American Comics: BOSS Invasion

Hong Kong, a dazzling pearl embedded in the Orient of the world.

With its financial prosperity and concentration of capital, coupled with the unique history of this land, there is a trend towards the integration of Eastern and Western civilizations. It is filled with the prosperity and bustle of a modern metropolis, a paradise for tourists and shoppers. With money, you can live like a god here, but conversely, a lack of money can make you suffer like in hell.

Amidst the dazzling skyscrapers are interspersed low-rise shanties and mottled old buildings.

Just like Hong Kong's top upper class, dazzling and eye-catching, the lower-class people still live a life of misery.

Especially during the global outbreak of the financial crisis, Hong Kong was the first to bear the brunt and suffered a huge impact. In this year or so, the entire economic society of Hong Kong has been in a downturn.

Qi Shan sat at a street-side cafe on Johnston Road, threw the newspaper in his hand aside, and took a sip of his coffee.

After leaving the Anti-Japanese War world and transferring approximately 1 million people to the Resident Evil world, Qi Shan left casually, handing over the impregnable prosperous area of the Northeast directly to Alice for remote control.

A large number of artificial humans served as auxiliary forces, controlling the upper echelons. Most of the middle-level managers were converted, as well as locals who were personally cultivated. Qi Shan's hand did not extend to the grassroots level, after all, it would be a waste of resources and not very useful.

As long as the social rules are firmly established, coupled with Alice managing the overall situation at the top, the Northeast region will not be chaotic.

The upheaval of half a year, and the rapidity of its changes, left all forces dumbfounded.

The Nanjing government, for its part, sent diplomatic personnel almost every month, attempting to control the Northeast.

Qi Shan always ignored them, only converting a batch of spies and agents and sending them all over the world, specifically to plunder top scientists.

Suppressing the global development of science and technology, Qi Shan wanted to see what they would use to act presumptuously.

Of course, he was just raising a directional requirement, and the specific operational details were naturally left to Alice.

Afterwards, he returned to the Resident Evil world and, on the American continent, following the model of the Academy City, used more than 1 million people as the foundation to create the largest survival area in the world today.

Returning to his own world, Qi Shan's abilities were no longer suppressed, with the combination of Chakra's ultimate moves and atomic reorganization.

Creating a complete Academy City was no different from stir-frying dishes.

After staying in Resident Evil for more than a week, Qi Shan was just preparing to experience the feeling of being a mastermind behind the scenes, but he didn't expect to be directly smashed into Hong Kong in the year 2000 by a series of missions.

[Twenty-third mission, create a superhero]

[A prosperous city in economic recession, financial crisis, political changes, and the clash of Chinese and Western cultures have created a special land here. In the shadows where the sun does not shine, evil breeds like bamboo shoots after rain. This city needs a superhero.]

[Mission Description: Create the city's superhero and his team, and make them recognized by the public.]

[Mission Reward: Unknown]

Watching the smoky font gradually dissipate, Qi Shan silently lit a cigarette.

The last time he returned to Resident Evil, Qi Shan once again fused the seed of superpowers into the Resident Evil world.

This is the second ability after the ability of Nian, unlike the widely attributed ability, the superpower seed is undoubtedly solid and almost indivisible.

Even if it is integrated with the plane, I am afraid that the resulting superpowered people will not break single digits.

But even so, Qi Shan was very happy. He thought that the degree of plane suppression of this mission would be slightly relaxed. Even if the superpower could not reach the level of Tatsumaki, it should also reach the level of Fubuki.

But he didn't expect that the plane suppression not only did not decrease, but increased a lot.

In the previous mission plane, the newly emerging Nian ability was once again beaten back to its original form.

Fortunately, Qi Shan's physique is special, and the suppressing power can only touch the skin and cannot penetrate into the body.

So it is still an ordinary start.

Fortunately, the skills rewarded by the system will not be suppressed. Under the privilege of eerie regeneration, Qi Shan once again summoned Tomie.

And through the special connection of the Tomie network, provided coordinates for Totoro's space conversion.

Tomie slightly bent over, showing the posture of a qualified secretary.

In front of outsiders, she always behaves impeccably.

Qi Shan nodded and said, "It seems that things are going smoothly!"

Tomie raised her hand and introduced: "This is the current deputy editor of Focus Daily, along with his team, a total of 31 people. After the talks with the headhunting group, they have all decided to stay.

In addition, due to the financial crisis, the newspaper industry does not seem to be very prosperous. Focus Daily, with a daily circulation of just over 20,000 copies, is priced at less than 60 million. I just revealed the idea of inviting a professional negotiation team, and the other party took the initiative to give up 20%, so after adding the transaction tax, the total transaction price is just over 50 million."

Qi Shan looked at the middle-aged man, who quickly showed a humble smile: "I have met Mr. Qi, my name is Huang Longxi. I have been in the professional media industry for 20 years, from a handyman to the editor of a newspaper. As long as it is a position related to the newspaper industry, I have done it all. Even if I am not very proficient, I know all the ins and outs of it.

So you can rest assured that you can hand over Focus Daily to me, and I will definitely not give you any mistakes!"

Qi Shan nodded: "Mr. Huang, right!"

Huang Longxi quickly waved his hand: "Just call me Old Huang!

Huang Longxi had learned about the entire negotiation process controlled by Tomie, and was very surprised by her shrewdness, competence, decisiveness, and tenacity.

So he was also a little clueless about Qi Shan's background, but in the current economic environment, there are definitely not many people who can spend a lot of money and not take more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars seriously.

At the very least, there is no one he can afford to provoke, not to mention that he will have to make a living under his boss in the future, so it is not a problem to behave respectfully.

Qi Shan didn't care about his attitude.

"Okay, Old Huang, I am a more realistic person. Although I will refer to the honors you have received in the past when evaluating a person's ability, it only accounts for 30% at most.

But action and efficiency can account for 70%. Do you understand what I mean?"

Old Huang immediately patted his chest and said: "Mr. Qi, if there is anything you need from me, Old Huang, just tell me!"

Qi Shan nodded, "How much do you know about the Hong Kong paper media sector?"

Old Huang smiled and said, "Mr. Qi, you are joking. I work in paper media, how can I not understand this industry?"

Don't let the messy newspapers of Hong Kong fool you; over 90% of them are tabloids, including magazines, existing solely to chase after celebrity gossip. Only 10% are legitimate print media.

And it's these that the public trusts and pursues!

"Good!" Qi Shan looked at Tomie, who immediately took out a document from her purse.

Qi Shan opened it, glanced at it, and tossed it to Old Huang.

"I'm giving you a month to acquire several active small newspapers in the industry and poach some capable veteran reporters. I'm not asking you to increase the circulation of Focus Daily by any amount, but you must maintain its current position."

Old Huang looked at the document and was immediately shocked: "50 million?"

Qi Shan nodded: "That's right, this is all your working capital. If the money runs out and you haven't met my requirements…"

Qi Shan didn't finish his sentence, only giving a gentle smile, but Old Huang couldn't help but shiver, and quickly said: "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely satisfy you. The economy is sluggish now, not only in Hong Kong, but all over the world. There are unemployed people everywhere. If we throw all the money out, there will definitely be no problem!"

"It's good that you're confident! You take care of the print media side. I'll have someone else set up the online media section, and the video website plan will also be launched as soon as possible. Pay attention to cultivating a few hosts; they will be very useful then!"

Qi Shan turned his head, and Tomie said: "The office building is being negotiated. The top-floor apartment you requested earlier has been secured. Three floors plus the rooftop terrace, a total of 9,000 square feet, with a usable area of only 7,200 square feet. The price is around 68 million, and there should still be room for concessions, but not much. I promised 50% to the real estate agent, and they are in the final stages of communication.

It should be settled before dark today.

In addition, the car rental company has been acquired. We are currently doing the final asset inventory, which should be handed over within three days. If the vehicles have already been transferred in advance, whatever kind of car you need, the company will get it done within 30 minutes!"

Qi Shan waved his hand: "I'm not interested in cars. Just follow the old rules!"

Tomie said calmly: "I understand. I'll go arrange a driver!"

Qi Shan looked at Old Huang: "Handle the company matters as soon as possible. Print media occupies a certain position in my plan, so don't take it lightly.

If there are no major mistakes before the end of the year, I will consider doubling your annual salary."

Old Huang was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

After dismissing Old Huang, Tomie relaxed and sat opposite Qi Shan, ordering a double-sugar cappuccino.

"So, our task this time is to help Hong Kong develop its economy?" Tomie asked calmly.

After so many times, Qi Shan inexplicably summoned her and did some inexplicable things. Tomie had long understood some things.

Of course, from the beginning, Qi Shan didn't intend to hide anything, after all, Tomie should be the most trustworthy person by his side.

Qi Shan shook his head: "I'm just creating a large environment. This task is not easy to solve!"

That's right, it's really not easy to solve.

What are superheroes?

Whenever someone mentions superheroes, the first thing that comes to mind is their dazzling and diverse abilities.

Secondly, it's those unforgettable villains. As for who they have helped or how many good deeds they have done, that is the most insignificant part.

Qi Shan's extraordinary abilities are suppressed. He can't use the Chakra Ring to create super soldiers like before, or directly create Transformers using the AllSpark.

This means that the superheroes Qi Shan can create at most can only be street heroes.

Qi Shan was obviously not satisfied with this. Creating some weak chickens every time he took action was simply ridiculous. Therefore, after careful consideration, Qi Shan locked his target on three directions.

First, technology-based heroes.

Qi Shan's team has its own unique tech tree. They had once climbed it in the Marvel main plane, led by Dr. Gro, and had already broken through the limitations of surface civilization and entered interstellar civilization.

Although Dr. Gro was slightly neglectful in the development of warp engines, in terms of combat power, they are definitely not inferior to the Nova Corps.

They can be considered cosmic-level in size.

Second, virus-based heroes.

With the Resident Evil plane in hand, the T-virus series is not a problem at all.

However, with the current suppression, it would take at least 10 years to cultivate 10 kinds of viruses from the Stairway to the Sun flower to the T-virus series. The time span is a bit too long.

Third, rogue-like heroes.

The advantage of this type of hero is that it costs very little. You only need to fund a few secret research labs, and use Qi Shan's atomic recombination ability to produce a small amount of equipment that far exceeds the technological level of the mission plane.

Then find a few top experts in various fields to form a team, and they can instantly become a superhero team.

However, this kind of superhero team always feels a bit less interesting, as if it's half a step shorter than the previous two types.

In Qi Shan's view, since he's going to do it, he naturally has to do it big.

So the third option can only be discarded.

There are many heroes in the technology field, such as Batman, Iron Man, and Hawkeye.

The first two are wealthy tycoons, and the latter has the huge support of S.H.I.E.L.D. and its finances.

As for Ant-Man and Reed Richards from the Fantastic Four, they are not technology-based superheroes at all. They are myths, okay?

These two are not human at all. Creating black technology tools is as simple as eating candy beans. It's simply a gift from God himself.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with classifying them as higher-dimensional beings.

So Qi Shan automatically excluded them.

After much deliberation, Qi Shan finally locked on a relatively easy-to-replicate superhero.

Green Arrow!

This guy doesn't have any superpowers, he's just good at archery.

He doesn't seem to have anything special in terms of combat either. The most technology-related thing is the multi-functional arrow, but this is not difficult for Qi Shan at all.

Moreover, archery is traceable. If equipped with AF-assisted glasses, it can automatically correct the trajectory, predict wind speed and humidity, and directly give a range of shooting crosshairs.

Then it seems even easier to train a qualified superhero warrior.

Qi Shan nodded. That's right, Green Arrow is more reliable.

But where can I find a suitable candidate?

Just then, from the alley on the side of the cafe, there was a sudden commotion, and faint shouts came out: "Come and see, someone is jumping off a building!"

Qi Shan suddenly perked up.