Since he had already conned one person, Woo Tianhao believed that he would soon be able to con a second, third, or even more.
As for Wai base's Huo Yi and the others, they were all in favor of Woo Tianhao's idea. The more people he conned, the better. When the time came, Woo Tianhao could pull some strings and increase his popularity. Perhaps the success rate of applying for a research base would increase significantly.
The reason the higher-ups hadn't approved for a research base was probably because they felt that planet Wai's development potential was still to be seen. Human traffic was low, transportation costs were high, and there were no large commercial organizations stationed there. Wai base wasn't the only place with experimental plots. Since there were better options, there was no need to choose planet Wai.
Huo Yi had to make haste if he wanted to apply for a research base as soon as possible. Thus, he had given Fang Zhao and Woo Tianhao quite a bit of convenience. He had also lifted the restrictions on communications, but he still had to abide by the rules.
With Huo Yi's help, Woo Tianhao pondered who he should contact when he got back. It would be safer to rope in more people. Without human traffic, it wouldn't be enough to create a buzz. No amount of money would make a splash.
Now that the collaboration was still under negotiation, Woo Tianhao didn't intend to let people know. Thus, he avoided people during the live broadcast and focused on the surrounding mountains. As he broadcast, he also carefully selected the surrounding mountains.
But no matter how hard he tried to hide it, Woo Tianhao couldn't completely hide his good mood from finally getting a partner.
Channel S4's online audience was practically all Woo Tianhao's fans. They knew Woo Tianhao very well, and when they saw his mood today, they had an idea.
"Don't you guys feel that Woo Tianhao is smiling especially brightly today?"
"I can see that too. Could it be that something good happened?"
"Is he hitting on a nurse again?"
"That can't be. Did something good happen to this guy?"
However, Woo Tianhao didn't know about the online discussions. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Most of his attention was on building the dojo.
After the live broadcast ended, Woo Tianhao stood on the mountain and gazed into the distance.
"That mountain... and that one, that one, and that one over there, I... I want them all." Woo Tianhao sighed. Unfortunately, he didn't have that much money.
Woo Tianhao turned to a bodyguard and said, "Take note of those mountains first."
"Take note of all of them?" The bodyguard was a little confused. He thought Woo Tianhao wanted to buy them all, but how much would that cost?
"I've memorized all of them. Forget it, give me the map. I'll circle it myself." Woo Tianhao took the map and began to mark it. He would choose the best one to build a dojo and recommend the rest to his own people.
On the other side, there was also a group of people accompanying Fang Zhao.
The zookeeper, who was familiar with the terrain, introduced the surroundings to Fang Zhao and also paid attention to the tiger-eared monkey that was hugging Fang Zhao's thigh.
There was a pendant on his leg, but he didn't feel uncomfortable after walking so far. This young man was really strange.
"What do you want to build here? It's not suitable to build a building with more than a hundred floors here. It's not that it's impossible to build one, it's just that … it's just that it might not be comfortable to live in, "a breeder said.
"We won't build it that high," Fang Zhao replied.
"What do you want to build here?"
"An ancient city street."
In Fang Zhao's memory, before the Period of Destruction, his old home had been a place with historical and cultural relics. It had been a bustling city, crisscrossed by ancient roads. Although there were many traces of human activity, it still attracted many tourists every year. Later on, when he went to work in the capital, his deepest impression was that huge palace.
The breeder quickly understood what Fang Zhao meant. "Reconstruct an ancient site?" Actually, Fang Zhao wasn't the only one with this idea. Many young people liked to enclose plots of land to build castles of nobility from the Old Era. It was a kind of sentiment, and it was also a sign that people in the New Era felt was high-class.
"There are many styles of architecture from the Old Era. Different eras have different styles …" Fang Zhao told them about the different eras of the Old Era, different periods, and different places.
Those city gates, ancient roads, those streets, all of them spanned thousands of years of history. In an era that people in the New Era didn't understand, they all had their own resplendent splendor.
Unknowingly, the people accompanying Fang Zhao had relaxed their breathing and perked up their ears to listen to Fang Zhao talk about these sights that had only appeared in documentaries or movies. Even Woo Tianhao, who had just finished his live broadcast, couldn't help but lighten his steps and listen attentively to Fang Zhao's narration.
Many buildings from the Old Era that had a sense of the times could now only be seen in the form of models, drawings, or virtual images. Even if there were some similar buildings in reality, the scale was too small and not enough to shock people.
If Fang Zhao could really build such a place here …
The people of Wai base would be delighted!
When they had time, they could even form groups to come here and relax.
The breeder thought that Fang Zhao also wanted to build the kind of ancient castles and pastures that young people liked to build here and enjoy the carefree galloping of a fine steed. However, after listening to Fang Zhao, he understood that Fang Zhao's ambitions were even greater.
"What you said, even if we just pick one place at a time, it would still be a huge project," a colonel from Wai base said. This was a reminder to Fang Zhao that although the land here was cheap and building a house wouldn't cost too much, if the scale was too large and there were too many buildings, it would still be a huge sum of money.
"Then we'll take it slow," Fang Zhao said in a relaxed tone.
"Actually, it's not a bad idea. When we get older, we can retire here. The climate here is really suitable for retirement, "the breeder said.
However, Woo Tianhao didn't like what the breeder said.
Retirement? What retirement? He still wanted to open a dojo here! It was clearly a youthful and vigorous concept, so how could he make it sound so lethargic?
Woo Tianhao snorted. "I'm not buying land here to retire!"
If buying land to build a house here wasn't for retirement, was it to sell the house? Could it be sold? The breeder and Wai base personnel looked at Woo Tianhao doubtfully.
"Dreams! Do you understand? " Woo Tianhao shook his head when he saw that this bunch of people couldn't understand. He didn't want to talk to this bunch of salted fishes. Salted fishes without dreams would never understand him on a spiritual level.
The breeder and Wai base personnel really couldn't understand Woo Tianhao's thinking. They felt that this bunch of people were really stupid and had nowhere to spend their money. However, for planet Wai, this was a good thing, so they wouldn't stop it.
Woo Tianhao drew a large circle on the map, circling the land Fang Zhao had chosen and the few mountains he had chosen.
"The outer perimeter has to be surrounded. Should we build a city wall?" Woo Tianhao asked Fang Zhao.
"We'll build the exterior of the city wall. As for defense, we still have to use current technology," Fang Zhao replied.
"Of course."
Fang Zhao's gaze swept over the tiger-eared monkey that was still hugging his leg. He asked the breeder, "Where are they kept?"
"Not far from here. There's a park built specifically for keeping these experimental animals. However, the park has to be remodeled. Otherwise, more experimental animals will escape." The breeder's tone was bitter. "It's a pity we don't have the funds. Every day, besides feeding, we're busy catching escaped experimental animals. Stupid ones are easier to manage, but when it comes to intelligent animals, we're so busy we die."
These two breeders felt that only good-tempered people like them had been transferred over to raise animals. If they had encountered animals that were impatient, they would have long since secretly found an excuse to kill those animals that liked to "break out of prison."
"Are these all completed experiments?" Fang Zhao asked.
"Most of them are. In the past, we caught some to study the viruses carried by wild animals on this planet. The base's soldiers were caught, bitten, infected, and fell ill. We had to find a cure, so these types of experiments on animals are a must."
The breeders explained, "The animals that are still in the park are all completed experiments. They basically don't pose any threat to humans, and there aren't any viruses in their bodies that can't be treated. However, it's best not to eat them. Of course, if you really want to eat them, it's not impossible, but there might be some risks. After all, they grew up in the laboratory. When they were young, the feed they ate was prepared by the lab staff. After the experiments ended, they switched to the current feed, but there will still be drug residues in their bodies. If you really want to eat them, you might as well catch them in the wild. However, if you catch them, you have to hand them over to the relevant person in charge for testing. You guys aren't from Wai base, so you haven't had many vaccines. Eating them randomly might be a little risky."
The tiger-eared monkey probably heard the breeders say they were going to be eaten, so it started baring its teeth and shrieking.
However, at this moment, Woo Tianhao didn't complain about the ear-piercing shrieks of the tiger-eared monkey. He didn't even notice the shrieks. Instead, he stared at the map in his hand, which was filled with markings, and frowned.
"Fang Zhao, I suddenly have an idea," Woo Tianhao suddenly said.
"Let's hear it."
"I feel like we haven't played big enough. Since we're here, why don't we find more people and partner up to expand the area? Just like those special buildings from different eras and continents that you mentioned, if we each contract a little, wouldn't we be able to build them? If we're going to play, let's play big! "
Woo Tianhao's words made the breeders and the accompanying Wai base soldiers unable to understand. It's fine if you jump into the pit yourself, but you want to scam even more people?
However, when Fang Zhao heard this, he immediately understood Woo Tianhao's train of thought. He smiled and said, "In the Old Era, some movie companies or production studios would equip more comprehensive sets with fixed interior and exterior scenes. To maximize profits, some places would even have dual functions for sightseeing and filming. It was a place where art and commerce were perfectly fused — the film studio complex!"
"That's right!"
Woo Tianhao's gaze was fiery and complicated as he looked at the map. At first, he hadn't wanted to play so big. He had just wanted to set up a martial arts center and fulfill his long-cherished dream. However, after hearing what Fang Zhao had said, he changed his mind. Since he was going to rope people in to play, then he might as well go big! This way, he was confident that he could rope in a few more people!
He wanted to make those cultural relics that had been destroyed during the Period of Destruction not just exist in virtual images, not just in those table-sized models, but in reality, in their original proportions. After thousands of years, they would reappear in places outside of Earth!
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