Rebirth Of The Godly Prodigal

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Chapter 241: Uncle ChiefTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ten minutes. En. This is not a long period of time.

Hong Dali nodded and smiled. "Okay. I'll wait for your call, then." Hong Dali put down his phone number and Mu Huishou went off.

Unlike the tension in this small room, when Mu Huishou left, he immediately smiled. White Wolf, who was waiting, asked curiously, "Boss, what made you so happy?"

Mu Huishou laughed in response. "Hahaha! He's indeed the Mascot of Tianjing City. The problem that we worried about for 2 years, Young Master Dali has settled it so easily. Hahaha! Good news. This is definitely good news!"

White Wolf was shocked. "Do you mean, Miss Lin Chuyin? Is that true?"

"How can it be fake?" Mu Huishou led White Wolf to a place without many people and continued talking. "You know Miss Lin Chuyin is the best technological geek in Heavenly State. Actually, she has another nickname that not many people knows."

White Wolf curiously asked, "Technological geek, this I know. What other nickname is there?"

Mu Huishou said in a deep voice, "Military! Geek!"

White Wolf was completely dumbfounded. "Military Geek! Miss Lin Chuyin likes to meddle with arms?!"

Mu Huishou replied, "Something like that. The thing that she was meddling with previously was strong on attack. Why else do you think the country wants us to protect Lin Chuyin? Protecting her was one, the more important reason was to prevent her from hurting the innocent people!

"Lin Chuyin has no emotional genes, or they very weak. She likes to study military technology. The problem is that it's difficult to control her, and we can only try to steer her towards our intended direction. Previously, our idea was to wait for her to be older and try to influence her to join the National Academy of Military Sciences. But if she's not willing, there's nothing we can do.

"But things are different now! She and Hong Dali are working together to rebuild this school according to the model of the military fortress! Do you know the military fortress? She even plans to build a super electromagnetic gun on the wall! Super electromagnetic gun!"

Puuu——!!! White Wolf choked upon hearing Mu Huishou and almost choked to death on his own saliva. He replied in horror, "Surely that's not true? That's a school, right? Building a super electromagnetic gun on the wall of a school?!"

Mu Huishou revealed helplessness. "It's totally for fun. The combination of Hong Dali and Lin Chuyin will have a lot of tricks up their sleeves. It's a little too early to be worried now. En, no more chatting. I need to report to the top."

After he got off the phone, Mu Huishou turned around to take a glance at White Wolf. "The Bureau Chief said he'll be here soon."

White Wolf sweated profusely. "I'm going to go... It seems that this time is the real deal..."

The reason he said this was because if it could make the Bureau Chief come, that means that this place might look like a school on the outside but, in fact... it could be some special place. In any case, it was impossible for the average person to know what it was.

After a while, the sound of a helicopter sounded, and after landing, a middle-aged man in his early fifties slowly descended. This man looked very ordinary, dressed in gray casual clothes. But his eyes were very sharp. Mu Huishou quickly greeted him. "Bureau Chief."

The Bureau Chief nodded and asked, "En. Where is Hong Dali?"

Mu Huishou pointed to a small house not too far away. "He's in the small house ahead. The Black Tortoise is there too."

The Bureau Chief smiled. "Hehe. This rascal. He's indeed the Mascot of Tianjing City. He can really come up with anything. En. You said he was going to turn the school into a campus city? And Lin Chuyin is involved?"

Mu Huishou nodded and said, "Yes. It seems they're very enthusiastic about it."

The Bureau Chief waved his hand and said, "Bring me there. Let's go see what these two are up to."

White Wolf stayed to guard the place while Bureau Chief and Mu Huishou walked toward the small house. When they entered the house, Mu Huishou said, "Young Master Dali, this is our Bureau Chief. There's no need to tell you his name. You can just call him Bureau Chief."

A person that could make Mu Huishou call him Bureau Chief was no easy character. Hong Dali quickly approached them and sweet-talked. "Hello, Uncle Chief. Please take a seat. Hehe. Aiya, Uncle Chief, seeing how energetic you look, you must be quite the someone. This place is a little shabby, but it's truly honored by your presence. There's no better way to describe it."

Everyone around gasped as they listened to him. They had seen thick-skinned people, but they had never seen someone whose skin was as thick as the walls. It was no wonder why he wanted to build such a huge wall...

The Bureau Chief laughed as he said, "Haha, that's sweet of you. Okay, nonsense aside, could the unrelated people leave for a moment? I need to speak to Dali and Chuyin. Sorry about that."

Nobody dared to stay put after hearing that. They promptly left the house and waited outside.

When there was only Hong Dali in the room, the Bureau Chief said with a smile, "Dali ah, the Hong family is also an influential family in Heavenly State. I won't say anything more, but you know it. I came as I heard that you intend to expand and strengthen the school with Miss Chuyin. En, Do you have any specific plans?"

What he meant was, your ancestor Hong Jun was a founding father. I'm only here because of this relationship. If it were anyone else, there would be no such special treatment for them. So tell me whatever you are thinking of doing. As to whether it's allowed, that can be discussed later.

Hong Dali understood what he meant. He smiled and said, "Uncle Chief, I just want to build a bigger school, something fun. You know that that's what I'm capable of. I don't know anything other than spending money..."

The Bureau Chief chuckled. "It's good to spend money. The successful are not narrow-minded. They are all people who were willing to spend big money. I have never heard of anyone who has made great achievements by being narrow-minded. Haha. You know how to squander, and that's what I see in you. Tell me, how do you intend to spend money this time?"

F**k, getting praised for spending money?

Hong Dali instantly felt that the Uncle Chief was super pleasing to his eye. Anyhow, it was best to quickly tell him what they intended to do. "Well, Uncle Chief, we'll build thick walls to surround the school. So thick that two cars can run on them side by side. Chuyin's idea was to build ten or twenty super electromagnetic guns..."

The Bureau Chief looked at Lin Chuyin's laptop screen. "Well, you are intending to build the walls like those steel walls that appear in science fiction movies?"

Hong Dali's eyes lit up. "Yes, yes! How is that?"

The Bureau Chief thought about it and nodded. "It's okay, but I personally think it shouldn't be too big. Think about it, how big is your school? Once you build the walls, it would be hard to change the structure of the walls if you intend to expand in the future. Other things aside, if you look at the ancient cities, the land within the city walls is too small. When it's developed, it becomes very inconvenient within and outside the walls. Right?"

"That's true..." What the Bureau Chief said made sense. If the walls surrounded too small an area, development would be limited. If it was too big, it wouldn't be easy to plan. Hong Dali ruffled his hair and asked, "In that case, what you mean to say is..."

"Try not to enclose the wall completely." The Bureau Chief pointed on a few points on the screen. "Set some joints here and build turning points. As much as possible, try not to use the other city walls. Well, you can consider switching to various sci-fi styled shops. That would be much better. Think about it, you're building a school, there should be a few basic shops around it, right? If it were just a school, how could it be called a city?"

Hong Dali was not stupid. In fact, he was pretty quick-witted. "Uncle Chief, do you mean to use the shops as the city walls? In that case, it would be easy to develop in the future. We can just use the turning points to develop in all directions. Right? If we expand further, all we have to do is to build more turning points?"

The Bureau Chief smiled and said, "Haha, it's easy to talk to smart people. In this way, the high-altitude traffic route that you mentioned will be formed and will expand outward little by little. It will be easy to build a larger area in the future."

Hong Dali beamed with delight. "En, this is good, this is good!" The Bureau Chief made a good suggestion. A circle of shops as the city walls and it would be sci-fi styled. It was also convenient to expand in the future. It was a school on the inside and a city on the outside. Wahahaha.

"Hehe. How do you intend to build the school, then? The Bureau Chief asked with a smile. "First, let me know what you intend to do, then, we will discuss it in depth. I have come here with a top-secret message. After you tell me your intentions, I will tell you the real reason why I came today."

This person actually came with a top-secret message! What the heck? That's some shocking news!

Hong Dali stole a glimpse at the Bureau Chief's eyes. He can't be trying to control us like a gun, right? I have to be more careful!

"Well, I originally planned to build this school for my sister, Lin Zixuan. You must know her." Looking all innocent, Hong Dali continued, "My sister likes to play games. Hence, I decided to build a school she can attend without much stress. Anyway, it doesn't make a big difference whether she learn those stuff in school or not. Basic knowledge is sufficient. Initially, I only wanted to build a school that combined elementary, middle, and high school. At the same time, we can provide schooling for those poor kids in the rural areas."

The Bureau Chief smilingly asked, "Is that true? You little prodigal. Our Mascot of Tianjing City actually wants to do good for the society?"

Hong Dali innocently said, "Might as well. I can't build an entire school for one student, right?"

The Bureau Chief laughed out loud. "Haha. That's good. Well, have you thought of combining it with a university as well? I remember your initial plan was to create a vocational school, right? New Lanxiang Vocational School?"

Hong Dali sniffled. "En, something along that line. Kids from rural areas, it's no problem to provide them with free accommodation, food, and education. But I can't take care of them their whole life, right? So it's best for them to learn a skill or two. So that it'll be easier for them to find a job in future—and if they excel, I can even take them under me. The school is not for earning money, anyway."

The Bureau Chief grinned. "Hehe, you're quite kind-hearted. That's what I like best about you. En, elementary school, middle school, high school, and university combined. It's very suited for the news that I brought you today!"

Chapter 242: The Top 8 Courses of New LanxiangTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

This senior officer was actually someone who brought a top-secret message here?

"In that case." Hong Dali carefully asked, "Uncle Chief, what exactly is your piece of a top-secret message?"

"En, it won't hurt to tell you too. Looking at it now, it's best to use you as the lead." As the Bureau Chief spoke, he turned around and shouted loudly, "Huishou, come in!"

Mu Huishou instantly appeared at the entrance of the room. "Bureau Chief."

"Security is tight over here, nobody can appear within 20 meters around the area. Go." The Bureau Chief waved his hand.

"Yes, I got it!" Mu Huishou instantly went out.

Oh god, what is going on? Should I ask about this top-secret message?

But knowing too much is not a good thing too. The more secrets unknown, the better! By then, should I fail to complete the mission, will I be executed with a bang? I only want to be a prodigal who happily spends money and squanders, I don't want to be involved in all these messed up stuff!

Hong Dali's tears rained down his face.

But at this point of time, could he object? Obviously not...

"Bureau Chief, everything's secured." Very quickly, Mu Huishou came back. "I've inspected the surrounding area within 30 meters. There's no communication equipment, the satellite signal has been cut off, and it's guaranteed that there won't be any problems occurring!"

"Alright, you may leave." The Bureau Chief waved his hand again and Mu Huishou instantly left.

"En, now it's safe in here. What I'm going to say may surprise you, but," The Bureau Chief smiled and said, "I hope that you will indeed keep it a tight secret. After all, it's a serious issue. I trust that you understand what I mean as well."

Alright, I have a family, and no matter how strong my family is, it can't fight against the country, right? I'll just not say it, and I'll see what is this top-secret message of yours!

"Actually, this top-secret message of mine has a very big relation to your school." The Bureau Chief slowly said, "This concerns a development plan in preserving the nation's talents, and since the start, we haven't managed to find a suitable candidate. This is because this candidate must be very good at disguising himself so that outsiders will definitely not suspect him. Moreover, this person must not have his own ambition, his own personal interest, as well as not be so scheming. And he cannot have any cheap tricks in the dark."

*En, so I'm the person you found, right? I'm just a prodigal without any ambition, personal interest or schemes, right? *

You might as well just say I'm an imbecile...

As expected, the Bureau Chief continued, "We've previously failed to find such a good candidate, and now that you happened to appear before our eyes, I have come personally as a result."

"Hehe, if not, do you think we'd really care so much about a school no matter how grandly it's constructed?"

"OK, OK," Hong Dali was really a little despondent. "I'm just a small prodigal, um, I'm an adult, 18 years old now, so I'm a big prodigal now. But what exactly is this top-secret message, you haven't said it yet."

"Don't be anxious, I'm going to say it now." The Bureau Chief slowly said, "This top-secret message of mine, is New Lanxiang Vocational School."

What the heck, you're saying the school I want to build is your top-secret message? What's your problem?!

Fortunately, soon after, the Bureau Chief continued, "Of course, this New Lanxiang Vocational School was casually named from your school. Our top-secret message, too, is a school, but it's different from yours. This school of ours has 8 courses, which are respectively digital control, culinary arts, mechanical car repair, excavating machinery, beauty and hairdressing, electrowelding, wireless electricity, and computer science."

Speaking up to this point, Hong Dali couldn't help but give a thumbs up. "They're all good courses. Don't tell me that the chefs are also the top-tier talents that the country wants to groom, this... I don't seem to be an imbecile to this extent..."

"Haha, little rascal, why are you so anxious," The Bureau Chief laughed and said, "If it were so simple, do you think I'd be here talking myself hoarse with you?"

"That's true." Hong Dali nodded.

The Bureau Chief finally said his true motive for coming this time. "Digital control is actually a type of humanoid machinery control course. Culinary arts is actually the manufacturing of chemical weapons and defense. Mechanical car repair is actually manufacturing of heavy-duty warplanes. Excavating machine is actually a complex type of advanced mechanical operation of heavy-duty warplanes. Beauty and hairdressing is actually disguising and anti-disguising. Electrowelding is actually the design of laser weapons and high-energy particle weapons. Wireless electricity is actually a detector and alert system of the magnetic electroacoustical optical wave. Computer science is actually related to hacking."

Hong Dali: "..."

The Bureau Chief continued, "Currently, our Heavenly State has all along been extremely closely spied on by Merika, Jaban State, Europa, and other countries. Any slight movement of ours will definitely not be able to escape from their eyes. Currently, the trend of emigration is very serious, and many top-tier talents are unwilling to come back after they'd gone overseas. Thus, for the sake of our future talent pool, we must search for people who are truly loyal to groom them.

"As for your New Lanxiang Vocational School, it will recruit children from the mountain areas who cannot afford education. They haven't come into contact with the dazzling human world yet, so they won't be too cunning, and furthermore, you sponsor food and lodging and waive their school fees, so it's very easy to develop their loyalty.

"Moreover, you're a prodigal, and you've started up this school completely for the sake of spending money and squandering, so it's difficult to attract the attention of others—even if it does attract attention, it will divert the attention of citizens from other countries to the design and construction of this school city. So, I suppose I don't need to say anything more, right?"

This... sounds so sci-fi...

Hong Dali's forehead brimmed with sweat. "What you mean is that, on the surface, this will be my school, but in actuality, it'll be an underground technological kingdom?"

"What underground technology?" Upon hearing what Hong Dali said, the Bureau Chief immediately laughed and said, "You've read too many novels, haven't you? In fact, these technologies are all available on a global scale, but the key to the problem is in the research outcomes."

As he said, he pointed at Lin Chuyin. "Let me give you an example. You've lent Miss Chuyin a set of Virtual Reality Projection technology, right? It was bought during the auction for two million yuan."

En, this was true, and quite a number of people knew about it. Hong Dali nodded. "Yes, what about it?"

"This set of Virtual Reality Projection technology, let's put it this way." The Bureau Chief smiled and said, "Back then, we were caught by surprise too, and we only knew the existence of such a set of technology after the auction had ended. This set of Virtual Reality Projection technology, did you think that it was very fun, and only very fun?"

"Yes, isn't this very fun?" Hong Dali was confused. "What about it, is it very awesome?"

"Hehe, let me put it this way." The Bureau Chief stretched out his arm and moved his fingers. "What do you think I'm doing?"

"You're exercising your fingers!" Hong Dali answered. "Uncle Chief, your hand isn't very nimble?"

"You brat, I'm very healthy," The Bureau Chief was angered to the point of amusement, as he chided. "Can't you give some play to your imagination? Think about it, what if I'm wearing that set of Virtual Reality Projection technology clothing on my hand?"

"Then you can do whatever you want with the computer." Hong Dali strangely asked, "What else is there, then?"

"Think again." The Bureau Chief continued to guide him. "If I use this movement to control a mechanical arm through the computer?"

"This..." The more Hong Dali thought of it, the more his eyes lit up. "Uncle Chief, our Heavenly State is going to manufacture a Gundam?!"

"Gundam? What's that?" The Bureau Chief was very puzzled with this new term.

Uh, I've forgotten that this world is different from Earth, so it shouldn't have this term yet. Hong Dali, as expected, changed the term. "It's like a machinated weapon that's human-like, and it's the type that's very agile!"

"Hehe, you're talking about the large-scale robot used for battling?" The Bureau Chief smiled and said, "In actuality, during a war, that kind of large-scale robot is still not suitable to be put in use. To put it this way, that type of robot is too big in size, and it's too easily targeted. Moreover, currently, it's obvious that it can't be as agile as humans. Thus, theoretically, to put this type of robot into use is still very difficult."

This, is it that serious?

Hong Dali's face was covered with tears. Driving a Gundam to fight within the sea of stars is every man's dream, no? Afterward, what that Uncle Chief said entirely overturned this issue, sob sob sob!

"Hehe, about this, Miss Lin Chuyin will definitely be very clear about this." The Bureau Chief pointed at Lin Chuyin. "It's best to ask her to answer on your behalf."

"This..." Hong Dali asked Lin Chuyin. "Using robots for combats, is it really not possible?"

"Uh." Lin Chuyin continued to stare at the computer screen as she answered, "There are five main flaws in using robots for large-scale combats. If these flaws are not resolved, then the robots will only become live targets on the battlefield."

"It's so serious!" Hong Dali was shocked.

"Yes." Towards these kinds of things, as the strongest technological geek cum military geek, Lin Chuyin naturally could explain them one by one. "The first is concealment. The large-scale robots will definitely have too many bits and pieces of components on it, and any human-like robot with a complicated appearance will be as eye-catching as the sun in terms of its radar band signal and visible light. Its super-complicated outer appearance, without going through any kind of design, will cause the identifiability probability of the target to increase by ten-fold to tens of folds."

What she meant was that, if you really make a large-scale robot, it will definitely be the concentrated target of the other party once on the battlefield. On the radar, it will definitely be a big fireball, and there would be no problem even if you closed your eyes and shoot the missiles upwards.

"Secondly, it's maneuverability. The maneuverability of the large-scale robot is the biggest problem. In the face of the missiles from the fighter jets of the other party, it's impossible for the large scale robot to make any agile dodges. Moreover, its speed of movement will definitely not be able to reach that of a plane. Thus, it can only become a live target. If we want to achieve the truly fast dodging speed, it would easily cause the machinery body to go out of shape due to an insufficient level of resistance in its joints."

This point was very simple.

For instance, you'd feel that an iron robot as tall as a person would be very solid because the strength of the iron was sufficient to support such a huge size.

However, when the robot increased in height by 10 to 20 meters, the joints would be relatively weaker. Thus, it was very possible that once it jumped, it couldn't be said for sure where its arms and legs would fly to...

Chapter 243: Huge Reward!Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"Thirdly, it's maintainability. The large scale robot's body contains various spare parts that operate like the human body—two hands, two legs, five fingers on each hand, a head, a neck, and so many joints need to all be inspected by the technicians every time there's an attack. As long as one joint has a problem, the entire robot will run into a problem too, and this maintenance fee is too high."

Alright, set up a Gundam, and after it was barely used for a few times, it would have to go on strike from work—as long as any of the spare parts run into any issues, the entire month's salary of the technicians was gone... So, you know...

"Fourthly, it's trafficability. In the face of a swamp, ordinary tanks can normally slowly crawl across it. Once the large-scale robot steps a foot into it, it'll directly drop inside. According to its weight and the unit pressure on the area under its feet, unless the entire world has ground made up of reinforced titanium alloy material, it will be impossible."

OK, this was truly serious.

A large-scale robot that was 200 meters tall, it would weigh at least a few hundred tons. Just the area underneath its foot would most likely cause a pit on the airplane runway with every step it took. This truly was rather inconvenient...

"Lastly, it's energy. To support such a large machine body, the energy usage would definitely be huge. Even if it's nuclear reactor technology, it may not necessarily be enough for the energy and power required by the machine body. Of course, this point is currently not included in consideration for now."

Upon hearing this, Hong Dali finally understood. With regards to the current technology on earth as well as the materials, it wa indeed impossible to produce a Gundam.

Thus, Hong Dali also expressed his keen curiosity. "Uncle Chief, then, this large-scale robot does not have much use. The reason you brought it up is that..."

This is very important, why would you bring up things that are of not much use? Are you kidding with me?

"Hehe, actually, it's very simple," The Bureau Chief said matter-of-factly. "It's not of good use for combatting purposes, but it doesn't mean that it cannot be used for civil use. Think about it, for instance, it can be used for salvaging purposes from the deep seas, moving of heavy rubble during earthquakes, and so on..."

"Oh, understood, understood!" Speaking up to this point, Hong Dali finally understood.

The purpose of this Uncle Chief coming here today was to start up all these technologies. Didn't he say, though it couldn't be used for military purposes, it didn't mean that it couldn't be used for civil purposes? The problem was that this type of scientific experimental results must be guaranteed not to be made known to the public. After all, the whole world now was connected with all sorts of information. So, suppose there was an experiment carried out in a scientific research institute, it couldn't be guaranteed that the information wouldn't be leaked. Just like the case of the manufacturing of the medicine by the Tang Medical Enterprises being leaked, if the results of the scientific experiment happened to be stolen, the loss wouldn't be as simple as 100 or 200 million.

Meanwhile, this school of his had a very big edge over the rest.

Firstly, it was its geographical location—the outer area of Tianjing Mountain. At a place where there previously did not have any buildings, once the school had been enclosed and the mountain was opened up, the research institute could directly move underground, and those who entered would all be absolutely dependable researchers. With the addition of this strongest technological geek, Lin Chuyin, there wouldn't be a problem with the security measures.

Next, it was his prodigal identity that wouldn't attract the attention of others.

Usually, I'm just spending money and squandering, and this school was built purely just to waste money, and it's just an empty shell on the ground—Who would think that a superprodigal would gain such an awesome treatment as the support of the country?

Moreover, wasn't it already said that the more sci-fi it was constructed like, the better it was, to attract the attention of everyone solely on its exterior. In that case, once others mentioned about this, their first impression would be a sci-fi style school.

Perhaps there would be people coming to take a look around and take pictures. Lin Chuyin's laboratory would probably be an empty shell as well. The real awesome place would definitely be underground. Hong Dali was relatively certain that this Uncle Chief would definitely empty the area underground in the future to construct a top-tier Heavenly State laboratory!

Next, it was his identity.

Hong Family—this was definitely a family that would never betray the country, and it couldn't even move its assets overseas.

Look, how safe was that, even if all the people of the entire Heavenly State were to betray the country, the Hong Family would never do so. At least, after so many years Hong Dali had lived, he'd never heard of the descendants of the emperor assisting outsiders in attacking their own country.

Lastly, it was his character.

About this, Hong Dali had always been very satisfied.

He was a small prodigal who didn't care about suffering some losses, and he wasn't as calculating as well. Had he been really given the role of a big leader, he'd probably not be able to perform well. This corresponded entirely with the requirements by the authorities—no ambition, daring to spend money, unafraid of others' mockery. In the end, such a big piece of cake had fallen onto his head just like that.

In fact, Hong Dali felt a little dizzy now.

If he accepted this job, what would it mean? It would mean that he could rely on this big tree of from now on!

In the future, as long as he didn't seek his own death, there would definitely not be any problem! Speaking of which, he'd set up this school back then really just to spend money as well as to do some charity. How did it end up like this?

"This... Uncle Chief?" Hong Dali looked at the Bureau Chief till his saliva almost dripped down. "After you'd said so much, I understand this matter and the situation. In that case, what do you think... When do we get things going?"

He had to hurry up with his mission, there were less than ten days left. For the sake of his "little brother," he had to spend money as soon as possible!

"En, there's no rush." The first thing said by the Bureau Chief caused Hong Dali to almost burst out crying. "About half a month later we'll start. I'll go back first to get the professional architects to design this entire place."

Half a month, by then, his "little brother" would shrink by so much...

"Ah, that needn't be done," Hong Dali hurriedly said, "I was thinking, why don't we build something first? You know as well that my entire body feels uncomfortable if I don't spend at least a million or so!"

Pu Chi! The Bureau Chief was angered to the point of amusement. "You small prodigal is really... Forget it, just let things be for now." As he spoke, he pointed at the computer screen. "Build a few great walls as important turning points, I'll see what happens next. En, what about this, you spend some money to transport the sand and rocks over, then I'll ask my side to design the map as soon as possible. Is that alright?"

"Yes!" Hong Dali fiercely nodded. "Anyway, it'll work as long as there's money for me to spend!"

Ten days, and he was still short of more than 8 million of Squandering Value. This Mission was a little difficult, he'd better hurry up. "Then, I'll ask Xiaoyi to start making arrangements, heh heh."

When the Bureau Chief left, he could be said to leave while floating, as he grumbled while he walked. "This small prodigal, he's really..."

Pfft, squandering is serious business. No matter how impressive your base is, can it make my "little brother" bigger? It can't, right?

After the Bureau Chief had left by helicopter, Tang Muxin and the others hurriedly ran inside. Once the little lass saw Hong Dali, she asked, "Dali, that Bureau Chief, what did he want?" As she spoke, she was afraid that Hong Dali would be put in a difficult position. "You can just say what can be said, don't ever say what cannot be said!"

She was indeed taking care of Hong Dali. If they really got to the bottom of the issue, it would easily cause trouble.

Hong Dali smiled and said, "Actually, it's nothing much. He just said that since we wanted to make a sci-fi town, we'd have to make it more beautiful. He'll help in the design of our school, and by then, it will be definitely made into an extremely sci-fi one!"

"It's that good!" Tang Muxin was shocked. "Then, he didn't offer to contribute any money?"

"This..." Hong Dali thought for a while, then fiercely smacked his thigh. "That old thing didn't even mention about money!"

Everyone broke down.

Ling Xiaoyi asked, "Then, Young Master, you're planning to..."

What else could he plan to do? Didn't Lin Chuyin already point out the few big problems about Gundam? The Bureau Chief didn't want to research on it, but it didn't mean that he himself didn't want to as well. Humph, humph, I'm someone with the System! Didn't it contain a technology side branch? By then, I'll see whether there's any relevant technological map. With a map and the addition of this absolutely impressive technological geek, humph humph...

There will be a day when I'll drive a Gundam and travel wherever I like to, and I'll attack whoever I want to...

However, he needed to do things a step at a time. Thus, Hong Dali decisively made arrangements with Ling Xiaoyi. "Sister Xiaoyi, help me arrange for some sand and bricks to be transported here. The Bureau Chief has asked me to prepare the materials first, and then he'll do the map out for me!"

Things had come to an end here. Anyway, the sci-fi town wouldn't be constructed in a day. Thus, Hong Dali snapped his fingers. "Let's go home first. Oh right, my E-Sports competition will be starting soon, right?"

"Yes, it has more or less been advertised already." Ling Xiaoyi smiled as she reported. "It will start the day after tomorrow. Young Master, is there anything more that needs to be done?"

"Yes, of course, there is!" Hong Dali roared with laughter as he took the lead and walked out. "It has to be one big scene! Throw in money, throw in as much as you can! The bigger the scene, the better!"

*Aiya, now that I have a large tree to keep me cool, this change in my status brings about a completely different feeling! *

Chapter 244: It's a Real Eye-Opener TodayTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After he'd went outside, his mood was completely different.

Hong Dali pointed at the open fields at his two sides and looked like he was a department executive who had come out to carry out some planning. "Humph, humph! In the future, when this place is constructed, we can impose a passerby restriction when the Merikan actors arrive!"

Tang Muxin asked, "What passerby restriction?"

Hong Dali: "Those with single eyelids can get around on odd days! Those with double eyelids can get around on even days! Those with one single and one double eyelid get around during nighttime! Those who wear sunglasses out will be dealt with the offense of intentionally covering up their license plates! For those that go out with double eyelids after double eyelid surgery, they will be dealt with the offense of having counterfeit plates!"

Everyone collapsed in laughter.

"Young Master," Li Nianwei covered her mouth as she smiled. "do you have any detailed plans on how to develop your film career?"

Hong Dali said very decisively, "No!"

Everyone collapsed in laughter.

After returning to Chenhui Building, Tang Muxin brought the newly adopted kitten to do a check up on its legs, while Hong Dali and the rest went back to the ninth floor of Caiwei Entertainment's headquarters. After they'd finished their rounds, Hong Dali was obviously a little tired. The information load today was truly a bit too much.

Lin Chuyin didn't have any place to go. Thus, she followed them.

Currently, towards the combination of Lin Chuyin and Hong Dali, to speak the truth, everyone present felt a little frightened.

Hong Dali's luck was indeed too unbelievably good, and Lin Chuyin had technology as well. This meant that when unbelievable luck was paired with incomparably powerful technology... Everyone present felt that, perhaps, in less than a few years' time, they could possibly set up an aviation carrier, and this carrier did not refer to that in the water, but that flying in the sky...

Of course, with regards to this, our adorable prodigal Hong Dali was not self-conscious at all.

"Xiaoyi," Hong Dali still had the same old rules, as he lay on Li Nianwei's lap. "the most recent thing we have now is the E-Sports competition, right? How are preparations going on over there, I haven't been able to ask about it recently."

"Young Master," Ling Xiaoyi answered. "currently, there is already quite a number of professional gamers that have reached Tianjing, and they're now staying near the stadium. Six big screens have already been transported to the central part of the stadium. By then, all the audiences present will be able to watch the competition. Also, because of Miss Zixuan, many gamers with extremely high abilities are preparing to join our gaming club. Young Master, what do you think..."

"En, take them, take them all in." Hong Dali naturally did not mince his words. "In future, these people will make their appearance in our Dream Dota League as professional gamers. We have to have some people with high standards fighting to make it spectacular. Even someone who plays games just for entertainment purposes like me would be anxious as well."

Lin Zixuan, who sat by the side, loved gaming the most. Upon hearing Hong Dali's approval, she immediately smiled and said, "Big Bro Dali, you're so nice! That, that so-called Dream Dota League, when will it be set up?"

"There's nothing to rush about that, I haven't decided for now." Hong Dali thought for a while. This thing must have a professional team. Otherwise, the game made wouldn't be appealing. "Young Master's productions must be top-quality" cannot be just a slogan. Hong Dali's expectations of quality were very high!

Just then, Ling Xiaoyi thought for a while and said, "Oh right, Young Master. Currently, quite a number of gaming companies have heard of the E-Sports competition this time. They contacted me, asking me to ask you whether they could put their games into the E-Sports competition this time too."

"Other gaming companies?" Hong Dali touched his chin, and after he thought for a while, he instantly decided. "Approved! If not, it would be rather pointless to just organize an E-Sports competition without a large-enough scale. After all, it's competing, and people will get tired of it once they've seen too much of it. Since other companies want to join in as well, then we might as well organize a gaming fest!"

"Gaming fest?!" Upon hearing this term, Lin Zixuan's eyes lit-up. "Big Bro Dali, what's that?"

"This gaming fest." Hong Dali smiled and said, "To put it simply... En, it's quite a number of gaming vendors who display their games in front of the players' eyes through a different way. Oh right, aren't we going to have cosplay during this E-Sports competition? Get those suppliers to do this as well, and by then, once the players enter, heh heh, it'll definitely blind all their eyes!"

How could the fest be forgotten?

That was good stuff. Once the players entered, not to mention games, just a big bunch of pretty girls would make those geeks who love gaming drool at once! Not to mention others, the popularity would definitely skyrocket!

"Hehe, what's everyone talking about, the atmosphere seems rather good." Just when Hong Dali had spoken up to this point, a deep baritone voice sounded. The person who arrived wore a sapphire-blue casual suit, with straight eyebrows and sharp eyes, handsome to the max. He was precisely the incomparably handsome, cool and irresistible Liu Mingxin, Handsome Liu.

"Haha, Old Liu, you've come?" Hong Dali saw Liu Mingxin and instantly smiled. "What did you come for today?"

"Hehe, it's about the E-Sports competition." Liu Mingxin casually sat on a seat not too near yet not too far from everyone. He nodded towards everyone as a form of acknowledgment, then said, "My side has made all the preparations already, and I was wondering how Young Master's side is doing with the preparations, so I came here to have a look and get a cup of tea to drink in the meanwhile."

Looking at Liu Mingxin's confident and relaxed look now made those around Hong Dali feel like laughing.

Speaking of which, Liu Mingxin was indeed unlucky. He was already on the verge of being disadvantaged by Hong Dali, yet he was still unaware of it. Perhaps, he was still thinking of thanking Hong Dali, and totally did not realize that those precious professional gamers had all already betrayed him and went over to Hong Dali's side...

And the interesting part was that Hong Dali, in fact, didn't think so much about it. He only did it for fun...

"Ah, we must have tea for sure!" Hong Dali directly ordered his lackey. "Prepare tea for Old Liu."

The lackey instantly ran out while holding in his laughter.

Liu Mingxin was puzzled. "His expression was very strange, is there anything wrong on me?"

Lin Zixuan decisively turned her head around and almost laughed till her stomach burst. It's not that there's something wrong, it's too wrong, what you're doing is equivalent to using your own team base to smoothen out the road ahead for Big Bro Dali's gaming career, Handsome guy!

Of course, though that was what she was thinking of, she couldn't say it out. Ling Xiaoyi smiled and said, "Young Master Liu, at the present moment, preparations are going on pretty well. Many vendors are planning to incorporate their own games into the E-Sports competition this time. Young Master says that we might as well change the name of this E-Sports competition to a gaming fest, and that would be more lively as well."

"Oh?" Liu Mingxin thought for a while. "En, that can be done too. Though we'll have more competitors, that would still be more interesting. I'm fine with it." Speaking up to this point, he glanced at Lin Chuyin who was sitting at one side using her laptop to design the map. He shook his head, smiled and said, "Speaking of which, the previous time Young Master Dali had brought Miss Lin Chuyin into my game to play, it really shocked me quite a bit. I happen to be setting up other things as well recently, would Young Master Dali be interested?"

"Other things?" What Hong Dali liked the most now was others running over to him and asking whether he would be interested in something once they had some good stuff set up—that made it easy for him to gain something new and fun. Thus, with eyes sparkling, he asked, "Is it fun? Quickly tell me!"

Afterward, everyone around looked at Liu Mingxin with sympathizing gazes.

This always confident Young Master Liu was like someone who counted money for Hong Dali despite being sold by him...

Of course, to think of it from another angle, at least Liu Mingxin didn't suffer any losses.

"En, it's the new Chess Cards game that I've started operating. I'm not sure whether Young Master Dali would be interested." Just then, Liu Mingxin made use of his absolutely handsome image to the fullest, as his poise and elegant smile, as well as his gentle tone of speaking, was like a devil luring its prey. "I know that Young Master Dali loves gaming, so I specially opened an account with unlimited game money for Young Master Dali."

Everyone around slapped their foreheads.

This fellow was definitely wanting to be sold on his own accord, wasn't he! The scene today looked comical no matter how they looked at it.

The problem was that Hong Dali did not think of anything related to that and decisively agreed. "This is good, this is good! That, Old Liu, can I play mahjong by the hundreds of millions or billions?

Liu Mingxin: "..."

Li Nianwei: "..."

Ling Xiaoyi: "..."

The others: "..."

Lin Chuyin chipped in. "Uh, is it very fun? I'll try it later, perhaps it would be very interesting."

Liu Mingxin's tears rained down his face.

If Lin Chuyin were to enter the game, who knew what kind of havoc would ensue...

Eventually, upon thinking up to this point, Liu Mingxin's phone suddenly rang. Not long after he answered the call, the expression on his face was rather spectacular. "Really? En, en, ok, I'll go back and take a look right away, en, wait for me."

"Young Master Dali," After hanging up the call, Liu Mingxin directly stood up. "this is the username and password for the unlimited game money, there's also the website address. If Young Master Dali would like to, you can directly log in. I have some matters over at my company, so I'll take my leave first."

"Ah, you're going so soon?" Hong Dali was a little surprised. "It's that urgent?"

"En, it's fine, hehe." After answering vaguely, Liu Mingxin fled right away...

"What's going on?" Hong Dali was confused.

Everyone around thought, "This Young Master Liu looks very happy, this is the first time I've seen someone so overjoyed when he's taking the initiative to go up and beg to be sold. It was a real eye-opener today."

Meanwhile, Liu Mingxin thought, "As expected, it's very advantageous to work with Young Master Dali. Within such a short time just now, many big-shot players have entered the game, and they all brought their underlings as well. It seems that it's some kind of boss somewhere, and they're in opposing camps. They're currently having a group fight in the game, and over one million have been thrown in at once! This luck of Young Master Dali is really..."

Chapter 245: A Surprise GuestTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Speaking of which, Liu Mingxin really wasn't concerned with earning this million or so yuan. What he was really concerned with was Hong Dali's incredible luck.

He only just slightly acted nicely towards Hong Dali and this immediately happened, if they could cooperate long-term...

"Sigh. Looks like I really can't become his enemy, this is really too scary." After boarding his car, Liu Mingxin's last thought was: "Maybe I should think of a way to cooperate with him? Hm, looks like we have to quickly draw out from those business service areas that our families are overlapping in. If not, we might get into trouble easily if Hong Dali becomes involved."

Just as Liu Mingxin left, Tang Muxin carried Little Meow up. Once she saw Hong Dali, she sullenly said, "Dali, the vet said that Little Meow's legs can't be cured. If they were broken or fractured, they could just reconnect it back, but there's nothing they can do about this type that's naturally deformed." Saying so, she pulled Hong Dali's elbow. "Dali, Little Meow is so pitiful, what should we do?"

Hong Dali lightly picked Little Meow and looked at its two seriously deformed front paws. He felt quite depressed too. He had liked animals from a young age, especially dogs and cats.

Gently caressing Little Meow's body, Hong Dali thought for a while and softly said, "Don't worry, I believe that there will be a solution in the future. Little Meow is so cute. Since I don't lack money anyway, as long as there is any news that it can be cured, we will just try it."

"Miao..." Lying in Hong Dali's hand, Little Meow softly raised its head and looked at Hong Dali's eyes, giving out a small sound.

"Hahaha, look, it seems to have understood my meaning, hahaha!" Seeing Little Meow answering him as if in reply, Hong Dali instantly laughed and kissed it. "Little Meow, be obedient! Your Brother Dali will definitely think of a way to cure you!"

"Miao..." Little Meow called out again.

"Yes, yes." Hong Dali hurriedly instructed Xiaoyi. "Ask our people to rescue these kinds of pitiful animals if they see them. It doesn't matter how many there are, I don't lack the money anyway. It's fine even if they are deformed or something."

"OK, Young Master." Ling Xiaoyi instantly went out to make a call.

Just as he finished saying this, Lin Chuyin actually walked over and lowered her head to look at Little Meow. She murmured, "Dali, why are all of you so good to this kind of small animal?"

"Er... Because..." Lin Chuyin didn't have any emotional genes, or rather, her emotional genes haven't been fully developed yet. It would be very troublesome to try to explain to her. In the end, Hong Dali just softly raised Little Meow high-up. "Chuyin, this small fellow is very fun to play with. It's very comfortable to hold it in your hands, do you want to try?"

"Oh, OK." Lin Chuyin stretched out her hand. "Maybe this can help me find back my emotions? Let me try."

"Remember to not use too much force, this small fellow is very fragile..." Hong Dali was still a bit worried and continued to instruct.

"I know." Lin Chuyin's hand was very white, he could even see the small veins on the back of her hand. Actually, speaking of which, she was somewhat similar to Little Meow—both of them were naturally lacking in something—and it could be said that they shared the same fate. Therefore, when she took over Little Meow and held it in her hand, the most tender spot in her heart seemed to move a bit.

Unfortunately, it quickly returned to normal.

"Oh, a Ragdoll." As expected, almost instinctively, Lin Chuyin said out the Little Meow's current condition. "Ragdoll, they are considered to be rather large in size and weight for a cat. Their head forms a V-shape, eyes are big, bright, blue, and are eclipse-shaped. They are mainly classified into colorpoint, triple-colored or bi-colored. Ragdolls are gentle, quiet, and very friendly towards people.

"This one is only 15 to 20 days old, its two front paws are naturally deformed. With the current medical standards, it's quite hard to cure it."

Everyone held their breath and listened to her.

"However..." Having finished saying these, Lin Chuyin's words suddenly changed and slowly said, "If we use the nerve motion guiding system coupled with mechanical endoskeleton armor, there might be some use."

Nerve motion guiding system coupled with mechanical endoskeleton armor!

Brouhaha! How could he have forgotten about Lin Chuyin, this strongest technological geek!

"Chuyin!" Hong Dali's eyes radiated light. "How is the development for this technology that you just mentioned? Do you think it's reliable!?"

"Currently, it's still a theory." Lin Chuyin softly handed Little Meow back to Hong Dali, her tone as insipid as ever. "This belongs to the field of micro science and technology. In my current conditions, I can't achieve it yet."

"Oh..." Hearing this, Hong Dali felt a little disappointed. However, his mood recovered very quickly. Just from the name alone, the nerve movement guiding system should be connected to the nerves. This thing might be even counted in nanometers. No matter how much of a technological geek Lin Chuyin was, it wasn't possible for her to be able to make such a piece of equipment yet. Therefore, Hong Dali could only ask, "Then, what is the mechanics behind it, can you tell me?"

"The mechanics are very simple." Lin Chuyin pointed at Little Meow's front paws. "It's still able to sense its paws, this shows that the nerves aren't broken yet, just that the bones are deformed and broken. This way, we only need to cut apart the bones and replace the nerves with other materials, then just connect back the nerves. However, internationally, this technology still only exists in theory. They still haven't found any materials that could be used nerves. Therefore, it's very difficult to implement. Also, the easier option is to just cut its front paws away and replace it with mechanical limbs."

Hong Dali finally understood after hearing her say so much.

One option was to redo the bones and then connect the nerves—this way, the paws will function like normal, just that the bones were exchanged with new ones. The other, easier option was to just replace the deformed paws with mechanical ones.

"This..." Hong Dali thought for a while and finally shook his head. "Let's wait a while more and see if this technology can be realized. If we just directly replace it with mechanical ones, it will be very pitiful for Little Meow..."

Everyone around them violently nodded.

After all, Little Meow was so cute, who could bear to cut its front legs away?

Luckily, Hong Dali had a backup now. Don't I have New Lanxiang now. Once it's finished building, I will squander violently on it! Humph, coupled with the technology subsidiary from the System, let's see if I can create this technology!

By that time, my Little Meow will be able to become a normal cat, haha!

As for the cost... What the heck, is the cost important for a prodigal!?

But speaking of which, upon mentioning this endoskeleton armor, Hong Dali immediately thought of the exoskeleton armor. Once he thought of the exoskeleton armor, he thought of Iron Man. And once he thought of Iron Man—Someone unexpectedly came knocking on the door...

"Young Master." The person was Zhang Cai. She came in after knocking, smiled and said, "Young Master, someone is looking for you."

"Someone is looking for me?" Hong Dali pointed at his own nose. "Do I know this person?"

"You don't know him." Zhang Cai answered. "But the person said that you will definitely welcome him."

"Huh?" This is strange. I don't know him, but I will welcome him? Who is this person? Hong Dali felt strange and asked, "Did he said anything else? He must have leaked some sort of information, right? It's not possible that I will just welcome anyone who says this, right?"

"He did." Zhang Cai knew that Hong Dali definitely wouldn't reject directly. She smiled and said, "He said that it's regarding that Virtual Reality Projection..."

"What the heck!" Upon hearing this, Hong Dali directly rushed out.

Since that person said that it was regarding this piece of technology and came looking for me, without question, he must be from the team that developed it!

Didn't they say that they were lacking in money at that time? Now, they definitely must be lacking in money again. Otherwise, they wouldn't come here.

I'm indeed not good at anything, but I have lots of money. We are a perfect match!

Once Hong Dali rushed out, the others followed behind. Very quickly, they reached the parlor. As expected, there was a young man wearing a black t-shirt sitting there drinking tea with his legs crossed. Upon seeing Hong Dali coming in, he hurriedly stood up and walked over to shake hands with Hong Dali. "Hehe, this must be Young Master Dali. I have heard of your name since long ago, hehe..."

Yup, he definitely has heard of what a prodigal I am. Hong Dali wasn't concerned with this and instantly shook hands with him. "Hello, how may I address you?"

"Hello, my name is Le Anxuan." Le Anxuan smiled and replied.

This Le Anxuan was roughly just past his 30s, his hair had a natural curl, he was normal looking, his figure not very plump either, just quite a regular person. However, he wasn't so regular once he spoke. "Young Master Dali, it's like this. I'm the leader and also person-in-charge of the team who developed the Virtual Reality Projection. My team's skills are first-class even internationally. Everyone's passion and enthusiasm are also very high..."

He still wanted to continue to introduce his team, but Hong Dali directly interrupted him and said, "You are out of money, right? That's not an issue. I don't have anything else, I'm so poor that I only have money left... How much does your team need?"

Le Anxuan was obviously choked for a while. However, he did indeed come here today to draw in sponsors. Actually, he wanted to go to other places to ask for sponsorship, but this technology was already sold to Hong Dali, the other companies weren't interested at all. After all, no one was willing to offend the Hong Family. Therefore, he came here today placing his last hopes on Hong Dali. He carefully said, "Hm, about... About five million or so."

After saying this, he was still afraid that it might be too much for Hong Dali, so he hurriedly added, "Actually, my team is already being very frugal. This five million is just a rough figure, we probably don't need to use so much..."

"You don't have to say anything more!" Hong Dali interrupted him again. "I offer 20 million, decide for yourself on what to do!"

Le Anxuan kneeled down 1 without another word. "I accept! From now on, Young Master, you are my immediate superior!"

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Chapter 246: A Fantastic IdeaTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"Hahaha!" Hong Dali violently patted his shoulder. "That's the way, why talk all this bullshit with me when everyone knows that I'm a prodigal. It's just spending a bit of money, it's nothing much. Yup, bring your team here directly tomorrow. This building still has quite a lot of space, you guys can just work here before we have a better location for you. Since, currently, the fourth to seventh floors are empty, you can just pick any floor. If you need assistants, materials and such, just ask."

"This..." Le Anxuan was a bit dazed. He obtained 20 million of capital just like that? At first, he thought that it would be good enough if he was able to get two to three million, but he didn't expect that value to be tenfold.

"OK!" At this moment, there wasn't any need to hesitate. He should just gather his team and move here. Le Anxian furiously nodded. "I will bring my entire team here tomorrow at 8:00 AM!"

"Then, it's settled!" Hong Dali was very satisfied with his decisiveness. "By that time, I shall reward each of you 10,000 yuan for pocket money!"

Look at this, look, this is Young Master's resolution! 10,000 yuan each for pocket money!

Actually, speaking of which, Le Anxuan's team was already a mature team. Getting sponsorships shouldn't be a problem for him normally. It wasn't an overstatement to say that if they were willing to enter the entertainment industry and do something like gaming or filming, they definitely wouldn't end up in such a pathetic state. At least, getting 10,000 as tips shouldn't be difficult.

The problem was that this group of people had a strong sense of individualism, they definitely wouldn't be willing to be controlled by anyone.

Their thinking was that they would do their own inventions, their sponsors couldn't interfere with what they created, but just be in charge of giving them money. Of course, as to whether or not the item they created would be useful or not, that couldn't be guaranteed.

Therefore, which company would want to accept such a team? The company needed to give them money but couldn't get what they wanted, wasn't that just squandering?

As a result, Le Anxuan's team ended up suffering...

But now, with Hong Dali, this superprodigal as their sponsor, both parties were happy with the result.

Hong Dali wasn't concerned at all with what they would develop and create as long as it was something fun. He was happier the more money they required as this would mean that it would be simple for him to complete his mission. Le Anxuan was also very happy too as this meant that they could do research according to their own ideas and thinking. Le Anxuan and his team didn't have any wild ambitions and weren't really concerned with money—If they really wanted to earn money, they wouldn't have ended up in such a state.

Even so, Hong Dali was still not satisfied. He directly asked Lin Chuyin, "Chuyin, why don't you play with them?"

"Oh." Lin Chuyin, this emotionless technological geek, unexpectedly didn't have any specific plans or direction for her future research, so she nodded and agreed without even giving it a thought. "OK, since it's fine for me to do research on anything."

"Hahaha! Le Anxuan, right? From now on, I shall just call you Brother Le." Hong Dali violently patted his shoulder. "Let's wish us a happy collaboration in the future!"

"A happy collaboration!" Le Anxuan was very happy. "We definitely will not let you down, Young Master!"

"OK!"

Lastly, Hong Dali named their laboratory Photon Force Laboratory, as a commemoration of an anime called "Mazinger Z" in his previous life. Then, Le Anxuan and Lin Chuyin both expressed that they didn't have any opinions with it...

Therefore, the most awesome science research laboratory in history, Photon Force Laboratory, was thus established.

"Brother Le." Since the name for the laboratory had been decided, Hong Dali naturally had to ask what they were researching on. "Hm, previously, I saw that the Virtual Reality Projection your team produced was quite complete already, why are you still lacking so much money now?"

Everyone else was quite curious too.

By right, during the auction, their technology was already quite complete—even if it was still lacking a bit, they still had the two million yuan paid by Hong Dali for it. But now, the money was still not enough? This didn't make sense...

Mentioning this, Le Anxuan felt slightly embarrassed. "It's like this. The one we sold to Young Master was an incomplete one. You should be aware that the suit you bought can only roughly illustrate the framework, there are still many details that can't be displayed."

Hong Dali wasn't very sure about this, but Lin Chuyin was. "Oh, that's right. It can only show a rough outline. Many aspects couldn't be shown, such as the fingers."

"Ah, I understand now." This time, Hong Dali finally understood. "Which means to say that when you sold me this system, it could only portray a rough outline. For example, when I move my elbow, it will look like a piece of wood or robot moving, is that right?"

"Yes." Le Anxuan explained, "There isn't a lot of area on that suit which is used to locate the specific nodes, and there are only about 120 of these nodes. These 120 nodes can tell the rough outline of a person. Then, when connected to the computer, it can stimulate the movement of the person.

"But obviously, this isn't enough." Le Anxuan continued, "Young Master, think about it, the hardest part about a person's movement is exactly areas such as the fingers, the hair, and such small places. Although the hologram on the computer can move the joints as naturally as a real person, areas such as the finger which is the most important ones are stick lacking.

"Therefore, after we obtained the funds, the later research was focused on creating these nodes for the smaller joints and the outer skin."

Speaking up to this point, Le Anxuan's eyes were shining. "As long as we complete this, when a person wears the suit, all of the movements will be able to be perfectly reflect into the computer! Only at this stage is the Virtual Reality Projection fully completed!"

Once he said this, everyone present understood.

The one Hong Dali had was just a half-completed product. The movements reflected in the computer were akin to robots.

But once they fully completed their research, the person reflected in the computer would be akin to a real one, able to move about like a real human.

At this time, Tang Muxin softly asked, "But even though this technology sounds very incredible, the question is, what use does it have? If we want a person's movement in the computer or something, we can just record that from a real person, why the need to make this at all?"

Her question was simple and also very direct, but this was exactly the part that Le Anxuan and his team were most embarrassed about—they themselves also didn't know what this technology could be used for...

Actually, what Tang Muxin said was not wrong. This was just putting a person's movement into the computer, but there was a much easier way to do that—just use a recorder...

Therefore, Le Anxuan was quite embarrassed. "This... We still haven't thought of it yet..." Speaking up to this point, he got a bit nervous. "But I believe that this technology definitely has a use for it, it definitely has, it's 100% useful!"

Seeing his nervousness, everyone instantly laughed. Ling Xiaoyi helplessly said, "This person isn't even sure of the use of something he created himself, sigh..."

"You are all embarrassing! You are all really embarrassing me!" Unexpectedly, Hong Dali shook his head. "Do you all understand what is called the romance of the second dimension? Do you understand what is called the dream of geeks? If you don't, then don't say anything. In my view, this Virtual Reality Projection is really incredible! Super incredible! Extremely incredible!"

Tang Muxin wasn't convinced. "Then, Dali, tell us, how is this technology incredible? So what even if it can change a third dimension person into a second dimension person? That can be done by asking someone to do an anime—the actions they draw out aren't bad too!"

Hong Dali decisively shook his head. "It's not comparable, not comparable! Hahaha! I just thought of something—this technology, it is really too useful, it must be useful, it is totally invincible!"

"Are you for real?" Upon hearing Hong Dali's words, everyone expressed that they didn't understand. Although this technology sounded very incredible, its actual use in the real world was obviously not very large. Yet Hong Dali said that it was invincible, this caused everyone to be quite surprised.

"Of course, it's real!" Hong Dali laughed loudly and said, "You all still remember that virtual character that I talked about, Hatsune Miku, right? Once this technology is completed, Hatsune Miku will be able to come out!"

"Hatsune Miku?" Tang Muxin repeated the name a few times and suddenly asked, "Dali, does this name refers to the future Sister Chuyin?"

"Haha, something like that!" Hong Dali's eyes were shining. "Doesn't Chuyin have the Holographic Projection Technology. Xinxin, think about it. If—I mean IF we use this Virtual Reality Projection to turn people from real life into second dimension characters to sing and dance about, then use this Holographic Projection Technology to project it, what do you think the effect will be?"

"This..." Hearing Hong Dali say this, everyone was astonished.

What he was saying was to bring the second dimension right in front of people, to the point that they couldn't even tell which was real and which wasn't!

Second dimension characters appearing in the third dimension!?

Oh, what the heck, how awesome would that be! They were already excited just thinking about it!

Everyone was astonished, Tang Muxin was even looking at Hong Dali with worshiping eyes. "Dali, you are really awesome! Just nice, I'm learning to dance now, so if I wear the suit and dance, I will be able to become a second dimension character dancing too?"

"That's right." Hong Dali proudly nodded and said, "Xinxin, you are in charge of the dance movements. Then, Chuyin is in charge of character processing. By that time, Chuyin will be able to become a second dimension character and appear in front of everyone. Think about it, how surprised will they be!?"

Chapter 247: Look at this bootlicking!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"This is a good idea!" After hearing Hong Dali's words, Tang Muxin laughed and said, "Dali, this idea of yours is really brilliant!"

Li Nianwei also smiled and said, "Young Master, I have an idea too."

"Sister Nianwei, what idea do you have, tell us!" Hong Dali hurriedly asked.

"Young Master, don't we have I Am a Singer?" Li Nianwei smiled and said, "For the last two stages, there will definitely be an empty slot. By that time, it will be troublesome for us to find someone to fill it in. We might as well let Hatsune Miku enter the stage, I think that the effects will definitely be quite good."

"Oh, wow!" Hong Dali's eyes radiated golden light again. "This is a good idea! Brouhaha! It's decided! Hatsune Miku will enter the stage, then. Yup, just nice, I have a few songs too. Oh right, Chuyin, can you make the singing system for the virtual character? It's like... Yup, for example, the song for this character belongs to one system, the tone is fixed, we just have to input the lyrics and tune, then she can sing it herself?"

"Oh." Lin Chuyin thought for a while and then said, "It shouldn't be a problem."

"It'd decided, then!" Hong Dali laughed loudly. "Time is tight. Oh right, Sister Nianwei, which stage is I Am a Singer at now?"

Li Nianwei answered, "It will be stage five next week. We have about four weeks left, the time is indeed a bit tight."

"No fear!" Hong Dali looked at the excited Le Anxuan. "Brother Le, I shan't take any more crap, ask your team to move here tomorrow. I will give you 5 million first, just buy whatever you need! What I want now is speed. Don't be afraid to spend, I don't have anything else other than being silly and have lots of money!"

"O... OK!" This was probably the first time Le Anxuan heard someone describe himself this way. For a moment, he was at a loss of whether to cry or laugh.

"Chuyin." Hong Dali instructed Lin Chuyin. "You might as well move your laboratory here too. This singing system must be done as quick as possible. Hm, you might not be able to finish it yourself. But it's fine, I will ask the Bureau Chief to send some people over to help. I think he will do such a favor for me!"

"Oh, OK." Lin Chuyin instantly nodded. After all, creating another image of herself was something that she was quite willing to do.

Since this was the case, Hong Dali stretched his waist and said, "Everyone, let's start preparing now. Sister Xiaoyi, go and find people to prepare for the moving of the house. Hm... For Chuyin's side, we shall go personally. Sister Xiaoyi, you shall be in charge of Brother Le's side."

"Understood." Ling Xiaoyi smiled and said.

"OK!" Hong Dali excitedly said, "We shall gather here tomorrow at 8:00 AM and directly start our plan! That's it for today. Everyone, go back and rest now, see you all tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow, Young Master!"

Everyone instantly went back to their individual homes. Before he left, Le Anxuan smiled and said, "Young Master, I really had an eye-opener today. You are really..." He thought for half a day, but still couldn't come up with a situation phrase, so he just said, "Generous!"

"That's for sure!" Hong Dali laughed loudly. "I'm not good at other things, just that I dare to spend! Don't worry, your team definitely will not suffer after they follow me."

"Hehe, I know." Le Anxuan instantly got up and left. "I shan't waste any more time, I shall ask them to start preparing now."

After leaving Chenhui Building, Hong Dali stretched again, yawned and said, "It really is a good day today. Oh, right, I need to hurriedly call the Bureau Chief to inform him of this."

He got up the car, took out his phone, and dialed the Bureau Chief. "Is this Uncle Chief? It's me, Hong Dali."

"Oh, it's Dali." The Bureau Chief laughed and said, "It's so late now, aren't you asleep yet? I remember that your body condition isn't very good, you need to rest more."

"Hehe, thank you, Uncle Chief, for your concern." Hong Dali expressed his sincere gratitude for the Bureau Chief's concern. "I wish you good teeth and a good stomach so everything you eat will be nice and have a healthy body!"

Driver Wang Mingyu and Tang Muxin both had goosebumps upon hearing Hong Dali's words. "This Dali's skin is really so thick that it has reached a certain extent, look at how he is bootlicking the Bureau Chief..."

As expected, the Bureau Chief was quite happy. He smiled and said, "Little rascal, tell me, what are you calling me for? It's so late now, you definitely wouldn't call me for nothing."

"Ah, hehe, hehe." Hong Dali gave a dry laugh and said, "It's like this... Yup, Uncle Chief, can you lend me a team of people—it's best if they are experts in Internet programming, those related to language and voice."

"Oh? Why, did you have some good idea or something?" The Bureau Chief was slightly puzzled. "Why don't we do this. Where are you now, it isn't convenient to speak over the phone, it's better for us to speak face to face."

"Sure, I'm on the way home now, why don't Uncle Chief come over?" Hong Dali hurriedly said, "My house is really big..."

"I know that your house is really big." The Bureau Chief scoldingly laughed and said, "Alright then, I shall see and pay your parents a visit too. Then, you go home and prepare first, I will be there in 15 minutes."

"OK!" Then, Hong Dali hung up.

He sent Tang Muxin home first. When they reached her flat, Hong Dali smiled and said, "Xinxin, when you are home, don't let Corn bully Little Meow. Look at how pitiful Little Meow is." The Scottish Fold, Corn, that they previously adopted when Hong Dali bought the zoo was Tang Muxin's favorite. Now that she had the pitiful and adorable Little Meow too, naturally, she had to prevent the two from fighting."

"Don't worry, I will look after Little Meow, hehe." Tang Muxin assured Hong Dali, then smiled sweetly at him. Instantly, the Moon seemed to deem a little. This beautiful scene caused Hong Dali to be dazed for a while. Then, this log-head said matter-of-factly, "OK, stop smiling like a fool, hurry up and go back home to rest."

Tang Muxin: "..."

Wang Mingyu: "..."

Tolerating the urge to beat Hong Dali into a pig head, Tang Muxin angrily said, "I'm going to ignore you from now on!"

"What's with her..." Hong Dali felt that he was very innocent. "Uncle Wang, I didn't say anything bad, right?"

Wang Mingyu's head was full of sweat. "Probably... not..."

After Hong Dali sat down and was stable, Wang Mingyu hurriedly started the engine. If they continued to stay here, he was afraid that he might have a mental breakdown...

"Mum, I'm back!" Once he reached home, Hong Dali carried Quentin and ran inside. "Where's my Dad, there will be a visitor coming to visit later, hurry and ask Dad to be prepared!"

"Oh my, little brat, are you asking for death, what are you running so fast for!" Dressed in an evening gown, Lan Ruoxi rushed up upon seeing Hong Dali and lovingly said, "Your body has just recovered, aren't you afraid that you might not be able to catch your breath by running like this. What visitor is it for you to cause such a fuss for."

As she said so, she pulled Hong Dali down to sit beside her and helped him to tidy up his messy hair. She smiled and said, "I didn't know that my house's Dali is so awesome now. When your Dad and I were at the villa, all we heard about is your legend. Haha, you are indeed my son. Good!"

This empress-like woman was always swift and decisive towards outsiders. She had an impressive reputation outside, and would only show her gentle side in front of Hong Weiguo and Hong Dali.

"Haha, how can my son be anything less than that?" Hong Weiguo gradually came out from a room, laughed and said, "I really walked with my head held high these few days! Those people from our family were almost scared to death. They totally never expected that the reason we bought those lands at first was purely to make Dali happy, haha."

"Dad, you are here." Hong Dali grinned and winked. "Were they really so surprised? I was asleep at that time, so I totally didn't hear what they said. Those reports during the meeting were really too hypnotizing, I woke up and immediately fell asleep again continuously..."

"Haha, little brat, I have heard all about that." He had just returned from the family villa with his wife and was obviously still very excited. "Our house's little prodigal obtained the title of Rookie King, but he directly declined it! I reckon that our Dali is the only one who didn't give any regard to the family meeting since it existed."

"Exactly!" Lan Ruoxi continued, "The three elders were full of praise for our Dali and even created a small analysis team to especially analyze why Dali was able to earn money. Hehe, just based on their log-heads, they wouldn't be able to analyze the reason even in a hundred years' time. Our Dali has good moral quality and high luck, how would they be able to understand this!"

"Actually, I'm not that good..." Hong Dali was a bit embarrassed. "I was just lucky, hehe, just lucky..."

"Little rascal." Hong Weiguo scoldingly laughed and said, "Actually, speaking of which, I was just a bit embarrassed to strike at those people in the family because we are, after all, slightly related by blood. Last time, they spoke all kinds of nasty things to you, Dali. Don't put it to heart, it's normal for people to be jealous towards an outstanding person."

"Don't worry." Hong Dali disdainfully said, "I wouldn't be angry with them. I'm very happy playing every day, isn't that so, Quentin?"

Quentin: "Ahwooo..." Then, it rubbed itself against Hong Dali's face.

"Hehe, see, even Quentin agreed!" Hong Dali laughed.

"Little rascal, you really like these small animals." The three of them laughed and chatted for a while. Then, Hong Weiguo asked, "Oh right, you said that a distinguished guest was coming, who is it? What is he coming for?"

"Oh? You are asking about Uncle Chief?" Hong Dali shook his head. "He is the Bureau Chief, I am not sure what he does exactly. However, he seemed to be the Bureau Chief of the National Security Bureau. I don't know his name, so I just called him Uncle Chief."

"The National Security Bureau!?" Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi were obviously shocked. "Little rascal, what did you do to actually invite the Bureau Chief of the National Security Bureau over? Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Chapter 248: Hollywood's Technological Barrier!Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Speaking of which, although the position of Bureau Chief of the National Security Bureau isn't a small one, he is just here for a visit, after all. Is there a need to be so surprised? It's not like I did something bad...

Actually, it was Hong Dali who wasn't thinking deep enough. For Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi, it was a different matter.

The Bureau Chief of the National Security Bureau coming to their house for a visit, what did that signify?

That signified that they had gained the recognition of the nation's army. It wasn't an overstatement to say that as long as they didn't commit something unforgivable, from now on, at least in the political circles, no one would dare to touch their family!

The Bureau Chief of the National Security Bureau had connections with their family, who would dare to disregard this fact?

Previously, Zhu Guangyuan sent the idiot, Captain Zhao, to take over their family's underground cave. Even until now, Hong Weiguo hadn't looked for his trouble because there would be repercussions if those from the business world tried to take revenge on those from politics.

But now that the Bureau Chief was coming to their home for a visit, things were simple. As long as the Bureau Chief slightly let out a word of their relationship, that Zhu Guangyuan would definitely be frightened to the point of peeing in his pants!

"No, this can't do, I have to hurry up and make some preparations." Hong Weiguo hurriedly stood up. "The current Hong Family can't be compared to when the Nation was just built, we can't be careless when facing this kind of big personage."

He was right.

Being one of the two empires that built the Nation, to maintain the harmony of the people, the first clan leader of the Hong Family split his descendants into two branches—one in the business world and one in politics. Old Elder Hong Tu belonged to the business branch while the second elder Hong Wei belonged to the political branch.

But because of democracy, the Nation's leader had already changed several times, at least ten plus times. As for the Hong Family, they couldn't just keep controlling the government. So, after all these years, their influence in the government had been declining.

Actually, this was a good thing for the Hong Family. After all, following a king was akin to following a tiger—if they were not the true leader of the Nation themselves, no one could guarantee that they might sometimes choose the wrong side. Therefore, the current Hong Family decided to just be a wealthy family. "See, I'm just a rich guy who will definitely support the Nation. Tell me if you need me, but I'm not involved in politics anymore. You guys can do whatever you want, it isn't related to me."

"Don't talk to me about politics, and also don't try to pull us down into politics."

Therefore, the Hong Family maintained a special position. Their wealth grew, and their influence wasn't small within the political world, either. The most important thing was that they didn't offend anyone. No matter who became the leader of the Nation, it wasn't related to them!

Therefore, this was a big advantage for Hong Dali—if the Hong Family was still in politics, he would be big trouble for the family if he squandered like this every day!

Whatever the case, since the Bureau Chief said that he was coming over today, he was indeed showing respect for Hong Dali.

"Er..." Seeing his parents hurriedly preparing themselves, Hong Dali was a bit speechless. In the end, he hugged Quentin and just lay onto the sofa. "Forget it, Quentin, the two of us shall just take a break..."

After two or three minutes, when Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi had just finished preparing themselves, the sound of a helicopter's propeller outside the house could be heard. Without question, someone who could use a helicopter for going out, that must definitely be Uncle Chief.

Very quickly, the helicopter landed, and the Bureau Chief gradually walked down from the helicopter. Upon seeing Hong Weiguo and his wife walking up to welcome him, he stretched out his hand first, smiled and said, "This must be Mr. Hong, greetings to you."

"Hehe, greetings to you too, Bureau Chief. Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling." Hong Weiguo shook hands with the Bureau Chief, smiled and said, "Come, please enter."

Being the leader of the National Security Bureau, the Bureau Chief's identity was quite mysterious. Even Hong Weiguo didn't know his name.

However, he had a vague impression of the Bureau Chief. He was definitely a very big shot, Hong Weiguo seemed to have seen him before somewhere.

"Oh my, if your home is a humble dwelling, then mine is just a thatched house." The Bureau Chief laughed and said, "Hm, speaking of which, I really envy your Hong Family. Your family distanced yourselves from politics and became a wealthy family, your ancestors really had foresight."

"Hehe, you must be joking, Bureau Chief." Hong Weiguo invited the Bureau Chief to sit on the sofa, looked at Hong Dali for a while and said, "This little rascal just came home after going wild outside. His body condition isn't very good, please don't mind him, Bureau Chief."

"Hahaha, how could I mind this little rascal?" The Bureau Chief sat on the sofa and laughed loudly. "If it wasn't because of him, I wouldn't have come here in the middle of the night. Dali, can you let me hug this tiger cub for a while?"

"Oh, sure." Hong Dali placed Quentin in his hands. "Quentin, kiss him!"

"Ahwooo!" Quentin immediately licked the Bureau Chief's face.

The Bureau Chief's face was full of Quentin's saliva. He gave a bitter laugh and said, "This little rascal, he always like to play around." [1. Author's footnote: The tiger's tongue does indeed have barbs, but it can release and keep it at will.]

"This little prodigal's only flaw is that he enjoys playing around, hehe." Upon mentioning Hong Dali, Hong Weiguo instantly felt like laughing. "This kid likes to randomly play about with things normally, but his luck is quite good. Thus, the things he did all seemed to earn quite a bit now."

"Haha, that's indeed the case." The Bureau Chief placed Quentin back in Hong Dali's arm, smiled and said, "This kid has a nickname at my side there too—the Mascot of Tianjing City. This isn't a joke, haha."

Pfft. Upon hearing this interesting nickname, Lan Ruoxi couldn't resist bursting out laughing.

"Uncle Chief, I still have such a nickname?" Hong Dali immediately felt invigorated. "Then, shouldn't you build a statue for me. Then, my statute will become the landmark of our Tianjing City!"

"Little rascal, you are dreaming again." Hong Weiguo didn't know whether to cry or laugh. "Bureau Chief, don't listen to this little rascal's nonsense."

Unexpectedly, the Bureau Chief actually carefully thought of it, touched his chin, then actually nodded and said, "Speaking of which, this is really probable, but just not within the city."

"Huh?" This time, it was Hong Weiguo's turn to be surprised. "Bureau Chief, you are not joking, are you?"

"Hehe, I'm not joking this time." Now, the topic was going back to the serious stuff. The Bureau Chief's face turned solemn and said, "We are going to expand on the school that Dali is going to build. I will not mention the specifics, I came today to listen to his new idea."

The Nation was going to expand on the school, Hong Weiguo got a lot of information just from these few words alone.

First was that their family really had the National Security Bureau as their backup now. This National Security Bureau was an independent department and was very powerful. They also had lots of connections both within and outside the political circle. Many things that Hong Weiguo had to spend tens of millions to settle, they could settle it with just a few words—after all, no one dared not to show them respect.

The second was that the National Security Bureau thought very highly of Hong Dali now. He could be at least certain that, from now on, Hong Dali's safety within the Nation wasn't an issue anymore.

The third was that after the school was built, its use would definitely not just be as simple as taking in the children from poor families. Also, being the founder of the school, Hong Dali would be able to enjoy a lot of advantages regarding manpower in the future.

Any point out of these three was enough to cause someone to laugh even in their dreams if this occurred to them. However, seeing Hong Dali continuing to play with Quentin very calmly... Hong Weiguo could only helplessly shake his head. This prodigal son of his really had a big heart...

At this moment, the Bureau Chief poked Hong Dali, smiled and asked, "Dali, you called me today and said that you wanted to do something related to language and sound, can you tell me your plans in detail?"

"Huh?" Hong Dali strangely said, "I was just planning to create something new to play with. Actually, I wanted to say this long ago. Actually, Uncle Chief, you really didn't have to come here personally..."

Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi were stunned.

This little prodigal just wanted to make something to play with and alarmed the Bureau Chief of the National Security Bureau to come here to ask him in person?"

"You little rascal." The Bureau Chief laughed and scoldingly said, "To you, it may be just for fun, but to me, it's different. Tell me what is it that you are going to do this first. Then, I shall give you some advice on it."

"Oh, OK." Last time, this Bureau Chief adviced his New Lanxiang into a super awesome underground research factory. Those eight professions were each more awesome than the other. Now that he wanted to advise him again, Hong Dali naturally wouldn't reject such a good offer. "It's like this. Previously, I bought that Virtual Reality Projection, right? Today, that team came looking for me and I gave them 20 million to use for research. Then, I suddenly thought, didn't Chuyin have a Holographic Projection Technology also? I can combine the two of them together and let the anime characters from the second dimension become third dimension characters. As long as you don't touch them, they will be like real humans. But now, we have the character in mind, just that we don't have the voice yet. So, I was planning to make a voice for it. Then, it will be perfect, right?"

"Hahaha! I knew it!" After hearing Hong Dali's words, the Bureau Chief laughed loudly and said, "I always said that the Mascot of Tianjing City will always give us surprises! When you called me just now, I was already thinking that it must be related to films and entertainment. However, I didn't expect you to give me such a huge surprise!"

"Then, Uncle Chief, you came personally just for this?" Hong Dali curiously asked, "I'm just doing this for fun."

"If this was the only reason, why would I be so happy?" The Bureau Chief laughed and patted Hong Dali on the shoulder. "Little rascal, do you know that you have unknowingly broken through Merika's films and entertainment technological barrier?"

What the heck, breaking through Merika's films and entertainment technological barrier? Because of me? Do you have to say it so shockingly?

Hong Dali's face was full of fright and pointed at his own nose in disbelief. "Uncle Chief, you are saying that it's because of me? I didn't do anything, the technology I mentioned maybe... Isn't as incredible as you think?"

Chapter 249: For the Glory of the Heavenly State

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"Little rascal, what do you think?" The Bureau Chief smiled and said, "Let me put it this way. The films and entertainment industry in Hollywood is indeed much better than that of our Nation, especially in terms of special effects and animation. Putting special effects aside and just talking about animation first, at least within the film companies in our Nation, none of them can be compared to the magnates in Hollywood yet."

He wasn't wrong, the animation technology in Hollywood was always much better than that in Heavenly State. Hong Dali was at least aware of this too—he could tell it just from the animation from "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World"...

But knowing it was one thing, Hong Dali carefully pointed at the Bureau Chief. "But, the problem is, has this got anything to do with you? You don't seem to be in charge of this matter..."

This Bureau Chief was the leader of the National Security Bureau, where would he have the leisure mood to care about matters in the filming industry? Unless this National Security Bureau was the legendary "related authorities"!?

"Hehe, being a citizen of Heavenly State." The Bureau Chief solemnly and slowly said, "For the glory of Heavenly State, my prodigal."

OK, the front part "for the glory of Heavenly State" was still quite blood-boiling, but the last part "my prodigal" instantly destroyed the whole atmosphere—looks like this Bureau Chief was also quite humorous...

"OK, for the glory of Hollywood, my Bureau Chief." Hond Dali helplessly opened his hands and shrugged. "However, I still don't understand how is this related to what I am doing. No matter how I look at it, what I am doing doesn't seem to be something that can break the technological barrier of Hollywood."

"Yup, let me tell you the reason I am here today in detail." The Bureau Chief organized his thoughts and gradually said, "We will have to start from the beginning.

"You should know that in this modern world, computers are a necessity in our life. Many things in life need the support of computer technology. So far, any issue?"

Hong Weiguo, Hong Dali, and Lan Ruoxi all nodded together.

This was an era of electronic engineering, and basically, everything in our daily life could be related to computer technology.

The Bureau Chief continued, "As for the animation technology in Hollywood, from the surface, their technology is just a bit stronger than others. However, if you look behind this, the problem is much bigger.

"This is an era of peace and development, there is no physical war in the world. Between countries, we are fighting economical wars now. Hollywood's existence and Merika's advancement in the films industry allow it to draw in money worldwide faster. Let me put it this way, some time ago, Hollywood implemented the policy of technological barrier and caused the cost of animation in our Nation to increase by about 20%.

"You guys might not have a clear idea what this 20% means, but it's easier to understand if I change the way to say it.

"The amount our Nation invests in animation every year is 14 billion. Now that the cost was raised by 20%, that means that almost 3 billion worth of capital is gone."

"So much!" Hearing the Bureau Chief's words, Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi were shocked. They never expected that the technological barrier in Hollywood actually had such a great effect!

Three billion was, after all, not a small amount.

"Yes, and this is only for the animation." The Bureau Chief looked at Hong Dali. "Dali, do you still remember the 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre: Pugilistic World' that you invested in? It had animation design in it too, Yup, about two minutes or so of animation. The cost was originally under 1 million, but because of this technological barrier and that Hollywood is not supporting us with this technology now, an additional 200,000 yuan or more is needed to reach the desired effect."

"What the heck!" Hong Dali directly swore.

He finally understood why the Bureau Chief placed so much emphasis on this area. Just imagine, how many films did the Nation produce every year? Under the current environment, the Nation placed quite a lot of emphasis on entertainment projects for children. There were quite a lot of fully computer-animated movies. Plus, the various other industries were involved too. Adding everything up, the money required was really a very large sum.

"So, why is CG animation so expensive?" The Bureau Chief asked. "Actually, the main reason is that it's easy for the movement of the characters to be very stiff and unreal. Therefore, they have to design a lot of models for the characters. I'm not sure about the actual concepts, but this is roughly what it is about.

"And today, when I heard your call, I guessed that you definitely had some ideas regarding this aspect." The Bureau Chief beamed and said, "I knew that your luck is always good, the stuff that you did or created always seemed to be of big use, so I directly came over to find you. How is it, tell me more about your plans?"

"Oh, OK." Hong Dali smiled and replied, "You know about Chuyin, right? She didn't have any emotions and couldn't laugh or cry. So, I thought, why don't we just create a virtual character based on her. Then, just nice, I have both the Virtual Reality Projection and the Holographic Projection Technology. So isn't it simple now, I just have to combine the two of them together. Let Xinxin wear the suit and dance, record the movements, put it into the computer, and change it into a second dimension character model... Huh!?"

Speaking up to this point, he finally realized it. "Isn't this the stiffness of the CG animation models that you talked about just now? This item that I am making seems to be able to solve this issue..."

"Hahaha! You see?" The Bureau Chief pointed at Hong Dali and said towards Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi, "This kid's luck is always very good. Something he made unintentionally actually solved our technology difficulties!"

Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi were really speechless.

This technology that this kid tinkered, the motive was practically just purely for fun...

The three of time laughed for a while, then the Bureau Chief beamed and asked, "Then? Dali, are you planning to add in computer dubbing too and let this second dimension Chuyin be released on that 'I Am a Singer' show of yours?"

"Uncle Chief, you are really smart!" Hong Dali was overjoyed. "This is really what I was thinking of doing."

"Hehe, I knew it." The Bureau Chief nodded and asked, "Then, did you think about what you are going to do next after it's done going in the 'I Am a Singer'?"

It's coming, it's coming, I knew that this old guy definitely has some other idea.

Hong Dali curiously asked, "I really haven't thought of this yet. I was just thinking that if Chuyin joined 'I Am a Singer,' the effect will be very interesting. Maybe, it will very a very hot topic..."

"Hehe, you are always so eager to play about." The Bureau Chief reminded him. "Let me give you an example. This Virtual Nodes Projection Suit, if you slightly improve on it and let it become a GPS locator on the human body and coordinate with the Holographic Projection Technology—yup, for example, setting the location on the person's back, then add wings to it, then use the Holographic Projection Technology to project it..."

"What the heck!" Hong Dali instantly blurted out. "Wouldn't they become a bird-man, then!?"

Once the bird-man appears, who could fight against it!

"Little rascal!" Hong Weiguo and his wife were immediately amused. "That's an angel! An angel! You really just say anything that comes to your mind..."

Although this technology that the Bureau Chief talked about still had a lot of difficulties to be solved, at least there was a general direction now.

This wasn't all, the Bureau Chief continued to smile and said, "Dali, think about this too. If war really happens, at night, we can make some remote cars that carry the GPS locators and use the Holographic Projection Technology to project it... In the eyes of the enemy, that will be countless soldiers. Hehe, this way, real and fake soldiers mixed together to confuse the enemy, what will the effect be?"

Once he said it this way, Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi understood.

This thing, to speak of it on a small scale, it was just for entertainment and fun. However, speaking of it on a large scale, the meaning would be totally different.

"That does indeed sounds really cool!" As expected, Hong Dali was immediately invigorated upon hearing this. "This is a good idea! Hehe, looks like this money was really worth spending... Hehe, hehe..."

Are you purposely trying to anger us? This isn't just worth spending, this is practically a sure win!

Speaking up to this point, the Bureau Chief solemnly said, "Therefore, since we are not outsiders anyway and this child Dali likes to tinker with things, we are also happy to just sit back and enjoy the fruits of his tinkering. We admire the fact that he frequently comes up with very good ideas. However, this matter must be kept secret and must not be leaked out. Otherwise, there might be people who will harbor evil intentions towards Dali. I'm not being an alarmist. Now, the more carefree Dali lives, the more he squanders, the safer he is!"

"I understand!" Hong Weiguo and his wife furiously nodded. "Don't worry about us, we promise that we will not mention this to anyone."

The two of them treated Hong Dali as their precious darling, they would definitely prevent anything that would be bad for Hong Dali.

Hong Dali touched his nose.

So, from now on, is this considered to be squandering on official orders?

Oh my, this is good! From now on, I can squander openly and as much as I want!

As Hong Dali was thinking about this, he suddenly grinned and said, "Since Uncle Chief regards me so highly, I can only execute my divine squandering techniques to squander as much as I can. I will tinker with whatever I see and whatever I think of. However..."

When Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi heard this, they both gave a long sigh. Now, they were not worried that Hong Dali would squander, but more worried that he would not squander. Yet, when they heard his last word, they were kept at suspense again. This kid was really killing them!

What was there to "however" at such a time!?

"However what?" The Bureau Chief was a bit curious and asked.

"Uncle Chief." Hong Dali beamed with delight, his expression inviting a beating from others. "What I am going to do from now on, to say it nicely, will be to give my service to the Nation. To put it not so nicely, I will become a big prodigal from a little prodigal... Sigh, actually, I do still care about my image. It's fine being just a little prodigal, but this title of a big prodigal, it will really damage my reputation!"

Chapter 250: The Word Young Master Wants Is...

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Ptui, what reputation do you have! These three people in the room spat in contempt at the same time.

Hong Dali shook his head and said, "To prove my innocence and to answer to my fiancée, Uncle Chief, please write a few words for me. I will place it on the wall!"

Oh, just ask him to write a few words? That's just a small issue, then.

Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi both gave a sigh of relief.

The Bureau Chief's face was full of curiosity and nodded. "What do you want me to write? Speaking of which, my calligraphy is still passable."

Hong Dali moved his mouth near the Bureau Chief's ear and told him. The Bureau Chief was dazed for a while and then instantly laughed till he was hugging his stomach and scolded. "You little rascal, how can you actually come with these kinds of words!"

"Uncle Chief, it's just a few words..." Hong Dali's face was full of grievance. "Are you going to help me do this or not? Next time, if I made some outstanding achievement for the Nation and mentioned that last time you weren't willing to write just a few words for me even though I begged you for it..."

"This..." The Bureau Chief shook his head helplessly. "Little kid, I'm really impressed by you. I really have no idea what goes on in your head. If I write these words, my reputation is going to be tarnished!"

It's just a few words, it isn't that troublesome, right? Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi didn't understand, but they couldn't say anything.

Hong Dali sighed and said, "Sigh, if I don't have the words from Uncle Chief, I will not be able to eat or sleep. I will not have the enthusiasm to do things either, and once I don't have the enthusiasm..."

"OK, OK, OK, I will just write it." The Bureau Chief shook his head and gave a bitter smile. I wonder where Hong Dali gets all these weird ideas from. Forget it, if my reputation is going to be tarnished, so be it. As long as this kid doesn't spread this around, it will be fine. He instantly got up and walked around in the living room. In the end, he helplessly said, "Forget it, where is the study room? I'm saying this first, you definitely can't spread this to anyone else! This little rascal even learned how to blackmail people now..."

"I knew that Uncle Chief is the best!" Hong Dali excitedly jumped up. "This way, this way. Uncle Chief, come quickly!"

What is this little rascal actually up to?

Hong Weiguo and his wife wanted to follow, but they felt that it wasn't a good idea, so they just stayed in the living room. They could see it once the Bureau Chief left anyway, so there was no need to be anxious.

Very quickly, the Bureau Chief and Hong Dali entered the study room. The Bureau Chief took up the calligraphy brush, dipped it in the ink, lifted his elbow, thought for a while, and put it back down. After doing this for a while, he finally clenched his teeth. "Little rascal, once I write this and you don't do your best, you will get it from me!"

"No problem, no problem at all. I'm an expert in this!" Hong Dali stood at one side, his eyes full of stars.

The Bureau Chief instantly lifted the brush and quickly wrote the words, finishing it very quickly. He looked at the absurd words on the paper and felt that it really was funny. He took out his stamp from his shirt pocket and fiercely stamped it on the paper. Then, he left the room in large strides and said, "Remember, don't let anyone know of this!"

From his expression, it seemed that he was really embarrassed to face anyone now...

Hong Dali looked at the words on the paper and was instantly overjoyed. "Hahaha, this is good, this is good!"

"What exactly is this rascal up to?" Hong Weiguo looked at the Bureau Chief's back as he hurriedly left the house. "The Bureau Chief left in such a rush, what exactly did he write?" Saying so, Hong Weiguo asked his wife, "Why don't we go take a look?"

Lan Ruoxi nodded. "Let's go take a look!"

After they entered the study room, they immediately saw the nine black big words on the fine writing paper. It was particularly distinct. The words were: "Squander for the Rise of Heavenly State!"

This was indeed the first time someone wrote something like this for another person, it was no wonder that the Bureau Chief ran away so hurriedly and asked them to not let others know of it. Hong Weiguo and Lan Ruoxi laughed until they were banging their hands on the table, their faces bright red. They then hurriedly said, "Dali, go and rest early, we shall be returning to our rooms now."

After saying this, the two of them immediately left the room. As they walked, their shoulders continuously trembled. Once they entered their room, they then patted on their chests and laughed their hearts out.

"This is a treasure!" Hong Dali carefully kept the fine writing paper and delightedly said, "I shall ask someone to place it on the wall tomorrow! With this, I shall see who dares to say that squandering is not a regular profession! Brouhaha!"

He was overjoyed. He was now squandering for the rise of the Nation, he shall see who still dared to look down on him now!

In the end, Hong Dali finally remembered to take a look at what the name on the stamp was. He carefully looked at it, on it was written: "&%...&%¥"

Damn! I don't recognize traditional Chinese characters!

It was a quiet night.

Early morning on the second day, Director Lin Hao already came looking for Hong Dali. The reason was obvious—he was here to borrow Big Turtle for the film.

Speaking of which, Big Turtle didn't listen to anyone else other than Hong Dali.

When Hong Dali wasn't around, all those who approached Big Turtle would be welcomed with hostility. Previously, there was a government official who wanted to take a picture with Big Turtle and a large group of people. Then, almost all of them were tossed over by Big Turtle, and the government official was almost trampled to death by Big Turtle...

This time, everyone was finally convinced. Not only the commoners, even those various officials who came to inspect, although they would still call Hong Dali "the little prodigal from the Hong Family," it was more of a joking remark. No one dared to look down on him anymore. Of course, most of the time, they called him "The Mascot of Tianjing City" now, this more interesting nickname.

Also, it was said that this nickname was disseminated from the National Security Bureau...

At 8:00 AM, Lin Hao was already on the ninth floor of Chenhui Building. He bowed towards Hong Dali and said, "Young Master, you see, I have already let out the news that the Black Tortoise will be joining the movie. Can you take out some time to bring the Black Tortoise to our shooting crew... Ah, I know Young Master is very busy now, we just need to borrow it for a short time—about two hours. We just need to take a few camera shots!"

Hong Dali was lying on Li Nianwei's thighs. He was obviously not very awake yet and dazedly said, "Maybe during the afternoon. I have something else to do before noon. Yup, you can go back first, I will go over to your place in the afternoon with Big Turtle..." After saying this, he yawned again. "Ah, I really shouldn't wake up so early in the morning, I am so sleepy!"

"OK!" It was fine as long as Hong Dali agreed, Lin Hao obviously wouldn't dare to reject. He agreed on full-heartedly and said, "Then, I shall trouble Young Master to come over. Hehe, I shan't disturb Young Master anymore, I will be going back now!"

"You may go." Hong Dali touched his chin and suddenly asked, "Oh right, by the way, ask the Chairman of your company if he is free in the afternoon. If he is, ask him to go to the shooting place too. I was thinking that if it really can't work, we might as well merge our two companies. I still have high regards for you and your crew..."

"Ah?" Lin Hao was obvious stunned for a while before he became overjoyed!The Young Master said that he wants to merge the two companies? If that happens, he will become our support and shelter! This is definitely good news!

"No problem! Definitely no problem!" Lin Hao patted his chest and guaranteed. "I will call the Chairman now, he will definitely be there in the afternoon!"

"Yup, hehe, OK, you may leave now. I'm going to sleep a while more..." Hong Dali said so and flipped his body the other way, dazedly saying, "Why do I keep feeling that there is a lot of stuff to do today, it's really weird..."

If not, why would others say that he wasn't only lucky, his mouth had been blessed too...

When he just finished saying that and before the sound landed on the floor, Zhang Cai came over. "Young Master, Le Anxuan and his team are here. They are in the big conference room waiting now. Also, there is another team of ten plus people or so. They said that they came here on the orders of their superior, and the project that they are in charge of is voice programming."

"They are here so fast! Don't this people need to sleep!?" Hong Dali instantly went frantic. Tears rolled down his face 1 as he said, "Why did I say to assemble at 8 in the morning yesterday? I'm so depressed now..." Although he said that, he still had to go over.

Hong Dali unwillingly crawled up, rubbed his eyes, and said, "Let's go, this is really..."

It really wouldn't do for one to be deprived of sleep. Hong Dali was practically stumbling all the way there. When he dazedly reached the entrance to the big conference room, he had knocked over countless vases along the way, leaving a mess in his wake...

"Greetings, Young Master!" As opposed to Hong Dali's restless behavior, Le Anxuan was like seeing a long lost relative upon seeing Hong Dali. "Young Master, I have brought all of them here. Look, there are eight people including me, we are definitely all elites!"

"Orh..." Hong Dali gave a long yawn and half-awake, waved his hand. "Tip everyone 20,000 yuan first. For the moving of stuff, you guys shall be in charge of it yourselves. Floor four to seven is empty, you can choose any level you like." Saying so, he dazedly lay on the table.

Luckily, his orders were simple. His lackeys executed his orders without any discount. Three male lackeys instantly started taking out money from their pockets and gave the eight people two stacks each. "These are the tips from the Young Master!"

"Thank you, Master!" Le Anxuan led the rest in cheering for Hong Dali.

Very quickly, he sent Le Anxuan and his team off. The other team that the Bureau Chief sent over received the same treatment. "Everyone, 20,000 yuan. Ask everyone to get busy first, I really have to take a nap. I woke up too early today and also didn't sleep well yesterday night... Ah..."

He immediately fell asleep after saying this, causing the people from the other team to watch in amazement...

Luckily, he had Ling Xiaoyi, this super butler. After she finally arranged them, everyone let out a long breath.

"Why is Young Master so tired today?" Li Nianwei strangely asked.

"Yesterday night, Young Master, he..." Upon mentioning this, Ling Xiaoyi's face turned funny. She tried to tolerate her laughter till her face turned bright red, but she still failed... "Yesterday night, Young Master obtained a set of words. He was so excited that he didn't sleep for half the night..."

"Words? What words?" Li Nianwei's face was full of curiosity. "With Young Master's temper, what words could cause him to be so happy?"

"Those words..." Ling Xiaoyi thought for a while, and since Li Nianwei wasn't an outsider, she decided to tell her. She instantly cupped her hands over Li Nianwei's ears and softly said, "It's the Bureau Chief who personally wrote those words for Young Master..."

PU! Upon hearing Ling Xiaoyi's words, the always indifferent Li Nianwei couldn't resist but laugh. She lowered her head and looked at Hong Dali, who was sound asleep on her thighs. She smiled and helplessly said, "This Young Master, he really is... too mischievous, hehe..."