The Cold War: Jumping back and forth between the two camps

"Boss, this Mr. Wang Shude is the owner of Xiangjiang Qiwen Publishing House! This time he came to discuss the publication of The Deer and the Cauldron with us!"

Dunn also immediately shook hands with Wang Shude enthusiastically.

"It's Mr. Wang. I've heard a lot about you!"

"Hahaha! Mr. Du, I was also here when your newspaper opened last time, but I didn't get to talk to you!"

Wang Shude also responded happily.

"Boss Du, this time The Deer and the Cauldron has set off a craze throughout Hong Kong. The publishing work must be handed over to our Qiwen Publishing House!"

Dunn nodded and glanced at Liu Liyuan.

Seeing that Liu Liyuan just shook his head slightly, he knew that Wang Shude was not from the mainland.

He knew that The Deer and the Cauldron was causing a sensation in Hong Kong, but he didn't care much about it. After all, it was the original work of the master of time and space.

Even if it was brought forward to the 50s, it is still an excellent work.

"Mr. Wang, I have another guest here! You can talk to our Vice President Liu about publishing! To be honest, I don't know much about Hong Kong publications! It's no use talking to me! As long as Mr. Liu agrees to let your publishing house publish it, I have no objection!"

Dunn waved his hand and handed over all publishing matters to Liu Liyuan.

Although The Deer and the Cauldron also brought huge profits to the newspaper, this newspaper was not Dunn's property, although he was the nominal boss.

But in fact, the CIA is the newspaper's largest shareholder, and basically the only shareholder.

Dunn is only the apparent controller of the newspaper.

And most of the newspaper's income must go through the CIA's account.

Therefore, the Hong Kong branch can use the newspaper's profits to do some things.

But the things on the books must be made clear, otherwise if the CIA really wants to conduct an audit, Dunn will not be able to stop it.

Therefore, he is not very concerned about the current development of Hong Kong Metropolitan Daily.

This is just a tool for him to enter the upper echelons of Hong Kong.

Whether making money or losing money, it has nothing to do with Dunn. Even if the Hong Kong Metropolis Daily loses money, the CIA will put in money.

Now that the Hong Kong branch has intelligence capabilities, there is no way the CIA will give up this newspaper.

"Mr. Liu! Please come and receive Boss Wang!"

Liu Liyuan nodded and took Wang Shude to the reception room.

Dunn took Feng Enshuo to his office.

"Boss Du really trusts you, Brother Liu!"

After watching Deng En and Feng Enshuo leave, Wang Shude sighed.

He and Liu Liyuan have known each other for many years and they have a good relationship. Since Dunn has handed over all publishing matters to Liu Liyuan, basically if they like the publishing house, they will have won the publishing of "The Deer and the Cauldron".

This also made Wang Shude feel relieved. He didn't care so much about Dunn's inability to receive him in person.

After all, Dunn looks relatively young, he is a foreigner, and there is an age gap between him and Wang Shude.

If we really negotiate with Dunn, the outcome is really unsure.

"Haha! The reason I was able to accept Boss Du's recruitment at that time was precisely because he gave me a lot of power and didn't restrict me too much!"

Liu Liyuan also responded with a smile. At that time, many newspapers actually tried to recruit Liu Liyuan, but what surprised most people was that Liu Liyuan finally chose the newly established newspaper, Xiangjiang Metropolis Daily. This also surprised many people in the industry.

This time, Liu Liyuan also wanted to dispel everyone's doubts, so he spread the news through Wang Shude in front of him.

Otherwise, as a senior media person, it is unlikely that he would submit to the newly established Hong Kong Metropolis Daily.

This can easily cause some people to have doubts, which is not a good thing for his work.

"Brother Liu, why did you choose this newly established newspaper?"

Wang Shude nodded in sudden realization.

"So what do you think about publishing, Brother Liu?"

"Haha! Not bad! Brother Wang, we've known each other for so many years, I won't make it too hard on you. As long as the price is acceptable, I'll let Brother Wang publish The Deer and the Cauldron!"

At this time, Liu Liyuan had already brought Wang Shude into the reception room and patted his chest to assure Wang Shude.

In fact, even if Wang Shude offered a lower price, he would still choose Wang Shude's Qiwen Publishing House.

Because Wang Shude has a great influence in Hong Kong, if you can establish a good relationship with him, your future in Hong Kong will be smooth.

Just this point alone makes sense to Liu Liyuan even in front of Dunn.

Therefore, the negotiations with Wang Shude went exceptionally smoothly, and the two sides could almost be said to have hit it off.

In fact, Liu Liyuan was a little anxious and wanted to send Wang Shude away because Feng Enshuo had been to the newspaper office many times in recent times.

Dunn also hinted at the other party's identity to Liu Liyuan intentionally or unintentionally.

So every time Feng Enshuo came to the newspaper office, Liu Liyuan paid special attention to him.

Including this time.

He could also roughly guess why Feng Enshuo came to find Dunn this time.

In fact, not only Feng Enshuo, but Liu Liyuan was also anxious to meet Deng En.

He has received new instructions from above and must talk to Dunn as soon as possible.

This time he finally waited for Dunn to come back, and he couldn't let go of this opportunity.

"It's settled! I'll have my assistant bring the contract over later! I'll be ready to start proofreading and printing the first volume of The Deer and the Cauldron tomorrow!"

After reaching a cooperation intention, Wang Shude also stood up and prepared to leave. It can be seen that he was also very anxious.

"Hahaha! Brother Wang, isn't this just a martial arts novel? Is there any need to be so anxious?"

Liu Liyuan also stood up and prepared to see Wang Shude off. Seeing that Wang Shude looked more anxious than himself, Liu Liyuan couldn't help but make a joke.

"How can you not be anxious? Brother Liu! You know I am not the only one keeping an eye on The Deer and the Cauldron. The sooner it is published, the sooner those people's unreasonable ideas will be dispelled!"

Although Wang Shude’s Qiwen Publishing House is relatively powerful in Hong Kong, it is not the most powerful one.

However, the heads of the families who are more powerful than him are in a similar situation to Dunn, all of them are hands-off managers, but not as completely.

This also allowed Wang Shude to successfully create a time difference. While those publishing houses that were more powerful than his were still at the stage of reporting and waiting for results, he had already reached a cooperation!

This was just a verbal collaboration. He had to finalize the matter immediately. Even the printing of the contract for publication had to be completed as soon as possible, otherwise the meat in his mouth might be thrown away.

It’s not that Wang Shude doesn’t trust Liu Liyuan, he is afraid that those who are more powerful will use some means to force Dunn or Liu Liyuan to change their cooperation targets.

Liu Liyuan nodded in understanding and sent Wang Shude away.