Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

"Manager, you know what? Last night, I was having a wonderful dream when I was woken up by a call from headquarters. It was a truly awful feeling..."

He thought that the factory director and the manager were the same, and there was nothing wrong with that; when he came over in the morning, he started complaining that he had been harassed by headquarters last night.

The factory manager and his entourage sat there, feeling quite awkward. At that time, Chinese people were still reserved and conservative, and could only listen to the other party rambling on. Out of politeness, they gave polite but awkward smiles.

Half an hour later, Douglas said, "Headquarters wants to buy your animated works from the past few years and then help you distribute them in North America."

When he got down to business, they heard that he wanted to buy their old animated works. This was cultural export, so of course it was a good thing. They immediately got excited and asked, "How do you plan to license them?"

"Ten thousand dollars per book, full copyright license, buyout of permanent copyright."

Unlike a company, Shanghai Animation Film Studio needs to consult with higher-ups, then everyone sits down, has a meeting, and understands the details of the matter in order to make a decision.

"Mr. Douglas, this needs to be reported to my superiors; it's a necessary procedure."

That same day, the factory manager began reporting the situation to his superiors, detailing the entire process and awaiting their response.

They are willing to sell an outdated animated film overseas and bring glory to the country. They have many such films, probably two or three hundred, or even more, but they limit them to animated films produced between 1977 and 1990.

They couldn't understand why these old cartoons were so popular over there, but ten thousand dollars was a lot, wasn't it?

There was naturally no problem with the higher-ups; this was a good thing, and they certainly agreed. At that time, the mainland was in dire need of foreign exchange, so they readily agreed.

In fact, this is much better than the island nation; the entire 1980s can be described as a honeymoon period between the mainland and the island nation.

They received preferential treatment when they arrived in mainland China, and these guys who were living a good life collected ancient Chinese medicine prescriptions, traditional techniques and crafts, learned them, and then applied for patents internationally.

This caused the mainland to lose a lot of valuable intangible assets. By the time they found out, it was too late. Meanwhile, the people from the other side of the ocean were surprisingly kind and even paid copyright fees. It's clear that the difference in their positions is stark.

However, they later learned from Director Chen that it wasn't that they were being unreasonable, but rather that their boss, who came from the mainland, immediately sensed that these people were handling things strictly by official procedures.

A large number of animated film copies filled a shipping container, which surprised Douglas for quite some time. Inside were not only animated film copies, but also a large amount of various materials. They had finally caught something.

"Several million dollars to buy so much, it's really worth it."

It takes about half a month to get from Shanghai to North America. On the way back, I'll be bringing back a bunch of waste paper.

Ships returning from North America these days are basically loaded with a lot of waste paper.

Zhang San is still in the waste paper business. He is now contacting people and congressmen to make his recycling fund the exclusive agent for processing waste paper across the United States.

Apart from this, Jim took a plane from the north to Dongguan, a city known as the back garden of Shenzhen.

He came here to invest; he wants to acquire 2,000 acres of industrial land.

Zhang San was wondering why the richest woman would build a factory here. He thought of the term "world factory." Guangdong Province is a coastal province with a large number of enterprises and is a major export province. Don't their products need to be packaged in paper?

Since it is known as the world's factory, its exports must be enormous, and the amount of packaging paper needed must be astronomical. Therefore, Zhang San should also start building a factory here, just like the former richest man. It may take two years.

Two years is better than nothing, that's what Zhang San was thinking; now, shipping waste paper from North America to mainland China, he could say he made a profit from the price difference, it was practically risk-free and highly profitable.

Foreign trade companies in Shanghai were also willing to do business with him, without using US dollars, just bartering. They obtained a large amount of precious metals, such as gold, from their northern counterpart.

Aside from a portion held in mainland banks, the rest was flown to Hong Kong and stored in the Bank of China's underground warehouse. At this time, gold prices were declining from a high of over $400. The northern big brother was well aware of the world gold price, and they were afraid of selling their gold too slowly.

Zhang San didn't care about any of that. Anyway, he wasn't losing money. The price of the goods he sold was already ten times higher. Unless the price of gold dropped tenfold, he would still win.

Robert was shocked when he saw a container full of copies; there were so many that he exclaimed, "OMG, if the quality is guaranteed, we're rich!"

The people from the MCA's Home Entertainment division who came with him also nodded in agreement, acknowledging the new leader's words.

"Let's pick one out and take a look."

In the projection room, they began watching the first copy; a few minutes later, the lights in the projection room came on again, and everyone had a strange expression. The movie they were watching was "The Eight Immortals and the Flea," which was only eight minutes long.

"It doesn't look like it was drawn in there," one viewer commented, finding the film somewhat strange.

Some have said, "The magical East always has things we don't know."

"Here's some information, let's take a look. Hmm, is there anyone here who speaks Chinese?"

"No, but that's alright, the person I need is almost here; now, let's watch the next one." The lights in the screening room dimmed again, and another movie began to play.

While they waited, they watched several animated short films; after they finished watching, their expressions were very strange, a mixture of shock and deep thought.

"I think their satirical animations are fantastic, and I'm sure they'll be a success once we launch them. Our investment will be easily recouped; it's just a shame they're a bit too short."

"yes."

"The translator will be here soon, let's ask him to translate for us."

The visitor was an international student from mainland China. After introducing himself, he discovered that today's customers were of very high status, such as Robert, the CEO of MCA. Robert's photo had already appeared in Hollywood newspapers, making him easily recognizable.

"This is the story of 'Eight Gods and Fleas'...that's it."

"Wow, what a wonderful story!" one person exclaimed excitedly, finding it incredibly captivating.

……

And so, the mainland Chinese students gained another part-time job: translating these stories.