Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Letitia was struggling over whether to go or not. She thought of what Lin Shangzhou had just said to her and thought: Just think of it as a chance to gain experience, go!

Her eyes became firm and she nodded to Lin Shangzhou.

"Yes, I do."

"Okay, come with me later. The restaurant is not far away, and it only takes ten minutes to walk there."

Then Letitia followed Lin Shangzhou to the restaurant. After she told the boss what had happened, the boss agreed without hesitation to let Letitia take over Lin Shangzhou's job in the store and expressed his welcome.

After helping Letitia find a job, Lin Shangzhou returned to the apartment to find Wolfgang and asked him to take him to the newspaper.

After more than ten minutes' drive, Wolfgang arrived at the destination. Lin Shangzhou got out of the car and looked at the building in front of him. He took a deep breath, relaxed his mind, and then walked in.

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Chapter 31 Newspaper Work

Lin Shangzhou walked into the building. The first floor was used to receive guests. After explaining his purpose to the staff, they took him up the stairs to the second floor.

After opening the door and walking into the second floor, he saw that the entire second floor was an office area. There were separate rooms in some places, which should be the offices of the editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief. The staff took him to an office and said to him:

"This is the deputy editor-in-chief's office."

Then he pushed the door open and walked in, and pushed the door open and walked out a dozen seconds later.

"Okay, let's go in."

"Well, thank you."

Lin Shangzhou nodded, pushed the door and walked into the office. The office was simply decorated. A middle-aged man was sitting behind the desk, writing something on a notebook with a pen. There were two stacks of documents on the desk.

"Hello, Mr. Deputy Editor-in-Chief. My name is Fritz Hipper. I was introduced by Editor-in-Chief Louis. Here is his letter of introduction."

Lin Shangzhou walked forward respectfully and took the letter of introduction in his hand. The deputy editor-in-chief looked up at Lin Shangzhou with a slightly dissatisfied expression, not knowing whether it was because of Lin Shangzhou or because of his own work.

Lin Shangzhou's heart skipped a beat when he saw the dissatisfaction on his face. Could it be that this deputy editor-in-chief doesn't like people using connections?

The deputy editor-in-chief took the letter and glanced at Lin Shangzhou. Noticing that he was getting nervous, he looked up and said to him, "Why are you so nervous? I'm unhappy because there are some problems at the newspaper that are giving me a headache recently. It's not because of you. Don't be nervous. Relax a little."

"call…"

After hearing what the deputy editor-in-chief said, Lin Shangzhou felt relieved and was no longer so nervous.

The deputy editor-in-chief opened the envelope and looked at the contents. Then he looked up at Lin Shangzhou and said, "The editor-in-chief said you are a good storyteller?"

“Well, my previous listeners said the story was good.”

Lin Shangzhou nodded.

“Is that so…

The deputy editor nodded slowly, with some anticipation in his heart. He folded his hands, supported his chin with the back of his hands, and said:

"But just because your audience thinks it's good doesn't mean others think it's good. Give me a rough outline of your story and let me listen. If it's okay, I'll let you write a story for our newspaper. If not, don't worry. After all, this is the editor-in-chief's request, and you can still get a job writing a report."

Then Lin Shangzhou told the deputy editor-in-chief about the brief account of Dark Soul 1 that he had given to Alexandrine before. After listening to Lin Shangzhou's story, the deputy editor-in-chief felt very surprised and delighted. The type and content of this story were something he had never heard of before, and it was also quite interesting. At least he wanted to know more about the following content.

"clap clap"

The deputy editor-in-chief stood up and applauded, then smiled and said to Lin Shangzhou, "Okay, you're hired. Your story is very interesting, and I believe it will be welcomed by everyone."

"Thank you, Deputy Editor."

The deputy editor-in-chief's words made Lin Shangzhou very happy, and he hurriedly thanked the deputy editor-in-chief.

"Come on, I'll introduce you to everyone."

"Ah."

Lin Shangzhou followed the deputy editor-in-chief out of the office. The deputy editor-in-chief clapped his hands, and the people in the office stopped their work and turned to look at him, waiting quietly for him to speak.

The deputy editor-in-chief extended his hand in front of Lin Shangzhou as if to introduce him. He said loudly to the people in the office, "Let me introduce you to everyone. This is Mr. Fritz Hippel, who was introduced by Editor-in-Chief Louis to serve as the story editor. His story is very interesting, and I believe it will be welcomed by the public. Come on, everyone, welcome our new colleague."

There was a loud applause in the room. Some of the newspaper employees welcomed him sincerely, while others just went through the motions. Lin Shangzhou was happy but also a little confused. Why was he the story editor? Didn't they ask me to write the story? How did he become the editor-in-charge?

After the employees finished applauding, the deputy editor-in-chief asked them to continue working. Lin Shangzhou was led by another employee to the Human Resources Department to record his information and then taken to his workplace.

After Lin Shangzhou sat down on the chair, the staff member who brought him over said:

"Mr. Hipper, your job is to write all kinds of stories. Once you finish writing the manuscript, just hand it over to the publishing department. They will publish your story in the newspaper. Your basic weekly salary is 15 marks. After a period of time, if someone gives you feedback that your story is very good, then your weekly salary will be increased accordingly. On the contrary, if someone complains that your story is not well written, then your weekly salary will not be increased."

(Write the manuscript and hand it over to the publishing department?)

Lin Shangzhou pondered over his work and then nodded to the staff member.

"Okay, I understand. What's your name?"

The staff member smiled and said:

"My name is Monkey Lux, just call me Monkey."

"Well, you can call me Fritz too."

Afterwards, Monkey left. Lin Shangzhou sat at his workstation, picked up a pen and began to write down the thoughts in his mind on the manuscript paper. The first thing he wrote was the story of "Dark Souls 1", because he had previously turned it into a story in order to tell the story of the game to the German Emperor. It left the deepest impression on him and was the easiest to write.

Lin Shangzhou quickly immersed himself in his work, and two hours had passed by the time he put down his pen to rest.

Two hours of furious writing had left his hands so sore that he could no longer move. He stopped because his hands were sore. Leaning back in his chair, Lin Shangzhou looked up at the ceiling.

Only then did he notice that there was someone standing next to him, staring intently at his manuscript.

"Hello."

He greeted the man, and the other person responded by looking at him and greeting him.

"Hello, Felitz, my name is Jesus and I'm from the publishing department."

"Hello, Jesus, when did you come? I was so immersed in my work that I didn't realize someone was coming."

Lin Shangzhou moved his chair and turned his body towards Hefeth and said.

Jesus raised his hand, looked at his watch and said:

"I've been here for ten minutes. I saw you were concentrating on your work so I didn't disturb you."

"What do you think of my story? Can it be published in the newspaper according to your publishing department's standards?"

Lin Shangzhou asked as he picked up the manuscript and handed it to Jesus. Jesus took the manuscript, glanced at the first few pages, then smiled and nodded.

"The story is very interesting. I believe it will be well received by the public when published in the newspaper. It is much better than the story written by the previous story editor. Although that person has a high degree and seems to have been a film director in the past, the story he wrote is too boring. The deputy editor-in-chief ordered him to take a few days off to go home and rest."

After hearing what Jesus said about the previous story editor, Lin Shangzhou asked curiously:

"Oh? Since he was a director, he shouldn't have no good ideas. What's his name?"

"Paul Goebbels."

"Ok?"

After hearing the name of the former story editor, Lin Shangzhou uttered "hmm" three times in surprise. He was really surprised. He didn't expect that the former editor was actually called "Paul Goebbels". If nothing unexpected happened, this Paul Goebbels was the Goebbels he was familiar with.

To be on the safe side, Lin Shangzhou continued, "Can you describe his characteristics to me?"

Jesus was surprised by Lin Shangzhou's question. Why did he ask this? But he still answered: "The most obvious feature is that there is something wrong with his left leg, which seems to be caused by polio when he was a child. He is also a little thin."

Well, Lin Shangzhou confirmed that the former story editor was Paul Goebbels, who was known as the "Nazi mouthpiece" in OTL, a loyal comrade of the mustache, and also a murderer who committed countless crimes.

However, Xiao Huang cannot be called that in this world. At present, Xiao Huang is just an editor of a newspaper who writes stories for the newspaper. Although Lin Shangzhou does not know what Xiao Huang has experienced in the KR world, it seems that it would be useless even if he knew it because the world line has changed.

Xiao Huang did not seem to be involved in politics but became a newspaper editor. This is also a good thing. There is one less devil in the world and one more newspaper editor.

"You don't have to worry about him taking your job when he comes back. The editor-in-chief will assign him other positions. Since you write such good stories, I believe he will be willing to give you the position of story editor."

Jesus patted Lin Shangzhou on the shoulder and said that he thought Lin Shangzhou was worried that the former editor-in-chief would take his job away after returning.

"I'm also looking forward to meeting him. Let's talk about it when he comes."

Putting his hands away, Jesus waved the manuscript paper in his hand to Lin Shangzhou and said, "Can I take these manuscripts for typesetting and publication?"

"Of course, I also look forward to having my work published in the newspaper."

Lin Shangzhou readily agreed.

Then Jesus left, and Lin Shangzhou picked up a new manuscript paper and began to write the rest of the story.

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Chapter 32 First Day at Work

Lin Shangzhou wrote furiously the whole morning, which resulted in him feeling as if his brain was drained when he went to eat after work at 11 o'clock. Because this place was some distance from his home, Lin Shangzhou did not go home but had lunch at a nearby restaurant. After lunch, he asked where he could buy bicycles on the street, and under the guidance of passers-by, he went to a bicycle shop and bought a bicycle to solve his commuting problem.

Riding his bike back to the newspaper office, Lin Shangzhou went up to the second floor, opened the door, walked into the office area and returned to his seat. He glanced at the clock on the wall. It was one forty, almost two o'clock, and people in the office came in one after another to prepare for work.

As soon as two o'clock arrived, Lin Shangzhou picked up his pen and continued to write on the manuscript paper.

On the other side, Monk was chatting with his colleague. The two of them saw how hard Lin Shangzhou worked. The colleague couldn't help but sigh and said, "Mr. Hipper is really hardworking. Compared with Editor Goebbels, there is a world of difference. I often see Editor Goebbels not writing for a long time. I don't know if he is thinking about something else or it is too difficult to come up with a story. Look at Editor Hipper. I saw him stop writing this morning when Jesus went to see him. I never saw him stop writing at other times. He wrote as much in one morning as Editor Goebbels did in several days."

Monk thought for a moment and said:

"Editor Hipper wants to prove himself. He was introduced by the editor-in-chief. If he doesn't show some ability, he will just be a gigolo. I asked Jesus for his story during lunch and read it. It's very interesting. It's a type I have never seen before. No wonder the editor-in-chief introduced him to the newspaper. If his story is published in the newspaper, it will definitely increase the sales of our newspaper."

Lin Shangzhou naturally couldn't hear what the two were saying, as he was immersed in his writing work.

"Fritts."

As Lin Shangzhou was writing, he heard someone calling his name. He turned his head and saw Jesus standing behind him with a newspaper in his hand.

Jesus handed the newspaper to Lin Shangzhou and said:

"Take a look. This is a printed sample. The newspaper hasn't written today's article yet, so part of the article is from yesterday. We just want to print your story first to see how it works."

"Oh, okay, let me take a look."

Lin Shangzhou took the newspaper and unfolded it, and the three big words "Workers' Newspaper" came into view. In front of the three words "Workers' Newspaper" there was a line of "Strasbourg" in smaller font. Together they read "Strasbourg Workers' Newspaper", which surprised him a little.

"Workers' Newspaper?"

He looked up at Jesus in confusion, and Jesus smiled and explained, "You don't know, our newspaper is called Strasbourg Workers' News, or "Workers' News" for short. The content of the report is mainly related to current affairs and the workers in the city. The story you are responsible for writing is the only entertainment article in the newspaper."

"That's it, I understand."

After listening to Jesus' explanation, Lin Shangzhou nodded. The moment he saw the Strasbourg Workers' News, he understood what kind of newspaper he worked for. It was a left-wing newspaper.

Only the left would name a newspaper like "Workers' Newspaper". In any case, he had never seen a right-winger name their newspaper "Workers' Newspaper".

In Alsace, a gathering place for the German left, it is not surprising that the newspaper I work for is left-wing.

The contents of the newspaper were the same as what Jesus had said, and they were from yesterday, and some of the things in it were also reported in the Strasbourg Daily that he had read in the morning.

Turning the newspaper over, he saw the story column in the upper left corner. He was a little surprised by the size of the column, which took up two-thirds of a quarter of the newspaper. For a newspaper with a strong political focus and an overall serious nature, the proportion of such entertainment articles was a bit too large.

“Isn’t this a bit too large a proportion?”

Lin Shangzhou pointed to the story column and said to Jesus, Jesus smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing we can do. The sales of the newspaper are too low. The readers of our Workers' Daily are only workers and ordinary people. But the survey we conducted after the newspaper was published showed that workers did not buy the Workers' Daily at all, and ordinary people did not buy it much either. Later, we had no choice but to use such a large space to publish short and medium-length novels and interesting stories. After doing so, the sales barely increased a little."

"But our financial situation is still not good. According to the finance department, the newspaper has been losing money for several months. The salaries of our employees and other expenses are completely paid out of the editor-in-chief's own pocket."

As he said this, Jesus stomped his feet lightly on the floor tiles twice.

"The only thing that makes us feel a little relieved is that this building belongs to the editor-in-chief, so we don't have to pay for the venue."

"Then our newspaper is really in trouble..."

Lin Shangzhou forced a smile.

"I think this looks good. I would also like to ask, are the stories in the newspaper updated every day or every few days?"

Jesus thought about this question for a while, and then answered: "It depends on your personal ability. If you can write enough content every day and constantly create new stories, then we will update it once a day. If not, then we will update it every three days or every five days."

"This……"

Lin Shangzhou didn't know what to say about this. He understood why Goebbels couldn't write good articles. This kind of high-intensity creation was fine if it was to update novels, but it would be too difficult if he had to keep creating different kinds of stories. Although he had a bunch of novels and stories in his mind that were ahead of the world, if he wanted to move them to newspapers and publish them in this form, they needed to be simplified and compressed. This process would take up a lot of his energy and time. Otherwise, how many years would it take for him to serialize a novel with tens of millions of words in a newspaper like a serialized novel?

Moreover, most of the novels in his mind were just impressions, so it was difficult to ask him to retell them.

Seeing Lin Shangzhou in trouble, Jesus sighed.

"Oh, is it really too difficult? If that doesn't work, then update every three or five days. That way it will be easier for you."

"It can only be the."