Reborn Tycoon Rise

If you come here to discuss business, you can naturally only talk to Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi didn't expect that he would actually attract the attention of members of the Rockefeller family, so he asked, "I wonder what kind of business you want to discuss?"

Redding said: "Mr. Xu, the first thing we need to discuss is when can I transport these arcade machines?"

"What do you mean, these are all goods that already have buyers?" Xu Zhi asked with a frown. He didn't quite believe that the big family in front of him would do anything stupid to intercept the goods.

Lei Ding waved, and the person behind him immediately handed Xu Zhi several documents.

Redding said: "Of course I know this, because the buyer is me, Mr. Xu. I'm sorry that I bought all the contracts of your previous partners without notifying you in advance!"

Xu Zhi read all the agreement transfer contracts and said with a smile: "Mr. Rockefeller is really awesome!"

Several dealers that Xu Zhi chose some time ago are actually candidates for the future general dealers in the United States. Some of them are very strong, and their network of relationships covers almost all of the United States. However, when they met the Rockefeller family, they were all wiped out. , everyone transferred the contract in their hands.

Redding seemed to have heard some taboo topic and said: "Mr. Xu, please don't call me these four words. You should call me Redding!"

Xu Zhi also didn’t understand this kind of dispute over names among big families, and said, “Okay, then you can also call me Eric!”

Redding said: "This is not the place to talk. There is a very good hotel nearby. We can go there to talk in detail!"

Xu Zhidao: "Okay."

…

Redding has already booked a place. This is a Japanese-style hot spring hotel. There are more than 40 outdoor natural hot springs. The heat of the hot springs all comes from geothermal heat.

Redding said: "It's a pity that it's not winter anymore. Otherwise, coming here to enjoy the hot springs while discussing business would definitely be a very good way!"

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, we can do it again this winter."

Redding said: "Okay, when the time comes I hope I can invite you in the name of a partner."

Several people quickly arrived at the private room, and the girl in kimono began to serve the food.

In RB, many people sit down when eating. This posture looks very similar to kneeling. This is unacceptable etiquette in most other countries, so this Japanese-style hotel also followed the local customs and placed under the table. There is a square pit where everyone can sit on the ground and eat normally.

The most famous sashimi and vegetable salad were served first. The girl in kimono patiently processed the sashimi piece by piece and placed them on the plates of several people on the table.

After Redding took a bite, seeing that Xu Zhi didn't do anything, he asked: "Eric, you don't like sashimi?"

Xu Zhidao: "I don't like eating raw meat very much, and I'm more worried about parasites."

After hearing this, the girl in kimono next to her immediately replied in proficient English: "Sir, don't worry, the sashimi here comes from marine life, there are very few parasites, and our food has been treated with low-temperature sterilization, so there are no parasites." Might survive.”

Xu Zhidao: "Are you from RB?"

The kimono girl nodded and said: "Yes, I am from RB Kyoto, Kanagawa Prefecture."

"Kanagawa Prefecture!" Xu Zhixiao asked, "Is Kanagawa good at basketball?"

The girl in kimono was a little confused, but she still replied: "I'm not sure about this. Sir, do you know about our Kanagawa Prefecture?"

Xu Zhidao: "I've heard of it!"

In fact, he still wanted to ask if there were schools in Kanagawa Prefecture such as Shohoku Hainan Lingnan, etc., but these were all translated from Japanese in the original anime. Who knows how to say these schools in English? Even if he knew it, the kimono girl might not know it either.

Xu Zhi also tasted a bite of sashimi later, but even though the food was safe, he was not interested in eating it raw. He randomly selected a few bites of cooked food and dipped it in mustard. Xu Zhi almost burst into tears because of the spicy food. Come down.

After all the dishes were served, the kimono girl dressed respectfully and slowly withdrew.

Redding said: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you didn't like solar eclipses very much, Eric."

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm still very grateful for the hospitality."

Redding said: "Eric, I like to do business with smart people. You are a smart person and you should understand the purpose of doing so many things."

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "You want the general distributorship of my arcade machine!"

"Yes, not entirely." Redding said: "Of course I want the dealer rights, but I also want to invest in your company!"

Xu Zhi frowned and said, "My company? Midea?"

Redding said: "Yes, I sent people to Xiangjiang to investigate your information. Eric, you are very good. You wrote a novel that became popular in the Chinese area and also made a good movie. Although I I don’t really understand it, but making money is the way to go.

Later, your business activities were also very successful. The claw machine you founded was not only successful in itself, but also promoted the local toy industry.

And your arcade games seem to be very popular right now, which is why I'm willing to cooperate. "

Xu Zhidao: "Well, Redding, do you like these two games?"

Redding shook his head and said: "I don't like it very much, but my daughter likes it, and her friends all like it too. It was also because she wanted to move the arcade machine in my casino home that I became interested in this matter. .”

Tom next to him added: "Eric, Redding is one of my major customers. He has three large casinos in Las Vegas."

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "That's it."

Redding added: "I wonder what Eric thinks of letting me become Midea's general distributor in the United States? Although I can't use too many family resources, it is not difficult to sell your products to all parts of the United States. I Knowing the board members of UPS, we can use their efficient transportation system to ship products to all parts of the United States in the shortest time. And as long as there are no problems on your side, I can immediately acquire a company with a complete distribution system. This is I made my choice before coming here.”

Of course Xu Zhi would not doubt the other party's resources, but he still asked: "Under the general distributor, there must be local sub-distributors. How to solve this problem?"

Redding replied: "That's not a problem at all, Eric, you should know about Space Invaders, right?"

Xu Zhidao: "Of course I know, RB Taidong Company's games."

Space Invaders is actually the little bee of later generations. It has long been eliminated in later generations, but it set off a gaming storm in this era. In the world, this arcade machine is now in short supply.

Redding said: “A few months ago, not many people knew about RB Taidong, let alone the United States, even in RB itself, but now it has become a superstar company.

I am also optimistic about your Midea company, but Midea does not have any sales channels in the United States. This is its biggest weakness. But as long as we cooperate, I will use my resources and financial resources to build a complete channel, and your company only needs to use all its strength. Producing arcade machines, this is the perfect collaboration. "

"It's a good cooperation!" Xu Zhi was also a little excited: "However, channel cooperation can be negotiated, but it is impossible to invest in my company."

Redding said: "Why, I only want 20%-30% of the shares and will not participate in management. As for the price, we can negotiate."

Xu Zhidao: "We at Midea have almost no assets now, and the only ones that are valuable are these two games, so the pricing of these assets is very troublesome. And to be honest, my company is not short of money, so we don't need financing."

Redding said: "I heard that many Easterners like to control 100% of their own company's shares. It seems that you are the same, Eric. Maybe you are still young and don't understand that in the capital market, the fastest development is to use other people's funds. development of."

Xu Zhidao: "Our company will not raise funds or go public in the short term, but when I have this need, Redding, you will be the first to be informed."

Redding said: "In that case, let's talk about distribution cooperation!"

Xu Zhidao: "Currently, the price of Taidong Company's Space Invaders arcade machine exceeds 3,000 US dollars. Although our Xiangjiang Cube is not worse than it in playability, the nature of the game itself determines that compared to the speed of swallowing coins, Space Invasion The competitors are much stronger, so in order to occupy the market and for customers to recover their costs, our final selling price cannot be too high, about US$2,000-2,500 is good.”

Redding had not thought of this before, but now he understood it and said: "In this case, our profits will be reduced a lot."

Xu Zhidao: "No, Xiangjiang Cube is a sustainable game. Although it is not exciting, it will not make people feel bored. Although Space Invaders is exciting, you will get bored after playing too much. In business, we We should pursue it more and keep it flowing, right?"

Redding said: "It makes sense, what about Snake?"

Xu Zhidao: "Snake, let's lower the price by another $200! Our task now is to open up the market. If the market is really hot, we can just increase the price secretly."

Redding smiled and said, "I see, like some cars."

Xu Zhidao: "That's understandable!"

Redding asked: “Let’s not talk about the terminal price, but what about the price for me?”

Xu Zhidao: "I only calculated the bare price in the United States. Xiangjiang cubes are 1,500 US dollars and snakes are 1,300 US dollars. You are responsible for the tariffs on the US side."

Redding calculated it and said: "This is too expensive. Taxes, transportation, storage and the profits of several levels of dealers may not be enough!"

Xu Zhi thought for a while and said: "In that case, we will follow the rules of the automobile industry and set the price here first. But if the annual sales volume exceeds 10,000 units, our company will refund 1%, and so on, until it reaches 100,000 units. 10%, how about that?”

Redding said humorously: "What if I sell a million units?"

"Then the population of the United States must be 3 billion." Xu Zhi said with a smile: "This is for each game, not the sum of several games. Let's set the highest setting, with a maximum rebate of 15%. "

15%, that is to say, if 150,000 units are sold in a year, the average purchase cost will drop to more than 1,200 US dollars per unit. This is actually very difficult. Redding has checked that the popular Space Invaders on the market now, The monthly sales volume is about 10,000 units. The price of Xiangjiang Cube is much cheaper, but it should be difficult to surpass this game.