Act 150 The Pit
"The DuPont explosion!"
"The orange night sky on the banks of the Brandy River!"
"Burning DuPont!"
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DuPont!
DuPont!
DuPont!
Overnight, news of the explosion at the DuPont plant flooded newspapers everywhere. It seems that the explosion in DuPont is a big deal.
Of course, the initiator of all this is none other than the American newspaper group, that is, the media controlled by Doug.
If the print media sells newspapers alone, it is not a very profitable business.
Even if you sell advertisements, you don't make much money.
However, because it has a very important mass media attribute, it must be had.
At this time, in the case of the DuPont explosion, the advantage of owning the newspaper group was even more obvious.
However, the Eagle Bank, which exploded last time, and the DuPont explosion, which is a big hot spot this time, seem to be a little too excessive.
Some have begun to wonder if the newspapers have joined forces.
Even, there are some people who are already worried that if one person owns all the media, there will be no way for people to know the truth about the world.
Doug attached great importance to the person who made such a statement, and in the circulation of outsiders, he was still lying on his clothes to recuperate from his injuries, and sent someone from Baishi to find the person who spoke like this, and had a very friendly rubbing.
However, after the bruising, such talents were still absorbed into the newspaper group.
Doug believes that people who can have such keen observation and insight should not be too ordinary.
Besides, it's fun to let them do what they're afraid of, isn't it?
Doug got up from the floor in his bedroom and wiped the sweat from his body.
He hadn't been out of the bedroom these days, and in addition to monitoring the progress of the situation, he also started exercising.
Strong physique, though not immune to bullet attacks.
However, it allows him to have better reflexes and physical fitness.
Assassinated by gunfire today, what will happen tomorrow?
It's hard to say anything.
Originally, he thought that as long as he had a professional security team and was responsible for his own security work, he would be safe.
However, danger always comes suddenly.
Instead of putting all the security in the hands of others, it is better to control a part of it yourself.
Of course, there were no fitness trainers in this era.
Even, there are very few people who are professionally engaged in sports.
Therefore, Doug exercised and could only rely on himself.
However, he doesn't overdo it, just add some physique.
Exercise, like most things, doesn't work out in a day.
As it happens, Doug is still young and has plenty of time.
The headquarters of the American Press Group, located near the docks of the Port of New Haven.
It is only a two-minute walk from the passenger ship.
Even in winter, New Haven Pier is still full of pedestrians.
Blair didn't have time to condescend at the crowd of passers-by downstairs, and his desk was full of letters.
Although the framework of the American newspaper group has been established, it is still difficult to process the information.
In order to coordinate the pace of reporting for the entire newspaper group, it is necessary to play the role of a central hub from the headquarters of the American newspaper group.
Although in the last year, the cable across the Atlantic connecting the two continents of Europe and the United States has been successfully laid, and the telegraph has been able to spread between continents.
But even in a port city like New Haven, there was still no long-distance telegraph, only short-distance telegraphs within the city.
Why is this so?
Because, the telegraph industry is not as profitable as imagined.
Of course, the timeliness of information is important.
However, the prospect of huge profits from investments is not necessarily good.
Firstly, not everyone has the need to send a telegram, and secondly, the price of a telegram is somewhat high.
Thirdly, and most importantly, telegraph wires were made of a relatively rare metal, copper. Even if it is erected, it will be stolen if you are not careful.
The high cost of line maintenance is something that almost no one can afford.
Therefore, there are a little more telegrams within American cities.
Although there is still a risk of theft in the city, the relatively higher population density can barely cover the cost of theft.
The U.S. land telegraph industry has only gradually developed and grown with the establishment of the railway network.
After all, railways have rails, and rails need to be protected from theft, so the railroad companies have armed personnel who are responsible for patrolling the roads.
Next to the train tracks, there are electric poles on the trees, erecting lines.
Just one set of personnel can maintain two systems.
Although the railroad company still could not avoid property damage, at least the security costs were acceptable and they could start to make a profit compared to the simple telegraph line.
The American newspaper group is not without the telegraph.
However, the telegraph was limited in the area, only text messages could be sent, and information was easily stolen.
Therefore, before it has its own secure communication network, the American newspaper group may have to maintain this primitive mode of communication for a while.
Nine times out of ten, Blair received letters related to DuPont.
In fact, even if the American newspaper group does not hype it, there will still be many people paying attention to it.
Especially those who have been bombed by DuPont and survived.
They have a deep hatred for DuPont, and DuPont's factory was blown up, and they suddenly felt that their lives had been released.
Revenge, which was once impossible, has been done for them.
And, when they saw the newspaper reports about the Dupont explosion.
Some took up their pens and recounted Dupont's sins.
"DuPont's Seven Deadly Sins!"
"Expose DuPont's sinful life!"
"I used to be blessed to know that my family had met DuPont. ”
These articles are completely spontaneous and have a real feeling.
Even if these words do not look like news reports, they have real feelings, and as long as they are reported at the right time, they will have a serious impact on DuPont.
DuPont shareholders, after learning that DuPont's factory was blown up, no one clamored to divide the shares and leave.
Almost all of them are planning to build another factory.
Of course, at this time, DuPont no longer has too many technicians left.
Even, there are still technicians who do not work overtime, and they are also confused about building another factory.
Because of his limited capabilities, he simply couldn't rebuild another factory.
Fortunately, however, during this time of depression, the senior chief engineer who used to design the shipbuilding industry may have been selling burgers on the side of the road.
In such a situation, it is not too easy to recruit some more technicians.
However, at the same time, they did not give up the idea of finding the culprit.
However, they investigated for a long time, but they couldn't find anything.
It's not that Doug's anti-investigation awareness is good, it's just that the level of science and technology is still not enough for investigation in this era.
However, the level is not enough, and you can rely on people to make it up.
DuPont hired almost all the detectives to find out who had done it to them.
In the face of huge bonuses, where can the detectives hold on?
They have never even seen such a generous employer, let alone a bonus that is more than a commission.
Although the detectives have not found anything, they are still trying to investigate.
They say that they are not working so hard for money, but that they firmly believe in the belief that "wherever they go, there will be traces." ”
A person lives in this world, even if he is a wild man who does not communicate with anyone.
If anyone wants to look for him, they can also find him through the traces he has left behind.
There is a saying among the detectives that any person, as long as he has existed in this world, will leave his footprints as if he was stepping on snow.
A person with low anti-reconnaissance ability is a knee-high goose feather snow, wearing shoes like a baby basin, and stepping on the marks.
As long as you are not blind, you can see it.
And those who have high anti-reconnaissance capabilities are like the first snow that they have finally looked forward to in the whole winter, and the footprints fall lightly, but it is still possible to analyze a lot of useful information based on these.
However, even if you walk through it, you will leave a trace. I'm still afraid of one great thing, and that is - time.
That's right, it's the fear of time.
Evidence is like footprints in a snowdrift, and once the snow melts, the footprints are gone.
Therefore, although the detectives seem to be very confident, they are actually dying in a hurry.
That...... So much money!
As long as you finish this vote, won't you immigrate to the UK?
It's just that I heard that the climate in the UK is not very good, and it is always rainy and rainy.
In this case, if the person who caused the explosion is caught, maybe he can emigrate to France.
Although, the detective who daydreams like this, has not even been to France.
I've just heard of Paris as a place.
DuPont, who investigated the perpetrators and sought to fight back, did not forget to fight back in the field of propaganda.
They're starting to look for the media to wash their name.
They even found a number of companies owned by the American newspaper group.
For such a whitewashing article, Blair specially asked Doug for instructions.
The main reason for asking for advice was that Blair was not sure whether to whitewash DuPont.
Doug did not refuse this, and he asked Blair to negotiate cooperation with DuPont for most of the newspapers at his discretion.
Talking about cooperation, the whitewashed article was published.
However, the results were not as good as DuPont had imagined.
Because, these whitewashing, almost no one admits it.
Why is this so?
Because the people on DuPont's side ignore the fact that the whitewashed content can only be believed if it is authentic and can make readers feel convinced.
For example, the articles provided by DuPont are all articles with poor literacy.
This kind of article even has the opposite effect.
DuPont couldn't do anything about it, and the only thing they could think of was to hire a good reporter and write better whitewashing articles.
As for why not all of the companies of the American newspaper group have taken the DuPont advertisement. It's because Blair doesn't want DuPont to find out about the anomaly.
If all the newspapers had agreed to DuPont, maybe the DuPont people would have found something.
For example, it was discovered that the American Newspaper Group was really the American Newspaper Group, and it was not just a random name with a lofty name, but in fact it was just a small company with only one person doing everything.
However, in this era of increasingly pompous names, the American newspaper group is not the most pompous.
In addition to the American newspaper group, there are also names such as the Pan American Press Group, the American Press Group, or the World Press Group.
Fortunately, there is no such name as the Cosmos Press Group.
Doug chose such a name, hoping that such a name would make more people believe in the name of the American newspaper group.
But actually, in the actual interview.
As for the name of the American newspaper group, the newspapers under the American newspaper group have almost all removed them.
It's not because those newspapers below are disobedient.
It was Blair who issued the request for the removal of the American newspaper group.
Although, when they are united and open to the public, it sounds magnificent.
However, this is not the case with Doug's current requirements for newspapers.
He hoped that when the de facto monopoly was monopolized, the newspapers on the market would seem to be independent.
After all, even the best-selling newspaper cannot satisfy everyone's reading needs.
And between different groups of people, there may be some contradictions.
If you want to satisfy everyone, it is better to let them not know each other, and what they see is actually from the hands of a group of people.
In this way, it can even lead them to have a deep exchange of different points of view.
When the time comes, as long as the human brain is out of the dog's brain, the newspaper will have new topics to discuss.
Newspapers in this era, although not very much in sales.
However, as the only place where public knowledge is obtained, there are really many people who have read newspapers.
A newspaper sold is even read by more than 10 people.
Literate people in this era still have a great demand for access to information.
It's just that some people can afford to read and understand newspapers, some can read and understand newspapers but can't afford them, and some people can neither read newspapers nor buy newspapers, so they can only listen to others talk about the news in the newspaper.
On Blair's side, some newspapers were left to spray DuPont, and some newspapers were receiving DuPont's money and saying good things.
Even, when the people of DuPont understood, they found that sometimes public opinion was tilted in their direction.
However, it won't be long before it is lost again.
DuPont spent money again and again in this fluctuation.
However, it never occurred to them that, in their opinion, it seemed that they had gone from one victory to another, and even defeating Doug in the field of public opinion was not a big problem.
However, how could they have imagined that every penny of advertising money they spent was making Doug's wallet a little bigger and richer.
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