The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician
Chapter 458 - 255: The Upcoming Sky Tower_2

Chapter 458: Chapter 255: The Upcoming Sky Tower_2

Jiang Shu and the three Tablet Spirits’ eyes suddenly lit up, but then all went dark at the same time.

Playing like this in a historical open-world game...

Really wouldn’t be good.

What "each version brings a new god, every generation sees Ying Zheng get nerfed," what "everyone has a Yang Guifei to warm their bed," what "Bai Qi’s bloody massacre at Changban Slope"...

It would not only fail to establish the proper concept of history, but it would also create a bizarre kind of historical nihilism, which obviously wouldn’t be beneficial for Jiang Shu’s plans.

Just let the players be witnesses to the evolution of civilization. That would be enough.

In this game, Jiang Shu is heaven itself, and the mandate of heaven cannot be defied; history would proceed according to its course.

Yi: Besides, to make this kind of game you’d absolutely need to use something like gaming pods, right? Do you have that tech? You really don’t take Ruo Ma seriously at all, do you?

Jiang Shu, Jia, Bing, and Ding guiltily looked away.

Indeed, without money or technology, don’t end up making some turn-based card-drawing smartwatch game...

Uh, better not to make anything at all, honestly.

Yi: Moreover, the capital turnover cycle for film and television is indeed short, and the influence is more widespread. Providing sufficient promotional resources can cover all age groups in Lonely City, and most critically, Li Yuntang has a pivotal role in the Lonely City entertainment industry. Just tie her to your war chariot, and it’ll be a breeze.

Convinced, Jiang Shu and Little Ding nodded their heads; they were experts at riding on coattails.

There was no helping it; these things couldn’t be done with just their own power.

However, Yi shook his head again, his expression somewhat helpless: But how much of a historical period can one film cover? Movies focus on conflict, whether individual or dynastic, that’s just too brief within the river of history. Relying on film and television, the cycle for implanting subconsciousness is likewise too long.

And Jiang Shu frowned as well, Yi’s speech making him realize that something was amiss, so he interrupted, "So, what then? You’re saying all this for what? What’s our initial direction?"

Yi: Let’s do it together, push forward simultaneously. Historians who study history would naturally be very interested in this documentary literature, and they may not play games but definitely won’t miss out on TV and film; gamers, moved by historical figures, would surely go back to study their life stories, understand the background; and those who watch TV series, if they have time, wouldn’t pass up reading or playing games.

"Where’s the money? We don’t have enough funds," questioned Jiang Shu.

Yi: Just be a model worker, man, a single magic show makes millions. Do one show a day, and you’ll have two cool millions daily. Initial capital? You’ll get it quickly.

Jiang Shu: "???"

Well, my friend, seems you’ve been waiting here for me to arrive?

"No way, this isn’t reliable," Jiang Shu quickly shook his head, "setting aside whether I could even manage such high-quality, high-frequency performances every day, the curiosity of the people in Lonely City would quickly be exhausted by it."

He quickly added to his point, "The core of magic is consistency; too much of it and people get aesthetic fatigue. If I performed daily, magic show tickets would no longer be hard to come by, and a daily salary of two cool millions would be nothing more than a theoretical fantasy."

Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding also nodded simultaneously, finding no fault in this.

Although they all knew the main reason was that a person like Jiang Shu would never become a model worker.

Perform every day?

In your dreams!

Just look at the sweat on his forehead. He was never this panicked in the hotel room when he couldn’t find his safety gear for a moment!

Yi: However, if we proceed with the projects simultaneously, once we have the initial start-up capital, subsequent funds would actually be easier to rotate. If one project makes money, that money can subsidize another project...

"This makes sense," Jiang Shu nodded. He could imagine that the funds from the TV and film project would definitely be needed to support the game development project.

What else could be expected with such high interest rates?

"But..." he flipped the script again, "in that case, if all three projects lose money at the same time, it will be impossible to recover."

Yi: Shared success, shared failure. It’s just the nature of this venture. Did you think constructing sky towers would be so easy? Compared to that, making money is perhaps the simplest step in the plan, right?

"Indeed." Jiang Shu couldn’t help but lower his gaze; only at such times did he begin to realize how difficult his spur-of-the-moment idea of peaceful reform really was.

It might not be any simpler than a violent revolution.

Planting subconscious ideas in the group mind was only the first step.

Hypnotic induction.

Subconscious suggestion.

Deepening the hypnotic state.

Confirming the hypnotic state.

Repeat the third and fourth steps until the depth of hypnosis reaches the level required by the practitioner.

Finally, drag the entire city into a new world constructed by Positive Illusion and Negative Visual Hallucination.

"This is the process of hypnosis, just the steps of hypnosis alone require countless efforts."

After that, he still had to confront the Main Brain and completely defeat it.

And in order to defeat the Main Brain, one also needed to know its related information through various channels, otherwise, even if the opportunity presented itself, he wouldn’t know what to do.

Just thinking about it gave him a headache.

B: So this first step is stalled because of insufficient start-up capital.

A: Yeah, we’ll talk when we’ve made some money, at least tens of millions are needed, right? Master, how much capital do you have right now?

Jiang Shu glanced at his account balance; his money-accumulating ability was still very strong, and the villa had also been bought by Ruo Ma.

"Over seven million," he replied, then he remembered his movie, "It’s mid-November now, and when January 1st comes around, the film will be released. According to the contract, we can get our share of the revenue based on the box office. If the box office is big enough, combined with this one-and-a-half months of financial management, the start-up capital may well be enough."

A: Right, by that time, it should be about enough.

It had some tricks up its sleeve.

By that time, if the Taigong Dynasty hadn’t collapsed due to going all-in, it should be about time to harvest the first batch of leeks, right?

Although they strictly forbade the Taigong Dynasty from operating illegal industries, Lonely City equally had many legal industries that were very profitable!

And these industries just happened to be concentrated in areas like DEF District, where underground organizations ran rampant, which is also why capitalists often supported the underworld.

Interests, there were innumerable interests in this area.

With these funds, initiating the first phase of the plan would definitely be more than enough.

"So, what can we do now? We can’t just do nothing for this whole month and more," thoughts of doubt sprang up again in Jiang Shu’s mind.

And along with doubt, a sense of relaxation he was particularly fond of arose.

That is to say, he had more than a month to squander freely?

A: First go cling to Ruo Ma’s leg, give her a heads-up, and see if she can provide technical support.

A: And you must show loyalty! You’re sure to deal with many women in the future.

B: What dealings? What path?

Jiang Shu: "..."

He slapped B away with his hand, telling him to die off to the side.

Ding: Keep up your smiling face, cultural invasion needs a more stable social environment, and you must promote changes in the Social Sequence; this is also Ruo Ma’s long-cherished wish! We need to clean up the criminals of the Thirteen District and the Wildfires! And you’ll also need underground influence, which you’re sure to use in the future.

At that moment, Little A glanced at Little Ding.

A: Are these two things conflicting? We can clearly proceed with both at the same time.

Little B ran back and voiced his opinion.

B: Of course, they can’t be done together, loyalty and smiles have never mixed since ancient times!

Jiang Shu: "..."

So he slapped again.

C: There’s also supporting opinion leaders, taking the high ground in public opinion is necessary in the later stages of subconscious implantation!

"Hm?" Jiang Shu looked toward Little C, and there was a key point again.

How to transform the Metaverse of Blue Star’s historical culture into opinions that influence reality, this would certainly require a lot of "rumors".

Opinion leaders were equally important.

Moreover, during the reform of the Social Sequence, occupying the high ground of public opinion and mobilizing mass strength would obviously be much more effective.

C: So, we need to cultivate opinion leaders as soon as possible, Koichi Kojima is one direction, representing the selection of existing TV presenters for training, often having to support them from their downfall, which requires a lot of energy. After all, a person’s downfall is always related to themselves, but the benefit is that they can be used in the short term.

C: Another direction is... the Media Academy!

C: With the setup of the Character Card system, most students in the Media Academy will work at TV stations, so early cultivation is more valuable.

C: Moreover, given Master’s own charisma, the efficiency of training female students may be higher, and so will their loyalty. Therefore, it’s suggested to start with donations, vigorously supporting those with excellent grades, such as student financial aid funds and scholarships.

B: Right, right, charisma! Yes, yes, scholarship money!

Jiang Shu: "..."

Without hesitation, he shut B down.

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