Fabian was livid as he kicked the wooden sofa by his side.
The heavy and sturdy sofa did not budge. However, Fabian’s face tumed red before it went dark.
His toes hit the hard wood. Anyone would know how that would feel.
Fabian was in so much pain he could not speak. When Morrison saw this, he shook his head. He knew Fabian must have been on the verge of an emotional breakdown.
So, he spoke for Fabian, “Forgo the unimportant positions.”
One of the subordinates said carefully, “Mr. Morrison, we already let go three positions in a row yesterday, so we are only holding the bigger positions now.”
“Start letting go of the ones with the least amount of invested funds!” Morrison replied impatiently.
“The more positions we hold on to, the more funds we will need to cover up and the more pressure we’ll be under. If we spend everything, how are we going to make a comeback in the future?”
The group of elite stock traders did not dare to speak as they looked at Fabian. Fabian was their boss, so if he did not say anything, how would they dare to do anything?
When Morrison noticed this, he frowned slightly as a hint of displeasure flashed across his eyes.
“Atticus, we have to make a decision now.”
Morrison’s words forced Fabian to endure the pain in his toes and the anger in his heart.
“Do it then. Forgo the seven positions with the least amount of invested funds,” Fabian said helplessly.
His statement was filled with humiliation and dissatisfaction.
Everyone around him lowered their heads toward Fabian ever since Fabian finished his education and entered society. When had someone else ever forced his head down and made him suffer grievances before this? This person was even a Mainlander who came from an ordinary family.
Fabian could not bear this at all.
However, the news he was about to receive would soon cause him to break down.
“Mr. Atticus, the plan to target Advent Entertainment Group is not going too well.”
Conrad came back inside and reported to Fabian with no expression on his face.
As Fabian’s assistant, even though Conrad did not hold any substantial position in Empire Meet, everyone knew Conrad was one of Fabian’s dogs.
Therefore, Conrad was tasked to coordinate and lead everyone in Empire Meet in targeting Advent Entertainment.
Fabian’s face turned icy when he heard this. He said in a deep voice, “How so? Jasper is not in Harbor City, and even if he was, he wouldn’t have the power to fight Empire Meet. How can there be any obstacles to this unchangeable fact? Did the Laws do something?”
Aside from the Laws helping Jasper, Fabian could not think of any other reason for this fight between the two widely disproportionate powers to go wrong.
Conrad shook his head and said, “They didn’t do anything. However, Advent Entertainment made some strategic changes.”
“They are going to give up on all terminated contracts and they did not demand insistently about it. Also, they suddenly signed a series of contracts on endorsement, cinema, distribution, screening, and advertisement with some companies from the mainland today.”
Conrad paused after saying that. When he saw Fabian’s expression turning stagnant, he continued, “They want to leave the market in Harbor City and move to the mainland…”
“Mr. Atticus, please excuse my bluntness. This whole time, Jasper has focused his entertainment business on the mainland. You can see this when he purchased and restructured Advent Entertainment Group before also purchasing Easy Media from Swallow Capital.”
“I think our coercion this time might be playing right into Jasper’s hand. He’s able to use this chance to wipe out all remaining ideas of staying in Harbor City that the management and the artists from Advent Entertainment Group previously held. This way, they’ll be forced to change their mind and start focusing on the mainland.”
