Chapter 1236: A piece of bad news

Although the Laizhou government was a bit... reluctant regarding Lan's plan to rebuild a more comprehensive film and television city in the western region, they still gave him their support.

Aside from the fact that his control over all aspects of Laizhou was very thorough, the most critical factor was that the development of Creek Valley City was indeed limiting the film industry.

Or rather, the film industry was limiting the development of Creek Valley City, and even the development of the entire Laizhou.

Even if Lan hadn't planned to build a large project in the western region this time, people in the Film Association had already mentioned these matters regarding future development.

With the continuous strengthening of the local entertainment industry and the shipping industry in New Jincheng, the city's scale was still constantly increasing. The state government was already discussing the idea of merging Creek Valley City into New Jincheng to provide strong momentum for New Jincheng's subsequent economic development.

Then, at this time, the film shooting industry, as the main industry of Creek Valley City, clearly had a somewhat difficult position.

New Jincheng didn't want to annex Creek Valley City for the film shooting industry here, but for the land, population, and various supporting facilities that had already completed basic construction. What they wanted was not the film industry and various shooting bases.

Therefore, the film industry definitely had to relocate.

At the same time, the development of the film industry here had also reached a bottleneck. If it wanted to expand further, it would need a larger land area, more supporting facilities, and a city policy with film as the core development direction.

"Breaking up" was inevitable; Creek Valley City was too close to New Jincheng, which was the reason that limited its development.

The governor's idea was to find a place within Laizhou to accommodate the film industry. Everyone could see that this was a booming industry, and they were not stingy about rebuilding a new city for the film industry here.

However, there were also some problems within this.

A new, emerging region that received attention from the state government and policy inclination needed a large population. Where would this population come from?

The film industry, or even the emerging "film industry," was not the kind of low-level manual labor industry, like ship cleaners, that could be competent without culture and skills.

The faster the film industry developed, the harder it would be for ordinary people to enter this industry.

When film was first born, anyone with a camera could be the lead actor in front of the lens.

Now, those actors needed to receive systematic basic performance training before they could show the content the script required them to express in front of the lens.

In a few more years, actors who hadn't received professional training would basically find it hard to find work. At the same time, auxiliary workers like lighting and prop masters also had to possess professional skills.

Therefore, it was difficult for the new city to find refugees or illegal immigrants to fill it. They needed to draw blood from other cities and migrate a portion of blue-collar workers and the middle class over.

There was also the problem of various supporting facilities. These upstream and downstream industries were not the kind of simple workshops that could be completed by a few people manually, but required a complete industrial system to support them.

For example, many films now used very special shooting methods, and they produced a great many sophisticated props. Many of these props used the federal government's current cutting-edge technology.

They also needed a large number of studios and landscape settings. Sometimes they might even need to shoot explosion content, which required a larger area of land and autonomy.

Everything needed for the development of the film industry would become increasingly picky and increasingly cutting-edge.

The concentration and supporting facilities of the industry, as well as the need for a large population, and its development, required a city development plan that took the development of the film industry as the focus, rather than treating it as an incidental product.

However, now, everything was solved; Lan had moved it away.

Although it was a bit of a pity.

During this period, the management, board of directors, and people from the film industry union of many production companies in Creek Valley City had already arrived here to conduct field inspections near Deruixi.

Here, there were unique natural landscapes, cheap land, and right next door was Deruixi, which had an economic development model without any special features.

In other words, the new city could use Deruixi as a blood bag to draw blood frantically without worrying about the adverse reactions of the local economy.

Before, if they had dared to have the idea of drawing blood from New Jincheng, Mayor Williams and the financial groups in the state would have beaten the film industry that had just developed back to its original state.

But here, there were no such problems.

With lower shooting costs than the eastern region, more outstanding scenery, and various tax reduction policies within the protected area, the inspection team that had initially understood this place was basically very satisfied.

Lan didn't look down on the tax reduction policies of the indigenous protected area, but that didn't mean these production companies didn't look down on them. After all, not everyone could earn that much money.

With the support and affirmation of these people, this matter was basically completely settled.

"... This is the design plan for the 'New City' project we are going to build next. I had someone draw what it might look like in the future, which can be used as a reference."

Lan displayed a very large painting, on which there were fantasies about the New City and sketches of the New City's planning.

"For this area, my idea is to leave it for you to place a large number of film settings, concentrate them, and any company can use them directly by paying a portion of the fee, of course, including ordinary tourist groups."

"Reproducing film content will be a... feature of tourism here!"

"Continuing east from here is the entrance to the Great Rift Valley, and it is also an indigenous protected area. We will build a place similar to... an industrial base nearby, and all companies will register here."

"This way, everyone can enjoy the unique tax reduction policies in the protected area. Of course, the premise is that you need to find an indigenous person to be a shareholder, even if it's just an agreement to hold three percent of the shares."

"This way, you can save at least ten to twenty percent or more in taxes every year. This requires a professional accountant to tell you the specific situation."

Lan introduced his plan, and finally, he emphasized, "We will build a larger theme park here, move the landscape settings that are no longer used after shooting to here, and create seasonal theme parks around some of the box-office hits suitable for building amusement parks every year."

"Companies that provide materials can get a proportional share from our ticket sales."

"And here..."

Lan's grand blueprint was gradually displayed in front of people, and everyone was amazed at the scale and perfection of his plan.

People had never thought that film, parks, tourism, and the entertainment industry could be completely linked together.

A representative of a production company couldn't help but exclaim, "This will be the happiest place on earth!"

Lan heard his statement and gave affirmation to his point of view, "Yes, you are very right. This will be the City of Bliss!"

"The benchmark for the entertainment industry in the Federation, and even the world. In the future, no matter what kind of entertainment city the Federation or other countries build, they must come to benchmark against us, while being far surpassed by us!"

Someone couldn't help but raise their hand and ask, "Mr. Lan, everything you said is very perfect. I can already imagine the liveliness and prosperity when it is built in the future."

"I have a question now, and that is how long will it take us to complete it?" "This is like restoring a huge painting on a blank sheet of paper. Maybe it will take many years?"

Lan looked back at the huge New City planning map and rubbed his chin, "I plan to complete the main project within two years, and more than 50,000 construction workers will participate in the overall construction."

"Gentlemen, we are in an era of frequently creating miracles. Time is no longer as insurmountable as it was in the past in the face of money!"

"There is a very wise saying, 'Time is like gold, every second is as precious as a grain of gold sand, but time can be exchanged for gold, while gold cannot be exchanged for money'!"

"Now, as long as we have enough money, money can also buy us convenience in time!"

People who heard these questions also had no more questions. A large construction project often only had one or two thousand workers under construction.

The most spectacular Federal Building in New Jincheng only used more than 3,000 people for a year.

With more than ten times the workers of the Federal Building, split into each area, the content of the work was not as complex as building the Federal Building. Two years was more than enough.

When Lan said that more than 50,000 workers were under construction at the same time, it meant that the construction period would be shortened.

Problems that could be solved by repetitive manpower were not problems at all.

At this time, another production company representative stood up and asked with some expectation, "Mr. Lan, I wonder if this entire project... has any parts that accept additional investment?"

More people's eyes became fiery. Judging from the things Lan showed them, this New City project would definitely be popular.

Although 90 percent of the people here were engaged in the film industry, at the same time, they also represented an emerging capital field.

They had money and were willing to invest, and it was this kind of large-scale investment project with potential.

Maybe they only needed to invest, and they could continuously generate huge profits.

Lan thought for a while, "You joining the plan is part of the investment itself. Of course, if you are interested in other projects, you can give me a letter of intent, and then we will sit down and talk about this issue."

"There are really quite a few projects, and it's hard for me to answer everyone's investment questions here, and you don't have to worry too much. What we have is time!"

Everyone looked very excited. He didn't refuse outright, which meant they had the opportunity to invest some money and enjoy the joy of victory!

While chatting with these people about some construction of the New City, Aierwen stood at the door of the room and knocked on the door gently.

Lan turned his head to look at him, then smiled and said to the others, "You guys chat first, I'll go see what happened."

He walked outside the door and looked at Aierwen, "What's wrong?"

"Those construction workers have come to the company, they are downstairs."

After hearing this, Lan went directly into a room next door, then walked to the window and looked down.

A lot of people had already gathered downstairs, at least several hundred, and they were working hard to "perform" for some people holding camera flashes.

"Should I arrange for someone to disperse them?"

Just at this time, another person ran into this room, "Boss, there is a call for you, from Jinzhou."

Lan nodded slightly, didn't answer immediately, but went to the office.

"I am Lan."

"It seems you are a bit busy, but it doesn't matter, I'll finish in a few words."

The call was from Senator Cleveland. He rarely conveyed any news through Tang Mu now. After all, Lan's status and influence were no worse than his, and the only thing lacking now might be political status.

In terms of social status alone, Lan was not necessarily lower than him.

Plus they were partners, if there was anything that had to be conveyed by Tang Mu, it was clearly a bit inappropriate.

"The Federal National Security Bureau has passed in Congress, and the first director of the National Security Bureau is the son of Luo Bote."

When hearing this news, Lan was also stunned for a moment, "No one... said this person is inappropriate?"

The son of Luo Bote was the guy who was directly responsible for multiple silencing incidents. This was a ruthless person.

Regardless of whether he was smart or stupid, first of all, he was a ruthless person.

Putting a ruthless person in a position that could amplify his ruthlessness was not good news for the Socialist Party.

And there was a more troublesome element behind it, which was that he was the biological son of Luo Bote, which meant that President Luo Bote could pardon him without any worries or any other burdens.

Pardoning others might require considering whether it was worth it, but for his own son, he wouldn't consider these.

Then this Mr. Zhong Luo Bote was equivalent to having "near-infinite firing rights." He could act recklessly and then wait for his old man to give him a pardon.

Senator Cleveland sighed, "We are not the majority party now, we can't stop them."

"This is not good news!", Lan made an assessment of this news.

Senator Cleveland said "Hmm," "He might continue to trouble you, or he might not trouble you, you need to pay attention."

"We will guarantee your safety as much as possible, but we cannot pin all our hopes on the fact that he can't handle you. Be prepared to deal with everything."

"Don't give them a chance, and have the courage to bear the consequences when necessary."

He didn't mention the few silencing incidents that Mr. Luo Bote did. Throwing them out at this time was actually of little use and couldn't cause any fatal damage to President Luo Bote.

As long as President Luo Bote was still president, he would always have a way to pardon his family. Only by throwing out these materials during the general election could they become valuable.

Lan put down the phone and frowned... ===== CHAPTER 1237 =====