Reborn Xiangjiang as a Tycoon

Chapter 230 Claw Machine

The next morning.

After having breakfast and reading the newspaper at home for a while, Lin Baicheng went out to Jupiter Toy Company when the time came to nine o'clock.

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

When Lin Baicheng first arrived at Jupiter Toys, he saw Qin Lan, factory director Huang Jianhe and a middle-aged man walking out before he got inside.

"Mr. Lin."

The three of them said hello.

"Well, let's talk while we walk."

Lin Baicheng nodded and took the lead to walk inside.

Of course Lin Baicheng knew this middle-aged man, his name was Zhang Sheng. But he only met Zhang Sheng once. He was the one who interviewed Zhang Sheng and recruited him for the position of manager of Jupiter Toy Company. The reason why he only met him once was that

It's because Lin Baicheng later went to the United States and didn't come back until a few days ago.

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

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

More than a million."

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

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The reason why so many are produced is because in places other than Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States, Rubik's Cube sales will also find agents. The reason why there are no agents currently is because the reputation of the Rubik's Cube is not big enough. Now we are looking for agents.

There is no way to negotiate the price and the price cannot be too high, so I plan to wait for the Rubik's Cube to become famous in the United States and Japan before negotiating with agents in other countries.

After finding an agent, the Rubik's Cube can be shipped to the agent immediately. This will prevent pirates from following suit immediately and make more profits.

The Rubik's Cube is different from the arcade machines of Galaxy Games. The arcade machines of Galaxy Games have anti-piracy software. In this era, you don't have to worry about being cracked. Although the Rubik's Cube has a patent, the patent cannot prevent piracy. It can only prevent big companies from piracy, and people from small workshops can

You will still be pirated, as long as you make money, people won't worry so much.

Zhang Sheng continued to report: "The number of local toy stores in Xiangjiang has now expanded to twenty. It is expected that if we expand to ten more, it will be saturated. There is no need to build more stores."

"Regarding the product design sample you gave me, Mr. Lin, under the leadership of Master Gong Xiang, the company has already produced the sample."

At the beginning of the year, Lin Baicheng drew a prototype of a future product, told Master Gong Xiang and others about the required functions of the product, and asked them to produce it.

Lin Baicheng came here today mainly to see the samples.

"Because the factory wanted to expand, the factory purchased part of the land from the Hong Kong government. Now the factory has a total area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters. All the area has been used to build a larger factory."

"In terms of funds, the company currently has nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars left in its account, which is enough to produce the first batch of new products."

At first, Lin Baicheng only spent HKD 6.2 million to acquire Jupiter Toy Company, but later he injected HKD 3.8 million. Later, because of the need to continuously produce and store Rubik's cubes, he injected HKD 10 million each twice.

Remembering how much money Huangpu made, he injected an additional 20 million Hong Kong dollars. He invested a total of 50 million Hong Kong dollars in this company.

Jupiter Toy Company spent a lot of money just to store the Rubik's Cube, buy land and build factories, expand stores, pay for manual recruitment, etc. There is a lot of money to spend.

Fortunately, Jupiter Toy Company is not without profit. Each Rubik's Cube is sold to Starlight Company in the United States for US$10. When the individual selling price in the United States decreases in the future, the sales price will also decrease. Now

So the reason for selling it at such a high price is of course to avoid tax. The tax here in Xiangjiang is much lower than that in the United States.

The reason why it is not sold at a price of 15 US dollars or higher is because Starlight Company has invested a lot this year, and the investment is greater than the profit. Therefore, there are many tax avoidance quotas, so there is no need to set the price too high.

Of course, although the transaction is correct, Jupiter Toys Company has not actually received a penny now. Only after Starlight Company sells a large number of Rubik's Cubes will it have the money to pay Jupiter Toys Company.

After a while, Lin Baicheng and others came to the conference room. In addition to Gong Xiang and several other masters, there were two upright rectangular parallelepiped machines in the conference room, with the upper part covered with glass on all four sides.

If someone is here decades later, they will immediately recognize that this is a claw machine. However, of the two claw machines, one has a rag doll in it, and the other has some cigarettes in it.

“Not bad, not bad.”

Lin Baicheng walked closer to take a look and found that it was very similar to the claw machine decades later. Although due to the age, the claw machine decades later looked more beautiful and more technological, but the era was different and the requirements could not be so

many.

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

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

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

"That's good, I'll give it a try."

Lin Baicheng said that he wanted to try the operation himself. Naturally, someone nearby put coins in so that the robot arm in the machine could move through the control handle.

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

After calibrating the target, Lin Baicheng did not choose to press the button. Instead, he waited for the three-minute time limit from the start of coin insertion, and the robot arm automatically reached down to grab the doll. However, the robot phone fell before it moved very far.

down, and then the robot arm returns to its original position.

"very good!"

Although he didn't catch the doll, Lin Baicheng was satisfied with the performance of the machine. Then he tried the claw machine with cigarettes next to it and found that there was no problem.

Lin Baicheng said to Zhang Sheng: "Manager Zhang, what you have to do next is to make a few more sample machines, and then arrange for people to take turns operating them to see if there are any problems with the machines. If there are any problems, make modifications immediately."

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

Zhang Sheng heard the words and responded.

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

The technology is not high, which means there are no technical barriers, so patents are very important.

Lin Baicheng has always attached great importance to patents, so when he started making products, people all over the world were already applying for patents.

(End of chapter)