Chapter 287: Chapter 287: There’s So Much Room to Work With

News Bird Megan quickly made her decision. She saw the benefits Pages would bring—increased exposure, increased visibility, increased fan engagement, reduced promotion costs...

The benefits were honestly endless.

They needed to create a plan immediately. How to build a great Page, how to push messages without annoying users—once they figured that out, their position would be even more secure.

"This is so annoying! Coming up with a plan isn’t easy at all. I’m honestly jealous of Audrey and those church people. Creating a Page is way easier for them. All they need to do is post an announcement at their various cathedrals and they’ll get a steady stream of followers."

After understanding how it all worked, Megan naturally realized this was basically a gift from heaven for some people. Churches were a perfect example.

Same with various guilds and stuff—they could do it so easily.

As the Magic Net became more widespread, people were gradually realizing the importance and potential of the Magic Net.

If News Bird Megan could think of it, plenty of others could too.

Southern Kingdom of Dawn.

Church of Agriculture branch.

The archbishop had just finished his battle of wits with Viscount Roster and finalized the breeding farm plan. He was lying in his chair, enjoying a moment of peace, relaxing his mind before preparing for the upcoming prayer ceremony.

Who would’ve thought that just during this short rest, the Magic Net would undergo such a huge change.

"Two new features added? Pretty interesting."

When the Archbishop of Agriculture saw Pages, his eyes started gleaming. Recently, their Church of Agriculture had actually been in a relatively passive position.

They’d initially tried preaching in places like Magic Space, but most Magic Net users were magicians, knights, nobles, high-level artisans, and so on—people who really didn’t care about agriculture.

Even among nobles, most were like that.

They only cared about how much grain those "peasants" in their territories could pay each year.

Naturally, preaching didn’t go well.

Even when Magic Net videos appeared, their relatively weak early-stage divine arts weren’t exactly eye-catching.

Later came the Magic Net Ring giveaway—anyone who deposited money at Dragon Bank could get a Magic Net Ring for free and go online. They thought this was their chance. The result? Still nothing for them.

Never mind that most peasants couldn’t actually come up with three gold coins. Even if they could, those peasants had no money and didn’t want to buy wireless transmission devices, which meant the number of people who could see them was still tiny.

But this time, things were different.

Every Magic Net user needed to use Feed and group chats. Taking advantage of this opportunity, they could completely attract more people to the Church of Agriculture’s camp.

"Seems pretty necessary to create a Page and share some farming tips for free? No, that alone isn’t enough. Oh right, isn’t headquarters researching weather prediction? If our Page and Magic Net videos broadcast tomorrow’s weather forecast at a set time every day, then..."

The Southern Archbishop of Agriculture’s mind rapidly expanded. He even thought about how the World Economic News Agency did timed live broadcasts every night to improve timeliness and get more people to pay attention—they could do the same.

But they couldn’t pick a time that conflicted with the news agency, or they might lose some viewers...

Right, they broadcast for half an hour every day. Once they finish, we start.

We’ll broadcast the weather forecast first, then cover some major agriculture-related events, and finally share some tips. We’ll also set the time to half an hour. That seems like a solid choice.

The Southern Archbishop of Agriculture’s thinking fully expanded. He immediately found the Pope’s account and quickly sent over all his ideas.

Just to be safe, he added another line—if the Pope thought there were no problems, he’d pray to their god about this.

This was a major matter. It might need divine guidance.

He actually knew that recently, even though he should’ve been in a desperate situation, he’d managed to hold on again thanks to the Church of Technology and Viscount Roster. And because he was cooperating with Viscount Roster, he’d gotten the god’s attention and tons of benefits...

In this situation, if he were the Pope, he’d also have the idea to eliminate himself.

This could affect the Pope’s authority.

He didn’t dare bet on the Pope being generous. These plans might face obstacles or something. If the Pope wanted to target him, that’d be a huge problem.

He had to make it clear that the god already knew about these things, that he’d already started doing them. Then nobody would dare touch him, much less obstruct these ideas—unless they had legitimate reasons to prove his plan wouldn’t work.

Black Bone Forest.

The King of Corrosion, Lord of Black Bone Forest, sat in his office, still agonizing over the course he’d published. Why was the Hunting Pope’s course on trimming donkey hooves more popular than his carefully prepared course?

This didn’t make sense!

And his subordinates, each one more fierce than the last—now their Black Bone Forest basically dominated half the course market in the magic field.

Why was he, the King of Corrosion, worse than any random subordinate?

To find the answer, he had to spend tons of time online looking for people’s discussions and collecting all kinds of information. Naturally, he’d become an internet-addicted old guy.

Just now, the Magic Net updated again. When he saw the two new features, his expression instantly became somewhat joyful.

"Since Magic Net videos won’t push my teaching course, I can sell it myself. I can post my course on Feed and then have all those subordinates share it too. And that Pages thing—I need to create a Black Bone Forest Page and promote my course there too."

The Lord of Corrosion’s thinking angle was pretty unique, but he seemed to be doing the right thing. It’s just that his self-awareness still had some gaps.

Recently, quite a few people had pointed out problems with his course. He’d even started preparing a new course, but until now, he still hadn’t given up on this one. He still hoped it would sell like crazy!

Almost simultaneously, tons of people sprang into action.

Their identities might be different, but they all noticed the changes these two new features would bring.

Some were even thinking—would using Feed to promote information, especially their own products, work better?

After all, the people who could see it were either close friends or acquaintances. In this situation, it seemed easier to build trust than establishing it directly on the Magic Net.