What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 363 Muddy Waters (1000 Monthly Tickets in May)

Although the USS Missouri has been decommissioned for four or five years, it looks brand new after being repaired and repainted at the shipyard.

Calvin went up to the deck and saw two men wearing commemorative caps wiping the turret; they were clearly retired sailors as well.

Upon seeing his arrival, the two jumped off the turret, saluted, and asked:
Will the USS Missouri also go on the expedition?

Calvin countered, "Do you want to go with her?"

"...Yes, they are too."

After speaking, a sailor pointed to the crowd on the road outside the shipyard.

Battleships have lost much of their significance in modern naval warfare, so the crews are mostly either veteran sailors or young men on training, and their quality is not high. The former mostly retired along with the Missouri.

After the war, when the Empire declared a state of emergency and sent Missouri back to the shipyard, these old Dengs began to frequently appear outside the shipyard, their purpose self-evident.

If the South Dakota and North Carolina classes hadn't been sitting idle for so long, Calvin would have preferred to activate those two classes.

After a while, he looked at Kevin:

"The Imperial Navy cannot order the USS Missouri to rejoin the battle, especially in a highly dangerous campaign."

Kevin: "What if we petition?"

"I don't know, but the USS New Jersey will rejoin."

Calvin finished his trip, got into his car, and left.

As he passed the sailors by the shipyard wall, he had the car stop, opened the window, and watched for a while before raising it.

……

"I hereby declare the inaugural Giant Fisheries Alliance Naval Review open!"

Shi Juzhu and a group of well-known fishing company executives and private boat captains stood on the deck of the Super Yorktown, watching more than thirty fishing boats lined up in two columns and sailing majestically past Daryan Harbor.

Dozens of fishing boats sounded their horns together, the long, deep sound carrying for kilometers without fading away.

Whether they were local leaders or people from the fishing company, everyone applauded and cheered enthusiastically.

With this one move alone, Giant Fisheries' reputation as the king of fishing boats in the country is enough to convince everyone that they are truly convinced and have no doubt about Giant Fisheries' bold claim of operating one hundred fishing boats.

This unprecedented naval review of fishing boats was reported by the media in a rush and transmitted to the world via radio waves, first causing a huge shock in the surrounding areas.

Wang Hu, who had been keeping a close eye on González, could no longer sit still and flew directly to The Hague.

While immediately sending the message, Wang Hu himself also encountered some trouble.

"Boss, our rubber plantation in Matutum has been burned down again!"

The younger brother ran into his office in a disheveled state, his face filled with resentment and anger.

After using the Coral Princess to eliminate the "obstacles" in one fell swoop, the local large clans were no longer an obstacle for him. Wang Hu easily absorbed several thousand Chinese and swallowed up almost all the industries in the southern peninsula in one fell swoop.

However, trouble is brewing:
The local monkeys couldn't wait to rush up and snatch the food, showing no fear of Luffy's reputation.

The reason is simple: he is an outsider, and he is also pro-Chinese.

The reason why the head of the Huang family, or rather Hao Ketu, has been able to run big businesses is twofold: first, because of his clan, and second, because he has been protected by a powerful figure.

Don't be fooled by their seemingly glamorous lives and high positions of power; they have to obey anyone's orders.

Luffy isn't one of them, or rather, even if he wanted to, no one would be willing to accept him, not even with Suha's help.

Suha was also an outsider seeking a prestigious position. In Luzon, which was severely divided, he was not taken seriously by the local powers, who were even more hostile and uniformly ostracized him. Moreover, Suha did not want to see outsiders grow powerful; he was already doing them a favor by not causing trouble.

Luffy's decision not to act like a dog resulted in the hostility of the entire native tribe. They bribed poor kids from the slums to cause trouble, making it impossible to defend against them.

Even more outrageous, many Chinese people also believe that he should give in, and that the current stalemate will lead to everyone ostracizing the Chinese community and becoming even more hostile towards Luffy!

He brought seventy or eighty truly trustworthy core personnel, and it will take time for them to settle down and become stable.

Even if we retreat to Varee Island, we can't start a Varee return movement with just a couple hundred people, can we?
Feeling that the situation was becoming increasingly difficult to develop, he ultimately had no choice but to ask Tang Wen for help.

……

"A gaming platform? What does that have to do with microcomputers?"

"Yes, it can be seen as a specially optimized microcomputer with a fixed configuration, but the architecture and components are exactly the same as a microcomputer."

Tang Wen tried his best to persuade Ni Zhenhai:
"If you only develop chips, you will soon die because you don't have a software ecosystem. You can't pin your hopes on other software companies to adapt their software; that would be suicide."

The game I want to develop must be 3D, incorporate a physics collision engine and high-definition graphics, have a large storyline that is more like a playable animation, and require a gaming platform with performance higher than current microcomputers.

If the game is well-made, it will become a stable source of income for GaijinStation, supporting continuous upgrades and the development of new underlying systems.

Then we'll gradually develop Office and CAD software that can be used on gaming platforms. Eventually, we'll just change the nameplate and it'll be a genuine domestically produced microcomputer, complete with a whole suite of software.

Ni Zhenhai stroked his chin and began to think. After a while, he asked:
What if our game doesn't sell?

Tang Wen: "I plan to invest 200 million yuan to launch three game IPs simultaneously:"

These include: a 3D single-player open-world game, emphasizing storyline and interactivity; a racing game with online ranked matches and multiplayer support; and a multiplayer RPG/role-playing game with thousands or tens of thousands of players online simultaneously, possibly set in a fantasy/martial arts world.

As a leading figure in the computer industry at that time, Ni Zhenhai subconsciously said:

"This is too difficult, even... beyond the current technology, and the investment is too huge, averaging nearly 70 million per unit. We need to sell at least 200 million units before we can develop the next step. This is really too difficult."

Standing to the side, Zhao Hande was speechless. The combined budget for these three games was more than the cost of making the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

However, Tang Wen simply waved his hand:

"It's nothing, and these are just small-scale projects. You can't even make the game I want to make the most."

"What is it?"

"I call it World of War, which includes World of Tanks, World of Warships, World of Fighter Jets... In short, it's still a long way off."

But I have great faith in you. If you're willing to come, I'll invest 5 million yuan in you personally every year, all of which you can manage yourself.

"Then, Mr. Tang, I will work for you."

Ni Zhenhai could no longer sit still. He stood up, grasped Tang Wen's hand, and solemnly uttered those words.

The latter breathed a sigh of relief, having finally managed to fool this extraordinary person.

Ni Zhenhai was the most difficult boss to win over on this trip. The other big shots were basically on secondment at schools or research institutes. Tang Wen could directly find the laboratories they established and built at Gaijin Heavy Industry and just throw money at them to win them over, without having to go through all this trouble.

After stimulating the domestic chip and microcomputer industries, Tang Wencai received a message from Wang Hu.

The performance of the local Chinese community was truly astonishing to him; they were utterly hopeless.

We need to find a way to muddy the waters of Southeast Asia even further.

He remembered that there seemed to be a Shell oil expert in Nansha, and an idea immediately came to mind.

(End of this chapter)