Witch, don't be so lazy

"Take action immediately and get more people to comment on her comments to guide public opinion..."

"Um, Deputy Director, look—"

The member interrupted weakly, but he didn't need to say anything, Scarecrow had already seen the comments popping up one after another below, the popularity was rising abnormally, and it was obvious that someone was manipulating it behind the scenes.

I took a quick look and found that most of them revolved around two arguments:

One is, "Yesterday's headlines were really trash. They didn't take any offline action to gain traffic, and everyone wanted to lead the trend. They even bullied those without background. Fortunately, you bravely stood up and didn't give in. Now they are scared and have taken it down."

Another one is "How could a little girl from a common family, who had just started school, buy off yesterday's news? She must be being targeted."

Occasionally, some political correctness is interspersed, "After all, he is a small hero who thwarted the dark wizard and saved a city. His character should be good, otherwise he would not be recognized by the big hero."

And some condemnation, "Besides, she didn't say anything extreme, why scold her like that? Isn't it too vicious? I can't stand reading the comments section over there."

Comments like these pop up almost one after another, and most of them are anonymous comments that cannot be seen on the homepage.

"...Deputy Director, do we still need to comment?"

The members asked cautiously, because once the wind direction is guided in advance, it is often difficult to change it back, not to mention that the other party's statement is reasonable and well-founded.

"Of course, just keep it anonymous."

The Scarecrow said in a deep voice, but there was one thing he couldn't understand no matter how hard he thought about it, because the operation was too skillful.

Manipulating public opinion, seeking fame and discrediting others are all familiar to nobles and merchants. However, due to different channels and operations, the methods they are familiar with are those used by newspapers, taverns, and adventurers.

But the forums on the Book of Wisdom are a different medium, and it is usually difficult to adapt to them if you have not been exposed to them for a long time beforehand.

The best at this in the academy are definitely the Watch Society, but the problem is, didn't their Yesterday's News say they were going to cooperate? Internal strife, a fight between the left and the right?

The scarecrow couldn't get an answer and could only report to the medium in silence.

Although there are other plans, and it doesn't think that everything can be accomplished all at once, but when it thinks about the fact that it has put in a lot of effort and now has given the other party free advertising, and public opinion has not developed in the way it imagined, it still feels depressed even though it clearly does not have a heart in the physical sense.

Ugh.

······

"Ugh."

An Ke looked at the Book of Wisdom and couldn't help but sigh.

Everything was going smoothly. She contacted Momo and Xiaohui, mobilized some connections, and combined with her rich experience in Internet public opinion warfare in her previous life, she barely broke the other party's malicious rhythm and also cheated them out of a sum of money. However, she was not very happy.

There are two main reasons.

First, the rhythm cannot be completely eliminated. Although many people have changed their bad impression, more people are waiting and watching, and some black fans and crazy fans are still chasing her.

Second, ever since she was certified and her post became popular, her book of wisdom has almost exploded.

First of all, there were countless red dots on the comments, which made it impossible to read them all. Moreover, if she hadn't quickly turned off the vibration function, she felt that the Book of Wisdom would shake in the air for the whole morning.

What’s more important is the friend request.

The encore was almost turned into a red-hot performance.

Because if you just take a quick look, you'll see a lot of messy information.

Most of them are advertisements - "Produced by the tree demon, pure natural magic potion, starting at only ninety-eight gold coins, don't miss it if you pass by", "Seniors give one-on-one guidance, escort the new students of the tower, and solve a hundred thousand confusions for you"... There is everything.

It feels like I'm being bombarded with text messages, but my phone doesn't have the function to automatically block spam messages. I'm speechless.

And we were clearly the ones doing the advertising, how come it's you who are now the ones selling? Stop it.

A small part of them are pure trolls - "Are you worthy of being Lady Carolina's friend? I told you to stop, can't you read? Are you illiterate?", "You directed and acted in this movie yourself, right? You think you're so smart?", "Rubbish"······

If there weren't other people to add, An Ke would have wanted to just "select all" + "delete", and by the way, add a friend request without the prompt sound.

Of course, she also released the information publicly because she realized this, otherwise it would be difficult for Lorena to see her friend request.

There is also the witch lady, who is actually Sineve. The Tower Academy is too big, and there is still some time before the compulsory courses start. If she doesn't ask publicly, she feels it will be difficult to find the other party, after all, she is a socially anxious person.

Fortunately, although Sinefe is socially anxious, she is obviously very intensive in surfing the Internet.

Not a moment.

She accepted the friend request of "I am the witch, Sinefe", and they made an appointment to meet directly.

Waited almost half an hour.

Anke heard a crisp ringing sound. It was a tram that stopped in front of her house.

The alchemical cuckoo above the fireplace also came out of the small box and chirped "cuckoo-cuckoo". It was something like a doorbell. A short chirp meant someone was visiting, and a long chirp meant someone was breaking in forcibly.

Opening the door, there was a shiny orange-gold velvet hat outside the courtyard. Well, that was a bright orange umbrella cover, then there was waist-length hair with gradient colors, a goose yellow long skirt, and a fungus fairy girl covering her face with the Book of Wisdom.

Sinefe.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

An Ke said with a sweet smile, "Come in."

The fungus demon waved towards Anke without saying anything, but silently operated the Book of Wisdom.

"Long time no see, Encore."

"..."

We were already meeting face to face, but we still had to communicate online. But when I thought about it, we were communicating through text messages through mycelium before, so it didn't seem to make any difference.

"Please take a seat. This is a newly built house, so we don't have any tea or drinks for now. Please forgive me."

Anke felt a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, just take a look at the contract first."

While fiddling with the Book of Wisdom, the fungus monster rolled up several contracts with mycelium and presented them to the girl.

Regarding the purchase plan and contract for the potion formula.

This is why they must meet. After all, it is a big contract involving 146,000 gold coins, so it is naturally worth being cautious.

Anke read the terms very carefully and compared them with the information he had seen and understood.

She is no longer the ignorant little girl she was a year ago. She has signed transaction contracts with the old man, the Magic Chamber of Commerce in Asda City, and the Propaganda Office of Black Rock City. She has also read relevant books to avoid being cheated as much as possible.

There's nothing fishy about the contract; it's just a very simple buyout contract. After paying the money, the Firefly Legion and related parties can freely make and sell the potions specified in the contract. At the same time, Anke is not allowed to share/sell the formula to other individuals or groups within ten years. Otherwise, once discovered, the Firefly Legion has the right to recover the gold coins.

Of course, it is possible to make and sell it by yourself. The Dai Guan family does not care about the competition from small individual workshops at all. They are the potion giant in the North.

Better than expected.

After all, this recipe is not unique. If she can get it in Fairy Tale Island, the elves must have it too. Moreover, Sinefe already knew the recipe and made it herself. It was just a verbal agreement at the time. If she didn't intend to abide by it, Anke could only sulk and write it down in her notebook.

Fortunately, nothing that bad happened.

After signing, the contract was established. Sinefe was also very straightforward. The mycelium rolled up a gold card.

"Do you want a card, or a transfer from the Book of Wisdom? If you want real gold coins, you'll have to wait a little longer. Maybe someone will come over in the evening... Why don't you say anything?"

The confusion of the mushroom popped up in the Book of Wisdom.

"No, I just suddenly realized that you guys are really rich."

Miss Anke answered with great sincerity.

Really, because she discovered that Xiaoyang is rich (?), Socially-Averse Bacteria is rich, Momo should also be rich, not to mention Feiman, everyone is a rich woman, only she is a poor Mammon little ghost.

Alas, the unevenness of life.

"Just transfer the money directly."

Anke originally planned to choose the card because she was afraid that the money from the Book of Wisdom would be used directly to pay off the debt, but after thinking about it carefully, the card was also issued by the Winter Magic Chamber of Commerce. As for asking for real gold coins, well, she was not a dragon, so forget it.

Although she was somewhat curious about whether there was a run on the Winter Magic Chamber of Commerce, and even wondered whether there really was so much gold in the world, and whether it was also mined metal, her focus was elsewhere.

"Congratulations, you've reached the second level. Are you planning a new spiritual world tour?"

Anke couldn't help but be curious.

When she first saw Sinefe, she discovered that the social phobia bacteria had also been promoted. Unfortunately, the specific magic and life energy were covered by props, so she couldn't see clearly. She could only vaguely feel that it was very dangerous.

"Ah."

"...how's your talent? It should be pretty impressive, right?"

Anke hesitated and tried to ask.

"We made the switch through specific means, and the Rose Dynasty also provided some help."

Anke was stunned by Sinefe's answer.

The first half of the sentence was nothing, she had long known that big powers had the ability to customize spiritual talents, but the second half was indeed beyond her expectations.

After hesitating for a while, An Ke still didn't ask "Is your spiritual talent the [Red Dew Fruit]?"

On the one hand, she felt it was presumptuous, and she had to explain why she asked this question, which was too troublesome; on the other hand, she heard the cuckoo's call again, and she and Sineve looked at each other, and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.

Who is it?

"Do you have other guests today? Should I leave now? Or should I find a place to hide? Is there a cellar here?"

Sinefe was very polite, showing no sign of anger or dissatisfaction at all, except for her obsession with not meeting strangers.

Judging from the speed at which she writes, she seems to be in a hurry.

“······No, I only made an appointment with you today.”

An Ke resisted the urge to complain about why they had to hide in the cellar. What kind of mushroom hobby was this? She just answered blankly.

It's not polite to meet two people at the same time. Anke would definitely not do that. It should be Momo who suddenly came over. She doesn't need to take the tram. Land navigation is obviously more convenient.

After being together for so long, Anke has gotten used to it. Momo is like a wild Pokémon that can jump out at any time and anywhere to scare people.

She glanced at the Book of Wisdom and found that Xilan and Momo, who were at the top of the friend list, had sent her messages.

The former: "How are you handling it? When can we go buy the Knowledge Crystal together?"

The latter said: "Momo is busy now and can't help convey it. You can communicate directly with Darulu. It has sent you a friend request."

It’s not the Pokémon Momo.

An Ke was stunned for a moment, glanced down out of the corner of her eye, and almost jumped out of fright.

New friends.

Lorena.

There are only two simple and clear words on the communication page.

"Open the door."

For a moment, Anke felt her head buzzing, and she subconsciously turned her head to look at Sinefe.

Not knowing what the latter had realized, the beautiful toadstool girl hesitated for a moment and asked another question in the Book of Wisdom:

"If there's no cellar, then hide in the room upstairs?"

Chapter 25 Meeting (6100)

When you push open the door, you can immediately see the beautiful garden plants in the courtyard outside, from the newly transplanted Phoenix orchid to the neatly trimmed Red Sea Peach.

But apart from these things, after looking around, I couldn't see any living creatures at all.

An Ke's eyes flickered, as if he understood something.

“...There’s no one here, did you see?”

She tilted her head and looked at Sinef beside her.

An Ke refused the socially anxious person's request to hide, because it seemed like he was guilty, and there was nothing shameful about it, so he simply dragged the other person over with him.

The latter also shook his head, indicating that he didn't notice.

"Is it a curious neighbor or passerby, or is someone maliciously harassing me? If they keep interrupting me, it's going to disrupt my practice. Will reporting this to the academy be helpful? Or should I handle this myself?"

Anke had a worried look on his face.

Of course, she had neighbors next to her house, on both sides, but the owner of one of them was currently traveling for the Tianti academic year, and there was a notice on the door saying that if there were any issues, please contact through a special channel;

The other one looks full of life, with animals in the yard, but the owner has not been seen yet.

"If it's a spellcasting partner, you can do whatever you want if warnings are ineffective. If it's a teacher or student within the academy, you can collect evidence of frequent interference and report it to the academy council. After confirmation, they will criticize and fine you. This counts as true interference, starting at 500 gold coins. Repeat offenses will double the amount, with no upper limit. You will be fined."

"If the other party has been using different people to harass you, and similar incidents haven't occurred in a long time, you can comment on the forum at any time, but in reality, taking action takes a lot of time, and everyone is very busy. If someone is really willing to spend resources and energy to coordinate so many teachers and students, then all you have to do is turn off the doorbell reminder. It saves time and effort, and it doesn't necessarily mean you'll suffer any loss..."