Was Gao Fei banned by the United States?
Liu Weiqiang, who had just been excited about the upcoming filming of "Wukong," was instantly stunned.
He looked at the two of them in disbelief, swallowed, and said, "Xiao Jin, you must be joking with me. Why would the United States ban the boss for no reason? We didn't provoke him, and we didn't offend him. Could it be that he's still holding a grudge about what happened at the Jiada Film Festival?"
Before Gao Fei could speak, Jin Qiqi roughly described everything that had happened abroad. At the same time, she handed over relevant notices and news. Seeing that all his movies, novels, and music overseas had been taken down, and search terms related to Gao Fei were all 404, Liu Weiqiang suddenly realized why the boss had been strongly banned by the United States. The reason was simple: Gao Fei's identity as the chief engineer!
Although Liu Weiqiang didn't pay attention to international affairs or news, as a citizen of Longguo, he had a certain understanding of the United States, which liked to suppress Longguo and was overbearing. Now that the United States was launching a heavy attack directly at Gao Fei, it must be related to his identity as the chief engineer of the system. Once the ban was issued, anyone who dared to have any connection with Gao Fei would become the next target of the ban by the United States. It was no wonder that Hank had visited Longguo earlier but had not met with Gao Fei. Being targeted by the United States, even if you didn't die, you would be stripped bare.
Liu Weiqiang did not expect the United States to be so ruthless. This was a comprehensive ban, leaving no room for survival. It was even stronger than the ban on Feihe Film and Television by industry giants when the film was first made.
"Boss, given the current situation, no matter how much money we throw in, those foreign special effects companies will definitely not dare to take on our business! Should the filming of 'Wukong' be put on hold for now?" Liu Weiqiang sighed with unwillingness. After receiving the script for "Wukong," he had been busy running around for more than a month for this new movie. From location scouting to casting, he had personally handled everything. Now, the preparation plan was only left with the last important环节: special effects. He never expected that the United States would directly ban the boss! This new movie, besides its brilliant plot, was mainly about various visual special effects.
There were powerful special effects companies in China, but compared to those in the United States, the domestic ones were like elementary school students who had not yet grown up. Jin Qiqi knew how much effort Liu Weiqiang had put into preparing for the movie "Wukong" in the past month. She wanted to say something to comfort him, but before she could speak, she heard Gao Fei suddenly interrupt, "Sister Jin, go and tally up my current personal income, remove the decimals, and report the total amount to me."
"Okay!" Jin Qiqi didn't know what the boss was going to do, but she followed his instructions. After she left, Gao Fei looked at the distressed Liu Weiqiang and smiled, "Director Liu, I'll handle the special effects company. You go back and wait for the news. I'll get it done within two days at the fastest."
Director Liu was slightly stunned, blinking in surprise, "Do you have a way to find foreign special effects companies?"
"Yes, you just go back and wait! For the new movie, give me a shooting plan." Seeing Gao Fei's confident demeanor, Liu Weiqiang didn't ask any further questions. He knew very well that anything Gao Fei could do, he would never make an empty promise.
"Okay, then I'll go back and wait for your good news." Director Liu stood up with anticipation and left. His earlier worries immediately vanished after receiving the assurance.
*Click!*
The office door closed, leaving Gao Fei alone in the office. He closed his eyes and immediately activated the system, which he hadn't used in a long time. Now, the system was the biggest help to break the deadlock. However, Gao Fei did not directly use the life simulator. He knew in his heart that if he simulated an advanced special effects artist, he could solve some special effects scenes by himself. But the movie "Wukong" required a lot of special effects scenes. With his own strength alone, it would take at least half a year to complete the special effects for the entire movie. Gao Fei couldn't dedicate all his energy and time to producing new movies for special effects, as he had other businesses and new projects. Even if he assembled a special effects production team by himself, it would take at least two to three months.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Gao Fei finally chose to use the purchase rights from the mall. He had previously accumulated over 500 million in savings, reaching a well-off status, and the system had specially rewarded him with fifteen mall purchase rights. He thought he would never use the mall, but now, with the ban from the United States, the mall's usefulness had finally come into play.
"System, open the mall and use one purchase right."
【The system has opened the mall for the host.】
The system's cold voice fell, and a search box appeared before Gao Fei's eyes.
【The host only needs to enter the item they wish to purchase and click search.】
The prompt sounded again. Gao Fei followed the system's instructions and entered "top-tier special effects company" into the search box and clicked search. The next second, the mall refreshed. A purchase page similar to Taobao in his previous life appeared. On the mall page, dozens of special effects companies were listed in descending order according to their strength. Each company had a strength standard, with six stars representing the strongest.
"Feiyue Special Effects Company, located in the United States..." Seeing the top-ranked special effects company, Gao Fei gently mumbled to himself. But when he saw the purchase price of Feiyue Company, he immediately exclaimed "Holy crap" three times. Behind Feiyue Company was a nine-digit price. After counting, it would cost 700 million to buy the United States' Feiyue Special Effects Company.
Gao Fei had invested another 400 million of his previous savings of 500 million into Feiteng Investment Company. Other investment projects were doing well, but Gaolan Cosmetics was a money-burning existence in terms of investment. Although stores and the like were free, the research and development, production of cosmetics, plus the human resources investment of more than 100 directly managed stores. Gaolan Cosmetics directly took half of the 400 million funds. To maintain the investment company, he still needed to continue investing money. Moreover, the film company already had three movies in production, and the filming of "Wukong" was also imminent. Funds would need to be continuously invested.
Now, the income for July had not yet been tallied. Gao Fei could only pray that the income for July would not only cover the funding for the investment company and the film company but also allow him to buy Feiyue Special Effects Company.
"Damn it, I finally got to live the life of a rich man, and now these money-burning projects have sent me back to square one!" Gao Fei muttered as he looked at the 700 million purchase price.
He then moved his mind and searched for other items. When he saw the price of the items needed for the upcoming new project, he was stunned again. The price of the items needed for the new project was two billion!
"Shit, this project is even more of a money pit!" Gao Fei couldn't help but complain about the system. Jin Qiqi's voice also came from outside the office.
"Boss, boss, here's the sum of your personal income!"