Most of this will be reserved for SIC and trial production of chips.

The tape-out after the chip design is completed is really a money-burning job.

It is no laughing matter if the tape-out fails and the small company goes bankrupt.

Lack of money, Bai Chuanfeng sighed.

The total investment in my hometown will also be around 1.5 billion yen, although it will be completed over several years.

However, the initial start-up capital also requires at least about 30%, which is another burden.

Looking around, Bai Chuanfeng suddenly felt that money was needed everywhere.

The speed of making money is not slow, but the speed of spending money is also extremely fast.

Fortunately, the North American market is relatively competitive, with revenue more than three times that of the local market.

However, due to cross-border finance, the repayment is relatively slow.

Moreover, plans to build overseas factories also need to be put on the agenda, which will cost money.

Oh, by the way, it may be time to consider exploring the European market.

When all is said and done, more than half of the revenue from the North American market may be spent.

Sure enough, this year is also a year of spending a lot of money.

Bai Chuanfeng put down the financial statements in his hands and began to think about where he could make more money.

But after thinking for a while, he gave up. Since he chose to do business, he shouldn't think about those evil ways.

If you want to make money, you should start from industry. Thinking of this, Shirakawa Kaede decided to go to HAL to have a look.

The handheld console business has been in business for more than half a year. Except for keeping a close eye on it in the early stage, the rest of the business is basically freeing up.

I don’t know if Satoru Iwata and others have come up with any interesting games.

He just walked away, and soon Shirakawa Kaede took a bus from Ota District to Akihabara.

Traveling with him was Akagi, who was responsible for the development of handheld hardware.

After nearly two years of training, Akagi has lost the greenness he had when he first joined Shirakawa Electric.

Along the way, he was very eye-catching and reported all kinds of information about the handheld business to Bai Chuanfeng.

Because there is no breakthrough development in technology, the sales volume of each handheld console is now very mysterious.

How should I put it? The sales volume of each handheld console completely follows the game.

If the game is popular, then this handheld console will sell well.

If the game is not attractive, then even if it is a new product that has just been released, it will still encounter waterloo.

This is true for Shirakawa Electric, and so is Nintendo.

The fundamental reason is that current handheld consoles have a "one hard and one soft" configuration.

The so-called one hard and one soft means one handheld device and one game.

A proper disposable game console, to be honest, this design is a bit redundant.

As for whether there are any plans to change this design method, that depends on the market and cost.

At present, handheld consoles are still a new thing, and they should still be available for a few more years if they maintain the current design.

Wait until the sales volume of handheld consoles decreases significantly, or the cost of improving the design decreases.

Only then will Shirakawa Kaede consider the design of a new model.

As a capitalist, he has become more and more qualified.

As Akagi's report ended, the office building where HAL was located was also in sight in the distance.
Chapter completed!