pjbooks Chapter 170 I Have an Island
Chapter 170 I Have an Island
Chapter 171 I Have an Island
With the return schedule set, the inability to bring back the huge sums of money is indeed a troublesome issue.
However, while cash was prohibited, there were no restrictions on the specific supplies that could be brought in.
Yu Zhen simply gave Tang Jinmao an investment suggestion: to open a second production center for Fox Media Group in Hong Kong, with a planned investment of one billion US dollars to create an Eastern version of the second Hollywood Dream Factory.
Consequently, a large number of high-tech materials were acquired, such as IBM supercomputing centers, computer multimedia cluster equipment, various advanced photographic and imaging instruments, and even an automated production line primarily for manufacturing film and television props.
Machine tools, all sorts of odds and ends, basically any supplies that could be legally purchased in the North American market and were not subject to any official control, were all on the list, filling several giant cargo ships, which then sailed majestically toward the inner harbor of Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, far away in Hong Kong, a new film and television city covering an area of over a thousand acres and located near the mainland special economic zone has also begun its construction in full swing.
"Damn it, as expected, those who are not of our kind are bound to have different intentions. Instead of allowing them to bring funds back home directly, they've switched to purchasing supplies. Who gave them permission to do this?!"
"Chief, no one has given us special permission. All their actions are completely in accordance with business rules. Furthermore, these are all business investment activities conducted in the name of Fox Media Group and within territory controlled by the UK. Do you intend to pursue legal action against the UK?"
"That's right, it's just a mere billion dollars worth of supplies. They want to build an East Asian version of Hollywood Dream Factory, which is actually a good thing. Once the hardware infrastructure is completed, our Hollywood film and television industry can use its most adept soft power to indirectly control it and make Hollywood-style film and television works shine on a global scale. So this is really a good thing."
The owner of the white house was very angry, convinced that Yu Zhen was an ungrateful wolf who had barely grown wings and was already becoming disloyal, like a golden hen wanting to fly back to its nest to lay eggs.
To put it bluntly, the previous roundtable seminars have already created a mindset in the minds of the white paper house owners.
They finally managed to lure a famous figure from Eastern culture to North America.
Now that they are alienated and disloyal, they want to turn back.
On the surface, this made the owner of the white-skinned house very unhappy.
At a critical moment, lobbyists on Donald Trump's side played a huge role. Billions of dollars worth of strategic materials, various cutting-edge high-tech products, and even a production line were all described as being used only to build a new Hollywood dream factory base.
Little did they know that many of the devices on that production line could be used to produce 128-micron-scale semiconductor wafers.
Yu Zhen was playing a diversionary tactic.
For the past six months or so, while cooperating with the rest of the interview team as they studied and grew at various prestigious STEM universities in North America, they used various covert means to purchase the necessary supplies and equipment under Fox Media in advance.
Now, supplies are being transported to Hong Kong, and a new film and television city project is being developed on the border of the Special Administrative Region.
The real target is, of course, the golden goose of the Western semiconductor high-tech industry, to help Hong Kong and the Special Administrative Region to usher in a new era of computer and internet high-tech industry.
"Your Excellency, please rest assured! Mr. Tang Jinmao has always been aware of my control over me. As a pure-blooded redneck, Mr. Tang Jinmao has already planned to have me land on his island in the next move —"
"That island? Which island??"
"Uh, it's the live-streaming island that Mr. Tang Jinmao created after reading The Truman Show! Of course, the live-streaming island project is not yet open to the public. So far, those who have been invited to the island are, ahem, the head of the household, you know what I mean—"
"Tang Jinmao, that redneck old white man, knows anything about island projects??" The big house owner had never heard of this before, and his interest was piqued. He immediately felt the urge to go to the island to check on the progress of the project.
How could a lobbyist not understand?
After a few whispered conversations, the matter of inspecting the completion of the project on the island was immediately settled.
The homeowner was still not entirely confident in the lobbyist's ability to act.
With no other option, the lobbyist simply picked up the phone on the round table, made a few quick calls, and called Tang Jinmao on the spot. "Hey, Brother Mao, the head of the house wants to speak with you. Yes, he heard that your island project is about to open, and he'd like to help you inspect it—"
Leaving aside the specifics of how the homeowner and Tang Jinmao communicated.
Meanwhile, Tang Jinmao hung up the phone, shrugged, and spread his hands. "Yu, my God, you heard that too, didn't you! Our White House owner, that sophisticated old White, as soon as people heard my island project was going to open, they all clamored to come to the island to help inspect the project. Why did you resolutely refuse to come to the island?"
Yu Zhenxin said, "I don't want to become a link in your millions of pages of classified documents about the Silver Island case decades from now."
"Brother Chuan, can you please respect my Eastern lifestyle? You Westerners like to perform in groups, but I really don't have that kind of hobby. Besides, with your level of food culture, you actually invited me to the island for barbecue? You're kidding me! You bunch of uncivilized barbarians, don't talk to me about food culture with someone who grew up in a great Eastern culinary nation!"
Tang Jinmao was very disappointed. "Yu, my God, if you don't come to the island with me, won't all my efforts in creating this Truman Show be wasted? My island is truly exactly as described in your novel's world. Uh, you haven't misunderstood something, have you?"
"What misunderstanding? What could I possibly misunderstand!" Yu Zhen blinked, also harboring doubts. After all, in another timeline, the island wasn't created by Tang Jinmao. However, he didn't want to get too involved, and judging from Tang Jinmao's reaction, he seemed to have realized what was going on.
Tang Jinmao's eyes widened. "Yu, oh my God, could it be—could it be that you've also heard some secrets—"
These are some secrets about how to stay young forever —
"Oh?? This actually exists??"
Tang Jinmao suddenly became mysterious, not directly answering Yu Zhen's question. Instead, he quickly ran to open the door and peeked out to make sure no one was eavesdropping. He then closed the door tightly before hurrying back and whispering, "Yu, you know, in North America, the most profitable industry has always been biopharmaceuticals, and the most sought-after research projects at the top engineering schools in the US have always been in the field of bioengineering—"
"Furthermore, do you know why your science fiction works are so popular in the Western market? You might be mistaken. It's not because your stories are particularly sensational, but rather because of the scientific research and engineering ideas they present—"