"Like this... it should work, right?"
It had been nearly a month since Liang Xing had crossed over into a Parallel World, and he had gradually adapted to his new life.
He had originally been an ordinary office worker in twenty-first-century Earth. After getting off work, he had gone home as usual, eating while scrolling through videos.
A roundup of the toys you wanted most as a child (Part One)
He had been watching that very video. It only had one view, and just as it reached the first toy on the list—a Mini Four-Wheel Drive Car—his vision went black.
When he came to his senses, he had already crossed over.
His new body belonged to a young man also named Liang Xing, who had just graduated from Yanjing University in Yanjing City with a degree in computer science.
College romance was always beautiful, but graduation season was often breakup season as well.
Neither of them had wronged the other. One had to return to Baisha City to inherit the family business, while the other wanted to stay in Yanjing City and make a name for herself.
Unfortunately, the original owner had been indecisive and completely at a loss.
He had wanted to drown his sorrows in alcohol, but his tolerance was terrible, and he threw up everywhere.
Then, with one careless slip, he was gone.
On his first day after crossing over, he spent the entire night cleaning up.
On the second day, the girl was the one who proposed breaking up. Liang Xing had yet to fully sort through the extra memories in his mind, but he gladly agreed.
No matter how beautiful that girlfriend was, he really did not know her!
Over the following month, Liang Xing sorted out his current social connections and learned about the differences between this Parallel World and Earth through the internet.
In his spare time, he also watched plenty of film and television commentary videos.
Though he could not name most of the actors, both the plots and the acting left him thoroughly entertained.
Simply put, the technological levels of the two worlds were roughly the same, but there were major differences in literature. The Parallel World even had a slight edge.
That was because the Parallel World had a United Nations-certified platform—the United Nations Intellectual Property Protection Platform.
All websites related to literary works had to archive their content on that platform.
Was it infringement?
And how should it be punished?
Everything was crystal clear!
Through this platform, applications, authorizations, and transactions involving intellectual property rights such as copyrights and patents were especially convenient.
Liang Xing's family had originally purchased design licenses through the platform, paying a fixed monthly fee plus royalties, to manufacture and sell all kinds of toy cars.
Their family business, Liang Xing Toys Factory, had been founded from scratch by Liang's Mother's father. It currently had two Toy Factories and two physical stores.
Competition in this industry was extremely fierce!
Liang's Mother's father had worked himself too hard in his youth. During the year Liang Xing entered university, he had no choice but to step back, and Liang's Father officially took over Liang Xing Toys Factory.
To be frank, Liang's Father was not a qualified businessman.
He had been born poor and was honest and dutiful. What he disliked most was borrowing money.
The Toy Factory never accepted installment payments either. It had always operated on a cash-on-delivery basis.
As a result, they had no choice but to lower their quotes, further squeezing their profit margins.
On top of that, whenever they made money, they paid off bank loans first. After several years, they had actually cleared the Toy Factory's loans.
This year, Liang Xing had graduated, and Liang Xing Toys Factory was also close to collapsing.
At the end of the day, its equipment had not been upgraded in time, and the toy cars produced by Liang Xing Toys Factory had become less competitive with every passing year.
Liang's Father could not distinguish priorities, so Liang's Mother had no choice but to resort to this measure and demand that Liang Xing return home to inherit the family business.
After all, how could she just watch the foundation her father had built be ruined in her husband's hands?
But if things continued this way, the Toy Factory's closure seemed only a matter of time.
This rich second-generation heir would probably become a debt-ridden second-generation heir.
That would not do!
Fortunately, during the crossing, Liang Xing had gained a strange ability.
He had taken it upon himself to name it My Pondering Power.
On the third day after crossing over, Liang Xing returned to the Toy Factory at Liang's Mother's summons.
Looking at the toy cars on the production line, he immediately thought of the Mini Four-Wheel Drive Car he had seen before crossing over.
The so-called Mini Four-Wheel Drive Car was actually what everyone knew as a Mini 4WD.
Although this Parallel World did not have Let's & Go, it was not lacking in animations related to Mini 4WDs.
The Toy Factory actually produced related parts as well. Liang Xing had merely suddenly thought of the GP Chip mentioned in Let's & Go.
—I think I can make one?
At that instant, such a thought surfaced in Liang Xing's mind.
From then on, he could not stop.
"Mom! I need money to buy parts!"
A Lithography Machine, the key piece of equipment for manufacturing chips, had nearly one hundred thousand parts. That was clearly beyond what Liang Xing's family could afford at present.
He merely felt that he might be able to make one, and the Toy Factory truly needed new toys to open up the market.
So why not give it a try?
How would he know whether his idea was right without trying?
With the intention of testing it out, Liang Xing received one million from his mother and headed straight for the other Toy Factory.
That was already the greatest support Liang's Mother could provide.
After all, with borrowing money not an option, Liang Xing Toys Factory's cash flow was indeed in poor shape. They had no choice but to slow down the production of new toy cars.
They prioritized contract-manufactured products, while their own physical stores sold off existing inventory first, which also helped recover funds.
Meanwhile, Liang Xing made two rounds through the Toy Factory.
This Toy Factory was an old plant. Ever since Liang's Father had taken over the Toy Factory, the old plant had not operated for a long time.
Most of the remaining equipment was outdated—the sellable equipment had already been sold off—but after inspecting it, Liang Xing found that many parts could still be reused.
He also ordered plenty of materials and parts from Taojin Online, and the one million in startup capital was basically gone.
Taojin Online was like a combination of all the major shopping platforms on Earth.
Genuine products guaranteed, lightning-fast delivery.
From that day onward, Liang Xing moved into the old plant.
Research was a very good excuse.
Liang's Mother would only feel heartache and pride over her son's excellence.
Other than exchanging a few words whenever she delivered his meals each day,
Liang Xing used research as an excuse to avoid everyone for the rest of the time, until he had completely absorbed the Parallel World's social connections.
The memories of the two worlds merged into one, and only then did Liang Xing truly integrate into the Parallel World.
"Like this... it should work, right?"
Inside the old factory building, a series of ugly makeshift machines were running.
Liang Xing moved among them with a huge wrench in hand, overwhelmed by a tremendous sense of accomplishment.
Strictly speaking, he still did not really understand how the machines worked.
Yet he had completed the modifications by instinct, and the machines truly could operate.
Then he had to test the results of his labor!
He had now successfully started the machines and thought he would first try producing a batch of Smart Chips. To his surprise, the process was quite simple.
The only regret was that much of the equipment required manual operation, and Liang Xing simply could not handle it all by himself.
He hurried back and forth in a fluster, and it took nearly two full hours before the first Smart Chip was finally packaged.
The Mini 4WDs popular on the market rarely used fully enclosed bodies, and they could not possibly bring out the effects of Smart Chips.
To verify the effect, Liang Xing could only do it himself.
Compared with that whole collection of chip-making equipment, this was far simpler!
That evening, when Liang's Mother came to deliver dinner, the first Fully Enclosed Mini Track Car equipped with a Smart Chip was officially born!
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