Reborn Tycoon Rise

The next day, after Xu Zhi came to Midea, he held a small internal meeting and told what happened to Shaofo Morita yesterday.

After hearing this, He Guoyuan laughed and said: "Sony will really die miserably this time. In Japan, Tank War has sold more than 30,000 units. Sony has a dark heart. After the monopoly, one unit sold for more than 4,000 US dollars. Now it is Some game arcades require returns, and if they agree, they will probably lose hundreds of millions of dollars!"

Yao Mingcheng said: "It is definitely impossible to return the goods. There is no law in any place that will support this situation, not to mention that Japan is still dominated by consortiums. Sony belongs to the Mitsui consortium, so it will not be so cowardly."

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "It is indeed impossible to lose hundreds of millions of dollars, but if Sony refuses to sacrifice anything, it is estimated that the entire arcade sales channel will be completely abolished, but according to the agreement with our company, Contra and Mali will soon be Ao will also land in the Japanese market, and based on the current sales volume in the United States, the minimum sales volume Sony has to face is very high. If the channel is destroyed, they will still have to pay us the minimum sales commission as usual. Dou Ren can also compensate in the form of extra money, which is expected to be several times higher this time. Sony will have a headache this time.”

Yao Mingcheng said: "These are actually not the biggest problems. The bigger trouble is that even if Sony takes care of these arcade owners, if we introduce our Contra and Mario, we can do this again and release the console in advance. Cassette, anyway, we have already received Sony’s minimum commission, even if we lose a little bit later, it doesn’t matter, but Sony probably really has to shed another layer of skin!”

"With Morita Shaofu's intelligence, he should have noticed this problem a long time ago." Xu Zhi smiled and said, "But this is an unsolvable problem, otherwise Morita Shaofu would not come here again."

He Guoyuan thought for a while and said: "Xu Sheng, I don't think we need to be the same as last time this time. Since we want to undermine Sony's determination to enter the game, it is better to announce this matter. Although Shaofo Morita has great influence at Sony It’s big, but if it’s faced with a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars, it’s impossible for so many shareholders to remain indifferent!”

Xu Zhidao: "Indeed, if you encountered this kind of problem, how would you solve it?"

He Guoyuan said: "If Midea encounters this kind of thing and the other party refuses to give up, there are two ways. One is to force a breach of contract and cancel the contract. Although it will cost a lot of money, it will be more difficult than other popular games in the future to encounter similar situations. matter, the loss will be much smaller.

On the other hand, Sony actually knows our true purpose, and we are not willing to have such a tense relationship with an electronics giant. As long as Sony is willing to give up entering the game field, there will be no such trouble! "

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Economically speaking, it is true, but Sony is Sony. Morita Shaofu can run an ordinary electronics factory to the scale it is today, and he will never give up at will. He has already seen the huge profits in the gaming field. , it is impossible to give up, not to mention that once he gives up, it will be a huge challenge to his authority in the company."

Wang Liming said: "Looking at it this way, Sony's only option is to breach the contract. I have calculated the liquidated damages and estimate them to be around hundreds of millions of dollars!"

The liquidated damages in the agreement between Sony and Midea are not a fixed number, but based on the sales volume in the US market, the approximate sales volume in Japan is calculated as a ratio, and then the loss caused to the other party if one party breaches the contract is calculated.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of contract liquidated damages protects the interests of dealers, because suppliers are prone to breach of contract in many cases. Sony's lawyers originally set this number very high to ensure their exclusive monopoly rights. But unexpectedly, it dug a big hole for his company!

Xu Zhi sighed and said, "If Sony hadn't been too much of a threat, I wouldn't be willing to use this trick."

Wang Liming said: "There is nothing we can do about it. In the electronics field, all companies are enemies. You never know whether your former partners will suddenly enter your market."

"Yes, if it weren't for various patent restrictions, I would also like to enter the field of Walkmans!" Xu Zhi shook his head and smiled. In later generations, Walkmans were very common, but in this era, the technical content is not low, and the profits are also very high.

If it is just a simple copy, let alone Midea, even some small electronics factories in Xiangjiang can copy it after buying a Walkman. But the key is that there is no patent. Small electronics factories can make it and sell it at a low price. Okay, but it is impossible for Midea to participate in this kind of thing. If the scale is small, the profit will not be high. If the scale is large, it will be easy to be discovered. It is meaningless!

He Guoyuan said: "This is also a rule, just like our cross key. Sony and Atari have spent a lot of effort to circumvent this patent, but the effect is still not good."

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Speaking of this, how is Corning's factory yield rate?"

Corning and Midea signed an agreement half a year ago. Corning will build a large-scale LCD factory in Xiangjiang, which can provide LCD screens for Midea's Gameboy on-site. The factory was built very quickly, but the debugging and trial production of the equipment are very time-consuming. Midea The top management directly ordered people to shut down the machine 24 hours a day and work non-stop. Only last month, the first production line began to be successfully trial-started.

However, booting is booting, and the most important subsequent parameter is the yield rate of the LCD screen. This is not only related to the cost of Gameboy, but also to Midea's new strategic plan.

He Guoyuan said: "Corning has sent more than 20 engineers, plus we have sent hundreds of people to study in the United States before. Now LCD screen production has begun. Although the yield rate is not as good as that in the United States, it is slowly improving. From a cost point of view, in a few months, after our workers are familiar with it, the price of LCD screens in Xiangjiang should be lower than those purchased in the United States, but the production cost is still higher than LCD screens in Japan."

The reason why the cost is lower than that of the United States is not because the United States has poor technology, but because the United States has extremely strict environmental protection requirements, and labor is much more expensive. Coupled with the labor union issues in the United States, even the finished product rate here in Xiangjiang is still lower. , but the total cost will still be lower than that of the United States in the future, but it will be very difficult to surpass Japan.

"It doesn't matter!" Xu Zhidao said: "I am very satisfied to be able to do this, but I still need to continue to learn and improve in this area, and strive to reach the yield rate of Japanese companies as soon as possible."

He Guoyuan nodded and said: "I am already preparing for this. The Japanese headhunting company we are cooperating with has hired more than a dozen engineers from Japan's Sharp and Panasonic with high salaries. They will be able to come to Xiangjiang to join our factory next month."

"Okay, then you can worry about this matter." Xu Zhi added: "There is another important matter in today's meeting!"