Chapter 839: Gao Family Village News Department
The Gao Family Village Advanced Vocational Technical School recently established a new discipline.
Its name was quite peculiar: the "News Department."
Even stranger was that the Heavenly Lord himself personally served as its instructor.
Enrolling in this discipline came with several rather vexing requirements.
1. Presentable features, with a special note afterward: "Those who resemble Chen Qianhu are not permitted."
2. Literate and well-read, with a special note afterward: "Illiterates like Gao Chuwu are not permitted."
3. Proper demeanor and speech, with a special note afterward: "Blustering individuals like Padi Tu are not permitted."
4. Brave yet meticulous, enduring hardship, and willing to appear in public, with a special note afterward: "Refined young ladies who shy away from strangers and prefer to hide behind others, like the third young mistress, are not permitted."
The bar was set incredibly high!
Unsurprisingly, very few people ultimately applied.
In total, only nine people enrolled in one class, and interestingly, all nine were women, six of whom were former courtesans who had reformed their lives.
This necessitated a mention of Li Daoxuan's regulations: in the territories he commanded, the courtesan trade had effectively become a "strictly forbidden" industry.
Whenever the Gao Family Village Militia gained de facto control of a region, they would acquire all its brothels, transforming them into inns and restaurants. As for the courtesans, their contracts of indenture would be burned, restoring their free status. They would then be assigned work, assisting them in returning to a normal life.
Some of these women joined the Stars Performing Arts Agency, some went into the Textile Factory, and others became secretaries, among other roles.
Naturally, not all of them lived happily ever after.
There were always a few who weren't satisfied with their current occupations.
Thus, they came to enroll in the News Department.
Their goal was to become "news anchors" like Gao Yiye.
At this moment, Production Model Three stood on the school's rooftop, where a peculiar machine, two meters in diameter, was set up.
Li Daoxuan pointed at it. "Look, everyone, this thing is called a Miniature Camera."
"Miniature?" The nine female students stared at the two-meter-wide contraption, their faces utterly bewildered: *This* could be called miniature? That was a bit much!
However, in Gao Family Village, the Heavenly Lord's word was absolute. If the Heavenly Lord declared the sun black, everyone would agree the sun's color had changed to black.
Therefore...
This *was* miniature! No mistake about it! It definitely was miniature.
If it wasn't, then their understanding of the word "miniature" must be flawed.
One of the girls, her face full of curiosity, asked, "Heavenly Lord, what is this used for?"
Li Daoxuan smiled. "It's a tool for recording everything that happens around it."
The nine female students exchanged puzzled glances.
Li Daoxuan reached out and punched a button, causing a red light on the camera to illuminate.
He pointed to the light. "See here? When this light is on, it means it's recording. Everything it's pointed at right now... it will capture."
The Miniature Camera was currently aimed at a beautiful courtesan from Puzhou, one who performed but didn't sell her body. She was exceptionally lovely, with a waist like a slender willow branch. Hearing that she was being recorded, she grew curious. "Oh? Can I see what it's recorded?"
Li Daoxuan smiled. "Of course!"
As he spoke, a giant golden hand appeared in the sky, clutching a tablet computer, which slowly descended. The tablet and the Miniature Camera had long since been interconnected.
After positioning it, Li Daoxuan switched his consciousness back to the Production Model Heavenly Lord avatar inside the box. He turned on the tablet's screen, where all the icons had been pre-arranged in a single row at the bottom for easy access.
He effortlessly tapped open the camera management app, retrieved the footage just recorded, and played it on the tablet.
Immediately, the courtesan's face appeared on the tablet, smiling like a blooming flower, truly captivating to behold.
The courtesan gasped, "Oh! It really recorded me! What a marvelous Divine Mirror!"
Li Daoxuan then opened a video editing software, performed a series of drag-and-drop operations on the screen, and quickly added text to the video he had just recorded. He chuckled, "See? With these steps, a simple news report is complete. When it's actually broadcast, an anchor can record their voice to narrate over this footage, allowing our audience to hear about events happening far away."
The students suddenly understood. "So, the images we saw on the Divine Mirror, of the Militia fighting the Manchus, were all recorded this way!"
"Precisely!" Li Daoxuan sighed. "Recording the Militia fighting the Manchus requires brave reporters to go to the battlefield. That's why I truly wished to recruit some boys for the News Department, but alas... only girls have come."
The girls felt a brief flicker of embarrassment; they truly weren't eager to go to war.
Just then, the courtesan grinned. "Heavenly Lord, I have an idea that might attract many young men."
Li Daoxuan raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What idea?"
Mimicking Li Daoxuan's earlier actions, the courtesan turned on the camera, then stepped in front of the lens. She smiled into it and said, "The Gao Family Village News Studies Program is now recruiting! We have nine wonderful young women, but not a single young man... Oh, dear... Are there no brave young men willing to come and protect these ladies?"
Having finished, she pressed "stop" with a soft click, then walked to the tablet computer. Emulating Li Daoxuan, she opened the app and copied the video from the camera to the tablet.
Then she opened the video editing software, and within minutes, processed it and added text.
Li Daoxuan whistled. "My, you learn quickly!"
The courtesan smiled. "From a young age, I studied the classical arts, mastering them instantly and possessing a photographic memory."
Li Daoxuan couldn't help but give her a thumbs-up. "Brilliant!"
The courtesan smiled. "If we put the video I just recorded on tonight's news broadcast, I imagine many young men will come, won't they?"
Li Daoxuan burst out laughing. "You're absolutely right! Once that video airs, countless young men are bound to show up."
At this, his expression suddenly turned serious. He said gravely, "However, their motives would be impure. They'd come only for the nine beautiful and charming young women, not to study in the News Department. Such reporters, once on the front lines, might wet their pants in fear and fail to capture any authentic or useful footage."
Li Daoxuan gave the courtesan a knowing smile. "You wouldn't want your male classmates to be useless louts who turn to jelly at the sight of a woman, would you?"
The courtesan seemed to grasp his meaning. "I understand my mistake."
Li Daoxuan smiled and shook his head. "No, no, you haven't made a mistake. You have excellent potential for a career in news media. Moreover, you possess a photographic memory and formidable learning abilities. I have high hopes for you. Study diligently, master more knowledge, and become a powerful woman. In my domain, women also have this opportunity."
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