Reborn as a Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 230 Doll Machine

the next morning.

After eating breakfast and reading the newspaper at home, seeing that it was already nine o'clock, Lin Baicheng went out to Jupiter Toy Company.

Secretary Qin Lan has already gone to the toy company first.

When Lin Baicheng first came to Jupiter Toys, he saw Qin Lan, the factory director Huang Jianhe, and a middle-aged man coming out before he even got inside.

"Mr. Lin."

The three said hello.

"Well, let's talk as we go."

Lin Baicheng nodded, and took the lead to walk inside.

Of course Lin Baicheng knew this middle-aged man, and his name was Zhang Sheng.But he only met Zhang Sheng once, and he was the one who interviewed Zhang Sheng to recruit Zhang Sheng to be the manager of Jupiter Toy Company.The reason why I only saw him once was because Lin Baicheng went to the United States later and didn't come back until a few days ago.

The reason for finding a manager for Jupiter Toys is that Huang Jianhe can manage the factory well, but he does not have the ability to develop a company, so he needs a higher level of professional managers.

Zhang Sheng reported aloud: "Mr. Lin, because of your request, the company stopped producing the toys produced before the acquisition and specialized in the production of Rubik's Cube. Now it has produced a total of more than 300 million, which is only more than 500 million short of the production target of 100 million. one."

Like other products, Rubik's Cube has more production capacity and lower cost. Now the cost of Rubik's Cube is 5 Hong Kong dollars each, which is about 1.2 US dollars. The production of 500 million pieces requires investment, which Lin Baicheng can still afford.

The reason why so many are produced is that in places other than Xiangjiang, Japan, and the United States, Rubik's Cube sales will also find agents.The reason why I haven’t found an agent at present is because Rubik’s Cube is not well-known enough, and now I can’t find an agent to negotiate a price, and I can’t sell at a high price, so I’m going to wait for Rubik’s Cube to become famous in the United States and Japan, and then talk to other countries. Agency negotiations.

After finding an agent, the Rubik's Cube can be shipped to the agent immediately, which prevents pirates from following suit in the first place and can make more profits.

The Rubik's Cube is different from the arcade machines of Xinghe Games. The arcade machines of Xinghe Games have anti-piracy software, so you don't have to worry about being cracked in this era.Although the Rubik's Cube has patents, patents cannot prevent piracy. They can only prevent big companies from piracy, and small workshops will still pirate you. As long as there is money to be made, they will not worry so much.

Zhang Sheng continued to report: "The number of local toy stores in Xiangjiang has expanded to twenty at present, and it is estimated that ten more expansions will be saturated. There is no need to build more stores."

"As for the product design samples you gave Mr. Lin, under the leadership of Master Gong Xiang, the company has already produced samples."

At the beginning of the year, Lin Baicheng drew a sample of a later product, and told Mr. Gong Xiang and the others the functions required by the product, and asked them to make it.

Lin Baicheng came here today mainly to see the samples.

"Because of the expansion of the factory, the factory purchased part of the land from the Hong Kong government. Now the total area of ​​the factory is more than 5000 square meters, and all the area has been utilized to build a larger factory building."

"In terms of funds, there are nearly 2000 million Hong Kong dollars left in the company's account, which is enough for the production of the first batch of new products."

Jupiter toy company, Lin Baicheng only spent 620 million Hong Kong dollars on the acquisition at the beginning, and later he injected 380 million Hong Kong dollars in funds.After that, because of the continuous production of Rubik’s Cube storage, he injected 1000 million Hong Kong dollars twice. A while ago, because Hutchison Whampoa made a lot of money, he injected an additional 2000 million Hong Kong dollars. He invested a total of 5000 Hong Kong dollars in this company. million Hong Kong dollars in funds.

The Jupiter Toy Company spent a lot of money just to store the Rubik's Cube. The factory bought land and built a factory building, as well as store expansion, salaries for manual recruitment, etc. There are a lot of places to spend money.

Fortunately, the Jupiter Toy Company is not without profit. Each Rubik's Cube is sold to the Starlight Company in the United States at a price of 10 dollars.The reason why the price is so high now is of course to avoid taxes. The tax here in Xiangjiang is much lower than that in the United States.

And the reason why it didn't sell for $15 or higher is because Starlight has invested a lot this year, and the investment is greater than the profit, so there is a lot of tax avoidance, so there is no need to set the price too high.

Of course, although the deal was right, Jupiter Toys didn't get any money. Only after Xingguang sold a large number of Rubik's Cubes could they pay Jupiter Toys.

After a while, Lin Baicheng and others came to the conference room.In the conference room, apart from several masters including Gong Xiang, there are also two upright cuboid bodies, the upper parts of which are all glass on all sides.

If there are people from decades later, they will immediately recognize that this is a claw machine.It's just that among the two claw machines, one contains dolls, and the other contains some cigarettes.

"Not bad."

Lin Baicheng went closer to have a look, and found that it was very similar to the claw machine decades later.Although due to the age, the claw machine after decades looks more beautiful and more technological, but the age is different, and the requirements cannot be so many.

The box protruding from the outside is the coin slot, and the handle and buttons on it are the place for operation.

Lin Baicheng said to Gong Xiang: "Master Gong, how is the product, is there any problem?"

Gong Xiang nodded and said: "President Lin, don't worry, we have tested it dozens of times, and there is no problem."

"That's good, I'll try."

Lin Baicheng said that he wanted to try it himself, and someone next to him would naturally put in coins, so that the robot arm inside the machine could be moved through the control handle.

Lin Baicheng tried to control the movement, and found that it was smooth and there was no lag.

After checking the target, Lin Baicheng did not choose to press the button, but waited for the 3-minute time limit from the start of coin insertion, and the robot arm automatically went down to grab the doll and grabbed it.It's just that the robot phone fell down before it moved far, and then the robot arm returned to its original position.

"very good!"

Although he didn't catch the doll, Lin Baicheng was satisfied with the machine's performance, and then went to try the doll machine with cigarettes next to it, and found that there was no problem.

Lin Baicheng said to Zhang Sheng: "Manager Zhang, the next thing you need to do is to make a few more sample machines, and then arrange for people to take turns to control and play them, to see if there are any problems with the machines, and to modify them immediately if there are problems."

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

Zhang Sheng responded when he heard the words.

The technology of the claw machine is not high. As long as you have money and know a little technology, you can make it. If you have extremely high technology, you can't make it with the conditions of Jupiter toys.

The technology is not high, that is to say, there are no technical barriers, so patents are very important.

As for patents, Lin Baicheng has always attached great importance to them, so when the product was produced, he had already applied for patents all over the world.

(End of this chapter)