Act 150 The Pit(1/2)
"DuPont Blast!"
"Orange night sky by the Brandy River!"
“Burning DuPont!”
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DuPont!
DuPont!
DuPont!
Overnight, news about the explosion in DuPont factory flooded newspapers everywhere. It seemed that the explosion in DuPont was a huge thing.
Of course, the initiator of all this was the American Press Group, the media controlled by Doug.
If you only sell newspapers in paper media, it is not a very profitable business.
Even if you sell advertisements, you won’t make much money.
However, because it has very important mass media attributes, it must be owned.
At this time, the advantage of having the newspaper group was even more obvious in the DuPont explosion.
However, the last time the Eagle Bank exploded, and this time the hot spot DuPont explosion seemed a bit too much.
Some people have begun to wonder whether these newspapers have joined forces.
Some people are even worried that if someone has all the media, people will not be able to know the truth of the world.
Doug attaches great importance to those who make such remarks. In the circulating of outsiders, he was still lying on his clothes and recuperating from the wounds. He sent Shiraishi's people to find those who speak like this and rubbed them very friendlyly.
However, after the rubbing, such talents were still absorbed into the newspaper group.
Doug believes that people who have such keen observation and insight should not be too ordinary.
Besides, it's fun to have them do what they're afraid of, right?
Doug stood up from the floor in the bedroom and wiped the sweat from his body.
He hasn't left the bedroom these days, and in addition to monitoring the progress of the situation, he has also started to exercise.
Although he was strong, he could not be prevented from being attacked by bullets.
However, it can give him better reaction ability and physical fitness.
Today I was shot and assassinated, what will happen tomorrow?
Nothing can be said well.
Originally, he thought that as long as he had a professional security team and was responsible for his security work, he would be safe.
However, danger always comes suddenly.
Instead of putting all the security guarantees in the hands of others, it is better to have some of them in your own hands.
Of course, there are no fitness coaches in this era.
Even very few people specializing in sports.
Therefore, Doug can only rely on himself for exercise.
However, he will not over-exercise, just stop to increase his physical fitness.
Exercise, like most things, cannot be effective in one day.
It just so happens that Doug is still young and has enough time.
The headquarters of the US Press Group is located near the Port of New Haven.
It takes only two minutes to get off the passenger ship.
Even in winter, New Haven Pier is still crowded with people.
Blair had no time to look down and admire the various ways of passing by the pedestrians downstairs. His desk was full of letters.
Although the framework of the US newspaper group has been built, it is still difficult to process information.
In order to coordinate the reporting pace of the entire newspaper group, it is necessary to play a central hub from the headquarters of the US newspaper group.
Although last year, cables connecting the two continents of Europe and the United States have been successfully laid, and telegrams have been able to spread across continents.
However, even in port cities like New Haven, there are still no long-distance telegrams, only short-distance telegrams within the city.
Why is this happening?
Because the telegraph industry is not as profitable as imagined.
Of course, the timeliness of information is very important.
However, the prospect of huge profits in investment may not be good.
First of all, not everyone has the need to send telegrams, and secondly, the price of telegrams is also a bit high.
Third, that is, the most important thing is that the telegraph wire uses a relatively rare metal - copper. Even if it is set up, it will be stolen if it is not paid attention to.
Almost no one can afford the high line maintenance costs.
Therefore, there are more telegrams in American cities.
Although there is still a risk of being stolen in cities, relatively higher population density can barely cover the cost of stolen.
The US onshore telegraph industry has really grown and grown with the establishment of the railway network.
After all, railways have railroad tracks, and rails need to prevent theft, so the railway company has armed personnel responsible for patroling the road.
Next to the train lane, there are one electric pole after another on the tree, setting up lines.
It is just possible to have one set of personnel and maintain two sets of systems.
Although railway companies still cannot avoid property losses, compared with simple telegraph lines, at least the security costs can be accepted and profitable can be started.
The American Press Group is not without telegraphs.
However, telegrams are restricted in the area, second, they can only send text messages, and third, information is easily stolen.
Therefore, before having its own secure communication network, the US Press Group may have to maintain this original communication method for a period of time.
Most of the letters Blair received were related to DuPont.
In fact, even if the US newspaper group does not hype, many people will still pay attention to DuPont's explosion.
Especially those who have been bombed by DuPont and survived.
They had a deep hatred for DuPont. DuPont's factory exploded, and they felt that their human body had been released.
Someone has helped them with the revenge that was once impossible to accomplish.
And, when they saw reports on the DuPont explosion in the newspaper.
Some people picked up their pens and described DuPont's sins.
"DuPont's Seven Deadly Sins!"
"Expose DuPont's sins for life!"
“I used to be very happy to know that my family met DuPont.”
These articles are completely spontaneous and have true feelings.
Even if these words do not look like news reports, they have a true feeling. As long as they report them at the right time, it will have a serious blow to DuPont.
DuPont's shareholders, after learning that DuPont's factory was blown up, no one was clamoring to leave.
Almost everyone plans to build another factory.
Of course, at this time, there were not many technical personnel left in DuPont.
Even now, there are still technicians who have not worked overtime and are confused about building another factory.
Because his abilities are limited, he can't build another factory at all.
Fortunately, during this depressed time, senior chief engineers who designed the shipbuilding industry might all sell hamburgers on the roadside.
In this case, it is not too easy to recruit some more technicians.
However, at the same time, they did not give up on the idea of finding the culprit.
However, they investigated for a long time but couldn't find anything.
This is not how good Doug's anti-investigation awareness is, but in this era, the technological level of investigation is still insufficient.
However, if you are not at the right level, you can rely on people to make up for it.
DuPont hired almost all the detectives to find out who was fighting them.
Faced with huge bonuses, where can the detectives control themselves?
They have never even seen employers who pay so much, let alone bonuses that are more than commissions.
Although the detectives did not investigate anything, they were still trying to investigate.
They said that they did not work so hard for money, but they firmly believed in a belief that "whatever you pass by will have traces."
To be continued...