My book friend Long Aotian

Chapter 100 What Group?
"My son, I am glad to see you in person."

"Today, the Minister of Agriculture threatened to act as a matchmaker for me. As a father, I was shocked and worried that the relationship between father and son would deteriorate. I wrote to you to ask - am I still your father? Is the relationship between father and son still there?"

"If you are still a loyal and filial son to your loving father, please quickly send me a realistic portrait of your mother and her life story."

"If your filial piety has deteriorated and you are a woman, then all your previous outrageous writings, immoral jokes, and your deceitful behavior of hiding the truth from your best friend will cancel each other out. All your dirty words and crazy words will become dust. Send me a realistic portrait of yourself, your life experience, and your family situation as soon as possible. Your husband wants to see it."

The candlelight outlined the words, Li Bailong scratched his head and finally wrote these words.

He still finds it a little hard to accept.

Aozi has already made a big fuss.

"Impossible!" Long Aotian said with certainty, even willing to bet on the color of his hat, "That guy is definitely a man! And he is a man in his forties who is quite capable and knowledgeable!"

"What's the point of saying this now?"

"Of course it works! If this person was a woman, my life so far would be ruined!"

“…So cheap!”

Li Bailong wanted to ask about the Education Department, but after thinking about it, he finally put down his pen.

There is no point in asking too many questions. It will only confuse people.

Now that he has accepted the task, he must do his best to get the job done, gain the trust of King Zhao and even "the higher-ups", take control of the Education Department, and take the opportunity to secretly promote the imperial book and collect vows.

This is the most important thing.

As for the rumors that King Zhao would cross the river and burn his bridges, or send people to replicate all his operations in another place... it doesn't matter at all! If Da Qi followed his example and cracked down on piracy throughout the country, he would be so happy that he would jump for joy.

In short, as long as the power of wishes accumulates and turns into strength, you can respond to all changes with the same attitude.

After sealing the letter and handing it to the Minister of Agriculture tomorrow and asking him to pass it on, Li Bailong glanced at the sky, took out the lantern, floated out of the valley, and came to the door of a house in Ximu Village.

Knock on the door, the frequency should be two long three...Pah! It's long long long long long!
The candlelight shone through the crack in the door. The person inside saw who was coming and exclaimed, "Ah!" He hurriedly opened the door and said, "Mr. Jie Yuan, please come in quickly. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person."

This person is the owner of Chen's Bookstore, Chen Baitang.

The owner of Long Batian’s contracted website.

Before his death, Bai Xingxiang revealed the enemy's conspiracy. The third uncle realized that someone was going to frame Li Bailong. Mu Qingge reminded him and she secretly took Boss Chen's family back to Baihua Valley for resettlement. Therefore, the bookstore owner who was once implicated by his vulgar writers and was sent to the detention room actually avoided the second attack.

Now that the storm has subsided, Boss Chen can go home.

But before that... Li Bailong had other plans.

He was invited into the house by Chen Botang, and after sitting down, he said, "Mr. Chen is frightened."

After Feng Lin left, communication between the inside and outside of Lin County was restored. The manager who had stayed in hiding in the county came to report that Feng Lin Huoshan's people were searching the city for people related to "Legend of Huangji Zhantian". Boss Chen, the owner of the first release website, was nowhere to be found, so many pirated channels were made scapegoats and were arrested and tortured.

Boss Chen was shocked to hear this, knowing that it was Baihua Valley that saved him from disaster. Now, after hearing Li Bailong's consolation, he quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "I can't thank you enough... Thank you everyone in Baihua Valley for saving me."

"In any case, the matter is over." Li Bailong said, "It's getting late, you can stay one more night, and you can go back to Lin County tomorrow... I wonder what your plans are for the future?"

Chen Botang's eyes flickered.

Many days ago, he was taken to a detention room and tortured in the middle of the night. If he hadn't been rescued by Baihua Valley in the past few days, he would probably have been tortured to death by Fenglin Huoshan. In the final analysis, it was all related to a deadly broken book.

He sighed and said, "I am exhausted both physically and mentally. After what happened, I am scared out of my wits. I plan to sell the bookstore and return home to take over the family business and retire."

Humph.

Want to escape?
Li Bailong remained calm and asked with a smile, "Is it related to "Legend of the Imperial Battle Heaven"?

Chen Baitang shuddered when he heard this fatal name, and nodded in panic: "I, I heard from my family that Fenglin Huoshan said that Long Batian was secretly communicating with the Demon Cult. How dare I get involved in such a fatal matter?"

Li Bailong said calmly: "It has been rehabilitated."

"……what?"

Since Li Bailong has agreed to work in the Ministry of Education, the emperor's uncle is trustworthy and has fulfilled his promise today.

At dinner today, he and the Minister of Agriculture determined the nature of the Fenglin Volcano incident.

In this battle, Feng Lin suffered a great defeat. The national war does not believe in tears. The wailing of the loser is insignificant. The two giants are busy settling accounts for the winning MVP Li Bailong.

The first thing to be washed away is the stain of Li Bailong's secret dealings with the Demon Sect.

If one wants to clear a person's grievances, the first thing to do is to trample the person who wronged him into the ground and criticize him to the ground. However, Wen Renzhuo is open-minded and shameless, so he will definitely not say anything more.

So the Emperor's uncle set the tone, and the Grand Minister of Agriculture agreed, and they drafted a statement that they would step on the forward Lin Tianjiao a thousand times - after all, every school and faction has young people with extraordinary talents and bright prospects. Wen Renzhuo used his power to force his way in and frame people at will. If he wins, it's fine, but if he loses, he will surely incur public anger.

In addition, Xiong Jingyan found evidence in the wreckage of the airship that this person was raising evil spirits and fabricating letters to frame loyal officials of this dynasty. The evidence is conclusive and it will be difficult to turn the tables.

Who would have thought that this guy would be so bold as to frame the soldier of Lei Mansion, Zhang Xuanhong?
The news reached Zixiao Palace early on. Under the instructions of two generations of masters, Xuanyuan Palace had already opened fire on Fenglinhuoshan. There had been a whole day of quarreling in the court today. It was a righteous three-on-one fight.

Fenglin Huoshan not only lost face, but also lost its substance, and was also pinched in the sore spot, which was extremely embarrassing.

In addition to the noise in the court, the Lingyu faction had taken the lead and started to attack the Wenren family.

After all, in the battle of Fenglin, 300 tribes of the Wenren clan were wiped out, and nearly half of the family strength was destroyed by the Lingyu sect, so they had long since formed a mortal feud. The top leaders of the Lingyu sect still have the tradition of farming, and the elders realized the virtue of unity of knowledge and action and the martial virtue of cutting the grass and eradicating it from the roots from farming in their early years, so there is nothing much to say.

Under this circumstance, Xuanyuan Sect, as the perfect victim, intervened again, and the fate of Wenren Clan can be imagined. In comparison, Li Bailong's case was simple.

The emperor's uncle and Nong Jincao made all the arrangements and communicated with the Xuanyuan Sect. Two days later, there was an official joint statement saying that after a joint investigation by King Zhao, the former Grand Minister of Agriculture and Master Zhang, the so-called Li Bailong's secret communication with the Demon Sect was purely a frame-up instigated by Wen Renzhuo out of personal grudge.

Now that the evil villain has been brought to justice, Li Lang should be cleared of all charges.

However, this statement and certification are rather far-fetched and not perfect. It is not difficult at all to overturn the doubts and to re-claim that Li Bailong had secret dealings with the Demon Sect.

——All you need to do is slap each of these three people in the face and on their reputation.

"The uncle said that if we want to clear our name, we have to do it cleanly, so the Legend of the Emperor's Battle of Heaven and Long Batian were also mentioned in the story, and the suspicion of being a demon sect was completely cleared."

After all, Wen Ren Zhuo's plan at the time was to create two chains of evidence, one was "Long Batian was secretly communicating with the Demon Sect", and the other was "Long Batian was Li Bailong". If the two pieces of evidence were separated, it would not hurt Li Bailong at all, but when put together, it would be a fatal act... and he could use it as a threat.

Now, if we want to wash away the stain and restore the person's innocence, we must fundamentally eliminate the suspicion.

In other words, as long as "The Legend of Huangji Zhantian" has nothing to do with the Demon Sect, it doesn't matter whether Li Bailong is Long Batian or not.

After Li Bailong finished explaining, he smiled and said, "So, Boss Chen, from now on, you can print and sell "Legend of the Imperial Battle Heaven" however you want."

Just like in the officialdom and martial arts circles afterwards, anyone who said that Li Bailong was secretly communicating with the Demon Sect would be challenging the reputation of King Zhao, the Minister of Agriculture and Master Zhang, and even the face of the three sects.

From now on, if anyone attacks "Legend of Huangji Zhantian" for having evil ideas and corrupting children, all they need to do is say "Do you know more than the emperor's uncle?" and the attacker will shut up completely.

The invincible golden body is done!
The box will definitely not be opened after this!
Unfortunately, when discussing this matter at the table, Li Bailong kept his microphone off the whole time. After all, it was embarrassing to expose this fact in front of the teacher. Otherwise, if he could ask the emperor's uncle to write a recommendation on the book jacket...

Upon hearing this, Boss Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and his desire to retire was slightly reduced.

Seeing this, Li Bailong struck while the iron was hot and revealed his intention.

He said directly, "I came to visit you today because I have something to ask you. I wonder if Mr. Chen would be willing to expand the business of Baohao to Huazhou?"

Chen Baitang was still thinking about the Imperial Book. He was startled when he heard this, then smiled bitterly: "Huazhou is prosperous and has a broad cultural heritage. All walks of life have strict guild rules and access systems. My small family business can only survive in Lin County. A country bumpkin wants to open a bookstore in Huazhou? He will be squeezed out and closed down in a few days."

There is a saying that goes "every field has its own barriers, like a mountain between two worlds." Li Bailong had never thought of this saying.

but it does not matter.

He smiled slightly: "It has been a long-standing practice for businesses to form groups and exclude outsiders. If outsiders want to make a living, they will inevitably be excluded by local forces. But what if Boss Chen is a foreigner who has power, money and connections?"

Boss Chen was stunned and said, "How can a country bumpkin like me be so extravagant?"

Li Bailong pulled something out of his sleeve and handed it over. It turned out to be a letter of employment.

"Money, my master and I run the Tianyi Pavilion, and the profits are amazing, so we are not short of it. As for power, my uncle has appointed me to run the Huazhou Tongwen Bureau, in charge of all matters related to the printing and publishing of operas and plays. In other words, according to the court's laws, from now on, I have the final say on what books the people of Huazhou can write and what songs they can sing."

"As for people, if they have money and power, why worry about not having people?"

Boss Chen was dumbfounded after hearing this.

If he didn't know that Jie Yuanlang was of noble status, he would have thought that the other party was making fun of him!

Li Bailong said sincerely, "I live in Lin County and have heard of Boss Chen's name for a long time. In my opinion, Boss Chen has good management skills and is experienced and skilled in publishing. However, due to limited conditions, it is difficult for him to realize his ambitions. Now, I have been entrusted by the emperor's uncle to take charge of the Huazhou Tongwen Bureau to sort out local cultural and creative matters. Let's not talk about drama and folk art for now. As for publishing, I want to use Boss Chen's help to establish a system."

Lao Chen's heart beat faster.

He loved reading exciting novels and he had a lot of imagination. He had vaguely sensed that an unprecedented path was striding towards him!
He said blankly: "W-what kind of manners?"

"From now on, in Huazhou, Jiangbei Dao, and even Daqi, a media giant that is half official and half business will decide what the masses watch and listen to. As part of this giant enterprise, a monopoly cultural publishing group will be established in Huazhou under the care and concern of this official."

"The funds from Tianyi Pavilion will ensure that you can expand quickly and gain a firm foothold."

"The power of the Tongwen Bureau will take good care of your friendly merchants."

"And you, my friend..."

Li Bailong said kindly, "You are responsible for using fair business tactics to convince all kind-hearted friendly merchants to join our big family, and then kill those who are unwilling to do so."

"In the end, all books circulating on the market must obtain the edition number of the Tongwen Bureau and be reviewed and approved by me, so that the people can trust our brand and believe that only the books we publish are good books. It also makes all the writers believe that only by publishing books in our group can new books sell well, so that they will even come from neighboring provinces or even neighboring countries to submit their works."

"Books printed with our group's logo are a guarantee of quality and are carefully selected products. Pirates seeking profit would not dare to pirate our group's books, because the Tongwen Bureau's anti-traitor team is set up for this purpose!"

Damn it, the Education Department actually has an armed organization and law enforcement powers!
Were all these bureau chiefs insects? They couldn't even handle the literary and artistic front like this!
Boss Chen had already trembled several times.

His mind was already occupied by a grand picture, and he already understood what Li Bailong had asked him to do... Although it was just to work for someone else, but, group, group.

An unprecedented and unimaginable group.

He murmured, "Wh-what group?"

"of course……"

Li Bailong pondered for a moment and smiled proudly.

"Zhou Wen Group."

Help me come up with a group name...

I don’t want to be called ０文 Group or something like that!
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(End of this chapter)