Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"One million? What's wrong?"

Zhu Youxing looked at the other person with a puzzled expression.

Cough!

Hirohito Tomoda immediately started coughing violently.

One million?

Did he hear that right?

Is this young man crazy to need so many of these circuit boards?

This game console can produce a million?

Even if it's produced, who will buy it?

An entertainment hall can need a maximum of thirty to fifty machines. If we add the depreciation over several years, then an entertainment hall will need a maximum of fifty to sixty machines.

Even if all the entertainment venues in Tokyo provided them, that would only amount to a maximum of 50,000 units.

If the game console were distributed nationwide, it would indeed be possible to sell more.

But that will definitely be a long process, and the sales volume will be at most 200,000 units.

The other party immediately asked for one million.

This had already frightened Hirohito Tomoda.

"Um, you said you've roughly estimated the price, could I ask you the exact amount?"

Zhu Youxing asked.

Chapter 24 Preliminary Intended Orders

"Wait a minute!"

Hirohito Tomoda was so taken aback by Takeyusei's offer of one million yen that he was momentarily speechless.

He has discussed large-volume production orders.

However, he had just estimated that the product would only sell around 200,000 units at most.

One million, or six hundred million yen if we take the price of one unit excluding manufacturing costs of six hundred yen.

In this era of bursting bubble, a 600 million yen order is considered a large order.

If converted to Mao Zedong's currency at the same time, it would be around 64 million.

That amount of money could buy more than a hundred three-bedroom apartments around Wangfujing in Beijing right now.

Of course, this is just a simple price conversion.

With production orders totaling 600 million, this order alone would generate at least 100 million in profit.

It seems... this one order could quickly get him out of his current predicament.

But the premise is that this young man wasn't just saying it casually.

He looked at Zhu Youxing with a serious expression: "Zhu You-kun, are you sure you want to produce a million motherboards?"

"Of course, one million is roughly the amount of my first batch of production, and we can continue to discuss it further."

This is only the first batch?

Could you be any more outrageous?

Hirohito Tomoda felt that Takeyusei had gone completely mad.

However, this has nothing to do with me.

“Takeyu-kun, I just did a rough calculation. If our company were to produce it, we might be able to offer a price of 700 yen.”

"Six hundred and fifty, that's the most I can do."

Bamboo Star instantly hit rock bottom price.

By the time he started producing this thing, he already had a pretty good understanding of its cost.

Because the cost of all the components on the circuit board has become so cheap that the storage cost of accumulating them in the warehouse is higher than the cost of the components themselves, if a few more months pass, it is estimated that all the items piled up in the warehouse will be directly destroyed.

In later years, after 2000, counterfeit manufacturers were even able to produce a machine that could run NES games for only a dozen RMB. With the addition of a cheap shell made of low-quality materials, it would cost at most forty RMB. They could then sell it to individuals for two or three hundred RMB, making a huge profit.

Takeyusei is still making relatively conservative productions. After all, he and Hayazawa Airi are only half-baked producers. If they could find an expert to optimize it, the cost could be reduced even further.

Because this world is ten years ahead of the original world in terms of technology, it is logically possible that the Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System), which cost only a dozen RMB to produce in later generations, could have been made at this time. This was the same Famicom that was very popular in China at that time, with a large black package on the circuit board that came in various shapes, like a lottery.

Of course, there's no need to be so stingy. After all, that thing is designed to cut costs without any regard for quality, and it might break down after only three to five months of use.

Counterfeit factories don't care about after-sales service at all; they just sell a batch and run away.

But Zhu Youxing should at least pay attention to the character of the people in the company.

Takeyusei gave the current base price of 650 yen. After the first batch is produced and sold out, Takeyusei plans to find an expert to optimize it, which could reduce the cost by at least 100 yen.

Seeing Takeyusei's very calm smile, Hirohito Tomoda knew that the other party was a completely knowledgeable guy, but the talk still had to continue.

The two sides were deadlocked on the price for a long time, but finally reached a preliminary agreement of 650 yen for the Takeyusei. Next, Hirohito Tomoda took the blueprints back to the production department, and then carried out the final calculation to determine the cost price of the final version.

Buying one million of these circuit boards in such a large quantity would probably make the manufacturing companies quite happy.

This solves a large part of their warehousing problem, which is much better than simply destroying the waste, thus further reducing the price.

Without any hesitation, Hirohito Chida signed a simple letter of intent and then hurriedly left.

He couldn't wait to go back and prove himself.

As for Zhu Youxing, he began to make his own plans in his mind.

Now, due to the bursting of the bubble, banks have tightened credit, making it more difficult to obtain loans.

However, there is still room for negotiation with him.

Taking out a loan of 100 million yen in the early stages to pay for the initial advertising costs and deposit is perfectly fine.

Moreover, he can also recoup some of the cost by selling a batch of high-priced game consoles at the beginning.

Oh, right, the second game will also be released at the same time.

Super Mario can be included with the game console as an appetizer, but the second game will definitely be a paid game, priced between three and five thousand yen.

In the past, countless game developers, after years of sales experience, finally determined that the price of a game software could only be maintained between three thousand and four thousand yen, which is equivalent to three hundred to five hundred RMB.

Once the price exceeds a certain threshold, game sales will plummet. This is a conclusion drawn from years of experience. It wasn't until the 2020s that some manufacturers began to consider raising game prices, pushing players to their limits.

After Takeyusei and Tomoda Hirohito finished their business discussion, several other people who were interested in the job came to apply.

Zhu Youxing accepted everything without hesitation. The next step was to prepare for mass production.

If the final assembly and production process falls behind, producing a million circuit boards will be a waste of time.

Hayazawa Airi was quite excited about being the supervisor.

She had never done anything like this before, so she noticed how seriously the construction workers were taking it.

It wasn't until 5 p.m. that Airi Hayazawa reluctantly ended her day of supervising work.

In about a day, the interior decoration of the building was about half completed.

I estimate that everything will be finished by tomorrow afternoon, and at most, a simple inspection will be conducted the day after tomorrow before we can move in... oh wait, I mean, start working.

Just as they were about to head back, Zhu Youxing suddenly suggested that the two of them go get something to eat.

Airi Hayazawa happily agreed.

How can you be stingy when the boss is treating?

The two went to a sushi restaurant, ordered a few dishes, and then clinked glasses with a glass of juice.

"Celebrating the official opening of the company, may your business prosper in the future!"

"May your wealth increase?" Hayazawa Airi didn't understand for a moment.

"Oh, that's a Chinese idiom. It roughly means that you can make a lot of money."

"Ah! Then may wealth flow in from all directions!" Hayazawa Airi happily clinked glasses with Takeyusei once again.

Then, Airi Hayazawa gulped down a big mouthful of juice.

"Ah! That feels so good!"

Chapter 25 Hero Quest for Dragons

The next day, Airi Hayazawa woke up in a daze.

Stepping out of the bedroom, she saw Zhu Youxing sitting in a chair in the living room, operating a computer, seemingly doing some work.

"Boss, yawn, when did you get up?"

"Me? I was here a little earlier than you."

Zhu Youxing answered in a half-hearted manner.

In fact, he hadn't slept all night.

However, he had exceptionally good energy and no major problems.

Since that was the case, Zhu Youxing didn't want to give up such a good opportunity, so he started writing the prototype of the next game that night.

As for what his next game will be, Zhu Youxing actually had a plan in mind for a long time.

There are probably forty or fifty classic games on the Famicom. Apart from these classic games, the sales of other games can only be described as average.

Of course, any game that sold more than 100,000 copies on the Famicom basically made money.

However, since Zhuyouxing was originally planning to squeeze every last drop of value out of the entire Famicom, then those games with sales of less than one million can be disregarded for the time being, at most serving as supplements, such as Gomoku or chess.

The second game that Takeyusei plans to make is Dragon Quest.

Thanks to his extensive experience playing the NES with his father when he was young, he played almost all of the most classic games on the Famicom.

This made him remember many classic Famicom games vividly, no matter how many years have passed.

Dragon Quest is one of them.