Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 251 Seeking Cooperation
New York, Grand Central Station.

Because of the "train robbery" relationship, the train was delayed for several hours before it was able to open to traffic.

By the time the train arrived in New York, it was already evening.

After bidding farewell to the man who was so grateful to him, Colin took the bus to the Messenger Newspaper.

Recently, buses in New York City have become popular. The double-decker buses developed by General Motors are spread all over New York City. With cheap fares and a more convenient way to ride than trams, they occupy New York City. Part of the transportation market.

At the same time, General Motors, the company behind the bus, was also trying to acquire tram lines in New York City and transform them into bus routes to promote its bus business.

In fact, this is also an obvious business method.

With the passage of time, more and more car companies have joined the acquisition of trams, encroaching on all the lines that should have belonged to trams and converting them into bus routes, eventually replacing the traffic business of trams .

At the same time, rumors about the impact of trams on urban traffic began to circulate through the newspapers.

Behind this, there is obviously a driving force behind the bus company.

On the bus, the journey lasted half an hour. By the time Colin got off the bus, it was completely dark in New York City, and the street lights on both sides of the road were also turned on one after another.

After the long journey, even Ke Lin's current physical fitness could not help but feel a little tired.

Carrying a suitcase to the street where the newspaper office is located, you can see the lights lit up in the newspaper office from a distance

bang-

Pushing open the door, the first thing that came was Old John's slightly surprised voice.

"The boss is back, when did he arrive?"

Walking into the newspaper office and taking off his hat, Ke Lin breathed a sigh of relief and replied.

"Come here as soon as you get off the train."

Looking at Colin's tired face for a while, Old John pushed the brass reading glasses hanging on the bridge of his nose to persuade him: "In this case, why don't you take an extra day off, anyway, this night is not bad."

"No, for news, time is efficiency."

Shaking his head and rejecting Old John's proposal, Colin looked at the people in the newspaper office: "Immediately typeset, 8:45, Overland Limited (Overland Premium Express) 'Train Robbery' case!"

"Train robbery?"

Hearing the case that Colin said, Old John looked at Colin in front of him, the expression on his face was puzzled at first, and then he reacted quickly.

The Overland Premium Express is the train that Colin took this time, so the "train robbery" he mentioned is obviously...

Before he had time to think about it, Old John had already turned around and came to the typesetting machine, took down most of the completed pages on the machine, and started making a new front page again.

……

"Outside the number, outside the number!"

"The Daily Courier Exclusive - The 'Train Prisoner' case!"

The next day, early in the morning.

Newsboys waved newspapers and ran across the streets and squares.

"Train robbery?!"

Restricted by the factors of the times, the time of the prisoner robbery on the Overland Express was not spread in the first place.

Therefore, Ke Lin, who personally experienced the whole case, became the first-hand channel for this report.

On that day, the entire New York City was full of discussions about the news about the "train robbery", not only because of the robber's brutal methods, but also because of the oolong ending of the whole case.

Regarding the result of the 'train robbery', the public is also divided into two factions.

Some believe that this is a premeditated killing operation, and the purpose of these hands-on robbers was to kill 'Nash' from the very beginning.

And some people think that this is just a mistake, 'Nash' apparently died because of an accident.

Of course, no matter what the result is, in short, as the rescued 'Nash', it is an extremely aggrieved result.

Especially in the report, Colin has focused on the exclamation of 'Nash' before his death and the regretful words of the robbers after seeing his body, so more people still regard this case as an accident, and at the same time It also made the entire brutal shooting incident more dramatic.

It is worth mentioning that, based on the content heard on the train, it was verified by Colin afterwards.

One of the robbers involved in the 'train robbery' has been identified as Charles Arthur Floyd, later known as 'Pretty Boy'.

He was also a famous bank robber later on, and even had an intersection with Bonnie and Clyde, both male and female robbers.

Rumor has it that Floyd once turned down Bonnie and Clyde, taunting them as "kids stealing money from the grocery store."

It can only be said that no matter in which industry, occupational discrimination is not uncommon.

Even robbers are not immune.

……

Of course, in addition to the front-page report of the "train robbery" case, the "Daily Courier" also continued its tradition of serializing comics.

This dramatic case is followed by a short Superman story that follows current events.

The content of the story, based on Colin's real experience, tells that Clark got on the train because of his work.

On the train, I also encountered a robbery scene.

The vicious robbers are planning to put bombs on the train, threatening all passengers to hand over their valuables, otherwise they will detonate the bomb and detonate the train.

And all of this was heard by Clark who was also on the train. In order to protect the safety of the passengers on the train and not affect his interview work, Clark turned into Superman and found the bomb hidden on the train by the robbers in the blink of an eye. And throw it into the air in front of the robbers and detonate it.

At the same time, he easily subdued these robbers, successfully rescued the passengers on the train, and at the same time ensured the smooth progress of his interview work.

In the comics, Colin deliberately used one of the robbers to make 'Nash' say "be careful, don't kill me too!" ' the exclamation to say.

Indirectly made fun of the news case on the front page of the newspaper.

……

The "Daily Courier" reported on the "Train Robbery", which instantly made the whole case the focus of national attention.

That night, CBS invited Colin to give a detailed report on the whole case on the radio.

"...So, Mr. Colin Luper, do you think it's a conspiracy?"

During the broadcast, a radio reporter questioned Colin.

"Many people believe that the whole train robbery case was a premeditated silence operation. As a person who actually experienced the whole incident, what do you think?"

"First of all, I don't think it's silence."

In the recording studio of CBS Radio, Colin glanced at the reporter in front of him and replied.

"Why so sure?"

Of course because of what I heard.

Although Colin heard Freud's conversation with his own ears on the train, it is obviously not suitable to say it on the radio.

Therefore, after deliberating for a while, Colin still chose a few reasons that he thought could be said.

"At that time on the train, the robbers aimed their submachine guns at the policemen around 'Nash' instead of 'Nash', so at first 'Nash' reminded them not to kill themselves, but later it might be because the situation changed. Some of the robbers were in a bit of confusion, or simply some of these robbers were too 'crazy', and they shot at the police several times in a row. As a result, 'Nash', who was supposed to be the rescued party, also died in front of them in a daze. under the gun..."

"If everything you say, Mr. Colin Looper, is true, then this could be counted as one of the stupidest 'train robberies' of the year."

"Thank you for co-starring, Mr. Colin Luper."

In the recording studio of CBS Radio, the broadcast report on the news case ended, and the reporter in charge quickly thanked Colin.

The "train robbery" news throughout New York City, "Daily Courier" has been as an exclusive report.

CBS would not have been able to get the broadcast coverage of the story without Colin's consent.

"It's nothing, I'm just a worker in the news industry, passing the facts to the public."

He exchanged a few words with the reporter in charge of news reports of CBS radio station, and from the other party's mouth, Colin knew that CBS was already starting to set up its own broadcasting news agency to fight against the newspaper industry.

"Mr. Colin, long time no see."

Coming out of the recording studio, Colin also met the person in charge of CBS outside—William Paley.

Although apparently it was for news delivery, both Colin and CBS knew that the purpose of his trip was obviously not as simple as appearing in a news broadcast.

Recently, the cooperation between CBS and the Courier newspaper has been very pleasant.

The radio drama "The Adventures of Superman" has brought a lot of advertising revenue and audiences to CBS radio. CBS has already put the plan of "The Adventures of Superman" on the agenda, and William Paley is here to talk about it this time.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Nodding his head, Colin was not too surprised by the appearance of William Paley.

In fact, he had already seen the figure of the other party as early as in the recording studio.

"It is said that you went to San Francisco?"

"Yeah, if it wasn't for the trip to San Francisco, I probably wouldn't have encountered the incident of 'train robbery'."

Outside the recording studio, the two of them exchanged some tacit courtesy.

Immediately afterwards, Colin changed the subject and brought the topic to his own experience in San Francisco.

"I wonder if Mr. Paley has ever heard of electronic television."

"Electronics, TV?"

Frowning and thinking for a while, William Paley shook his head and said to Colin, "Sorry, Mr. Colin, although I know about TVs, I don't know much about this industry."

"Electronic television is a new type of television that is based on the image capture of electronic equipment and is different from the current traditional mechanical scanning device."

After briefly explaining to William Paley about the prospect of the invention of electronic television, Colin inadvertently revealed his optimism for this invention.

And William Paley obviously sensed Colin's attitude towards this invention.

"Mr. Colin seems to be quite optimistic about the prospects of this invention."

"of course."

Nodding without hesitation, Colin replied in a decisive tone: "In fact, I think that in the future, the TV market is likely to replace newspapers and even radio as people's favorite form of entertainment."

Colin's tone was a bit exaggerated, but William Paley did not deny his point of view.

In fact, there are also related plans within the CBS radio station. As early as the middle of last year, CBS had already begun to try to build a W2XAB TV station in New York to test broadcast TVs. However, the TVs broadcast by CBS at that time were still traditional mechanical scanning TVs. Not ideal.

But even so, CBS has not let go of its ambitions in the radio station. According to the information obtained by William Paley, the station plans to officially invest in the TV broadcasting business by the end of next year.

"I don't know, and CBS has no relevant intentions?"

Looking across William Paley in front of him, Colin deliberately asked in a casual tone.

"What do you mean, Mr. Colin?"

Perceiving the temptation in Colin's words, William Paley had to be cautious.

"The future trend of TV development is inevitable, and I happen to have an important patent for electronic TV production in my hand. I think this is an opportunity. Once CBS can seize the opportunity in the TV market, the entire TV market in the future will be in the hands of both of us. hands..."

The TV patent in the hands of Ferro Farnsworth is only one part of Colin's plan.

His real purpose is to obtain more [faith] through the mass media network after the novelty of television.

But to achieve this, relying solely on him or the newspaper office in his hand is obviously still somewhat beyond his power, and more strength is needed to promote it.

Especially CBS, the addition of a broadcast network that already has a mature radio station can promote the development and popularization of TV sets faster.

A simple TV is just a machine or medium, and the real attraction is the various programs played on the screen.

As the person in charge of CBS, William Paley obviously won't cooperate with Ke Lin just because of Colin's few words.

He is still standing on the position of CBS radio station, raising his own doubts.

"Perhaps, Mr. Colin is not clear, but in fact CBS has already started the trial broadcast of TV a year ago. We have tried to broadcast various content on TV, but we have not found suitable content."

Jumping from radio to TV is obviously not an easy thing.

Especially when this TV is still in its infancy, everyone is figuring out how to use this promising machine.

"Cinemas have movies, and radio has radio dramas, so TV should naturally have TV dramas that match them?"

Facing William Paley's confusion, Colin, as a latecomer, was well prepared.

"TV drama?"

"That's right, not just TV dramas, but any program that can be broadcast on the radio can actually be put on TV. When you are listening to a radio drama and hearing news reports, don't you want to see the picture of the radio drama in front of you? , The live news scene, TV is such an existence, it not only allows us to hear, but also allows us to see..."

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(End of this chapter)