What am I supposed to do after Phil gets his arm blown off?

[Trog]

I completed "Boomshine Saigon" and at the end Phil says that he's 'going to be ready to do something else once he has recovered' or something like that. Phil is the only person I have to do missions for at the moment and If I go to Phil's skidmark of a homestead I don't get the pink glowy halo thing on the ground to walk into to trigger the next mission. It's been about 5-6 in-game days since the mission and I haven't been able to figure out what to do next to progress the story. It seems that I've completed all of the side missions with gangs and such as well. Am I missing something? Please help.

[Shiinyei]

Basically, GTA VC storyline is mainly divided between the main mission progress and several series of optional, "side-story" missions. Phil's missions are part of the latter group. Cuban, Haitian and Biker missions are also optional.

At this point in the main storyline, you probably have recently completed a mission for Lance (said mission is Rub Out, the mission where you assassinate Diaz and take over his mansion.). Following that, the game leads you on a big asset/business takeover questline, which you are free to do however and whenever you want. It is not explicitly shown by a mission marker or anything, but you are required to complete 7 (I think?) assets out of the 9 available around town to continue on the main storyline. You can do whichever you like, only the Print Works is absolutely required.
Assets are properties you can find and buy all around town, each offers a different kind of mission. An asset is considered "completed" as soon as it starts generating income, no matter the amount.

After you have successfully completed 7 assets, you should be able to progress forward with the main storyline.

[Tharon]

That's the last mission you get from Phil. Also Phil missions aren't needed to advance the story.

You probably are missing something else. You need to own and complete the missions for six different assets (not counting Phil) and one of them must be the print works.

So you are probably missing three of them (or the print works alone) :

- Boatyard (complete a race)
- Pole Position (spend at least $300)
- Cherry Poppers (serve 50 customers)
- Sunshine autos (deliver at least the first batch of cars)
- Print works (complete all the missions)
- Kaufman Cabs (compelte all the missions)
- Malibu club (complete all the missions)
- Interglobal studios (complete all the missions)

I'm betting on the first three, because they can easily be confused as "optional".