For example, there are videos of people recording their lives, taking casual photos, living on deserted islands, and even pirates posting videos of their robberies.
However, these illegal videos were detected by the system and deleted directly.
Of course, the most popular were the suggestive videos from Amazon Lily.
They also had the largest number of fans, and while posting videos every day, they would occasionally reply to fans' comments to maintain the relationship.
"Thank you for the follow, Brother Helmeppo~"
"Thank you for the follow, Brother Onigumo~"
"Thank you for the follow, Brother Coby~"
"Thank you for the follows, brothers, thank you, Xin'er will continue to post videos tomorrow~~~"
During this period, the number of phones delivered by the News Coos to islands across the sea gradually decreased.
Nobles, royalty, and wealthy merchants, sensing an opportunity, began to sell off the phones they had stockpiled.
But even though people wanted them, few bought them due to the exorbitant prices.
Morgans had long since implemented reforms internally, and from now on, the focus would be on operating the video accounts. Newspapers would not be abandoned, but they would mostly play a supporting role.
Furthermore, from now on, anyone who buys a phone must follow their TikTok account, otherwise they won't sell it. They will also tell the buyer that following their TikTok account will give them first-hand information about the sea, which is very worthwhile!
He believed that simply by obtaining first-hand information, 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 the News Coos in one go.
These past few days, the News Coos had all been feeling uncomfortable, but for the sake of their boss's plan, they could only endure.
Until now, all the News Coos had received orders to transport as many phones as possible, and the commission for each phone was double what it was before!
With this incentive policy, all the News Coos were as if they had been injected with adrenaline, completely going crazy!
Within just two days, the coverage area of phones expanded several times compared to before.
Those nobles and wealthy people, anyone who had stockpiled phones, were now facing a complete disaster.
They didn't know why the News Coos suddenly brought a large number of phones, and they were even cheaper than before—only one hundred Berries!
"Damn Morgans! How many phones does this guy have!"
"He's eating the meat himself, not even leaving us a drop of soup, the bastard!"
"Damn it, I saved money for decades, and now it's all gone!"
However, these curses did not reach Morgans' ears.
For him, money was just a number at the moment—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 were heard from the ship.
"Nami, please, just buy one phone!" Luffy lay on the ground, hugging Nami's leg, his eyes full of longing.
"Yeah, even the old man at Reverse Mountain has a phone—it must be fun!" Usopp also pleaded, hugging Luffy, with a similar pitiful expression.
"Everyone else has a phone—if we don't have one, we're not qualified pirates!" Luffy added, as if a phone was essential equipment for a pirate.
The two knelt on the ground, looking at Nami pitifully, hoping she would relent.
"Hmph! Do you know how expensive phones are now? They've been hyped up to twenty thousand Berries by those people!"
Nami was furious and punched both of them hard, then said through gritted teeth. "If only we had bought 100 at that time, each phone was only 200 Berries, and we could have made 19,800 Berries by reselling them!"
Her eyes instantly turned into little money bags, and she became excited. "100 phones would be 1,980,000 Berries!!!"
Zoro saw the state of the others, shook his head, and continued to sleep.
He disdained things like phones.
In his heart, there was only swordsmanship—he wanted to become the world's greatest swordsman!
Sanji, meanwhile, had prepared juice for everyone and offered it attentively to Nami. "My lovely and charming Nami-san, your juice is here."
"Mhm, 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 wooden barrel beside him.
Usopp quickly went and grabbed a cup and started drinking, while Luffy could reach it easily.
After the two finished their juice, their eyes fell back on Nami simultaneously.
Before they could even speak, Nami waved her hand impatiently. "Stop, don't say any more, I'll buy it."
"Yay! We're going to have phones too!" Luffy jumped up excitedly.
"Hahaha, I, Usopp, will be the first Captain of 8,000 men on the entire sea to have a phone!" Usopp also cheered.
"No, I, Monkey D. Luffy, am the first Pirate King to have a phone!"
But then, Nami poured a bucket of cold water on them. "You can buy a phone, but only when the News Coos arrive. The phones in the town are too expensive—we can't afford them."
Usopp: ...
Luffy: ...
Three more days passed like this, and they finally saw a familiar figure slowly flying from a distance.
"News Coo!!!"
Luffy practically jumped up, reaching out his hand, almost pulling the News Coo out of the air.
"Luffy!!!"
With a "bang"!
Luffy's face had a close encounter with the deck, and even half of his face was embedded in the floor.
"Don't abuse small animals!" Nami stepped forward and punched Luffy hard, then kindly apologized to the News Coo, took out 200 Berries, and said softly. "Hello, Mr. News Coo, we would like to buy a phone."
The News Coo nodded understandingly, took out an exquisite packaging box from its bag and handed it to Nami, then took 100 Berries from her hand.
"Ah? 100 Berries is enough?" Nami was a little surprised.
"Coo coo" The News Coo smiled and nodded, then took out another packaging box, looking at Nami, meaning to ask if she wanted to buy another one.
"Buy! Buy another one—as the captain, I must have my own phone." Luffy quickly shouted.
The News Coo was startled by Luffy's shout and took two steps back.
"Uh..." Nami looked at the News Coo apologetically. "Since it's so cheap, then one for each of us."
"Mr. News Coo, we want to buy five phones, including this one, so please give me four more phones." Nami said, taking out another four hundred Berries and handing them to the News Coo.
Of course, the News Coo would do business that came to them.
Moreover, in areas without nearby islands, their commission was higher, not only for transporting the phones, but also for selling them, as well as subsidies for remote areas, high temperatures, winter, bad weather, and so on.
After selling five phones, the News Coo flapped its wings contentedly and flew away to the next stop.
And the Straw Hat Pirates, who got their phones, were extremely excited.
Usopp even held the phone with both hands and cried loudly, tears of emotion streaming down his face. "Nami, thank you so much—you are the best navigator in the world! Waaah!"
"Thank you, my dear Nami-san!" Sanji's eyes had long since turned into hearts, and he was so happy he was flying, immediately tearing open the packaging of his new phone.
Zoro looked indifferent, put the phone aside, didn't even open the packaging, and continued to sleep.