Andy and a dozen people walked into the New York Observer newspaper office, which attracted the attention of all the newspaper employees. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lawyer Nelson and financial manager David formed an impromptu acquisition team, leading several subordinates to roughly estimate the assets of The Observer based on all the information available, and Andy had already seen it on the way.

Andy wanted to cut through the mess quickly and win "The Observer" today, so the acquisition team was taken by him, and once he negotiated with Arthur Carter, he immediately signed a contract to pay for the acquisition, completed the acquisition, and immediately let the acquisition team take over the "New York Observer".

Pete Kaplan looked at Andy and his party who were walking towards the newspaper boss's office with complicated eyes, turned around and shouted: "Look at anything, go to work!"

Arthur Carter's secretary saw Alston Smith coming over with a group of men in suits and leather shoes, stood up and greeted him with a smile.

"Good morning Annie, is Mr. Arthur Carter here?" asked Alston with a smile.

"Good morning, Mr. Smith. Mr. Carter had already arrived, and he said he would go in when you came, who are they?" Anne replied with a smile.

Auston did not introduce Andy to them, but only said that he had made an appointment with Mr. Arthur Carter.

Andy kept smiling with sunshine, and the female secretary Anne felt very familiar and didn't recognize it for a while, after all, Andy was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses today.

Andy turned around and told the bodyguards and the Takeover team to wait outside in the lounge area, then followed Auston and the female secretary Anne into Arthur Carter's office.

Arthur Carter's office is lavishly decorated, with two red solid wood doors, and on the left-hand side is the lounge area, a set of black and white, water chestnut geometric sofas around a square table, and rectangular coat mirrors with gold borders hanging on each wall on either side of the doorway.

Behind a large rectangular desk, Arthur Carter sat in the boss's chair, behind him was a gold-framed oil painting, and the furnishings and decorations around it were also very artistic, most of which were sculptures, copper, iron, plaster and clay sculptures, and on the other side of the wall were four huge windows, and the sunlight shone through the glass into the office, making some of the golden decorations shine.

Arthur Carter saw Auston walk in with a young man, put down his cigar, got up from the boss's chair, walked around the desk, and said hello to Auston.

Andy looked at the old man in front of him, his sparse hair was meticulously combed, white shirt, black trousers and straps, with a bow tie around his neck, his figure was a little rickety because of his age, but he was full of energy, his eyes were bright, and under Alston's introduction, the old man smiled and stretched out his hand.

"Young man, it's a pleasure to meet you, you know that you are justifiably popular in the United States now. I love your novels, would you be interested in opening a column in my newspaper?"

Andy shook the old man's hand with a confident and sunny smile on his face, "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Carter." Thank you for liking my novel, as for the issue of opening a column, this one will take some time, after all, the publisher has been urging the follow-up novel draft, so... I'm sorry. ”

"Haha, it's nothing, as long as you are willing, you can come to our newspaper at any time to open a column, I am very much looking forward to cooperating with you. Arthur Carter was not displeased, but smiled and patted Andy's hand, led Auston and Andy to the sofa in the rest area, and motioned for the two to sit down.

"Auston, you have a very good son!" Arthur Carter said to Auston with his back leaning back on the couch with a faint smile on his face, and in a calm and slow tone.

"Thank you Mr. Carter for the compliment, he is still young and needs more sharpening. Auston replied without humility or arrogance, turned his head to look at Andy with a smile on his face, and then looked at Arthur Carter, "This time, Andy wants to see you." Andy, let's talk to Mr. Arthur Carter. ”

Arthur Carter looked at Andy with some curiosity, Andy put away the smile on his face, and said sincerely: "Mr. Arthur Carter, I heard that you are going to sell the New York Observer?

Arthur Carter's eyes flashed with a gleam, he carefully looked at the young man opposite, glanced at Auston, who had nothing to do with me and ignored me, and asked with a smile: "What, Andy, do you also want to buy The Observer?"

"Why not?" Andy's mouth turned up slightly, with a confident smile on his face, "It's an excellent newspaper that has been published for 20 years, and although it doesn't have a high circulation, it has a very important place in the Manhattan area, and I love its journalistic philosophy and cynical humor, even if it's just a regional XING newspaper." ”

After listening to Andy's words, Arthur Carter couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he didn't expect that his newspaper would attract two young and promising young talents at once, whether it is body appearance or academic cultivation, the two young people have amazing similarities.

"Oh, Auston, you have such an excellent son, what an envy! He is a famous writer, and he speaks without leakage, praising the advantages of the newspaper and revealing its defects. I think you've already understood that the Observer is losing $2 million a year, how can you make sure that it turns a profit? After all, I founded this newspaper, and for the past 19 years, this newspaper has been my pride, and now that I'm old, my juniors don't value this loss-making newspaper, and even if I want to sell it, I'll find a suitable new owner for it, young man, can you take on this burden?"

Looking at Arthur Carter at the end, he shook his head slightly, and didn't seem to be optimistic that Andy would be able to support the future of "The Observer".

Andy smiled confidently, "Mr. Carter, let's not talk about the profitability of the newspaper, I just want to tell you that among the people who are interested in buying the newspaper, I may be the only one who is the best choice for you, if it is really for the sake of this newspaper that has been in circulation for 20 years." ”

Arthur Carter's face lost his smile for the first time, stared at Andy with deep eyes, and said lightly: "Young man, tell me your reasons." ”

Andy smiled confidently and said: "As far as I know, plus me, as well as Robert De Niro's Tribeca Group and Judd KSN, are interested in buying The Observer, I don't know what price they all want to pay to buy this newspaper, but I believe that none of them are the best buyers." ”

Andy stretched out a finger and continued: "Let's talk about Robert first, although he is very famous, but he is already old, how much enterprising spirit is left? He wants to buy this newspaper, maybe he just likes its fame, and he doesn't care much about the value of this newspaper, if it continues to lose money year after year, then the future of "The Observer" will be put on the shelf again and sold by him." ”

Stretching out a second finger, the smile on his face became more confident, "Judd KSN, he is a businessman, maybe he will not shy away from telling you that he buys to make money, right? Maybe you can still have fun with it, maybe you can be respected if you do it well." He will replace the concept of journalism with business, and in the end, he will make the Observer an entertainment tabloid for profit. ”

Andy paused slightly after finishing speaking, because Carter's female secretary had already brought coffee in, took the coffee cup and put it on the table, and continued to say confidently: "And I, the only thing that worries people is age, I am a young man, and it is easy to be underestimated." I never doubted my abilities, first of all, I am a writer by profession and I know more about the publishing industry than the other two. Secondly, I have a detailed plan to get the newspaper out of the predicament, and I have the ability to face the challenge, and the biggest dilemma of the American newspaper industry at the moment is that it is being controlled by an aging mindset and managed by some middle-aged people who carry the burden of going into battle, so isn't it a brilliant suggestion for me to come along, a 21-year-old who is not bound by old ideas, to carry the burden of this 19-year-old who has been moving forward for 19 years?"