"Is this the decision of the magazine's board, or is it your decision, Mr. Brown?"
The girl asked calmly.
"This is... everyone's decision." Mr. Brown said unhurriedly, "Europe doesn't only have one long-standing art criticism magazine; the 'Oil Painting' magazine also faces a lot of market competition."
"Is that so?"
Anna seemed slightly lost in thought.
Sir Brown thought he had persuaded Anna and said in a coaxing tone, "In the past decade, profits for traditional media worldwide have been rapidly declining. Although we are an old publication, the times are different now. Even the newspaper founded by the Queen of Sweden has lost money to the point of ceasing publication. Who would have thought this possible in the past? You've seen the annual revenue statements of the magazine."
"This is for our magazine's common interest." He licked his lips.
"Common interest?"
Anna gazed at the brown walls of the elegantly decorated office.
