When the shift changed at 8 a.m., Le Yu practically fled the patrol headquarters, as if he were escaping.
Mainly because Qin Leyin was too annoying.
Le Yu had thought their cooperation meant that he would be responsible for publishing the newspaper while the Huiyao Four Guards helped spread the publicity or something. He had never expected Qin Leyin to want to meddle in the newspaper's content!
Naturally, Le Yu was displeased. When it comes to newspapers and starting flame wars, I've seen countless spectacles on Weibo and watched the winds of change on N.G.A. I'm a veteran justice-minded netizen. Who the hell do you think you are? You think you can tell me how to run a newspaper?
Yet Qin Leyin's suggestions made Le Yu unable to help looking at him in a new light:
① There's no problem with using risqué art on the cover, but don't use this kind of fantastical risqué art. Use something more down-to-earth, like a maid emerging from a luxurious room, her clothes slightly disheveled, her eyes swollen and tear-filled, her expression aggrieved and pained, while the doorway behind her resembled a pitch-black abyss.
That way, everyone would immediately imagine all sorts of scenes that made them grit their teeth in anger and heartache, wishing they could take the maid's place. Many people would even empathize with her—after all, the secret crushes of many young people from the lower classes in Profound Candle Prefecture really did encounter this sort of thing.
Wouldn't this raise the whole message to a higher level?
It was risqué yet conservative, making people's imaginations run wild while also tugging at their heartstrings. More importantly, it could resonate with many people. Wouldn't the lower classes' dissatisfaction shoot up?
② In the Knowledge Discussion Zone, they could add the