After Rock's speech, Phyllis hugged and kissed Rock immediately, and the entire auditorium burst into rhythmic applause, which was a sign of appreciation and praise for Rock.
Rock walked off the podium to accept congratulations from Winston and Victor Foster.
"The speech is very exciting, Locke, why don't you also talk about your performance in the Natal counter-insurgency, that would be even more exciting." Winston's expression was very happy. No matter how much William went too far, he was an older brother.
There is nothing he can do to William. Now that William is unlucky, Winston is happy to hear about it.
"The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst has not yet included Natal's battle examples in its textbooks. We will wait until they do." Rock was also in a good mood. The applause continued at this moment, and there were scattered boos.
Smell, this proves that the effect of the speech is pretty good.
"Locke, give me a report later and write down your experience in the Boer War in detail, especially the details of the attack on the Boer coalition positions. The expeditionary force went too far. We don't know many things." Victor
Foster hopes to know more details about the war, which the expeditionary force will definitely not report.
"Okay, I'm going to go back and sort it out. After all, several years have passed and some details can't be remembered clearly." Rock promised that the report would definitely be written, but Rock would not highlight the consequences that the commandos suffered in the expeditionary force.
unfair treatment.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether this matter is written or not. Even if Rock vents in the report, Victor Foster probably won’t be able to find justice for Rock. If this lid is really lifted, the image of the entire Army will be affected.
All will be damaged, and it will not bring much benefit to Rock. Instead, it will add more enemies to Rock.
Rock is now in demand for the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the Royal Army Officers' School Woolwich. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst trains junior army officers and staff officers; the Royal Army Officers' School Woolwich trains
The others are officers of artillery, engineers and communications corps.
Rock hoped to select some officers from the Northern Rhodesian Division and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division and send them to Sandhurst Royal Military Academy and Woolwich Royal Military Academy in batches. This would effectively improve Rhodes's
The quality of officers of the Northern West Asia Division and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division.
Although Rock looks down on the "thin red line" tactics currently popular in the British army, the British army also has advantages that Rock does not have, such as staff, artillery, and engineers. If Rock purely relies on training himself, then there will be
There are many detours to be made, and many technical things need to be made up slowly. The military academy is still qualified in cultivating the basic qualities of officers. As for tactics, Rock has his own understanding of this aspect.
Most of the students at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst are residential students. Students in short-term training courses like Rock can study on a day trip, so after the speech, Rock returned to his home with Phyllis and Winston.
manor.
It was already lunch time. Phyllis arranged lunch as soon as she got home and had to take care of Gavin. Rock and Winston were chatting in the living room.
"Your counterattack is simply great. William is now sent to India. Lord Beiyan is going to use the Daily Mail as an apology. Are you satisfied with the result?" Winston came to listen to Rock's speech.
There are other purposes, because of his special relationship with Rock, he is the best person to make peace.
"If someone else had spoken, then at least the Mirror and the Observer would have been included. Since it was you who spoke, forget it." Rock gave Winston face, and Winston immediately smiled.
Lord Northern Rock is still very capable. At the age of 17, he became the assistant editor of "Youth" magazine, and became a contributor to "Morning Post" and "St. James's Gazette".
After becoming an adult, Beiyan founded the magazine "Reply to Readers' Letters" in 1888. The magazine was a great success. Later, in August 1894, Beiyan purchased the "Evening News" which was on the verge of bankruptcy, and then successively founded the "Daily Mail".
", "Daily Mirror", and "Observer".
Beiyan was committed to news reform, advocating concise and easy-to-understand news writing, and using maps and photos to annotate reports. The newspapers he founded were very influential. In 1908, after gaining control of The Times, Beiyan established
The earliest newspaper group in the UK - Northern Rock Newspaper Group.
Now Beiyan has not yet acquired The Times. The Daily Mail is Beiyan's most influential newspaper. Beiyan is willing to pay the Daily Mail as compensation to Rock, which is indeed very sincere. p>
"What are you going to do with the Daily Mail? Are you going to run it yourself or resell it?" Winston is very interested in the "Daily Mail". As a politician, Winston is very aware of the influence of newspapers on public opinion. Don’t forget, the reason why Winston went to South Africa was as a reporter. Winston was a famous professional writer a long time ago, otherwise Winston would not be so good at making news.<
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"Of course I run it myself, but the Daily Mail is not enough. What is the current situation of The Times?" Roark is going to play a big game. If Roark establishes a newspaper group before Beiyan, then what will happen to him?
Most of London's future public opinion will be under Roque's control.
"It's very bad. The Walter family is in a bad situation right now. Their position is too neutral, neither leaning towards the Conservative Party nor the Liberal Party. There is no problem with this position, but it is not liked by either the Conservative Party or the Liberal Party, so
The Walter family is looking for a buyer, do you want to take over?" Winston is well prepared, and it seems that his purpose is similar to Rock's.
"The Times" is the largest circulation newspaper in the UK. Its circulation once exceeded the combined circulation of all other newspapers in London except "The Times".
In 1785, John Walter founded The Times. Today, The Times is still controlled by the Walter family. However, because the Walter family has become more and more conservative in politics, The Times is not doing well now, and its sales have suffered.
The strong impact of "Penny Newspaper".
"Penny newspapers" refer to cheap newspapers such as the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph was founded by Colonel Slay in 1855 and sold for two pence at the time. Even though the price of the "Daily Telegraph" was so low, Colonel Slay still could not afford the printing costs and soon transferred the "Daily Telegraph".
In 1888, the circulation of "The Daily Telegraph" reached 300,000, surpassing "The Times" to become the world's largest circulation newspaper.
"Why not? Contact the Walter family for me and tell them that I want to buy The Times and ask them to give me a suitable price." Rock has a lot of money. Two pence is too expensive for Rock. One penny is the best price.
OK.
The sales of the "Daily Mail" and "The Daily Telegraph" exceed those of the "Times", relying on their low selling prices.
Money is no problem for Rock. Selling price is not the key factor in determining whether a newspaper is profitable. Rock does not make money from selling newspapers at all. The income from buying advertisements is much more than buying newspapers. What's more, Rock values the influence of newspapers more.
Even if he loses money, Roque must have a channel to make his voice heard.
"No problem, I'll call Little John later. I heard that Little John's price for The Times is no more than ten thousand pounds. This price is actually very suitable." Winston knew that Rock was not short of money. The key was
And I am willing to spend, so money is not an issue.
Winston was still very efficient. That night, Rock received a call from Winston. The price offered by the Walter family was twelve thousand pounds, which was higher than Winston's estimate.
If it is according to Winston's wishes, the price is obviously negotiable, but Rock doesn't care about the money and directly agrees to the price on the phone. The next day, he hires a lawyer to find Little John as quickly as possible.
Buy The Times.
For Winston, the price of twelve thousand pounds is a bit high, but for Rock, this price is too cheap. Although "The Times" is currently in poor operating condition, its influence is unparalleled. "Daily"
Although the Mail and Daily Telegraph have higher sales than The Times, their influence is far behind.
It was only after he came into contact with the media industry in London that Rock discovered that the "Sun" had not yet appeared.
You're welcome to Roark. Since Roark already owns The Times and the Daily Mail, it is logical to add another "Sun". After establishing "The Sun", Roark Newspaper Group has already
Ready to come out.
Because Roark will not stay in London for a long time, Roark still goes to find Ada for this already formed newspaper group, hoping that Ada can serve as the general manager of the newspaper group.
"We have already established a film company, and it is normal to add a newspaper group. The two industries actually complement each other. You can promote movies in newspapers, and you can also promote newspapers in movies. Believe me, these newspapers will make a lot of money.
"Roark doesn't mind giving the money to Ada. Anyway, it belongs to Arthur in the end. Even if Arthur doesn't have a title, it's not bad to be a media tycoon by virtue of the newspaper group.
The combination of the three newspapers in Rock's hands is very reasonable. The politically oriented "The Times" has enough influence. As long as Rock keeps injecting funds, the influence of "The Times" will become greater and greater.<
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The entertainment-oriented "Sun" has just been launched. Rock needs to cultivate more paparazzi before "The Sun" can truly play its role.
As for the "Daily Mail", it now has a certain foundation in the UK. If Rock can hit the market with a lower price, then sooner or later the sales of the "Daily Mail" will exceed that of the "Daily Telegraph".
Roark has enough power to influence public opinion in London.
This is important to Rock and Winston, Neville Chamberlain.