In another time and space, the sales of "Donkey Kong" were overwhelming in Japan. The big reason was that in Japan at that time, arcade games had become popular and people had more choices, so "Donkey Kong" was
The game took off in Japan.
But it's different now.
The arcade game market is currently in its infancy, and no dominant arcade game has yet appeared in Japan, Europe or the United States.
The emergence of "Donkey Kong" just filled this gap.
so
Bao Tianming proudly told Chu Huan, "The sales volume of "Donkey Kong" in Japan has reached 20,000 units in just one month, and we have already received orders for 30,000 units. Now at the factory,
Working urgently!"
"Hey, that's 50,000 units again, which means the game "Donkey Kong" will also earn 87.5 million US dollars in Japan!"
Liu Pingkui never thought that a game could make so much money.
If we only count the European, American and Japanese markets, the game "Donkey Kong" has already brought 340.5 billion US dollars to Langyan Games!
In fact, not only Liu Pingkui, but also Chu Huan did not expect that the sales of the game "Donkey Kong" would be so good in Japan.
Seeing Chu Huan's shocked expression, Bao Tianming became even more excited, saying, "According to the calculations of the company and the people from the Jiaku Operations Department, the game "Donkey Kong" only has 100 million users in arcades."
could bring nearly $700 million in revenue to the company."
Chu Huan has no opinion on the results of this analysis. Now that the game is newly launched, this will definitely be the case. However, with the saturation of the arcade game market in the future, the subsequent earning power of the game will definitely be discounted.
But even so, Chu Huan doesn't really care, because this is just a game, and there are many other games waiting to be developed by Langyan Games.
The most important thing is that arcades are just the beginning. When the technology matures in the future, Langyan Games can be involved in the field of video games and handheld consoles. This is a real cornucopia of money.
Thinking of this, Chu Huan got up and went to the study. From the safe in the study, he took out two arcade game design plans.
After returning to the living room, Chu Huan handed the design plan to Bao Tianming and spoke seriously.
"These are two games I designed in my spare time. After Gunpei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto returned from Japan, I asked Miyamoto to divide the research and development team into two groups and start developing these two games respectively.
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Bao Tianming couldn't sit still when he heard that Chu Huan had designed two more games. He excitedly took over the game design plan from Chu Huan.
Chu Huan was originally researching the game "Donkey Kong", and Bao Tianming wanted to know what kind of surprises Chu Huan had brought to the company.
After Chen Haichao and the others learned about the huge profits brought by the Wolf Smoke game, they also gathered around Bao Tianming, wanting to see what kind of game Chu Huan brought!
""Space Invaders"! "Pac-Man"!" After seeing the names of these two games, Bao Tianming was a little surprised, but he immediately opened the specific design plans inside. After looking at them for a long time, he said, "Although
I can’t judge the market value of these two games yet, but I believe in your ability, Ah Huan!”
Seeing Bao Tianming who believed in him unconditionally, Chu Huan just smiled.
The popularity of these two games can even be said to surpass "Donkey Kong".
"Space Invaders" can be said to have truly opened the golden age of arcades in another time and space. It can also be said to be the first arcade game with dominant significance among arcade games. Later generations used this game as a prototype and derived
There are countless games of the same type.
As for "Pac-Man", it is comparable to "Space Invaders". It was the first arcade game recognized by mainstream culture.
The three arcade machines of the previous "Donkey Kong" and the current "Space Invaders" and "Pac-Man" can basically establish Wolfsmoke Games' dominance in the arcade game market.
"These two games must complete the requirements for launch before this summer vacation, so Brother Tianming, your mission of Langyan Game is very important!"
Chu Huan told Bao Tianming.
Bao Tianming smiled and said, "With the gameplay you designed, Ah Huan, the company is only responsible for the production. It is very simple. Moreover, everyone already has the research and development experience of "Donkey Kong". In six months, there will be no problems!"
Chu Huan Wei Wei first said that game research and development is the largest expenditure for a game company. It is very likely that millions or tens of millions of dollars of research and development expenses are thrown in, and then the developed games have no market value, because for
If you don’t understand the game well, there will be many missteps in the development process.
But now Langyan Games doesn’t have this worry. After all, Chu Huan’s understanding of games is much deeper than that of movies and TV.
By avoiding purposeless research and game research that is not recognized by the market, Langyan Games’ research and development expenses are at least 70% less than other game companies.
This is the advantage of rebirth!
"In the future, the company will have more and more game projects, so the existing R&D team is obviously not enough. I ask the company to do the next three most important things. The first one is to develop the two games I proposed.
, The second thing is to increase the company's R&D personnel. Anyone with talents in Hong Kong, Japan, Europe and the United States can be recruited. In order to better develop new games, game branches can be set up in some major cities."
Faced with Chu Huan's instructions, Bao Tianming said, "There is no problem. After the New Year holiday, I will immediately hold a high-level meeting of the company to announce these two things!"
Liu Pingkui said from the side, "Three things, and there is one thing Brother Huan didn't talk about!"
Bao Tianming glared at Liu Pingkui directly.
Liu Pingkui shrank his neck in embarrassment and showed a flattering smile towards Bao Tianming.
Chu Huan continued, "As for the third thing, I want to transfer Gunpei Yokoi out of the existing game R&D department. In addition, the company will set up a game console R&D center. At this stage, the main research is on video game consoles and handheld consoles.
This department will be headed by Gunpei Yokoi."
When Bao Tianming first heard that Chu Huan was going to transfer Yokoi Gunpei from the game R&D department, he thought it was because Chu Huan thought Yokoi Gunpei was of no use. Only then did he realize that Chu Huan had already set his sights on video game consoles and handheld devices.
It's on the machine.
Since taking charge of Langyan Games, Bao Tianming has also carefully studied the current game market and is no stranger to video game consoles.
That's why he said with some worry, "In 1971, Atari had already developed a video game console OPO, but the final sales volume was only 150,000 units. In 1973, Atari acquired the computer
After the company r, they took over their project and developed a new generation of video game console tl. However, this console is still in the research and development stage and has not been sold to the public. In addition, I also received news that Fairchild Company in North America is also studying them.
TV game console frl f.
As for the handheld console, I haven’t received any news about which game company is developing it.”
Chu Huan said with a smile, "They develop theirs, and we develop ours. Whether it is a TV game console or a handheld console, the core is the playability of the game itself. At this point, we will definitely surpass them. As for the game console itself,
I also believe that we will leave them behind for an era!"
What is the king of video game consoles?
Before the P series came out, it was the Famicom!
What is the overlord of handheld consoles?
wtc and subsequent products boy.
With these three products and the endless stream of games in Chu Huan's head, the only one that will dominate the global gaming industry in the next few decades is Langyan Games. It is impossible for any other game company to challenge Langyan Games' status.
Chen Haichao said from the side, "If this is the case, the later research and development expenses of the Wolf Smoke game will definitely be indispensable?"
Bao Tianming nodded in agreement.
Chu Huan was not worried about this at all, and said with a smile, "I have already told Xu Yi about the three projects of game development, video game console development, and handheld console development. The company will leave 100 million US dollars to Langyan Games."
R&D expenses.”
When Bao Tianming heard that there were 200 million US dollars in research and development expenses, he immediately laughed and said, "If that's the case, we won't have any problems here."
As long as the money is in place, everything will be easy!
Liu Pingkui slumped down on the sofa and murmured, "It's over. Brother Tianming is now in charge of Langyan Games. Haichao has Jiuzhou Electronics and Xiaozhao also has Yunhai Chain. Compared with you, why do I feel like I'm a waste?"
?”
Chen Haichao and others looked at Liu Pingkui and smiled. Even Zhu Xiaozhao joked, "Brother Huan asked you if you wanted to do something before, but you kept saying you didn't want to do it!"
Bao Tianming also laughed and said, "How about you see what you want to do, and everyone will invest in you!"
Bao Tianming, Chen Haichao, and Zhu Xiaozhao all share the company's profits, and are now fully wealthy people.
Liu Pingkui immediately waved his hand and said, "Don't, that's what I just said. I heard Brother Huan talk about the salted fish theory before. I think being a salted fish is pretty good. Don't find something to do for me!"
Everyone also knew what Liu Pingkui was thinking, so when they heard what he said, they didn't say much.
Liu Pingkui looked at Chen Haichao curiously and asked, "Haichao, I think the new product Kyushu Walkman from Kyushu is pretty good. Now many female stars in the crew have one. They use it to listen to music when they have nothing to do. The sales are definitely
It’s also very good, right?”
Chen Haichao nodded and said, "The sales volume is indeed very good. In three months, the sales volume of Walkman reached 50,000 units in Japan, 100,000 units in Europe and the United States, and 50,000 units in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. If we add more
Looking at the sales in other regions around the world, in three months, Jiuzhou Walkman sold a total of 400,000 units, and this is just the beginning. Now this product has gained a lot of popularity among teenagers, and the sales curve is also
It has been on an upward trend, and if this trend continues, monthly sales are likely to exceed 1 million units."
"I'm numb. I'm really numb. Brother Huan, why don't we go to the hospital to test our relationship? Maybe I'm your long-lost brother!"
After Liu Pingkui heard this amount, he once again chose to lie down.
The profit of a Walkman is 420 Hong Kong dollars, and 400,000 units are equivalent to 16.8 billion Hong Kong dollars. If it is true that the sales volume per month will exceed 1 million units according to what Chen Haichao said, then the profit will be 4.2 billion Hong Kong dollars per month.
profit!
It is understandable that Liu Pingkui chose to lie down and admit his pain.
Chu Huan once again stimulated Liu Pingkui and said, "One million units is definitely not the final sales volume of the Walkman. With the subsequent updates of the Walkman and the improvement of people's consumption levels, I think the monthly sales volume of the Walkman is likely to exceed 3 million units."
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Chu Huan's speculation is not unfounded. According to later data, a total of 2.2 billion units of Sony brand Walkmans have been sold, not to mention Walkmans of other brands.
Kyushu Walkman only sold 30,000 units in Japan in the first two months. When people began to accept this product later, it naturally led to an increase in sales of this product.
In addition, don’t forget that Jiuzhou Electronics also has a big killer of Brother Audio and Video. With this big killer, it will be enough to make the sales of Jiuzhou Walkman surpass Sony in another time and space and climb to a new height.
In addition, with the popularity of Kyushu Walkman, there is also a derivative profitable product.
Music tape!
Kyushu is still the largest manufacturer in the world, and the profits it will bring in the future will definitely not be smaller than those of video tapes.
Therefore, this product, for a long time in the future, will be like Jiuzhou video recorder, bringing more than one billion profits to Jiuzhou every month!
"No, go to the hospital now, I can't wait for the check-up!" Liu Pingkui stood up on the sofa, dragging Chu Huan to go out.
"Okay, stop making trouble!"
Zhu Xiaozhao pulled Liu Pingkui away and patted his shoulder with a smile, causing Liu Pingkui's fat body to sway.
Chen Haichao said to Chu Huan, "Brother Huan, if it really reaches the scale you mentioned, I think the factory needs to be expanded. But this time I don't want to build a factory in Hong Kong anymore, but in Taiwan."
Build factories in Southeast Asia!”
The scale of Kyushu is no longer suitable for expansion in Hong Kong. If this continues, sooner or later the Hong Kong government will be concerned about it. Moreover, after entering 1976, the labor force in Hong Kong has not increased by percentage, but doubled. If
Continuing to build factories in Xiangjiang will only increase Kyushu's costs.
Chen Haichao had told Chu Huan about this matter before, but now it was just an old matter again.
After a period of consideration, Chu Huan no longer had any objection to Chen Haichao's suggestion and said, "Just do what you said!"
Seeing that Chu Huan had no objection, Chen Haichao immediately nodded and said, "I will do this after the Gregorian New Year."
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Chu Huan frowned slightly.
Then Chen Haichao suddenly laughed and said, "Brother Huan, you just gave Brother Tianming two game design plans, and at the same time gave you a new product development direction. Now you can't treat Kyushu favorably. Can you also set a product development plan for us?"
direction?"
What is the most important thing about a technology company?
It’s not that they developed a hit product, but that they have continuous innovation capabilities and a steady stream of new products.
Although Kyushu seems to be very powerful now, it still lacks a certain foundation, which requires a steady stream of new products to be produced.
As for the future development direction of Jiuzhou, Chu Huan already has his own plans.
However, after Chen Haichao asked, Chu Huan still did not answer Chen Haichao immediately, but asked him, "What are your thoughts?"
Chen Haichao said, "I basically spent last year in Europe and North America. I looked at the technology market there and thought that the computer market has great potential in the future."
"Do you mean a mainframe computer or a personal computer?"
Chu Huan continued to ask.
Chen Haichao smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "We can't compete with B in large-scale computers. What I mean is in the field of personal computers. Currently, there is no well-established company in the field of personal computers. The market that B focuses on has always been large-scale computers."
Computers, so if we enter at this time, it can definitely be profitable!”
When he said the last words, Chen Haichao looked very excited.
Chu Huan smiled. Personal computers indeed had a glorious period. In another year, Apple's PPL 2 will be launched, which will instantly push this company founded with only 1,300 US dollars to glory.
But once the B-compatible machine comes out, there will basically be no profit in the personal computer business.
But that is also a matter for the future.
Just because this project won't make money in the future, you can't stop doing it now.
If you put it this way, the video recorders and walkmans currently produced by Jiuzhou will be eliminated in the future, but they will still bring huge profits to themselves now.
"Since you already have an idea, you must have calculated the R&D budget, right?" Chu Huan asked Chen Haichao with a smile.
Chen Haichao nodded and said, "It will cost almost 10 million US dollars. At the same time, if we get involved in the computer industry, the main problem is that Brother Audio and Video may not be able to provide unique sales channels for our computer products, so we may still need
Setting up a specialty store for this type of product will be a huge expense."
Jobs and Wozniak only spent 1,300 US dollars to start Apple. Now Chen Haichao needs 10 million US dollars in research and development costs. However, Chu Huan has no doubt about this. Even if he doesn’t tell himself about this money, Chen Haichao
It also has the authority to invest in research and development.
"Since you want to do it, I have no objection. We will wait until the product is released to discuss the matter of the franchise store. We will develop the product first." Chu Huan just thought about it briefly and agreed with Chen Haichao's idea. Again, there is no need to do it for
Problems that will arise later, and if you give up the current profits, the income brought by the private computer market will definitely be much more than this 10 million US dollars.
Seeing that Chu Huan agreed with his opinion, Chen Haichao looked very excited. Although the previous Walkman was also a project he was responsible for, it was always the product proposed by Chu Huan. Now the personal computer is a product proposed by himself. He is very excited.
Enjoy this sense of accomplishment.
"In addition to personal computers, companies should also target the communications industry!"
This is the opinion given by Chu Huan!
"Japan and Hong Kong now have their own pagers, but not many people in Hong Kong have accepted this business. I think the company should pay attention to the future development of this market, especially the Chinese paging system, which is a top priority.
Heavy."
Pagers have been operating in Hong Kong for almost ten years. It was only in 1988 that Champion Technology launched the first pager. This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.
"In addition, I got news that the Motorola laboratory in Manhattan, New York, studied a mobile phone in 1973. The company should pay more attention to this matter. After achieving certain results in the pager market, it should vigorously promote it.
Through research on mobile phones, I concluded that this will be the largest market in the next few decades."
Chu Huan continued to preach to Chen Haichao.
Chen Haichao nodded, and then said, "Brother Huan, if this is the case, the company's R&D funds will also be increased!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Chu Huan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, didn't you just say that it takes 10 million US dollars to develop a personal computer? Now I will add 90 million US dollars to help you collect 100 million US dollars in research and development expenses."
, if it’s not enough, you can tell me.
In addition, Jiuzhou should now cooperate with well-known universities around the world to establish its own laboratory. In the future, only the mastery of patents and the mastery of future technological development will be the lifeline of a technology company. I will also give you $100 million for this matter.
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Chen Haichao felt a little excited after hearing this, and immediately said, "I understand, brother Huan, don't worry, these two things are the most important to me this year!"
Chu Huan smiled.
Today, the general development plans of Jiuzhou and Langyan for the next five years have basically been decided, and the rest is the detailed operation.
For example, in the future, Kyushu will definitely continue to maintain its leading position in the upgrading of similar products in the two flagship products of video recorders and Walkmans. Of course, it will also prepare for Kyushu franchise stores.
If the computer market can be opened up, it is not impossible to compete with Apple to grab the market. The most important thing is to develop its own operating system in the later stage.
Another example is Wolf Smoke Games. Chu Huan will definitely come up with more games for them to develop in the future, but at the same time, in order to ensure that the company has its own vitality, Chu Huan will also allocate part of the funds to let them develop their own games.
However, these details are definitely not suitable to be discussed here today.
Later, Zhu Xiaozhao also told Chu Huan about the development of Yunhai Chain in Japan.
"For the current Yunhai chain, the real difficulty is not the expansion of our number of stores, but the training of personnel and the establishment of our own logistics."
Zhu Xiaozhao preached to Chu Huan seriously.
Regarding the development of Yunhai Chain, Chu Huan has not used the funds of Yunhai Chain since the establishment of Yunhai Chain. All the funds of Yunhai Chain have been used for development, because Chu Huan requires the store staff of Yunhai Chain to keep up with the service, so every Yunhai chain store
Store clerks in chain stores must undergo a period of training before they can take up their posts.
This is a hard requirement.
In addition, creating your own logistics system is also a troublesome matter.
Chu Huan knew that Zhu Xiaozhao was a little anxious after seeing the development of Jiuzhou and Langyan, so he smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, just do everything step by step. Besides, now Yunhai Chain purchases the properties by itself."
The expenditure on building a store is already very huge, and there are strict time limits, so take your time and don’t rush. I’ll give you two years. After two years, Yunhai Chain’s profits in Japan will be in addition to continuing its own business.
In addition to the expansion in Japan, part of it must be used to expand the market in Taiwan and other parts of Southeast Asia.
In five years, I hope that in five years, Yunhai Chain will be able to complete the layout of the entire Asia!"
Zhu Xiaozhao thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "No problem!"
Liu Pingkui asked weakly, "Brother Huan, can I ask, if we go by what I told you, how much will the entire Yunhai chain cost after it completes its Asian layout?"
At this time, Zhu Xiaozhao was also very proud and said to Liu Pingkui, "Brother Kui, don't talk about Asia, I'm just telling you about our Yunhai Chain's investment in Japan!"
Liu Pingkui nodded blankly and said, "You can tell me to kneel down and listen."
Ignoring Liu Pingkui's antics, Zhu Xiaozhao laughed and said, "According to Brother Huan's requirements, each store in Japan's Yunhai chain should have an area of 2,500 square feet. The current store price in Japan is 700,000 yen per square foot, that is, per square foot."
It is about 20,000 yen, and a Yunhai chain store requires 50 million yen, which is equivalent to about 950,000 Hong Kong dollars. If decoration is included, it takes almost 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars to start a Yunhai chain store.
And Brother Huan has decided to open 4,000 stores in Japan for the Yunhai chain!
In other words, Yunhai Chain’s investment in Japan alone is as high as HK$4.8 billion!”
"Such a high investment?" Liu Pingkui was stunned and then exclaimed.
Because Yunhai chain stores can be found everywhere in Xiangjiang, Liu Pingkui didn't realize how big the investment in a store would be. But now that he heard what Zhu Xiaozhao said, he really knew what the Yunhai chain store Zhu Xiaozhao was responsible for was like.
the point.
Zhu Xiaozhao said, "This is not over yet. You forgot what I just said about equipping Yunhai Chain with their own logistics system. This alone will also require an expenditure of HK$500 million!"
Liu Pingkui murmured, "Is it so exaggerated?"
It’s no exaggeration. The development of 7-11 in Japan took 16 years from the establishment of the first store in 1974 to expand its stores to more than 4,000!
Chu Huan needs to complete this goal in a shorter time!
Only in this way can we form a crushing posture against 7-11!
Then Liu Pingkui couldn't help but ask, "Can we make back our money just like this?"
Zhu Xiaozhao smiled and said, "Of course it's possible. With more and more Yunhai chain stores, the shelving fee for products alone is an astronomical figure. In addition, in Japan, the profits of convenience stores are higher than those in Xiangjiang."
At the same time, they are more accustomed to buying items in convenience stores. The monthly profit of a Yunhai convenience store in Hong Kong is HK$250,000, while the profit of a Yunhai convenience store in Japan is HK$350,000. If the listing fee is added to
If divided equally, each store's monthly profit can basically reach HK$40,000.
With 4,000 stores, the monthly profit is HK$1.6 billion, which is HK$19.2 billion per year. If you add in the increase in land prices, it will be even more terrifying!"
After Liu Pingkui heard this, he squatted directly in front of Zhu Xiaozhao and said, "Mom!"
Zhu Xiaozhao, who looked a little proud just now, suddenly blushed when he heard what Liu Pingkui said.
"Brother Kui!"
Chu Huan kicked Liu Pingkui away, then smiled and said to several people, "In short, business will get better and better in the future, and everyone's life will get better and better."
After a few people nodded, Zhu Xiaozhao asked Chu Huan, "Brother Huan, can we expand the supermarket at the same time?"