John Sr. vaguely guessed Chen Zhao's intentions.
He was probably traumatized by Zhang Tianyi's scheme last year.
"I can invite Zhang Tianyi to the Vatican as a guest, but I can't control him. I can't decide when he leaves."
"Two Divine Kingdom fragments. Find something for him to do. For example, something that crawls out of your ancestral tombs and has to be taken care of by him."
John Sr. was silent for a moment.
"Five fragments. After all, if I want to keep Celestial Master Zhang, I need to open one or two dangerous seals."
"Three at most. After all, I don't have that many fragments on hand. You should understand the origin of these fragments. They aren't some random trash that can be found on the side of the road. If you want to kill a god and then destroy their god's kingdom, every single fragment is worth a fortune."
"Okay, three. I'll accept this price."
Chen Zhao grinned. Those who hadn't seen the world were easy to trick.
The twenty-third generation Blood Mary asked for thirty Divine Kingdom Fragments.
John Sr. only asked for three.
Of course, it wasn't because John Sr. was cheaper.
This was because Divine Kingdom Fragments were extremely rare to him.
But to Chen Zhao and the others, they weren't that tempting.
Of course, this was also because the angle was different.
If it was the 23rd generation Blood Mary from half a year ago …
She could give up her life for a fragment.
Back then, she didn't have anything without the fragment.
But now, the fragments in her hands could be used as popcorn.
John Sr. knew too little about the fragments.
He only knew their origins and a few uses.
It was this small understanding that made him feel that the fragments were unattainable.
"What do you plan to do?" Chen Zhao asked.
"I plan to undo the seal on the King of Evil Spirits."
"Don't go overboard. I'm not responsible for you."
"Don't worry. The King of Evil Spirits isn't a big threat. It's just troublesome and hard to destroy."
John Sr.'s tone was rather casual.
Chen Zhao trusted John Sr. too.
At least, John Sr. was more reliable than Zhang Tianyi on some things.
Of course, there were only a few who were reliable.
He didn't know if it was because older people were more jumpy.
Zhang Tianyi was like that. John Sr. was similar.
Of course, this kind of jump was based on the prerequisite of their strength.
With Old John's guarantee, Chen Zhao was relieved.
Zhang Ting and Ye Ziqing were really confused by Chen Zhao's super high standard of reception.
The cost of the trip for the next few days would be terrifying.
In a week's time, they had played all the open projects on the Mystical Island.
He ate everything that could be eaten, no matter how expensive it was.
Before he left, he gave each of them a small gift.
A pure gold, one hundred gram golden statue of the guardian.
Zhang Ting and Ye Ziqing knew about this statue. It was said that it was a limited edition in the world, and there were only 999 of them.
Apart from gold, it was also forged with the blood of the Guardian.
It was said that the blood was shed during the battle between the World Guardians and the King of Beasts.
Then, they were collected. At least, that was what the advertisement said.
If it was just the weight of gold, it would only be thirty to forty thousand yuan.
However, if the commemorative value was taken into account, the value would be at least twenty times higher.
Then, a ridiculously large private jet sent them directly back to China.
Actually, Chen Zhao's original plan was for them to take a cruise on the way back and forth, so that they could enjoy the charm of a top-class cruise on the sea.
However, the speed of the cruise ship was too slow.
Chen Zhao could wait, but Zhang Ting was firmly against it.
If the entire company boarded the cruise ship and came over, it would take at least ten to twenty days.
One round trip and the time spent on vacation. Fifty days had passed.
A round trip, plus the time spent on sightseeing, fifty days had passed.
The movie project wouldn't be able to proceed. In the end, Zhang Ting even threatened Chen Zhao with leaving.
In the end, Zhang Ting even threatened him with leaving.
Zhang Ting was indeed a talent.
Even though Chen Zhao's original goal was to make them a think tank.
Even though Chen Zhao's initial goal was to have them act as a think tank.
But Zhang Ting still managed the company in good order.
She didn't just have dreams. She also had the ability to realize them.
Back then, Chen Zhao had bought Zhang Ting's studio.
It wasn't because she wasn't capable enough.
It was because the environment wasn't good enough.
It was because the environment wasn't good enough.
Take the current situation of the domestic animation industry for example.
It was built with the corpses of countless animation companies.
Their company might still be losing money right now.
But in reality, the company had improved a lot.
Chen Zhao actually paid attention to animation companies too.
Chen Zhao bought the studio and then turned it into a company.
After an entire year, the first quarter was a pure loss. They didn't make a single cent.
In the second quarter, they started to make profits.
At the current stage, they were still losing money.
However, it wasn't a loss. It was just a negative profit.
In other words, their profitability had been shown. They had invested the money they needed for the next quarter in this quarter.
Except for the movie project they were working on now.
Actually, their company's books were already doing quite well.
Many animation companies didn't even have any profit.
The person in charge of the company could only find investors with his glib tongue.
He would give a telescope to the investors to show that he had to look at the long term and catch a big fish.
This made it harder and harder for animation companies to get investments.
However, the improvement of the environment in the past two years also gave animation companies a chance to survive.
In the past, animation companies relied purely on the country's subsidies to survive.
Some companies were only willing to make crappy cartoons to survive.
For example, seven or eight years ago, a company had to make two thousand minutes of 3D cartoons to get a subsidy of one thousand per minute, which was two million yuan.
This was also the reason why there were so many crappy 3D cartoons back then.
In order to eat two million yuan, they had to do their best to reduce the cost of a two-thousand-minute 3D cartoon.
Usually, a normal 3D cartoon would cost a few thousand per minute, and this didn't include the abandoned scenes.
The reason why subsidies were called subsidies was that they were given when the environment could not bring profits.
However, those crappy companies reduced the cost of a few thousand per minute to a few hundred or even a few dozen. One could imagine how bad the quality would be. It couldn't even be described as bad, but as bad.
Of course, the rise of domestic animation didn't rely on those crappy companies.
It relied on companies like Zhang Ting, which had their own dreams and dignity.
The environment was much better now.
It still couldn't reach the level of a complete industry chain like America and Japan.
At least, it was much better than seven or ten years ago.
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