Qinzhou, Xingmang headquarters.
At the regular senior management meeting in December, everyone made a targeted summary of the company's gains and losses in the past year.
At the end of the office table, the boss just rested his right hand on his chin and listened to the work reports of the heads of various departments without saying a word.
"Chairman..."
When the round of reports was over, someone quietly reminded the big boss who might have been distracted.
"Um."
Chairman Li Songhua, who has a habit of fitness, has a muscular body. Unlike other senior executives who all have beer bellies, he just hummed lightly, and he actually had a sense of full of energy.
When everyone's eyes gathered around him, he asked slowly, "Why hasn't anyone mentioned the situation at the branch?"
As Li Songhua's gaze swept across, everyone lowered their heads and began to practice silent meditation.
Just when everyone thought that the chairman would be furious this year like in previous years, Li Songhua suddenly laughed: "Are your information channels too closed? No wonder even the higher-ups can't stand it anymore..."
"Qizhou fell?"
Li Songhua's last sentence did not attract much attention. Only one supervisor asked it tentatively. The top management of the headquarters had already known it tacitly that the possibility of the branch company's bankruptcy always existed.
"Then let's take a look."
Li Songhua spoke softly.
The male secretary next to him understood what he meant and immediately pulled up a document and projected it onto the big screen in the conference room.
Everyone turned to look.
But they were all stunned.
This is an annual performance report. If we only look at the previous months, the branch is indeed in danger.
But from September to December now, the line chart report suddenly emerged and formed an extremely abrupt peak!
"This is?"
Lao Zhou, the head of the composing department who was also sitting in the seats, suddenly widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "Xianyu?"
He turned and looked at Li Songhua.
The other senior executives searched for the word "Xianyu" on the line chart for a long time but couldn't find it. But Lao Zhou's words rang in their ears again, so many people looked at the small peak that suddenly appeared on the icon, as if they could vaguely see someone hiding behind the peak.
So they looked at Li Songhua like Lao Zhou.
Li Songhua nodded slightly, agreeing with Lao Zhou's judgment and answering everyone's doubts.
The conference room was silent for a few seconds.
Li Songhua broke the silence, and this time he looked directly at Lao Zhou: "Let's revise Xianyu's contract."
"clear."
Lao Zhou answered with a smile.
Li Songhua did not continue to talk about this matter, but changed the subject and said: "Have you all read the recent official news?"
Everyone was stunned.
This topic jumps a bit.
Someone soon interrupted and asked, "Chairman, are you referring to the proposal from Zhongzhou?"
Zhongzhou is the political center of Blue Star.
The most exciting news recently is the proposal initiated by Central Continent to no longer divide the states.
But it’s lively nonetheless.
No one thinks this proposal can really pass because it is a cliché and similar proposals appear every year.
Everyone spoke freely and everyone seemed to know everything.
"It's impossible."
"We in Blue Planet say that we are united, but now each state is independent, and the situation is almost the same as several different countries."
"It is not easy for countries to merge with each other."
"In order to develop themselves, each state has also set up a wall to restrict information exchange in order to protect the culture in their own area from being impacted."
"If we want to watch a Qizhou movie, we have to import it, and the tariffs in each state are horrifyingly high."
"It's very difficult for our songs to be released in Qizhou. There are too many restrictions on copyright transactions. They are doing this in Qizhou because they are afraid that our music will completely destroy the music market in other continents. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to set up a branch there."
"… "
After everyone talked for a long time, they finally stopped talking.
Because Li Songhua's fingers were tapping lightly on the table, which meant that the chairman had something to say at the moment.
"The proposal has been preliminarily approved."
Li Songhua sighed.
He himself did not expect that an almost impossible proposal that was tossed around every year would actually pass the preliminary review this year.
That’s probably what Zhongzhou thinks.
The autonomy of each state, and the resulting lack of unity, has already affected the development of Blue Planet's culture and even technology, right
Li Songhua finished speaking.
The meeting room suddenly fell silent.
If this sentence came from someone else's mouth, people might not believe it, but when Li Songhua said it, everyone had to believe it.
Because Li Songhua's background is somewhat special, no one dares to discuss it too much on weekdays, but the basic fact that everyone understands is that Li Songhua should have received accurate information.
"We really want to merge?"
“No quarantine?”
"Exchange what you have?"
"Co-governance of Zhongzhou?"
After a moment of silence, the conference room was almost noisy!
No one knows what will happen after the states merge, but at the same time everyone understands that in this torrent of the times, no one can stay immune!
“This is just a preliminary approval.”
Li Songhua suppressed his chaotic thoughts and said, "This policy will select two states as pilot areas for the proposal, and our Qinzhou and Qizhou where we have a branch are exactly the pilot areas named by the higher-ups."
Everyone was struggling to digest this information.
Li Songhua paused for a moment, waiting for everyone to digest it, before continuing: "This is just the beginning. With the merger of Qin and Qi, other states will gradually break through restrictions and barriers, forming a true unification of Blue Star. Of course, Blue Star has long been a unified country, and the so-called merger is actually just a cultural merger."
"That… "
"Does this mean..."
"Blue Star will usher in an unprecedented..."
"The Great Era of Entertainment?"
Everyone's eyes are focused on Li Songhua. At this time, Li Songhua's decision will affect the future of the company!
"You could say that."
Li Songhua took a deep breath and said, "Our music is so good because we are a company in Qinzhou. When Qizhou merges with our market, there will be more choices for all walks of life. By then, there will be no music town or movie palace. All industries will develop together and be closely united..."
Someone whispered, "So what are you going to do?"
Li Songhua said solemnly: "Under the tide of the times, many industries in Qin and Qi continents have to face transformation. We need to take the initiative and prepare to expand this plate. We should also focus on developing the film and television industry. Of course, the basic plate of music must not be abandoned. This is the foundation of our Xingmang."
Everyone was in a trance.
The weather really changes so quickly.
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ps: I didn't plan to write about the cultural collision and integration of the states so early, but when I got here, I found that the protagonist's sense of immersion in Qizhou was greatly lacking. After all, entertainment is not fantasy. The idea of changing the map may be feasible, but Wubai's writing skills seem to be unable to control the change in style brought about by the change of map. I can only move this idea forward by several hundred thousand words. I will carefully conceive the subsequent plot.