Chapter 116: Newspapers of Tobesk

In this city known as the Pearl of the North, which is shrouded in fog all year round, there are many kinds of newspapers. And the current university district not only gathers most of the higher education institutions in Tobesk, but is also an area where newspaper offices and publishing houses gather, so the journey is actually not long.

The Luo De Pai obtained from Professor Manning has not been sold yet, so although he found the detective's wallet, Xia De's choices were still very limited.

He certainly didn't dare to think about national newspapers like "Tobesk Morning News", "Terraril River News", and "Kingdom Morning News" subscribed to by Detective Sparrow.

But he still took the business card to the newspaper office to ask, and was scared by the price given by the accountant, which made him completely give up.

"These are all national best-selling newspapers, and my business is only limited to Tobesk, so there is no need to advertise in such places."

He also comforted himself like this, and then felt that his idea was very reasonable, convincing himself.

And in the "Three Pence News" or "Delarion Commercial News" with decent local circulation in Tobesk, he could get a small square position in the newspaper's seam, or below the obituary column, to advertise together with inventors looking for investment, factory recruitment, or lost and found notices.

The newspaper office was very busy, so when Xia De visited these newspaper offices, his visit was not taken seriously. Editors and reporters came in and out. Just in the twenty minutes Xia De stayed in the smoke-filled editorial department on the second floor of "Delarion Commercial News", three people rushed in, waving their hands and shouting "big news".

There was new progress in the local child abduction case, a member of the royal family accidentally appeared at the auction house, someone died on the street in the North District of Tobesk... Subsequently, a group of people followed the guy with news and rushed out. This prosperous steam city will never lack fresh things.

The price of the advertising area of this kind of newspaper is also not low, and it is charged by the number of times. Considering that his agency's ability is limited and he cannot receive too many guests, Xia De only bought the advertisement for this Sunday and next Sunday first, wanting to see the effect first.

As for those tabloids that publish lace news, such as "Textile Daily" and "Tobesk Citizen News", the price of advertising is low. It's just that Xia De is worried that advertising too much in such newspapers will make him, like Sparrow Hamilton, an expert specializing in the field of extramarital affairs and mistress investigations.

But he didn't have many choices, so he could only pray that there would be other commissions, because of the advertisements in these lace tabloids, coming to his door.

The good news is that when Xia De took the business card and found the newspaper office of "Steam Bird Daily", which ranks fourth in the city's circulation, on St. George Street in the Tobesk University District, the middle-aged man wearing a black buttoned suit who received Xia De in the office looked at the business card placed on the magnificent solid wood desk, put down the fountain pen in his hand, held his hands together, and asked suspiciously behind the desk:

"Sir, may I ask who gave you the business card?"

"Miss Dorothy Lu Lu Lu Yisha. She entrusted me with her detective story research some time ago. Later, I heard that I wanted to find a newspaper to advertise, so she introduced me to this place directly."

Xia De said half-truthfully. He had such "reasonable" acquaintance experiences with others in the same group.

"Lu Lu Lu Yisha... Advertising is no problem. At the bottom edge of the second edition, next to the date, I can leave you about thirty words of space. If you want to advertise for a long time, it can be cheaper... How about ten shillings a month? Come to us at the beginning of each month to pay, or remit money through the post office."

"Ten shillings?"

Xia De was stunned, suspecting that he had misheard, or that the gentleman behind the desk had made a slip of the tongue.

He ran to many places today and knew that for a high-circulation newspaper like "Steam Bird Daily" that publishes four times a week, even if the tail-page seam advertisement fee for one week is ten shillings, it is considered very cheap.

And the advertising area at the bottom of the second edition, ten shillings a month, is simply no different from free.

"Introduced by Lu Lu Lu Yisha's business card, of course it can be cheaper."

The middle-aged man shrugged and explained.

"Does Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha contribute to you?"

Xia De knew that the female writer also worked as a reporter.

"Contribute, but more importantly... her father, Professor Scavin Lu Lu Lu Yisha, is a shareholder of the newspaper office. Now most of the editors of the newspaper office are his students. When I was a student, I also audited the professor's courses. Since she introduced you to come, it is reasonable to be cheaper."

The middle-aged man explained and also asked Xia De if he needed tea.

"This..."

Judging from her conversation, the female writer must come from a middle-class or even upper-class family, but Xia De didn't expect Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha's family to be so powerful. Yesterday at Professor Manning's, he knew that the professor and Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha's father knew each other, but at that time he didn't expect it to be like this.

"Is this really okay?"

Xia De asked embarrassedly.

"What's wrong with it? It's not that we don't collect your money. Oh, sir, you are really interesting. Are you worried that we will lose money?"

The middle-aged man said with a smile, and Xia De also shook his head and laughed, as if afraid that the other party would go back on his word, and slapped ten shillings on the desk.

He planned to thank Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha properly next time. Xia De already owed two favors for the transcript of "The Little Match Girl" and the advertising matter.

Because he had to reserve the 20 Jin Bang to be repaid next month and the 10 Jin Bang owed to Xiao Miya, Xia De's available funds were not very abundant. The cheap advertisement of "Steam Bird Daily" greatly reduced his planned expenditure, which made the Outsider, who was still not rich, full of hope for future life.

"Sure enough, everything will get better."

After dealing with the advertisement posting problem, when he returned to St. Deran Square at noon, he unexpectedly found a letter on the doormat. It turned out to be a reply from "that lady". She asked Xia De to see her at the club in the evening.

"That lady" successfully helped the five people escape after the Lakeview Manor accident. This, of course, would not be free help.

"But a Ringed Shushi of this level should not lack the power of a First-Ring Shushi. Is it really something that is inconvenient for a noble to do that she wants me to do?"

He wouldn't think that nobles are the law-abiding guys described in books.

The letter that the priest was asked to pass on last time should have been written with paper and pen temporarily found at Lakeview Manor, so the quality of the paper was very ordinary. This time, the lady used special high-end letter paper. Although it didn't have gold edges on the page, the whole paper had a special fragrance. Miya was very sensitive to this smell, probably feeling pungent, but Xia De liked this smell very much.

Of course, he wouldn't be like a pervert to smell the letter paper. ===== CHAPTER 117 =====