Chapter 861: A Pen, A Cup of Coffee ……
Chapter 844 A Pen, A Cup of Coffee ……
Late at night, inside the Times office building, Editor-in-Chief Kangles put down the work in his hands and tiredly stretched a lazy waist.
There is no way to ensure the timeliness of the news, the newspaper industry overtime is the norm.
By the time the news collected from all over the world had been organized and summarized, typeset and proofread, it was already late at night. After the printing was completed overnight, it was almost dawn.
Generally speaking, the point at which news editors get off work is the same point at which ordinary people go to work.
Kangles had been crawling around in this industry for more than ten years before he went from being a proofreader at the lowest level to becoming a news editor-in-chief.
The years were unforgiving, and the long hours of day and night had managed to make Conleth a member of the balding army.
The most crucial thing was that his body was also becoming increasingly unable to keep up, and he felt tired after only two or three hours of work.
Brewing himself a cup of strong coffee, he was about to enjoy it when a familiar voice rang out.
“Mr. Conleth, just received a big news.”
Looking at the young man with a happy face, Conleth seemed to see himself in his younger days, full of youthful vigor.
“Speak up, Rodman. What have you got again?”
Frankly, Conleth didn’t like big news at this time of year. The typesetting was done for the day, and now the final round of proofing was underway, and it would soon be taken to the printer.
Receiving big news at this time meant that all the previous work had been wasted and would have to be pushed back all over again.
The Times was already the top newspaper in Britain, and it was very difficult to increase sales unless it was particularly big news.
Everyone’s income is linked to the sales of the paper, and if they can’t increase the sales of the paper, everyone’s income won’t go up because they receive big news.
Rodman exulted, “Something big has happened in Central Asia. The mission we sent to Afghanistan was attacked by locals, and a total of three staff members, including Chief Walters, were killed, and two were injured.”
Hearing this news, Conleth’s face changed drastically, this was not the usual big news, it might even trigger a war.
Conleth hurriedly asked, “From what place did you get the news, have you determined the authenticity?”
The Times is not a street tabloid, any news can be published, this kind of current political news, it is necessary to verify the authenticity, lest it affects the credibility of the house.
Rodman confidently said, “Don’t worry, Mr. Conleth, this is the news from the telegraph office.
Just a few moments ago, the Foreign Secretary, Sir George, even went to the Prime Minister’s residence overnight and matched this news.”
The Times can become the newspaper industry leader, and not for a reason, in the well-informed that is absolutely the industry first-class.
Although it has not developed to the point of eavesdropping on cabinet meetings, but the whereabouts of the government’s top brass have long been known to them.
Telegraph office this kind of news industry must fight, is more early to be infiltrated, unless it is a special news must be kept secret outside, general news to them simply does not exist secret.
Without any hesitation, Conleth made an immediate decision, “Everyone stop what they are doing, tomorrow morning’s newspaper is to be reformatted.”
Pausing for a moment and looking at his watch it was already 3:30 a.m. It was too late to reformat the paper.
Conleth then dismissed it, “Forget it, there’s no need to reformat. Do a separate issue of special news, now start dividing up the labor:
Tom, you are responsible for writing Walters’ biography, which can be embellished appropriately;
Alan, you are responsible for writing about the assassination case, remember to be more sensationalized;
Michael, you are responsible for writing about international relations ……”
As news editor-in-chief, Conleth still has a lot of power. This has something to do with the audience of the Times, the readership is mainly the social elite who pay attention to news and current events.
These customers are more bulging pockets, do not care about subscribing to an additional newspaper, more concerned about reading the sense of embodiment, and the news content whether they are interested in.
In this regard, the Times has done very well.
They were not the only ones to receive the news of Walters’ assassination, and there was no way to stand out from the crowd of competitors with a simple introduction.
Conleth, who had been in the business for many years, was naturally aware of this, before suddenly deciding to do a separate issue of special news, and readers love the inside story of these events anyway.
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Cats have their ways and mice have their ways. The big papers could get their news directly from the Telegraph Office, and the small papers had their own sources of inquiry.
This is not lurking in the alleys of the Imperial Times of Great Britain, also received the news, but the same news editor-in-chief of Endry will not have the effort to verify the authenticity.
Looking at his men to send the article, Endry immediately vetoed: “All the previous content is null and void, we all work hard, as much as possible to rush some content out.
Remember our core, we must highlight the novelty and the content must have tension.”
The young man was worried: “But Editor-in-Chief, we only know that Walters was assassinated, we don’t know anything about the specific process!”
The questioner was intern Carina, in order to reduce running costs, the Times of the Empire of Great Britain loves to recruit new people.
Of course, since it is a newcomer, naturally there are all kinds of problems. Because of the treatment of the relationship generally speaking, will not work for a few months before leaving.
But this is not a problem, the Great Britain Empire Times such a small street newspaper, can not survive for a few months is a question.
The boss and editor-in-chief of Endri frowned, considering that it was not the time to lose his temper, patiently explained: ”If you don’t know, make up your own ah!
Don’t forget, your job is called an editor, and the core of your work lies in the word “edit”.
If everything is clear, what else do you need?
Use hyperbole to focus on the bravery of our murdered heroes, who would rather die than sell out Britain’s interests, and highlight the ruthlessness and evil of the enemy. ……”
The truth?
What’s that, is it edible?
For an uninspiring newspaper like the Imperial Times of Great Britain, which has no popularity whatsoever, finding ways to catch the public’s eye and increase sales is the first priority.
Word of mouth, reputation, these luxuries of journalism are not something they can wish for.
“Knock knock ……”
A knock on the door interrupted the work of the crowd, Endry frowned, and as a newcomer, Carina was the first to get up and go over to open the door.
“Sir, who are you looking for at this late hour?”
The man in gray said slowly, “Is Mr. Endry in, I need to talk to him about a business deal.”
Hearing that business was at his door, Endry’s trace of unhappiness at being disturbed instantly disappeared.
You have to know that the Empire Times of Great Britain such a small street newspaper, there is not much advertising revenue, all rely on the profits of selling newspapers to maintain.
The biggest extra income is this kind of secret business. For Endri, as long as someone pays, there is no news that he doesn’t dare to publish.
This can be seen in the many times he has changed his name. Today it’s the Empire Times of Great Britain, tomorrow it could be the Empire Times of England, and the day after that it could be ……
The preemptive answer was, “In!”
Before his voice fell, Endry had already greeted him with a smile on his face, “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, old friend, quickly please come inside.”
“Karina, help me brew two cups of the best coffee.”
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The two had only worked together, there was no friendship, and even Endry didn’t know the gray-clothed man’s name.
However, this did not affect the cooperation between the two, Endry had always taken himself as a newsman’s bottom line, never seeking only money, not asking about the identity of his employer.
This was also the reason why he had been practicing for many years, published numerous secret news, and had yet to be silenced.
The man in gray took out a piece of article accompanied by this check and handed it over, slowly saying, “In the shortest possible time, publish what’s on here, and this fifty pounds will be yours.”
Endry did not hurry to answer, but instead read it carefully. There are rules of the trade in any industry, and the street tabloids are no exception, and there are different prices for publishing different news stories.
Generally speaking, the more sensitive the content the higher the price, and of course the more risk you need to take.
On the other hand, ordinary content is similar to advertising. In the case of a street newspaper like the Times of the British Empire, which sells only a few thousand copies, advertisements are not worth the money.
After a few moments of effort, Endri frowned and replied: ”The content is not considered sensitive and can be published, it’s just that this headline is too much, right?
”Prelude to the Russian Invasion of India”, Your Excellency, just a case of assassination, without any substantial evidence, to pull so far, it is a bit too much.
If we publish it like this, it will affect the reputation of our newspaper. We have to change it, for example: “Be on the alert for the Russian invasion of India”, or “The Russian conspiracy”.
The result will be the same anyway, and the suspicion of the assassination of Walters will point to the Russians.”
Endri’s demand was ignored by the man in gray, only a cold, “Fifty-five pounds!”
To the cold attitude of the man in gray, Endri was very unhappy in his heart, but he was really arrogant in the face of the gold master.
The purchasing power of the pound is strong enough these days, one pound can buy 100 pounds of black bread in London. (about 45 kilograms)
55 pounds, equivalent to Endry’s profits from running the newspaper for two months, which was enough to make him lower his bottom line.
After a moment’s effort of hesitation, Endri made an attempted offer, “60 pounds, I have to be responsible for the newspaper.”
The man in gray smiled slightly, and readily pulled out ten pounds and handed it over. Without waiting for Endry to continue speaking, he directly turned around and left.
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(End of chapter)