However, he couldn't explain it too clearly.
To an author, telling them that readers enjoy their sarcastic tone felt strange, as if it weren't a compliment.
So, he only described it as sharp and profound.
He also specifically pointed out that the comments should be similar to those previously made about fake qigong masters.
Ding Yun, however, didn't grasp his deeper meaning. But since she had already brought up lowering the manuscript fee and he hadn't agreed, the matter was dropped. As for adding a new column, which was essentially giving her money, Ding Yun didn't find it troublesome, so she readily agreed:
"Oh, I see. No problem."
"That's good, that's good.
We'll send you the collected cases after a while. You should write more, as this is a daily newspaper and we need to maintain a consistent update frequency.
If you don't send us a batch of manuscripts at once.
And if there's a slight delay in mailing.
The column won't be able to be printed."
"I understand, just like the 'Into Science' column!"
They discussed the matter a bit more, and then Editor-in-Chief Zhang suddenly remembered and asked Ding Yun:
"Right, Teacher Xiao Ding, I recall you mentioned earlier that you had some ideas of your own, didn't you?
Whatever your ideas are, we'll try our best to accommodate them!"
"Oh, yes, that's right. I want to expand my personal research findings within my little column. It won't necessarily be in every issue, but I wonder if your daily newspaper could publish it for me."
Ding Yun wanted to add more content, not because she was worried about the sales of the daily newspaper, but primarily because she wanted to further enhance the influence of her pen name. Relying solely on simple science popularization like 'Into Science' wouldn't maintain her popularity.
Let alone further increasing her influence.
Most importantly, Ding Yun felt that having such a channel, why not use it? If she could achieve her goal directly through this pen name, wouldn't that save her the effort of diligently studying and conducting research for ten years?
Although being a researcher and a scientist is a noble pursuit.
Daily life, however, is not as comfortable and carefree.
If there were other channels that could achieve her goals more easily, Ding Yun certainly wouldn't bother. She had no masochistic tendencies; who wouldn't want to be a fish lying flat if they could?
"Of course, that's no problem..."
Editor-in-Chief Zhang responded readily at this point, but Ding Yun continued to give him a heads-up:
"Well, mainly because my current research direction is quite different from my previous academic and research focus. I'm currently studying the combination of science and metaphysics, hoping to use scientific methods and metaphysical approaches to predict certain disasters. Could you publish it?"
After using it for some time, Ding Yun had thoroughly explored the Omni-Seeing Glasses. When the glasses collected enough comprehensive information, they could predict the most probable future with remarkable accuracy.
Therefore, when Ding Yun scanned the entire life planet into the Omni-Seeing Glasses and allowed it to collect real-time information on planetary changes, climate shifts, and celestial movements, it could accurately predict global climate patterns.
And impending natural disasters.
The closer the time, the higher the accuracy.
During this period, Ding Yun had been comparing the reported natural disasters with the predictions from the Omni-Seeing Glasses to verify their accuracy. The final accuracy rate had reached over ninety percent.
The errors were mainly due to human factors.
For example, based on factors like snowfall and wind speed on a certain mountain peak, the probability of an avalanche was estimated at only thirty percent. However, if someone shouted loudly in the meantime, the prediction would naturally become inaccurate.
Because the Omni-Seeing Glasses had not accounted for this variable.
Another example is when someone throws a cigarette butt in a forest, or a clear bottle filled with mineral water that concentrates sunlight, ultimately causing a forest fire. Such events are also difficult for the Omni-Seeing Glasses to predict accurately.
Furthermore, if a certain area was supposed to be arid, but it rained due to government intervention through artificial rainfall, this is also something the Omni-Seeing Glasses cannot predict.
In summary, once human factors are introduced, it becomes difficult for the Omni-Seeing Glasses to make accurate predictions.
Unless Ding Yun had the Omni-Seeing Glasses monitor the entire globe.
Continuously scanning all sorts of global changes.
However, doing so would have too significant an impact and was unnecessary.
Being able to predict natural disasters was already quite remarkable.
"Uh..."
Editor-in-Chief Zhang, who had initially felt there was no need to hesitate and that he could agree immediately, became hesitant upon hearing Ding Yun's explanation. It sounded somewhat unreliable. Would it be appropriate for their science daily to publish metaphysical content?
Although it was described as a combination of science and metaphysics.
There was still metaphysics involved.
Therefore, he found it difficult to agree readily.
Ding Yun understood this and continued to explain:
"I know this might put you in a difficult position, but I am quite confident in my findings. How about this, I'll give you a few prediction results later, and you can first see if they are accurate before making a decision.
Around noon tomorrow, the coast of Chuck country will likely experience a tsunami. Around nine o'clock tomorrow night, the island nation next to us will experience an earthquake, around magnitude six, with no major destructive power."
Sometimes, while science can be captivating, it explains many things too clearly. Once people understand the causes and effects, the principles behind them, they lose a sense of anticipation and yearning.
The more mysterious something is, the more it attracts attention.
And the more easily it piques people's interest.
Every year, those who make predictions or prophecies attract a crowd. Even a creature like an octopus predicting football scores garners millions of views.
This is why Ding Yun thought of using this method.
To enhance the influence of her pen name.
At this moment, to make Editor-in-Chief Zhang believe her, Ding Yun directly told him about two natural disasters that were likely to make the news the next day. Not all natural disasters make the news; some that occur in uninhabited areas with no significant impact are simply not reported.
And thus, they wouldn't make the news.
"Uh... Alright, I'll keep an eye out. If your predictions are correct, I will definitely strive to overcome objections and help you expand this small column."
Although Editor-in-Chief Zhang still didn't quite believe her, he didn't pour cold water on her idea. If the related disasters didn't happen tomorrow, he would naturally have a reason to refuse. If they did occur, even if the accuracy rate wasn't as high afterward, as long as it reached fifty percent.
That would already be remarkable.
It would undoubtedly bring significant traffic to their newspaper.
Who knew how much subscriptions and sales might increase.
In that case, he would have even less reason to refuse.
Since the matter wasn't settled yet, Ding Yun didn't delve deeper into the discussion with Editor-in-Chief Zhang. After a few more pleasantries, they hung up the phone and went about their respective tasks.