Chapter 287: Comparison and Incitement (1)
“The demand for increased circulation is coming from all over the Empire.”
Unlike modern society, which is on the brink of bursting with entertainment options, the Toscana Empire has almost no real sources of amusement.
Nobles and the wealthy might indulge in wholesome entertainment like horseback riding, balls, hunting, and fine dining, or, to the level that even 21st-century politicians would be taken aback, decadent and immoral banquets.
Most people in modern society couldn’t relate to foreign languages or various technical studies being seen as entertainment, but for common folk and peasants, their only form of amusement would be drinking, chatting with neighbors, and being with their wives.
That’s why newspapers, which provide information to accompany drinking, have become so popular.
“Pubs, inns, merchants, local notables, and rural nobles have all requested to buy a copy of the newspaper. Just yesterday, we received more than 200 letters.”
“Did anyone ask for it to be delivered earlier, even by a day?”
That’s the nature of information.
What everyone ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) already knows is of little value, but only what others don’t know has real worth.
If I got information today that a major corporation's stock would increase by 200% in a year, I could make a significant profit in a year.
But if I waited until a day later, after the stock has already risen by 200%, it would be meaningless.
The people of Toscana Empire are surely aware of this logic.