The effect of advertising and newspapers may still be something Lin Chunju doesn't quite understand.
However, she had a deep understanding of the importance of public opinion.
Back when two families in Daye Village had a quarrel, they would first try to seize the moral high ground and "campaign" for support from the onlookers.
Village reputation was very important; if a family had a bad reputation, others would be unwilling to associate with them.
At the end of the year when the village divided pork after a pig slaughter, such families would only receive worthless parts like the offal.
So Lin Chunju could very much relate to Yue Xiaofang's trouble.
"So they really can do whatever they want? Can't we just pay the newspaper reporters a bit more to get them to cover the story?"