America's Road to Fame

Chapter 22 Stabilizing the Military Heart
So on the morning of this day, William Chen, Alicia, Nelson, and his acquisition team came to the newspaper office of the "New York Observer".Chen William will complete the acquisition of this newspaper together with Alicia.

As William Chen's lawyer, Alicia will confirm that there are no loopholes in the purchase contract.And Nielsen and his team will conduct a final audit of the financial status of the entire newspaper before the acquisition.

As the former boss of the "New York Observer", Robert De Niro did not have too much affection for this newspaper. After all, he was neither the founder of the newspaper, nor had he only owned the newspaper for more than two years.

And even though this newspaper helped him in his previous campaign, it didn't help him win that campaign. On the contrary, it caused him a lot of losses in the past two years. At that time, there was a loss of 100 million US dollars.Therefore, his current mentality is to use the most suitable price to get rid of this burden.

Therefore, in his office, William Chen and him did not have much conversation about this newspaper. The conversation between the two of them was mainly about general chats, including Hollywood, economy, society, and other aspects of chatting.

After Alicia confirmed that there was no problem with the contract, William Chen also received a reply from Nelson. The financial aspect of the newspaper was also the same as what he had learned before, and there was not much difference.At this point, the official handover can take place.

After William Chen and Robert De Niro signed the contract respectively, William Chen handed over a check for $700 million to the other party.

After reading the check, Robert De Niro snapped his fingers, and after collecting the check, he said to William Chen: "William, this newspaper will be yours from now on, and I hope it can develop better with you. I will continue to be a loyal reader of this newspaper."

After finishing the scene, he left the newspaper office with his entourage.Now, William Chen has officially become the new boss of the New York Observer.

"Mr. William, the employees in the newspaper office are feeling unstable now. They are not in the mood to work and are discussing outside. Do you need to tell them something?"

The one who told him this was Allen, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper at this time. He was recruited by Robert De Niro after Capra left the "New York Observer". According to the information, he previously worked for a fashion entertainment company. Magazines, it can also be seen that Robert De Niro's idea at the time was indeed to transform newspapers in this direction.

William Chen looked at his watch and said, "Wait a little longer, Mr. Allen, I still need to wait for someone."

A few minutes later, William Chen's cell phone rang, and when he saw the caller's information displayed on it, he connected it immediately: "Are you here already? Okay, I'll pick you up right away."

"Now let's go out and tell everyone." William Chen finished speaking to Allen, and walked out of the office with the people in the room.At the gate of the newspaper office, William Chen received the person he was waiting for - Kaplan, the former editor-in-chief of the "New York Observer".

William Chen naturally knew that everyone in the newspaper office would be in panic now. After all, since Kaplan resigned and left here two months ago, the newspaper office has been in turmoil. Many people left the newspaper office because they could not see hope.

This morning, as William Chen and his party appeared in the newspaper office, everyone could guess the purpose of their visit today.

Moreover, William Chen is so famous that almost everyone who sees him can recognize who he is. In addition to his previous reputation, everyone's doubts are exacerbated. Therefore, not only the employees of the newspaper office, but even some The reporters who went out to edit and edit all received the news and returned to the newspaper office, waiting for further news to judge the future of their job.

Perhaps, in the face of such a huge loss, the new boss will lay off staff to reduce the newspaper's operating costs, but they don't know who those unlucky people will be. Faced with this unknown, everyone will be worried and hope that they are not the one who was laid off. unlucky.

It was already noon at this time, when William Chen followed Kaplan, together with Alan with a slightly embarrassed face, and Alicia and Nelson's team, after this group of people returned to the newspaper again, William Chen faced all the faces with The restless employees clapped their hands to get their attention, and then said loudly:

"Please be quiet, everyone. Let me say a few words. First of all, let me introduce myself. I am William Chen, and I am also your new boss. Many of you may have known me before and heard many rumors about me. Media people, as a member of the once glorious and brilliant newspaper "New York Observer", I hope that we can keep in mind the purpose of our newspaper, which is to be objective and neutral. Therefore, no matter what your impression of me was before, I hope that when we get along with each other in the future In the process, everyone can come to know me objectively and without prejudice.”

Seeing that when he introduced himself, some people had joking expressions on their faces, but after he finished speaking, everyone's expressions became serious. William Chen continued:

"Mr. Kaplan behind me, everyone should know him. He is the oldest and most prestigious editor-in-chief of our newspaper. Two months ago, Mr. Kaplan resigned from the "New York Observer" because of his different ideas. The position of editor-in-chief. Today, after I bought the newspaper, I invited him back. I did this not only because I admire Mr. Kaplan’s personal ability and integrity, but also because I want to tell everyone, Starting today, I hope we can regain the spirit of objectivity and neutrality that our newspaper has begun to lose."

After William Chen finished speaking, all the employees were overjoyed, and they couldn't help applauding.

After the applause stopped, William Chen continued: "Today is my first day as the owner of the newspaper office. Here, one is that I want to get to know everyone, and the other is that I want to say three things."

"First of all, it is the issue that everyone is most concerned about. Although our newspaper office is still suffering from serious losses-maybe everyone knows about this. But I want to make a guarantee here, that is, I will not lay off staff because of the loss, everyone, and the previous resignation The employees are the precious wealth of the newspaper, as long as everyone can continue to work hard for the newspaper, everyone's income will only increase."

When everyone heard Chen William's statement, they couldn't help looking at each other with excitement, and their previous worries about the future were swept away.

"The second thing is that not only will I not lay off staff due to losses, but in the future, I will also invest in the newspaper to expand the size of the staff. I talked with Mr. Kaplan about the future planning of the newspaper. My goal is, To develop our "New York Observer" from a regional newspaper to a national or even a worldwide newspaper, so all capable employees will have more opportunities, and we will not let down those who have contributed to the newspaper. I hope everyone can Keep up the good work and support my work and that of the editor-in-chief."

"One last thing." William Chen walked up to Robert De Niro's secretary Jenny - a 30-year-old, slightly fat, kind-faced woman, and said to her: "Ms. Everyone order an afternoon tea, and then give me the bill, and I will treat you privately."

As soon as Chen William's words fell, the employees in the hall cheered. Some people began to shout: "Long live the boss", and some female employees even shouted "Boss I love you". Harvested his first fans in the newspaper office.

"Okay, I've finished what I want to say. I hope we can develop the newspaper together in the future. Now let our editor-in-chief, Mr. Kaplan, speak to everyone." William Chen gestured to Kaplan after finishing speaking.Then he walked up to the former editor-in-chief Allen with an embarrassed expression on his face, and said softly to him, "Mr. Allen, would you like to come and talk to me?"

Allen glanced at the excited employees and Kaplan who had returned to the newspaper office, then nodded, followed William Chen, and walked into the office.

After Chen William left, Kaplan said to everyone: "I hope everyone can continue to support my work in the future and continue to adhere to our creed of objectivity and neutrality. Well, everyone should start working quickly. If I see anyone who is lazy, I will be deducted." money."

Hearing his words, everyone smiled and returned to their posts to continue working.After William Chen comforted them, they were all relieved and no longer worried about the future.

"Mr. Allen, you should have seen it. I invited Mr. Kaplan back to continue to be the editor-in-chief." William Chen said to Allen in the office.

"Yes, I understand, Mr. William, I will pack up and leave." Allen said a little lonely.

"Wait, I haven't finished my sentence yet, Mr. Allen." William Chen kept him aloud and said:

"I have read your information. You were the editor-in-chief of a fashion and entertainment magazine before, so you were recruited by Robert De Niro, right? I talked to Mr. Kaplan about the development of the future newspaper. Planning. One of the most important points is to prepare to increase investment in the online version of the New York Observer. After that, we will increase technical personnel and editorial strength on the network, revise our website, and integrate the electronic version of the newspaper with the paper version. The content of the qualitative version is distinguished."

"Our electronic version of newspapers will be more inclined to the preferences of young people, including areas that young people are more interested in, sports, digital technology, entertainment and fashion, etc. The content will increase, and the serious content will be reduced. And young people Presentation in a more welcome way, such as using more pictures instead of words, and the text content is more colloquial. Therefore, it is necessary to have a network editor who can better grasp the hobbies of young people. I think you are a very suitable candidate. I don’t know What is Mr. Allen's intention? The editor-in-chief of the network is responsible for managing the content of the online version, and is only responsible to Mr. Kaplan, and your salary will not change."

"Thank you, Mr. William, I'm willing to give it a try." Hearing William Chen's idea, Alan's eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed.

William Chen also made this decision after careful consideration.He also read the "New York Observer" after Robert De Niro's revision before. In terms of content alone, the entertainment effect is still remarkable.

It's just that paper newspapers are indeed not the trend of young people anymore, so if Alan is allowed to be in charge of the online version of the "New York Observer" in the future, it should be regarded as making the best use of it.

And the opportunity is given to him, William Chen will determine the style of the online version with him in the early stage, if he is found to be incompetent later, it will not be too late to resign.

(End of this chapter)