"Of course, it’s powerful," Wang Hao shrugged his shoulders and said, "My concern is exactly what kind of powerful it is."
"How should I put this..." Bill Bragg thought carefully before saying, "Well, let me put it this way, this time they’ve brought Michael Bragg over, the director of ’Mechanical Tide Fury,’ which ranks eighth in the top 100 global box office. It made a whopping seven hundred million US dollars and is known for its epic explosions and grand scenes. He’s very famous internationally."
Upon hearing this name, everyone present was shocked!
"Good heavens, it’s him! This is going to be a huge problem!"
"Exactly, this guy is very famous internationally. A lot of viewers would go to see the movie just for him, which means the box office can’t be low!"
"We’re finished, truly finished this time. Brother Hao, what do we do?"
But that wasn’t all, Bill Bragg continued to drop bombs: "And this time he brought their company’s best special effects team with him. This special effects team is top-notch worldwide; just one set of their rendering equipment costs eight million six hundred thousand US dollars, equipment that I can’t even get here."
Everyone looked at each other—what do we do now? They’ve got the best team and the most awesome director; just these two factors are enough to crush us!
And actually, that wasn’t even the key issue; Wang Hao’s side hadn’t even put together a crew yet!
"It seems Hong Tianjun is making his move," Wang Hao stroked his chin and muttered, "This guy is definitely no lamp lighter; his first move is a lethal blow..."
Zhao Zhenhao said, "Brother Hao, what should we do? Looking at it now, our chances of winning..."
"My company..." Bai Ze covered his face, "We’ve already lost half the battle before it’s even started, how can we continue to play?"
"It’s actually not a big deal," Wang Hao smiled and said, "I’ve played around with web series, dabbled in TV dramas, and so far, both areas are not bad. I, as a little scriptwriter, have some fame in the domestic market. Let them come if they want, but I don’t necessarily think we’re inferior to them—Bill, just get me one special effects team from your side, and we’ll take things one step at a time."
One step at a time? Is that even a strategy?
"Um, Brother Hao," Fang Wenbin said cautiously, "Do you really... also have no confidence?"
"No kidding," Wang Hao smirked, "What confidence can I have right now when I don’t even know how Hong Tianjun operates? So, the most important thing today is to meet my future father-in-law."
"Ah?!" Everyone gasped in unison, Bai Yaning covered her mouth with her fingers, widened her eyes, and said, "Now... you want to see my father?"
"Of course," Wang Hao said cheerfully, "I definitely need to consult him about such a big gamble."
As soon as Wang Hao made his decision, he naturally had no reservations.
He got into the Bentley Zeus that Bill had given him, held the steering wheel, and smiled, "Yaning, visiting your Uncle at your house, what should I buy... I can’t go empty-handed on my first visit, do you have any good suggestions?"
"What good suggestion can I have?" Bai Yaning gave him a direct look, laughed, and scolded, "Do you think my father lacks anything? Just buy some fruit."
That sounded so reasonable that I was speechless!
So, half an hour later, when Wang Hao drove into the Hailing Mountain Villa District on the South Third Ring of Zhonghai City where Bai Yaning’s father lived, even the security guards were flabbergasted!
"Miss Bai, are you..." The guard looked at the pickup truck filled with various kinds of fruit following the Bentley Zeus and stammered, "Are you planning to open a fruit supermarket?!"
Bai Yaning covered her face, "I told you to buy less..."
"Ah, got too excited and bought too much, haha, haha..." Wang Hao let out a couple of dry chuckles—there was no helping it, this was his first time meeting such an important figure, and he got so excited he overbought...
Of course, these were just details. With the mentality of ’better to overdo than to miss an opportunity,’ Wang Hao went straight to the Bai family’s villa.
The entire Hailing Mountain Villa District covered an area of 1.36 million square meters, with only four sets of buildings, each with its own name.
The villa where Bai Haochen lived was called Buckingham Palace, situated at the highest point of the Hailing Mountain Villa District.
After Wang Hao parked his car, he looked up at the imposing castle-style building in front of him and couldn’t help but marvel, given his worldliness, "This grandeur is simply something else, truly worthy of the Bai family..."
"Stop bragging, let’s get inside," Bai Yaning said as she got out of the car and walked straight to the front door.
She had already notified the butler before arriving, and by this time, the butler in a black suit was already waiting at the door. As soon as he saw Bai Yaning get out of the car, he said, "Miss, you’re back."
"Yes, is my dad at home?" Bai Yaning, leading Wang Hao inside, saw the butler already directing the servants to unload the fruit.
"The master heard that Young Master Wang was coming and has been ready for a while now," the butler said with a slight smile, then led the way.
Once inside the villa’s main gate, Wang Hao looked around. The four-story detached villa had a very spacious living room, with a tempered glass ceiling allowing for soft, natural light to stream in.
The interior of the entire villa was magnificent, with many items that even Wang Hao couldn’t name.
In the middle of the living room, on the central sofa, was a middle-aged man looking over some documents. Seeing Wang Hao come in, he immediately stood up, smiling, "You must be Wang Hao, right? Come, have a seat."
Oh, is this Uncle Bai?
"Uncle Bai, hello," Wang Hao said shyly, quickly going over to take a seat.
"Yes, the young man seems quite good," Bai Haochen said with a chuckle, sizing up Wang Hao and nodding, "Yaning has mentioned that she’s dating you, I’ve wanted to meet you for a while but never found the time, it’s great you came today, let’s have a good chat, just the two of us."
Hearing this, Wang Hao’s heart started thumping nervously!
"Yes, yes, yes," Wang Hao cautiously watched Bai Haochen’s expression and said, "Uncle Bai, you mean..."
"Oh, don’t be nervous. Yaning, you go help your mom wash some fruit," Bai Haochen sent Bai Yaning off to cut fruit and pour water, then turned to Wang Hao with a smile, "I don’t intend to be a spoiler. Actually, I just wanted to see for myself what a young fellow who’s ’cheating’ in real life is like, heh heh."
Cheating in real life? What does that mean?!
"Uncle Bai, your words..." Wang Hao felt unwell all over: "What do you mean?"
"Don’t be nervous," Bai Haochen handed Wang Hao a glass of water and chuckled, "I mean exactly what it sounds like."
Wang Hao was so scared he immediately wanted to run away!
Did Uncle Bai see through something?!
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It’s the end of the month, time for a push for monthly votes!
I’ve been down with a heavy cold these past few days, so updates have been slow, really sorry!