Chapter 180: Chapter 180 - 171: The Torrent of the Era 1

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Qin Continent, Starlight head office.

At the senior executive meeting in December, everyone summarized the company’s achievements and shortcomings from the past year.

At the end of the large meeting table, the boss simply rested his chin on his right hand, silently listening to the reports from heads of each division. “Chairman…”

When the round of reports concluded, someone gently reminded the boss whose attention seemed to wander.

“Hmm.”

The chairman, Li Songhua, who kept himself in good shape, unlike other senior executives who had beer bellies, casually “Hmm” in response, making him an impressive figure.

As all eyes turned toward him, he asked unhurriedly, “Why has no one mentioned the branch offices?”

As Li Songhua turned his gaze around, everyone lowered their heads, silently contemplating.

Just as everyone thought the chair would explode in wrath as in the previous years, Li Songhua suddenly chuckled, “It seems like your information sources are inadequate, no wonder the higher-ups are not pleased…”

“Qi Continent’s branch closed down?”

Li Songhua’s last remark didn’t draw much attention; merely a question from a department head, as the high-level executives had tacitly accepted the possibility of a branch office’s closures.

“Let’s take a look then,” Li Songhua responded softly.

The male secretary beside him, keenly understanding his intent, brought up a document and projected it onto the large screen in the conference room. Everyone turned to look.

They were all taken aback.

It was an annual performance report. The first few months indeed showed that the branch office was teetering on the edge of collapse.

However, starting from September to the current December, the line graph had sharply risen, creating an eye-catching mountain-like peak!

“Is this?”

Old Zhou, the head of the composition department who sat among them, widened his eyes in disbelief, “Xian Yu?”

He turned to look at Li Songhua.

While the other executives scrambled to find the word “Xian Yu” in the graph, 01′ Zhou’s words echoed in their ears. Many of them glanced at the outlying peak on the chart, as if they could see a silhouette hiding behind it.

Like Zhou, they turned to look at Li Songhua.

Li Songhua nodded lightly, affirming Zhou’s conjecture and clearing up the doubts in everyone’s minds.

The meeting room fell silent for a few seconds.

Li Songhua broke the silence, turning his gaze back to 01′ Zhou, “Modify Xian Yu’s contract.”

“Understood.”

or Zhou responded with a smile.

Li Songhua didn’t continue on this topic. Instead, he changed the subject,

“You’ve all seen the recent official news, haven’t you?”

Everyone looked puzzled.

The topic had suddenly jumped.

Someone quickly responded, “You mean the proposal from Zhong Continent?”

Zhong Continent is the political center of Blue Star.

And the most recent popular news was the proposal initiated by Zhong Continent for the integration of all the continents.

However, lively as it was.

No one thought the proposal would really pass since it was an age-old topic brought up annually.

Everyone talked freely, each seemingly well-informed.

“This proposal won’t work.”

“Blue Star may be unified, but each continent is self-governing, practically different countries.”

“How could countries merge easily?”

Continents have all set up an information firewall to protect their own cultures from being impacted.”

“We even need to import films from Qi Continent, and the tariffs between continents are extremely high.”

“Our music finds it difficult to be issued there, too many restrictions on copyright transactions, Qi Continent does this because they fear our music would crush the music market in other continents. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have had to set up branches there.”

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After everyone had their say, they finally stopped talking.

Li Songhua’s fingers were lightly tapping on the table, signaling that he had something to say.

“The proposal has initially been approved.”

Li Songhua sighed.

He hadn’t anticipated that an almost impossible proposal that’s tossed around yearly would have actually passed the preliminary reviews this year.

Perhaps the folks at Zhong Continent feel.

The autonomous nature of each continent and the resulting lack of unity have started affecting the cultural and technological development of Blue Star, right?

Li Songhua finished.

The meeting room went quiet suddenly.

If this statement had come from anyone else, they might not have believed it, but if Li Songhua said it, they had no choice but to believe.

Given Li Songhua’s unique background, no one dare to discuss it openly, but it was clear to everyone – Li Songhua must have received reliable information.

“They’re really merging?”

“Without any barriers?”

“Allows circulation?”

“Governed by Zhong Continent?”

After a moment of silence, the meeting room erupted!

No one knows what will happen after the continents merge. However, everyone understands that no one can remain unaffected in this era-changing tide!

“This is just a preliminary approval.”

Li Songhua tried to subdue the chaotic thoughts in his heart, “This policy will choose two continents as the test subjects for the proposal, and our Qin Continent along with Qi Continent, where our branch office is located, are specifically selected as the pilot areas.”

It was difficult for everyone to digest this news.

Li Songhua paused for a while, allowing everyone to process before he continued, “This is just a start. As Qin and Qi merge, the other continents will gradually break down their restrictions and barriers, forming a truly unified Blue Star. Of course, Blue Star is already a unified country. What we mean by ‘merging’ is, in fact, a cultural merger.”

“So…”

“Does this mean…”

“Blue Star will enter an unprecedented…”

“Entertainment era?”

Everybody’s eyes were focused on Li Songhua. At this moment, Li Songhua’s decision would determine the future of the company!

“You could say that.”

Li Songhua took a deep breath, “Our music became successful because we are a company in the Qin Continent. But when our market merges with that of Qi Continent, there will be more options in all industries. At that time, not only will there be the Land of Music, nor the Home of Films, but all industries will develop and closely intertwine…”

Someone quietly asked, “So what are you planning to do?”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Li Songhua answered in a grave voice, “In face of this era-changing tide, many industries in both Qin and Qi Continent will have to transform. We need to take the initiative to expand our reach. We need to focus on developing the film industry. Of course, we can’t abandon the music market that forms the foundation of Starlight.”

Everyone was in a daze.

The day changed so suddenly.