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Chapter 472 Has Chen Xun gone mad?

In the early hours of the morning, the conference room of China Dragon Pictures was brightly lit.

All the executives sat in their chairs, yawning and looking sleepy.

Executives from overseas participated in the meeting via video link.

Rob rubbed his eyes and looked at Chen Xun: "Boss, what's the matter? Why the rush? Even if the sky falls, we have to wait until dawn to talk about it."

Chen Xun turned on the TV, tuned to the clip from "Flu" he had just watched, and pressed pause.

"I ask you, if a highly contagious global pandemic were to break out right now, with no effective treatment, what would we do?"

The meeting room fell silent instantly.

Everyone looked at each other, thinking that Chen Xun was still half asleep.

Rob couldn't help but say, "Are you obsessed with movies? This is all in the movies. How could such a thing happen in real life? We're a movie company, not the CDC."

"Yeah, boss."

The CFO also said, "Everything's fine now, there's nothing wrong. Let's focus on getting the cinema business sorted out and stop thinking about these other things."

"I'm not kidding you!"

Chen Xun's tone was unusually serious: "We need to be aware of the crisis now. I've decided to conduct a pandemic drill."

Chen Xun: "Stop all non-essential projects, withdraw all available funds, and immediately acquire all poorly managed mask factories, protective clothing factories, and cotton swab factories worldwide. No matter the price, as long as they are willing to sell, we will buy them."

From now on, all factories will operate 24 hours a day, producing masks, protective suits, and disinfectants on a large scale. Produce as much as you can, stockpile it all, and do not sell it.

The meeting room erupted in chaos.

"Boss, this is insane!"

Rob stood up anxiously: "All our funds are invested in the film studio and the emerging director fund. Withdrawing them will result in a loss of at least a billion dollars! And all that acquisition of mask factories and production of so many masks, just for a single drill?"

Everyone thought Chen Xun had gone mad!

"We have to go bankrupt!"

Chen Xun looked at him and said, "Money can be earned back, but once you lose your life, you lose everything. I'd rather these masks never be used and just rot in the warehouse than watch everyone die."

He scanned the people in the conference room: "I know you all think I'm crazy, but this must be done the way I say. If anything goes wrong, I'll take full responsibility."

Now Chen Xun holds absolute dominance in China, and with the added influence of his own, no one can stop the implementation of Chen Xun's decisions, even if they oppose them.

Looking into Chen Xun's determined eyes, Rob knew he was serious.

He had followed Chen Xun for so many years, and Chen Xun had never done anything without being sure of success.

Although he still didn't understand, he nodded: "I'll get on it right now!"

Chen Xun was satisfied with Robert's reaction: "Immediately call the construction site of the Guizhou Film City and tell them to stop recruiting, implement closed management, distribute masks and disinfectant to all workers, measure their body temperature every day, and not allow anyone to enter or leave the construction site at will."

"Notify all employees that they will be working from home starting tomorrow, and everyone must have at least one month's worth of masks and food."

"Let's liquidate all our entertainment assets that can be converted into cash and medical supplies."

Everyone looked at Chen Xun. Although they were still puzzled, no one objected anymore.

The meeting ended at 5:00 AM.

Everyone immediately sprang into action.

Robert sat in his office, having not slept all night, and began contacting mask factories across the country.

He complained while on the phone: "This is insane. I'm the CEO of a film company, and now I'm selling face masks. If Hollywood finds out, they'll laugh me to death."

But despite his complaints, he was anything but slow.

The next day at noon, Chen Xun posted a Weibo post.

The accompanying photo shows him wearing a mask and looking pale, with a hospital infusion room in the background.

The caption reads: "I accidentally caught a cold and couldn't find any masks at three pharmacies, so I had to buy them on the spot. Everyone, please take care of yourselves recently, wear more clothes, and keep extra masks and cold medicine on hand. Don't be like me, only realizing the danger when you catch a cold."

This Weibo post immediately went viral and became a trending topic.

Netizens' comments were varied: "Director Chen, you caught a cold? Get some rest!"

"Listen to Director Chen! I'll go buy masks this afternoon!"

"My mom just went to the pharmacy and said she wants to stock up on 100 masks."

"I've already stockpiled 500 masks. You can't go wrong by listening to Director Chen."

Chris Hemsworth was the first to comment: "Bro, drink more hot water! I've already stocked up on a hundred packs of spicy strips; eating spicy strips will cure your cold!"

Vin Diesel commented: "Family will always support you! Get some rest!"

Jackie Chan commented: "Take care of yourself, Chen! Everyone, please take precautions!"

Jennifer, holding her phone, leaned close to Chen Xun: "Look, so many people have listened to you and gone to buy masks."

Chen Xun walked to the window and looked at the bustling streets outside.

The sun was shining brightly, and people were coming and going on the street. No one was wearing a mask, and everyone had a smile on their face.

No one knew that a storm that would sweep the globe was about to break out.

He had made preparations in advance.

He couldn't stop the pandemic from happening, but he could do his best to protect those around him and help more people.

Rob and his negotiation team traveled to more than a dozen provinces and cities across the country.

This is the traditional off-season for the medical device industry, and the prices of masks, protective clothing, and disinfectants have plummeted.

More than half of the small factories are operating at a loss and are waiting to close down and be sold.

Initially, when they heard that China Dragon was going to acquire it, many bosses raised their prices, thinking that the moviemakers were rich and wanted to make a killing.

"My factory is worth at least 500 million, I won't sell it for a penny less!"

"You can buy it, but you have to buy the vacant land next to it too!"

"Workers' wages must be increased by 20%, otherwise I won't sell!"

Robert didn't tolerate them at all and turned to leave.

"Then you can keep it and sell it yourself at your own pace."

As soon as he left, the factory next door was acquired by China Dragon.

The shop owners who had been raising prices on the spot panicked and quickly called back, offering prices even lower than they had quoted before.

Rob's negotiation team was extremely professional. They knew the assets, liabilities, and production capacity of each factory very well and managed to negotiate the price down to the perfect level.

只用了七天时间，就收购了17家口罩厂、3家防护服厂、2家消毒液厂和1家棉签厂，总共花了不到2亿，比预算还省了5000万。

Having secured the domestic deals, Rob then arranged for people to acquire assets overseas.

They acquired more than a dozen contract manufacturers in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia.

They bought two small factories in Germany and the United States that produce medical protective clothing.

In just one week, China Dragon's medical subsidiary emerged, producing more than 2000 million masks, 5 sets of protective clothing, and 100 tons of disinfectant per day.

When the news spread, the entire medical industry was in an uproar.

"Has the Chinese dragon gone mad? Giving up a multi-billion dollar film business to come here and make a pittance like masks?"

"I heard they're producing 24/7, and their warehouses are overflowing. If they can't sell these, they'll lose a fortune."

"I think Chen Xun's obsessed with making sci-fi movies; does he really believe the world is about to end?"

"Just wait and see, in less than three months, he'll be crying as he sells all these factories."

Many medical device factory owners were waiting to see Chen Xun make a fool of himself, thinking that he was an amateur who was just messing around and would eventually fail.

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