Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 571 Release of “Earl’s Light” Light Bulb

Hobert is very clear that if normal publicity methods are used, people will first think it is an advertisement and will not read it carefully.

Secondly, it takes a lot of space to explain what a light bulb is, what electricity is, etc., and not many people can read it to the end.

Then it would be better to use this kind of apology in a light and airy way, and also make sure to explain that the residents around Youorder Square complained to the relevant departments, so they had to publish an apology in the newspaper.

It's just that the light bulb just turned on yesterday. How could someone complain so quickly? When did the bureaucracy of the Kingdom of Loen operate so quickly?

This was purely a drama arranged by Hobert in advance, but because of the novel method, it easily achieved the desired effect.

At this time, for gentlemen and ladies, newspapers are an important channel for obtaining information, so as long as everyone has time, they usually read most of the contents of the newspaper during breakfast so that they can have topics to chat with colleagues. .

So in Backlund today, most of the middle class know about the experiment in Order Square.

And they use their limited knowledge to explain new things such as electricity and light bulbs.

This is a large-scale popularization of electricity-related knowledge. Although the direction of popularization may not be correct, they spontaneously understand the basic knowledge of electricity and light bulbs.

When passing Order Square, everyone will also look at the light bulb that is still on in the center of the square.

Its brightness is clearly visible even during the day.

For two or three days in a row, the topic of light bulbs has been quite popular.

But after four or five days, the popularity of this topic basically passed.

At this time, a piece of information was once again published in major newspapers in Backlund. It was a professor in the scientific community criticizing the "Earl's Light" factory, saying that their reports were untrue.

Because according to normal logic, the service life of a light bulb will not exceed ten days!Not only that, but the lifespan of most light bulbs is only a few minutes or a few hours!

Then he began to list some of his experimental data and tell everyone the true service life of the light bulb, so that everyone should not believe the previous false reports!

As soon as the report came out, everyone didn’t think much of it at first.

But in the evening, the major evening newspapers in Backlund followed up with a report saying that the "Earl's Light" light bulb factory had found the professor who made critical remarks this morning and made a 3000-pound bet with him. !

As long as the service life of the bulb in the experiment can exceed ten days, the professor will compensate the "Earl's Light" factory for 3000 pounds in reputational damage and publish an apology in the newspaper.

If the large light bulb goes out within ten days, the "Earl's Light" factory will donate 3000 pounds of scientific research funding to the other party.

This suddenly attracted everyone's attention to this matter. First of all, it was a dispute and a bet, which could easily arouse the appetite of gentlemen and ladies, as well as their curiosity to watch the excitement.

Secondly, this bet is the amount that is easiest for the middle class to imagine. With their income, they certainly understand what 3000 pounds is.

With this money, they can own a house of their own, or rent a larger house, or own a carriage. In short, it will improve their life to a higher level!
It would indeed be more surprising if the stakes were 1 pounds or tens of thousands of pounds, but they have no actual concept of this amount of gold pounds.

That night, many people ran to the square to ask how many days the light bulb had been on. There were even more people in the square to watch!

The next day, the topic about the "Earl's Light" light bulb became heated again, and everyone discussed how many days the light bulb would last.

There are even gentlemen who are very curious and will visit their friends in the scientific community to solve their doubts and at the same time complete a middle-class social visit.

Many women also write letters to their classmates or friends who have relevant knowledge to express their feelings.

The answers they got were basically the same. As the professor who criticized the "Earl's Light" factory said, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for a light bulb to last ten days.

However, based on previous reports, many people in the scientific community have guessed that the "Earl's Light" factory should have found a new material for making filaments. The specific results can only be determined after the bet is over.

Suddenly, the relatively marginalized scientific community suddenly became Backlund's favorite.

At a dance or banquet in June, be sure to invite a friend from the scientific community to explain the knowledge involved in this bet.

This will make the owner look good.

And those workers or scholars in the scientific community who are usually unknown are very grateful to this dispute, which has made them popular.

Nobles such as Earl Hall also began to pay attention to this matter. Earl Hall even pointed to the newspaper and said to his good friend Earl Wolf: "This is definitely a business propaganda that can be written into business school textbooks!"

After seeing the relevant reports, Klein also muttered in his heart: "No wonder the loved ones of the 'Creator' would regard the draft left by Emperor Russell as a treasure. There are indeed many 'advanced' things left in it. 'the concept of."

……

East District, No. 19 Beluga Street, this is a very shabby-looking apartment.

Emlyn had been squatting here patiently for a day. Through the clues provided by Miss Magic, he found the two targets in this hunting competition here, Galis Kevin and Argos.

In the evening, he finally waited until Argos had left, and now Galis was alone in the room.

This was a very good opportunity. After waiting for more than ten minutes without seeing Argos return, Emlyn was determined to take action.

Emlyn took an extraordinary potion, sprayed the potion to mask the smell of his body, and then sprayed a potion that could make him invisible for a short period of time.

Taking out "Lemanno's Magic Book", he first found the divination interference ability of the "astrologer", preventing the other party's spirituality from discovering him in time.

Taking a few deep breaths, Emlyn, who rarely participated in extraordinary battles, once again reviewed the battle plan in his mind that had been deduced countless times.

The action began, and he arrived at Galis' door as fast as he could. "Lemanno's Magic Book" turned to the page with the ability to "open the door."

Emlyn pressed his palm against the wall and opened an illusory door with no substance. He rushed in and quickly found Galis's location. At this time, "Lemanno's Magic Book" had already revealed "chaos" Ability page.

Galis fell into a state of "chaos" before he understood what was going on.

Emlyn quickly stepped forward, used the hand that was not holding the "Magic Book" to twist Galis's cervical vertebrae, and then forcefully pulled out his head.

Galis's headless body fell, blood spurting everywhere.

Emlyn's calm expression was quickly replaced by a stunned emotion. He looked down at the head in his hand in disbelief and saw Galis' confusion. This guy didn't understand what happened until the moment he died.

So simple?So easy?Although Emlyn was very proud, he didn't think he could kill a competition target so easily.

But the facts told him that it was that simple.

Emlyn took another look at the "Magic Book". What he used just now was not the demigod-level "Chaos", but the "Chaos" in the middle that could record the "mid-sequence" abilities.

After becoming a demigod, Hobert can also control "chaos" at the Sequence 5 level. After all, he can record demigod level abilities in three pages, so this "magic book" also records many Sequence 5 level "lawyers" "Pathway capabilities.

The "chaos" at the Sequence 5 level can last for three or four seconds even for a Sequence 6 or 7 Beyonder. It only took that much time for Emlyn to start the action and successfully hunt.

While sighing, Emlyn found a small wooden box to hold the head and some scrap newspapers from the house, while squatting next to it and waiting for the extraordinary characteristics to be released.

Just two or three minutes later, Emlyn suddenly raised his head and looked at the door.

Although the room was filled with the smell of blood, it still did not affect his ability to smell Argos.

He came back so soon?

For a moment, Emlyn was a little nervous and didn't know how to handle this situation.

Boom!
Argos knocked on the door outside and then stopped making any sound.

Emlyn immediately understood. The other party smelled blood and had noticed something was wrong in the apartment!
what to do?Just rush out and deal with him?

No, if you do this, you will be seen by others, and you will be arrested by official extraordinary people.

Emlyn instinctively took out the potion and hid himself again.

He suddenly had an inspiration, put Galis' head on the bed, and hid in a corner. This gave the room a scene where the assassination was completed and the murderer had escaped.

As soon as he hid, the window on the terrace was opened, and Argos jumped in from the outside.

In the room, Argos saw the body of his companion. He frowned at first, but when he saw the stack of newspapers and the small wooden box, his pupils suddenly shrank!

not good!

Only then did Emlyn remember that he had forgotten to put up the wooden box.

Almost without thinking, Argos sprouted illusory wings from his back and immediately flew to the balcony.

Emlyn quickly went to read "Lemanno's Magic Book".

slap~
But because he turned it over too quickly, he fell to the ground.

When he picked it up again, Argos had flown out of the window, landed on the street under the surprised eyes of many people, and fled quickly!

Emlyn really wanted to slap himself at this moment, for making such a stupid mistake!

But it was too late to pursue him at this time. Emlyn was about to put away Galis' head and retreat.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and turned to the page that recorded the "distortion" of the demigod level. He said to his heart: Give it a try!
Spirituality was once again injected into the "magic book", and the mysterious symbols recorded on this page suddenly twisted and disappeared into the void.At the same time, Emlyn actually sensed Argos, who had already run 400 meters away!

He immediately "distorted" the opponent's intentions, turning escape into a charge.

I saw Argos on the street suddenly turning around and running towards Emlyn as fast as he was about to run out of the afterimage!
Emlyn was shocked: It really can!That’s three to four hundred meters!Not three or four meters, nor three or forty meters!
This is the power of demigods!It is estimated that if it is used by the demigod himself, it may be able to attack targets within 500 meters!

Only then did Emlyn realize that he had been too conservative just now. He should have used the demigod-level "Chaos" outside the apartment, then swaggered upstairs and entered the room to solve the target.

When he saw Argos running back with a frightened face, Emlyn finally breathed a sigh of relief and gave the opponent another "Chaos", killing him easily.

After taking a few deep breaths, the strong smell of blood made Emlyn quickly regain his composure: It's over, it was another instant kill!

This made him realize again that Miss Magician's background was not simple, and then Emlyn raised the corner of his mouth: "No wonder the ancestors asked me to join the Tarot Club. This is definitely a party prepared to welcome the doomsday!"

There were footsteps outside, and someone might have called the police.

Emlyn quickly began to clean up the scene and clean up his own traces to prevent official Beyonders from finding clues.

When he took the target's head and Beyonder characteristics and left, and got into the taxi, he still felt a little unbelievable when he recalled what he had just experienced.

……

On the night of June 6, the ten-day deadline came and Order Square became crowded again.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, the light bulb is on.

At 7 o'clock, it's still light.

At 8 o'clock, it's still light!
At 9 o'clock, the brightness of the light bulb is still normal!

I don’t know who started cheering and applauding first. They seemed to be celebrating something, but I couldn’t tell exactly what they were celebrating. In short, I felt like I was witnessing something!
Hobert in the crowd also applauded, and he smiled slightly. He knew exactly what he was celebrating.

The next day, June 6, the so-called professor published an apology to the "Earl's Light" factory in the newspaper, saying that he had made rash conclusions without knowing the facts, and had given this company, which symbolizes Backlund's vitality and future, The company has had a very bad impact and so on.

At the end of the report, the professor also speculated that with the new process found by "Earl's Light", the service life of their bulbs should be between 1000 and 1300 hours.

The gentlemen and ladies who read this report immediately calculated that if used for 2 hours a day, this light bulb can be used for 500 days!
Even if the professor's calculations are inaccurate, 800 hours should be enough, right?That can also be used for 400 days!
Of course, it is impossible to use it on time and in the right amount every day, but you will definitely use it more occasionally.

Then there should be no problem if you use it for 10 months. If you think about it, the service life is quite long.

At this point, the topic of light bulbs has reached enough popularity.

On June 6, a report that the "Earl's Light" light bulb was officially released once again made this topic fermented.

The report stated that "Earl's Light" products have been inspected by relevant departments and have passed all national standard certifications.

Although everyone doesn’t understand those inspections and standards very well, they look very powerful.

The report also stated that in response to everyone's requests and expectations, the "Earl's Light" factory decided to release light bulb products in advance on the 15th of this month.

In the first three months of sale, there will be special sales stores. After three months, the light bulb will seek cooperation with major department stores.

Household light bulbs cost 6, 8 and 10 pence respectively according to their brightness.

As for the acquisition of electricity, users around Queens can install wires for free and only need to pay regular electricity bills.

The cost of electricity, based on three hours of use per day, is about 3 and three-quarters of a penny per day.

For users in other areas, the "Earl's Light" factory can provide battery services.

The light bulbs and home wiring are also installed free of charge. Each set of batteries can keep an 8-penny light bulb on for about 20 hours. Special staff will come to replace the batteries. The cost of each replacement is 1 sole and 3 pence, which is 15 pence. .

However, each user who uses a battery must pay a deposit of 10 pounds. If the wire is laid to the user's block, the wire will be laid for free and the deposit will be refunded after a set of batteries is recovered.

This discount will only last until September. After that, products such as wires and lamp holders will be charged a certain fee.

Everyone did the math and came to the conclusion that electric lights are only slightly more expensive than gas lights!

The cost of a light bulb is basically negligible. After all, it only costs 1 penny a month, or even less than 1 penny.

The key is that if you replace it with a new lighting tool, it will be installed for free!
You must know that installing gas lamps, gas meters, and corresponding pipes costs a lot of money. Currently, many landlords in Backlund are reluctant to install a set of gas lamps in their houses.

After all, gas lamps and oil lamps are only a little brighter, but the cost is doubled!
Many people were moved after reading this report and felt that free installation was very cost-effective. The key is that the cost of lighting did not increase much!
At the end of this report, the "Earl's Light" factory stated that due to the limited production capacity of the initial factory, it can only supply 18 light bulbs and supporting batteries and wires before the 10000th.

Many gentlemen were eager to buy a light bulb and try it out.

Fortunately, I still have a few days to discuss it with my family.

Hobert certainly knew that the next few days would be a critical period for everyone to consider.

Therefore, from the 11th to the 15th, reports on the "Earl's Light" light bulbs continued uninterrupted.

There are the most straightforward advertising-style reports, and there are also some carefully crafted reports by Hobert.

For example, the promotion on the 12th was an anecdote. A driver who delivered goods to Queens in the early morning thought he had gotten up late, so he hurried to the destination, but the person who picked up the goods had not yet gotten up.

Because under the illumination of light bulbs, the entire Queens District was as bright as daytime, and the delivery driver arrived more than an hour early.

In fact, the current usage of light bulbs in Queens is far from reaching this level. Hobert's report is just conveying a message: nobles have long begun to use light bulbs on a large scale. This is a trend, a trend!
The report on the 13th was that a patrolman heard someone shouting "catch the thief" while on patrol. He and the startled citizens around him quickly surrounded and caught the thief.

According to the thief's confession, he had gone to that house to steal twice without being discovered.

But it was discovered today, because the owner of that house, as a trial user of the light bulb factory, had just replaced the light bulbs. In the bright environment, the owner discovered the thief's whereabouts.

The thief confessed: He really shouldn't have gone to such a bright home to steal things.

Hobert doesn't care whether the thief's confession is in the right direction. Even if everyone knows that this is a propaganda designed by him, it doesn't matter. Everyone has actually accepted the message he wants to convey: after installing the light bulb, because the home is bright enough, Shoplifters will have certain concerns.

The publicity for the 14th was in the story section of the newspaper.

There is a story about a young man who found love because of the light bulb experiment in Order Square.

Only then did everyone realize that the light bulbs in the square had been on for half a month and still maintained normal brightness.

After half a month of warm-up, the day of sale finally arrived on the 15th. More than a dozen sales stores were crowded with people, and tens of thousands of orders were received in just one morning.

The first thousand users who made reservations used the light bulbs that night.

The reason there were so few was because the electricians trained by Hobert were not very skilled at first.

In preparation for the launch day, Hobert has trained 300 electricians in the past month or so, and temporarily recruited 1200 homeless people before the launch. Each electrician is equipped with 2 assistants, and the remaining 600 people Responsible for handling and delivering batteries and wires.

For this purpose, Hobert rented a large number of carriages. The carriages were all labeled with the "Earl's Light" light bulbs. In several areas of Backlund where the middle class is concentrated, you can see one of these carriages on the streets almost every once in a while. carriage passed by.

Although the second batch of electricians has begun to be trained, Hobert is not in a hurry and just installs them at this speed, which can create a sense of scarcity.

The key is that if it is installed too quickly, the power may not be enough.

The first large power plant to be built in the suburbs will not be completed until early July.

Before this, the only medium-sized power plants built in the manor and small power plants near Queens provided electricity to the entire Backlund.

At present, several main roads in Queens are basically wired, and some nobles have already used electric lights.

There are also a group of nobles who are installing it, and the electricity consumption here will definitely increase day by day.

So it was mainly the medium-sized power plants in that estate that provided electricity to the entire middle class.

If you can install as many lights as you sell, then the power supply will probably become tight in a few days, and that will be a bigger problem!
As long as the large power plants in the suburbs are repaired, there will be no need to worry about electricity problems for the time being.

Unless electricity for machines and large-scale heating is widely used, at most three large power plants will be enough to provide sufficient power for Backlund's lighting.

A few days after it went on sale, the popularity of the bulb has not waned, and orders for installation have been scheduled until August.

Some nobles could not sit still and looked for channels to cooperate with Hobert.

However, Hobert refused all invitations to balls, salons, etc., citing his busy schedule.

Viscount Graylint's house became lively first. It should be said that since his father's death, the mansion has never been so lively.

Earl Hall's mansion also became crowded with people, and Audrey was so annoyed that she even hid in a manor in the suburbs.

Just when some people started to have some evil intentions and were preparing to put pressure on Hobert by destroying his business, a news came from the sea.

Only then did everyone know that while Backlund was crazy about light bulbs, a huge change had taken place on Longtail Island!
(End of this chapter)