Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

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. However, he only met Zhang Sheng once. It was he who interviewed Zhang Sheng and recruited him to be the manager of Jupiter Toy Company. The reason why I only met him once was because Lin Baicheng later went to the United States and did not come back until a few days ago.

The reason for finding a manager for Jupiter Toy Company is that 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, about 1.2 US dollars. The output of 5 million pieces requires investment, which Lin Baicheng can still afford. .

The reason why so many are produced is because in places other than Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States, agents are also found for Rubik's Cube sales. The reason why we are not looking for an agent at the moment is because the reputation of the Rubik's Cube is not big enough yet. If we find an agent now, we cannot negotiate the price and cannot sell it at a high price. Therefore, we are planning to wait for the Rubik's Cube to become famous in the United States and Japan before selling it to other countries. Agency Negotiations.

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.

Rubik's Cube is different from Galaxy Games' arcade machines. Galaxy Games' arcade machines have anti-piracy software. In this era, there is no need to worry about being cracked. Although the Rubik's Cube is patented, the patent cannot prevent piracy. It can only prevent big companies from piracy. People in small workshops will still pirate you. As long as they make money, they 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 later 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, there are currently nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars left in the company's account, which is enough to produce the first batch of new products."

Lin Baicheng only spent HK$6.2 million on the acquisition of Jupiter Toy Company at first, but later he injected HK$3.8 million in capital. Later, because of the continuous production and storage of Rubik's cubes, he injected HK$10 million twice. Recently, because Hutchison Whampoa made a lot of money, he injected an additional HK$20 million. He invested a total of 5,000 in this company. Thousands of Hong Kong dollars in funds.

Jupiter Toy Company spent a lot of money just to store the Rubik's Cube, buy land and build factories, store expansion, wages 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. The reason why the price is so high now 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 Toy Company has not received a penny now. Only after Starlight Company sells a large number of Rubik's Cubes can they have the money to pay Jupiter Toy Company.

After a while, Lin Baicheng and others came to the conference room. In addition to Gong Xiang and several other masters, there are two upright rectangular parallelepiped machines in the conference room, the upper part of which is entirely covered with glass.

If anyone is around this decades later, they will immediately recognize this as a claw machine. It's just that among the two doll machines, one has rag dolls in it, and the other has some cigarettes in it.

"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 machines a few decades later will look more beautiful and more technological, but the age is different and the requirements cannot 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 he wanted to try the operation himself. Naturally, someone next to him put in coins 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 checking the target, Lin Baicheng did not choose to press the button. Instead, he waited for the three-minute time limit from the start of the coin insertion to arrive, and the robot arm automatically reached down to grab the doll and picked it up. It's just that the robot phone fell before it moved very 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 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 the product started to be produced, people all over the world were applying for patents.