I'm the boss because I have a harem of anime characters.

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There's a saying: Every generation has its own tasks.

This can also be interpreted as: some tasks simply cannot be completed ahead of schedule.

Yes, Qinshan has been cheating, players have worked hard, and Xinhua has undergone tremendous changes in a very short time. But people's minds are hard to change, and the inheritance and succession from one generation to the next will not be fundamentally reversed. You can't expect to update the thinking software of people born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in just a few words.

Learning is a painful thing. Many people refuse to learn after they grow up and start to rely on common sense and inertia to solve the problems they encounter in life, and regard it as the norm and correctness of their lives.

Don't laugh, you and I, sitting in front of our phones, computers, and tablets, are also this type of person.

The internet can be accessed nationwide, but people's lifestyles are difficult to change quickly.

It took more than a decade for smartphones to go from their inception to widespread acceptance. For the average person, how many decades does one have in a lifetime? This demonstrates the stubbornness of human nature when faced with change.

Even if Qin Shan could fill every mountain village with internet cafes right now, he wouldn't do it, because the locals would likely see computers and the internet as a monster. The village chief might even lead a group to smash up the internet cafes; such things have happened before.

Let people get rich first, and then they will have the confidence to explore other possibilities.

Development is the only way forward, and how so? Right here!

"A full rollout is impossible; at this stage, we can only conduct pilot programs in cities."

Qin Shan's hand swept across several coastal cities, not just the traditional Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, but also Tianjin, Dalian, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Suzhou, Xiamen, and Qingdao. These port cities are at the forefront of openness, and the locals are most receptive to new things.

The earliest cosplay in mainland China was in Hong Kong in 1993, and it spread rapidly, but eventually stopped in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shanghai. The reason is very simple: people at that time did not have a high pursuit of this avant-garde art. On the one hand, adults did not understand it, and on the other hand, young people did not have much income. Most importantly, when people were barely able to make ends meet, they did not have extra energy to pursue spiritual goals.

However, the influence of anime and manga culture is indeed very strong, and its origin is naturally Japan. But now, well, it's hard to say.

"Our goal at ACG Company is to create the world's best ACG culture, encompassing animation, comics, movies, games, and novels—that's what makes it complete!"

"Don't bite off more than you can chew. Do we even have that many people right now?"

"Yes! We have a comic book team of over a thousand people. How can we not slaughter the Japanese and destroy the Americans!"

"Does our current aesthetic sense align with the style of this era?"

"Aesthetic sense needs to be cultivated, and as pioneers, we naturally have the right to shape this aesthetic sense!"

"I agree! Let's get started right away, I can't wait!"

The players were incredibly enthusiastic, shouting arrogant slogans like "Kill Microsoft, crush Sony, destroy Carat, and kill Blizzard," and then started using their advanced technology to bully others.

It's really quite unfair. While foreign countries were still using 2.5D plus barely 3D polygonal human figures, players had already brought out the latest Reality 6 engine, which is even more amazing than Unreal Engine. The optimization is even more amazing, allowing the 1060 to run Black Myth at the highest graphics settings at 60 frames per second without any frame drops in any scene. It is also part of the intelligent optimization system.

With the widespread adoption and efficient application of various AI technologies worldwide, creative teams have begun using these technologies. Even when creating Ubisoft-style graphics, the visual quality is so perfect that it's beyond reproach. You can confidently entrust the technical aspects to AI, while humans simply play the "spot the difference" game.

So in early 1996, ACG Company produced a 4K high-definition movie, "Black Myth: Sun Wukong".

The promotional event was held simultaneously in ten port cities across China, with all ten locations connected online. The backdrop of the stage was eleven live streaming screens, so you could see the live streams from the other ten locations from any of these locations.

The large screen in the middle is naturally reserved for the Black Myth movie.

For this promotional event, Xinhua News Agency and government departments also contributed personnel and resources. As players in the industry, they naturally knew how to conduct the most eye-catching publicity. Therefore, the event venue was set up like an ACG event from the 1920s, with ample LED light pollution, many small commodities for sale, and various cosplays. However, the 80s and 90s-style clothing of the visitors was really out of place with the surrounding scene. But when it was captured in photos, it had a unique artistic beauty, just like high-definition old photos.

"This...this is cosplay!?"

The girl named Zhang looked at the player in front of her who was cosplaying as the Fourth Sister, her face filled with disbelief.

As a modern young woman who also loves cosplay, she has tried various cosplays. However, at that time, the quality of domestic cosplay was quite shoddy, and some even made people feel that they were completely different from the characters they were supposed to portray. The kind of cosplay that had broken through the screen and the three-dimensional costumes were unimaginable at that time and were quite shocking.

However, the cosplay of the fourth sister selling golden pills by players is truly both hilarious and pathetic.

This is hell.

Other young people who also enjoy cosplay shared the same sentiment. The bolder ones among them went up to ask how she did it, not because they wanted to steal trade secrets, but purely out of curiosity.

The players, who were the organizers of the event, had anticipated this request, so they invited a few of them backstage to do their makeup and dress up, and cosplay as characters they liked.

Frankly speaking, everyone has a suitable cosplay image, but not everyone is suitable to cosplay the image they like. Some cosplayers are the type who can stand still and be okay, but when they open their mouths, they ruin the character. Their temperament is very different from the original character. Who can blame them for the difficulty of achieving both the spirit and the form? That belongs to the category of top actors, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Besides, it's just cosplay, there's no need to take it to such a professional level. If you insist on holding a professional-level competition, you need to consider the requirements of the occasion. At least it's not necessary here. The most important thing is that everyone has fun.

For the locals, this was truly a major shock, a real eye-opener.

For young people, they have found a brand new form of entertainment, and it is believed that related industries will develop soon.

Don't think that ACG culture is just about movies and animation. Its peripheral products can also drive the development of related industries. It also has its own unique industrial chain. Just like how a fisherman's request became a national technology, everything is interconnected. You never know if your actions will bring new possibilities.

This is why many unexpected inventions and creations are cross-disciplinary; using the same method with a different approach can often produce remarkable results, and the opportunity to change the world lies within this.

In addition to locals from Xinhua, the Black Myth exhibition also attracted many celebrities from the international ACG community.

Let me make it clear beforehand: the players didn't specifically invite anyone to boost their presence. For players who have mastered advanced productivity and have a lot of historical prediction cheats, the masters of this era deserve respect, but there's no need to fawn over them. If you want to come on your own, we'd love to welcome you, but if you insist that we specially invite you, sorry, who do you think you are? Believe me, we'll use your future perfect creation to take you down.

This may sound like bullying, but it's true. Some creative people with bad tempers are likely to be in trouble.

For example, players released Hunter x Hunter ahead of schedule, which almost killed the popularity of his other works. This is the resentment of everyone who was delayed. Old man, can you feel it?

Of course, a creative artist like Togashi will definitely have new works coming out, so everyone should wait and see. This time, he signed a contract with a company formed by fans, and the contract clearly states that the maximum time for a work to be interrupted or delayed is no more than one month. This is already the last bit of mercy that fans have shown to Togashi. Moreover, he has been given the treatment he deserves, which is more and better than what young content creators give him. He has also signed a personal contract with a lifetime guarantee. If he still fails to deliver on his promises, then he truly deserves to be punished.

When players do these things, they are definitely influenced by a lot of personal emotions (resentment at being stood up).

And so, amidst a sea of ​​enthusiastic people, the Black Myth movie promotion event officially began, and the players began to demonstrate Xinhua's powerful cultural output capabilities.

Section 33: I'm not pretending anymore, I'm flipping the table!

When Hayao Miyazaki walked out of the movie theater, his face was filled with shock.

The special effects and dubbing in the Black Myth movie were so realistic that they were indistinguishable from reality. Even though they were all composites and the audience was told that they were all composites, some people were still shocked by the special effects that even the United States could not produce.

By the way, there are no actors in this; it's all 3D animation.

Has Xinhua's 3D animation reached this level yet!?

That's right. Even within the broader context of technological development in the domestic world, Xinhua's 3D technology developed faster. This wasn't because 3D was cheaper, but because many online games at the time used 3D technology. The profitability of online games, especially those represented by "Zhengtu," is evident to all. Naturally, related industries preferred to focus on technological research in this area, ultimately leading to a unique path for 3D animation developed by Xinhua.

Of course, technology is technology. If you use technology to film poop, at most you'll just get pretty poop.

"Unbelievable, this is Xinhua's 3D technology. It seems that a revolution in the animation industry has begun."

As a left-wing cartoonist who gives the impression of being traditional but is actually very progressive, Hayao Miyazaki has a good eye for things, or rather, people with progressive ideas tend to have a good eye for things.

The success of the Black Myth movie quickly created a storm across Xinhua nationwide. Despite the ticket price being five yuan and the fact that it was only shown in cinemas in ten designated major cities, the box office revenue on the first day reached the tens of millions of US dollars.

What followed was a media frenzy. The Central Propaganda Department, well-prepared, went all out, and with the players' supervision and assistance, quickly produced a large number of high-quality articles. These articles offered a simple and easy-to-understand analysis of the Black God phenomenon from a perspective that resonated with the public, while also promoting the upcoming Black Myth game. This was a coordinated barrage of attacks, one wave after another, with no end in sight.

Because Black Myth is so profitable, many people in third-tier cities with ideas have started to try to introduce advanced movie playback technology. However, at this stage, this technology will not be opened to private individuals, because apart from players, other private companies simply do not have the ability to maintain the relevant equipment. If, after a round of expansion, we rely entirely on players to do these things, then the more than ten million players in China will not be enough to go around. Currently, many more professional fields are even more short of people.

Therefore, the expansion of new technology cinemas is very slow, and the fundamental reason for this is that people's spending power is insufficient.

By reinstating rural cooperatives and adding subsidies for fertilizers and seeds, Xinhua's food and clothing problems have been quickly solved. Only a very small number of ethnic minorities who remain in remote mountain valleys are temporarily unable to resolve their related issues. They will be relocated to plains areas where they can live more easily and then integrate into the local customs and culture.

Let's be honest, some ethnic minorities don't even consider themselves ethnic minorities. Since that's the case, let's not insist on dividing them up. We're all one family, all Chinese people, descendants of Yan and Huang. Going back further, the Chu Kingdom even worshipped the war god Chiyou. Let's not keep calling each other "you," "me," and "him." From now on, our ID cards will all say "Chinese nation."

Treating all ethnic groups fairly is the most romantic form of ethnic integration in China.

Among the players, a member of the Bai ethnic minority explicitly stated, "What's the difference between me and the Han Chinese now? Why do we have to be given another ethnic title? Just call us all part of the Chinese nation!" Similar sentiments were even more pronounced among Manchu players; some even reacted with shock upon seeing Manchu script, exclaiming, "What?! Do we even have our own writing system?"

What's most unsettling is that the Manchu script is incorrect, and it's mixed with Chinese characters.

It belongs to the old-era punk eclectic style.

It's just like that classic joke:

"If you don't rebel while wearing a Qing dynasty costume, you'll be lucky to get a power drill!"

"Brother, are you Manchu?"

"So what if I'm Manchu? I don't have the surname Aisin Gioro!"

“Brother above, even I, whose surname is Aisin Gioro, think you are right.”

By grasping the class narrative, clarifying the contradictions between the enemy and ourselves, and embarking on the correct path, we can understand that the vast majority of Manchus were also the victims of exploitation.

Amidst the frenzy surrounding Black Myth, the year 1996 arrived. Xinhua's cultural exports became even more powerful, and the feature film Black Myth sparked a global craze for Journey to the West and Chinese language. Countless Westerners cheered for the monkey from the East, or rather, the people of the Western world experienced for the first time the culture of resistance from the East.

Therefore, Manbu Company decided to continue its efforts.

"Next, we'll read all four classic novels!"

"That's right, we can't let the Japanese and Koreans take advantage of our Four Great Classical Novels anymore!"

"So, has everyone decided what to do next?"

"I think it has to be Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"Why does it have to be 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'? Are you looking down on 'The Washed Boat'?"

"Your accent is too heavy. That's called 'Water Margin'."

"Our 'Dream of the Red Chamber' must have a prestigious reputation!"

"Give me a break. What is Dream of the Red Chamber about? Love and romance or the rise and fall of four great families?"

"You could try doing something risqué!"

"Get out of here! You bunch of bumpkins! Don't you know that 'Dream of the Red Chamber' is the best research material for describing life in that era? We need to treat it like a documentary!"

"Honey, standard documentary animation is definitely not good."

"Can't we think of a solution?"

On the issue of factions, the players were absolutely unwilling to back down. As a result of the argument, the company split into four brand-new teams, each corresponding to one of the four great classical novels. The Journey to the West team was to carry out the follow-up operation of Black Myth. Now that the movie has made a name for itself, the game cannot be left behind. Incidentally, it can also allow game enthusiasts in Western countries to upgrade their equipment.

That's right, Xinhua was going to launch the 4090 graphics card in 1996, but this was a technical benchmark, and it was called Great Wall 1996.

This is truly a game-changing attack, the kind that would make major game developers despair. Japan is already in despair. We're not even playing the same game as Xinhua; the technological gap is at least ten years. Are we even in the same world?

The game consoles and home consoles derived from the Great Wall 1996 independent gaming graphics card were unimaginable at the time.

Look at the 3D games of the early days; they were just a bunch of graphics. But even this level of 3D was a huge technological advancement for side-scrolling games at the time, and it could change an entire era.

Looking upstream along the relevant industrial chain, this could drive employment in at least a million high-tech jobs. Given Xinhua University's current size, guaranteeing job placement for its graduates is not enough; it needs to recruit from junior colleges and even vocational schools.

Qin Shan firmly opposed the expansion of university enrollment. Although he himself was a beneficiary of the expansion, to be honest, the quality of students and teaching after the expansion was really not good. In any case, Qin Shan did not feel that he had learned anything useful in his four years of university. On the contrary, the energy he spent working outside during those years was more valuable.

Therefore, Qin Shan directly suppressed the expansion of university enrollment. Society does not need so many college students. The value of universities should be to cultivate cutting-edge scientific and technological talents. To put it more bluntly, the professional fields that those people touch are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, especially since these majors inevitably involve mathematics, or even advanced mathematics. If you don't know it, you really don't know it.

Cutting-edge technology and applied technology must be separated, and universities and junior colleges should be equal. Simply put, universities should cultivate talents like Einstein, while junior colleges should cultivate talents like skilled workers at the eighth level. Both should be top-tier in their respective fields, turning technology from a dream into reality.

However, Qin Shan directly relegated finance-related majors to the vocational school level. All universities pulled out finance majors and threw them into the vocational school level. The future Xinhua will not need to play this kind of garbage game of making money from money.

Just look at the United States. That's what happens when finance is overdeveloped. Capital tycoons start to control everything, and money becomes the standard by which society is measured. Finance that is not under state control is not good finance. Moreover, the financial sector is the easiest place for personal connections to spread and interests to be transferred. Don't think that officials and cadres won't play the revolving door game because they are subject to layers of checks and balances. If you don't keep an eye on things, a bunch of living devils will fall into the trap.

Always remember this: the most amazing stock market gurus are actually at the very top of the pyramid.

They are the rule-makers and the dealers; what makes you think you, a retail investor, can outbid the dealers?

Even if you manage to find a loophole, they can simply cut off the power and stop playing with you. That's just how basic business competition works.

This is the new era's emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce; finance must kneel behind the people and the real economy.

As for the dissatisfaction it caused, who cares? Those guys in finance, do they even have the ability to rebel? Those who love money to the extreme are all cowards. If they dare to fight to the death, Qin Shan believes that capitalists have a conscience.

Capital and finance have positive roles, but it's not good if they have their own agendas.

They should follow the government's lead; that's the role they should play. If even the cleaning ladies on the street know the benefits of stock trading, then a financial crisis is not far off. Qin Shan doesn't want to see those scoundrels eat their fill and leave safely.

Throughout 1996, the biggest variables were the reforms in the education and financial sectors. After these were completed, the next step was to wait for the whole society to adapt to the new model. This process could take anywhere from two to three years to more than ten years. But we must have faith in the speed of industrialization and its capacity for change. The new generation is far more adaptable to change than the older generation.

In that same year, the Western world, with its domestic market in disarray and its overseas markets disrupted, could no longer sit idly by in the face of Xinhua's rise in high-tech industries. It introduced the "Trade Review Clauses" and began manipulating the WTO to deny Xinhua entry.

"Fine, since they don't want to play anymore, let's flip the table."

In Parallel World 4, on April 2, 1996, Xinhua announced its withdrawal from the United Nations.

Shocked the world.

But this was just the beginning. Subsequently, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos also announced their withdrawal from the United Nations. Half a month later, Vietnam was engulfed in civil war, and the Communist Party of Vietnam was replaced by the new Communist Revolutionary Party of Vietnam, which then announced its withdrawal from the United Nations.

In May of the same year, a new proletarian revolution broke out in Mongolia, which quickly seized power. After executing more than 5 reactionaries and their families, Mongolia announced its withdrawal from the United Nations.

In May of the same year, a coup d'état broke out in North Korea, and the Kim family and their cronies were completely purged, with no one escaping. The newly established Central Committee of the Communist Party of North Korea announced its withdrawal from the United Nations.

In just over a month, the entire East Asian region has completely withdrawn from the United Nations. This has not only caught the United States off guard, but also the arrogant Western world. They are horrified to discover that the situation in Asia is spiraling out of control at a visible speed, and their forces in Asia are being rapidly and precisely purged. Western intelligence agencies will soon only be able to obtain information about East Asia through telephone and newspapers. The intelligence black hole centered on Xinhua is expanding. This giant dragon of the East seems to be no longer willing to tolerate this and is revealing its true power.

What's troubling the Western world is that these pro-China organizations emerged suddenly, and there was no prior evidence to suggest they had any connection to Xinhua. Given the current situation, if it wasn't Xinhua, who else could it be?

Of course, Xinhua has always claimed that it didn't do it. Even if all the high-ranking officials of these countries are dead and their families have gone to the underworld, it still wasn't me. Do you have any evidence? If you dare to make things up, I'll deal with you!

Faced with the sudden roar of the red dragon from Xinhua, India, as a major South Asian power, felt great pressure. However, domestic political factions clamored that "Xinhua did not colonize us back then, and India today is not the India of thirty years ago."

Well, this kind of mysterious self-confidence is also quite good, please keep it up, Brother San.

Now it's the bewildered Western world's turn to think about what to do.