good entrepreneurship morning to you it's Tuesday can you imagine already the week is already on the move and it's about time we delve into some of the businesses and some of the careers and some of the moves that the young people are making out here to put food on the table and also to do something for themselves so today on one in the morning of entrepreneurship Tuesday my name is Hilda Mabibi we are opened on a sweet tooth we have a lady with us here in studio who specializes in pastries and making up beautiful cakes and all the sweets and the chocolate it's even come with one hell for demonstration I can really smell the sugar from where I am it looks really good so it's about time I introduce you to Ziki's Kekari. Lina please introduce yourself and say good morning. Good morning my name is Ziki I am the proprietor at Ziki's Kekari that is an online bakery that deals with cakes and cupcakes at the moment. Okay so the Kekari business is what we want we're going to talk about yes especially today so please make sure you interact with us on Twitter we are at Y254 channel the hashtag is why in the morning hashtag entrepreneurship Tuesday on Facebook we are at Y254 on Instagram at Y254 underscore channel and on YouTube we are at Y254 channel just in case you miss any of the valuable insight here on DSTV channel 376 so it's about time we get to know Ziki's Kekari. Where did your passion for pastries and sweetness come from? It came from my mom and my sister my mom used to bake for us at home and then she taught us how to bake so we had cake at home all the time and with the time I learned I started to want cake for myself so I was taught and then I started practicing and I'd bake for my friends go to school with cake yeah so it kind of started as a hobby yes yes it did so why did you decide you wanted to take your business online about social media or the internet that caught your attention and so it is an opportunity to grow your business initially I think it was just easier to go online than to open a shop and go into all those formalities because we we grew up knowing social media rather we as in we are used to it so when I started the business it was faster you know though you're told to start with what you have instead of saying I'll start next year when I have money to open a shop I have a phone that has internet and I have friends so you tell your friends tell your friends to tell friends and yeah that's how it started. So where do you do all the baking from? Just asking. Where do you get all your resources? Because you know this is this is a combination of very many sweet things. Yes. I'd like to know how where do you get your finances and you get your capital to get your resources and where do you do this cake as much as you're not physically located somewhere on the outside. What am I doing at home? I do it at home where okay I have two homes I mean Nairobi and in Kitui so and I mean Nairobi my sister is also a baker and she has space dedicated to baking so that's why we bake and then in Kitui my parents have given me a space for my bakery. In terms of the resources when I started a lot of the money came from my parents they were very supportive and they still are and then with time as I have come to run the business I get money from the business and then I plow it back in. Okay oh so you're able to give back it's like it's like a small loan like now you're able to give back slowly. I have actually paid all my loans not that the business is running itself. Okay all right all right so now let's reverse let's go where let's go back before before when you were when you were busy discovering your hobby in baking and stuff who was Linda? Who was Ziki before that? What were you doing? What were you studying? What were you about? Where did you go to school? Sorry. I was in University of Nairobi studying quantity surveying. Quantity surveying? Yes. Goodness. So up until third year I was very sure I was going to be a QS and it's it came from my dad being an architect so I actually wanted to be an architect but he was like you're not fit for that in a nice way and I wasn't so he was offended. I was offended but he steered me in the right direction him and my mom and they led me to QS which was a better fit for me. So in third year when I went to for my internship it was so hard. It was very like I was really straining to to work. I actually went for two weeks and then I took a one-week break and then I went back for one and a half weeks and I was like I'm sorry I can't. You decided no this is not for you? Yeah and then at that time there was a kick at a fair that was being advertised and they had this thing called kick at Baker's Club. So my friends kept forwarding me those posts and I was like let me check it out. So I went there and it came at the right time. I went and there were these workshops and the industry big wigs were coming to talk to us and train us about where to go and what to do. So it I eased into the baking industry very easily because I had the passion and then there was all this know-how that I was given. Yeah that's how it started. I like that in fact I feel like I want to dwell on that.  So this thing is just go put yourself out there. Yes carry your passion meet people. And then now when you started your business you are able to take over. It was able to go through. Okay so let's talk about some of the first few clients you got. Tell me how you felt the first time someone ordered for one of your cakes and what was their response? The first person who ordered a cake was actually my brother's friend because he always used to come over and we'd have cake. So when I told him I'm selling cake he's like let me buy one. So I'm like okay. He's like how much? I'm like I don't know. Just give me I don't even remember what I charged him but it was very low and the cake was wasn't pretty. It tasted good. Like I look at that photo now I'm like I don't understand. You've grown a lot. I truly have. But when he sent photos and feedback he's like everyone loved your cake. It's so so good. I'm gonna order another one. It really encouraged me to go on and I used to bake cake for my classmates in university. So I'd take I just take cake to them. So when I start when I went and told them now I'm selling cake. So it was more or less kidogo pro bono. Like you had to do a bit of risk because guys have to taste it. Yeah. So they can also give referrals anyway. And it's good for us. I know people are like yeah a free cake but if a baker is tactical or tactful. It's okay. It's a good time to test your recipes.  No one will look at our free cake and then they give you feedback and go like this has too much sugar. This doesn't taste too good or try this. So that I got that in university because we were very mean in school and I also used to say like when I when I take cake to school there are some that I used to say.  See you bake them in sacrifice. I can see okay now I'm following your journey very well. Okay so now when you decided um when you got your clients and your classmates and they started giving referrals I'm guessing that's what happened. Yes they gave um referrals and what have you and it started to grow. Did your pricing change? What more did you do to to to better your skills because I'm seeing a lot of art in the cake that I'm seeing here. So not that she said your first cake was not as good looking. I'd like to know where you trained yourself to make it look good. Where did you where did you grow?  Did you learn it on YouTube? Let us know. Yes I attend the University of Google. University of Google. Yeah the YouTube baking school to be specific. When I started there's you know there's so much information in the internet and it's overwhelming because everyone has their own style and you're like oh this looks good this looks good I should try this so at first I did a lot of copying that most most of the time it didn't work for me because that's someone's style so with time you you were told to be inspired by them like you look at a certain style and then you make it yours instead of just going like okay that's the cake that I've seen I like how it looks I'm gonna copy if you can copy fine and good so it just I personally I just I watched a lot I still do I watch a lot of tutorials and I practice and the ones that I can do fine the ones that I can't do I try and twist it Kedogo to see how it can become mine. So you make sure you own it you make it your own flair yes because I was actually going to ask you what would be so different between your cake array and any other cake array I would meet I would find outside online because they can imagine the competition is real over there oh yes yes so please let us know what's so special about Ziggy I I really don't like that question simply many people don't like that question yeah we are all unique just like everyone else I don't I I honestly wouldn't say that I'm special and my cakes are amazing yes my cakes are good and they taste good and they look good but so does another baker so it depends on on what you're looking for personally I I am not those bakers who you're like Ziggy I need this cake done like this exactly like this in most cases I disappoint my clients all the time like it's so hard for me to copy people so I find that if you want something that is more at sea more like it it takes after you yeah leave it to me yeah I'm like yo what's your favorite color what do you like about this and then I try and incorporate that into your cake then I want this cake and I'm like okay I'll try but I always tell people all my clients if they bring me something I can't do I'm sure you've seen those funny videos and photos on facebook for bakers who claim they can't do stuff and they can't so I like personally I like to just make it yours because it's your cake at the end of the day so what I'm hearing is you study your your your client you'll study and then you'll be like okay so based on what I've what I've heard from here let me see what I can whoop up yes but give me my room and my creative space to work interesting so let's talk about your your flavors your favorite flavors um I'm saying which flavor is this even that's here on the table this particular one is a cinnamon coffee sponge cake cinnamon coffee sponge cake yes sounds like so many words I know right yeah break it down let's go it's it's a sponge cake is a cake that has no fat it's just flour sugar eggs that's the difference yeah and then it's you moisten it with simple syrup but now this one is moist and with coffee so it's a cinnamon sponge cake that's moist and with coffee so it's like perfect for breakfast it's like it's like you're just eating cake and drinking tea at the same time I'm so glad you brought it here on Monday morning we are so excited but it's not on my on my menu my menu only has chocolate cakes and fresh fruit cakes fresh fruit cakes yes fresh fruit cakes are a kind of orange cake lemon banana carrot coconut suns and then chocolate cakes um start with my most oh famous that word just put it my best stories of the yes the one that everyone orders is the devil's food cake devil's food cake yes I'd like to know what that contains it's just that it's okay it's not just it is it is okay chocolate cake it's it comes from the technique of how you make it so it's it's very moist and very decadent and doesn't have a lot of chocolate in it even if you're not a chocolate fan I've given that cake to people who don't like chocolate and they like it yeah and then I can red velvet red velvet I like red velvet yes you know chocolate sorry red velvet is a chocolate I know don't be lied to my bakers who give you a vanilla cake with red food color it's not red velvet okay now let's talk about challenges not that you brought each other but there's some counterfeit products in the market um how do you deal with with with selling your cakes in a market where people are also selling their cakes and some are trying to be um corny yeah yeah how do you make sure that you as you don't get yourself caught up in that wholeness uh let me be corny you just have to stay true to yourself if you know what it is you offer people then you need to stick to it because if you're if your objective is money then you're going to sell a k g 4000 shilling such you undercut everyone else to get that that money yes but the things that you're gonna have to put in that cake to make it that price without as in hurting your pocket is gonna be I mean we hear bakers who make frosting with kimbo and such yeah kimbo yeah and that is a fact so um you you have to inform I like to inform my people and like know what you're putting into your body uh know what you want if your if your aim is just to get a cake then fine go get that on 4000 shilling but if you want a memory where you have a beautiful cake you're taking photos you know everything is now social media something that you're gonna show off to people something that you're going to enjoy something that won't hurt your body then you had best do your research and go and get a good cake and most of the time you're gonna get these good cakes from home because I'm not saying other people don't have good cakes I'm just saying with most home because this is more of a passion this is someone who's taking their time to take care of you this is just one cake that they're making instead of someone who's churning out like 50 cakes in a day and they have to sell all those cakes this is someone who's just working on yours but now if we put it that way what what what happens when it comes to your plan for diversification in the next maybe five four years you still want to be online what do you expect for yourself in the next four or five years personally I I have been doing celebration cakes for the past two years and I want to venture into wedding cakes so and I also do want a shopfront just to bring in an extra income for those people who are pitaing town they smell the cake but I like convenience and my goal is to still work from home where I live here and I work from here but I'm close to home so that in case God wills me to have a family I'm not feeling at all I have to go to work and then I'm leaving my children with this person who might cook for us food with Jew word you know those horror stories that we hear you I can have my cake and eat it you can have your cake and eat it good I like what you did there I really did anyway so let's talk about um when usually when I do this interviews I like to hear about your your best and your worst moment especially when it comes to clad relations that I can also know how you deal with it so um I've ever made a cake and you went and and and you did your things and you flared it up and then they told you oh my god no yeah oh it has happened not once not twice it always happens goodness so what do you know but it has happened a number of times so how do you handle it you pray that's my prayer you pray because the first reaction is anger because you're like yo do you know what I put into this cake do you even know I didn't even sleep so I went where to buy what for you and then you're telling me Jew word so it's that's always the first feeling but then you need I humble myself and go like well they didn't like it and you can't change that they didn't like it so you bring yourself down and you first say sorry because they didn't like it and as much as it's mutual I gave you a cake and you gave me money but you are not satisfied so I apologize for those who I can okay sometimes words just go away it's okay but I like to compensate some like if you're like oh ziki this was just I can't I can't with you like okay let me give you like a complimentary box of cupcakes or I will knock off this amount of your next order just to to lose out them because we like to be bimperless words yeah okay so that's an interesting way at least now I've learned that you come down fast yeah you have to eat sometimes because at the end of the day you still need some of these clients and they'll need and they'll make referrals also and so if you overreact they might just say they will still be fine yeah that's very that's very correct so now let's talk about your best one like was there a cake you did and the feedback you got has kept you going for a very long time I don't think I can choose one but the one I remember most recently was a cake I did for my friend his graduation party the beginning of this year and that cake was a huge tiered cake and when it came out of the house it was beautiful and I was I was so happy with that work like I was like yo this one this one you did you did a good job like I parted myself on the back and then when I was delivering it it things fell and like I had supported and everything but something happened to the cake oh no and I didn't know because it was in the back seat so where it's I realized when I got there and they're like yo we can't even wait just take this cake to to the table so I'm like yeah sure fine and there were two so one was his one was his brother's so his is the one that was destroyed so I opened the box destroyed but like they can't move then the cream was like it wasn't cream it okay it was a graduation cup but instead of I usually make it with fondant this time we made it with chocolate but it was too heavy so it just slid off and then fell on the side of the cake and sort of just cut out all the cream and there was no way to hide it I'm so sorry so I realized this when I'm opening the box in front of people and I'm like oh my friend we we can't put this cake like put it put it I'm like no come see it's like no put it and he's there with a team of photographers and they're taking photos of the cake this cake that as in there's no way you can fix it it's like this cake with the chocolate yeah so if there's cream you can't even you can't so you're there trying to turn like no no no just put it and he was so understanding and he's like there's nothing you can do there's nothing you can bring to the table and because your cakes are good and I will always order your cake and I was like you my friend wherever you are hope you're watching if you're not watching thank you thank you fantastic I like that story it's good to hear it's good to hear how people handle the stress and and I'm glad that even your best cake is one that came out of a very tricky situation it means you're a very positive person so let's talk about your pricing how you price your cakes is it on the sides how do you how do you go about pricing or the amount of the other contents how do you go about selecting a price and now and how much do they reach average I price my cakes according to size that's kg for now okay the basis is like a cake with cream and decoration that will be one kg ranges from 2000 to 2300 depending on the flavor but if you have a custom design that's going to vary or if you want different frosting like you want ganache or you want fondant then the price is going to vary how I price my cakes I learned actually from there's a baker who's that teacher it's okay there's gosh the name her name is Maureen she is the founder of Amari Baking Center and the I personally believe that that's the best platform for any baker whether you're starting off or you're trying to figure it out yeah but especially for beginner because because when I started out there's a lot of info out there but it's from the western world so here when you even trying recipes like you find their recipes are different from ours they have too much sugar or they have ingredients that we can't find ready be here so she has like a ton of recipes this is actually a recipe from her and a lot of information she has books how to start a baking business how to price your cake so that's the book I got how to price your cakes and I followed the info and she has courses like yeah so you actually did take initiative to try and educate yourself on how other bakers are doing it okay let's talk about uh as we conclude the segment some of the challenges of online business you know the when it comes to online business is a lot of issues of fraud stars uh scammers how do you know that your clients are legit and also how that whole process of exchanging money making the order delivering the orders how do you make sure that it's legit oh I personally have a lip and a M-pesa tail number so I don't start on an order unless you pay me deposit because that way I don't sit on me in case you don't pick the cake I've done it before and every time I don't take the deposit I'm disappointed so that ensures that I at least can cater for the cost of the cake and then you pay me the half when you get the cake so that way I'm not telling you pay me everything and then pray to god that I'll bring you your cake give me something to make your cake and then now when I bring you cake you can give me the rest okay so that's how you make sure it's okay yes all right so it's about time we conclude this segment but I'd like you to let the fans know your social media handles as well as a parting short what words of advice do you have for somebody who is interested in the pastry and the sweetness industry um parting short let me start with the handles okay uh you can find me on instagram that is zikis kakari zikis underscore kakari and facebook zikis kakari or you can whatsapp us on 0798 33 55 79 for those who want to start a business not even a baking business it's very important that you plan just do your research don't be in a hurry to to start and take off and also give yourself credit don't compare yourself all the time because that's just going to make you feel bad go at your own pace of course make yourself better every day yeah and pray pray do a lot of pray and put yourself before god okay oh god at least you've started that one you got a good note okay so it's about time I fave the way forward by moses but please do not go anywhere and tap and worship tuesday continues shortly my name is hilda wadibi


Hi everyone, Joe from jaspyscasewrakes.com coming at you with another full, this is our second of the day, another full case rig of 2023 Bowman Chrome Baseball 12 box picker team number 10 from jaspyscasewrakes.com, all-car ship, a lot of great stuff here. Let's get it going.  Rex is saying they're battling for a wild card spot. I'm going to break a bit of a losing streak there as well, so there's the final printout. Thanks to people who got their spots straight up. Congrats to people who won spots. One team at Bowman Chrome Pack number 13 and Rob, last spot mojo. Padres, good luck. A little sniffly today. He's got some allergies or bothering me today, but so... Apologies in advance.  Break is about an hour, so sit back and relax. Hopefully, we'll have some monsters that we can pull out of here as well. So there's six boxes right over there. There's another six boxes right over here. Let's grab that right over there. Or am I just a cry? You think I'm sniffling because I'm just crying? Maybe I'm crying. Maybe it's tears of joy. Here's a joy that we finally got this break done. I mean, that's baseball. When you play 162 games in a season, Rex. It's not like no one's winning. No one's winning all their games. You're inevitably going to go through some bad streaks. If you do the math, the Braves have lost like 35% of their games. Why? Do you think it was that way? Success for a hitter is defined by the fact that three out of ten times you get a ball in play. So 70% of the time you're failing at the plate. This is only once before it's like that. It's baseball. Where a hitter can fail 70% of the time and that would be considered great. Hall of Fame worthy even if you did that across your entire career. Failed at the plate 70% of the time. I'm sure there's no crying in baseball, but I'm sure a lot of baseball players must have allergies. Those fresh cut grass. There's probably a lot more crying in baseball than you would think. A lot of allergy tears are probably happening if you think about it. Box one of 12 good luck all card ship. Especially that one. Nolan Jones 25. Nice orange, true orange for the Rockies. That's going to go to Jeremy Port. Ooh, and a redemption. I feel like you don't see a lot of those. Any guesses on the redemption for bragging rights? There's Jung-Hoo Lee to 4.99 for Team Korea. I don't think he's associated with a major league team. No, he plays in Korea. He's the son of former league MVP Lee Jung-Pyeong. Nicknamed son of the wind. So he's called the grandson of the wind. Sounds powerful. So these will be randomized as one lot if there's any more to one person in this break. So we'll set that back there. Had a nice ran in. Maia for the Yankees. Bowman first. Big prospect for the Yankees going to Eric K. No guesses on the redemption? If you're registered to jasphyscasebrakes.com, meaning if I could find you and send you a break credit, I'll give you $5 a break credit for guessing the redemption. If you guess it correctly, obviously. Here's our second auto of the box, Robert Moore. That'll be for Eric Klicks. Gabriel Gonzalez to 125. That'll be for Seattle. That's going to go to Sean Matik. We got a Francisco Lindor to 2.99. That'll be for the Metz. And that's for Chris Parent. No, we got Asanga and Corbin Carroll, I guess. I guess no one wants to win break credit. All right, congratulations. You are due to receive Chrome rookie autograph. Orange refractor parallel. We got name and team letter. First, New York. Ooh, is that Francisco Alvarez for the Metz. Orange refractor parallel. We're going to go out to Chris Parent and the Metz. He won that team in the filler. All right, nice start, next box. Autocrat got you again. Rick says, definitely had Francisco Lindor typed in. All right, we got a bunch of finals around the league. When we started, when we did our first Bowman case break of the day, which was many hours ago, a lot of games were still in progress, but now we got some finals. We beat the Astros nine to five in Houston. Red Sox fell to the Raiders in Dallas six to four. Josh Young, the back in action. Waxa go ahead and hit for the Raiders. When did he come back? He had some wrist issue. Might have cost him the rookie of the year. Brewers beat the Cardinals seven to three. Brewers hit four straight doubles to take the lead. Wow. Gilo's Royals beat the Guardian seven to six. Rick says had a two run homer today. In Atlanta, Braves beat the Phillies nine to three. Ronald Coonger rips a lead off home run on the first pitch he sees. Looks like your MVP right there. George Springer on his 34th birthday. Lead off Dinger. Blue Jays win seven to one. We'll go through the rest of the games a little bit later. Ooh, true red. James Wood. Ooh, piece of candy. Two out of five. Out of fives and under, get the train whistle. And that's going to be for Andrew and the Nationals. Your 11th ranked prospect by Baseball America. Nice, Andrew. With a spotty one in the filler. All aboard the Big Hit Express. On a two Tuesday. And our first auto is for the twins. We got Omari Daniel. That's for Brian and the twins. That's another team that was picked up in the filler. We got the fractures here are numbered. That's the 499 Colson Montgomery for the White Sox. It's going to go to Jeremy Port. Riley Greene getting a little elbow surgery. Got Kevin Pirata, the shimmer not numbered. And their second autograph is Andy Perez. For the Rocks. That's another team that was picked up in the filler. Jeremy Port with the Rockies. We'll get there Rex. We'll get to that part of the scoreboard. Rex was just impatient. 9 out of 25, Alizarro Montes. Nice prospect process for Seattle. That's going to be for Sean Maddock. All right. Two boxes down. Another box. What did Michael put? Ooh. All right. So I left off with the Blue Jays beating the Yankees. Nationals. Edged out the White Sox 4-3. Nothing. No stakes for either team there. Joey Manessus unloads a one handed three run homer though. For the Nationals. Marlins I think are in the hunt, right? 4-3. I saw this actually. Jake Berger with the lock off hit. Jake Berger since early August. I think has just been destroying the ball. He's been on an incredible run. And now he has a big walk off hit as well.   According to ESPN. Rays beat the Angels 6-2. Rays get by the Angels with a four run eighth inning. That sounds about right for the Angels. My Dodgers. Really nothing to play for except for maybe best record in the in baseball. We try to get home field advantage. They're down a run to the Tigers 2-1 top of the 7. Rockies Padres still scoreless in the top of the 8th. Dimebacks ahead of the Giants 8-4. Bottom of the 7th. Mariners leading the A's 6-0. And Cubs are leading the Pyro. That's not over yet. Rex saying Cubs finally got a win. Oh no, I guess they just did. It's three outs now. Why is this three outs? I guess the scoreboard hasn't updated here. But Cubs put the hurting on the Pirates there. I don't know. Don't be too sure, Rex. Don't be too sure. Joe, I'm always about under promise over deliver. I feel like every time people hype themselves up about a break. Sad times. I always just play it cool. Just play it like whatever. 446 out of 499. Griff McGarry. What a name. Griff McGarry that's going to go to the Phillies. That's for Ryan. Alright Rex, easy. We'll get to standings. We'll get to your wild card race. Rex is afraid I won't cover any playoff stuff. Regarding his Cubs. There's Vinny Pascantino to 499. I also said scared money don't make money. So which is it? Oh yeah, scared money don't make money. But both things can be true.  The idea is scared money don't make money. But I'm not saying scared money don't make money. And then just expect the biggest thing to happen. In the break. And in the filler every day. All caps. Just play it cool. Act like you're not going to get something. And you'll be happy when you get a little something. Under promise over-deliver. There's Jesus Galiz, 24 out of 499. I feel like they're just racking up. Catching prospects. That goes to my daughter's Mark Basette. And an Allie Rushman orange. 9 out of 25. Rookie orange. Great color match. True orange. Mark Basette and the Orioles. Nice box. So far so good. Next box. Good break for you too, Joe. But I also don't want to get people too high. We're pretty even keel at Jess's. We don't get too high. We don't get too low. But we're like cool as a cucumber is what we want to do. Rex is saying scared money don't lose money though either. That's true I guess.  All the successful people in sports and business. All that sort of stuff. Can't be risk adverse. You got to take some chances. You got to take some chances. We got Yor-El Ortega. That'll be for the twins. Ryan Crouch. Duncan I think we were discussing the nuances of scared money don't make money. Rex was arguing that scared money doesn't lose money either. And I said that was risk adverse. Too risk adverse for my tastes. You know. That's not the winning mentality. There's Junior Caminero. 31 out of 99. Green Shimmer.  And for the Brew Crew. We got Ben Metzinger. Duncan is asking if we think of Junior gets into the 40-40 club. Joe says yes. What's he at now? There's our two autographs. Next box. Oh the Caminero Green Shimmer goes to Mark N. Nezvauer N. I'll look it up. Nacunia Junior. Is at... How many home runs does he have? Oh he's at 39. Yeah. There's still like a dozen games left isn't there? I would be shocked if he doesn't hit one more home run. I think we have yeah we have about 11 games left. If he doesn't hit one more home run in 11 games I think that would be... I would be shocked. I mean either that means the Braves decide we're just going to shut him down and keep him fresh for the playoffs. Which I doubt they would do. Not for a dozen games or not for 11 games. I don't think he ever... Well I guess some books did have Boogie as a favorite for MVP for a little bit. I actually don't know. That MVP race might be a little bit closer than we think. It depends on how much you know do the... I mean it's voted on by baseball riders of America. You know so it sort of depends on how they're you know how they feel about all this. If you go by winds above replacement which is more of a broad look at their overall play that is 8.0 according to baseballreference.com and Okunya 7.6. It's extremely close. Here's Wilfredo Antunias. I'll go to Cleveland. Jeff with the Guardians. Cleveland this is for you. So I don't know. I think that voting might be a lot closer than we think. It's Brad and Maya for the Yankees and the Patrick Bailey Refractor. That was for Mark and the Giants. That's to 4.99. And there's Diego Cartaya. Another Dodger catching prospect to 1.50 and Victor for Mark Bassett. Mark with a C. Supposed to be really good. Michael Harris Refractor to 4.99 followed by Brooks Lee to 2.99. Brooks Lee for the Twins. That'll be for Brian. And the speedy Michael Harris. Jair report. Nice refractor. Rookie refractor. And we've got an Anderson de la Santos. Nice. Orioles. Mark. Mark B. That's your number 30 Orioles prospect. Alright, another box. I guess we could take a look at MVP betting odds. So I'm looking at sportsbettingdime.com which tracks the MVP market throughout the season. So on August 24th, Betz was minus 124 and had taken over as a slight NL MVP favorite. Just narrowly ahead of Acuna at plus 112 would have been the NL MVP odds for the favorite for the NL MVP for the past several months. Then quickly there was an update. Ooh, nice relic there. September 5th. So it only took a week this note says for Acuna minus 205 to take back the top spot in the NL MVP odds race from Betz plus 139. Now on September 19th, 2023, the odds are now Acuna Junior minus 600 and Mookie Betz plus 300. So the golf has only widened so, so I guess, I guess it's already been, I guess, I don't think it was ever in doubt. Duncan, when you were saying has he stolen MVP back from my bad Mookie? I don't think it was. It was never his to be stolen. Excuse me. Sorry. I was just killing me here. Fandal had Mookie at plus 2200. Yeah, according to this website, yeah, Otani is at minus 20,000. So it looks like he's pretty much a lock. Next closest Corey Seeger who's plus 2200. There's Angel Zepeda. 326 out of 499. We got Will Warren. Where there's a will, there's a way for Eric Kay and the Yankees. Thanks, James. I'm in legging out a single here. Yeah. How do you guys do it in Australia? Is it decimal points? Wow. And a Jordan Lawler one out of five. And look at this. A Jordan Lawler relic to 150. Woo. Keith got the diamond back straight up. Gets the relic, 15 out of 150. And gets the Jordan Lawler red and aqua to five. Your ninth rated prospect by the athletic. Just overall? Yeah, I think so. Jordan Lawler is supposed to be pretty highly touted. So Keith, diamond backs. All aboard the Big Hit Express. Woo-hoo. Out of five's and under, get the world famous train with me. World famous, ladies and gentlemen. I can't go to the grocery store without someone in the aisle. At the end of the grocery store, I go, hey, tow-dress me. Woo-hoo. I was like, yeah. It happens. A pump and gas tow-dress me. Woo-hoo. Everyday. Ladies and gentlemen. Here's Luke. He's cashing my check at the bank. Tow-dress me. Woo-hoo. Yeah, it's like, hey. At the blockbuster renting videotapes. Hey, tow-dress me. Woo-hoo. There's Luke Berryhill. That's for the Astros. That'll go to Jeff. Gennaro Miller to $4.99.  Tow-dress me. Woo-hoo. Hey, woo-hoo. You know, at the post office mailing out letters. Tow-dress me. Woo-hoo. All right, we are halfway through this 12-box break. Another 30 minutes to go. We're on track here. Yeah. Let's do it. Let it make all the other teams a lot lower. Yeah. All right, yeah. I don't know how those decimal odds works. So Kunya's 1.06 in, like, decimal odds. Mookie is 7 points. I don't understand how that works. For the plus-minus stuff, so if it's minus 20,000, basically it's all based off of if you bet 100 bucks. That's the easiest way to think about it. So minus 20,000 for Otani as ALMVP according to this book. If it's, you would have to bet 20,000. So think of it minus 20,000. I'd have to un-pocket, open my wallet, take out $20,000, just to make $100. No one's zooming out. Wait, what is it on? Minus 20,000 on Otani. What? According to sportsbettingdime.com. Corey Seeger at plus $2,200, which, using the same concept of $100 bill, I pay them 100 bucks, and if Corey Seeger wins MVP, I get $2,200 back, including my initial stake. So I get $2,200 back, plus $2,300, my original $100 bill, and then the $2,200. All right, here we go. There's Anthony Gutierrez to $150. Drew Jones, nice, green shimmer, not his first, but still nice, $96 out of $99 for Keith and the Diamondbacks. Yeah, it looks like it is pretty similar odds. I feel like globally, these MVP odds, all the books look at each other's prices and probably have set the market pretty similarly. Now Anthony Gutierrez goes to Mark B and the Rangers and Jack Panetta. We'll go to Brian and the Royals. Edwin Rodriguez, 22 out of 125. It's okay. It's just funny that it's like the one day. I feel like we don't really, I feel like all of us are pretty tidy, but it's like the one day we do that. Brian with the Angels, and here's an Ethan Salas for Rob and the Padres. We've got to try to find some color of this guy, maybe some ink. Borongo, good times. There's Jeremy, oh, that's not a refractor. Jeremy Pena and a Johan Rojas. That looks like it's numbered, yeah, 21 out of 25, you can see by the border right here. Arizona fall lead card, going to the Phillies. Ryan with the fighting fills. And we've got Chase Eastep for the Metropolitan that will be for Chris Parent. And a Corbin Carroll, it came from the lead. Oh, it came to the lead. It came to the lead. Got to use your old timing movie voice on that one, and they just don't know. So are you going to dress up for Halloween or for the breaks? No, probably not. Are you? I've never been really a big Halloween guy. No? No. Much to the disappointment of many former Joe Jaspy XGS girls love Halloween.   Yeah, they're like, oh, and then we'll dress up and then we'll do a couple costumes. You know it's going to be the most popular costume. Prince Harry and Meghan. No? Barbie and Ken. Come on, Joe.  God, what a dung. No one's dressing with those spoiled brats. It's Barbie and Ken, obviously. It will be Robert Oppenheimer and Kitty. I was just going to say that. I was going to say, did you watch Oppenheimer? I did not.   Just do the audio. I'm just going to listen to it on the way to work. It's too late. Now I just read on the way to work. I laugh along with my bowl of cereal. Is that not the most dangerous thing in the world? Eating a bowl of cereal, reading Oppenheimer while I'm driving to work. Here's Axel Plaus to $4.99 for the Pirates. Brian Kay. And Adon Sanchez. Cubbies. That will be for Tim Trout, Mike's brother. And the Cubs. He's probably not, but I'm just going to say it is. Now I'm going to Google Tim Trout. Sorry, Tim. Tim Trout. Mike's brother. I think Tim Trout is not associated with Mike Trout in any way. According to Google. What does Google know? Google doesn't know nothing. We've got Ezekiel Tovar. Aqua Raywave to $1.99 for the Rocks. That will be for Jeremy. Jen St. Joe. Harry and Megan's son Archie can run for president when he's 35. All right. Yeah, I guess he was born here, huh? There is Anderson Delosando's Purple to $2.50. Mark with the Orioles. Mark B. And you also get that Carter Young Gold Shimmer to $2.50. $2.6 out of $2. You know, Jen, a lot of people can run for president. A lot of American citizens can run for president when they're 35, not just Harry and Megan's son. Yes. I think Pick Your Team 1 is almost in single digits. Is that 13? Can they buy their spots right now? They can buy their spots right now on JaspysPaceBrakes.com. It's $4.99. Did you know that Jason Jaspys is going live on Fanatics Live tomorrow at noon with Fanatics with Flawless? Offs is everywhere. You can even buy some Flawless inside our shop. We're open from 11 to 6. Yes. What? You can't? We're not selling in the shop. Just have to buy out a Flawless break. I'm not sure if you walked in and wanted to buy out Flawless. And plunked down some thousands of dollars in cash. I'm sure we would. But guess what? We'll still charge tax. I don't know how many people are coming to the store. Even if I pay cash? It's like, yeah. We're a legitimate business. If you have a reseller's thing. We're not tax dodgers here. Unlike some other people. Did I see...Drex is asking if I saw where Katy Perry sold the copyright for her music for 225 million dollars. Stupid. She could buy the cubs in every group break for the rest of her life. She could buy the cubs in every group break for the rest of her life. And I'll bet she'll... Then like 20 years later she's going to be like, why did I sell my music catalog? Kept all that sweet, sweet money. You think that's far and away? Because then years later you can re-record your songs and own those? She's not like Taylor Swift's level where you can do that. Like Taylor did. And then be able to rake in the money because Swifties will buy everything and anything multiple times. I feel like every time people sell their catalogs they always wish they never had.  We got Felene Celestin. Next. Nice. Four out of 50. Gold speckle. Sean Maddock with Seattle. Katy probably wanted a quiet life here in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Jan says. Is she living in Kentucky? I don't know if you've ever made the crowd that was here went absolutely crazy.  Is she with Orlando Bloom? Orlando Bloom lives in Kentucky? There's Denisha Valdez, 250. Tim Trout with the Cubs. That's their primary resident. I mean no offense to Kentucky, but... I suppose 225 million will go a long way in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. There's Justin Henry Malloy. For the bravos, Jeremy Port. And there's Gabriel Moreno. Diamondbacks, refractor to $4.99. All right, three boxes to go. Rex is saying, imagine if you decide you want to go off the rails and start saying things you normally would. So you sell your catalog, start spewing terrible things and your catalog would be worth nothing. I mean, who does that? I mean, I guess you have 225 million dollars in the screw of your business partners by going off the rails.  I don't think that's not a conscious decision that you make. I think sometimes a chemical imbalance, maybe mental health issues, that are beyond your control, no one decides to go off the rails.  Jim Morrison did one time while he was drunk. Well, he got drunk. Then he had no control of whether he was going to be hinged or unhinged. Duncan? No one's paying for your back catalog, though, Duncan.  There's Jayce Young, purple shimmer to $250. Tigers, Josh. Maybe Kanye? No, I think Kanye is struggling with a lot of mental health issues. I don't think he's choosing to be unhinged. Jordan Walker Gold for the Cardinals, Andrew. There's Axel Sanchez. Mariners, it goes to Sean Medic. We've got Adley Rushman, rookie green, nice. 49 out of 99. Marc Cassette with the O's, very nice. There's Christian Yellow to refactor in 4-9, Brew Crew, Eric Klicks. And we've got a kinder Delgado Bowman first autograph. Aaron Kay with the Yankees. Jan's wondering if Axel was named after Eddie Murphy's carriage from Beverly Hills Cop, Axel Foley. Oh yeah, absolutely. It says that on the back of the baseball card, I saw it. Right there, yeah, named after Axel Foley, Beverly Hills Cop. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do Let's go Max Chamal Mansey, warning track power. In fact check Jan Rex, if it's Axel with the E or Axel with no E, or if it's A-X-L-E or L-E-X ... Good eye, JD, good eye. Let's put one in the seats. TJ, what's going on? What is our next break? I don't know. I don't remember, but that's why I keep track of things on a schedule, which I'll drop into the chat. Check that out. Nice, there you go. JD Martinez with a single. Doing the train whistle, nice. Woo-woo. They totally got that from me. I heard that David Peralta was watching group breaks, saw the train whistle, and incorporated into the Dodger hit celebrations. Brady taken to the house to 250. It's for Andrew and the Nationals. We got Luis Guanipa to 199 for the Bravos. That's for Jeremy, Ethan Salas-Base, and Anthony Pueguero, 46 out of 50. True gold autograph for the fish. Stephen Cardi with the Marlins. Your number 18 Marlins prospect. No, nothing on the back of the card that says if he is or not related to another Pueguero in baseball. Bobby Wood Jr. Refractor to 499. That'll be for Brian Crouch in the Royals. There's Oswald Paraza. Rookie, it's a refractor but not number, so maybe a variation. Eric with the Yankees. There's a different serial number on back than the other card, so there might be some sort of variation there. Pretty nice. And we've got Dario Laverde. Laverde, the green. Go to the halos. Brian with the Angels. Los Angeles, California Angels of Anaheim of Orange County. And Oswald Paraza, Bowman Ascensions. Nice, that's one per case. Generally, that goes to Eric and the Yankees. Got the Yankees straight up. Mini boxes, final two autographs. Thanks everybody for getting in. Got another case loaded up in the store and I think sales are running briskly on that. So get your teams before someone else does. Oh, get down. Safe. Nice, thanks, Chad. That's the kind of varsity information I need here.  Eric K and the Yankees. Nice, thanks for getting that team straight up. Wow, that drops in for a single. Chris Taylor scores, that's a ground rule double. David Peralta, oh he's gonna do this dance. New celebrations this year for the Dodgers. Box, good luck everybody. Thanks for getting in. There's D and Jorge. 185 out of 250 for the Crohn for the Rockies. Nice little color match there for Jeremy. And we got a Brewer's autograph. That is Daniel Gilarte. It'll be for Eric Klicks and Zebru Crew. Spencer Steer had a nice year to 4.99. It was a very good year. That is for Frank. It's really for Frank. No blue eyes. Spencer Steer had a very good year. A very good year. There's another Jumho Lee to 4.99. And then we've got a Chase E-Step. Chris Parent with the Mets. And that's that folks, thank you. Now let's see who gets those two cards. Winner take all. Then we'll do a quick little recap. All right, let's go back to the list. Here it is, 12 box, hobby case number 10. It's one through 30. New dice, new list. And name on top gets those two extra cards. Both refractors after one and a three, four times. One, two, three and four.  You'll get these two cards. I don't know, how old is he? He's a lot of the older side. Maybe he won't end up in the States, but there you have it. There you go, ladies and gentlemen. A quick little recap, autographs and low numbered cards. Thanks everyone for making it happen. I appreciate you. There's the case hit. There's the variation. Had some nice color in here. Some good penmanship. All right, some out of fives, some relics, some orange rushments, a lot of fun stuff. Thanks for watching. Thanks for breaking with us, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com. That was nice too. I'll see you next time for the next break. Bye-bye.


The National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated stations present the Pacific story. In the mounting fury of world conflict, events in the Pacific are taking on ever greater importance. Here is the story of the Pacific and the millions of people who live around this greatest sea. The drama of the people's whose destiny is at stake in the Pacific war. Here, as another public service, is the tale of the war in the Pacific and its meaning to us and to the generations to come. The enemy we face in the Pacific. Japan is consolidating a powerful empire, geared to high-powered warfare and dedicated to a dreadful fight to the finish. Japan now has an empire over more than three million square miles. Three million square miles. The Japanese Empire now has a population over more than 400 million people. 400 million workers and fighters. For when? This is Kejiro Asami. Kejiro Asami is the average Japanese on the home front.  He works 11 to 14 hours a day in the factory. He works seven days a week. From 25 to 90% of his earnings go into the Japanese war effort. This is a racial war. He has been taught this since he was a child. This is a war of the peoples of greater East Asia against the whites. This is a 100-year war. We will win. Kejiro Asami gets up off his mattress on the floor before light in the morning. He eats rice, fermented bean soup, raw fish and pickles for breakfast. Then he goes to his job in the factory. He works 11 to 14 hours a day. He comes home in the dark. He eats rice, eels, raw roots, drinks tea, takes a bath and lays himself down to sleep on his mattress on the floor. This is his day-by-day routine, week in and week out, month in and month out. This is the routine of his daughter, who also works in the factory.  Kejiro Asami works grimly, lives on almost starvation rations, gives nearly all he earns to the war effort, and deep in his heart he says, We will win. While Kejiro Asami does not know all the statistics, he knows that his nation now controls the richest area in point of resources in the world. He is scarcely conscious of what is happening in the Outer Empire, in the Solomon's, the Admiralty's, the Carolans, on New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland. For he is in the Inner Empire, where the blast furnaces roar, the machines hum, the iron comes grinding up out of the mines. He is in the Inner Empire, where ships are sliding down the ways, and where war planes are rolling off the assembly lines.  Japan controls more than 90% of the world's natural rubber. Japan controls more than 75% of the world's 10. He knows that Japan controls vast amounts of bauxite, manganese, nickel. And he knows that Japan controls 90% of the world's quinine. Quinine, a powerful weapon in waging war in the tropics. And he knows about the great deposits of iron in Manchuria and in the Philippines, and about the oil being pumped out of the once wrecked oil wells in the Dutch East Indies. This is an oil field in the Indies. Well, number 2609 is now restored, sir. It is now in full operation? Yes, sir. Completely repaired. What percentage of the oil wells here in the Indies are now back in production for them? About 70%. Can the other wells in these fields be restored? Most of them. We are getting oil from Burma and Manchukuo, but we are building up a reserve. And for this, we will take the entire production yield of these Indies fields. Yes, sir. What are the synthetic oil plants? They are in the process of construction now. There's all belief that we will have these in all places. Oil in production in the billions of gallons. Steel in production in the millions of tons. And in her inner empire, an enormous industrial empire is rearing itself to fight the war on every front. Of men and materials, Japan has plenty. Her weakness is ships. Allied surface craft, aircraft and submarines are taking a deadly toll of Japanese vessels. Torpedo one, stand by. Torpedo one, standing by. Fire one. Fire two. Hejiro Wasami never hears this sound. In his ears all his waking hours is the hum of the machines of his factory. This sound is the deadly sound of destruction, striking where Japan can least afford it. A line of supply, her ships. While Japan strains to replace her ship losses, her enemies evaluate her situation. This much we're pretty sure of. The outbreak of the war, Japan had about 6 million tons of shipping. Possibly 6,200,000 tons. Added to that is, of course, the tonnage she has captured since the outbreak. Yes, in the tonnage she normally builds each year between 400 and 500,000 tons. That would total up to about 7,500,000 tons. But we've sunk 2,500,000 tons of it. That leaves her with about 5 million tons. That's not enough. Well, how much do you figure she's short? Well, at least a million tons. She needs over 6 million tons. And our sinkings have whittled her down to about 5 million tons. Yes, we're sinking about a million and a half tons a year. Of course, Japan is using more and more small vessels. Junks, fishing boats, another small craft that can sneak along the coasts, from island to island. But that's not enough. If Japan is going to supply her bases, she needs ships, adequate ones. And if she's to develop the rich resources of her empire, she must have ships. By her very situation, she's got to have ships. As her situation is today, yes. But while we're fighting her on the fringes of her outer empire, she is consolidating her inner empire, building railroads. She may in time have a system of communications on the mainland of Asia that can keep on operating even if most of her shipping is destroyed. Japan has everything it needs, lead, cobalt, tungsten, antimony, aluminum, chrome and iron. The great steel mills at Nagoya and Yawata and Osaka raw night and day, producing the substance to make the weapons to crush Japan's enemies. This Kijiro Asami sees. He sees the molten metal pour out of the giant machines. And this he understands. There are 10 million workers like Kijiro Asami in Japan. We can do anything the white man can do. To teach the 10 million Kijiro Asami's to do anything the white man can do, the Japanese have left no stone unturned. This is an apprentice school. Here we teach the young to be skilled technicians, machine operators and engineers. From these schools, the trained technicians go out into the industries. For some years, we were assisted by foreign experts. German and other experts came to teach us their techniques. Now we train our own. The trained Japanese turn out to be not only technicians capable of handling routine jobs, but inventors. Thousands of new ideas are worked out every year. We place a premium on ideas that will free us from dependence on foreign techniques. Japanese are being trained in industry. That is all that are not soldiers. But the army has taken nearly all of the Japanese males between the ages of 14 and 40. And those that are left behind, the Kijiro Asami's, are not enough to carry on the enormous task of supplying the war needs. My shop was closed by the government. In Japan alone, nearly 12,000 shops like mine were closed. And we who run them have been put into war work. Japan is opening the gates of prisons. Those men are convicts. They are being taken out of prison and put into war industries. Thousands of them are now building ships, assembling airplanes, making munitions. In Japan proper, where her heavy industry is concentrated, millions of Japanese who were agricultural workers are now packed around the war factories. Long hours, in some cases running up to 100 hours a week. No holidays, poorly ventilated mills, improperly safety guarded machines. All these are taking a toll of Japanese workers. But against this is the resourcefulness, the cunning of the Japanese. In place of metals, we use fiber. We make use of everything. Acorns, seaweed, cardboard, fish skins, peanut shells. And backing up this resourcefulness is Kijiro Asami's conviction. We will win. And while the Japanese in Japan proper are regimented to a man behind the war effort, the peoples in occupied Asia are likewise being used. This is a mind in occupied Asia. These workers you see here were trained by European. And they are now working for the Japanese. Why not? Do your people believe the Japanese propaganda about this being a racial struggle? What else is it? Not one of the peoples of the Pacific fought to keep the Europeans in power in their lands. Not one except the Filipinos. And look at them. And your people would prefer Japanese rule? Judge for yourself. Most of the countries occupied by the Japanese celebrate Pearl Harbor Day with the Japanese. And many of them not only celebrate and work for Japanese victory, but give money for Japanese planes and guns and ships and tanks. We have nothing to gain. Asiatics trained by Europeans and Americans are working the mines, the mills and the oil fields for the Japanese. And even this is only part of it. For throughout the empire, as at home, the Japanese are leaving no stone unturned. I am a railway expert. I was trained in Japan. Now I am on my way to the main run, along with other Japanese trained experts in agriculture, education, industry, transportation and commerce. I have been assigned to this conquered region to teach the peoples the Japanese language, the Japanese customs and the Japanese traditions. I brought my family here from Japan. We were a setter here and helped in making this country Japanese. While millions of people of China, Burma, Thailand, French Indochina, Java, Sumatra work for the Japanese, the Japanese themselves have moved in to convert the conquered countries into units of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. And all this has released valuable Japanese manpower to fight their enemy. As Kejiro Asami devotes his life at home to the war effort, so his sons devote theirs as soldiers. For the people and the army are all one. They stand together under their emperor and right or wrong support their war leaders. All the years of their lives, they have prepared for the sacrifices and the sufferings of this war. Now that it's here, they are ready for it and ready for all it means. Kejiro Asami's sons, like all other able-bodied men in Japan, had military training before the outbreak of the war. It is my duty to the emperor to be loyal, obedient, courageous, honorable and frugal. This is Kejiro's son, Ikki. I am paid $1.26 each month. This money is an honor, not pay. Ikki Asami, like all young Japanese, was trained in the military arts even before he grew up to be a soldier. Then he tried to get into the military academy, but was not able to meet the competition. He entered the army as a private. He was trained to withstand rigors of all kinds and to kill. Now wait. That's it. Now. All right, Ikki, get up. Yes, sir. You understand what happened that time, Ikki? I think so.  Yes, sir. We will try it again. Watch me. I will approach you so. Now, grab me here quickly. Yes, sir. That's it, Ikki. Did I do it right? That was right. Now we will try it again. Through endless months, Ikki was given intensive training. Running, climbing, scrambling over obstacles, practice with rifle and machine gun. He was trained at the dreadful use of the bayonet. Notice his timing and his balance. He strikes at just the right moment. He is able to thrust at precisely the right instant, and this is what counts in combat. From childhood, Ikki has been indoctrinated, but now the indoctrination becomes more intense. When he is not training, the mental attitude of the warrior is being fostered in him. He looks up at a picture of three soldiers running with what appears to be a long post. These soldiers are the three human bombs. These three men are running with this long bomb. They are running into the stronghold of the enemy. When this bomb exploded, it smashed a hole in the enemy's eyes. The three soldiers gave their lives, but today their statue stands in Tokyo for all to admire. They will be worshiped by the Japanese for all time to come. Ikki's face, as the face of all the young Japanese soldiers, is impassive, a dead blank. At home in Japan, he is quiet. He is slovenly in appearance. Neither his uniform nor his shoes fit. Artward's show means nothing. It is the soldier that counts. In the field, he is a remorseless killer. He can subsist on bits of dried meat or fish and a little fermented rice juice. He will discharge the duty for which he is timed. To keep his sons and all the other Japanese soldiers in the field, Kejiro Asami and his household have geared their lives to the frugality of the nation.  We need very few clothes. Fewer be better. But what of shoes? We use clogs or sandals. Often we work in our bare feet. Many Japanese do. We have no need for leather. Your clothes, since you wear so few of them, what have they made of? Oh, no. We have no need of a wool or leather or metal or rubber. All these are used for the war. Nothing that is needed for the war is used by the Japanese on the home front. Nor do they eat meat or bread or drink coffee or milk. The Kejiro Asami's are the silent part of the powerful Japanese war machine. They are the producers that keep it moving. And that is their sole reason for living. Kejiro Asami believes in war. His family believes in war. They believe in the national cause and in the certainty of its success. The emperor is a god. He is the son of heaven. He is the reader of all the people on earth. Our race is the mother race of all the world. All the other people of the world must someday come under the rule of our improv. Kejiro Asami's son, Iki, believes in war. He accepts the hardships of war as routine. He fights through insect-infested jungles, through waters teeming with sharks and crocodiles, through torrid heat and biting cold. He accepts the horrors of war merely as a prelude to glory. Life is merely a link between the past and the future. It is simply a face. With fanaticism, Japan moves forward in a concentrated, determined effort. Deeply ingrained is their sense of discipline, of sacrifice, of obligation to family and emperor. On every hand, they hear and read, This is a hundred-year war. This is a hundred-year war. This is a hundred-year war. Tojo is not only premier, but now also minister of munitions. And as such, the head of production. Disputes between management and labor have been halted. Production has been stepped up, but not to the ultimate inefficiency. Differences still exist between the government and the big-money houses. The thorn in the side of the government are the powerful industrial houses like Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Yasudo and Sumitomo. There must be no slowdown of production, Mr. Mitsui. Is there evidence of a slowdown? There is. Perhaps that is because the government has moved in to show us how to run our industries. We operated them efficiently before the government moved in. Your house of Mitsui, as well as the other big-money houses, is operated for profit. That is no longer possible. We are taxed to the remit. Have you overlooked your hidden profits over from 25 to 35 percent, Mr. Mitsui? We have taken only a just profit.  Why is the government slowly squeezing us and the other private companies out of the Japan Steer and Iron Company at your water?  Production must be kept up to the highest possible. But even though production has dropped off in some places, in others, it has doubled several times. Before the war, Japan's steel production was about 8 million tons per year. Now it is much more. What intelligence agents report? The Showa Steel Mill has been expanded. Before the war, the Showa Mill turned out about 2 million tons of pig iron and about 750,000 tons of steel. Now it is turning out much more. The Penjihu Mill in Manchuria is now in full operation. Production at this steel works has been doubled and tripled. Not only in Japan, but wherever in the empire, there are resources. They are being developed for the 100-year war. The Japanese living today know they will not live to see the war's end. They expect to pass, but they are fighting the war for the Japanese generations to come. As their soldiers are fighting to the last man of the battle fronts, they are fighting on the home front on every square mile they control. A Japanese production expert from Tokyo makes an inspection tour of a new development in Manchuria. Is there a new shift coming on, Superintendent? Yes. We are operating 24 hours a day. How many of your men are Japanese? Very few. Most of our miners are the same ones who worked in the mines of Manchuria before we came in 1931. Chinese, Koreans, Manchurians. Soon we will need more miners. Archaeologists say there is at least 100 million tons of iron ore in this deposit. 100 million tons, yes. It is very high grade and we shall have need of it on a rising scale. We have no preparations to step up production as soon as the development war is... To make sure that production is stepped up in mines and factories and refineries, the government is moving in on every sector of the home front. The totalitarian state is taking over more and more the entire life of the nation. The Kejira wasamis can give no more. They are working seven days a week, 11 to 14 hours a day, giving 25 to 90% of their earnings, nothing, wooden clogs, eating less than one half than before the war. The asamis can give no more. If more is to be given, it must be given by the Mitsui's, the Mitsubishi's, the Sumitomo's, and these the government is closing in on. A Japanese gentleman, a spokesman for Japan's realistic high command, puts his finger down on a map of East Asia. His finger traces down the coast of China, down to the southeast corner of Asia. He points to French Indochina, to Thailand, to Burma, to the Philippines. The countries must be self-sufficient. We are now in the process of organizing them as self-sufficient spheres. They have the resources. We must see to it that they are properly and efficiently used so that the countries can support themselves and support our army units that occupy them. Yes, sir. The exploitation of these countries gives us materials and manpower at home. Likewise, it will save shipping. We will still need shipping for the development of these regions, sir. How much? The development of these regions into self-sufficient units of the empire requires that we send skilled and experienced technicians and machinery. We must supply them at the outset. Yes. We must keep them supplied until they are self-sufficient. We must utilize the peoples of these lands to make these countries self-sufficient in the shortest possible time. Well, Mike is a self-aggravity. Within the framework of the empire, yes. They must be made active co-operators in the greater area. The process of bringing the occupied countries into the greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere has been accelerated by the impact of words. This is a racial war. This is the war of asiatics against the whites. This is the war of freedom from a passive white domination. And the effort has not been without satisfactory results. I am a member of the Nationalist Party in Burma. The Japanese have given Burma a measure of freedom that we have not had for a century. That is why we celebrate our emancipation from the whites. I am a Thailander. For 600 years, we were a free people. This is a war of the people of Asia to keep this freedom. And Japan is our leader. I am a Filipino. I was a member of Manuel Quezon's cabinet. I have thrown in my luck with the Japanese, for with the Japanese lies our only hope for lasting freedom. The countries of the South, Japan is working to make self-sufficient Burma, Thailand, the Philippines, British Malaya and parts of the Dutch East Indies self-sufficient within the framework of the Japanese Empire which means puppet states which help fight the war with their resources and their people and which stand as bristling bastions against the drive which ultimately will be made against Japan itself. The longer we can hold the enemy outside these self-sufficient units the longer we shall have to develop our inner empire here in the North. This is the spokesman for Japan's high command once more. His finger now points to the inner fortress of the Japanese Empire. Here we must develop our industrial strength. On the map he points to Korea, Manchuria, North China, Formosa and Japan proper. We will use Manchukuo and Korea for supply depots. Here we will build up stockpiles of material From the great expanse of Manchuria from the mines, the steel mills, the factories that blaze night and day war supplies are pouring into eastern Manchuria and Korea From the synthetic oil plants scattered throughout the empire hidden plants in such number that no one knows their number their location, their production from these plants the liquid power of a war machine is flowing into the supply depots From the fields of the North comes another supply Who? How much acreage do we have here in Manchukuo? 30 million acres, sir. 30 million acres? In addition to that, we have the wheat of North China. We shall need it all. The Japanese high command foresees devastating bombing raids. What is there to fear from bombs? This is Kejira Wasami again. The bombs fall. But Kejira Wasami remains at his work. He is not afraid of death. He has been trained to accept it as an impersonal eventuality an incident that has little relation to his personal being Some of the wheels will be stopped, but not many. Kejira Wasami remembers what he has been told. Our industries have been dispersed all over the empire Much of our work of assembly is done in individual prices that cannot be found. Even in our most concentrated industrial areas our war production is scattered so that not much of it can be hit at any one time Japan expects bombs to rain down upon it To this, the Japanese have answers Before any concentrated bombing can be applied to our inner fortress Our outer empire must be pierced Our outposts are expendable We shelled the island for hours Then when we went ashore we had to blast out each individual gun position We had to fight every inch of the way We have air superiority in this section now We pummeled this air base for weeks before we knocked it out Before Japan's inner fortress can be bombed effectively it must be brought within range This means bases closer to the inner fortress or longer range bombers To this, Japan has an answer When enemy bombers fly over our cities they will make more resistance than they have ever made before Also, they will find that contrary to what they think our buildings will not be easily blasted down nor will our homes and industries be destroyed by widespread fire As the expendable outposts of the Japanese empire become untenable the Japanese will fall back to the inner empire Formosa, Manchuria, North China, Korea and Japan proper By this time we will have our inner empire developed and consolidated We shall need nothing We shall be self-sufficient in material and manpower We shall then no longer be dependent on shipping Our lines of communication will be shorter We shall have less area to defend And within this fortress of Asia we shall fight, if need be, for 100 years Within this fortress, Kejira Osami goes endlessly about the routine of his day-by-day life As his sons fight to the end on the battlefield he will work to the end in the face of bombing and invasion Come what may, deep within him is the conviction We will win You have been listening to the Pacific Story presented by the National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated independent stations as a public service to clarify events in the Pacific and to make understandable the cross currents of life in the Pacific Basin For a reprint of this Pacific Story program send 10 cents in stamps or coin to University of California Press, Berkeley, California We repeat, send 10 cents in stamps or coin to University of California Press, Berkeley, California The Pacific Story is written and directed by Arnold Marquess The original musical score was composed and conducted by Thomas Palusso Your narrator, Gain Whitman This program came to you from Hollywood This is the National Broadcasting Company