Chapter 754 The Power of Guiding Public Opinion (Additional Update)

Time passed day by day, and the infrastructure construction work in various cities was in full swing. The Datang Chamber of Commerce, which had contracted the reconstruction task, hired almost all the poor people who could be hired, and spent large sums of money.

Although it is said that the Datang Chamber of Commerce is spreading money, everyone knows that the Datang Chamber of Commerce is the property of His Majesty Tang En. This is no different from His Majesty Tang En spreading money.

What's more important is that businessmen in various cities suddenly discovered that although the city had become chaotic during the renovation, and there was a lot of chaos all day long, more people came to buy things!

It’s not just a little bit more, but it’s doubled!

Some bosses even discovered that some of their customers were trash who once lay in the slums, eating and waiting to die.

Those poor people were originally naked and smelly, but now they put on neat clothes - although they are still full of dust, at least they can cover their bodies, and their faces are much less colorful and become Much healthier.

They even have money to go to the pub for a drink, which is incredible!

In the civilian area of ​​​​Alinx, workers who had worked hard for a day in the hot summer were filled with the smell of sweat, but they did not care about the smell of sweat. They walked into a tavern with their arms around each other and felt the magic air conditioner. The air-conditioning blew in the face, and the workers shouted loudly for the boss to serve food and drinks.

But the tavern owner who used to abandon these people now did not drive them away. Instead, he served them frothy beer with a smile on his face, without even adding water.

This kind of treatment was unimaginable before, but people have become accustomed to it these days.

"Cheers to His Majesty Tang En!"

"Cheers to His Majesty Tang En!"

With happy smiles on their faces, the workers raised their glasses to each other and shouted out their gratitude. The customers nearby were also infected by their emotions and raised their glasses to toast together.

Although Victor has been trying to improve the situation in the Illus Empire during his years in office, he has never been able to break free from the shackles of the aristocracy. He can't even effectively convey government orders, let alone solve the problem of slums.

But Tang En was different. After he became the regent, he took over Alleria's original intelligence network, and appointed a large number of dark elves as his employees, reorganizing it into an organization that combined intelligence and assassination. As a "ghost agent", anyone who openly or secretly tried to form gangs to rebel was secretly eliminated by the dark elves who fanatically followed him. Under the supervision of the ghost agents, no one could oppose Tang En's actions. rule.

It's not that he is too cold-blooded, but it is necessary to complete his ultimate mission, ensure that power is in his own hands, ensure the steady development of this country, and even ensure that he can eventually control the entire Purandal.

The smooth flow of government orders, coupled with Tang En's understanding of the economy and society, ultimately led to the current situation.

A large amount of wealth amassed by the great nobles was earned by the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce. Part of it entered the state treasury through paying taxes, and the other part was taken out from Star Diamond Bank and redistributed back to society through hiring workers, slightly balancing the originally huge income gap. Some.

Although it is only a little balanced, it has brought about very obvious changes in this society. The most obvious point is that the number of people with money to go to pubs to drink has more than doubled, and the income of those street girls has also increased significantly. ——These are the data that can most clearly reflect the per capita income of society.

If the per capita income can be further balanced, the overall strength of the Illrus Empire will be greatly improved, and even catching up with the Solant Kingdom is not a dream.

Another manifestation of the substantial increase in per capita income is that people's interest in consumer goods has increased, and the focus of chatting with each other has also shifted from whether to have enough food to the focus of mainstream society today.

This is quite normal. When people who have been in despair one day not only have enough to eat, wear new clothes, but also have a lot of savings and can see the hope of survival, of course they will They hope to live a better life, and what those wealthy nobles pursue is naturally their goal.

As a result, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, which have just been launched recently, have become a hot topic among people. Many people who have the ability to buy Harley-Davidson motorcycles but did not originally want to buy Harley-Davidson motorcycles have also joined the flow of people buying them, driven by this wave of craze, which is surprising. The Datang Chamber of Commerce's income has increased significantly again.

In addition, people are very interested in the traffic lights erected on the renovated roads, especially when they heard that they are used to regulate traffic.

Because people in Purandhar have never had the concept of "traffic jam"...

Those people can't even understand now why people and vehicles need to be separated, why people should walk on the sidewalk and let the carriages go alone in the middle. Even if they walk together, no one will be stupid enough to squeeze in front of the carriages - yes, they think so Separation of people and carriages refers to carriages.

Perhaps sometimes, such as during the Glorious Festival, the carriage will be blocked by the crowd, but the vast majority of nobles will never have the patience to wait for the crowd to disperse. What their coachmen will do is very simple - use a whip Go and slap those untouchables hard, and the crowd will naturally disperse.

When buses and Harley-Davidson motorcycles appear, they may understand how bad traffic jams are.

It is worth mentioning that the traffic lights currently being planned and built by Dunn are all manually controlled, which means that as many traffic lights as there are, there will be as many traffic police officers employed.

It's not that technology cannot achieve centralized control. In fact, relying on the information and communication technology of programmable artificial souls and magic wave theory, Tang En can now build a magically modified version of the dispatch center.

Monitoring images are fed back and disseminated through detection techniques and arcane eyes, and the dispatch center can control traffic lights in real time to control traffic conditions.

Even if you want something simpler, pre-programming and writing artificial souls based on the flow of people at each intersection is no problem at all.

But why should we choose artificial methods when technology can achieve it?

It’s the same reason mentioned before – because it can provide a large number of jobs and return more wealth to the people.

"Keep throwing money away, and it always feels like what you are doing is almost like a saint or sage."

Fiona couldn't help complaining about Tang En. Due to the large amount of money being spent, the funds on the account dropped significantly this month, which made Fiona, who was used to the increase in funds, severely worried.

"You should understand what my goal is, and it's not surprising to throw money away."

Tang En held the tea cup with an indifferent expression: "As long as I can achieve my goal, I am willing to spend more money."

Fiona was unable to complain: "As long as you are happy."

Tang En had told her before about the significance of wealth to those in power, so Fiona could still understand his thoughts, but it made her feel bad to see so many gold coins slipping away from her hands.

Tang En asked casually: "How much has the sales of Harley motorcycles increased in the past few days?"

"According to the data sent back every day, the average daily sales growth rate these days is 55.3%, an increase of 35% from before."

Fiona looked up at him and said with great admiration: "The proper guidance of public opinion has played an unimaginable role. Many potential consumers who were originally wavering came into our store and took out their gold coins. .”

"This is normal. As long as we use Datang Daily and gossip news channels to continuously promote something to people that is highly respected by the great nobles, under the bombardment of news, their potential sense of comparison will urge them to improve their economic strength. If allowed, buy the same things as the nobles to show your status."

Tang En spread his hands: "This is a very simple psychological knowledge."

Yes, there was suddenly a lot more talk about Harley-Davidson motorcycles, not just because people had enough food and clothing, but more importantly because Tang En and the others used the public opinion weapon of Datang Daily.

As the only newspaper with the ability to be sold daily across the country, it is now the spiritual food of many people, and it is also an important source of information for many nobles, mercenary groups, adventurers and even city lords. Under such circumstances, one can imagine the influence of a report published in Datang Daily.

It was precisely because of Datang Daily that people barely understood the purpose of this large-scale urban reconstruction, so they did not slack off in work.

In such an era with backward means of information transmission, the mouthpiece that controls public opinion controls everything. Datang Daily finally began to show its sharp fangs to the world.

It is worth mentioning that Datang Daily has begun to publish advertisements, and after those chambers of commerce have enjoyed the benefits brought by advertising, they are willing to spend a lot of money to compete for a good advertising space. The weekly advertising revenue alone is quite amazing. ——This is a method Tang En learned from an Internet company in China.

Because they saw the astonishing profits of newspapers, after Tang En opened up the patents for printing presses and cheap paper, many chambers of commerce and organizations purchased the rights to use the patents and tried to imitate the model of Datang Daily to open new newspapers. Come and get a piece of the action.

It's a pity that except for the first wave of people with good vision who can still get by and drink some soup behind Datang Daily, all those who subsequently enter this market are basically half-dead now.

In terms of influence, all the newspapers combined can't compare to Datang Daily. In terms of the strength behind them, they can't catch up with them. In terms of professionalism, the reporters of Datang Daily who have been personally trained by Tang En are called the top paparazzi in Purandar. ——Didn’t you see that Karl and Marlene even dared to make up gossip about Tang En after they left the army?

Let those amateur paparazzi stand up, Marlene said that I can beat them all!