Chapter 286: Meeting at Lidi's Headquarters

After returning to the company, Xia Yu visited various departments, especially the comic creation department, offering encouragement before heading upstairs to the Jiuding Publishing Company.

He found Gavin Peter and learned about the current situation at the publishing company.

The sales of *The Legend of Qin* continued to soar, firmly holding the top spot for Chinese novel sales in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

In addition to *The Legend of Qin*, Jiuding Publishing Company had also selected ten martial arts novels for publication.

Shortly after Xia Yu left Hong Kong, the publication of these novels began one after another.

So far, leveraging Jiuding Publishing's strong distribution channels and riding the coattails of *The Legend of Qin*, all ten martial arts novels had enjoyed excellent sales, each surpassing 100,000 copies, with the best one by a martial arts master exceeding 200,000 copies.

As a result, Jiuding Publishing's martial arts novel publishing business had begun to take shape, no longer relying solely on *The Legend of Qin*.

According to Gavin Peter, the difficulty of signing novel publishing rights had decreased significantly, especially in the martial arts genre. Authors were now much easier to deal with.

Every day, many unknown authors submitted their manuscripts, eager to have their novels published.

This positive trend was a result of the success of the ten martial arts novels.

Everyone knew that the sales figures of *The Legend of Qin*, at one or two million copies per book, were exceptional cases due to multiple factors. Such results were rare and not representative.

However, the ten martial arts novels published afterward, each achieving sales of over 100,000 copies in a short time, were more convincing and demonstrated Jiuding Publishing's publishing strength.

Naturally, authors began to trust Jiuding Publishing's capabilities, and the company's influence grew steadily.

With the martial arts novel business starting to take shape, Gavin Peter had also developed a mid- to long-term plan, aiming to continue capturing the market and establish a dominant position in the martial arts publishing field.

Besides the success of *The Legend of Qin* and the ten other novels, the company's revenue was also good.

With ample funds, Gavin Peter wasn't putting the money in the bank but was heavily investing in expanding new business areas. After reviewing Gavin Peter's plan, Xia Yu encouraged him to proceed with confidence. This support energized Gavin Peter and made him deeply grateful for Xia Yu's trust, vowing to further develop the company.

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At the headquarters meeting room of Lidi Television, a group of senior executives had gathered. Sitting at the top was General Manager Huang Xizhao, with Deputy General Manager Zhong Jinhui on his left. Also present were the "Three Heroes of Lidi"—Mai Danxiong, Li Zhaoxiong, and Tu Yongxiong—along with "The Screenwriting Master" Xiao Ruoyuan, Xu Xiaoming, and other high-ranking officials.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense. The once sharp and capable executives wore expressions of concern, frequently glancing at Huang Xizhao, who also looked troubled, clearly distressed by some issue.

After a long silence, Huang Xizhao broke the tension, "I've received confirmed news that our parent company, Lidi's Echo, has sold its shares. So it's certain that Lidi Television has new ownership."

"But we still don't know who the new owner is. The new owner has not yet appeared. To avoid causing internal unrest and to prevent Wireless and Jia Yi from having bad intentions, we should only be aware of this news and keep quiet outside this meeting room!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Zhong Jinhui, sitting to Huang Xizhao's left, sighed and said, "I don't know what the new owner is thinking. It's been so many days, and they haven't come to take over the company. At least several tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, or even over a hundred million, have been invested. Are they simply trusting us, or do they just have so much money that they don't care?"

Huang Xizhao shook his head with a wry smile and said nothing. He too found it perplexing.

From what he had learned, Lidi's Echo had sold its shares at least seven days ago. Seven days should have been enough to handle any important matters, yet the new owner still hadn't taken over. What was this unknown new owner thinking?

Huang Xizhao looked at the concerned faces of the senior executives and understood their anxiety.

After all, Lidi had been struggling for the past two years. Despite his strong abilities and the sharpness of Lidi's executives, they were up against Jia Yi's powerful financial backing. Lidi's parent company, Lidi's Echo, provided little support, making it difficult to maintain an advantage, and ultimately, Lidi had fallen under Jia Yi's financial assault.

As for Wireless Television, it was backed by one of the four major old families in Hong Kong, the Li family, and the controlling Qi family of the four major British financial groups, Hysan Development. With the Shao family now in charge, it was a powerful family as well.

In addition, Wireless had several wealthy shareholders and families. Despite being battered by Jia Yi, it managed to hold its ground and even counterattack, maintaining its formidable strength.

In contrast, Lidi Television was at the bottom in terms of current strength and support. The only reason it could continue developing was due to the capabilities of its senior executives.

Now, Jia Yi's fierce offensive had reached full swing, mainly targeting Wireless. However, in a fight between the top two, it wasn't impossible for the third party to be hurt. They had to be on high alert.

Just like in later years, when JDB and Wong Lo Kat fought fiercely, the third party could be left behind without notice.

At such a critical moment, the headache of a change in ownership had occurred. The new owner's dissatisfaction could mean that someone in this room might lose their job. Worse, the new owner had yet to show up, which left everyone feeling uncertain.

"Everyone, continue managing your departments as usual. Don't make any mistakes. I'll find out who the new owner is as soon as possible."

"Don't worry. I believe that once the new owner sees our capabilities, they won't easily disrupt the management. We won't lose our jobs."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement, showing their support for Huang Xizhao.

"Alright, let's adjourn the meeting for now. Meeting dismissed!"

With that, Huang Xizhao led the way out of the meeting room.

Back in his general manager's office, Huang Xizhao gazed through the glass at the bright sky outside, but he felt no joy. He sighed deeply.

The external pressures were mounting, and internal turmoil was starting. As the general manager, Huang Xizhao was worried about both Lidi Television's future and his own.

After all, he didn't want to leave Lidi Television. Originally, he was a senior executive at Wireless Television but had been lured to Lidi with a hefty salary. Returning to Wireless was not an option for him.

At Jia Yi Television, with the "Jia Yi Six Heroes" and the controlling Chairman He Zuozhi, there was no position for him. This meant that Lidi Television was the only place where he could fully utilize his talents.

"It seems I need to find the new owner as soon as possible!"

Huang Xizhao thought to himself.

"Hopefully, this mysterious new owner will be someone who understands the situation…"

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