Since the founding of the American Association of Journalists, it has not been easy to set up a newspaper in the United States.

Of course, difficulties always vary from person to person, and if there is a party like the Democratic Party behind it, it is still very easy to set up a newspaper.

It was in this context that the newspaper Echo was founded.

"If we go through normal channels, we will not be able to force the Echo to cease publication in a short period of time, and if we do it too quickly, it will also have an impact on our reputation." Sammy Larkin is still more careful in this matter.

After the presidential election at the end of this year, there will be a new round of elections in the Senate, and Sammy Larkin will enter the political arena at this critical moment, and Sammy Larkin will not dare to let his reputation be damaged in the slightest.

Unlike the "Gunpowder Association", although the "Journalists' Association" has a certain binding force on the newspaper, it cannot decide the life and death of the newspaper, after all, the "Journalists' Association" does not control the market share, so Sammy Larkin also feels tricky in the face of the "Echo" with the support of the Democratic Party.

"Even if you can't let it go public, you can't let him be unscrupulous and find a way to squeeze his market share, and it's better to make him not sell a single newspaper." Li Mu had just spoken to Samuel Tilden on the phone, and now it is inconvenient to kill him.

"The problem is that the Echo newspaper is not sold at all, but delivered, and they don't care if they have an income or not, anyway, the Democratic Party has a steady stream of money for them behind them." Sammy Larkin shook his head and smiled bitterly, in the face of such a freak, Sammy Larkin was also helpless.

This can't be blamed for Li Mu's ignorance of the facts, although Li Mu single-handedly created "Time Magazine", after all, there is still a lack of understanding of the media industry in this era, in Li Mu's concept, the newspaper's way of profit should be advertising revenue, but I didn't expect that the media industry in this era is not at all according to the card, "Echo Daily" is backed by a big funder like the Democratic Party, naturally does not care whether the newspaper itself makes money or not.

In fact, in the current media industry, except for "Time Magazine" and "Urban Beauty", there are indeed few newspapers that can be self-financed, most newspaper owners are in the nature of playing tickets, they run a newspaper while also have other businesses, running a newspaper is more to promote their own products, and the media industry itself has little to do with the way it operates.

Under the premise that "Time Magazine" almost monopolizes the market, if the newspaper of "Echo" still has to spend money to buy it, it is estimated that they will not even be able to sell 1,000 copies per issue, so "Echo" simply gives it away for free, and in order to counter Li Mu's public opinion offensive, the Democratic Party can be regarded as having made a bloody investment.

"If you can make a fuss about sales, then make a fuss about printing, does the "Echo" have its own printing press, if not, then find a way to make them unable to print a single newspaper." Li Mu wanted to simply draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle.

"They have their own printing press..."Sammy Larkin's answer made Li Mu almost crazy.

"They always need a printer to print newspapers, right?" Li Mu's patience was about to run out.

In those days, the printing press was still in the mimeographing stage, and if you wanted to print a newspaper, you had to write down what you wanted to print on oiled paper before you could start printing.

And considering the characteristics of mimeographing, all the fonts in the newspaper have to be written backwards, so stereotyping requires a certain amount of technology, and not everyone can play with it.

"They're also Democrats..."It seems that Sammy Larkin has done a lot of work and knows a lot about the situation.

Li Mu didn't want to speak this time, and he would curse if he spoke again.

Sammy Larkin, who is about to enter the political arena, is also a figure, and Li Mu's attitude towards him can no longer be a wave of invitation, and he still has to save a few points of face.

Mason noticed Li Mu's unhappy expression, and finally found an opportunity to perform: "Let me go, I'll find some people to burn the newspaper directly..."

This is a good way to do it neatly, but given that Li Mu and Samuel Tilden are already on the phone, this idea is too nonsense.

After thinking about it, Li Mu still picked up the phone and dialed Bresta.

"The Echo... Is there a newspaper? Bresta looks like he doesn't like to study, and he probably doesn't have the habit of reading newspapers every day, but fortunately, Bresta reacted quickly enough and immediately came back to his senses: "Don't let him publish, okay, okay, no problem." ”

It seems that real police officers are still needed.

The next morning, as usual, Kenneth Cummins arrived at the newspaper office at eight o'clock in the morning to prepare for the day's work.

In the past, Kenneth Cummins came to work in a rented carriage, but today it is different, Kenneth Cummins came in a car, and Kenneth Cummins came to work with three big men in black suits, which were added by Samuel Tilden to Kenneth Cummins last night.

Kenneth Cummins came to work in a car for the first time in his life, and Kenneth Cummins felt a little complacent, but at the same time, there was a sense of absurdity in his heart that he was using the products of the Horse Group and doing things against the Horse Group, which could not be more ridiculous.

The headquarters of the newspaper is a small two-story building with a backyard, the two small buildings in front are offices, and the backyard is the printing house, which is where Kenneth Cummins has been working hard this year.

To Kenneth Cummins' displeasure, there was a large circle of people in front of the Echo headquarters, and it seemed that something was going on.

Three guards protected Kenneth Cummins as they squeezed into the crowd and found an officer directing two police officers to seal the door to the Les Echos' headquarters.

"What are you doing?" Kenneth Cummingston's anger surged.

It is not easy to get out of the national party group, since the establishment of the "Echo", Kenneth Cummins feels that his position in the party is rising in a straight line, maybe it will not be long before Cummins has the opportunity to enter the Democratic National Committee, so "The Echo" is now Kenneth Cummins's ladder to the sky.

And now that someone wants to dismantle this ladder, you can imagine how angry Kenneth Cummins is.

"Are you Mr. Kenneth Cummins?" The officer looked up at Kenneth Cummins and rolled his eyes impatiently.

"Yes, I am, do you know what you're doing? Please stop your actions immediately, or I will complain to your director—" Kenneth Cummins barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and his words were still very unkind.

"What are we doing that we don't need you to dictate? As long as you know what you're doing..."The officer reached out and took out a seizure warrant from his breast pocket, flashed it in front of Kenneth Cummins, and then said in a very impatient tone, "Please come with us to the police station, we have something that we need your help in the investigation." ”

Go to the police station!

Kenneth Cummins then remembered that the New York City Police Commissioner Bresta is said to have a close relationship with Li Mu, so the New York City Police Department is similar to Li Mu's own business, and if he gets to the police station, he doesn't know what will happen.

"What did I do? You can't wronged a good person, and if I don't get a reasonable explanation, then you can wait for my lawyer's letter. "With the support of the Democratic Party behind him, Kenneth Cummins is naturally very tough.

Of course, lawyers are better than nothing, after all, this is New York, and Kenneth Cummins' lawyer does not have much advantage in front of the New York police.

As for the lawyers in New York, don't think about this, in New York, if Kenneth Cummins sues the New York City Police Department, it is estimated that no lawyer is willing to serve Kenneth Cummins.

It doesn't matter how much you give...

"Sorry, I can't tell you just yet, you'll know when you get to the police station." After the police officer finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the two policemen who had already put the seal on came up to arrest him.

"Wait—" The lead guard finally spoke, gesturing to the other guard beside him, who turned to leave.

The officer didn't care about the small movements of the guards, and his eyes were still fixed on Kenneth Cummins.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is August Craigie, and I am currently serving in the State Police, what reason do you want to take Mr. Kenneth Cummins?" August Craigie had a proud expression.

It turned out to be a state policeman, no wonder he had the confidence to come forward.

"Oh, state police... Shouldn't you wear cowboy hats and riding boots? Why, do you think the state police give you a low salary and want to find a part-time job? Then you have to find a reliable master, and as to why we took Mr. Kenneth Cummins, I'm sorry I have no comment. "The police officer was tough and didn't save face because August was a peer.

The state police and the city police are actually stirring spoons in the same bucket, and it is said that even if they don't like each other, they should have some affection, and it is rare to see such a-for-tat confrontation as now.

It is also understandable, after all, the governor of New York State is a Democrat and has now become a presidential candidate, and the mayor of New York City is a Republican, and it is recognized that Ulysses Grant is the first horse.

"Very well..."Auguste was not angry, and smiled slightly, "I'm sorry, we also need Mr. Kenneth Cummins's assistance in the investigation. ”

With that, Auguste exchanged glances with the other companion, and turned to take Kenneth Cummins away.

Although August was not sure why the NYPD wanted to take Kenneth Cummins, subconsciously, August felt that he could not just hand Kenneth Cummins over to the NYPD.

"Wait, wait, if you need Mr. Kenneth Cummins' assistance in the investigation, then you can apply to the city police department, but now you have to hand Kenneth Cummins over to me, this is my territory, not yours, please clarify this." The officer's attitude was still tough, and his hand was already holding the brass whistle around his neck as he spoke, and it seemed that if August wanted to take Kenneth Cummins, the officer would blow the siren.

The state police and the city police actually have their own responsibilities and complement each other, although the content of their responsibilities is similar, but there are slight differences in the division of labor.

The situation in New York State is also unique, in other states, in addition to the capital, there will be some small cities and settlements, and if there is to be a joint operation, the state police need to coordinate in the middle.

The main body of New York State is New York City, and in a general sense, New York City is the territory of the New York City Police Department, and outside of New York City is the territory of the State Police.

The problem is that if New York State is cut to New York City, then there is almost no need for the state police to exist, so over the years, the state police of New York State have been a little unable to hold their heads up in front of the New York City police.

"Excuse me, please don't interfere with our work." August insisted on taking Kenneth Cummins away, and by this time August's colleagues had already driven the car over, and as long as Kenneth Cummins could get into the car, Auguste naturally had a way to take Kenneth Cummins away.

"Don't move, raise your hands immediately, otherwise we will be treated as resisting arrest." Three New York City police officers pulled out their guns together and unleashed their hammers with impunity, and as soon as they pulled the trigger, Auguste and his party would immediately turn into a hornet's nest.

August probably really didn't expect that these New York police officers would be so ruthless, openly pulling out guns on the street, this is the rhythm of fire.

The surrounding melon-eating crowd was originally watching with relish, but after the three New York City police officers pulled out their guns, the melon-eating crowd immediately dispersed.

As long as they are police officers, they are all criminal police, and if they resist arrest, they really dare to shoot.

"Bastard, what do you want to do? Are you trying to provoke infighting? I wish you damn pig brain knew what you're up to..."Auguste didn't dare to move, but that didn't stop him from taunting.

State police officers are also human beings, and they will be apprehensive in the face of guns, so after hearing the sound of the hammer being removed, August, although his body stiffened, still raised his hand over his shoulder with a slow and steady movement, so that the three New York police officers could see clearly that there was no weapon in his hand.

"What I'm thinking, I don't need to report to you, if you have an opinion about the way we work, then you are welcome to raise it in front of our director, and now please hand over Kenneth Cummins to us." The New York police are also fearless, even if the state police want to find trouble, it is no wonder that the three of them are headed.

"Well, here you go, I wish you knew what you were doing, and we'll see, you'll regret it." Auguste could only watch as three New York City police officers put Kenneth Cummins in a car and gallop away.