American Fortune Life

"I have no intention of interfering, neither with the weekly's fair reporting principles nor with the editorial page..."

Andy sat at the conference table, looked around the week with a smile on his face, and paused on the faces of everyone who came to the meeting. He knew that some people would worry that his arrival would change the liberal style of "Newsweek" , so he first gave everyone a reassurance to eat.

Of course, Andy will not let the weekly magazine continue to bite the White House like a mad dog like before. The report on Guantanamo Bay in 2005, "Newsweekly" really made a big splash, but within a few days it was blocked by the White House and the Pentagon. His face was swollen from the beating, and he was kicked wildly on the ground. In the end, he had to publicly withdraw the report, and he has been blacklisted since then.

When it comes to issues targeting Washington and the White House, "Newsweek" has always been at the forefront, and being deliberately targeted, the suppression is really not wronged at all.

A high-profile dinner, the world seems to have seen that "Newsweek" will be more relaxed towards the government in its future reports.

In fact, in Andy's opinion, this is the most indifferent thing. As long as the bottom line in Washington is well controlled, the president and the government should still spray it, but they should praise it.

"Of course, this is a matter of content. As for the daily administration, I have discussed with Jon before. I will introduce a CEO to manage the administration, personnel and finance of the newspaper. To be honest, my current management of the newspaper Very dissatisfied, there is a big management loophole.

As for the plan to increase the price of the weekly subscription and reduce the number of prints, forget about it, the idea is a nightmare. "Looking forward to the transformation from the old to the new, from the print media to the vibrant all-media.

Andy didn't look at Jon Meacham, who had always wanted to use this method to reduce losses, but continued to say with a smile in a slightly awkward atmosphere at the right time.

“In the 1930s there were a lot of rich people who bought newspapers with their own money and would pay for it out of their own pockets for years. There were people in that era who had deep pockets and abundant resources, and Willing to go into journalism, well, it looks like maybe we're going back to that era now..."

Andy's words made everyone present, including Jon, who was a little embarrassed by the bad idea, look at him with weird expressions.

"Hehe, does it sound like a billionaire with a strong sense of public responsibility, like someone who walked out of some newspaper executive's wildest dream?

I will transfer 1,000,000 US dollars from my own private account to the newspaper, plus the advertising contracts that Jon you signed in Washington, I think the previous loss of the newspaper will not become a trouble for everyone! "

Andy's words made the atmosphere of the meeting lively immediately. To be honest, everyone really didn't know much about the new boss's character. Observers vary greatly in terms of size and influence. Who can guarantee that the new boss will not wield a large-scale layoff knife to Newsweek.

Now that the boss himself said that he is willing to inject capital, it at least shows that the people sitting here have basically kept their jobs. This is more realistic and pleasing than shouting 10,000 words of encouragement.

The atmosphere has obviously eased, and everyone's tense expressions have also relaxed. Andy is well aware of the thoughts of this group of people. To put it bluntly, this meeting is just a one-man show of his own. Let his subordinates Have an understanding of your own personality, purpose, and philosophy. You don't need to discuss it, you just need them to listen.

"Hehe, to be honest, I also want the newspaper to turn losses into profits as quickly as possible, but the overall downward trend of the print media market cannot be changed by an individual. Really, I have thought about using the method for "The Observer" , that is serialized novels, but after all, "Newsweek" is a serious newspaper with political commentary and in-depth reports. If serialized novels, the entertainment I don't want to see is inevitable.

It may even disappoint our subscribers. . . "

"Ahem... Boss..."

All eyes were on Owen Matthews who interrupted the new boss's speech with embarrassment. Everyone's expressions were mixed, with worries and doubts.

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

"I'm sorry, boss. It's mainly about the serialized novels that the boss mentioned just now. In fact, we have considered this aspect before. In order to increase the readability of the weekly magazine, we also thought about whether it is possible to introduce the signed column into the serialized novels. However, the news The characteristics of the weekly magazine itself determine that there are certain requirements for the serialized novels, but like the boss’s "The Hunger Games", although the entertainment content is very large, the political satire in the story can make it serialized in the weekly magazine..."

Andy looked at Owen Matthews with a wry smile. He dared to think that best-selling novels like "The Hunger Games" would be serialized in newspapers, unless Andy really wanted to make trouble with money.

Jon Meacham saw that his big boss didn't care, so don't worry too much. To be honest, after seeing Peter Kaplan in Washington, he was very excited by all kinds of showing off in front of him. Light, don't talk about turning losses into profits, the daily newspaper was launched, and the "Observer" has two serialized novels by the boss, which makes him very envious. It's all money, remembering Pete's talk about co-shooting with TV stations The income from the TV series made him greedy.

"Boss, although our newspaper has no precedent for serializing novels, we can try it. As long as it is the creation of the boss, it will definitely be popular!" Jon doesn't care about Nima's entertainment, as long as it can increase sales, let alone novels , Drawing comics is enough.

Andy looked at the eager Jon, and couldn't help laughing: "Jon, did you hear Pete bragging to you? The situation of the two newspapers is different. Although they are both comprehensive weekly magazines, they have different influence. Entertainment content should be cautious, after all, most of the truly loyal subscribers are old customers."

"Boss, you can write a political novel, if you can, ahem, I know it's a bit..."

Andy frowned slightly, and interrupted Jon's request with a wave of his hand, reached out and stroked his chin, lost in thought.

When it comes to political fiction, he does have a television series in mind that would lend itself to reinvention as a novel about a ruthless U.S. congressman and his equally ambitious wife who wield power in the Washington White House. story.

That's right, it's the political TV drama "House of Cards" starring Kevin Spacey.

The entire office fell into silence. After everyone stared at each other, they all looked at the young boss who was frowning tightly and his face was changing from cloudy to cloudy.

Andy is really caught in a tangle. "House of Cards" is definitely a classic political TV series (novel). The story focuses on the shortcomings of American politics in a large number. He doesn't worry about anything else, the only thing he worries about is the public. reaction.

In the United States, you don’t need special courage to describe the shady scenes in the political arena, and no one will persecute you, but you need to have a solid foundation to write this novel, and his unique status will make the public believe in the stories he wrote, and people will Said, "Look, here's an exposure by someone in the know!"

"House of Cards" is a more intense and cruel palace fighting drama with more intellectual firepower and power. It makes people suffer from mental torture and physical exhaustion. It also tests how much pain people can bear, such as the political darkness displayed.

Andy hesitated a little, pulled his thoughts back to reality, smiled at everyone, and said apologetically: "Sorry, everyone, just now there is a story inspiration. As for the serialization of the novel, I will consider this."

Seeing that everyone was relieved, Andy's voice changed and became cold and serious, and his whole person's aura also became aggressive.

"However, the most important thing for our weekly magazine is political commentary and in-depth reports. Although this requires manpower and material resources, we cannot put the cart before the horse, and we cannot give up our advantages and cower in a corner to be a newcomer to the Internet!

We are all-powerful news giants, not ordinary members of countless adventurers in the Internet age!

Extremely controversial, with strong liberalism, and half a step ahead of the mainstream position of American public opinion is the role that our "Newsweek" should play! "

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