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"Listen to this -- the massive arrival of outsiders into Springfield, which has plunged Springfield and the whole of Massachusetts into chaos, where gangs are on the streets, where the safety of the residents is not guaranteed, where the police system is inactive, and where a peaceful life is gone -- what does that mean? When did I become a gangster? Li Mu crumpled the newspaper in his hand and threw it into the wastepaper basket next to the work.

Li Mu has been discharged from the hospital and lives in the castle on Welsh Street, where Ford Benjamin, who also has not recovered from gunshot wounds, leads a dozen last gunmen and two policemen to protect Li Mu's safety.

Ford Benjamin is also now a sheriff and has the power to transfer police.

"I've approached Samuel Powers, but this guy won't sell the newspaper or speak for us—" said Henry, who could not do anything with the Republic.

Samuel Powers, a well-known local media personality in Springfield, is the editor-in-chief of the Springfield Republic and the owner of the Springfield Republic.

Last year, when President Grant was seeking re-election, Samuel Powers and Horace White of the Chicago Tribune, Murat Halstead of the Cincinnati Business Journal, and Henry Wadson of the Louisville Courier formed an anti-Grant group called the Quad Fortress, which held frequent meetings to agree on strategies and try to use their newspapers to influence public opinion and oppose President Grant's re-election.

"What's the biggest newspaper in Springfield?" Li Mu wants to play a one-handed pot to draw salary.

Dealing with media people, under the premise that they can't be bought, the best way is to deprive him of the right to speak, Samuel Powers didn't dare to refuse Li Mu just because he had the media of "Springfield Republic", so since he couldn't buy it, Li Mu would hit the idea of "Springfield Republic", if this "Springfield Republic" was killed, naturally Samuel Powers would have no threat.

"It's Springfield Republic—" Henry's answer was frustrating.

"Okay, so what's the second biggest?" Li Mu is not discouraged, if it is not for not having too much time to entangle with Samuel Powers, Li Mu can start a new newspaper and play slowly with Samuel Powers.

"The second largest is the Springfield branch of the Boston Evening News, but all other than that are tabloids that can't be a threat to the Springfield Republic. We could have paid the Boston Evening News to publish some articles, but in Springfield, Samuel Powers had more influence. Henry simply gave a complete introduction to the situation of the Springfield newspaper, lest Li Mu ask again and again.

"Can't help him? Ford-" Li Mu found another way, ready to do it once and for all: "Find someone to come, and I'll pay $10,000 to kill Samuel Powers." ”

Physical destruction, this is indeed a good way to do it simply and directly.

"No, no, Ream, don't be impulsive, you know, Samuel Powers even went against Mr. Grant, but Mr. Grant just laughed it off and didn't care about Samuel Powers, so Ream, don't be impulsive, it's not a good idea to kill Samuel Powers." Henry made his own proposal.

This is true, don't look at Samuel Powers's criticism of Grant in the newspaper last year and oppose Grant's re-election, but Samuel Powers is still alive and well now, and he has not been hit by any malicious blows.

"Grant is a president, a public figure, in order to win more votes, Grant must show his mind, whether Grant is behind his back or not scolded Samuel Powers' ancestors for eight generations, on the surface Grant even wants to praise Samuel Powers' dissenting opinion - but what does this have to do with me? I don't want to be president, I don't care what other people think, and in Springfield, if anyone dares to say anything to me, then be prepared to be punished. Li Mu is uncompromising, in Li Mu's eyes, media people have nothing to do with the "uncrowned king", Grant may have to cherish his feathers, but Li Mu doesn't have to care about other people's opinions.

"Don't be like thisReam, if Samuel Powers is assassinated on the street, then Samuel Powers' allies will definitely hype up this matter, which will bring irreparable damage to your reputation, you don't want to be president now, it doesn't mean that you don't want to do it in the future, if you want to make a difference, then whether you want to scold Samuel Powers for eight generations now, you must exercise restraint, otherwise you will definitely regret it in the future." Henry insisted on opposing it and did not let Li Mu go to extremes.

Looking at Henry, who was strange and sad in his eyes, Li Mu slowly calmed down.

In fact, Henry is right, whether Li Mu is a public figure or not, Li Mu must maintain restraint, in the current environment, Li Mu is a Chinese, if Li Mu does not maintain restraint, then it is easy to become the target of public criticism.

At present, there have been anti-Chinese incidents in sporadic cities in the United States, and if Li Mu does not pay attention to his personal image at this time, it will definitely make it difficult to prevent the emergence of the "Chinese Exclusion Act".

"Okay, let Samuel Powers go, but I'm going to start a newspaper called -- let's call it Time Magazine." Li Mu listened to Henry's advice and prepared to use the normal way to wrestle his wrist with Samuel Powers.

"Time Magazine -- that's a good name indeed." Henry agreed with Li Mu's decision this time.

If it weren't for Li Mu's horizontal insertion, Time Magazine would have appeared in 1923, and like the original history, Li Mu was going to give Time Magazine the slogan "as if it had been written by one person's hand for another person to read", and strive to make Time Magazine the largest news media organization in the United States, while better serving Li Mu's overall strategy.

"So, what is TIME's positioning?" Henry took out a pen and paper and prepared to record Li Mu's decision, as Li Mu's personal lawyer, Henry was responsible for running the procedure.

"Time Magazine is not written for experts in various fields, but for the 'busy people' of this era, the 'busy people' are busy, the time is limited, they can't find the news they want in the current overwhelming newspapers, what we have to do is to sort out the real news buried by the grapevine, take the essence and remove the dross, and only select the valuable part for the reference of those 'busy people'." Li Mu described the positioning of Time Magazine in detail.

In fact, newspapers are not for ordinary people from the first day of their birth, for the United States at this time, the proportion of illiterate among ordinary people accounts for a large part, they can't read newspapers at all, and they won't buy newspapers, so the influence of newspapers is limited to people with a certain status and status, and has nothing to do with ordinary people.

"Okay, positioned as 'busy people', but what about the price of the newspaper? How much does one of our newspapers sell? "Henry is Li Mu's personal lawyer, and Li Mu's income is related to Henry's income, so Henry will consider the problem from Li Mu's perspective as much as possible.

"How much does the Springfield Republic sell?" Li Mu's pertinence is obvious.

"Five cents—" Henry replied quickly, and seemed to be a regular buyer of newspapers.

"Then we sell five cents -- no, we sell two cents, no, one cent." Li Mu did not leave Samuel Powers alive and prepared to completely kill the Springfield Republic.

"So how do we make a profit? A penny is not even enough for the cost. Henry worries, no matter how you look at it, this "Time" is a loss-making product.

"Paid advertising, advertorials - there are still a lot of profit points, even if we lose money, this newspaper has to be done, we don't make money in Springfield, we can make money from Bostonians, Washingtonians, or New Yorkers, I don't believe Samuel Powers has the ability to sell Springfield Republican to Washington and New York." Li Mu wanted to surround Wei to save Zhao and subsidize the Springfield area through his income in New York, Washington and other places.

Samuel Powers' influence is also limited to Springfield, Li Mu has a way to fight Samuel Powers, the power of capital is unlimited, as long as it is used properly, a Samuel Powers cannot threaten Li Mu.

"Advertorials - what does this mean?" Henry felt that he couldn't keep up with Li Mu's thinking, this was a very dangerous sign, Henry knew how fast Li Mu was advancing, if Henry couldn't keep up with Li Mu's footsteps, Li Mu would not stop and wait for Henry.

"Advertorial - you are regarded as a kind of advanced advertising, advertorial will be a perfect combination of promotional content and article content, so that users can read the article while being able to understand what the planner wants to promote." Li Mu couldn't understand it too clearly, because Li Mu didn't know how to write the advertorial.

It is enough to know that professional matters should be handed over to professional people to be responsible, Li Mu is only responsible for making decisions, and there are naturally a lot of talents in the market for Li Mu to drive.

"Okay, I see, then I'm going to register another company - Times Company?" Henry tentatively made a suggestion, not with much hope.

"Time Rim!" Li Mu made a final decision, Warner Bros. didn't know where it was these years, and Li Mu was disrespectful.