same time, he also formulated the current strategies...

Thinking of this, Diana distributed the albums to the newsboys one by one and said:

"When you go to the streets to sell newspapers, remember to show these picture albums to the guests. Some of the picture albums have been sent to the Grave family's estate for sale on their behalf."

In this way, even though the new issue of the weekly newspaper is only sold by a few vendors, shops, and newsboys in surrounding neighborhoods, its popularity has not declined but has increased.

The hardcover comic album in the hands of the newsboy really attracted enough attention, and even later, there were a lot of scalpers and book speculators happening spontaneously.

As we all know, people are all profit-seeking. Once money is involved, it will be difficult to get angry.

As for Elliott, although they also hired people to copy the comics, they hired the best artists.

But the technical level accumulated by industry over the past century is not so easy to imitate, not to mention that this is just a poor product made in a hurry.

Although it is not violent, it is not tepid either, and there is no gap between it and other comic books of the current generation.

As for those copied newspapers, pirated versions are disgraceful, especially because there are no coupons, so they are directly thrown into the trash can by people.

Elliot's three-blade ax hit the hard head. Not only was he unable to cut off a piece of meat, but the blade was curled.

Elliot family.

Edward Elliot was listening with a gloomy expression as the steward in charge reported to him the situation at Marvel Newspapers this morning.

Lost, even if the specific data has not yet come out, but just judging from the situation of both sides today, Edward knows that the Elliot family lost this battle completely.

Like a raging lion, he stared at the steward with sinister eyes. It wasn't until the other party started to tremble with fear from the power that he asked:

"This is what you promised me, that the mission will be completed?"

He picked up a newspaper, which was the comic he plagiarized and put on the shelves today, pointed at the poor drawing skills on it, and said angrily:

"Look! What you drew! Compared with Marvel comics, it looks like shit!"

"Also, the same goes for the Marvel Weekly I asked you to secretly copy, and it hasn't sold even a few copies yet! That's how you do it!"

The steward was so frightened by him that he dared not speak even more. He lowered his head and trembled silently.

At this time, no matter what explanation or anything, it is just a contradiction, and he will only feel worse.

Fortunately, Edward's old housekeeper stood up and comforted:

"Sir, the main problem this time is still with Marvel News. They used several methods to resolve our attacks very accurately..."

He briefly talked about several of Peter's strategies.

This made Edward finally stop being angry and calm down a little.

In fact, he also knew that this time it was mainly because the other party's methods were too clever and they completely predicted their actions, which led to them being so passive at the beginning of the day.

Although he was angry, he was actually very calm at heart.

His anger was for his subordinates to see. As a newspaper tycoon, he could not be so impatient.

If you lose, you lose. The Elliot family cannot afford to lose such a small thing.

only……

Edward picked up another document on the table,

This is the "Iron Man" comic book that just came out today.

He stretched out his hand and touched the album, feeling the feedback from the paper.

Opening the album, the printed images and fonts are extremely clear.

It's so good, so good that it's a little too good.

If the printing technology of the newspaper only made him a little concerned, and also made his workers speed up the cracking,

The printing process of the picture album in front of him made him unable to help but feel greedy.

He must obtain, possess, and seize this technology.

Only the Elliot family is worthy enough to bring out the value of this printing process.

He dismissed the steward who was crouching beside him tremblingly, then pressed the album on the table and said bluntly to the old steward:

"I'm going to get it by any means necessary."

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