The next day.
Dr. Kim Yu-wu from South Korea suddenly released an apology video through American media.
He claimed the following:
"I am Kim Yu-wu, representative of Korean Traditional Medicine from South Korea. I lost the competition yesterday to Chinese Traditional Medicine, and I sincerely apologize for this. I deliberately provoked the competition without admitting my defeat. For this, I apologize to all Chinese people.
After all, as everyone knows, our people in South Korea generally do not keep their word, and shamelessness is our norm. Last night, I had an epiphany and realized how outrageously wrong I was. Therefore, I am recording this video to say sorry to everyone.
Korean Traditional Medicine evolved from Chinese Traditional Medicine. This is an irrefutable fact, but our country has been deceiving ourselves all along. The strength of Chinese Traditional Medicine is far beyond the reach of Korean Traditional Medicine. Korean Traditional Medicine is nothing compared to Chinese Traditional Medicine. South Korea even applied for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status for Chinese Traditional Medicine, which is simply shameless and incurs the wrath of both gods and men. The Dragon Boat Festival is also a traditional Chinese festival that South Korea claims as its own, showing a disregard for history and unreasonable entanglement.
Finally, I apologize to China again. The complete defeat of Korean Traditional Medicine this time is entirely due to our lack of strength. I am ashamed for the entire country of South Korea."
Kim Yu-wu's very long video was broadcast through American media, and the whole world learned how shameless and brazen South Korea was.
They shamelessly plagiarized cultural heritage and were proud of it.
People from such a country are not worth pitying.
However, after Kim Yu-wu released the video, he was never seen again. None of the South Korean representatives returned to their country. Everyone stopped caring about this issue and started wondering how South Korea managed to be so shamelessly brazen.
Xia Feng returned to Modu with his entourage after concluding the American Medical Exchange Conference.
Few people in China knew that Xia Feng was the one in the competition. Xia Feng visited Fudan University professors and students to teach Chinese Traditional Medicine from time to time, and his days were fulfilling and not uneventful.
Meanwhile, Li Chaoren remained in Modu and did not leave. To show his love and sincerity for China, he specially changed his nationality back to Chinese and invested 15 billion in Modu for greening and renovation.
One day, Li Chaoren invited Old Wang, Penguin Ma, and Miss Dong for a meal.
His intention was none other than to get acquainted with Xia Feng through Old Wang and the others. Others might not know that Xia Feng was the one competing in the US, but he knew.
This ability to bring people back from the dead could no longer be measured by ordinary thinking.
He was now over ninety years old, and the wealthier he became, the more he feared death.
"Old Wang, are there any good investment projects recently? I'm planning to shift all my focus to domestic investments. Do you have any good recommendations?" Li Chaoren asked Old Wang with a smile.
Everyone was aware of Li Chaoren's recent actions; not only had he changed his nationality back, but he had also invested 15 billion in Modu for greening.
Old Wang didn't do anything other than the film industry and real estate.
Therefore, Li Chaoren's purpose in asking him was not to inquire about investment projects, but merely to find an excuse to invite Old Wang and the others for a meal.
As a businessman his entire life, Li Chaoren had unique investment insights and naturally wouldn't lack projects to invest in.
"Uncle Li, I don't have any projects either. I still have some money on hand and don't know where to invest it," Old Wang said, spreading his hands in helplessness.
After receiving the money from the Habsburg family last time, he had been thinking about how to give the money to Xia Lin. With tens of billions of funds in his hands, Old Wang couldn't sleep.
In the past, when he was in dire straits, his pockets were cleaner than his face. Now that he had money, he didn't know how to give it away.
"The real estate industry has been difficult to navigate these past few years. Old Wang, haven't you considered transitioning?" Li Chaoren asked.
"It's better not to transition into industries you're not familiar with. It's fine to stick to your old line of business. The entertainment industry has been very profitable in the past few years, and Wanda Cinemas has become the main source of income for our group."
Old Wang had earned a lot of income from Wanda Cinemas during the most difficult years, which eased a lot of pressure for him.
"Then let's invest in the entertainment industry together. How about it?" Li Chaoren asked.
"The entertainment industry is also saturated now, unless we invest large capital to seize the market," Penguin Ma interjected.
Penguin Entertainment had always been lukewarm, and Penguin Video had been burning money. However, in the past few years, Penguin Entertainment had invested in several major films and achieved considerable returns.
Li Chaoren's words had struck a chord.
"Xia Lin and the others are not working on Keli Entertainment recently? Let's directly invest in Keli Entertainment, change its name, and use large capital to seize the market."
Old Wang was precisely worried about how to give the money in his hands to Xia Lin, and this was a great opportunity.
"I've just thought of an investment," Old Wang said.
"What investment?" Li Chaoren asked quickly.
"Invest in Keli Entertainment Company and make Keli Entertainment the largest film and television company globally, surpassing Hollywood."
Old Wang's ambition was grand; he wanted to do the best. With Xia Lin as the intermediary, he wasn't afraid of not finding investors. He couldn't succeed alone, but if everyone chipped in, they might be able to take down Hollywood.
"Keli Entertainment?" Li Chaoren asked, bewildered.
Li Chaoren had never even heard of this company. He knew companies like Emperor Entertainment Group in Hong Kong.
Penguin Ma's eyes lit up, knowing what Old Wang was planning.
"So, it turns out he's still planning to pander to Xia Lin. But I like it."
"Alright, if we're going to do it, let's do it big. I'm willing to invest 30 billion in Keli Entertainment," Penguin Ma suddenly exclaimed.
Penguin Ma's sudden shout startled Li Chaoren and Miss Dong.
"Is this guy crazy?"
Moreover, the stingy Penguin Ma was willing to invest 30 billion based on Old Wang's mere mention?
"You're investing in your own businesses with less enthusiasm than this. 30 billion! That's enough to acquire many mid-to-upper-tier entertainment companies, and yet you've never even heard of Keli Entertainment. Isn't this talk nonsense?"
"Haha, great! I'll invest 40 billion." Old Wang had just received 7.2 billion Euros last time. After investing 40 billion in Xia Lin, he would still have over 10 billion left for operating capital.
This time, Li Chaoren realized that the two were not acting crazy but were very serious.
Was there some secret behind this?
With 70 billion, he could start a top-tier entertainment company. Why invest in someone else's company and let them take the lead?
Hollywood is not a single company; it is a name comprised of many companies. Among the well-known film companies are: Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Disney Pictures, Universal Pictures, and many others.
They formed Hollywood to monopolize global film and television box office revenue.
Although not a single company, the market value of their organized film and television industries is likely in the trillions.
Therefore, to take down Hollywood, they needed to establish their own film and television cultural organization, with Keli Entertainment leading the way.
To make Xia Lin's film and television company go global and defeat Hollywood.