For example, recording daily life, casual photos, island survival, and some pirates even posted robbery videos.
However, such non-compliant videos were identified by the system and directly deleted.
Of course,
the most popular were the Daughter Country's suggestive videos.
Their fans were also the largest group; while posting videos daily, they occasionally replied to fan comments to maintain the relationship.
"Thank you for the attention, Helmeppo brother~"
"Thank you for the attention, Onigumo brother~"
"Thank you for the attention, Koby brother~"
"Thank you for the attention, brothers, thank you, Xin'er will continue to post videos tomorrow~~~"
....
During this period,
the number of phones delivered by News Pigeon to various islands across the sea gradually decreased.
Nobles, royalty, and wealthy merchants sensed an opportunity and began to sell their stockpiled phones.
But even if people wanted them, few bought them due to the excessively high prices.
...
Morgans had already reformed his internal operations, focusing on video account management in the future; newspapers would not be abandoned but would mostly serve as auxiliary roles.
Moreover, from now on, anyone buying a phone must follow their TikTok account, otherwise, it won't be sold, and they are told that following their TikTok account will provide first-hand news of the sea, which is a great deal!
I believe that simply by obtaining first-hand news, no one would refuse to follow the newspaper's TikTok account.
Three days later,
Morgans felt the time was right, and he sent out all News Pigeon in one go.
These past few days,
all News Pigeon were feeling uncomfortable, but for their boss's plan, they could only endure.
Until now, all News Pigeon had received orders to transport as many phones as possible, with double the previous commission for each phone!
With this incentive policy, all News Pigeon became as if injected with stimulants, completely frenzied!
Within just two days, the phone coverage area expanded several times more than before.
Those noble and wealthy people, anyone who had stockpiled phones, were now suffering a catastrophic blow.
They didn't know why News Pigeon suddenly brought a large number of phones, and at a much cheaper price than before, only one hundred Belli!
"Damn Morgans! How many phones does this guy have?!"
"He's eating all the meat himself, not even giving us a sip of soup, the bastard!"
"Damn it, I saved money for decades, and it all went down the drain!"
"...."
However, these curses did not reach Morgans' ears.
For him, money was just a number now; he was no longer interested in money.
...
Grand Line,
in a quiet sea area, the going merry was slowly sailing.
Suddenly,
Luffy's wails and Usopp's pleas sounded on the ship.
"Nami, please, just buy one phone!" Luffy lay on the ground, hugging Nami's leg, his eyes full of longing.
"Yes, even the old man at Reverse Mountain has a phone, it must be fun!" Usopp also pleaded, hugging Luffy, also looking pitiful.
"Everyone else has a phone, if we don't have one, we won't be qualified pirates!" Luffy added, as if a phone was essential equipment for a pirate.
The two knelt on the ground, looking pitifully at Nami, hoping she would relent.
"Hmph! Do you know how expensive phones are now? They've been hyped up to twenty thousand Belli by those people!"
Nami was furious, she gave both of them a hard punch, then gritted her teeth and said, "If only we had bought 100 back then, a phone was only 200 Belli then, we could have made 19800 Belli by reselling!"
Her eyes instantly turned into little money signs, and she became excited: "For 100 phones, that would be 1980000 Belli!!!"
Zoro shook his head as he saw their state and continued to sleep.
He disdained such things as phones.
His heart only held the way of the sword, to become the World's Greatest Swordsman!
Sanji, meanwhile, had prepared juice for everyone and diligently offered it to Nami: "My lovely and charming Miss Nami, your juice is here."
"Mmm, thank you, Sanji." Nami took the juice and took a satisfied sip.
"You're welcome, it's what a gentleman should do."
Sanji elegantly turned back and casually placed the remaining juice on the nearby wooden barrel.
Usopp quickly went to grab a glass and drank it, while Luffy could reach it with a stretch of his hand.
After finishing their juice, their gazes once again fell simultaneously on Nami.
Before they could even speak, Nami impatiently waved her hand: "Stop, don't say another word, just buy it."
"Yay! We're going to have phones too!" Luffy jumped up excitedly.
"Hahahaha, I, Usopp, will be the first Captain of eight thousand subordinates in the entire sea to own a phone!" Usopp also cheered.
"No, I, Monkey D. Luffy, am the first Pirate King to own a phone!"
But then,
Nami poured a bucket of cold water on them: "You can buy phones, but only after News Pigeon arrives. The phones in town are too expensive, we can't afford them."
Usopp: ...
Luffy: ...
...
Another three days passed like this,
they finally saw a familiar figure slowly flying from afar,
"News Pigeon!!!"
Luffy practically leaped up, stretching out his large hand, almost pulling News Pigeon down from mid-air.
"Luffy!!!"
With a "bang"!
Luffy's face made intimate contact with the deck, with half his face even embedded in the floor.
"No abusing small animals!" Nami stepped forward and gave Luffy a hard punch, then kindly apologized to News Pigeon, took out 200 Belli, and softly said: "Hello, Mr. News Pigeon, we would like to purchase a phone."
News Pigeon nodded knowingly, took out a beautifully packaged box from its bag and handed it to Nami, then took 100 Belli from her hand.
"Ah? 100 Belli is enough?" Nami was a little surprised.
"Coo-coo" News Pigeon nodded with a smile, then took out another package, looking at Nami, meaning to ask if she needed to buy another one.
"Buy! Buy another one, as Captain, I must have my own phone!" Luffy shouted urgently.
News Pigeon was startled by Luffy's shout, and retreated two steps after entering.
"Uh..." Nami looked apologetically at News Pigeon, "Since it's so cheap, then one for each of us."
"Mr. News Pigeon, we want to buy five phones, including this one, so please give me four more phones." Nami said, then took out another four hundred Belli and handed them to News Pigeon.
Of course, News Pigeon would take the business that came to them.
Moreover, for areas without surrounding islands, their commission was higher, not only for transporting phones but also for selling them, as well as remote area subsidies, high-temperature subsidies, winter subsidies, bad weather subsidies, and so on.
After selling five phones, News Pigeon flapped its wings contentedly and flew off to the next stop.
And the Straw Hat Pirates, who had received their phones, were extremely excited.
Usopp even held his phone with both hands and cried loudly, moved to tears: "Nami, thank you so much, you are the best navigator in the world! Woo woo woo!"
"Thank you, dear Miss Nami!" Sanji's eyes had already turned heart-shaped, he was so happy he was flying, and immediately tore open the packaging of his new phone.
Zoro looked indifferent, placed his phone aside, without even opening the packaging, and continued to sleep.
....