The Instant Noodle Tycoon

Former game company illustrator Jia Yapeng is shocked to discover that he’s actually a second-generation rich kid. His parents left him an instant noodle factory, a pair of twin sisters, and a group of workers who haven’t been paid in half a year.

Determined to make his own son a third-generation heir, Jia Yapeng decides to bring Little Raccoon instant noodles and the Water Margin hero cards—products that originally launched in 1999—into the fast-changing world of 1990, earning his first bucket of gold.

Next, he launches miniature racing cars, develops typing learning machines, and simultaneously releases the Pokémon game and anime… then Legend, Fantasy Westward Journey, League of Legends… acquires Marvel, and creates the Investiture of the Gods cinematic universe.

At the same time, he develops China’s own gaming console and builds a homegrown console gaming ecosystem, breaking the country's dependence on pay-to-win online games and turning China into the cradle of countless AAA titles.

And just for good measure, he releases the myPhone two years before Apple, causing Apple to collapse and never recover.

Thus, a massive super empire of gaming, entertainment, and technology—and the next generation’s richest man in the world—is born in the hands of Jia Yapeng.