Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Normally, the motherboard for a game console can be manufactured by an OEM.

Various plastic parts can also be manufactured by factories.

However, it's very difficult to find a similar contract manufacturer for assembly.

In Japan, the final assembly stage is considered the least profitable part of the industry, and almost no professional OEM companies do this.

Each company hires its own workers specifically for assembly work.

Some larger companies have already achieved fully automated assembly lines.

At present, GameStar, the company behind Bamboo Star, can only be considered a small workshop.

Therefore, he could only assemble it manually.

After assembly, one or two testers must be present to check the quality of each game console to ensure that no serious quality issues arise when it is shipped to an individual.

Finally, it's time to pack and ship the goods.

In the first few weeks, these game consoles will likely only be available to places like arcades.

He will only start considering personal sales after the gaming industry becomes more mainstream.

"This is the instruction manual for demonstration purposes. You don't need to rush at first. You can assemble it slowly, just follow my assembly method."

Takeyusei demonstrated the assembly process step by step to Honda Rimi, showing her how to assemble a complete game console.

If there are enough people, they can be combined into an assembly line, with each person doing different assembly work, which would reduce the chance of errors.

If there are few people, then every employee will have to participate in the entire assembly process.

“If you successfully assemble such a game machine, you will receive 500 yen per machine. I have calculated that if the speed is fast enough, it is not a problem for one person to assemble 20 machines a day. That would be 10,000 yen a day.”

Ten thousand yen.

Honda Rimi's breath hitched.

She had no clear idea of ​​how many pieces could be assembled or how much she would be paid for each piece.

But when she was told exactly how much money she could be paid per day, she became somewhat dazed.

With a monthly salary of 200,000, plus the cost of assembling the parts, wouldn't her monthly salary be equivalent to 500,000?

This is far beyond the salary level of many normal white-collar workers.

At this time of year, a college graduate who gets the opportunity to work for a company typically earns only around 200,000 yuan a month.

The salary of a senior employee with some experience is only three to four hundred thousand.

Getting 500,000 is not an easy thing.

But now she has the opportunity to access that income.

This made her somewhat excited.

"Right now, because it's all done manually, the assembly cost for each person is relatively high. In the future, as efficiency improves, the price may decrease, but your workload will also decrease significantly. In essence, there's no difference. In short, the more you work, the more you earn, understand?"

Honda Rimi was somewhat blinded by the promise of 500,000 yen, and she felt a little dazed.

"Of course, this is just the initial introduction. To actually complete the assembly, it will take at least three or four more days, so please don't rush. If you sign the contract now, you can still get paid in these few days."

"I signed it."

Honda Rimi no longer hesitated.

Even if it's a scam, as long as they don't ask you to pay money first, you'll only lose a few days' worth of energy.

She didn't see this as a problem.

"Okay, then we'll go sign the contract later. Look, another person has come to inquire about the job. I need to demonstrate it to each of them."

Just as Takeyusei was introducing the game to Honda Rimi, several more people arrived with curious expressions.

They looked around at their surroundings, clearly still somewhat wary.

However... after hearing about the income mentioned by Takeyusei a few minutes later, they, like Honda Rimi, signed the contract without any hesitation.

In just one day, Zhu Youxing had already signed employee contracts with more than a dozen people.

This also gave Zhu Youxing a slight boost of excitement.

This means that your plan is going very smoothly.

Next came the negotiation with the salesperson from the circuit board manufacturing company.

At this moment, Hirohito Tomoda was still waiting anxiously downstairs.

Previously, Zhu Youxing had to temporarily leave this salesperson aside in order to introduce the future work process to his employees, but now he finally has the opportunity to talk to him.

"I'm sorry, Tomoda-kun, I'll be quite busy these next couple of days."

"It's alright, it's alright. Your work is definitely more important, Mr. Zhuyou. But if I may ask, is this a newly established company?"

"That's right, so what?"

"Well, may I ask if you plan to produce circuit boards long-term? Perhaps we can sign a long-term order contract, which would make the price even cheaper."

Is that so?

Zhu Youxing stroked his chin, seemingly deep in thought.

Hirohito Tomoda looked at Takeyusei nervously.

Chapter 23 One Million

Hirohito Tomoda doesn't necessarily need the Takeyusei order to survive, but if he can sign it, he can definitely live a decent life.

Approximately how many finished circuit boards does your factory produce per day?

At this moment, Zhu Youxing suddenly asked a question.

Hirohito Tomoda was already used to this problem.

He quickly gathered his thoughts and replied, "You mentioned production volume, which is definitely related to the complexity of the PCB. The more complex the PCB, the slower the production process. But you can rest assured that our company, Shenda Electronics Co., Ltd., has many high-end partners. No matter how complex the product or how high the production requirements, we can meet their needs. So, I think you can rest assured about the production volume."

"Yes, different levels of complexity do affect output, but Shenda is indeed trustworthy."

In Zhu Youxing's memory, there was no such large-scale circuit board manufacturing factory as Shenda Electronics in his previous life.

However, after searching online, he found that Shenzhen Da Electronics is a well-known circuit board manufacturer worldwide, and indeed has many leading electronics companies as long-term partners.

If their own video game consoles need to be mass-produced in the future, they can certainly handle it.

"Then, let me show you the circuit board schematic. If you're a salesperson, can you understand this?"

After a moment's thought, Hirohito Chida replied, "Well... I definitely can't handle anything too complicated, but I can roughly guess the cost and production cycle based on your circuit board schematic."

For a salesman like him who makes a living in a circuit board factory, basic graphic design skills are still very necessary. Otherwise, it would be quite embarrassing to be clueless when facing customers' questions.

Takeyusei nodded, then took out the basic schematic diagram of the circuit board and handed it to Tomoda Hirohito.

A circuit board that can be made by hand is certainly not very complex in reality.

Moreover, the cost of counterfeiting this thing is very low.

But that's okay, this is Japan, where using pirated items can even be considered a crime due to copyright infringement.

Zhu Youxing wasn't worried about counterfeiting at all.

Moreover, he only planned to use this game console for a maximum of three to five years.

With the original Famicom and its enhanced version, Nintendo relied on its existing success for a full eleven or twelve years before seriously starting the development of a new game console.

When he got to Zhuyouxing, he planned to play through all the most classic games on the Famicom before giving up.

In such a technologically advanced era, he doesn't intend to put too much effort into a game console that's a bit behind the times.

When I first started making the Famicom, it was partly out of nostalgia, and partly because it was something that one person could actually make.

If he were to create a game console like the Nintendo 64 or Wii by himself, it would probably take him much longer.

At the very least, let the world understand games first, and then develop better games.

Looking at the circuit board schematic that Takeyusei had taken out, Hirohito Tomoda began to study it seriously.

The circuit board schematic of the Famicom was not complicated; in fact, it could be said to be excessively simple.

In this era, there are already mature production lines for flip phones. The circuit boards in flip phones are much more complex than these, and modern flip phones are beginning to resemble smartphones, although they haven't been widely adopted yet.

Looking at the simple circuit board, Hirohito Tomoda felt somewhat disappointed.

Yes, it's disappointment.

This thing... will probably be quite inexpensive to produce.

In that case, this order really is just a small order.

At most, it might prevent my boss from scolding me when he sees me.

After a simple estimate, he felt that if they had their factory produce it, the cost could probably be reduced to less than 600 yen.

Just looking at the chips soldered on the circuit board, they are products that are more than ten years out of date, and they don't even look like they were popular back then.

These products are probably piling up in the factories of many chip manufacturers, who are worried about not being able to sell them and are probably already considering destroying them all.

And this thing actually has a chance to be used.

If we make large-scale purchases, the cost of the chips could be as low as 600 yen. Then, with an average manufacturing cost of at most 100 yen per circuit board, it would truly be a hard-earned profit.

However, even such an order is something he desperately desires now.

"Mr. Zhuyou, I've roughly estimated how much you plan to manufacture for your order?"

Hirohito Tomoda already had a general idea in mind.

If the other party requests to produce 50,000 to 100,000 units, he would offer a price of approximately 900 yen. Then, after some haggling, the price could be reduced to 850 yen per circuit board, which would be a fairly good result.

If Takeyusei intends to produce between 100,000 and 200,000 units, he can offer a minimum price of 750 yen.

"As for the initial order... let's start with one million. Of course, initially I may only be able to give a deposit, not the full amount. My funds need to be recovered gradually."

Hirohito Tomoda said understandingly, "Yes, I understand. The deposit is enough. We can talk slowly..."

At that moment, Hirohito Tomoda suddenly felt as if he had misheard something.

"Wait a minute, Takeyu-kun, how many of these circuit boards did you just say you wanted to produce?"