Sometimes, Li Xiang feels like he is playing an upgrade game.

Taiping Kingdom started from scratch, then went to a village level, and then rose to a township level. Now it at least looks like a city.

Taiping Kingdom is growing, and Li Xiang himself is growing. From the beginning of being a village chief king to the town chief king, he has now reached the county chief level level. In the beginning, Li Xiang has been busy at the beginning, and now he can handle general affairs easily and with a wave of it. Even when facing external pressure from the United States and Japan, he has gone from fear, anxiety, and irritability at the beginning to the current storm. Even if he does not rely on his trump card, he is full of more confidence.

Li Xiang once had a headache for living and couldn't sleep well for many days. But since he decided to accelerate the expansion of Taiping Island's territory, these will no longer be difficult problems.

But at present, the only way to deal with it is to deal with it is Floating Island. In the local area, South America, Southeast Asia, Australia, and even Europe and the United States, land is being purchased to resettle excess personnel, but those concentrated near Taiping Island can only be resettled through Floating Island.

"The cost of floating islands is too high!" This is the collective view of the senior executives of Taiping Kingdom, and also the view of others abroad. Except for Li Xiang, almost everyone else is not optimistic about the action of hundreds of millions of dollars in the cost of building a floating island house. However, Taiping Kingdom, which is worth every inch of land, can only rely on this method to claim survival space from the ocean, and no matter how high the cost is, it has to endure it.

Gu Weijun reminded that raising the threshold for talents is a cost-effective issue for the high cost of talents and floating islands.

The cost of floating islands has been determined. If it is for a group of ordinary people, the value they create in their lives may be less than the cost of building a floating island, but if it is various talents, the value created by a talent may be more valuable than a floating island.

Sometimes, high-ranking people need such a reality. In weighing the gains and losses, they can easily erase the rights of many people due to the high cost of some countries.

"People cannot just look at it for a moment!" The views expressed by Li Xiang, who has its own support, can be more high-sounding.

"Talents should be viewed dynamically. Some people may not be the talents we need now, but they cannot be said to be unable to change in the future. Even if they really cannot be a pillar, they can still become a brick and stone for building the Taiping Kingdom Building. Besides, they cannot directly deny a person's genes because of his obscurity or incompetence. It is a thousand years ago and three generations later. It is hard to say that there will be no pillars in his family. Now that they have chosen Taiping Kingdom, we should give them gifts."

Li Xiang, who can make floating island modules in space and earth, can naturally ignore the high cost. If it is not necessary to deal with external investigations, Li Xiang can even quickly manufacture all modules in space and even be integrated into the manufacturing process. Instead of having to do it like now, some modules need to be produced through local shipyards in China to cover up. Patch them together.

Although some floating island modules have unknown origins, this is no longer the focus of intelligence agencies in various countries. Since learning about the simple structure of some floating islands, the United States, Japan and others no longer regard these floating islands built with civil standards as a huge threat. Of course, what they see is what Li Xiang hopes they will see.

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After entering 2016, Taiping Kingdom remains low-key.

Even that Spring Festival Gala only had a great influence in China and had little interest in the Western world. Instead, it was not as good as the new version of the TV series "The Investiture of the Gods" launched by Taiping Media in the first month.

Just like the special effects of Hollywood blockbusters, even foreigners were amazed. After Taiping Media launched, not only Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea came to discuss the introduction, but even European and American countries were interested in such TV series.

Foreigners just watched the excitement and were surprised by the dazzling special effects. They were even a little interested in the Chinese divine stories and the bloody scenes in the plot, but the Chinese had a big debate about the plot of the Gods.

This newly filmed "The Investiture of the Gods" can be said to be more loyal to the original work than those jokes, but it reveals some of the contents implied in the original work.

The whole film no longer clearly distinguishes good and evil in black and white, and the character portrayal is no longer simply stereotyped. It even points out various interests disputes based on the analysis and reasoning of later generations.

"This is more realistic, and the background and interest disputes are placed in front of us. This is more like a historical drama!" Someone applauded.

"This is a mythical novel, not history!" Some people opposed the deduction of the original background, believing that the stereotyped character portrayal in traditional art is the classic.

More people were quarreling with the contrast between each character in the plot and the many stories behind it, bringing the clamoring debate on the Internet into traditional media such as newspapers and TV. For a moment, the local Chinese locals set off a craze for the Gods.

"I don't say whether the TV series "The Investiture of Gods" makes money or not, at least we have done part of the ancient Chinese divine culture." Li Xiang said with gratitude.

Although this TV series is a big hit, it actually does not make money for such a TV series that uses blockbuster movies. If you don’t consider the derivative industry, you may lose money.

It does not consider the high special effects costs, nor does it consider the collection of twenty scripts that have been studied, sorted and reviewed by many scholars in China, history, archaeology, etc., just one costume prop is expensive. Not to mention the actors carefully selected from the entire Chinese circle such as China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Singapore and other overseas Chinese, even the number and quality of extras are carefully selected. Each shot is strictly controlled, and those who do not meet the requirements will never be used.

"The filmed can be put directly in the cinema for screening!" Someone exclaimed. In addition to being comparable to the effect of a movie, this kind of excellence also has high costs comparable to the filming of blockbusters. It is not only possible to recoup the cost of authorizing the broadcast of various TV stations. However, if you include various derivatives of a classic TV series, it is no problem to guarantee the capital.

Even so, no one is willing to shoot this now. In the past, for the sake of publicity, the country had gathered its power to shoot, but now it is probably only Li Xiang who is willing to invest so much.

If you want to talk about the culture of a nation, various legends and myths are one of the key factors in understanding the origin of culture.

The ancient Greek mythology on Mount Olympus not only ignited the torch of Western culture, but also illuminated the path of modern Renaissance.

Li Xiang planned to revive Chinese culture, and also wanted to use the ancient Chinese mythology to trace the roots and clarify a path of development of Chinese culture from top to bottom. The starting point is the end of the ancient mythology era of Fengshen and the rise of the new feudal dynasty. This will affect the historical context of China, and launch a journey of discovery for all Chinese people to explore their own nations and rediscover the true face of Chinese history.

"When the Warring States Period is finished, we will continue to shoot and shoot all the glory and suffering of the five thousand years of Chinese history!" Li Xiang had a decision long ago.

Under the advice of many professionals, the next TV series of Taiping Kingdom skipped the Western Zhou Dynasty and "Spring and Autumn Annals" with low public familiarity. Instead, the "Warring States Period" started filming from the war and various contradictions began to intensify. In addition to showing the battle between the princes and the hegemony of that year, it also focused on the prosperity of the various schools of thought that year, so that the people could understand another important source of Chinese culture.

From the history of the Han Dynasty to the history of the Republic of China, Li Xiang planned to re-interpret it, and spared no expense to create the 24 histories on the screen, striving to restore the truth of history.
Chapter completed!