As a lord, I was forced to farm

Liu Wenyan was slightly surprised. It was rare to see His Highness the Prince with such an expression. She had no intention of offending His Highness, but to use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, it was like a lazy cat that had seen a mouse and was now showing a bit of interest.

“Yes. But… since we can’t use this trick, we at Duobao Spirit Goods Store can’t just let Wanbao Spirit Goods Store steal our business like this. Why don’t we also print maps of Mingxiao City and send people to distribute them for free?” A dark glint flashed in Liu Wenyan’s eyes.

Qushui Tower is not something that can be manipulated by others at will.

The fact that Qushui Tower is now famous in Mingxiao City, a place where merchants flock to and customers come in droves, may be partly due to the help of the Qi family. But that doesn’t mean that the people of Qushui Tower are just sitting around doing nothing. The good reputation that circulates in the city may well have been deliberately cultivated and guided by Liu Wenyan and others.

This time, she was caught off guard by the people from Wanbao Linghuo Store and accepted the loss, but the real outcome was uncertain.

"By doing this, you've actually brought a counterfeit shop down to the same level as Duobao Linghuo Shop, thus lowering your own status."

Jiang Ran gently placed the Mist-Swallowing Flying Sword on the desk and suddenly asked Liu Wenyan a question, "Putting everything else aside, what do you think of this Mist-Swallowing Flying Sword?"

“This…” Liu Wenyan hesitated for a moment, “Very good, it is in no way inferior to our Cloud-Swallowing Flying Sword.”

Chen Rang, who was listening to the two chatting with his head down, got anxious. He thought to himself, "Master Steward, why are you praising our competitor's stuff? Aren't you afraid that His Highness the Prince will be unhappy if he hears this?"
However, Jiang Ran was not unhappy at all when she heard Liu Wenyan's praise of the Cloud-Swallowing Flying Sword. Instead, she squinted her eyes with pleasure and said, "It is very good. Who would have thought that they could replicate the Cloud-Swallowing Flying Sword to this extent in just one or two months? It's just a pity that they added a step that was unnecessary."

Adding legs to a snake?

Liu Wenyan didn't quite understand what His Highness meant by "adding legs to a snake," when Jiang Ran's voice came again, "Alright, you don't need to worry about the Wanbao Linghuo Store anymore. Just manage Duobao Linghuo Store and Qushui Tower well. Go and call Afeng here."

"Yes." The two bowed slightly, and Liu Wenyan quickly called Ah Feng over.

The first installment of "Chasing Clouds" has been filmed and edited, and a viewing area has been built on the top floor of Qushui Tower. Therefore, the first supernatural film on the entire continent is about to be released. As the troupe leader, Afeng, along with several important figures in the troupe, including the young lead actor Bei Chen, all came to Qushui Tower.

The group was racking their brains over how to price movie tickets and how to promote the film to attract viewers.

Just then, Ah Feng heard that His Highness the Prince had summoned him. He thought that His Highness had some good news, such as helping them with publicity, so he immediately came over. It's no wonder he thought that way. Although the Spirit Shadow Drama was the first of its kind in the Great Su and possibly the entire Cangmiao Continent, whenever Ah Feng encountered any troubles during filming, as long as he went to His Highness the Prince, His Highness could always give him a brilliant and insightful solution.

Before getting close to the Prince, A-Feng had already admired Jiang Ran immensely. After several encounters with Jiang Ran, A-Feng's admiration for their Prince Da Su did not diminish; instead, it felt more like meeting a kindred spirit.

Of course, Ah Feng only dared to think about finding a kindred spirit in his heart; he didn't dare to say it out loud.

At this moment, Ah Feng, hoping that His Highness the Prince would solve his predicament, arrived impatiently. However, he soon stopped smiling. "Your Highness, did I hear that right? You want to add a scene to the Spirit Shadow Play?"

"Hmm, can't do it?" Jiang Ran gave a gentle smile. A-Feng was momentarily dazzled by her beautiful face, and when he came to his senses, he realized that he had already agreed to the Prince's order. Although the Prince's order was a foregone conclusion, he had agreed too quickly.

Ah Feng secretly thought to himself that he was truly useless.

He smiled wryly, "If we add that scene, I'm afraid the release of 'The Legend of Chusen Part 1' will have to be postponed again."

"No, it has to be released before the power competition begins. Is that possible?"

Ah Feng immediately flashed a hearty smile and stood at attention, "Your Highness, I can do it."

Fortunately, Jiang Ran knew to give a stern warning followed by a sweet treat. "I heard you've been having trouble promoting 'The Legend of Chusen: The First Episode' lately?"

Ah Feng's smile immediately vanished, and he put on a pitiful expression—it was rather strange for someone with such strong, masculine features to make such an expression. He pretended to be pitiful and said, "Yes, Your Highness, I can write novels, and I can grit my teeth and act in a ghost drama, but I'm really not good at publicity! Please, Your Highness, give us some good ideas!"

If this were in Da Su's own territory, it would be fine. Even if the people of Da Su hadn't read the story of Bai Li Zhui, they would have heard of it to some extent, so A Feng would definitely have no trouble selling it. But this is Ming Xiao City, and no one has ever heard of the book "The Legend of Chasing Clouds".

Given that there's only a day or two left, and an even more exciting power competition is just around the corner, how can we let people know about the existence of the Spirit Shadow Drama and enter the Star Gazing Pavilion to watch it?
Jiang Ran lowered her eyes slightly. She had been busy with other things all day, leaving all matters related to the Lingying Drama to Afeng and the officials of the Ministry of Rites. She hadn't really thought about the publicity of the Lingying Drama before.

The room was quiet for a moment. After a while, Jiang Ran spoke up, "Ah Feng, do you know the composition of the personnel in this Mingxiao Central City?"

Ah Feng tilted his head. In fact, he had indeed studied Mingxiao City. After all, in the later part of "Chasing Clouds," Baili had followed a city modeled after Mingxiao City. In order to write this book well, he naturally learned about Mingxiao City.

As one of the five major academies, Mingxiao City is most notable for its large number of cultivators. In the central city, cultivators are even more numerous. If you grab any five out of ten people on the street, they will be cultivators, and the other five will also have some connection with cultivators.

"You mean our target audience for watching Yun Zhiling's movies and TV series is cultivators, so we should start with things that cultivators are interested in?"

Jiang Ran smiled, and a faint light flashed from the ink ring on her finger, revealing a beautifully packaged cultivation manual in her hand.

"You're quite teachable." Jiang Ran handed the cultivation manual to A Feng, who immediately stood up, accepted it respectfully, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Jiang Ran said, "What could be more coveted by cultivators than a cultivation technique? Although this is only a mid-grade mortal-level technique, if you told the cultivators of Mingxiao City that they could learn a mid-grade mortal-level profound technique for just one hundred spirit crystals, what do you think they would do?" (End of Chapter)