After thinking for a while, Abel spoke again:

"Can anyone tell me how many regional newspapers like the Indianapolis Star there are in the United States?"

This question is a bit abrupt.

Because Abel had not paid much attention to Smith's newspaper before this.

Answer the employer's business questions, collect various business intelligence for the employer, and make complete plans.

These matters are themselves the work of the advisory group.

These people also do this job very well.

Even this was an issue that Abel didn't pay much attention to originally.

Alan Baker represented them and still answered.

As of 2001, there are 11,000 newspapers of various types in the United States. Among them, there are more than 1,600 daily newspapers, including morning newspapers, afternoon newspapers, evening newspapers and Sunday newspapers, and more than 8,000 weekly and semi-weekly newspapers, and street tabloids are countless.

There are more than 10,000 magazines in the United States, and more than 60 have an annual circulation of more than one million.

Among them, there were 113 newspapers in the United States with daily sales of more than 100,000 copies as of December last year.

There are 35 newspapers with daily sales of more than 200,000 copies.

There are 17 newspapers with daily sales of more than 300,000 copies.

The number of newspapers with daily sales of more than 500,000 copies is 9.

There are only two newspapers with stable daily sales exceeding one million copies.

After hearing this number, Abel made a decision and started a big job for Smith Newspapers and the consulting team.

"The next main task for Smith Newspapers and you is to start acquiring newspapers with daily sales of more than 100,000 copies across the United States."

Abel said clearly:

"I request that the regions where these newspapers are located should be dispersed as much as possible and not allow them to gather together. I also request that at least 20 copies be acquired within two years."

There are also ideas to expand the newspaper group, acquire the Indianapolis Star, and other regional newspapers.

Abel came about during a conversation with Richard Luger.

Initially he wanted to buy the Indianapolis Star.

Simply wanting to repay Richard Luger.

At the same time, try to find ways to win over this senior senator and leader of the Elephant Party.

This is the same as his donation to the NRA.

In the United States, everyone does this.

At most, Abel plays it more directly and they play it more expensively.

In the course of a chat with Richard Luger.

Abel discovered that Richard Luger was very important to the Indianapolis Star.

After analysis, Abel guessed that this should be the reason why the Indianapolis Star is the largest newspaper in Indiana.

Even senators with more secure positions still have to be elected every six years.

During an election, influential newspapers in the constituency are not only important to representatives, but also to senators.

From the Indianapolis Star.

Abel thought of similar influential newspapers in other areas.

In his region, he should also be highly valued by these senators and congressmen.

This opened up Abel's thinking about Smith's newspaper business.

What he wants to do is simple.

That is, except for national and even world-oriented newspapers such as "The American Sun" and "The New York Observer".

In your own newspaper company, you also need to add some framework.

These regional newspapers are the skeleton.

That's why he temporarily called the advisory group over tonight and held a brief meeting.

The meeting ended soon.

Alan Baker They will report below, feedback on requests from Abel.

Then, it launched an operation with Smith Newspapers, a subsidiary of Smith Media, to launch large-scale mergers and acquisitions across the United States.

All Abel has to do is mobilize funds and personally intervene when certain acquisitions encounter difficulties.

In other aspects, only inspection work remains.

The rest is all the work of the advisory group and Smith Media.

After walking out of the conference room in the executive lounge, Abel raised his hand and looked at the time.

It's already half past eleven.

Under the protection of the Four King Kongs, he returned to the hotel living room.

In the drawing room Doni and Hannah Catherine were guarding the room.

After Abel came in, he looked at Hannah Katherine and asked Tony: "Where's Lauren?"

Tony replied softly:

"After Miss Bush came back, she went to take a shower. After taking a shower, I came out here and waited for you for a while. I couldn't bear it anymore and went to bed. She should have rested already."

Abel couldn't believe that little Laura fell asleep so quickly.

But he also knew that it was impossible for little Laura to open the door for him at this moment.

Her aunt was guarding the door with a blood-red rolling pin.

Smiling and shaking his head, Abel turned and walked into another bedroom.

the next day.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

This car track was originally built with more than 3 million bricks, so the name "Brick Factory" spread like wildfire.

It was opened in 1909 and was paved with asphalt in 1961. It hosted eleven F1 races between 1950 and 1960, making it a quite historic track.

At the same time, motorsports is also one of Indiana's major industries.

Indiana is known as the center of motorsports at all levels in the world.

The city of Polis is known as the "Global Racing Capital".

Indiana has more tracks per capita than any other state in the United States.

The state hosts events such as the Indy 500, Brickyard 400 and Red Bull Moto GP every year, most of which are held at this track.

The auditorium of the track is at the front and can accommodate about 20,000 spectators.

When Abel and others arrived, the place was already crowded with people.

Racing fans from the United States or all over the world have turned this place into a sea of ​​festivals.

"It's so lively!" Li Xinyu and little Laura hugged each other, and the two beautiful girls looked very excited.

Li Fuzhen and Abel were one step behind them.

"Let's go." Abel said, "Do you want to go to the box or go directly to the motorcade?"

"Of course it's the team." Li Xinyu said happily: "It's the closest distance to watch the race!"

Little Laura also smiled and nodded.

Everyone came together to the Prost Racing Team, which is the rest area of ​​the MGM Racing Team.

The rest area of ​​Feijian Racing Team or Tesla Racing Team is on the other side, and the angle to watch the game is not as good as MGM.

The team had already known that the bosses were coming back and had already prepared the seats.

Everyone chatted for a while.

The first day of the 2001 F1 US Grand Prix officially opened soon.

As the starting sound sounded, the F1 cars of the eleven teams started speeding on the track.

There is no scoring in today's game. Today is the stage for the drivers to familiarize themselves with the venue.

In other words, it is a friendly match, and the drivers on the field are just running laps to familiarize themselves with the track.

Abel, who is not a car fan, thought this was a bit boring.

But little Laura and Li Xinyu watched it very enthusiastically.

As each car speeds by, they can tell which racing driver is in the car, what record it has, and which team it belongs to just by looking at the car's shape, number, and paint.

Unlike Abel, he only knew one Schumacher. But it was little Laura who told him which car Schumacher drove.
To be continued...