Chapter 127 1/2

“Do you know how many people the world’s largest concert can accommodate?”

Let’s rewind to when the “Star Sea” project was still in the planning stage.

In a private conversation with Sheng Quan, Zhang Han, the chief in charge of the future concert, looked somewhat wry and “caught off guard.”

In reality, when Starlight recruited her and asked her to handle a challenging project, she found it quite appealing. As someone who had reached the ceiling in her industry, even without the astronomical compensation from Starlight, she was very willing to join this major project.

But wanting to take on a challenging project and dealing with something that sounded like a fantasy were two entirely different things!

At this moment of questioning Sheng Quan, Zhang Han was somewhat disappointed in the widely renowned Sheng Quan.

The reason Zhang Han quickly agreed to Starlight’s invitation, besides the exorbitant compensation and the desire to challenge herself, was also because she had a favorable impression of Sheng Quan.

As a woman who single-handedly changed the direction of the entire industry, even bringing Chinese films to various parts of the world, Sheng Quan was a figurehead in the industry. Being a woman herself, Zhang Han couldn’t help but feel a certain fondness for her.

When Sheng Quan expressed her wish for the concert to have ten million attendees, the grand image of Sheng Quan instantly fell to “someone who makes unreasonable demands without knowing anything.”

Did Sheng Quan know how many people there were?

Did she know that at large concerts, even tens of thousands of attendees could cause chaos and various emergencies?

Most importantly, how could they accommodate ten million people? Where could they put them to ensure they could see the stage? It seemed like an impossible task.

Internally, Zhang Han was feeling quite overwhelmed, but Sheng Quan, who used a somewhat impolite tone, remained calm until she slightly composed herself. The young Starlight CEO then spoke in a gentle tone:

“I know. In 1998, Johnson held a free outdoor concert on the beach, and the final attendance was about four million.”

“I also understand your concerns. The more people in a large concert, the more likely issues will arise. In the past, there were often incidents of audience fainting or even stampedes at concerts. This number is indeed improbable. Just mentioning it would make people think that Starlight’s upper management has lost their minds.”

Zhang Han looked visibly surprised: “You know? Then why…”

Sheng Quan handed a document to Zhang Han. Her face, which looked too young for her position, exuded a rare calmness.

“These are some newly developed technologies, combined with existing holography and architectural design, along with new building materials. We can build a structure specifically for this ten-million-attendee concert at the fastest speed.”

“This building uses a honeycomb structure, and the concert will take place at the center of the honeycomb. With holographic technology, every audience member can have the best view with the naked eye.”

“All construction processes will use the highest level of security. Each area and room will be filled with monitors to ensure that staff can quickly respond in case of emergencies. Of course, this will be a major project, but Starlight has been preparing for a long time, and we are confident that we can handle it.”

Zhang Han looked at the thick stack of materials in her hands.

Many times, the documentation for a project isn’t as extensive, as the higher-ups don’t have much time to go through a pile of intricate details. However, this dossier was exceptionally thick. After flipping through the early preparations, Zhang Han raised her eyebrows in surprise: “Sheng Dong, have you been preparing for this for so long?”

She even found records from a year and a half ago when Starlight’s security company had started “Concert Security Maintenance Training.” The scale was clearly geared towards this upcoming concert.

“At that time, holographic technology wasn’t even available, right?”

Moreover, at that time, Starlight hadn’t yet become the leading company in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Sheng Quan smiled. Yes, she certainly wouldn’t go into battle unprepared.

Every corporate worker who had navigated the ups and downs of the workplace knew that the larger the project, the more likely problems would arise. To ensure a smooth completion, thorough preparation was essential.

For instance, this concert was initially just an idea. When Sheng Quan was planning it, she didn’t know if Ningzhou could really develop holographic technology or if this plan could be executed.

But she still made arrangements early on.

With a signature from Sheng Quan, every department in the company was set in motion. Almost everyone in the branch offices was fully dedicated to it.

The most exhausted were Tianying and a group of special effects artists. Although they hadn’t worked overtime, their hair was thinning one by one. Of course, their efforts had also achieved tremendous success.

In this transition from traditional entertainment to holographic entertainment, they seized the opportunity and successfully transformed. Tianying, once just a subsidiary of Starlight, has now become a world-renowned special effects company.

Look at Star Technology, Starlight Security, and even Polar; each subsidiary silently toiled for a long time on this major project.

Looking at all of Sheng Quan’s industries, perhaps only the snail noodle food company had a sense of involvement.

Zhang Han went through the materials one by one, and the shock in her heart was indescribable.

“So you’ve been preparing since then.”

There are no restrictions on manpower, no limits on financial investment, and no restrictions on time investment.

Such courage, such decisiveness—Zhang Han finally understood why Starlight, in just a few years, had become the top company in the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

Mori Izumi smiled and looked over. Zhang Han could feel that she wasn’t worried that he would refuse to cooperate with Xingmang.

As it turned out, Zhang Han indeed didn’t refuse.

She often encountered employers who, for the sake of profit, sometimes knowingly pursued unsafe plans, even if they could result in harm to the audience.

The mindset of capitalists is easy to understand—they don’t care if their plans pose a threat to others’ personal safety. Even if it does, they can compensate with money.

But Sheng Quan, the current chairwoman of the largest entertainment company in the country and a typical wealthy person, had a somewhat “childish” side in this regard.

Sheng Quan was not the first employer she had encountered who valued audience safety, but she was undoubtedly the one who prioritized it the most and spent the most money on it.

However, Zhang Han liked this “childish” aspect.

Before signing the contract, she asked, “But you should know that no one has ever done this for an audience of ten million.”

In other words, Xingmang couldn’t find a precedent to learn from.

“I know,” Sheng Quan replied with another smile. This time, her smile revealed a hint of ambition.

“It’s precisely because no one has done it that it’s worth doing.”

Sheng Quan was about to get up. The inconspicuous, but strangely threatening, long-legged bodyguard behind her draped a coat over her.

Before they parted ways, Zhang Han heard her say, “This way, the whole world will know that Xingmang has achieved what others couldn’t.”

“Only then will our Xingmang appear on the world stage.”

At that time, Zhang Han was simply captivated by Sheng Dong, who possessed such immense ambition.

Next, she focused all her energy on this project—designing, preparing, and perfecting.

In reality, with the new building materials, the venue didn’t need much preparation time in advance. Zhang Han was more concerned about how Sheng Dong managed to obtain this nationally significant new material.

She later asked Sheng Dong, and the answer was that she knew some very talented researchers, and they were willing to give her the green light. As for the national aspect, she claimed not to be very clear, but it seemed that the country had always been tolerant of Xingmang and was willing to delegate authority to them in many respects.