442, 'Donkey Kong' which is popular in Europe and America
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Deep Water Bay!
Bao Tianming has returned from a long trip to North America, and gathered here with him are Chen Haichao, who returned early, and Liu Pingkui and Zhu Xiaozhao, who have been in Xiangjiang.
Of course there is Chu Huan!
"Brother Tianming, I heard that your Wolf Smoke game is now particularly popular in North America and Europe, right?"
Liu Pingkui shook his body and looked at Bao Tianming enviously.
Liu Pingkui led a crew to Hawaii for filming a few years ago. Only a few directors could receive such high-level treatment in black and white videos.
Liu Pingkui saw the "Donkey Kong" arcade in Hawaii.
Bao Tianming was a bit unconvinced and said, "Actually, there were still some problems with the early sales of "Donkey Kong" in Europe and the United States."
Zhu Xiaozhao went to Japan a few years ago to check out the operations of Yunhai Chain in Japan. At that time, he also saw that some major cities in Japan also had the game "Donkey Kong".
So Zhu Xiaozhao said with some confusion, "How could it be possible? I remember what Brother Huan said before, first do the European and American markets, and then the Japanese market. Now that this game has entered Japan, how can it be launched in Japan?"
Will there still be problems in Europe and the United States?”
Bao Tianming saw everyone's curious eyes, so he started to tell everyone about the situation of "Donkey Kong" which had just been released in North America.
Time goes back to October last year!
North America, Seattle!
This is located in Washington state in North America.
After Bao Tianming arrived in North America, he first met with several dealers in New York who had made appointments before, and then he began to lead the company's team to market in North America.
The Caribbean Bar is the largest bar in Seattle. Before arcades were officially popular, many arcade games were actually placed in the bar for guests to play.
This was the case with the earliest PO.
"Manager, this is the largest bar in Seattle, Flame Bar!"
A total of one hundred people came to North America with Bao Tianming, including master negotiators, translators, marketing experts, and of course, local North American employees.
The entire team was divided into fifteen groups by Bao Tianming, with ten people in each group, responsible for various cities in North America.
Bao Tianming came to Seattle with a team.
The first bar they visited today was Flame Bar, the largest bar in Seattle.
The group of ten people was divided into three teams, and they went to different places, some were bars, some were university campuses, and some were going to other places.
Bao Tianming chose the hardest bone to crack.
Pushing the door and walking in, you will see a slightly dim bar environment with different kinds of customers. There is also a billiards table in the middle of the bar, and several bikers are playing billiards.
When Bao Tianming and others came in, no one paid much attention.
Bao Tianming didn't pay attention to the situation at the scene. He led his team straight to the bar and found the boss here through the waiter.
"Haha, did you hear that this person from Xiangjiang actually wants to sell their arcade machines? Have you ever heard that there are arcade machines in Xiangjiang?"
After hearing Bao Tianming's intention, Nick Yang, the owner of Lieyan Bar, couldn't help laughing loudly.
The guests at the bar were obviously familiar with Nick Young. After hearing what Nick Young said, they all made mocking sounds.
Facing the laughter of these people, Bao Tianming didn't care much. It would be strange if this kind of thing went smoothly!
"Mr. Nick Young, although our company is only a newly established game company, we are very confident in this game, and we have spent 11.3 billion US dollars in research and development expenses for this game. This is definitely a world leader.
game!"
Bao Tianming also included production costs.
When Nick Yang heard that Bao Tianming said that their game actually cost 11.3 billion US dollars in research and development expenses, not only was he not surprised, but he laughed even louder.
"I thought only Japan likes to brag, but I didn't expect that you people in Hong Kong would also brag? With 11.3 billion US dollars, this could even buy Atari."
Bao Tianming continued to persuade, "If Mr. Nick Young doesn't believe it, you can put two machines here and let your guests or yourself try it. I believe that Mr. Nick Young will believe what I say by then."
It’s over!”
"Fart, what do you think my Flame Bar is? This is the best bar in Seattle, and the people who can enter here are also the best arcade games in North America. Just your Wolf Smoke game, you also want to put your machine at my place.
It's simply an idiot's dream.
Don’t think that I don’t know what you think. I just want to use our Flame Bar to advertise, and then tell other stupid bar owners that our Flame Bar also displays your arcade games to open up your arcade games.
market."
Nick Young thinks he has seen it all.
Facing the opponent's bad attitude, Bao Tianming remained unmoved and just wanted to continue fighting. However, Nick Young obviously did not want to give Bao Tianming this opportunity.
After the reprimand, people directly drove Bao Tianming and others out!
Standing at the door of Lieyan Bar, Bao Tianming looked helpless, "It's a bad start!"
After sighing, Bao Tianming regained his energy and said, "Let's go to the next bar. I believe Nick Young will come to us soon!"
Then they came to the Caribbean Bar, which is not far from the Flame Bar. The Flame Bar is the largest bar in Seattle, so the Caribbean Bar is the second largest bar in Seattle!
The owner of the Caribbean Bar is a white man named Randall.
“We don’t have arcade games from Hong Kong people here!”
After Randall learned that Bao Tianming was selling arcade machines, he made the same decision as Nick Young and immediately stated that he did not need Xiangjiang's games.
But the other party's attitude was much better than Nick Young's.
Bao Tianming didn't change his face when he faced Nick Young, let alone Randall, who had a more harmonious attitude.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Mr. Randall, our arcade machine does not cost money, it just needs to be placed with you. It only takes two days. If it takes two days,
Since no one is playing this game, we will remove our machines and pay you for two days!"
Bao Tianming expressed his meaning to Randall through a translator.
The reason why Bao Tianming did this was not because he believed how fun the game "Donkey Kong" was, but because he simply believed in Chu Huan's judgment.
Chu Huan said that this game would be popular in Europe and America, so Bao Tianming believed that this game would definitely be popular in Europe and America.
Of course, this is also because of the self-improvement of communication methods after just coming into contact with Nick Young.
That's why Randall was given such generous conditions.
After hearing this, Randall showed a suspicious expression and asked Bao Tianming doubtfully, "You really don't need money?"
"Of course, it's necessary!"
When Bao Tianming saw Randall's interested expression, he immediately spoke with determination.
"Well, if that's the case, your arcade can be left here for two days, but I still have to tell you that no one will play the arcade games in Xiangjiang. It is possible if it is an Atari arcade game!
"
Seeing that these two arcade machines were free of charge, Randall told Bao Tianming more.
In addition, Randall has recently been thinking about putting some arcade machines in his bar. The nearby Flame Bar bought Atari arcade machines, causing many of his bar's customers to go to him.
Originally, he wanted to buy an Atari machine, but thinking about the high price of arcade machines always made him hesitate. But now, someone from a Xiangjiang game company came out of nowhere and came to him.
They are selling arcade machines, so there is no problem in trying them for free.
Although it’s not an Atari game!
At this time, Nintendo and Sega had not yet risen, and Atari was the giant in the game market.
"I don't think you will tell me that in two days!"
Bao Tianming smiled and spoke to Randall.
Randall curled his lips and said nothing more, while Bao Tianming told a subordinate to keep an eye on this place 24 hours a day. He did not believe in the character of these people.
Seeing Bao Tianming's behavior, Randall was speechless for a while.
In fact, not two days later, but only one day, Randall was extremely glad that he did not kick Bao Tianming, the Hong Kong game dealer, out of the door.
"Fck, Joel, how long do you want to play? Do you know that we have been waiting in line for thirty minutes? Do you believe it? If you dare to throw another cent into it, I will blow your head off!"
A strong man wearing a leather jacket and a beard was standing in front of a "Donkey Kong" arcade machine, looking angrily at the man sitting there playing happily.
Joel was weak and did not dare to argue with him. He just murmured, "Qiao Yin has been playing for a long time. Why don't you talk about him?"
The leather-clad man snorted coldly, "Nonsense, am I Qiao Yin's opponent?"
After saying that, he impatiently picked up Joel and threw it aside. Then he proudly took out 25 cents from his pocket and put it in. Donkey Kong appeared. The man in leather clothes laughed "haha" and flexed his wrists.
, proudly said, "Look, I will definitely rescue Pauline!"
Pauline, the heroine in "Donkey Kong".
In less than thirty seconds, the leather-clad man’s Donkey Kong died.
"Geng, I feel that I no longer need to wait another day to make a decision. I can make a decision now!"
Randall stayed in the bar and witnessed firsthand the popularity of the game "Donkey Kong" in his bar. He watched these people throw away 25 cents in less than 30 seconds. When one went in, he knew he had made a profit this time.
A machine costs 50 cents for one minute, 1 dollar for two minutes, and 30 dollars for an hour. The bar's daily operating hours are from 1 pm to 5 am the next day, a total of 16 hours, which means that you can do it by yourself in one day. Earned $480.
The price of a machine is US$2,500. It only takes less than 6 days to make back the cost, and then it’s all money earned!
He seemed to see a steady stream of money entering his pocket in the days to come.
Of course, this is just a fantasy. The real situation should be about 10 days, and you can almost get your money back!
The one who stayed at the Caribbean Bar was Geng Yunzhou from the security department of Jiaku Consulting Company. The most important reason why Geng Yunzhou was sent by Lin Feng to protect Bao Tianming was that Geng Yunzhou was the first bodyguard in Jiaku Consulting Company to master English communication.
Those who come from their hometowns to join the security department of Jiaku Consulting Company must not only continue to maintain their physical fitness here, but also receive some additional training.
Foreign languages are one of them. Being able to master more foreign languages will make their artificial intelligence higher.
At this time, Geng Yunzhou held the beer mug in his hand and said with a smile, "Mr. Randall, our boss will be in Seattle these two days and will not leave. You don't have to worry if you want to see him."
Randall thought that Geng Yunzhou was deliberately manipulating it, and hurriedly said, "I'm anxious. How can I not be anxious? I very much hope to get the ownership of these two machines as soon as possible!"
Geng Yunzhou smiled and said, "Mr. Randall, you misunderstood me. What I mean is, at this time, shouldn't you go and explain to Mr. Nick Yang why your bar suddenly had a problem today?" Got so many guests?”
Randall's eyes lit up. No one in this world could refuse an opportunity to show off.
"Haha, yes, yes, I really should tell Nick Young, after all, we are good friends!"
Geng Yunzhou curled his lips slightly. He heard Randall scold Nick Young 38 times today. If they are friends, then these two people must be a pair of friends who are seriously in love with each other!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Nick Young was feeling a little strange at this time. The guests in his bar left a little early tonight. People often came in and talked to him in the bar. After the guests whispered a few words, they turned around and left together.
What's happening here?
"Phil, it's not even 12 o'clock yet, why are you leaving?"
Nick Young grabbed an old customer and asked curiously. At the same time, he looked at the man next to Phil with an unkind look. It was because he came and said a few words to Phil that Phil was about to leave.
At this time, Phil said with a red face, "Nick, my friend said that there are two very good arcade machines at the Caribbean Bar, so I am going to go over and see what kind of arcade machines my friends can admire so much.
."
"Haha, what do I think? I also have an arcade here, and it's the latest game from Atari. You can play it to your heart's content!" Nick Young said with a smile.
Phil's friend shook his head and said, "It's different. I saw the arcade machine in the Caribbean Bar. It's a completely different kind of arcade game. The graphics are great and it's very interesting. There's no way the arcade machine here can compare with it!"
"
"How is this possible?" Nick Young immediately denied, "What other arcade games do I don't know about?"
"There really is something you don't know!"
At this time, Randall walked in with a proud look on his face.
"Randall, what are you doing here?" Nick Young's expression darkened instantly after seeing Randall.
The two bars are both ranked among the top two in Seattle, and they are so close to each other. It is impossible to say that there is no grudge.
Randall has always wanted to run the Caribbean Bar better than the Flame Bar, but has never found a better way, but today is different. Randall thinks he has found a winning chip.
Looking at the current number of guests at the Flame Bar, you know that your Caribbean Bar has surpassed the other party.
"I didn't do anything. I originally wanted to learn your management style, but I didn't expect that your place isn't as crowded as our Caribbean bar. It seems I'm in the wrong place!"
After Randall said the next sentence, he turned around and left proudly, but just halfway through, he suddenly stopped, then looked at Nick Young with a smile and said, "By the way, you are not welcome to steal from our bar!
"
After saying this, Randall left here laughing.
Sometimes, some things are like this. The less you prevent people from doing things, the more attractive they will be. Now is no exception. The more Randall prevents Nick Young from seeing it, the more Nick Young will
Went to see it.
So just after Randall left the Fire Bar, Nick Young went to the Caribbean Bar and saw the popularity of the two arcade games of "Donkey Kong"!
At the same time, he also saw Geng Yunzhou, who was sitting at the bar and chatting with Randall. He soon recognized that Geng Yunzhou was the person who went to his bar to sell arcade machines with the Xiangjiang man.
Nick Young did not make a judgment immediately, but went to two arcade machines to see what the game was like.
For half an hour, I watched the drunkards sitting in front of the arcade, constantly adding coins into the machine.
Nick Young gets it.
Everything is clear!
It turns out that people in Xiangjiang really know how to play games!
Still such a popular game!
After understanding this, Nick Young's attitude immediately made a 180-degree turn. He wanted to confess Geng Yunzhou as his biological father on the spot.
After seeing this situation, Randall naturally felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and he also understood that Geng Yunzhou's behavior just now was actually to help him promote their game!
But at this time, it’s all in vain to think about it, and with such a popular game, you can’t hide it even if you want to!
Fortunately, Randall believed that he was the first to establish a relationship with Langyan Games, so he should also receive more care.
In fact, Bao Tianming did give Randall an opportunity to make a fortune.
"Mr. Randall, I think you have seen the power of these two arcade machines!"
When Bao Tianming came to the Caribbean Bar for the second time, the treatment he received was completely different. Randall personally served Bao Tianming beer.
"I saw it, I saw it, Mr. Bao, don't worry, I will pay you now!"
Randall hurriedly preached.
"Mr. Randall, this is just a small amount of money. I still have a big-profit business in my hands. I just don't know if you are interested!"
At this time, Randall no longer had any doubts about Bao Tianming, and quickly said, "Mr. Bao, can you please speak?"
"Although these two machines are in your bar and are attracting a lot of money at this time, this kind of money comes slowly."
"No time!" Randall retorted immediately, thinking of the account he had just settled.
Bao Tianming continued to smile and said, "Mr. Randall, you have made a mistake. Now there are only two arcade machines. What if there are ten, twenty, or fifty arcade machines?"
Randall's breathing was a little rapid. One machine can earn 480 US dollars a day. If there are 50 machines, then he can earn 2,400 US dollars a day. Then why should he be a bar!
After being excited, he was also worried. After thinking for a while, Randall immediately thought of the dilemma he was facing and said, "What Mr. Bao said is indeed very attractive, but there are some things that I can't do if I want to. 50
If I have one machine, I don’t have to make a bar, and the cost of these 50 machines alone costs US dollars, which is something I can’t afford.”
Since Bao Tianming raised this matter with the other party, he naturally had a solution and said with a smile.
"In Seattle, Mr. Randall, you are the first one to choose to support our Langyan Games, so we at Langyan Games also hope that Mr. Randall's business will grow bigger and bigger, so we are very willing to support Mr. Randall in expanding his business."
business territory, so we are willing to provide Mr. Randall with two cooperation plans!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Randall became more and more interested and quickly asked, "What plan?"
Bao Tianming had prepared a draft early in the morning and said, "The first cooperation plan is that we, Langyan Games, are willing to provide 50 machines to Mr. Randall for free, but we will take 50% of the sales share of each machine.
"
Randall frowned a little. He had seen the huge profits generated by arcade games, and naturally he was unwilling to share his profits with Wolf Smoke Games.
Bao Tianming didn't pay attention to Randall's expression and continued, "As for the second plan, it is also very simple. We, Langyan Games, will also provide you with 50 machines for free, Mr. Randall, but we do not need a profit share."
, Mr. Randall only needs to increase the purchase price of the arcade machine by 20 and return it to us within 15 days. During this period, the keys to the arcade machine will be kept by us. How about the money and goods are cleared after 15 days?"
After Randall heard this, he chose the second option without even taking any time to think about it!
After seeing Randall's choice, Bao Tianming immediately asked Geng Yunzhou to bring the contract they prepared to Randall for signature. Of course, there were still many details in it.
For example, after Randall's arcade game hall opens, it must unconditionally cooperate with the promotion of new games of Langyan Games.
For example, high liquidated damages!
for example
The two parties understood the terms of the contract word for word, and after Randall understood the meaning, he signed happily.
As for breach of contract, Bao Tianming is not worried. This cooperation is handled by Langyan Games registered in North America. If the other party really dares to breach the contract, Bao Tianming can guarantee that Langyan Games’ legal team can make Randall pay compensation for the rest of his life.
Be a bum!
Not only in Seattle, but also in other cities in North America, this kind of thing is happening constantly.
Therefore, just one "Donkey Kong" not only helped Wolf Smoke Games open up the arcade game market in Europe and the United States, but also initially established its own publicity channels.
Although it's not obvious yet.
After listening to Bao Tianming's description, everyone showed different expressions, and Liu Pingkui asked in confusion.
"Brother Tianming, why are you helping Randall with his business? Since the game "Donkey Kong" is already so popular, there is no need at all?"
Before Bao Tianming could say anything, Chen Haichao had already complained about Liu Pingkui, saying, "You're stupid, Langyan Games is not just releasing "Donkey Kong", there will definitely be countless games released in the future, in various cities in Europe and the United States.
Launching people like Randall is basically the best publicity channel to control the currently immature arcade market. The arcade game hall of Randall and others is likely to become the vane that leads arcade games in the future. Wolf Smoke Games
This is making an early investment!”
"So that's it!" Liu Pingkui suddenly realized, and then said to Bao Tianming, "Brother Tianming, you are so awesome!"
Bao Tianming smiled reservedly at this time and said, "I am a concrete implementer. The really powerful one is A Huan. This method was told to me by A Huan before, and at the time I was still thinking about 100,000 yuan in Europe and the United States."
There are a lot of arcade machines, but I didn’t expect that in just three months, Europe and the United States would have digested these 100,000 units.
Now these two places have each added 20,000 units, and I plan to send the remaining 40,000 units to Europe and the United States in the next few days!"
"That's 140,000 units!" Even Chen Haichao, who was in charge of Kyushu, couldn't help but be surprised after hearing this number.
"I remember when we were in New York, you told me that the profit of each machine was US$1,750, and the previous shipments to Europe and the United States were not 100,000 units, but only one, which is a profit of US$18.3 billion?"
Hearing Chen Haichao's words, Liu Pingkui and Zhu Xiaozhao both showed extremely shocked expressions.
They knew that Chu Huan had invested a total of US$11.3 billion in creating Langyan Games.
Only two months have passed, and it has actually recovered its capital. Not only has it recovered its capital, but it has also made a profit of US$18.3 billion.
And now according to Bao Tianming, there are still 40,000 units that need to be shipped to North America immediately. In other words, if these 40,000 units are also sold, it will be a profit of 70 million US dollars.
If we add the follow-up
The two of them couldn't believe this data.
The gaming industry has always been a hugely profitable industry. Take Atari, for example. In 1972, Atari was officially established. It had been tepid in the past few years. By 1982, Atari relied on the success of the game "Space Invaders".
The game was transplanted to the TR 2600, which caused the sales of the TR 2600, which had always been low in sales, to rapidly increase several times. In just one year, more than 20 million units of the TR 2600 were sold, while the TR 2600 game console had previously sold
The sales volume is only 200,000 to 300,000 units per year, with the most sold in 1981, when 1 million units were sold.
That's because their competitors went bankrupt.
This directly brought Atari's market value to US$15 billion!
And all this relies on just one game, a mediocre game console.
This is why Chu Huan insisted on entering the gaming industry.
This industry is really an industry that prints money!
To be honest, not to mention Zhu Xiaozhao and Liu Pingkui, even Bao Tianming himself couldn't believe this data.
"At the beginning, those dealers didn't believe that the arcade games produced by Xiangjiang had a market in Europe and the United States. It was just that there were no good games in the local arcade game market yet, so they reluctantly ordered some.
But when the game became popular in Randall and others' bar, the situation immediately changed. From point to point, the game "Donkey Kong" took less than three months to become popular throughout Europe and the United States!"
Bao Tianming preached with some excitement.
"By the way, didn't Xiao Zhao just say that he also saw the game "Donkey Kong" in Japan? How is his sales in Japan?"
Liu Pingkui thought of what Zhu Xiaozhao had just said and immediately asked Bao Tianming.