Chapter 444 Over 10 billion annual profit (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

  Chu Huan miscalculated one thing!

In another time and space, the sales of "Donkey Kong" hit the streets in Japan. The big reason was that arcade games had become popular in Japan at that time, and people had more choices, so the "Donkey Kong" game The game hit the street in Japan.

   But now it is different.

  Currently, the arcade game market is just in its infancy. No matter whether it is Japan or Europe and the United States, there has not yet appeared a dominant arcade game.

  The emergence of "Donkey Kong" just filled this gap.

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Bao Tianming said to Chu Huan proudly: "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. The side is urgently rushing to work!"

   "Hey, this is another 50,000 units, which means that 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 only the European, American and Japanese markets are counted, the game "Donkey Kong" has brought 340.5 million US dollars to Wolf Smoke Games!

   In fact, not only Liu Pingkui, but even Chu Huan did not expect the sales of the game "Donkey Kong" to be so good in Japan.

Seeing Chu Huan's shocked expression, Bao Tianming became even more excited, and said, "According to the calculations of the company and the people in the Jiaku Operation Department, the game "Donkey Kong" is only on the arcade. Potentially bringing nearly $700 million in revenue to the company.”

   Regarding this analysis result, Chu Huan has no opinion. Now that the game is newly released, it will definitely be like this. 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 didn't care too much, because this is just a game, and there are still many games waiting to be developed by Wolf Smoke Games.

  The most important thing is that the arcade is just the beginning. When the technology matures in the future, Wolf Smoke Games will be able to involve in the field of video games and handhelds. This is a real money-making cornucopia.

  Thinking of this, Chu Huan got up and went to the study. In the safe in the study, he took out two arcade game design plans.

  After returning to the living room, Chu Huan handed the design proposal in his hand to Bao Tianming, and preached earnestly.

"These are two games I designed in my spare time. After Junhei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto returned from Japan, I asked Shigeru Miyamoto to divide the R&D team into two groups and start developing these two games separately. .”

  When Bao Tianming heard that Chu Huan had designed two more games, he couldn't sit still immediately, and excitedly took over the game design from Chu Huan's hands.

   Back then, the game "Donkey Kong" was researched by Chu Huan, and Bao Tianming wanted to know what kind of surprise Chu Huan brought to the company.

   After knowing the huge profits brought by the wolf smoke game, the three of Chen Haichao also came to Bao Tianming's side one after another, 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 reading 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, A 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 that of "Donkey Kong".

"Space Invaders" can be said to have truly opened the golden age of arcades in another time and space, and it can also be said to be the first arcade game with a dominant significance in arcade games. There are countless games of the same style.

  As for "Pac-Man" and "Space Invaders", it is not far behind. This is the first arcade game recognized by mainstream culture.

  The previous "Donkey Kong" plus the current "Space Invaders" and "Pac-Man" can basically establish the dominance of Wolf Smoke Games in the arcade game market.

   "These two games have to complete the listing requirements before this summer vacation, so Brother Tianming, the task of your Wolf Smoke game is very important!"

  Chu Huan told Bao Tianming.

Bao Tianming smiled and said: "A Huan designed the gameplay, the company is only responsible for the production, it is very simple, and everyone has already had the experience in the development of "Donkey Kong", six months, I guarantee there will be no problem! "

Chu Huan slightly raised his forehead. For a game company, game research and development is the biggest expenditure. It is very likely that several million or tens of millions of dollars of research and development expenses will be thrown into it, and then the developed game will have no market value. If you don't understand the game, there will still be a lot of crooked paths in the development process.

  But now Wolf Smoke Games doesn't have this concern. After all, Chu Huan's understanding of games is much deeper than that of movies and TV.

   Avoiding aimless research and game research that is not recognized by the market, the research and development expenses of Wolf Smoke Games 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 thing is to develop the two games I gave. The second thing is to increase the company's R&D personnel, Xiangjiang, Japan, Europe and the United States, as long as they are talents, they can be recruited, and even in order to better develop new games, they can set up game branches in some major cities."

   Facing Chu Huan's exhortation, Bao Tianming said: "There is no problem. After the New Year holiday is over, I will immediately hold a high-level meeting of the company to announce these two matters!"

  Liu Pingkui said from the side: "There are three things, and there is one thing that Brother Huan didn't say!"

  Bao Tianming glared at Liu Pingkui directly.

  Liu Pingkui shrank his neck in embarrassment, and showed Bao Tianming a flattering smile.

Chu Huan continued: "As for the third thing, I will transfer Yokoi Gunhei from the existing game R&D department, and 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 Junpei Yokoi."

Bao Tianming first heard that Chu Huan was going to transfer Junping Yokoi from the game R&D department. He thought it was because Chu Huan thought that Junping Yokoi was useless. Only then did he realize that Chu Huan had already set his sights on video game consoles and handheld games. on the machine.

  Since taking charge of the Wolf Smoke game, Bao Tianming has also seriously studied the current game market, and is no stranger to video game consoles.

That's why I said with some worry: "In 1971, Atari had already developed a video game console HomePong, but the final sales volume was only 150,000 units. In 1973, Atari acquired the computer After the company CyanEngineering took over their project, they developed a new generation of video game console Stella, but now this console is still in the research and development stage and has not been sold publicly. In addition, I also received news that Fairchild in North America is also researching them. TV game console FairChildChannelF.

   As for the handheld, I haven't heard the news that the game company is developing it yet. "

Chu Huan said with a smile: "They develop theirs, we develop ours, whether it is a video game console or a handheld, the core is the playability of the game itself. In this regard, we will definitely surpass them. As for the game console For our own comfort, I also believe that we will leave them behind by an era!"

  What is the overlord of video game consoles?

   Before the PS series came out, it was a red and white machine!

  What is the overlord of the handheld?

  Game&Watch and the follow-up product GameBoy.

  With these three products and the endless stream of games in Chu Huan’s head, the overlord of the global game industry in the next few decades can only be Wolf Smoke Games, and it is impossible for other game companies to challenge the status of Wolf Smoke Games.

  Chen Haichao said from the side: "If this is the case, the research and development expenses in the later stage of Wolf Smoke game must 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 that the company will leave 100 million US dollars for the three projects of game development, video game console development, and handheld development. research and development costs.”

  Bao Tianming immediately laughed when he heard that there was a research and development cost of 200 million U.S. dollars: "If that's the case, we won't have any problems here."

  As long as the money is in place, everything will be easy to handle!

Liu Pingkui sat slumped on the sofa and murmured: "It's over, Brother Tianming is in charge of the Wolf Smoke game now, Haichao has Kyushu Electronics, and Xiao Zhao also has Yunhai Chain. Compared with you guys, why do I feel like I'm a waste? gone?"

  Chen Haichao and others looked at Liu Pingkui and smiled. Even Zhu Xiaozhao joked: "Brother Huan asked you if you want to do something, but you kept saying you didn't want to do it!"

  Bao Tianming also laughed and said, "Why don't you see what you want to do, and everyone will invest in you!"

  Bao Tianming, Chen Haichao, and Zhu Xiaozhao all have a share of the company's profits, and they are now properly rich people.

  Liu Pingkui immediately waved his hand and said, "Don't, that's what I said just now. I heard Brother Huan talk about the theory of salted fish before. I think it's pretty good to be a salted fish. Don't find me something to do!"

  Everyone knew what Liu Pingkui was thinking, and 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 actresses in the crew have one, and they use it to listen to songs when they are free. It must be very good, right?"

Chen Haichao nodded and said: "The sales volume is indeed very good. In three months, the sales volume of Walkmans in Japan has reached 50,000 units, 100,000 units in Europe and the United States, and 50,000 units in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Including sales in other parts of the world, Kyushu Walkmans sold a total of 400,000 units in three months, and this is just the beginning. Now this product has gained a lot of popularity among young people, and the sales curve It has also 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 hearing the number, Liu Pingkui chose to lie flat again.

The profit of a walkman is 4.20 Hong Kong dollars, 400,000 units, or 168 million Hong Kong dollars. If the monthly sales will exceed 1 million units according to what Chen Haichao said, then it will be 420 million Hong Kong dollars per month. profit!

   Liu Pingkui's choice to lie flat and accept the numbness is understandable.

Chu Huan stimulated Liu Pingkui again and said: "1 million units is definitely not the final sales volume of Walkmans. With the upgrade of Walkmans and the improvement of people's consumption level, I think the monthly sales volume of Walkmans is very likely to exceed 3 million units. tower."

  Chu Huan’s speculation is not unfounded. According to the data of later generations, the Sony brand alone has sold a total of 220 million units of Walkmans, not to mention other brands of Walkmans.

  Kyushu Walkman only sold 30,000 units in Japan in the first two months. After people began to accept this product, the sales of this product will naturally increase.

   In addition, don’t forget that Kyushu Electronics also has a big brother audio-visual weapon in its hands. With this big killer, it is enough to make the sales of Kyushu Walkman surpass Sony in another time and space, and climb to a new height.

   In addition, with the popularity of Kyushu Walkman, there is a derivative profitable product.

  Music tapes!

   Kyushu is still the largest manufacturer in the world, and the profits it will bring in the future will definitely not be smaller than video tapes.

  So this product, for a long period of time in the future, will be like the Kyushu video recorder, bringing Kyushu more than one billion profits every month!

   "No, go to the hospital now, I can't wait for the examination!" Liu Pingkui stood up on the sofa, dragging Chu Huan to go out.

   "Okay, stop making trouble!"

  Zhu Xiaozhao pulled Liu Pingkui away, and slapped him on the shoulder with a smile, which directly caused the fat on Liu Pingkui's body to shake.

Chen Haichao said to Chu Huan: "Brother Huan, if it really reaches the scale you mentioned, I think the scale of the factory will have to be expanded, but this time I don't want to build a factory in Xiangjiang, but in Taiwan Island Build factories with Southeast Asia!"

The scale of Kyushu is no longer suitable for expansion in Xiangjiang. If it continues like this, it will be taken into consideration by the Hong Kong government sooner or later. Moreover, after 76 years, the labor force of Xiangjiang has not increased by a percentage, but doubled. If Continuing to build a factory in Xiangjiang will only increase the cost of Kyushu.

  Chen Haichao told Chu Huan about this matter before, but now it's just a rehash of the past.

  After thinking about it for a period of time, Chu Huan had no objection to Chen Haichao's suggestion, and said, "Just do what you say!"

   Seeing that Chu Huan had no objection, Chen Haichao nodded immediately and said, "Then I will do this after the lunar new year."

  Chu Huan nodded slightly.

Then Chen Haichao suddenly smiled 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 more favorably than others, can you also give us a product development plan? direction?"

   What is the most important thing about a technology company?

   It is not that they have developed a hot product, but their continuous innovation ability and the continuous release of new products.

  Although the current Kyushu seems to be very powerful, it still lacks a certain foundation, which requires a steady stream of new products to be produced.

  As for the future development direction of Kyushu, 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 own thoughts?"

  Chen Haichao said: "I basically spent last year in Europe and North America. I took a look at the technology market there and thought that the computer market will have great potential in the future."

   "So do you mean a mainframe computer or a personal computer?"

  Chu Huan continued to ask.

Chen Haichao laughed at himself, and said: "We must not be able to compete with IBM for large-scale computers. What I mean is to make private computers. Now there is no established company in the field of private computers. The market that IBM values ​​has always been Large computers, so if we enter at this time, it will definitely be profitable!"

  When it was the last time, Chen Haichao seemed very excited.

  Chu Huan smiled. Personal computers really had a glorious time. In a year, Apple’s Apple II will be launched, which will instantly push this company created with only 1,300 dollars to glory.

   But once IBM's compatible computers came out, there was basically no profit in the private computer segment.

  But that is for the future.

   You can’t just stop doing this project now because it won’t make money in the future.

  If you say this, the VCRs and Walkmans produced by Kyushu will be eliminated in the future, but they still don’t delay the huge profits they are now making.

   "Since you already have an idea, you must have calculated the research and development 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 may not be able to provide a unique sales channel for our computer products, so it may not be possible at that time. It will be a huge expense to set up a franchise store for this type of product.”

Jobs and Wozniak only used 1,300 US dollars to start Apple, but now Chen Haichao needs 10 million US dollars in research and development costs. However, Chu Huan has no doubts about this. It also has the authority to invest in research and development.

"Since you want to do it, I have no objection. We will talk about the franchise store after the product comes out, and develop the product first." Chu Huan just thought about it briefly, and then agreed with Chen Haichao's idea. Given the problems that will arise later, and giving up the immediate profits, the revenue brought by the private computer market must be much more than the 10 million US dollars.

Seeing that Chu Huan agreed with his opinion, Chen Haichao seemed very excited. Although the previous Walkman was also a project he was in charge of, it was always Chu Huan who proposed this product. Now the personal computer is a product proposed by himself. Enjoy this sense of accomplishment.

   "In addition to personal computers, the company should also target the communication industry!"

   This is Chu Huan's opinion!

"Japan and Xiangjiang now have their own pagers, but this business has not been accepted by many people in Xiangjiang. I think the company should pay attention to the future development of this market, especially the Chinese paging system. Heavy."

   Pagers have been operating in Xiangjiang for more than ten years. Only in 1988, Champion Technology launched the first pager, which is simply ridiculous.

"In addition, I got news that Motorola Labs in Manhattan, New York, researched a mobile phone in 1973. The company should pay more attention to this matter, and after achieving certain results in the pager market, it must vigorously promote it. The study of mobile phones, I conclude 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 research and development funds will also increase!"

  Chu Huan waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about that, didn't you just say that you need 10 million US dollars to develop a personal computer, and now I will add 90 million US dollars to help you make up 100 million US dollars for research and development. If it is not enough, you can tell me.

In addition, Kyushu should now cooperate with well-known universities around the world to establish its own laboratory. In the future, only the mastery of patents and future technological development is the lifeline of a technology company. I will also give you 100 million US dollars for this matter . "

  Chen Haichao was a little emotional, and immediately said: "Understood, Brother Huan, don't worry, my most important things this year are these two things!"

  Chu Huan smiled.

   Today, the general development plan of Kyushu and Wolf Smoke for the next five years has basically been decided, and the rest is the details.

  For example, in the future, Kyushu will definitely continue to take the lead in the upgrading of the two leading products of video recorders and Walkmans. Of course, we must also prepare for Kyushu franchise stores.

  If the computer market can be opened, it is not impossible to grab the market with Apple. 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 the company's own vitality, Chu Huan will also allocate part of the funds to let them develop games by themselves.

  However, these details are definitely not suitable for talking about here today.

  After that, Zhu Xiaozhao also told Chu Huan about the development of Yunhai Chain in Japan.

   "For the current Yunhai Chain, the real difficulty is not our expansion of the number of stores, but the training of personnel and the establishment of our own logistics."

  Zhu Xiaozhao seriously preached to Chu Huan.

With regard to the development of Yunhai Chain, Chu Huan has not used the funds of Yunhai Chain since the establishment of Yunhai Chain, all of them have been used for development. Chain clerks are trained for a period of time before they can start working.

  This is a hard requirement.

  In addition, it is to create your own logistics system, which is also a troublesome thing.

Chu Huan knew that Zhu Xiaozhao was a little anxious after seeing the development of Jiuzhou and Wolfyan, so he said with a smile: "It's okay, everything will be done step by step. Besides, Yunhai Chain is buying properties by itself now. To build a store by yourself, the expenditure on this item is already very huge, and the time has also been strictly regulated, so don’t worry about taking it slowly. I will give you two years. After two years, Yunhai Chain’s profits in Japan will not only be continued In addition to the expansion in Japan, part of it will be used to expand the markets of Taiwan Island and Southeast Asia.

  Five years, I hope that after five years, Yunhai Chain can complete the layout of the entire Asia! "

  Zhu Xiaozhao thought for a while, nodded, and said, "No problem!"

  Liu Pingkui asked weakly from the side: "Brother Huan, can I ask, if you calculate it according to what I told you, how much will the entire Yunhai chain complete its Asian layout?"

  Zhu Xiaozhao also proudly said to Liu Pingkui at this time: "Brother Kui, don't talk about Asia, I just want to tell you about our Yunhai Chain's investment in Japan!"

   Liu Pingkui nodded blankly, and said, "You can tell me, let me kneel and listen."

Ignoring Liu Pingkui's mischief, Zhu Xiaozhao said with a smile: "According to Brother Huan's request, each store of Yunhai Chain in Japan should have an area of ​​2,500 square feet. Now the store in Japan is 700,000 yen per ping, that is, every ping The square foot is about 20,000 yen, and a Yunhai chain store needs 50 million yen, equivalent to about 950,000 Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong dollars. If decoration is added, it will cost about 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars to start a Yunhai chain store. .

  And Brother Huan has set up 4,000 stores for Yunhai Chain in Japan!

  That is to say, the investment of Yunhai Chain in Japan alone is as high as 4.8 billion Hong Kong dollars! "

   "Such a high investment?" Liu Pingkui was stunned, and then exclaimed.

Because in Xiangjiang, Yunhai chain can be seen everywhere now, so Liu Pingkui didn't think how much investment would be in a store, but now he heard what Zhu Xiaozhao said, and now he really knows what the Yunhai chain in charge of Zhu Xiaozhao has become. the point.

  Zhu Xiaozhao said: "This is not the end, you forgot what I just said to equip Yunhai Chain with their exclusive logistics system. This item alone also requires an expenditure of 500 million Hong Kong dollars!"

   Liu Pingkui murmured, "Is it so exaggerated?"

   It’s not an exaggeration. The development of 7-11 in Japan, from the establishment of the first 7-11 in 1974 to 1990, it took 16 years to expand its stores to more than 4,000!

  Chu Huan wants 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 asking: "Is it just this way that can pay back?"

Zhu Xiaozhao smiled, and said: "Of course it is possible. With more and more stores in the Yunhai chain, just the shelf fee for the goods is an astronomical sum. In addition, in Japan, the profit of convenience stores is higher than that of Xiangjiang. At the same time, they are more accustomed to buying items in convenience stores. The monthly profit of a Yunhai convenience store in Xiangjiang is 25,000 Hong Kong dollars, while the profit of a Yunhai convenience store in Japan is 35,000 Hong Kong dollars. If the fees are spread evenly, basically the monthly profit of each store can reach 40,000 Hong Kong dollars.

  With 4,000 stores, the monthly profit is 160 million Hong Kong dollars, and the annual profit is 1.92 billion Hong Kong dollars. If you add the increase in land prices, it will be even more terrifying! "

   After listening, Liu Pingkui squatted in front of Zhu Xiaozhao, "Mom!"

   Zhu Xiaozhao, who seemed a little proud just now, 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, the business will get better and better in the future, and everyone's life will also get better and better."

  After several people nodded, Zhu Xiaozhao asked Chu Huan: "Brother Huan, can we expand the supermarket at the same time?"

   Continue to code words~~~~~

  

  

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