Chapter 49 Literary Master Hemei

Author: Ivan the Terrible

Chapter 49 Literary Master Hemei

The snow in Salzburg this winter is much less than that of last winter, and it is not as cold as last winter.

Seeing the snow, Hemei also breathed a sigh of relief. He was still quite worried about this. If it snowed heavily again in Hacklan, there would definitely be people on the grassland risking their lives, or else there would be a war.

To be honest, he doesn't like fighting. Although he has gained a lot of new things through war, he just doesn't like it if he doesn't like it.

Because in the war, even as a commander-in-chief, he had to sleep in the open air every day, and he had to ride horses endlessly, which made his buttocks hurt to death.

He prefers the big bed in the main castle, sleeping peacefully on this bed, and enjoying the best food in the entire Sazha Fort every day. This is what life should be like.

For the residents of Sazhaburg, even the arrival of winter has not affected their enthusiasm for work. Anyway, the snow does not affect the exchange of caravans and people.

However, in such a scene, one thing attracted people's attention, and that was Herme's work "A Song of Ice and Fire" (a product of literary copying).

Although Hemei only published the first one, this work was still popular.

The literature of this world is still very backward, and Martin's mature Hollywood-style writing skills can undoubtedly cause a dimensionality reduction blow and have a wave of impact on the literature of this world.

Herme's work is not expensive, which makes it spread very quickly.

As for why it is not high, it is because Sazhaburg Publishing House is owned by Hemei. Hemei asked the publishing house to publish at cost price, which lowered the price to a very low level.

So Hemei's book quickly swept through Sazha Fort, and the book quickly became popular among the people inside and outside Sazha Fort.

The world of the Witcher is actually a world with a high literacy rate, and most people in the city can read and write.

In rural areas, there are many residents in every village who master this skill.

After all, as a world with magic and monsters of all kinds, it is not necessary to treat it with common sense, so the publishing industry in this world is very developed and has a wide audience.

Now many people in Salzburg are waiting for Herme's sequel, which shows what kind of market this book has in the entire north.

Of course, if you were simply copying books, it wouldn't be a problem for Heme to write out all the existing Songs of Ice and Fire, but after all, the original work was not finished, so Heme had to make revisions.

The idea behind the modification is actually very simple, that is, to cut off things about the East.

Taking the Lord of the Rings as an example, Martin wanted to write about "what Aragorn did after he gained the kingdom", so he wrote a more realistic Gondor. As a result, due to his divergent writing style and writing a system, a social change

The difficulty of the macro picture (the transformation of slavery in the East), so when Herme traveled through the world, Martin was still exhausted from writing "What did Aragorn do" (referring to the Meereen knot), which resulted in the main plot (The Dragon Mother and the King of Dragons)

Return and seize the Iron Throne) has been put off again and again.

So what Hemei did was to cut off the line in the east, focus on the struggle for hegemony on the western continent, and avoid touching that big pit from the beginning.

However, Hemei still had to make up the ending, but that didn't matter. Anyway, he just had to write it slowly when he had time. This was the reason why he didn't copy out all the known parts at once.

Of course, doing so will make Herme's textual work less meaningful than the original work, but for this world, the political games of the Westeros nobles are enough.

Moreover, cutting off the part about slave emancipation was also good for Hermey. He knew that his literary works would definitely become popular throughout the north, and he had the potential to do so.

And if he continuously criticizes the slavery system in the article, it will definitely be regarded as an allusion to a large country in the south. Then the Nilfgaardians will definitely pay attention to him, which is something Herme does not want.

Of course, Hemei has never thought of cheering for herself through her works.

But his level is still too low now, so don’t add anything to it.

However, if he becomes a chess player on the chessboard in the future, he will definitely use books to advocate and focus on his political opinions. Such a good weapon should be used.

As for now, the important thing is to sell the book.

As a result, Herme even placed a large number of orders with printing workshops in many northern cities such as Novigrad, just to ensure the delivery of books.

Naturally, everyone started working harder. Since the dumping of Nilfgaard's goods, the economy in the entire north except for Aden has been in recession. Many urban citizens, the main reading group of the publishing industry, have no intention of buying books. The situation has not yet become tense.

No orders from the government and the military.

So for these printing workshops, Hemei is a huge order.

And the result was perfect. Under Hemei's money-splitting operation, this winter, the first part of "Song of Ice and Fire" (copied version) became popular throughout the north and became an important part of northern culture.

Discussion topic.

In this regard, all the friends and businessmen in the whole north are very dissatisfied. They want to boycott Hemei collectively. Everyone is doing good business, but suddenly you appear and take away the business, then everyone will naturally resist you.

They were very dissatisfied with some of the previous actions of Sazburg Publishing House. First, they very ostentatiously purchased a building in Novigrad as an office, and then followed up with various actions.

For example, they are forced to lower prices by selling them at low prices. They also generously print the works of minor poets and writers, and then decide whether to print more according to the market. This undoubtedly seriously undermines industry norms.

The competition for the market has also caused serious impact on writers who are bound to publishing houses.

The publishing industry of traditional cultural poems in the north attaches great importance to the biography of teachers. There are only a few cases like Dandelion's. As a result, these newcomers simply ignore the biography of teachers, causing the original network to face this situation.

Silly.

Originally, everyone set the rules well, so that they could maximize the value of those outside the circle of literati, and let their own people (the insiders) live a good life. However, you Sazhabao Publishing House played like this and made the original almost free.

Almost all the leeks were removed.

However, the publishing industry in this world is still too weak compared to a powerful lord, and their little energy is still not enough for Hemei.

Hemei directly found a powerful person to support his works, and this person is undoubtedly our Dan master.

Dandelion had been dissatisfied with the village rules of those publishing houses for a long time. Faced with Herme's request, he agreed without hesitation. With his platform, the effect is self-evident.

Even those critics who were bound by various interests with the publishing house, under the general trend, public opinion and the most important silver bullet offensive, started to praise Hemei's works one after another.

In the end, Hemei directly used money to drown out their so-called resistance, and in the end they could only resist Hemei through secret slander.

But as a nobleman with real military exploits, it is still difficult to tarnish his reputation.

As for using that kind of "little business war shocks" to play with other local lords? If they could let Hemei fly on a ground plane, they would have let him do it, but the fact is that it is impossible.

But Novigrad is their main base after all, so they started looking for those gangsters to mess with Sazburg Press, and at least drive them out of Novigrad, the northern cultural center.

But the Church of Eternal Fire announced its protection for the publishing house, which suddenly made them stupid.

The Eternal Flame is the biggest controller of this city. It has expressed its stance, and those gangsters will naturally be unable to take action. Who dares to offend the madmen of the Eternal Flame.

As for why Eternal Fire made such a statement, it is because the Church of Eternal Fire and the Cliff Church are inextricably linked.

Eternal Fire was initially considered a miracle by Cliff's believers, and then the Cliff Church helped Eternal Fire build a church system.

As Hermey is the rumored God of Cliff, the Cliff Church has benefited from his reputation to a certain extent, so they naturally want to help safeguard Hermey's career and reputation.

So they let the Eternal Flame, which was closely related to their church, express its attitude in Novigrad, which was enough for Herme's Sazarburg Publishing House to gain a foothold in Novigrad.

Oh, no, it’s not called Sazaburg Publishing House now. Hermey changed the name of this publishing house, and now it’s called Northern Publishing House.

After this wave, Herme's reputation continued to rise. Originally, his reputation was mainly as a war hero in Aedirn, and then there was the very vague rumor of Cliff being the chosen god.

Now, he is a cultural master in the north, and this reputation is recognized by more and more people.

"Continue to print my books and continue to distribute them. Gentlemen, this is a great opportunity for our publishing house to occupy the market."

At the meeting of the Northern Publishing House in Sazaburg, Herme gave such an instruction. This instruction is undoubtedly correct. Now it is time to expand the market and give opponents a good chance.

Hemei has a lot of ideas on how to make money next.

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"I really didn't expect that Commander Hemei could actually write something like this. This is the first time I can write a book like this."

"Me too, I really didn't expect Ed to die like that. It's so surprising."

In the Golden Spoon Tavern, Hermey's book has become a key topic of discussion.

Now in Sazaburg, there is even a reading club for Hermey's works, which shows how heated the discussion is.

As the first place to be bombarded by Herme with books, Sazhaburg also had the largest number of people who had read his books, which naturally created such a situation.

"Ah, it is indeed obvious. That Hemei can still write such a book, and even a rough person like me can understand the twists and turns in it."

Listening to the sigh in his ears, Bogo, who was digging the snail out of the shell, sighed, he didn't expect Herme to be so capable in writing.

While doing this, he poured the butter in the shell onto the bread, and then ate it together with the snail.

"Hemei...he is indeed a person that is difficult to understand. It is really hard to imagine what he will come up with next."

Katya, who was sitting opposite him, said this based on his experience after recalling his experience with Herme.

What Katya herself didn't notice was that when she mentioned Hemei, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. It was a very sweet smile.

"Ah, Miss, this is the first time I see you showing such an expression. It seems that you really have a crush on Hemei. That's great. Your father is looking forward to this.

He should be very happy at the wedding next spring."

Bogo directly said the things that would cause Katya to explode, and then as expected, he enjoyed Katya's cold murderous gaze, and instantly felt tremendous pressure.

"Bogo, if you have anything to do, tell me quickly. Why did my father ask you to come to see me? What on earth did my father want to tell me?"

"Actually, your father just wants me to see how your relationship is going."

Bogo wiped his mouth quickly. Really, he accidentally said something he shouldn't have said.

Seeing Miss Katya's expression like that, I kind of forgot what kind of person she was, which was really wrong.

After wiping his mouth, Bogo said goodbye to Katya and said that he would send the gratifying news to Hetman soon.

The real reason is that if the eldest lady showed such an expression, it meant that he was going to deal with it, so it was better for him to stay away.
To be continued...