In fact, whether he can be the chairman of the board of directors or not, Abel personally does not matter.

This position, most of the time, is an honorary position, which is a mascot.

Many celebrities have served as this chairman.

Abel knew one. Herbert, for example, once served as president of the NRA Association.

Abel had just turned twenty-one years old.

Becoming a director at such a young age is already very remarkable.

If you become a board member, you will be elected as a board of directors immediately.

This can go down in the history of the NRA association.

Abel thought about it, and it didn't seem like a big deal.

The most important thing is this position, which is an honorary laurel.

It doesn't do much use other than adding a few more strokes to your resume and adding a little bit of influence to the NRA.

Thinking of this, he acquiesced to Lapierre's approach.

But he reciprocated, or he knew what Lapierre's true purpose was.

Abel also smiled and said, "As the boss of Rock Security, I think that a PMC company like Rock Security should strongly support the NRA."

Rock Security has a lot of guns, even cannons, and some of the equipment that the U.S. military has decommissioned.

Security personnel who play with guns all day can also be associated with the NRA association.

Since last year, most of his donations have been donated to the NRA through the Rock Security channel.

Hearing him say this, Lapierre immediately understood what the young man in front of him meant.

Lapierre laughed happily.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Lapierre, as the de facto chairman, couldn't just stay here.

Lapierre soon left to mingle with other NRA executives.

Abel and Richard Lugar struck up.

"Mr. Smith. I heard you're on NBC?" Richard Lugar asked curiously.

Abel thought to himself that this was about to become a question that those involved in politics would definitely ask when talking to themselves.

Abel knew that this was also normal.

This public television network is arguably one of the most powerful tools for politicians when they are conducting elections.

This makes these people, of course, more concerned about this matter.

Abel smiled, "Yes for now. It's just not that easy."

"It's General Electric, after all." Richard Lugar said: "It's not that easy to get the NBC network in the hands of General Electric."

Abel nodded, his heart suddenly moved, and after thinking about it, he said:

"That's right. Richard, oh, I can call you that, right?"

"Absolutely." Richard Lugar smiled and replied, "Then I'll call you by your name too."

"Absolutely." Able smiled and said, "Richard. What is the most influential newspaper in Indiana?"

Richard Lugar was stunned, thought for a moment, and replied, "It's the Indianapolis Star."

"Who's its boss?" Abel said directly.

Richard Luger's thick, but whitened eyebrows were raised.

The senator didn't know what Abel was asking for this, and he didn't know what Abel meant.

But Richard Lugar still whispered:

"It's the Simon family at the moment, but the Gannett Group has made an offer for it. The Simons already have the idea to sell it."

"I want to buy it." Abel was blunt.

"Oh?" Richard Lugar had a playful smile on his face, "Why?"

"I feel like I'm in Indiana and need a voice." Able smiled at Richard Lugar, "When necessary. I can help my friends in Indiana."

"Hahaha~"

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Chad Lugar laughed out loud.

He also gave Abel a thumbs up, "Abel, I think you're a good idea. I will be lucky to be your friend."

"I wonder if I'm honored?"

Abel made a grievance: "Dear Richard. I thought we we'd already be."

Richard Luger smiled even more.

One old and one young, happily discussed.

The topic of discussion soon came to the Indianapolis Star.

The Indianapolis Star is called the Indianapolis Star to be exact.

On 6/6/3, the newspaper was founded by industrialist George McCulloch.

At present, it has a circulation of about 400,000 copies per issue in Indiana, making it the most influential newspaper in Indiana.

But it's not just in Indiana.

It has a low circulation out of state, with just over ten thousand copies.

Until then, the newspaper, along with several other local small and medium-sized newspapers, had been the local Simon family business in Indiana.

But late last year, the Gannett newspaper group came to Indiana to make a bid to buy the Indianapolis Star.

Since then, the Gannett newspaper group has entered into five price negotiations with the Simon family.

According to Richard Luger, the last $215 million offer, the Simon family has already begun to move.

If only this deal could be done.

The Simon Press Company, which has a total of seven daily newspapers and two magazines, will become a subsidiary of the Gannett Press Group.

"I don't really like Gannett." Richard Lugar said implicitly:

"The politics of their management are too radical."

Abel smiled and didn't speak, and didn't comment on Richard Luger's assessment.

After the reception.

Abel took little Laura and returned to the Conrad Indianapolis Hotel.

He first asked little Laura to rest, and asked David Jones to call several members of the advisory group who came with him to the largest VIP box in the executive lounge on the fourth floor for a meeting.

As soon as the people arrived, Abel changed his mouth and said, "I am going to expand the size of Smith's newspapers."

The boss's first words set the tone for this brief meeting of the advisory group.

"Let's start with the Indianapolis Star. Does anyone know about the Indianapolis Star?" Abel looked at the crowd.

There were eight members of the advisory board in the room, plus David and Alan Baker.

The configuration of eight people is also the standard configuration of the advisory group that Abel carries with him when he goes out.

It's generally a more one-size-fits-all configuration, organized by David and Allen.

Members will make appropriate arrangements according to where Abel is going.

When Abel has a clear goal for business travel, he chooses the most targeted staffing.

For example, if he wants to buy an energy company, his personal advisors are the legal and energy industry elites.

Like tonight, Alan Baker and David don't count.

The other six members all have their own areas of expertise.

This is to cope with every possible situation.

「BOSS。」 Reed, a member of the advisory board, raised his hand, "I'm from Indiana. I'm familiar with the situation here."

"Yes. Then it's up to you." Abel nodded.

"The Indianapolis Star, with a daily circulation of about 300,000-400,000 copies, is the number one newspaper in Indiana."

"It and its parent company have a market capitalization of about $220 million," Reid said. At the moment, the Gannett newspaper group is trying to buy it."

"Not bad." Able nodded, "My idea is to get ahead of the Gannett newspaper group and take this newspaper

Paper. But I didn't just aim for the Indianapolis Star, and in the Indianapolis Star, I realized one thing."

"That's Smith Media, and it shouldn't be limited to TV and entertainment." Abel said:

"For the newspaper industry, we are also going to start the layout."

After thinking about it, Abel spoke again:

"Can anyone tell me how many major regional newspapers like the Indianapolis Star there are in the United States?"

The question is somewhat abrupt.

Because Abel hadn't paid much attention to the Smith newspaper before that.

Answering employers' business questions, gathering a variety of business intelligence for employers, and making sound plans.

These things are in themselves the work of the Advisory Group.

These people also do a good job.

Even this kind of problem that Abel didn't show much attention to before.

Alan Baker answered on their behalf.

Now, there are 11,000 newspapers of all kinds in the United States. Among them, there are more than 1,600 daily newspapers, including morning, afternoon, evening and Sunday, and more than 8,000 weekly and semi-weekly newspapers.

There are more than 10,000 magazines in the United States, and more than 60 have an annual circulation of more than one million.

Among them, the newspaper in the United States sold more than 100,000 copies a day, and as of December last year, there were 113 copies.

There are more than 200,000 daily sales of newspapers, 35 copies.

There are 17 newspapers with daily sales of more than 300,000 copies.

The number of newspapers with a daily sales of more than 500,000 copies is 9 copies.

There are only two newspapers that sell more than one million copies a day.

After hearing this figure, Abel directly made a decision and made a big deal for Smith Newspaper and the advisory group.

"The next major task for Smith Newspaper and you is to start buying newspapers that sell more than 100,000 copies a day across the United States."

Abel said explicitly:

"I ask the areas where these newspapers are located to be as dispersed as possible and not to let them gather together. At the same time, it is required to purchase at least 20 shares within two years."

The idea of expanding the newspaper group, acquiring the Indianapolis Star, and other major regional newspapers.

Abel came into being in conversation with Richard Lugar.

At first, he wanted to buy the Indianapolis Star.

It's purely to repay Richard Luger.

At the same time, find a way to win over this senior senator bigwig, like a party boss.

It's the same as his donation to the NRA.

In the United States, everybody plays like this.

At most, Abel plays a little more directly, and they play a little more flowery.

In the course of chatting with Richard Lugar.

Abel discovered Richard Lugar and had a great deal of interest in the Indianapolis Star.

After analysis, Abel guessed that it should be the reason why the Indianapolis Star, the number one newspaper in Indiana.

Even senators, who are more secure, are elected every six years.

At the time of the election, influential newspapers in the constituency. It's important not just for the House of Representatives, it's important for the Senators as well.

From the Indianapolis Star.

Abel thought of similar influential newspapers in other regions.

In their regions, they should also be valued by these senators and representatives.

This opened up Abel's thinking about Smith's newspapers.

What he wanted to do was simple.

That is with the exception of national and even world-facing newspapers such as the American Sun and the New York Observer.

In your own newspaper company, you also need to add some skeletons.

These regional newspapers are the skeleton of this.

That's what he has tonight

The advisory panel was called over and this brief meeting was held.

The meeting ended quickly.

Alan Baker they will give feedback to the following, the request from Abel.

Then it took action with Smith Media's Smith Newspaper to launch a major merger and acquisition across the United States.

All Abel had to do was raise funds and at the same time personally intervene when certain acquisitions were in trouble.

Otherwise, only inspections remain.

The rest is all the work of the advisory group and Smith Media.

Walking out of the conference room in the executive lounge, Abel raised his hand to look at the time.

It's already half past eleven.

Under the protection of the Four King Kongs, he returned to the hotel living room.

Doni and Hannah Catherine were guarding the living room.

When Able came in, he looked at Hannah Catherine and asked Doni, "Where's Lauren?"

Doni replied softly:

"When Miss Bush returned, she went to take a bath. After taking a shower, I came out here and waited for you for a while, and then I couldn't bear it and went to sleep, so I should have rested."

Abel didn't believe that little Laura fell asleep so quickly.

But he also knew that little Laura would not be able to open the door for himself at this time.

Her aunt was guarding the door with a blood-red rolling pin.

Chuckling and shaking his head, Able turned and walked into another bedroom.

The next day.

Indianapolis Raceway.

The car track was originally built with more than 3 million bricks, hence the name "brick factory".

It was opened in 1909 and was paved with asphalt in 1961. Having held 11 F1 races in 0 years, it is a track with quite a history.

Motorsports, meanwhile, is one of Indiana's major industries.

Indian is known as the world's center for motorsports at all levels.

The city of Polis is also known as the "Motorsport Capital of the World".

In the United States, Indiana has more tracks per capita than any other state.

The state hosts events such as the state every year, most of which are held on this circuit.

The spectator seats on the track are in front and can accommodate more than 20,000 spectators.

When Abel and the others arrived, it was already crowded.

Racing fans from the United States and around the world have turned it into a sea of festivals.

「. It's so lively!" Li Xinyu and Little Laura hugged each other, and the two beautiful girls looked excited.

Li Fuzhen and Abel are one step behind.

"Let's go." Abel said, "Do you want to go to the box, or do you want to go straight to the convoy?"

"Of course it's the convoy." Li Xinyu said happily, "The closest distance to watch the game!"

Little Laura smiled and nodded.

Everyone came to the rest area of the Prost team, which is the MGM team.

The rest area of the Flying Sword team, or Tesla team, is on the other side, and the angle of watching the game is not as good as that of MGM.

The convoy knew that the bosses were back, and they had already prepared their seats.

The crowd chatted for a while.

On the first day of F1 USA, it was soon officially opened.

As the starting order sounded, the F1 cars of the eleven teams sped off on the track.

Today's race is not scored, and today is the stage where the drivers get acquainted with the field.

In other words, it's a friendly race, where the drivers are running laps and getting acquainted with the track.

Abel, who is not a fan of the car, finds this a bit boring.

But little Laura and Li Xinyu looked very energetic.

Every car sped by, and they could tell which driver was on the car, what record they had, and which team it belonged to just by the shape, number, and livery.

Unlike Abel, who only knew one Schumacher. But even which car Schumacher drove, little Laura told him.

Li Fuzhen was the same, and she also yawned.

Li Xinyu saw the bored two, she didn't dare to talk to Abel, but said to her sister, "Ernie, if you're bored, you can go back to the hotel to rest first."

Little Laura also reacted, looking at Abel's bored appearance.

Little Laura had an apologetic look on her face and said softly to Abel:

"Honey. If you don't like it, you can go back and rest."

Abel wanted to reply that I would accompany you.

He saw that Li Xinyu and Li Fuzhen were also looking at him, his heart moved, and he said with a smile:

"It's really boring, but I'm going to watch the game with you, so I'd better stay here." It's a big deal, I play mobile games."

As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone and opened the snake in the phone in three or two clicks.

"Ha~" He raised his mobile phone at Li Fuzhen and Li Xinyu, "This is still the mobile phone produced by your family."

Li Xinyu and Li Fuzhen smiled at him.

Seeing that Abel was really going to play Snake in F1, Little Laura smiled and pushed him, "Forget it. Honey, you'd better go back first. We'll watch the game later, and I'll go back to you, okay?"

Abel hesitated, and little Laura was already smiling and pushing him.

Abel also stood up, "Then I'm leaving? Head back to the hotel first. I have one more client to meet in the afternoon."

"Well," little Laura said after a moment's thought, "then I won't be going back in the afternoon." There are also competitions in the afternoon. Jessica and I will go back in the evening?"

There was no race at noon break on this side of the track.

But many fans won't leave, and there are plenty of restaurants, cafes, fast food restaurants, and other places for them to take a break and eat.

Little Laura probably wants to watch the game with Li Xinyu in the afternoon.

"Yes." Abel knew that he would run one day today, one day tomorrow, and another day the day after tomorrow.

With the love of these two little girls, it is estimated that they can really watch it for three days in a row.

Able couldn't stand it, he watched it for an hour and a half at most.

"That's right." When Abel stood up, he looked at Li Fuzhen and Li Xinyu.

"Miss Anna. I see you're yawning. Do you want to go back and rest? Shall I drop you off?"

Li Fuzhen smiled, but Li Xinyu hurriedly said:

"Ernie, I know you don't like it at all. Instead of sitting here all day, you might as well go back to the hotel and rest."

Li Fuzhen took the opportunity to say, "That's fine. If you want me to come over, call me."

"Uh-huh." Li Xinyu replied again and again.

Abel left Doni and a few bodyguards, plus the Secret Service staff that Little Laura carried with her, as well as Li Xinyu's bodyguards.

Even if there was some disturbance here, with so many people to protect them, the two of them would be able to ensure safety.

Abel and Li Fuzhen turned over and returned to the corridor to leave the Indianapolis Raceway.

When she was about to walk into the corridor, Li Fuzhen suddenly ordered her two entourages to protect Li Xinyu as well.

"I'll go straight back to the hotel. There is also Mr. Smith's bodyguard protection. I'm safe, it's too chaotic in the arena, you have to be optimistic." She said to her bodyguards.

The two bodyguards were a little hesitant, but when they saw the cold face of the eldest lady, they still nodded and left.