Chapter 289: Chapter 204: Eight Nations Alliance (First Update)
Mande Region.
A large hospital, which had nearly completed construction, was halted and underwent redesign and reconstruction.
Vast quantities of construction machinery and workers moved in, initiating feverish building activity.
The number of workers gathered here was even greater than before, with piles of steel and concrete stacked up on the site.
The workers, wearing safety helts, directed large dump trucks filled with sand and soil and enormous cranes that ca from afar, while the roaring sounds of various heavy machinery filled the air.
As the project continuously progressed, so workers began installing windows and doors, breathing life into the building.
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However, the previously pristine white exterior walls of the hospital were now painted in darker, more somber hues, exuding a slightly eerie vibe.
Su Jie, accompanied by Chen Yaoguang, walked through the bustling construction site, followed by several engineers.
These engineers, hailing from Hua Country, were mbers of the China Construction Third Bureau.
Hua Country was known as a construction frenzy nation; with enough money, their building speed was unquestionable.
“What’s the projected tiline for completion based on the current pace?”
Su Jie looked up at the repurposed hospital, with its surroundings also undergoing extensive expansion, aiming to create a vast-scale Ghost House.
“Since the hospital was nearly finished originally, only so light renovations remain. With workers operating in three shifts around the clock, the first phase of the project could be completed in about half a month and initially put to use.
The larger-scale second and third phases of the project, involving an area of over 6,000 acres, will require more ti to build progressively.”
The site’s chief engineer answered respectfully; this massive Ghost House spanned over 6,000 acres, almost as large as Tsinghua University, with only a small part completed so far.
“That’s reasonable timing!”
Su Jie nodded. The sooner the Ghost House was built, the earlier they could open and start harvesting the emotions of fear, which Su Jie valued highly.
In Su Jie’s vision, the future Ghost House would rival Shanghai’s Disneyland, which, despite only being open for seven to eight years, had already accommodated over a hundred million visitors.
Chen Yaoguang handed over so docunts and interjected, “Mr. Su, according to your instructions, we have already placed advertisents on multiple promotion platforms to boost awareness for the Ghost House. We’ve also contacted various travel groups and spent a lot on several internet bloggers who will help promote it when the ti cos. However, do we really need to offer such a huge prize? If soone truly completes the Ghost House challenge, this high reward of one million dollars…”
Thinking of the advertisent Su Jie had demanded, Chen Yaoguang still found it unbelievable to this day.
At Su Jie’s behest, Jieke Company had invested an imnse amount in advertising and set up exorbitant prize money for successful challengers, which, in Chen Yaoguang’s view, seed almost like throwing money into the water.
“Are we lacking money?”
Su Jie smiled; to him, money was not an issue at all, at least for now.
“Jieke Company now makes over one billion US dollars in revenue each month; our cash flow is substantial.”
Chen Yaoguang said imdiately, understanding Su Jie’s intention.
However, he still couldn’t grasp why, even with ample funds, they needed to splurge on a Ghost House.
Compared to amusent parks, a Ghost House was a niche concept, and turning a profit to recover the initial investnt was very challenging.
“Since we’re not short of money, nothing else is a problem. I’m not planning to recoup the investnt through the Ghost House; this is my plan. I want to make Mande City the largest top-tier Ghost House in the world, and I’m willing to invest billions of dollars to achieve that.”
Su Jie spoke calmly, of course not revealing the real reasons to Chen Yaoguang.
Money is ant to be spent. The population in the Mande Region is limited, totaling around two million, and the entire Chan Country has only fifty million inhabitants.
Unless it were mandatory for all citizens to visit the Ghost House, it would be hard to ensure the volu of fear emotions Su Jie needed.
Moreover, continuously having the sa group of people entering the Ghost House would acclimate them to fear, leading to a decrease in the emotions provided, which wasn’t in line with Su Jie’s expectations.
To et Su Jie’s demands, he would need to attract more tourists to enter the Ghost House.
To achieve that, apart from gaining fa, offering attractive rewards was clearly the most effective.
Su Jie, while walking on the construction site, pointed towards a large building on the left and said, “The Ghost House will offer five levels of difficulties: Ordinary, Hard, Nightmare, Hell, and Unsolvable. This building will be set at the Ordinary level. The interiors should follow my design. If visitors successfully complete the challenge, they will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars, Hard will offer fifty thousand dollars, Nightmare one hundred thousand dollars, Hell three hundred thousand dollars, and Unsolvable level, a direct reward of one million dollars.”
In Su Jie’s plan, the Ordinary level of the Ghost House would only feature a First-grade fierce ghost.
The Hard level would see Second Grade, and Nightmare would include Third-grade fierce ghosts.
In the Hell level, the Lantern Ghost and Painting Woman would make an appearance.
As for the Unsolvable level, once this massive Ghost House was constructed, it would beco the resting place for Ghost Bride.
This Unsolvable-level Ghost House was planned as a venue for the Ghost Bride to relax and unwind.
Normally, most individuals would be terrified out of their wits facing a real First-grade fierce ghost in the Ordinary level. Who would be audacious enough to try the Unsolvable level?
Other than Su Jie, those on the site inhaled sharply upon hearing this.
“This money will drive countless people crazy.”
Engineers from Hua Country murmured to themselves, noting that in Hua Country, the average yearly inco was only ten thousand US dollars.
Yet here, all one needed to do was to successfully complete a haunted house of ordinary difficulty to earn a year’s salary, which was incredibly tempting.
“Mr. Su, isn’t there a limit?”
An engineer couldn’t help but wonder, fearing that continuing this way would drain even the deepest coffers.
“As long as one has the skill, no matter how many people succeed, we won’t miss a penny of the bonuses. With Jieke Company’s reputation, you shouldn’t be afraid of us defaulting on paynts.”
Su Jie chuckled lightly, his voice casual as he ntioned that to Jieke Company, flush with cash, such trifles were too small to be considered.
Moreover, succeeding in the haunted house was certainly not as easy as they imagined.
It required not only courage but also sufficient cunning, or else one would simply be delivering themselves up on a platter.
“That’s impossible.”
A few engineers thought the sa, knowing Jieke Company was fad as a potential top contender in the pharmaceutical industry once it went public.
Their Tianyuan Hair Growth Liquid was known around the world.
One million dollars was a massive wealth for an individual, but for a transnational pharmaceutical giant like Jieke Company, it really wasn’t much.
“Old Chen, increase the investnt in promotion, we can start heating up now.”
Su Jie instructed Chen Yaoguang, noting that half a month was plenty of ti to get things sorted, and the training of personnel had already begun, let alone worrying about the employees who would act as ghosts in the haunted house.
“Mr. Su, you haven’t co up with a na for this haunted house yet, what do you think of calling it?”
“Hmm, how about calling it Nightmare Park? I hope the visitors can experience a truly authentic and thrilling adventure here,” Su Jie said thoughtfully, stroking his chin as he nad the haunted house.
“That’s a good na, very fitting,” Chen Yaoguang agreed repeatedly, as if the na carried great significance, his flattery a bit too apparent.
Su Jie shook his head smiling, then continued touring the construction site, sharing his plans with the engineers.
Half an hour later, trouble found them first.
Liu Yingying rushed out of her car, put on her hard hat, and walked up to Su Jie, whispering, “There’s trouble, Su Jie.”
Su Jie gestured for Chen Yaoguang to leave, and, taking a hint, Chen led the engineers away.
“Is it Beautiful Country making moves again?” Su Jie asked, knowing that his current enemy was none other than the Blue Star Dominator.
“Exactly, just now, Beautiful Country announced a new round of sanctions against Chan Country’s East Qin State, aiming to freeze Jieke Company’s overseas bank channels and initiating a stricter trade embargo.”
Just half an hour ago, a cargo ship headed for Jike Port in East Qin State, laden with our industrial purchases, was seized by the Chan Country Governnt Navy claiming we were transporting illegal smuggled goods and demanding a fine of thirty million US dollars.
In addition, Beautiful Country announced they would deploy a long-distance escort fleet, in collaboration with Temasek, Luzon, Siam, Jawa, Johor, Chan Country, and Japan, to combat the pirates in ngjia Bay and maintain the safety of the route, clearly aiming at us, intending to block us on land.
They also plan to make this escort a routine, creating an Eight Nations Security Agreent led by Beautiful Country, forming an Asia-Pacific Eight Nation Alliance organization designed to stifle our developnt,” Liu Yingying explained as she quickly showed the latest news to Su Jie.
Su Jie looked down at the news, with entries from various countries, though Japan’s were the most conspicuous.
As a loyal servant of Beautiful Country, openly signing a reciprocal military access agreent with Chan Country, the agreent would allow the Japan Self Defense Forces to be deployed to Chan Country’s territory in turns.
Other countries simply send their navies, following behind Beautiful Country with their poorly maintained small frigates to boost morale.
But only Japan was sending troops; they were truly audacious!
“Well, they seem to have forgotten the pain after a scar heals. Are they living too comfortably that they have never been beaten?” Su Jie mused as he saw the Pri Minister of Japan’s speech at the news conference on his phone, expressing their intent to provide Chan Country with coastal radar systems, technical support for patrol boats to investigate illegal mariti smuggling routes, and assertively maintain Chan Country’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty against all dictatorial warlords and illegal elents.
The news made Su Jie laugh.
You think you can just step from Northeast Asia to create mischief in Southeast Asia? Look at you go.
Yet, upon reflection, Su Jie wasn’t surprised.
Japan, as a country deeply controlled by Beautiful Country from top to bottom and hosting the most overseas military bases of Beautiful Country, was clearly playing the vanguard role this ti.
It seed the last encounter had hurt Beautiful Country badly, leading them to skulk in the back this ti and instead send Japan, their top lackey, to test the waters and provoke Jieke Group.
If Jieke Group remained as fierce and formidable as before, it would be Japan that suffered.
If Jieke Group backed down, Beautiful Country, along with other countries, could push further and claim more benefits.
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