It was not only Mesner who felt that this Christmas was wonderful, but also Mr. White, the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times, who was worried about what kind of news should be used for today's headlines.

Tonight's Victoria's Secret Supermodel Angel catwalk was an appeal, but other newspapers would certainly use it as headlines, and it was completely unremarkable; The news that President Clinton went to the United Nations headquarters to pay his respects and then went on vacation to Brazil was at best in the political headlines.

As for the pre-Christmas sales boom that happens once a year, the editor is almost vomiting when he writes about it, and he can use it directly by changing last year's article, and consumers will definitely not buy it.

What to make a newspaper headline is something that White has to worry about for a long time every day, he is not afraid of wars and natural disasters, but he is afraid that there is no news to report, and he also has to consider the degree of repetition, preferably scoop.

Countless examples can prove that those who do their job of following other people's butts will definitely not have a good result in the end, the reason why ABC TV was so depressed back then, in addition to the reason that there was no wonderful TV series to attract audiences, the immediacy of the news section was not enough, which also accounted for a large part of the factor.

It is because of the urgency of the news corps to get the heavyweight scoop that it has caused a sensational "eavesdropping" incident in the future.

The Los Angeles Times' performance fell slightly this year, with sales and earnings both down about six percent compared with the same period last year.

The editor-in-chief, Mr. White, who did not even receive an equity and cash prize from the Times-Mirror Group this year, was severely criticized by the chairman of the board of directors at the end of the year a few days ago, and is now desperate to find some heavyweight news to prove that his value still exists in the eyes of board members.

The Los Angeles Times is second only to the New York Times and The Washington Post in terms of circulation, and his old employer is mainly a California consortium, and he also has an unclear relationship with the Morgan consortium, and he doesn't want to lose such a good job......

At this moment, two o'clock in the afternoon.

Located in a prime location in downtown Los Angeles, near the government library and city hall, the Los Angeles Times headquarters building, freelance photographer Messner has just arrived in the plaza in front of it, and the building is very old, more than 60 years old, and has not undergone major repairs in the intervening years, and it looks like a vicissitudes.

He took care of his camera, he usually didn't care much about it, but now he had to care, it was worth tens of thousands of dollars, which was nothing to the rich, but for the teacher Messner, it was already a huge amount of money, enough to spend an unforgettable vacation in other countries, and rent a decent house.

On the way here, he sat in a taxi and thought about it for a long time, and now he has made up his mind to raise the price he said earlier.

Hearing on the phone how desperate the Los Angeles Times editor was to get his hands on the photos, Messner thought that they were worth much more than that, and now he said to himself, "Come on, you can ......

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The editor-in-chief of White wandered around the office for a long time, smoking a cigar and drinking a cup of coffee, but he didn't wait for the person who said that he had a hot scoop about Han Xuan to come.

When freelancers get news, they usually contact several companies to pick the highest bidder.

They are not regular employees of the company, so it makes sense to do so, so whenever there is big news, various media companies will immediately send out public relations to negotiate the price with the seller and try to get the relevant information.

Western countries have done a very good job of copyright protection, and if other media companies try to reprint it, they must pay a reasonable fee to the copyright owner.

Important news is valuable.

In the United Kingdom, members of the royal family are the focus of freelance photographers, and there is a paparazzi who secretly photographed Princess Diana for more than ten years, and earned 14 sports cars and three villas from the copyright fees of her photos.

When he learned that Princess Diana died, that guy cried more than William and Harry at the funeral, which was heartbreaking, because his financial route was cut off like this.

Now disheartened and changed to a rich man, people often see the freelance reporter, standing in front of the princess's former residence in a daze, always holding a camera in his hand, and is nicknamed "the princess's most infatuated guardian".

Don't think it's easy to take pictures, the competition among freelancers is also fierce, Michael Jackson is around him, and he follows dozens of reporters all year round, and whatever happens to him, those reporters will rush to take pictures, because most of them are not exclusive, so they can't sell for too high a price.

There are also reporters who try to follow Han Xuan, but unfortunately his privacy protection is too good, and he will be warned if he follows him for a long time.

Although it did not come to the point of being rude, the law stood by him, and they would usually be expelled with a 50-meter injunction, which would be signed by the court prohibiting them from entering within 50 meters of Han Xuan's surroundings, otherwise they would face a similar crime of harassment and a fine.

There is really a reporter who was sentenced to two years in prison for this, and he was about to secretly film Han Xuan going to the toilet, so no one sympathized, only jokes.

Even if someone still doesn't give up, they will feel extremely tired, because Han Xuan runs around at every turn, and the area of the house is generally terrifying, and he can't shoot anything with a telephoto lens, plus there are bodyguards patrolling, life is safe and stable, there is not much heavyweight news, and over time, no one will follow him anymore, and it all depends on luck if he wants to get Han Xuan's hot news......

Sitting on the white sofa in the lounge area of the lobby, the more the editor-in-chief White thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, the price asked by the other party was too low, and he couldn't help but think that he might be lying to himself.

If there is really a photo of Han Xuan's "racial discrimination", he believes that even if he offers three or four million US dollars, there will be other competitors who will rush to try to get the copyright of this news, and the photo of him drunk driving is not as important as this one, but it can be sold for about 500,000 US dollars at the very least.

Afraid of wasting time and getting an empty joy in the end, the editor-in-chief of White frowned at the moment and asked a subordinate sitting opposite, "Are you sure he only needs $40,000?" Why is it so low? ”

"I don't know, but that's what he told me, I've known Messner for a long time, and he often takes some landscape photos and sells them to our newspaper, and this is the first time I've tried to sell news.

Maybe you don't know the true value of those news, except for insiders, laymen rarely understand this aspect, not to mention that his head is a little insufficient, usually like a fool, you will know when you meet. ”

The employee who spoke was related to the editor-in-chief of White, and no one in the company knew about it, so he came in through the back door.

Hearing this, Editor-in-Chief White couldn't help but think carefully, and found that there seemed to be a lot of room for manipulation, and it might be possible to take the opportunity to make a fortune for himself.

After thinking about it, he then said, "Don't talk later, let me talk to him, and then call him and ask where he is......"