American Fortune Life

After telling Alvitlier about Suzbeck, Andy hung up the phone, picked up a document on the table, and showed a slightly smug smile on his face.

"I really look forward to it. After 10 years, you will be able to take out the money to buy it back, hehe..."

Andy's joke was not without purpose. The content of the document in his hand was exactly the detailed information on the long-term debt of 1.1 billion US dollars owned by The New York Times as of the end of 2008.

The Times Company has suspended its dividend in order to preserve funds, although it recently received a capital injection of $250 million from Mexican billionaire Carlos Carlos, which only increased its repayment of debt maturing in 2009 and 2010. Probability of a batch of bonds due in months.

Andy really didn't know. The New York Times, which had already started to go downhill and its sales were declining, faced year after year of losses. How would it repay its debts and use the money to buy back the headquarters building?

Maybe they could sell him Andy Smith The New York Times!

Ha ha--

Andy had a playful and smug smile on his face, with a hint of arrogance in his laughter.

"The "Los Angeles Times", "Washington Post", "New York Times", and the three major American newspapers, heh, they will all fall into my hands after all!"

If his idea is realized, it is hard to imagine how much the power of public opinion he has mastered will expand.

At the top of the list of the most powerful people in the world?

The one who controls the news?

Perhaps, only the uncrowned king can be the most appropriate, appropriate as an adjective!

Boom——

The knock on the door brought Andy, who had fallen into imaginary YY, back to reality. He didn't tell anyone about his uncrowned king's plan, because it was a very scary thing for many people.

Freedom of the press? freedom of speech? Perhaps it will become the first thing that many people think of. Will Andy Smith use public opinion to monopolize news?

Although there is the Internet as a shield, for some people, this may still be a very difficult thing for them to accept!

"Come in!"

The little assistant opened the door and came in and said, "Boss, Mr. Jon Meacham is here."

"Please come in." Andy nodded.

The little assistant nodded slightly, turned and walked out of the office. Soon, Jon walked in.

"Good morning, boss."

"Good morning, sit down, tell Tori what you want to drink." Andy narrowed his eyes slightly, with a helpless expression on his face, sighed inwardly, stretched out his hand and said.

"Coffee, thank you." Jon Meacham smiled and said to the very hot little assistant who was outlined by a white OL skirt.

Seeing the back of the little assistant leaving, Andy lazily leaned on the back of the boss's chair, looked at Jon Meacham with an awkward smile on his face and complained: "To be honest, I only need to receive your few An editor-in-chief, if you want to meet with me in person to discuss things, my scalp will tingle! You all will shirk your responsibility and throw all the pressure on me!

Damn it, seeing your expression now, someone is going to be unlucky again! Tell me some good news first, let me be happy first! "

"Ahem..." Jon touched his nose in embarrassment, and coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment. However, the information he received last night was definitely a big scandal, and it was impossible for him to keep it secret. No, but the person involved is a bit difficult to deal with, and he has to seek a decision with the big boss first.

"This is the gift of our Baiao Hei Niu being elected, and we made $3 million in one breath..."

Jon Meacham took out a gray folder from his briefcase and handed it to the big boss, saying with a happy smile on his face.

"Oh?" Andy took the folder curiously, opened it and read it. After reading it, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughingly said: "Hehe, it seems that this year's "Newsweek" is likely to turn a profit."

"The main reason is that the election of Ao Hei Niu is of great significance,

We all want to keep this historical moment as a commemoration, so that we can make a lot of money. Other newspapers also make a lot of money, but maybe not as much as we do. "Jon Meacham explained with a smile.

Andy nodded with a smile. It turned out that the election of O'Hei Niu made history and became the first African-American president in the history of the United States. Many people rushed to buy newspapers and newspapers in order to commemorate this historical moment. On November 5th The "News Weekly" is a special issue of Ao Hei Niu, which is very suitable for the occasion. Not only was it sold out, but it was reprinted three times in a row, and an additional 700,000 copies were sold.

When Jon Meacham saw the popularity, he held a meeting and discussed it. He decided to strike while the iron was hot. He also sold the special issue of the day on the Internet and the Newsweek website, and also released the framed front page of the day. As well as a special edition of the photos of Ou Hei Niu being elected. Just relying on this O'Hei cattle craze, "Newsweek" has earned more than 3 million US dollars, which is definitely a very timely income for narrowing the loss.

"Hehe, I didn't expect him to become an unexpected God of Wealth." Andy couldn't help but smiled happily. No matter how much, as long as he makes money, he is happy. For him now, millions and hundreds of millions are no longer What a difference, hey, there is too much money, and it is quite depressing. Sometimes I can only ignore the numbers and enjoy the pleasure of making profits!

"Mr. Meacham, your coffee."

"Thank you, sorry for the trouble."

Andy said to the little assistant who was smiling with Jon and said, "Tori, I have something important to talk to the editor-in-chief Jon, don't let people disturb us."

"Understood, boss."

After the little assistant turned to leave and closed the office door, Andy waved his hand to stop Jon from talking about big things, rolled his eyes and said, "Taste the best Blue Mountain coffee first!"

Jon Meacham twitched the corner of his mouth, smiled wryly, and could only pick up the coffee, and slowly tasted the fragrant and top-quality Blue Mountain with the leisurely boss, and the office fell into silence for a while.

Time passed minute by minute, and about 10 minutes later, Andy put down the coffee cup, rubbed his cheeks with his hands, his face became serious, and said, "Tell me, what happened again?"

Jon Meacham also had a serious face, put down his coffee cup with a solemn expression, took out a brown kraft paper file bag from his briefcase, quickly opened it, and took out a stack of files and a miniature tape recorder from inside.

As soon as Andy saw the tape recorder, his pupils shrank involuntarily. Nima, the person who broke the news belongs to the inside of the person who was revealed or is directly the person around him. He looks like a big fish!

Jon Meacham handed the materials in his hand to Andy, and said angrily: "After O'Hei Niu was elected President of the United States, he vacated his position as a U.S. Senator from Illinois. According to regulations, the governor of a state The right to produce new senators by appointing or holding special elections after a vacancy in the federal senator of the state. These materials and this recording have confirmed that the current governor of Illinois, Bragojevich, is trying to sell around. The seat is thus for the personal benefit of himself and his wife."

"Selling an official title!?"

Andy didn't look at the document in his hand, but asked in amazement, "Fuck, can we play like this here?"

"Yes, as soon as Ao Hei Niu was elected, he thought that his opportunity had come, and he almost couldn't wait to look for "buyers" everywhere, and even called people everywhere to "negotiate" and "sell business" without any scruples. phone calls, all in this tape recorder."

Jon Meacham shook the miniature tape recorder in his hand, and said angrily: "During the phone call, Bragojevich made no secret of his greed for prostitution, and spoke arrogantly, swearing, and had no sense of shame. "

After speaking, he pressed the play button, and clear words came out of the recorder.

"I've got this thing, it's, beep, it's great. I'm not, beep, letting go of it for nothing. I'm not going to do it. I can always use it. I can make myself a senator, too."

"I'm going to make the senatorial job an option for me so I can use it as an important bargaining chip."

"Candidate No. 5" is willing to bid "$500,000" and pay the remaining $500,000 when it's done. . . Hehe, of course, it's just "political donations". "

"I should call Oprah and ask if she's interested, no, no, who cares what her politics are..."

"...Yes, I want to make money."

Listening to the contents of the tape recorder, the corners of Andy's mouth turned up, and he couldn't help sneering and mockingly said: "He is honest enough, he directly said that he wants to make money."

"He is a political hooligan through and through. Apart from selling out officials this time, he also extorted bribes and blackmailed without scruples, including asking the director of a children's hospital for 50,000 US dollars in campaign funds in exchange for "government support." A racetrack owner extorted $100,000 in campaign funds to "make it easier" while the state government was deliberating building a racetrack.

After his wife took hundreds of thousands of dollars in commissions, the briber won a multimillion-dollar state government contract order; his son also received a $1,500 check from the husband of a newly hired state government employee. . . .

These materials are all recorded in detail, there is no bottom line, it is amazing! "

Looking at the somewhat resentful Jon Meacham, Andy just shook his head and laughed, saying to himself, where is this! After knowing the general situation, Andy felt relieved. After all, the other party is the governor of the donkey party. If he is overthrown, he will be overthrown. There is no psychological pressure. If he is a party member, he has to think about it. After all, the Elephant Party is completely crushed by the Donkey Party now, and its power has shrunk drastically. If you let yourself bring down a governor, you will really become the rebellious son of the Smith family that the Elephant Party hates!

"Hehe, this incident will put our new president in an extremely embarrassing situation!" Andy joked, not without malice.