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Noticing what Slee Howard was doing, Xu Fu didn't say much. Even setting aside Slee Howard's identity as a secret spy, his later development and influence in Holwood were no less significant, so Xu Fu was happy to establish a relationship with another person.
Thus, in a tacit understanding, Lisley Howard and Xu Fu expressed the idea that the conversation was going well.
On the other hand, Howard Hughes did not understand the potential significance of this conversation. He simply took Xu Fu’s initiative to communicate with Lisley Howard as an opportunity to create for himself and to chat with Katharine Hepburn on the side.
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"99 days until the ship sinks: 99 days!"
The next day, New Yorkers saw Xu Fu's numbers on the front page of the Daily Courier, in huge characters.
As New York's leading newspaper today, the Messenger is naturally very influential.
Almost within a single day, news broke on the streets of New York that a giant ship had sunk in New York Harbor.
At first, the public did not believe it. After all, how could a perfectly good ship sink in an accident?
The fact that Xu Fu swore in the newspaper about the time the ship sank further fueled readers' suspicions.
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However, with the emergence of Howard Hughes, this skepticism became somewhat hesitant.
A few years ago, Howard Hughes's film "Hell's Angels" was already a household name because of the comic strips in the newspapers. Everyone knew that there was a guy in "Young and Dangerous" who wasted money like water, even though the other party's new film "Scarred" had just been released not long ago.
This film, based on a true gangster story, also left a deep impression on the audience.
After all, the events in Scarface don't take place in a fictional location, but in Chicago. Even the film's protagonist, Al Capone with the blue nose, had just been accused of tax evasion and imprisoned the previous year, yet he had the courage and audacity to release a movie about himself the following year, embarrassing not only Hollywood but also audiences.
The action in that movie, Scarface, was the first Hollywood crime film. Set during the Prohibition era, it depicted the power struggles between underground gangs and the machine gun violence on the streets, which influenced many similar works that followed.
Howard Hughes' name and the giant ships in New York Harbor make the whole story feel more real.
The name "Titanic" was soon "accidentally" revealed by an actor on board.
Howard Hughes is filming a movie about the Titanic, the giant ship in New York Harbor that, like the Titanic, will sink in 99 days.
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There is no doubt that Xu Fu's newspaper advertisement successfully captured the attention of the New York public.
As a result, the sales of the Daily Courier also saw a significant increase due to the theme of the giant ship.
Even people who aren't particularly interested in the Superman series collectively bought the newspaper to get news about the giant ship.
The population during the Great Depression was far less fond of entertainment than in later eras.
The economic downturn forced many entertainment expenditures to be cut or stopped, making free forms of entertainment the preferred choice for the public. For example, the famous flagpole competition held by Xu Fu in San Francisco, although an ordinary event, attracted countless people.
This isn't to say that the challenge is particularly fun; it's just that it's a form of "260" entertainment that doesn't require spending a lot of money to participate in.
There is no doubt that the sunken ship also showed signs of developing in this direction.
Since the countdown appeared in the Daily Courier, crowds have been flocking to New York Harbor every day to see the giant ship.
They were able to discern its luxury from the deck and some of the external structures of the giant ship.
Several people even swore they saw flashing lights and heard music inside the boat at night, saying it was a dance party being held inside the boat.
All of this has led more and more people to question whether Howard Hughes will really sink this priceless behemoth after the Daily Courier's countdown.
The debate over whether Howard Hughes would actually sink the giant ship became a hot topic throughout New York City, even surpassing the heated debate between Xu Fu and the broadcasting company for a time.
CBS even produced a special program to seriously discuss the merits of the entire incident.
Of course, most people harbored a slight suspicion that Howard Hughes would sink the luxury cruise ship, and this suspicion became more pronounced after The Courier published photos of the ship's interior.
Xu Fu offered no explanation, but simply continued to list the stories on the front page day after day.
Of course, besides reporting on the sinking of the large ship, he also did not forget the serialization of the comic.
After the printed item is upgraded to [Silver], the unlocking ability also has the potential to be further improved, and Xu Fu naturally does not want to give up this opportunity.
In fact, while reporting on the news about the big ship, he also followed the newspaper's sales growth by reporting several new Superman stories.
In addition to some common "good triumphs over evil" storylines, Xu Fu came up with new storylines.
Against the backdrop of an anti-world experience, Xu Fu creates a character called Supergirl who is summoned to the center of a miniature universe.
This pocket universe setting clearly refers to the existence of Antimir. Through the battle between Supergirl and Dormammu, Xu Fu also sensed Antimir's abnormality and incorporated it into the plot of the last serialized comic. As the term itself suggests, the pocket universe is the ultimate universe in the story's background.
Compared to the vast and boundless image of the universe, the world of the miniature universe has its limitations.
When Superman arrived in this universe, he found that three Kryptonian criminals ruled the universe and brutally murdered its inhabitants, nearly destroying everyone.
In the Pocket Universe, Superman encountered the remaining inhabitants of this world, learned about the Kryptonian criminal's actions, and understood the purpose of Supergirl's summoning. Ultimately, Superman found the three Kryptonian criminals, fought them, and single-handedly killed them all with his heat vision.
Xu Fu also explained in the comics why Superman was able to kill them: Superman's world is different from the Miniature Universe, so the power he gained after absorbing the sun was greater than that of the three people.
As the Pocket Universe story unfolded, this incident also became a highly anticipated assassination attempt on a superhero.
In past comics, Superman often defeated his opponents or killed his enemies.
However, although such villains, whether Luther or the troublemaker, will reappear in different variations, in the Pocket Universe story, Xu Fu clearly stated that Superman really put the three Kryptonian criminals to death, and Superman felt guilty about his actions.
This is one of the few descriptions of Superman killing enemies, if any.
However, at the time, readers who read the story through a series of questions were not surprised by this, since the previous story had already explained that the crimes of these three Kryptonian criminals did not deserve sympathy.
Thanks to the Pocket Universe column, Xu Fu was able to unlock the [Heat Vision] ability to the [Silver] level.
As a result, in the positive world, he is able to unleash infamous, powerful heat rays from his eyes.
Xu Fu originally planned to ride the wave of success and use more serials to enhance all unlocked abilities, but Scripps-Howard's newspaper group contacts forced him to postpone the plan.
As the Messenger's sales increased, the World Journal lost its status as New York's number one newspaper.
Following the news of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers Group's sale of the World Journal, the newspaper's circulation has declined further, now less than a third of its peak.
The Scripps-Howard Newspaper Group clearly sensed this as well, so they were eager to re-establish contact with Xu Fu.
You wish to leave the World Journal after completing the follow-up work.
This suggests that the financial situation of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Group is not optimistic.
Although the Messenger Daily doesn't need to have the same weight as the World Journal now.
However, as a long-established newspaper in New York, bringing it under its umbrella would be a good way to boost confidence.
In particular, the World Journal, once New York's leading newspaper, was able to fill Xu Fu's personnel vacancy, enabling him to carry out bolder reforms to the newspaper, not only in New York but also in other cities, to expand its influence.
Old John's efforts alone were insufficient to keep the newspaper in San Francisco. He only needed to transfer the World Journal's staff there to maintain operations in San Francisco. However, he also needed to handle the resettlement of the World Journal's staff so that they wouldn't cause him too much trouble.
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“The World Journal now belongs to you, Mr. Xu Fu.”
Inside the New Pulitzer Building, the final transfer procedures were completed. Roy Howard signed his name on the contract and spoke to Xu Fu, who was standing in front of him.
“I believe that Joseph Pulitzer would be very happy if the newspaper he founded could continue to exist under the leadership of such an outstanding media person as you, Mr. Xu Fu.”
The publication of the Daily World also provided a much-needed respite for the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Group, which is backed by Roy Howard.
The Scripps-Howard Newspaper Group has been expanding its newspaper business in recent years, adding an average of 1-6 newspapers per year during its most active period.
This unbridled expansion is clearly having repercussions today, as newspaper sales have generally declined during the Great Depression. In the past year alone, the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Group closed more than half of its newspapers, forcing Roy 11-Howard to adjust the group's development plans and sell off some unnecessary newspaper assets, such as the current World Journal.
I don't think Joseph Pulitzer would like to see this happen.
Xu Fu was largely dismissive of Roy Howard's praise of him.
In fact, Joseph Pulitzer clearly stated in his will before his death that the *World Journal* would never be sold.
The Scripps-Howard Newspaper Group was able to acquire the newspaper thanks to the cooperation of Pulitzer's son, Herbert, who hired a lawyer and, through a rather convoluted legal process, amended Pulitzer's will.
But the Pulitzer family's problem lies in the fact that their descendants are unfilial.
At least for Lloyd Howard, and perhaps in the near future, they will be the beneficiaries of this will amendment.
Without Herbert's cooperation, they could not have so easily traded the World Journal.
After finalizing the legal contract with the World Journal, Loin-Howard didn't stay long at the New Pulitzer Building before leaving in a hurry.
Scripps-Howard still has a lot to do for his newspaper group.
After Lloyd Howard left, Xu Fu, accompanied by the editor-in-chief of the World Journal, began to tour the building. The Pulitzer Building has 20 floors and is 40 years old, but it is generally well maintained. The entire basement is neatly arranged with printing presses, and Xu Fu even saw a four-color double-sided offset printing press produced in his own factory.
Clearly, this is the result of Lang-Worst's hard work.
Going up from the basement where the printing presses are located, the first floor is the Pulitzer Building's sales offices, the second to tenth floors are high-end offices for rent, the tenth floor and above is the World Journal Center, and the eleventh floor is a neat bedroom suite for editors who can't go home after working overtime.
Of course, after the Great Depression, many editors simply moved away.
Walking from the Pulitzer Building, Xu Fu arrived at the huge office in the gilded rotunda, where Joseph Pulitzer once worked.
"Summon the editors-in-chief currently in charge of each department at The Wall Street Journal..."
Sitting down in his office, Xu Fu looked at the editor-in-chief of the World News who had been following him all the way, and then put forward his first task after taking over the newspaper.
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Just as Xu Fu was taking complete control of the World Journal and rebuilding it, the Great Depression that swept the country finally caused the last domino in the American economy to fall.