Zeke has not been idle during these days of turmoil in the outside world.
He asked Jarvis to sift through prosperous cities and locations in foreign countries, selected 18,479 places suitable for building cinemas, and then spent some money to ask locals to lease or buy all of these places under entirely different names.
This is the beginning of Zeke's global plan.
If it is placed on other businessmen, no one will invest such a massive amount of money. At most, they will open one or two to test the water first and then consider the follow-up when they have good results. But, because any business has enormous risks, once invested, it means entering a gambling game, and all results will be unknown.
However, Zeke was different.
He firmly believes that his investment will not only be rewarded, but the benefits will be far beyond everyone's imagination.
The new technology gave him great confidence.
Of 18,479 places, which lasted 23 days, 16,847 sites were negotiated. Zeke spent a total of $300 billion on this.
This calculation means Zeke must spend $17.8 million for every place he bought.
It can be seen from a large amount of spending that Zeke is playing a big game.
"Okay, sir."
"The next step is to continue sending them the architectural design drawings and the amount you have planned?"
Jarvis asked, "But in this way, all countries will soon know about your plan."
"Send it over."
Zeke took a sip of red wine, chuckled lightly, and his eyes gleamed, "Even if they know about it now, they won't stop me in any way."
"Sir, I don't quite understand. Shouldn't they hate you? In my data network, the hatred and anger of human beings can make them do anything."
Jarvis was puzzled.
"Jarvis, it seems you know a lot."
"But you should look at human beings from the perspective of interests. The so-called hatred and anger will be diluted in the face of huge interests and benefits."
Zeke said leisurely, "They have already gained huge benefits from the warp drive. The benefits of the war make them ecstatic. If they offend me at this time, then their warp drives will fail, or the energy chip will fail. The subsequent supply breakdown is unfavorable for them in the game of international powers."
"Not to mention the consequences and fate of offending me."
"Therefore, no matter what, they must take good care of me, the man who can bring them huge benefits."
Monopoly is Zeke's strength.
They can only purchase the warp drive from ZTech.
The energy chips it consumes can only be supplied by ZTech.
Once they offend Zeke and cut off these two things, they can imagine the enormous loss.
"Sir, you are so handsome."
Jarvis flattered.
"Yes, the young master is the most handsome."
Gael also smiled and agreed.
Zeke laughed heartily.
"Zeke, why are you so happy? Can you share it with me?"
Suddenly, a pleasant female voice came from not far away.
Zeke heard this very familiar voice, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but set off a helpless arc.
"Elena, are all princesses so idle? It's tough for you to come to such a remote corner to find me."
Zeke said helplessly.
Since the incident with Abra that day, Elena has contacted him many times.
As soon as they met, Elena confessed her love to Zeke, making him almost spit out the soup he had just drank.
People from Country U are different from people from the Phoenix Kingdom. Most of them have a more cheerful and open personality. When they meet someone they think they'll like, they immediately show their feelings and express them face to face. At first, Zeke thought that Elena was joking, but as he continued to talk to her more. And after more contact, he finds this beautiful foreign woman is here for him.
"If you obediently stayed in the Phoenix Kingdom, then I don't have to make such troubles."
Elena, wearing a red bikini and a pair of sunglasses, walked over with a smile.
Her beautiful figure is undoubtedly revealed under the swimsuit. Although there is still a tiny gap compared with Grace and Lucy, she is almost on par with Gael. Zeke turned his head, glanced at random, and immediately concluded in his heart.
"Sister Elena!"
Gael greeted Elena very cordially after seeing her.
"Gael!"
Elena also had a kind smile on her face.
There was no estrangement between the two women who were supposed to be rivals in love but were instead intimate.
That's the power of Elena.
She learned about Zeke's past and understood that Gael was the only woman who accompanied him in his slump, so Elena had no intention of fighting for greatness. And Gael respected Zeke very much.
The two have only met once and have become good sisters with a good relationship. This is why Elena has been able to meet Zeke so many times.
"I'm helpless against you. Since you're here, let's enjoy the sun and the beach together."
As soon as Zeke raised his hand, a group of microbots quickly brought the beach chairs, parasols, and other things from a distance.
"Thanks."
Elena took off her sunglasses, grabbed a glass of iced drink, and lay comfortably on the beach chair, "Zeke, you did not finish your story last time."
Because there was nothing to talk about on the last date, Zeke just remembered a web novel masterpiece he had seen in his previous life, so he casually talked about it.
After all, in this parallel world, the concept of online literature is not strong. Even if there is, it still stays at the level of martial arts novels and has not fully developed to the level of fantasy fairy tales.
And the most important thing is that Zeke has built a brand new movie theater. If everyone wants to experience an authentic and delicate movie world, then, of course, he has to create some stories that are enough to attract everyone. His first movie will be "Noble Aspirations", a romance film, it is undoubtedly an excellent choice.
"Master, I want to hear it too! What happened to Leo and Lyla?"
Gael also looked curious about the story.
"Well, since you all want to hear it, I'll tell you again."
"Speaking of that day, after Leo and Lyla met in the small bamboo forest..."
Zeke is enjoying the sunny beach and telling stories with the two beauties. On the other side, Jarvis has sent the drawings of the construction of the Z Cinema to everyone employed.
These people immediately went to the local authority, submitted the design drawings, started to clear the relationship, and passed the review as soon as possible.
"Z Cinema?!"
Unsurprisingly, when those officials saw the name, they were so shocked that they almost bit their tongues.
Nowadays, except for some extraordinarily barren and backward areas in the world, who do not know the name of ZTech?
Zeke has become a symbol of a world-class big man in the eyes of countless people, and his status is almost equal to that of Moore, the president of Country A.
As long as Zeke and ZTech are involved in anything, it is not a trivial matter.
Immediately, all regional officials did not dare to hesitate to report this matter quickly.
Since it was related to Zeke and ZTech, the top leaders of all the world powers received reports of this news in less than ten minutes.
"Zeke wants to build a movie theater in our country?"
When they heard the news, all the leaders of the world powers knitted their brows unconsciously.
Zeke impressed them too deeply.
The last time it was the warp drive, he placed them in their countries and was able to send bombs through them, and they still have lingering fears. They then agreed to let Zeke come over and take away all the warp drives placed in their countries. However, there has been no substantive action, and the investigators sent to search for the warp drives have not found any clues about this thing.
Now that they have a clear mind. Zeke seems to have tricked them.
Using the warp drive to deceive the whole world.
But they are not 100% sure.
They're not afraid, but just in case, if Zeke put one or two warp drives in their countries in the end, it would not be good news for them. Therefore, no one dared to ask him about this matter.
The last wave of the limelight has not wholly passed. After two months, Zeke suddenly ran out again, this time directly from the field of weapons to the field of entertainment and culture.
"He bought and leased so much land without warning. What does Zeke want to do?"
The leaders fell into contemplation.
Soon, they saw the architectural drawings submitted, and after being summoned, the senior officials quickly gathered over and directly held an emergency meeting.
"Does he really want to build a movie theater?"
"A technology company suddenly wanting to enter the entertainment culture?"
"It seems that the cultural copyright against the Phoenix Kingdom has worked. But it should be in their kingdom even if it is to be done. If he comes to us, is there still a market?"
"President, Zeke has many tricks, and there must be some conspiracy. Therefore, all these building applications must be rejected."
"Zeke's purpose this time must be huge. He bought so much land simultaneously, and we didn't receive any news in advance. So he must be scheming something."
"That's right! Although I don't know what Zeke is planning, if he continues to develop, ZTech will become stronger than it is now! Therefore, it must be suppressed."
...
After learning about this incident, many senior officials rejected it as soon as possible. They would never allow the construction of Z Cinema to prevent ZTech from continuing to develop and become stronger.
But some senior officials don't think so.
"No! It cannot be rejected! On the contrary, we should give more support to ZTech."
"That's right, the rise of ZTech is a foregone conclusion. It is impossible to stop him based on this alone. What's more, we currently need to buy warp drives and energy chips from them. If we offend him because of this, he might cut off our supply. We will then be behind in the game! If we deny ZTech just because of this, we will lose far more than we gain."
"I think we should reach a cooperative relationship with ZTech, not a hostile relationship. This will be more useful for the future development of our country."
...
As soon as these senior officials opened their mouths, the officials who had initially rejected the opinion suddenly lost their temper.
But some refuse to admit defeat, constantly grit their teeth, and say all kinds of "threat theories" about ZTech and Zeke, thinking that once they become stronger, the situation will become unmanageable.
Suddenly, both sides began to argue.
This is not just an isolated phenomenon. Similar debates are taking place in talks where other countries are meeting on the matter.
The only one without any controversy is Country U.
"Notify the local officials and actively cooperate with the construction of Z Cinema. If they have any requirements, they can report them through special channels. If they can cooperate, try to cooperate as much as possible."
North made the decision almost on the spot.
The senior officials of Country U all looked at each other in dismay. They don't know why North was so decisive in this matter and stood on ZTech's side from the beginning.
...
Country A, the conference room of the White House.
"All right."
As soon as President Moore raised his hand, all the senior officials who were arguing, immediately closed their mouths, and all their eyes converged.
"How is the progress of research on the warp drives?"
Moore shifted to another topic and asked aloud.
"President."
A senior official in charge of the matter replied with a troubled expression, "After more than 20 days of research in the lab, until now, the research has not made any substantial progress. Even how he smelted the starry sky steel into it, we don't even know about it at all. And in the warp drive, there is a completely unfamiliar network. This network is above the level of the internet and carries out encryption methods that we can't understand at all."
"But even if Zeke doesn't encrypt it, we can't crack it. The technological content of this technology product is too high."