After hearing Zhou Muyan's words, Sun Xi could not help but be stunned.
Boss Zhou, you really don't do anything that has anything to do with humans!
When he heard that it was a paid holiday, his first reaction was to reject it. But now that he saw the documentary and realized that it was just making his employees suffer, he agreed to it immediately!
The only thing on Sun Xi's mind right now was regret.
Why did he have to mention that?!
Now that he thought about it, Min Jingchao wasn't actually Versailles at the start – he was warning him from the bottom of his heart!
He had already said that this' suffering 'trip wasn't anything good. It was merely a' paid holiday 'label on the surface, but in reality, it was' paid suffering '!
Even though they were both paid holidays, there was a fundamental difference!
Sun Xi's face turned bitter instantly as he stared at Zhou Muyan speechlessly.
Indeed, he was speechless as well. It was too late for regrets now …
Zhou Muyan looked at Min Jingchao. "Brother Min, as the main designer of this project, you must come along as well. Cultivate your relationship with the team."
Min Jingchao's expression changed immediately. "There's no need for that!"
"Boss Zhou, I'll be returning to Tengda after this project is done. I have too many opportunities like this in Tengda. You should leave this opportunity to my colleagues in Sun Strike Studios!"
Zhou Muyan waved his hand. "Ai, how can I do that? Tengda is Tengda, and Heavenly Fire is Heavenly Fire. It's Boss Pei's business how you do in Tengda, but I can't treat you badly here."
"The paid holiday is a benefit for everyone in the project team. How can I leave you out? If Boss Pei were to find out about this, he would say that I've treated you badly because of the difference in our relationship! "
"There's no need to reject it. Sun Strike Studios might not be rich, but we still have that bit of money!"
Min Jingchao, "…"
Sh * t!
He had wanted to divert the trouble to someone else. Who would have thought that he would end up in trouble instead!
After Zhou Muyan left, Min Jingchao and Sun Xi exchanged glances – they could see the despair in each other's eyes.
It's over! This matter has blown up!
There was only one way to describe it – revenge breeds revenge, when will it end?
Originally, both of them had their own thoughts, but now, both of them had fallen into the same trap. They had become grasshoppers on the same rope, unable to move.
Min Jingchao coughed lightly and asked, "Is there any way to remedy the situation? With CEO Zhou's personality, what do you think will make him cancel this trip?"
Sun Xi's face was also filled with despair. "Since he's already decided, I'm afraid there's no way to cancel it …"
"But …"
Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration. "Maybe there's another way. It's the price!"
"If the price of the suffering tour is extremely high, to the point of being ridiculously high … then President Zhou might give up!"
"Or, I'll look for other relatively affordable alternatives."
"But the premise is that the price must be very high, so high that it looks ridiculous at first glance."
The official website of Suffering Travel had only updated the promotional video and documentary, but there was no introduction of specific factors such as price and itinerary selection.
What if the price was extremely high?
Zhou Muyan did some calculations. The price and cost of arranging this for the entire project team of tens or even hundreds of people would be especially high. Naturally, he would consider giving up or switching to another project.
If it was any other paid travel project, even if the content was wilderness survival, it would be much more comfortable than the suffering tour.
This was simply the difference between going deep into the eighteenth level of hell and taking a turn on the Bridge of Helplessness.
Min Jingchao's eyes lit up. "That makes sense!"
This was called being quick-witted in an emergency. Once he heard that he was going to be arranged to go on a suffering tour, he immediately thought of a solution.
What's more, this solution was indeed feasible.
Zhou Muyan was not like Boss Pei. Although he was generous to his employees after the project made money, he was still a relatively meticulous person.
The generosity of the bonus was also built on the foundation of meticulous planning. The specific amount of bonus was very fixed.
If they found out that the suffering tour exceeded the budget, they would most likely cancel the trip or switch to another travel company.
The price of the suffering tour … needless to say, it would definitely be very expensive.
Based on Min Jingchao's understanding of the suffering tour, not only would it require special training, but it would also have to carefully select a location and make a full set of safety plans. In the future, it would also have to be his own special training base.
All of these arrangements would be very expensive, and the price would not be very low.
What's more, Min Jingchao could also think of a way to ask Bao Xu to raise the price further.
Of course, he could not raise the price directly, but he could ask Bao Xu to improve the quality of the treatment!
If the quality of the service was improved, the price would naturally be higher as well.
Min Jingchao, who had thought of this idea, had practically escaped from a hopeless situation.
"This idea is feasible! We can still be saved! "
Min Jingchao felt much more at ease. As he worked, he slowly thought about how he could bluff Bao Xu into raising the price and avoid the tragedy of the entire Bullet Hole 2 project team going on a paid suffering tour.
This matter was not urgent. After all, even if they were to go on a suffering tour, it would still be a few months after Bullet Hole 2's research and development was completed.
During this period, he would observe and choose the most suitable time to make his move. That way, he would not expose himself too obviously and be targeted by Bao Xu instead.
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October 29th, Monday …
Fei Huang Workspace …
The once bustling Fei Huang Workspace was now slightly deserted. Many of the work desks were empty. At a glance, it looked like a holiday.
In fact, it was because Huang Sibo was still suffering in Shennongjia while Zhu Xiaoce had brought a group of people to the United States to film Successor. Thus, there were not many people left in Fei Huang Workspace. Most of them were in charge of animation projects.
Executor Academy was also on Zhongdian Chinese Network's list of adapted works. What's more, Pei Qian's initial request was to acquire an animation studio to produce it.
At that time, he did not think too much about it. He simply felt that it would cost more to acquire an animation studio.
Later, Pei Qian became busy and did not bother about this matter anymore. Instead, he left it to Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce to handle.
Both of them were also quite busy. One was suffering in Shennongjia while the other was busy filming Successor. Thus, this task was given to a veteran employee who was relatively familiar with animation, Wu Chuan.
There were many animation studios in the industry, but not all of them could be acquired. Some animation studios were doing very well on their own and were very popular. Why should they sell themselves to others?
As for those animation studios that could be acquired, they more or less had some internal problems. Pei Qian had to investigate carefully before making a decision.
This was a huge workload. Thus, ever since he received this task, Wu Chuan began to understand the situation from industry insiders. He flew all over the country to understand the specific situation of these studios.
Later, he produced some reports and submitted them, but he did not receive any response.
That was because Zhu Xiaoce did not really understand these contents and could not make any decisions. He could only forward them to Boss Pei, but Boss Pei might not be able to see them.
What's more, Pei Qian felt that the animation studios were relatively low on his priority list. Thus, he did not pay much attention to them and delayed them.
However, that did not matter. He still had time. What's more, there was no harm in doing more research.
Now, Pei Qian finally took the time to visit Fei Huang Workspace to finalize this matter.
In the conference room, Wu Chuan handed his research report to Pei Qian.
"Boss Pei, this is the situation of the animation companies that I've investigated.
"These few animation companies are doing average business. I can consider acquiring them."
"Apart from these, we can also consider some outstanding animation companies in the industry. Although we can't buy them directly, we can act as the client and ask them to produce Executor Academy.
"Boss Pei, which animation studios do you want to know more about? I can answer them."
Pei Qian flipped through the research report casually.
It was obvious that Wu Chuan had done a lot of homework. The information was quite detailed, including the year these studios were established, their representative works, and so on.
What's more, Wu Chuan was right. Acquisition was not the only option. They could also choose to outsource. In other words, they could not buy the animation studios and work purely around animation.
That would greatly reduce their control over the animation studios, but the animation studios that they would work with would definitely be the best in the industry. As long as they had enough money, the quality of their works would be more guaranteed.
Pei Qian quickly scanned through the representative works of these animation studios and could not help but frown.
That seemed too reliable!
He had heard of or seen many of the animation studios' representative works. He knew that they were very reliable in the domestic animation industry.
What would happen if he bought them over and added Tengda's reputation?
Although Pei Qian felt that Executor Academy's script was quite ordinary, with the addition of these animation studios and some inexplicable popularity, it might explode in popularity?
There was still this risk.
Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, "These animation studios … seem to have their own problems."
Wu Chuan nodded slightly. Boss Pei was indeed very demanding.
So many of the top animation studios in the industry actually 'had their own problems'. It was enough to show that Boss Pei's vision was unique and sharp.
However, the problem was … they had no other choice.
Wu Chuan said, "Boss Pei, that's all the research we have so far. If you're not satisfied, there's no better option.
"Why don't I look for other overseas companies? However, it would be more troublesome to work with them."
Pei Qian waved his hand. "There's no need for that.
"What I mean is that we might as well set up an animation studio from scratch."
At first, he wanted to buy ready-made animation studios. It would be best if he could buy one that could incur huge losses.
However, after careful consideration, he realized that such a good thing was not easy to come by. The risk was still a little high.
Since that was the case, what should he do?
As a whole, animation was a field that required accumulation and professional talents. Wouldn't it be more likely for him to set up his own animation studio than to buy a ready-made animation studio that had been completed and had a perfect workflow?
Wu Chuan hesitated for a moment and said, "But Boss Pei, as I said at the beginning, we don't have any accumulated skills in this field. It would be more difficult for us to put this studio on the right track.
"There are a lot of things that can't be solved with money alone."
Pei Qian sniggered. Wasn't that just right?
Problems that could not be solved with money were the ones that burned the most money!
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