dognovel Chapter 144 The Super Bet
Chapter 144 The Super Bet
Chapter 145 The Super Bet
"Brother Chuan, are you sure you know the specific revenue figures for my science fiction novels in North America?"
"Of course, don't forget that I've already acquired Old Mark's company, so naturally I need to arrange for financial personnel to audit the accounts of the five publishing consortium. This is an essential business skill for a successful businessman."
"Wow, so you're really that confident that my music will make a lot of money?"
This is very, very important, as you should know very well: my country is very poor and desperately needs money, a lot of money, to develop our country. Back home, I'm a renowned patriotic writer. Don't laugh at me, but my initial motivation for all my writing is to serve my country, so that one day our country can become as wealthy and prosperous as North America, where everyone can drive the kind of cool car you're driving now—”
Isn't it just about setting traps for each other to fall into?
Yu Zhen then began to frankly recount his experiences in China.
Believe it or not, Tang Jinmao loves to hear that.
And it's very immersive.
After all, a cultural luminary from an ancient, poor, and incredibly backward country is indirectly expressing envy and jealousy of his own country, and even unable to hide his longing for it.
God help him, he really hoped that Yu Zhen would experience more of these kinds of emotional fluctuations!
After all, the more emotionally volatile he is, the more likely he is to take advantage of the situation and become the ultimate winner in abducting Yu Zhen to North America.
If this battle is successful.
He was destined to become a hero in the entire North American entertainment industry.
Even the president of the Hollywood studio, upon hearing such news, would be given the opportunity, earnestly invited to a cup of coffee, and fawned over him, pulling on his shoulder to ask for a photo together.
"It might be difficult for every citizen of your country to drive a luxury car like mine, but I think it's more realistic to have everyone own a bicycle. I don't mean to belittle your country's development efforts and determination, but the reality is that your country has a billion people—the most populous country in the world! You surely know that Earth's resources are finite. If every one billion people in your country could afford a million-dollar supercar, believe me, the Earth wouldn't be able to withstand the depletion of resources. The Earth would explode—"
Hey, you actually preached such fallacies to my face?
Why would the Earth explode?
The subtext is nothing more than that we, the Eastern Kingdom, are not worthy of development and will live in poverty forever so that you can feel at ease and have a so-called sense of security!
Qin Zhongkai and Lao Zhang had been listening quietly to their conversation.
The golden retriever suddenly threw out this fallacy that Earth's resources are finite and will explode.
It was obvious that it deeply touched the hearts of both of them.
They could naturally understand the subtext in the golden retriever's words.
Is it because the Eastern Kingdom has too large a population that it is unworthy and should not have a modern future?
Whether the Earth will explode or not is still an unfalsifiable fallacy.
But what about Director Qin and Deputy Director Zhang?
They were on the verge of exploding with rage.
"Brother Chuan, the Earth has never belonged solely to the West. What you just said was incredibly hurtful. Your country is so wealthy, yet why don't you all practice thrift and reduce resource waste? Do you think that the billion people of the East don't deserve a good life? Sorry, but if that's your biased and malicious mindset, then let's end it here! We're on different paths, so let's part ways. Turn around and take us back to the hotel! Of course, you can refuse, you can even turn your back on us and dump us on the street—that's all fine with me. Now, either turn around and go back to the hotel, or stop the car and let the three of us out!! Damn it!!"
Big Golden Retriever Ah Chuan was completely dumbfounded!
What's wrong?
What's going on here??
I never said I wouldn't let your Dongguo develop and grow stronger, much less that you don't deserve to live a modern life.
I'm just stating the facts, pointing out a harsh reality: it's simply impossible for everyone in your country's billion-strong population to drive a million-dollar luxury car. Even in North America, it's impossible for everyone to own a million-dollar car. At least half the population will forever be barely scraping by, barely surviving.
This is a universally applicable law of social reality.
I wish that every one billion people in your country could have a bicycle, but that's already a dream that's very difficult to achieve!
Tang Jinmao felt very wronged.
He was determined to befriend Yu Zhen and was eager to offer him benefits.
They even considered assassinating him at one point.
If Yu Zhen writes songs, I will pour money into it, no matter what, to help Yu Zhen reach new heights in the field of music creation.
"Gah!"
The car braked suddenly, and its speed dropped drastically.
"Yu, my dear Yu, we must have misunderstood each other. You are my best friend, Donald Chuan. How could I possibly have such malicious thoughts! Every person and every life in the world deserves respect. I truly have no intention of offending any of you, but the reality is harsh. Earth's resources certainly have their limits, right? The uncontrolled growth of the population... well, I don't need to tell you, you can do the math yourselves, right? If your country had the same population as ours right now, wouldn't your living conditions be drastically different?"
"Yu, please don't be angry. And to the two friends in the back row, please don't be angry either. I am the person who loves your country the most."
When the golden retriever got angry, it started spouting all sorts of nonsense.
Yu Zhen wouldn't really hold a grudge against this old man.
It's just that we've planted a seed deep in this guy's heart so that when he mentions related outrageous ideas, he'll be able to connect them to today's events.
"Brother Chuan, if you want me to truly forgive you, let's make our bet condition: a minimum of one hundred million US dollars in creative revenue!"
"Wow, what do you mean? One hundred million US dollars in creative revenue, which specific aspect does that refer to?"
"During my stay in North America, I will take the time to carefully prepare the number of musical works for an album. I don't care how you operate it specifically, but for this album, you have to give me a net profit of one hundred million US dollars!!"
how?!
"Do you dare to continue this betting?!"
Big Golden Retriever Ah Chuan was stunned: Oh my god, one record, and he's going to take away a hundred million US dollars in net profit??
Qin Zhongkai and Lao Zhang were equally dumbfounded.
Xiao Yu, your demands are outrageous!