I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 542 - 540 The Joy of Spending Money

"Old Zhang, this is not a simple matter," Wang Ling said solemnly, "In the last two years, our country has also implemented many countermeasures against the cultural output of other countries, and other countries have also begun to gradually implement them. It's very difficult to penetrate their markets."

"What's there to be afraid of," Zhang Menglong laughed, "I believe that there are still many things in this world that can be achieved with money. During the Huaxia dynasty, others could use foreign artillery to force open our national gates, and now we can do the same."

"You want to start a war? That's not necessary, Zhang Ge, cool down," Wang Ling knew for sure that Zhang Menglong definitely had the capability.

The Longyin fighter was developed by Zhang Menglong himself, and for him, 320 billion US Dollars was equivalent to just ten bucks for an ordinary person. If he really wanted to, he could easily establish several Longyin; not to mention opening national gates, smashing the Presidential Palace would be a breeze.

But precious friend, we don't want to stir up such things!

"Am I the type who is unreasonable and overbearing? We live in a civilized society; we can't behave like that!"

"So what are you... planning to use money to smash open their gates?" Wang Ling guessed Zhang Menglong's plan as if he could read his mind. However, for a person as outrageously rich as Zhang Menglong, aside from this method, there were no other innovative tactics, except for perhaps the manner of 'smashing'.

"What's your plan?"

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"Simple!" Zhang Menglong said, "Now, movies have become an indispensable part of people's lives around the world. What do you think would happen if they suddenly had no movies to watch?"

"Isn't that obvious? They'd go crazy," Wang Ling replied, "Probably start protests in the streets, advocating for cultural freedom, for human rights."

"You're not thinking of buying up all the cinemas in the world, are you?"

"Correct, now the stakes are high," Zhang Menglong said with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"When Mr. Zhang makes a move, it's on the scale of a nation, and it starts at a minimum of hundreds of billions of US Dollars—my poverty can no longer limit my imagination."

"But your vision is still too small!" Zhang Menglong said, "If I wanted to buy cinemas, I would only buy a portion. If I didn't acquire all of them, and the rest of the audience simply went to other cinemas to watch movies, I wouldn't lose out, but I'd end up boosting the economic growth of their film industry, and that would make me unhappy."

"You can only buy half?"

"I think what Mr. Zhang means is that a large part of those top media companies are state-owned enterprises, and even with money, they would not be willing to sell. That's not something that can be achieved just by having money," the girl beside Wang Ling suddenly spoke.

"Look at that, your girlfriend is clever. How could you not think of something so simple," Zhang Menglong said, "Of course, if we really wanted to, it wouldn't be impossible, but it would escalate to the level of state affairs and would inevitably cause some trouble. Zhou Lao has warned me several times. I'm not afraid, but I still want to show some respect to others."

"By the way, you haven't even introduced her to me yet," Zhang Menglong said discontentedly.

He couldn't help but give the girl another look. Her beauty was secondary; what was most important was the extraordinary demeanor she possessed, which certainly could not have been cultivated by any ordinary family.

"Hahaha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Wang Ling chuckled apologetically, "My girlfriend, Jiang Qiyuan, Qiyuan, I suppose I don't need to go through the formalities of introducing you, right?"

"Ms. Jiang, hello."

"Mr. Zhang is too polite. You are a friend of Wang Ling's, 'Miss' is a bit too distant."

The instant their hands touched, Zhang Menglong actually felt an unusual ability emanating from Jiang Qiyuan, unlike Inner Strength and not Supernatural Abilities either.

"This Jiang Qiyuan comes from no ordinary background," Zhang Menglong thought with extra caution, "Could she be from one of those special Ancient Martial Arts Families?"

Wang Ling might be rich, but Zhang Menglong was very clear that to an Ancient Martial Arts family, his wealth wasn't impressive. Although Wang Ling could be unreliable at times, he was still his friend.

Jiang Qiyuan was also startled because she felt a vast and boundless power emanating from Zhang Menglong.

"Gee, now whether or not to mess with other countries depends on their say-so, the progenitor of Versailles is definitely you," Wang Ling said with no words to spare, "So what's your plan?"

Zhang Menglong came back to his senses, thought for a moment, "Naturally, to mess with the source!"

"What do you mean?"

"Those movies need to be shot and produced, they always need rights, right? Nowadays, films are either adapted from novels or comics, there's always a corresponding author, and foreign countries protect these rights much more fiercely than ours. Unless there are rights bought out completely, all the rights still belong to the authors."

Wang Ling laughed. Authors nowadays are no fools. Once they know their work has such great commercial value, they wouldn't possibly sell all their rights. At most, they would sell the adaptation rights for films and such, and even then, there would be significant time restrictions.

"Hehe!" Zhang Menglong also started laughing, "As long as those authors don't cooperate, not a single one of their movies will be released. By then, their cinemas will have nothing to show. At that time, won't they have to negotiate terms with us?"

Jiang Qiyuan watched the two in disbelief. Was this how the richest heirs of Huaxia discussed tactics?

"But buying those rights is going to be terrifyingly expensive, right?" Jiang Qiyuan said, "Moreover, if you make them retract all adaptation and broadcasting rights, that's going to be a substantial compensation fee. Even if we can achieve tens of billions at the box office, it would still be at a loss."

"Do you think he makes films to make money?" Wang Ling spoke for Zhang Menglong, "I'll tell you, this guy's biggest wish in life is to spend money. Having him make a bit of cash is more painful for him than death. Don't ask why, with money comes caprice!"

"Wow, now you're even answering for me," Zhang Menglong said, "It's not important whether or not I make money. The main thing is that this wave of cultural dissemination must go out; it would be such a waste if these excellent works were only adapted for our domestic market."

"However, old Wang, I might still need your help with this," Zhang Menglong continued.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm already on the international blacklist," Zhang Menglong laughed, "If I try to leave the country in normal fashion, they'll probably set up a mobile warning line 100 meters around me. You'll have to step in for this job; I'll just sneak around behind you."

"But to buy these rights, we will still need to act on behalf of a company, which I obviously can't do."

"No worries, my family has related media industries in many countries around the world. I can handle the procedural stuff," Wang Ling said, "We don't need to cover every single country anyway. As long as we've secured all the populous ones, our goal will be 90% achieved."

"Hmm," Zhang Menglong nodded, "I'll go with you when the time comes. You take the lead, and I'll pay the bills!"

"Hahaha," Wang Ling rubbed his hands together in excitement, "I never thought I'd be able to experience the joy of being you, Zhang. Brilliant."

"There's no need to rush into action," Zhang Menglong said with a smile, "First, we'll talk to them through normal channels again. If that doesn't work, we'll proceed with the plan. We can't just go all-out from the start; people will accuse us of lacking martial morality."

"You're trying to play the good guy after being a bitch," Wang Ling laughed and cursed, "But I like it!"

"Hahaha, awesome!"

Standing by, Jiang Qiyuan watched the two with their deeply cunning looks, stunned. Were these really the once top rich heir of Huaxia and the current number one tycoon in the world? To her, they seemed more like two sleazy businessmen!