Contrarian

Hearing Lin Xue's words, Chen Feng thought it over carefully and realized that he really did need a team. Of course, it did not have to be a real team; even a virtual one would do. If he put this team forward as his backing, he would be much safer. Otherwise, anyone who saw him operating alone would find it somewhat strange. If they investigated further, they would discover that he was all by himself, which would be far more dangerous.

After thinking it over, Chen Feng nodded and said to Lin Xue,

"I can only tell you that we're a factory, not a team. This factory doesn't have any relevant paperwork yet. Once we've prepared everything, I'll tell you."

Chen Feng planned to establish a company himself. That way, he could conduct anything in the company's name. Once he became its legal representative, people would not be suspicious of him.

Lin Xue wanted to say more after hearing Chen Feng's words, but when she saw his expression, she knew there was no point in continuing. She could only nod.

"I wonder how long it will be before you can tell me your team's name. No, I mean your factory's name. Even a company name would do. At least give me something to credit."

"I'm not sure either. Probably a little over a week. Let's make it one week."

Lin Xue nodded helplessly. After discussing everything with Chen Feng, they parted ways pleasantly. Although she had not received the answer she wanted, this result was still acceptable.

After leaving, Chen Feng began thinking about how to register a company. Registering a company required capital, so he planned to find a stand-in or someone he knew well, such as Li Zhengyang.

Having Li Zhengyang help register the company would save him a lot of trouble. If nothing else, he could trust his roommate.

So he called Li Zhengyang directly. Li Zhengyang had been rather busy lately. The Robot Competition was about to begin, and he had been constantly preparing for it. Naturally, he strongly urged Chen Feng to go with him, and Chen Feng reluctantly agreed.

It would not take much time anyway, so he might as well go along. When Li Zhengyang heard that he wanted to establish a company, he was extremely surprised.

"Chen Feng, did I hear that right?"

"You heard right. Help me register a company. I'm going to make something of myself, so I'm counting on you."

"No problem, leave it to me. Registering a company is fairly simple. Just tell me the name, give me some identification documents, and let me know your registered capital."

"Let's set the registered capital at five hundred thousand for now."

After he said that, Li Zhengyang fell silent for a while.

"Damn, where did you get five hundred thousand? You've been hiding it this whole time? And now you casually throw out five hundred thousand?"

Chen Feng had earned the five hundred thousand recently. It was perfectly normal that he had kept a low profile before; after all, he had never had anything worth showing off.

"My grandfather gave me the money. I'm planning to build something of my own, and I'll need your help from now on. Are you willing to join me?"

"Of course we are. Enough talk—tell me the name and send me your documents. I'll register the company first. We'll be counting on you from now on."

"No problem. Leave it to me."

Chen Feng made them a promise. His roommates were his closest friends, after all. He would help them when they needed it, and he would not be stingy with them.

He had already thought of the company name: Corona Technology Company. As for why he chose that name, it was because Corona sounded more imposing.

"Alright, we have the name and the documents. I'll get it done for you in a day or two. I'm quite good at this sort of thing."

He left the process to Li Zhengyang, while Chen Feng began waiting. There was not much else for him to do now besides occasionally completing Lin Xue's orders. As for taking new orders, he planned to wait until the company was established.

During this period, aside from the trailer for that new domestic sci-fi film causing a sensation, the hottest topic was an exhibition hall under Goose Factory.

Pre-sales for this domestic animation exhibition had already begun online. It was a fairly large event, even an international exhibition, but unlike previous ones, every animation featured was domestic.

It caused an uproar online. On top of that, the organizers released a video directly, showcasing a Bao'er Jie figurine. Once the figurine was revealed, it sparked widespread discussion.

"Wow, am I seeing this right? The level of detail is absolutely insane. Was this really filmed on a phone? Wasn't professional equipment used?"

"Even if it was filmed with professional equipment, achieving this effect proves that Bao'er Jie's figurine is far more detailed than ordinary models. It looks just like the real thing."

"Yeah, exactly. I've never seen such an outrageous model before. It looks exactly like the model from that domestic sci-fi trailer, except that one had post-production work and this one doesn't."

After it sparked widespread discussion, everyone was full of praise, though there was no shortage of people who came out to argue for argument's sake.

"I'd bet fifty cents that this was definitely made by a foreign team. I refuse to believe any domestic team could make a figurine at such a high level."

"I have to say, it's really disheartening that foreign teams are making our domestic figurines. When will we be able to truly make domestic figurines ourselves and achieve this level of detail?"

Chen Feng saw those comments and found them somewhat amusing. Their tone was almost exactly the same as the people who had bashed that domestic sci-fi movie before. These people probably had no idea about the earth-shaking changes China had undergone over the past decade or so, and still believed everything foreign was better.

He could not even be bothered to respond to comments like those. If they found out that he had made all of this himself, they would surely be even more shocked. Maybe even more contrarians would jump out to argue with him, and he could not be bothered to comment.