新记大公报的初期，吴鼎昌的资金、胡政之的经营组织、张季鸾的评论文章是其三大基石。三人间的互相配合与他们开创的经营编辑模式，为后来《大公报》向全国扩张打下了良好的基础。胡政之在１９４３年写的《回首一十七年》中提到：“先是我等三人决议之初，约定五事：（一）资 In the early days of the New Ta Kung Pao, Wu Dingchang’s funds, Hu Zhengzhi’s management organization and Zhang Ji’ei’s review articles were the three cornerstones of the book. The cooperation among the three people and the mode of operation and management they initiated created a good foundation for the subsequent expansion of Ta Kung Pao to the whole country. Hu Zhengzhi wrote in “Looking Back to the Seventeen Years” in 1943: "First, at the beginning of the three-member resolution, I agreed five things: