"Is Wandai really that great?" Before Boss Huang could speak, the young man directly retorted, "Wandai's PG is just a pile of plastic, at most with added lights, with pitifully low costs."
"But even if there were missiles or lasers, and they were pursued into space for attacks, the homeland's various weapons would come into play, directly intercepting and blowing up all the missiles. Decades later, Boss Huang would become the King of Mars, and the future would be a story of Mars and Earth vying for dominance."
The story was told with such conviction that Boss Huang almost believed it himself. Of course, the real reason Boss Huang built the mecha was very simple.
"I think Huang He might not have so many grand ideas; he just wants to play! He mentioned in a media interview that he's also a model enthusiast. So piloting a mecha is a dream for him, something fun!" Huang He spoke up, picking up from the other person's words.
"Play? Is that possible? They say the entire project cost at least tens of billions in R&D, all just to play?" the person said disbelievingly.
"Are tens of billions a lot?" Huang He's rhetorical question stunned the man. He then said calmly, "Brother, how much have you spent on models in total?"
"Not too much, around ten thousand yuan!" the man hesitated, then replied.
"And what's your total personal assets?" Huang He asked again.
"Uh… not cash, but does the house back home count?"
"It doesn't matter if it's cash or not; anything valuable counts as personal assets!"
"Then my assets are around 2 million!" the man said with a touch of pride.
"That's right. With 2 million in assets, spending 10,000 yuan on models accounts for 0.5% of your total assets! On the other hand, Huang He, with assets in the hundreds of billions of dollars, or 7 trillion yuan, is spending 10 billion to play with models, which is less than 0.2% of his total assets. Less than you spent, and you're saying Huang He would begrudge this money?"
"..." The middle-aged man, who had been smiling moments ago, was left utterly speechless and rigid by Huang He's words.
"Actually, I think for someone like Huang He, there's nothing in the world he can't play with or afford to play with. I suspect he's already bored with everything that exists, and it can no longer bring him joy. So only things that don't exist can bring him more happiness. This is probably why Huang He built the mecha, even if he lost tens of billions, it doesn't matter, as long as he's happy!"
"You're not Huang He, how do you know!" The man, having been rendered speechless by Boss Huang, could only retort like this.
"Because I am Huang He!" Huang He said with a grin.
A burst of laughter erupted around him. No one believed that this bespectacled student could be Huang He. Boss Huang could have removed his makeup at this moment and revealed his identity for maximum bragging rights, but if he were to expose himself, it would likely cause an incident. Therefore, Huang He could only join in the laughter and follow the crowd forward.
However, at this moment, several staff members approached, each holding a tablet. They directly found Huang He and asked, "Sir, could you please tell us if you are from the capital city or from other cities? Specifically, which city are you from?"
"I'm from Wenzhou!" Huang He rolled his eyes.
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As Boss Huang successfully passed security and entered the Bird's Nest, the first batch of investigation results had already been delivered to him. Huang He glanced at them and nodded, "It seems my guess was correct. In all the survey questionnaires, 70% of tourists are from other provinces and regions; they came specifically to see the Pangu mecha!"
"So even if they have to buy a 49 yuan model to get in, they can't refuse, since they've already come!" Huang He reasoned.
"What should we do then? Should we strictly limit the number of visitors? Limit the daily entry?" Hu Jing whispered.
"This is still… forget it!" Huang He shook his head. He thought of the excitement in the voices of the people he had just spoken to when they mentioned the Pangu Homeland. He then said, "Since they've made such an effort to come, we can't let them leave empty-handed. 100,000 people should be the peak we can reach. There won't be so many people after a few days. You find a way to transfer a few hundred more people from other regions to maintain order!"
"Okay!" Hu Jing nodded. Neither of them could have imagined that 100,000 people was just the beginning.