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At around 4pm on Monday 8 October 2007, the only national paid evening newspaper in 182 years, renamed the London Evening Standard, officially began its new chapter of free service.

In subway stations, train stations and other crowded places, from time to time, you can see staff wearing FBI overalls and printed with standard newspaper words standing in front of the newspaper box, and there are special people shouting loudly and distributing them diligently. The first time I heard it on the road, I didn't know and thought something big had happened.

There are also TV media reports on the spot, interviews with passers-by, after all, this is also the first orthodox newspaper with a long history to choose free delivery, which is undoubtedly very attractive to the people of London.

"I'm glad that the newspaper is available for free, and it's very insightful on current affairs, and it's great to be able to watch it on the subway after work!" said a reader with a Standard Evening in his hand as he was pulled by a TV reporter.

“。。。 I think it's better to pay because they always provide good service. ”

Andy didn't care about this at all, and of course, he wrote an open letter to readers in the free newspaper on the first day.

"Today is a historic day for the Evening Standard as we are the first free Orthodox newspaper in the UK. With this groundbreaking reform, we will be providing 600,000 newspapers to Londoners every day...

。。。 We are committed to continuing to maintain the quality of our newspapers and the value of hard news, commentary and analysis. Our goal is to promote London, one of the world's greatest cities, and to expose the phenomena and behaviours that seek to undermine the city's progress. We pledge our commitment to serving all Londoners. ”

The sincerity of the affection made many readers feel that Andy Smith, a young man, is really taking the Standard Evening as a career, and social responsibility is working hard, and when the TV news report in the evening, the TV media also interviewed a lot of well-known people to talk about their views on this.

Boris, the big-mouthed candidate for mayor of London, who often lost his words, spoke highly of Andy Smith, who supported him, in front of the camera, "He is a very young, motivated, capable leader." Congratulations to Andy Smith, the new owner of the Evening Standard. He'll be covering the world's best city – Open London!"

Andy, who was nesting on the sofa, watched TV and heard Boris say the fart, he was still very happy to be photographed, everyone likes to listen to good words, even if the other party's sycophant is filmed with a purpose, but what is it, it is originally a relationship of mutual use, and the new stadium of his club still expects this raunchy big mouth to operate after becoming the mayor.

In Andy's view, the free standard evening newspaper is just the beginning of reform, he will not lose money like Murdoch, he wants to use the Internet thinking to do physical paper media, free to drive circulation, seize the reader market, this is the traffic, the newspaper's own influence and credibility will not be discounted because of free, over time, the British care about the credibility of the news star will be guaranteed, the traffic increases, and the advertising profit will naturally increase.

With a two-year plan to break even with the London Evening Standard, and with the Evening Standard's well-regarded news site and information sharing with his media company, he believes it is only a matter of time before it becomes profitable.

As for some other noises, such as the United Newspaper's authoritarian criticism of him, Andy directly ignored it, and directly sent a team of lawyers to invite the acquisition of the remaining shares, and after receiving an unfriendly refusal, Andy initiated the transfer of creditors, debt clearance, and demanded that the United Newspaper as a shareholder bear part of the compensation liability on the grounds that the shareholders did not pay the shares in full.

In the face of Andy's shameless tactics to sue his own company, watching the representative Andy Smith show their respective debt statements and the team of lawyers with a mocking face, the Associated Press newspaper really wanted to throw these documents in the other party's face.

Nima, when she got the shares of Standard Newspaper, she did not pay the funds in full, but has the sharing of resources and information over the years been fed to the dogs?

However, they also know that unless they make up the funds and pay the part of the debt they have to bear as shareholders, the bastards on the other side will definitely take the United Press to court, and then they will face a group of greedy jackals who want to maximize profits.

Faced with the debt fulfillment requirements of more than 9 million pounds, the United Newspaper is forced to be forced, as a marginalized shareholder, or a newspaper that does not know how long it can be supported, they will never choose to die, don't they want the shares in their hands!

So three days after Andy took over, the Associated Press compromised and sold their stake in the Standard Evening for £300,000.

In a harmonious atmosphere, Andy and the United Daily News completed the transaction, and took a group photo, Andy was also very friendly to communicate with the other party, "We can always find a way to solve the problem peacefully, although this deal can be reached at the beginning, but the same way, finally did not disappoint everyone, thank you... ”

Looking at Andy's back with a smile on his face and leading people away, the faces of the people in the United Press Office darkened, and they gritted their teeth and cursed in a low voice: "This arrogant bastard!"

"If you're tired of London, you're tired of life. This sentence has long been said by the British. No matter what kind of person you are, you'll find a lifestyle and style to suit you in London.

However, for Andy, who ushered in another gray sky morning, he didn't like life in London very much, and he was ready to leave and return to sunny Greater California, and he smiled helplessly in the face of the invitation letter from the Daily Mail and Viscount Johnson Harmsworth, chairman of the General Trust Group, who had just been sent in the morning.

Call the assistant in and ask her to refund her booking ticket and choose to stay in London for a few more days.

Andy naturally knows better than anyone what this invitation is for, it is nothing more than about the acquisition negotiations of "DU Lip", because the negotiation team of the Daily Mail has played tricks, and the burden that could have been thrown off is smashed back into their hands, and they do not want to give up this opportunity in the face of Andy Smith, the only high-quality buyer who is currently interested in "DU Lip".

So they had to report to the big boss, and their young Rosmere Fourth would come forward to re-negotiate.

In 1998, Rosmere III died suddenly of a heart attack, and the Daily Mail Kingdom passed into the hands of Rosmere IV. At that time, Rosmere was only 30 years old in his fourth year, and his journalistic qualifications and business strategy could not be compared with his father's generation, and public opinion was deeply skeptical that Rosmere Fourth could maintain the honor of Britain's last local media tycoon.

But in the early years of the 21st century, the other newspapers of the Daily Mail group have maintained their momentum, and Rosmere IV has established himself as a young media tycoon in Britain.

"Invite me to experience country life? Hehe, these Englishmen, it's hypocritical enough. Andy opened the invitation and looked at what was written on it, and couldn't help but mumble softly with a slight mockery on the corner of his mouth.

Britain is the only country in the world that still retains the hereditary system of the aristocracy, and to this day, some of the ways of life of the British aristocracy still follow the old conventions of the past, although they generally do not say "aristocratic life" now, but allude to "country life".

And now at this time, the so-called country life, that is, fox hunting, although it is not the best time in winter, but in front of the fox hounds, a group of madmen, even the foxes that get into the hole will be torn off by them crazy.

"A comfortable country life, a noble show-off mentality, the fun of hunting, the heroic mood of eliminating harm for the people, plus the opportunity to have a little spice short-term love with a good country girl... ”

Andy is still very fresh and curious about the so-called fox hunting, of course, just curious about fox hunting, not the so-called aristocratic style, he is not interested in integrating into the British aristocratic circle, because it is more hypocritical and contrived than in the upper circle of New York. This is undoubtedly the most unbearable.

For example, in the face of Xiao Bei, who wants to get a knighthood, if he praises his "London accent" for being good, he will definitely not be happy, because in the eyes of Xiao Bei, who wants to drill into the aristocratic circle, saying that his accent is London is undoubtedly saying that he is a working class... For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.