“A New Covenant in a Day.”
Looking down the "mountain road" of this slogan, you can fall on the front page of the "Lighthouse Evening News" that day.
Since there was no shocking local news, Sean directly took the news and introduction of the evening newspaper's revised version as the headline of the day.
"The Rebirth of Sentiment" - Chief Editor "Ugly Lion" Richard Norton claims that he has not personally written an article for many years, but Sean is still amazed by his writing.
As if summoning the heroic lion in his heart, Sean read between the lines an excitement of embarking on a new voyage.
After expounding and looking ahead, Norton briefly and comprehensively pointed out the innovation of the Evening News in this introductory article.
Although it is an article with obvious intentions, it still shows just the right feelings.
Next to this article is a reply letter from the "newspaper president".
Sean, who was actually quite calm about the disputes in the newspaper industry, deliberately responded to the previous accusations against him by other newspapers in a slightly violent way.
In the letter, he described himself as a pioneer who insisted on progressivism, and this siege by public opinion was obviously a collective persecution of him and the newspaper by the conservative party.
Sean knows what readers are like nowadays, and he doesn't mind continuing to fight against his colleagues in newspapers because he can use this to appeal to readers' understanding and sympathy.
The "Ryans" who laughed secretly and jumped to their feet unexpectedly cast the spotlight on themselves in an inexplicable way, and at the same time made impassioned speeches in the article, accusing their peers of insulting them...
Sean couldn't think of a better way to promote it.
He was even somewhat grateful to his "outspoken" critics.
After the editor-in-chief and the president each wrote an article, at the bottom of the front page was a draft issued by the New Testament Beliefs Bureau on strengthening the Salvationist faith.
Such a press release is nothing more than God’s love for the world and the movements of “high-level” shepherds.
This is a draft that perhaps only devout believers would read word for word and sentence for sentence.
There are two distinct attitudes in the newspaper industry towards publishing the Bureau of Faith’s press release.
The liberal trend that emerged after the European War had a great impact on the press. There are quite a few new newspapers that are no longer willing to publish the Bureau of Faith's press release, let alone publish it on the front page.
On the other hand, those newspapers that have a good relationship with the Holy Court, or newspapers whose senior management has devout beliefs, will still follow the old practice and put the press release in an important position.
The New Testament Evening News used to do this, and Sean, who happened to want to please the divine court, continued this tradition.
It can be regarded as a gentle and opportunity continuation of radical innovation.
In short, Sean made up his mind that the newspaper he ran should have high sales and please the officials. It's that simple.
Then, Sean turned directly to the second page of the speed version.
Manager Lewis gave out the day's financial analysis manuscript one hour after the stock market closed, and it was already posted verbatim below the day's stock quotes.
Of course, this lovely page not only contains stock content, the reports obtained by the Speed Team today are all published in the "Evening News of the Day"!
Looking at the news of the day printed by the roller printing machine, Sean felt a trance.
Before this, I am afraid people could not imagine what it was like to see the news of the day in the evening newspaper.
This is like the first time people heard that after the opening of civil flights, it only takes two hours to reach Rongguang City from New York.
Just like telegraph technology was first used in the journalism industry, people on the other side of the ocean could read the news of the day before the European battlefield written by foreign correspondents.
Although compared to these technological innovations, Sean's speed version seems a bit insignificant, but it is also an improvement in line with the temperament of this era.
It is a small progress that will make people have unlimited reverie about the future.
Sean looked at his "work" in disbelief.
When people continue to work hard for a goal, they cannot know what the final effect will be.
But when you actually get the finished product, you will have an indescribable feeling.
An incredible feeling.
Sean sighed softly and began to quickly browse the other contents of the first issue.
There was no need to read it carefully again, because he had already reviewed those words over and over again.
The tone of news gathering and editing has completely changed, and the stale atmosphere of "New Testament Evening News" is no longer found.
After putting down the newspaper, Sean knew what that incredible feeling was:
The current "Beacon Evening News" is close to his ideal newspaper.
Sean left his seat. After working for days, he finally felt a release.
He threw himself on the sofa in the office and covered himself with a coat. Fatigue made him fall asleep quickly.
Olivia, who was sitting at the desk next to her, held her chin and looked at Sean with a soft expression on her face.
Sean hadn't had a dream for a long time, and this time he had a dream during his break at work.
In the dream, he saw the wet New York streets, and the evening newspapers were neatly stacked in the newsstands. People passing by would pick up one. Those newspapers were blown up by the wind, turning into gray doves covered with words, flying towards the tall buildings. between……
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Twelve thousand copies.
Sean rushed to the office the next day and learned that the first issue had sold 12,000 copies.
However, Sean and editor-in-chief Norton were not too excited about this number.
Because the attention given by the "revision controversy" was temporary, Sean had already predicted that there would be a big bubble in sales in the past few days.
What made Sean even more curious was the possible reaction to his letter.
After all, his impassioned reply was aimed directly at the writers who besieged him. It would be surprising if they would stop...
So he asked John to buy all the major New Testament newspapers and sit in his office and read them.
He smiled as soon as he opened the Sun.
It does appear that Steve Ryan has found a new job.
But instead of being the editor of the new page, he transformed into a critic.
Ryan used a deliberately objective tone to calmly describe the "lame reform" of the "Evening Lighthouse" and called it a "typical failed transformation"...
Ryan, who has also not written for a long time, did not hesitate to use his pen this time to analyze the "stupidity" of the Evening News in depth: He said that Mr. Dickinson wanted to follow the new elite route and wanted to please those readers who were not originally part of the Evening News. , but paradoxically degraded itself and became a "penny newspaper".
This fully illustrates that Mr. Dickinson is a "self-contradictory" person, just as he showed when he was in the newspaper office——
In this narrative, Ryan implies that Sean is an angry, fickle, conflicted, greedy, and stupid person.
The person being evaluated, at this moment, read this obviously unobjective review with a smile on his face.
The reason for smiling is not because Sean is happy to be slandered, but because he knows that this "war of words" has not stopped yet.
His opponents did not realize that this war of words was a perfect propaganda for the new edition of the Evening News——
Of course, the people watching the excitement wanted to know what Mr. Dickinson would reply next, so they could only continue to buy the "Beacon Evening News".
And after purchasing, they're likely to read the content, and so on...
He was grateful that he had replied in the first issue, and that the old guard's hatred of him was so deep and surging. It was precisely because of this that the spotlight continued to shine on him.
However, he smelled something different in today's newspaper.
Something different beyond mere criticism.
Sean squinted his eyes, pinched the lower half of the newspaper with his fingers, moved it closer and began to read carefully...
