Chapter 25: Ninja Turtle

  Dinner was with Jester's grandfather, Sandy Will and his great aunt.

  Very authentic and rich Sichuan flavor.

  Jester savored the familiar flavor and couldn't help but think of that distant land thousands of miles away.

  Jester's craftsmanship is better than his father's, Sandy Wil also praised him, saying that it's even better than what your father did back then.

  What surprised Jester was that Sandy Wil ate not the improved Chinese food, but authentic Sichuan cuisine. Even Jester found out that this American's ability to eat spicy food was even better than his...

  As a Chinese person, Jester felt a little embarrassed at this moment.

  Jester's uncle had arranged a room for him in his own home, but Jester refused, saying he had already booked a hotel before coming.

  However, when Jester chatted with his grandfather, it seemed that his grandfather's initiative to organize this gathering of Chinese people on the West Coast was not entirely for the Los Angeles Olympics.

  His grandfather felt that his body was no longer as good as before, and now the country is reforming and opening up, welcoming overseas Chinese to return home and invest, so he had the idea of returning to his roots.

  Especially in Jester's memory, his grandfather listened to the tape of "My Chinese Heart" with tears streaming down his face, revealing his true feelings.

  Although his grandfather did not say it clearly, Jester also guessed that maybe his grandfather wanted to return home.

  After all, it was his home for decades, and no matter how good America is, it's not home for his grandfather.

  This is also a very normal thing, Jest's grandfather left his hometown 45 years ago and has been away for 40 years now. People are originally attached to their homeland, let alone Jest's grandfather who once risked his life for the sake of national salvation.

  Only Jester knew that his grandfather had four gunshot wounds on his body, two of which were fatal and almost died.

  Their feelings for their homeland are something many modern people can't understand.

  As Qu Yuan wrote at the end of "Li Sao", The bird flies back to its old forest, The fox dies with its head towards the hill.

  Even beasts would not behave like this, how can humans endure it?

  "What a magnificent and tumultuous era that was!"

  Jester also thought of the motherland in this era, the magnificent reform and opening up had begun for several years, China's revival tide had started, but no one could foresee how turbulent this wave would be, like a tsunami that was unstoppable. If he didn't participate in this greatest rise of a major power in human history in this century, it would be a pity.

  Moreover, I really need to go back to my motherland to solve one of my current main problems.

  Insufficient production capacity.

  The cost of setting up a factory in the US is too high, with labor costs alone being several times higher than in Japan, so this is not something that Jastec is considering.

  Moreover, it is now the period when the United States is transforming from a manufacturing power to a financial industry country. Everyone is stimulated by the numbers of the financial industry and cheers loudly. At this time, doing low-profit manufacturing is definitely not worth the effort.

  And thinking of the ugly faces of American unions after the subprime crisis and the collapse of Motor City, USA, Jester felt a wave of nausea.

  Of course, America is a free democratic country where everyone has the right to their own choices.

  Including their right to freely defend their foolishness.

  Jester was filled with malicious thoughts.

  However, does the current domestic situation have the ability to produce 8-bit loan machines?

  Jie Si wasn't clear, he didn't understand the current domestic situation, even in his previous life, he hadn't specifically looked up information on this aspect, if his grandfather returned to China this time, he would definitely follow him back to investigate.

  The production line is easy to get, even if there isn't one domestically, there should be plenty of idle second-hand production lines in the US that can be used with some modifications, and even brand new ones won't cost much.

  The most important thing is industrial workers.

  Apart from recruiting and training a large number of people on its own, at this time, if you want to get industrial workers in the electronics industry, you can only poach them from state-owned enterprises.

  As for the state-owned enterprises' practice of deducting wages without letting people go, Jester is not too worried about it.

  It's not the 30 years later, when state-owned enterprises were treated as their own children. Now, foreign investment returning to China is being treated like an ancestor by the government, with all sorts of benefits like "three exemptions and five reductions", "five connections and seven equalizations" that can make foreign capitalists feel like they are in heaven. As long as you are willing to come, we are willing to give. What's more, it's just a matter of taking workers away from those state-owned enterprises? As long as high salaries are offered, which worker wouldn't rush over? With an administrative order, which state-owned enterprise would dare not let people go?

  For those who are in power now, as long as they can make foreign exchange, they won't care about the life and death of state-owned enterprises. Can you make foreign exchange by caring about your own life? No? Then get out.

  What about your own production? That's your problem now. If I help you solve it, what's the point of having a factory director like you?

  It can be said that whoever dares not to release people is obstructing the country's modernization construction, is obstructing the country from attracting investment, is deviating from the Party Central Committee's clear instructions, and is obstructing my promotion and getting rich by achieving political performance. Whoever dares to obstruct me from achieving political performance is a traitor, a Han traitor, and a worker rebel. I will trample you with ten thousand feet and not let you turn over.

  However, what Jie Si Te wants to clarify most after returning home is not these, but whether foreign capital can build a factory independently in the country now, which is his biggest concern.

  He remembered that at the beginning of the reform and opening up, only joint ventures were allowed, but in the mid-1980s, the central government issued a document for the first time to formally allow foreign-funded enterprises to set up factories alone, but Jester couldn't remember when it was issued.

  It was either 1984 or 1985 in my impression.

  It was the establishment of this document that began the entry of a large amount of foreign capital, which was previously scarce because no one wanted to give up half of their profits for nothing.

  Jester is no exception.

  This is not because he was too greedy, Jester would not hesitate to give up the benefits that must be given out, because he knew that temporary sacrifices would necessarily bring greater returns in the future.

  His company produces domestically, employs domestic workers, and sells products overseas to earn foreign exchange, which is what the government wants to see. If he can do all this, the government will be very satisfied.

  But it's different when it comes to joint ventures with domestic companies. As a foreign investor, he already enjoys super-national treatment, and partnering with state-owned enterprises won't make this treatment any better. Moreover, after the partnership, not only will he have to share his profits, but he'll also be subject to interference from domestic companies, so why would he want to give up shares and partner with them?

  What's wrong?

  As for the benefits provided by those countries, three exemptions and five discounts, five communications and seven equal treatments, no profit no tax, super national treatment BLABLABLABLA, haha, if you have the ability to not joint venture then don't get these treatments.

  What are foreign investors asking for?

  Who can you blame for your own misfortune?

  Capitalists are like this, on the one hand they get astonishing profits from you, and on the other hand they scold you as a real idiot.

  Especially those foreign capitalists who came to the country and were surprised to find that in a socialist country with a dictatorship of the proletariat, trade unions are just decorations. They don't need to consider the interests of workers at all! This is simply a paradise for capitalists, with a natural soil suitable for capital expansion!

  Of course, while happily YYing, it's also necessary to curse a sentence, SB.

  And then there's another thing, waiting until the 1990s, under the inspiration of the Soviet Union's dissolution, that grand feast to share the greatest achievements of Taizu and the Premier, the magnificent fruit of thirty years of industrial construction since the founding of the country was about to begin, and I even planned to join in for a delicious meal. How could I leave behind a loophole and become someone else's delicacy?

  As for cooperating with the powerful and wealthy? That was a matter of the thorough victory of the extreme rightists after the Southern Tour in the 1990s. The young generation of powerful and wealthy people at home are just some greedy but timid mice, not qualified to cooperate with themselves.

  Besides, even if they were given shares now, would they dare to accept them?

  These people still haven't come around yet; times have changed.

  Putting aside the premature thoughts in his mind for now, Jester drove to the hotel he had booked and asked about his room at the front desk. He took the key and headed towards the elevator.

  However, his speed was apparently a bit slower, and by the time he arrived at the elevator door, it was already packed with people, and the doors were almost closed.

  Jester could only sigh and stop in front of the elevator, waiting for the next one.

  "Huh?"

  But just as Jester was walking towards the elevator, he happened to see a 16K book lying on the ground with its back facing up.

  Maybe someone accidentally dropped it.

  As he thought so, Jester bent down to pick up the magazine. It was a comic book magazine named "Illusion" produced by Mirage-Studio, a comic book company.

  When he saw the picture on the cover, Jester's eyes suddenly lit up.

  Then turn to this page according to the page number, the title of the comic is Teeant-Ninja-Turtles, translated into Chinese, it's Ninja Turtles!

  Jester naturally knew that the Ninja Turtles would be a huge hit later on, as it was one of the two most successful cartoons in America in the eighties, the other being Transformers, although the first four episodes of Transformers had already been produced and Hasbro had also released their first batch of Transformer toys.

  This is not the key, the key is that Jester remembers very clearly, according to the Ninja Turtles FC game made by Konami, after its release, it triggered a sales craze and finally ranked in the top ten of all FC game sales.

  And even if you don't count the game, the profit that Ninja Turtles can generate is also frighteningly high, whether it's comics, animations, figurines, or movie copyrights.

  This is a comic strip that can count money until your hands cramp!

  Missed Transformers, Jester doesn't want to miss Ninja Turtles either. Originally, he hadn't decided which one would be his first action-puzzle game for home consoles, but now the decision is made - it's going to be Ninja Turtles!

  This is really a great topic, just as soon as this idea was born, Jester couldn't wait.

  Jester flipped through the black and white version of Ninja Turtles in the comic book magazine, the story had just begun, looking at the title it seemed to be only the fifth issue, and the publication date was also this month, it seemed that Ninja Turtles had just started serialization and hadn't become popular yet.

  But Jast didn't care much either. Even if Ninja Turtles became a hit, it wouldn't cost him much to buy the comic book company.

  Jest vaguely remembers that Mirage Studios was a new company founded in September of the year before they created Ninja Turtles, and the two bosses of the company were the two authors of Ninja Turtles. As for the rest, he doesn't remember very clearly, after all, he is neither an encyclopedia nor a die-hard fan of Ninja Turtles.

  But then again, how much is a new comic book company worth?

  It's all just a drop in the bucket for Jester now.

  But now he doesn't have time to ask about the news of this comic company, and can only temporarily put it down, waiting until he returns to the company to deal with it.

  At this time, the elevator door also opened.

  Jester followed the crowd into the elevator, selected his floor, and as the doors closed, he began to think about how to design "Snowman Brothers".

  His time is very tight and he can't wait until he gets back to the company to start designing. He must seize some spare time to perfect this game.

  The original Snowman Brothers were actually designed very successfully.

  Inside, there is a growth setting. Snowmen can increase their abilities by drinking medicine water. Some can speed up movement, some can increase the size and power of snowballs, and one can increase the range of throwing snowballs. This setting is similar to eating bullets in Contra, but the original ability richness is far less than Contra. Jester remembers that there are only about three kinds.

  Juster intends to strengthen this point and at least have five kinds.

  The combat system of "Snowman Brothers" is innovative even by today's standards, let alone back in the 90s.

  The snowman controlled by the player can encase monsters in ice by throwing snowballs at them, then push the encased monster into a large snowball, knocking other monsters flying. Monsters that are knocked to death will drop items such as medicine or cake.

  There is also a reward mode. Every ten levels, there will be an opportunity to shake the money bag. Each time, you can shake out a letter. If you collect SNOW, you can get an extra life.

  This is also a setting that attracts players to continue playing, which is very good in this era.

  The most crucial point is that this game has a setting very suitable for arcade use, which was later called the "Snowman Mode" to clear the level.

  If the player cannot clear the level within one minute, a very powerful boss will appear, which Jest called "Pumpkin Man" when he was a kid, and touching it means death.

  This setting increases the difficulty and also increases playability.

  Extremely suitable for arcade.

  Jester thought back and forth, this game was already excellent in design, he thought carefully for a while and couldn't think of anything else to add to the game.

  With a "ding", the floor he chose had arrived.

  Jester walked out of the elevator and strode quickly towards his own room.

  He wants to play through Snowman Brothers as soon as possible to see if there's anything he hasn't considered, and then finish writing the game design document as soon as possible.