The Modern Age of the Mysterious

There is a two-story building with brown walls on the Garden Route. From the outside, it can be mistaken for a factory.

But when you turn to its front face, you can see the signboard of the headquarters of the New Testament Evening News.

Mr. Gordon Bennett renovated the interior of the vacant factory in 1905 and moved the "New Testament Evening" newspaper founded by his father, Mr. Gordon Bennett Sr., here.

Founded in 1840, after 80 years of ups and downs, the Evening News, which once became brilliant during the New Zealand Civil War by sending "war correspondents" to bring first-hand news to the front lines, finally failed to keep up with the dance of the times, and began to experience seemingly There is no solution to the crisis of a huge decline in sales.

There are many people in the outside world trying to find out why the old newspaper has lost favor in the market.

Most people think that it is because its concept of running a newspaper, which has not fundamentally changed for decades, is out of date today, and it is no longer able to compete with reformed newspapers such as the New Testament Times...

Many people accuse Mr. Gordon Jr. of failing to carry on his father's pioneering spirit, but few people know that Gordon Jr., who has not had much passion for the newspaper industry, has long been exhausted from maintaining a newspaper. , his "pioneering spirit" did not apply to this father's legacy...

However, unlike Mr. Gordon Jr., most of the employees of this newspaper are still suffocating.

Many people in the news industry come to the Evening News not just to find a job to earn a living, but also to value its former glory.

But today, with the "Evening News" becoming increasingly stagnant, while they are helpless, they are also somewhat dissatisfied with the status quo.

Although Mr. Gordon Jr. did not lead them out of the predicament, the old employees still have feelings for the Bennett family.

For them, the fact that there is no "Bennett" in the name of the owner of the newspaper is an uncomfortable thing.

Especially I heard that this newcomer is an immigrant from Leon, an ambitious rich second generation in his twenties.

The title of "Rich Second Generation" made them even more worried about the future of the newspaper.

After all, with the stable and reliable Mr. Bennett there, the newspaper's efficiency is not good, but it can still operate...

God knows what the arrival of this second-generation Leon rich will mean to the newspaper?

Will he use "Evening News" as his new toy, so that the dying newspaper office will be completely dead?

Regarding the change of the president, the employees of "New Testament Evening News" generally hold a negative attitude.

In the relatively low atmosphere of the office building, there is a person whose state is different.

The man was wearing a clean striped shirt with the edges neatly tucked into his overalls. The brown leather shoes were old, but glowed dimly.

He has round-framed eyes and soft facial features. Only when his cheeks are slightly moved due to contemplation, he shows his manly demeanor.

John Jackson. Son of former president's office manager Paul Jackson.

John graduated from Princeton University and joined the New Testament Evening News immediately after graduation. He was highly valued by Mr. Bennett due to his educational background.

With a passion, he wanted to save the place where his father once fought, but in reality he repeatedly hit a wall.

Many of the innovative measures he proposed were all opposed by several elders in the editorial department.

Among them were editor-in-chief Steve Ryan, Ryan's horse boy, reporter Vincent, and the editorial writer Lewis who drank and cursed all day long.

Several old fritters in the news industry often ridiculed little John as a foolish boy who didn't know how dangerous the world is, and forced some idealistic ideas into newspapers that already had a set of rules.

They opposed not only John, but also John's tanning idealism.

John, who thought that he could revive the newspaper, wanted to rely on Mr. Bennett to solve such a dilemma. However, Mr. Bennett only wanted to take care of those "old heroes", and was not willing to use them, even if he came forward to criticize them. unwilling.

Knowing that there was no hope for reform, John had to keep quiet, and in the days without hope, he felt more and more discouraged...

Just when he was about to leave "Evening News" to go to other more vigorous newspapers, he suddenly heard a piece of news.

Mr. Bennett sold the Evening News to Sean Dickinson.

That Mr. Sean Dickinson.

John, who has been immersed in the news industry for three years, has long heard his story.

The somewhat mysterious Leon reporter was an intern editor in the editorial department of the world's first newspaper, The Roar Daily.

About half a year ago, I came to New Testament, and as an independent reporter, I contributed to the Daily News. Every time I captured news pain points and published articles, it caused a big or small shock in the industry.

Especially in the patent dispute between Mr. Dyson and the "big inventor" Emerson, he interviewed Mr. Dyson's exclusive interview, which not only set off a wave of public opinion against Emerson, but also was selected into Columbia University. Journalism textbooks...

In addition, many people think that the news "Gone Couple" signed by "Rabe Bogut" is also the work of Mr. Dickinson, but it has not been recognized by himself.

Unlike many people who are self-sufficient and therefore hostile to prominent people, John believes that Mr. Dickinson is definitely a young talent in journalism.

He originally had a certain adoration for Mr. Dickinson, but he never thought that his idol would buy the newspaper!

As a keen reformer, he seemed to see a dawn in the long night.

"Oh, look at our nerd John!" John didn't turn his head, he knew that the annoying voice came from the editor-in-chief's dogleg, reporter group leader Vincent, "He's dressed up today. He seems to hope Make a good impression on the new boss - someone will support him in the future!"

There was a sparse laughter in the office—not everyone was against John~www.NovelMTL.com~ Quite a few old employees liked this young man, but unfortunately, they dared not and could not offend the team leader and editor-in-chief.

"Shut up, Vincent." John, who had been staring at the door through the second-floor window, saw a car parked in the "President's Dedicated" parking space outside the door.

He suddenly became nervous, took a deep breath, and walked downstairs quickly towards the door.

Through the door glass, he saw two people getting down from the Remington L-type sedan from a distance.

The co-pilot got off a woman in a gray suit skirt. She was holding a briefcase, and she seemed to be taking on the duties of a secretary.

The lady turned her face to the side, making little John's eyes widen a little - he was sure that he rarely saw such a face.

The man who came down from the cab was wearing a gray coat and a fedora of the same color on his head. His expression was calm and his eyes were calm, as deep as the sea. Cheeks and chin have freshly shaved cyan.

Standing at the door of the Evening News headquarters, he looked up at the sign.

He didn't seem nervous at all about meeting the employees who had never met before.

It seemed that he knew that John was guarding the door. John, who was so nervous that his palms were sweating, saw Mr. Sean Dickinson looking straight into his eyes and walked over step by step with a warm smile on his face.

The young man hurriedly opened the door, his voice a little tight:

"Welcome to the New Testament Evening News... Dickinson, Mr. President!"

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