"Although Time magazine was only less than half a year old, we have achieved great results. Compared with our peers, this achievement is even brilliant. Of course, it depends on the leadership of Mr. Samuel and Mr. Sammy, but also on the hard work of all employees. Here, as the general manager of Junma Group, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you and express my highest respect." Henry said one by one when talking about clichés. Although this is suspected of making up words, it is an indispensable procedure. You can't start giving awards as soon as you come, and that will not achieve the best effect.

"About those two cars, I believe everyone is very curious about who will be rewarded to. First of all, I want to explain that those two cars will be rewarded to the two employees who performed the best in the past year, rather than the two people with the highest positions." Henry didn't keep it in a silence and immediately got to the point.

It's the end of the year, and everyone is very busy and has no time to talk clichés. Leave the clichés to the editors of Time magazine to talk in the newspaper.

"I believe everyone knows that two months ago, a serious violent incident occurred in front of the city government. Our Time magazine immediately obtained first-hand information, published the latest progress on the violence, and eventually dismissed the arrogant Tweed. In this incident, Mr. Dick Ackerman, a photographer from the Department of Social News, reacted the fastest. He not only photographed the scene of the violence, but also handed the press release to the Department of Social News at the fastest speed. Therefore, our first car was rewarded to Mr. Dick Ackerman, because he was the fastest person. We need this speed. Time magazine was to deliver the latest news to readers at the fastest speed. Therefore, the Best News Award in 1873 belonged to Mr. Dick Ackerman!" Hen used the tone of DJ to announce the winner of the first car, and invited Dick Ackerman to his side and personally awarded the trophy representing honor to Dick Ackerman.

Yes, at the year-end summary meeting of Time magazine, the world's first news award was officially born.

Without Li Mu's intervention, the first prize in the press, the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, would have been established in 1917 according to the wishes of American newspaper giant Joseph Pulitzer, and successfully developed into the highest honorary award in the American press in the 1970s and 1980s. By the 21st century, the ever-improving selection system had made the Pulitzer Prize a global award, known as the "Nobel Prize in the press."

The journalism award of Time magazine will definitely not be called the "Plitzer Prize", but the "Times Journalism Award". Li Mu really wants to replace the Pulitzer Prize and also become the "Nobel Prize in the press".

Speaking of the "Nobel Prize", this award should not have been established yet. Nobel is not dead yet. He is building his explosives factory all over the world. It will not be established until 1895.

Since Li Mu was born, there was probably nothing to do with Nobel. Li Mu is planning to go to Boston tomorrow to set up a "Horse Award" in Boston to reward scientists who made major inventions last year.

Well, in terms of money, Li Mu must be much richer than Nobel, so Li Mu is generous and will prepare a generous bonus for every winner to use this to increase the exposure of Junma Group.

Of course, due to the current conditions, whether it is the "Times News Award" or the "Junma Award", the winners will be limited to the Junma Group. At least until next year, this award will be expanded outside the Junma Group.

"It's so unbelievable that I thought those two cars would belong to Mr. Samuel and Mr. Sammy-" Dick Ackerman was making his award speech, holding the golden light in his hand, and Dick Ackerman was at a loss.

The trophy base of the "Times News Award" is made of crystal, and the top is a gold-plated BMW car triangle logo. The value of the trophy is second-hand, and the key lies in the value of this honor.

Why do people live?

It depends on personal needs. If you are short of money, then it is just to make money. If you have no financial worries because of contentment, then honor is the goal of life.

Time's salary is quite good. In the New York press, Time's treatment is at the top of the pyramid, so the employees of Time are not short of money in comparison. Then honor is the best way to stimulate Time's employees.

If a journalist can win such an award in his career, it will be enough to be his life's pride, and for Dick Ackerman, it is the first journalist to win honors in history, so this memory is indeed precious.

Such a precious moment must be recorded. As a newspaper, Times News has the most unlimited camera, so someone brought the camera to record all this forever.

When taking the photo, Dick Ackerman was in the center of the photo, Li Mu and Henry stood on both sides of Dick Ackerman, and Samuel and Sammy stood on the outside. This kind of standing method is very humanistic. Regardless of the position or the wealth, Dick Ackerman is the most conspicuous one on this occasion.

After taking a group photo, Dick Ackerman had to take another single photo, and then the first award was awarded.

After some preheating, the atmosphere in the conference room became obviously warmer, and everyone was looking forward to the next surprise coming to them.

Henry did not waste his time and immediately made the second item: "Before the second award is awarded, I will introduce you to a talented cartoonist. Many people may have known him, but we still need to know him again. Please invite us - Mr. Thomas Nast."

The applause suddenly rang like a tide, and compared with Dick Ackerman, Thomas Naster's award was obviously more convincing.

Thomas Nast was originally a reporter for Harppole Weekly, a long-standing and prestigious magazine. After Li Mu founded Time, he dug Thomas Nast from Harppole Weekly to Time. In the process of launching public opinion attacks on Tweed, Thomas Nast's comics played a key role. Tweed once said angrily: "I don't mind what I scolded me in the newspaper, because my supporters are not literate, but they should be damned if they can understand comics!"

"I believe I don't need to introduce it. Many people know Mr. Thomas Nast. After all, our honest and cute elephant and that ugly and stupid donkey are so deeply rooted in people's hearts. Thanks to Mr. Thomas Nast, his brush has unparalleled magic. Because of Mr. Thomas Nast's excellent imagination, our Time magazine's sales have increased by at least 20%. So I am honored to announce that Mr. Thomas Nast won the Best Comic Award this year." Henry took the lead in applauding and congratulating Thomas Nast.

Time never conceals its political tendencies. From the first day of its birth, Time was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party, so in Henry's mouth, the elephant representing the Republican Party is naturally cuteer than the donkey representing the Democratic Party.

Yes, the comics of the Donkey and Elephant are both written by Thomas Nast.

Moreover, Thomas Nast's masterpiece is not just a donkey and an elephant. Under Thomas Nast's brush, the criticized Tanmoni Association has become a ferocious tiger, and the United States of America has become the famous Uncle Sam. Thomas Nast also created a fat, smiling red-nose Santa Claus. Yes, it is the Santa Claus we often see.

"I'm very grateful-" Thomas Nast probably never thought that he could draw a comic to the peak of his life, so he said only one sentence, and Thomas Nast choked speechlessly.

"Thomas, this is what you deserve." Henry gave Thomas Nast a warm hug.

After another struggle, it was finally time to share the money.

Henry smiled and picked up a list, took a rough look, and immediately exclaimed incredible surprise: "Tsk tsk, you must not know how generous our dear Mr. President is. Ah, Mr. Dick Ackerman, can I ask, how much your monthly salary is?"

In Western society, asking people about their salary is a very presumptuous thing. Salary is like the mole on their butt, and is part of personal privacy.

Dick Ackerman probably didn't expect that he would still have a role, so he forgot to cover it up: "Of course, Mr. General Manager, my salary is stipulated by you, so I don't mind telling you-"

Dick Ackerman has humorous cells, and one sentence successfully won a lot of laughter: "I can get about sixty dollars a week, and I also have ten dollars in meal expenses and twenty dollars in transportation per month, so my monthly salary is about $270."

$270 a month, if it is in the countryside, it is an enviable number, but in New York, the salary is not very high.

Of course, compared with other newspapers, this salary is already very good, so although Time magazine has been founded for less than a year, it has almost concentrated all the elites in the New York press.

"Okay, $270, this salary is not high or low. If you save a little, you may still buy an apartment in Manhattan." Henry deliberately dug a hole.

"That's probably hard. I'll have to buy an apartment in Manhattan for about five years." Dick Ackerman didn't have any hope.

As the center of New York, house prices in Manhattan are relatively high.

"Okay, now you can breathe a sigh of relief, because our dear Mr. President shortened this time to two years, if you can still get the same reward next year as this year." Henry revealed the answer.

Two years!

In other words, Dick Ackerman's year-end bonus is equivalent to his salary for one and a half years.
Chapter completed!