Three satellite lines that ensure television access to the world, hundreds of foreign correspondents, and up to 500 employees at the headquarters in Washington.

Although all this is out of Wolf-Tucker's own pocket, as the CEO of VOX News Network, he still can't help but be terrified, which means that every day VOX is broadcast, it consumes money that ordinary people can't earn in a lifetime.

Yes, Tommy's limited news network is called VOX, and in Tommy's words, V stands for Wolf Tucker, VOX is for wolf, FOX is for fox, and it means that sooner or later their American gray wolf will swallow FOX this fox.

The tone is very big, and the preparation speed is also very fast, but the performance of VOX after the real start of the broadcast, is extremely bad, today is January 4, 1989, the VOX news channel has been on the air for a month to the world, but only the miserable 1.6 million subscribers, not only the data is miserable, but the reputation is also a mess.

Not only in the United States, but also in the news media around the world are laughing at the VOX news network that Tommy has spent countless amounts of money to build, and they have ridiculed the stark contrast between unprofessional American journalists and professional American troops.

The reason why there is such blatant ridicule is very simple, although VOX News Network has a high investment and many foreign correspondents, in fact, many of its reporters are seriously lacking in professional standards in the eyes of the news industry, and the way of news broadcasting is more monotonous.

However, a lot of the news is very boring, for example, there are reporters who will talk about the life of the US troops stationed abroad or the US Navy on ships, and there will be reporters who will interview the American people about their views on the election of Bush as president.

Foreigners don't care how American soldiers live on ships, or what the American president looks like in the eyes of ordinary Americans.

"Tommy, do you really think it's right to have those reporters broadcast all kinds of fast food news every day without any content preparation? Are you sure we really don't think about news stardom? Wolf Tucker doesn't know how many times he has offered Tommy a couple of shows that favor news stardom.

The so-called news star system does not invite entertainment stars to serve as news guests, in fact, celebrities refer to the news program hosts of major television networks in the United States, these people broadcast the news from a clear angle, the comments are very in-depth, and they have gathered a group of viewers who like him to host news programs all year round.

Wolf suggested that Tommy lay off some of his unprofessional-looking foreign correspondents and pay for two or three well-known news presenters in the United States, so as to at least ensure a modest increase in VOX subscribers and silence the news industry that has been deriding VOX for a while.

Now that VOX has become the laughing stock of the American television industry, the FOX television network has even opened a small section of its program, "VOX Today's Funny News Record", which is dedicated to capturing the mistakes of young VOX reporters who are working hard overseas.

Wolf knew that the show's ratings were even higher than the entire VOX channel.

"If they don't want millions of dollars a year and can accept the same salary as our current hosts, I'd certainly welcome them to join." Wolf remembers Tommy answering the same thing every time.

In the studio, Wolf rubbed his brow as he stared at the host in the studio lobby who was reporting on the Los Angeles Rams' charity event with a Los Angeles reporter, who had just made another glaring slip of the tongue and said the wrong word, which meant that his news channel had successfully provided a new joke for the FOX mockery.

"Wolfe! Look at the screen! Listen to the news! A director wearing headphones next to him suddenly took off his headphones, and his fingers quickly roamed the buttons on the console, and then, a screen in front of him immediately switched pictures.

Although Wolf felt that the other party was making a fuss, he still picked up his headphones and stared at the screen.

On the screen, there is a male reporter who is at most twenty-five or sixteen years old, standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier at the moment, and saying loudly to the camera:

"This is Sidra Bay in the Mediterranean! My location is the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier in transit, and our VOX reporter team originally followed the aircraft carrier cruise to do a special interview on the life of American servicemen at sea, but now there is an emergency! Just now, I saw the lads around me get ready for battle! It seems that Libya has two Soviet-made fighters intercepting our AWACS aircraft at the front! Today, fighters on aircraft carriers are preparing for takeoff......"

"Cut out the sports news! Insert into the studio lobby! Now！ Wolf's eyes lit up and he spoke.

The director quickly used the microphone to inform the host who was still chatting with reporters about rugby to prepare for the insertion, and the five-second countdown, and in the gap between the five-second countdown, the host had already made a brief introduction to the situation to the audience who might be in front of the TV with the help of the teleprompter:

"During the normal cruise of the USS Kennedy, Libya sent fighter jets to try to intercept the airborne electronic reconnaissance plane sent by the USS Kennedy, and now the fighters on the aircraft carrier have taken off to meet the fight!"

At the end of the countdown, the picture suddenly turned, and the VOX news channel suddenly appeared on the aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean.

At 10:02 a.m. on January 4, 1989, VOX News Network spread a message that shocked the world at the fastest speed in the world and from the perspective of being on the front line:

Two F-14 fighters of the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier flew over the airspace line stipulated by Libya, and in eight minutes, successfully shot down two Soviet-made MiG-23 fighters from Libya trying to intercept the USS Kennedy carrier-based electronic reconnaissance plane! There were no casualties in the US Navy, two Libyan pilots parachuted before the missile was shot down, and at present, the USS Kennedy aircraft carrier has continued its voyage according to the established route.

Although VOX reporters were not able to take pictures of the exchange of fire between the fighters of the two sides because they were on the aircraft carrier nearly 100 nautical miles away, the pictures of the two F-14s and an electronic reconnaissance plane taking off and returning to land were clearly captured!

Even the pilot stepped out of the plane and saluted and reported to the commander was filmed, and it was transmitted to the world through his own channel for the first time.

While the director frantically prepares the topic with the teleprompter for the host to ask questions to reporters, Wolf stares at the TV screens in front of him and cuts the scene to other cable networks around the world, and it turns out that VOX has been airing the news for five minutes, and no news TV network has reported the news yet!

In the seventh minute, the director received the news, and the Associated Press issued a short text news: Two carrier-based fighters of the USS Kennedy exchanged fire with two Libyan fighters in the Mediterranean, and there were no casualties among the US military.

At this time, on the TV screen of VOX, its own reporter stood on the aircraft carrier and kept introducing more detailed information, and even gave the specific direction of the battle!

It was only at this moment that Wolf was extremely glad for Tommy's decision, and he also understood why Tommy spent money recklessly, opened up contacts, and sent his own reporters to various large overseas military bases or aircraft carriers under the pretext of documenting the military service life!

In normal times, those reporters only publicize the fine character of the US military, and in order to please those people, they photograph the American soldiers as if they were saints, just so that they can record them as soon as the war occurs!

Although the way is a bit silly and requires a certain amount of luck, it now seems that this piece of news is worth the ticket price!

"Tommy?" Wolf came to his senses, ran back to his office, and dialed Tommy: "Tommy! Turn on the TV! We've got our first world premiere breaking news! ”

When Wolf called, Tommy was baking at home with Ottilia, because Ottilia was away for a few days to attend a charity event in New York, and today was her last day in Los Angeles, and Tommy made a point to spare time to spend with her.

Hearing Wolfe's excited voice, Tommy reacted very calmly: "Let the host and reporter drag the time, remember the number I have reported to you now, the other party is called Charles Samon, is my alumnus, currently a graduate student at Yale, and at the same time works part-time in a think tank, I reported my name, saying that I need guests to connect to comment, he will help you arrange enough professional guests to comment on this news, this is what I have long contacted him, his mentor guests who work in think tanks need to increase their visibility around the world through VOX, And we need to let the world see the professional reviews of VOX. ”

With that, Tommy hung up the phone, and Otilia looked at Tommy, "What happened?" ”

"Nothing, I guess...... VOX is a resounding slap in the face to the global news industry. Tommy shrugged:

"They'll see that VOX, in addition to breaking the previous record for the lowest subscriber in the world, will also break another record for the fastest growing subscriber in the world."

"Are you going to be busy?" Otilia asked Tommy as she put on her baking gloves as she prepared to take her elaborate food out of the oven.

Tommy walked over with a smile, put the gloves on his hands, and then carefully turned on the oven: "No, not today, accompanying you is always the most important thing." ”

(End of chapter)