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American Fortune Life - Chapter 410

Published at 7th of November 2021 08:42:56 AM


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"I have no intention of interfering in the fair reporting principle of the weekly, nor in the editorial page..."

Andy sat at the first seat of the conference table, looked around with a smile for a week, paused on the faces of everyone who came to the conference, he knew that someone would worry about his coming to change the liberal style of Newsweek, so he gave everyone a reassurance first.

Of course, Andy won't let the weekly continue to bite the white house like a mad dog. In Guantanamo's report of 2005, Newsweek was indeed in the limelight, but it was bruised by the White House and the Pentagon within a few days. It was a wild kick to press on the ground, and finally had to withdraw the report publicly. Since then, it has been blacklisted.

When it comes to Washington and the White House, Newsweek has always been the first to be targeted deliberately. It's not wrong to suppress it.

At a remarkable dinner party, the world seems to see that Newsweek will be more moderate to the government in its future reports.

In fact, in Andy's view, it doesn't matter. As long as we control the bottom line of Washington, the president and the government should spray or spray, but we should also boast.

"Of course, it's about the content. I've discussed with Jon before about the daily administration. I'll introduce a CEO to manage the administration, personnel and finance of the newspaper office. To be honest, I'm very dissatisfied with the management of the newspaper office now, and there are many management loopholes.

As for the plan of increasing weekly subscription price and reducing printing quantity, don't mention it again. This idea is a nightmare. " We are looking forward to the magnificent transformation from the old to the new, from the ordinary media to the whole media full of vitality.

Andy didn't look at Jon Mitcham, who always wanted to use this method to reduce the loss, but continued to smile in a slightly embarrassed atmosphere at the right time.

"In the 1930s, many rich people used their own money to buy newspapers, and they would pay for the deficit for many years. In that era, there are those people who have rich financial resources and resources and are willing to devote themselves to journalism. Well, it seems that they are probably going back to that era

Andy's words made all the people in the room, including Jon, who was a little embarrassed by his bad idea, look at him in a strange way.

"Ha ha, doesn't it sound like a billionaire with a strong sense of public responsibility, or a character coming out of the craziest dream of a newspaper executive?

I'll allocate $10 million from my own private account to the newspaper, plus the advertising contracts you signed in Washington, D.C., Jon. I don't think the loss of the newspaper before will be a problem for everyone! "

Andy's words immediately enlivened the atmosphere of the meeting. To be honest, we really don't know much about the new boss's character. Although we have also learned about the new boss's management methods for the Observer newspaper from the side, after all, Newsweek and the observer are different in size and influence. Who can guarantee that the new boss won't wave Layoffs have been slashed at Newsweek on a large scale.

Now the boss says that he is willing to inject capital, which at least means that the people sitting here have basically kept their jobs, which is more realistic and happy than shouting 10000 words of encouragement.

The atmosphere is obviously relaxed, everyone's tense expression is also relaxed, Andy is also aware of the ideas of this group of people, this meeting is a monologue of his own, let his subordinates have an understanding of his character, purpose, concept, no need to discuss, just need them to listen.

"Well, to be honest, I also want the newspaper to turn losses into profits as soon as possible, but the overall decline of paper media market can not be changed by individuals. Really, I have thought about the way to use it in the observer, that is, serial novels, but Newsweek is a serious newspaper with current political comments and in-depth reports. If serial novels are published, I don't want to It's hard to avoid seeing the entertainment, which will even disappoint our subscribers

"Cough... Boss "

Everyone's eyes turned to Owen Matthews, who was embarrassed and interrupted the new boss's speech. Everyone's expression was different, worried and confused.

"Owen, do you have any good suggestions?" Andy was not annoyed by Owen Matthews' breakthrough, but asked with a smile.

"I'm sorry, boss, but the serial novels that the boss talked about just now, in fact, we have considered this aspect before. In order to increase the readability of the weekly, we also thought about whether we could introduce the signature column into the serial novels. However, the characteristics of Newsweek determine that there are certain requirements for the serial novels, such as the boss's hunger game Although there is a lot of entertainment, the political satire in the story can be serialized in weekly magazine

Andy looks at Owen Matthews with a wry smile. He dares to think that the best-selling novel "hunger game" will be serialized in the newspaper, unless Andy really wants to live with money.

Jon Mitcham, seeing his big boss look like he didn't care, didn't worry about it. To be honest, after seeing Peter Kaplan in Washington, he was stimulated by all kinds of ostentation in front of him, let alone turning losses into profits. The daily newspaper started, and the observer alone held two serial novels of his boss, which made him envious But it's all money. It makes Peter greedy to think of the benefits of his cooperation with the TV station in making TV series."Boss, although there is no precedent for serial novels in our newspaper, we can try. As long as it is the creation of the boss, it will be very popular!" Jon doesn't care about NIMA's entertainment. As long as he can increase sales, let alone novels, he can draw cartoons.

Andy looks at Jon, who is eager, and laughs: "Jon, do you listen to Pete and you boast? The situation of the two newspapers is different. Although they belong to comprehensive weekly, they have different influence and entertainment content should be cautious. After all, most of the true loyal subscribers are regular customers."

"Boss, you can write a political novel. If you can, cough, I know it's a little..."

Andy's brow was slightly wrinkled, and he directly waved to interrupt Jon's request. He reached for his chin and fell into a deep thought.

When it comes to political novels, there is a TV play in his mind that is really suitable to be turned back into a novel. The story is about a cold-blooded and ruthless American congressman and his equally ambitious wife operating power in the White House in Washington.

That's right. It's the popular political TV series "house of cards" starring Kevin Spacey. The whole office is in silence. After staring at each other, everyone looks at the young boss who is frowning and his face is changing.

Andy is really in a tangle. "House of cards" is definitely a classic political drama (novel). A lot of the story focuses on the disadvantages of American politics. He doesn't worry about anything else, the only worry is the reaction of the people.

In the United States, it doesn't take special courage to describe the dark scenes in politics. No one will persecute you. But writing this novel requires a solid foundation. His unique identity will make people believe his story. People will say, "look, this is revealed by someone who knows his inner feelings!"

"House of cards" is a more intensive and cruel palace play with more intellectual firepower and power. It is suffering from mental torture and physical exhaustion. It also tests how much pain people can bear, such as the political darkness.

Andy hesitates a little bit, pulls his thoughts back to reality, squeezes out a smile to all of them, and says apologetically, "sorry, everyone, there was a story inspiration just now. As for the serialization of novels, I will consider it. "

See people relieved, Andy's voice a turn, become cold serious, the momentum of the whole person also become forced.

"However, the most important thing for our weekly is the current political comments and in-depth reports. Although it requires investment of human and material resources, we cannot put the cart before the horse. We can not give up our advantages and shrink in one corner to become a new Internet!

We are the news giant, not an ordinary member of numerous adventurers in the Internet age!

It's very controversial, liberal and half step ahead of the mainstream position of American public opinion that Newsweek should play a role! "




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