Fast forward to September, with the cooperation of a group of engineers, and using the gambling machine bought from RB as a reference, Midea Electronics quickly made five prototypes.

After the machine came out, a lot of tests were needed, so all the employees ran over to play when they had nothing to do, testing various probabilities and playability.

"Give these toy drawings to Yao Mingcheng and register a patent around the world. In the office, Xu Zhi handed a stack of papers to Lin Siqi.

Lin Siqi nodded: "Okay." ”

Lin Xuefei, who was sitting on the side, said: "Xu Sheng, the crane machine is basically almost completed, and now we use the traditional relay control system, but only by using relay components imported from Japan and Germany, the effect can meet your requirements, but the cost is a bit high." ”

Xu Zhi asked: "Can these electrical components be purchased directly from the manufacturer?"

Lin Xuefei shook his head: "Major companies have general agents in every place, and it is the same here in Xiangjiang, bypassing them to buy them by themselves, unless the amount is really very large, otherwise it is impossible"

Xu Zhi nodded, and asked again: "Will it be much cheaper to use a circuit board?"

Lin Xuefei said: "If we produce in large quantities in the future, the circuit board will be much cheaper, but there is a problem with the circuit board, that is, there is no manufacturer in Xiangjiang that can do it, and this is not a standard circuit board, we have to go to RB to customize it, so if the production volume is not enough, it is not cost-effective." ”

The industry on this side of Xiangjiang is dominated by light industry, basically without technical content, and the industry of Xiangjiang at this time exports the most garments, textiles, electronic products, watches and plastic products.

Why have these industries been able to develop? In fact, it is very simple, that is, these are the light industries of light industry, and the factories in Xiangjiang are mainly office buildings, and the slightly complex production lines are not suitable for this environment at all.

Strictly speaking, the circuit board production line is not a heavy industry, but it has extremely high environmental requirements (particulate matter), and is not suitable for the office building model, and more importantly, it has high technical content and high investment costs, and there is no such company in Xiangjiang.

There are some over there, but the electronics industry there is still in its infancy, and the technology is still unstable.

Xu Zhidao: "Then use relay control first, and then look at the market development, if the market is big enough, we will make circuit boards, now the company has just started, there is no need to be in place at one time." By the way, how's the factory ready?"

Lin Siqi replied: "Qin Gong has already debugged some equipment over there, and almost 20 employees have been recruited. ”

Because it is a new concept of product, the crane machine has long been invented, Xu Zhi just changed the use, so legally speaking, there is no patent at all, what is grabbed is a first opportunity, how much market can be won on a chance, and then you have to rely on real skills, so the factory can not be outsourced for the time being, and can only do it yourself.

Fortunately, Xu Zhi's idea is to build only an assembly company, all the materials needed for the crane machine are purchased from the outside, at this moment Xiangjiang is a small light industry and electronic time factory, what kind of products can be bought, and some products that need to be customized such as shells, tracks, etc. can also be found by manufacturers.

Of course, these Xu Zhi are also asked, although he is the boss, but these too detailed things still don't care too much, people's energy is limited after all.

But counting the rental of factories, plant renovation, equipment purchase and research and development, the funds on Midea's account fell very quickly.

After Lin Xuefei and other technicians left, Xu Zhi asked, "Hasn't the dividend from Jiahe still been called?"

Lin Siqi shook his head and said, "Yao Dazheng has asked a few times, but the other party has been dragging it out, and has been urging us to reach an agreement with Jiahe as soon as possible." ”

Golden Harvest's agreement naturally hopes that Xu Zhi's Changxing Company will become a satellite subsidiary of Golden Harvest.

Before Zou Wenhuai established Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers Films was dominant, and all actors, directors, and producers were equivalent to workers in the production line, and at most they would be rewarded with a big red envelope when the box office exploded, so that many really capable people were trapped in this mode and couldn't make money.

After Li Xiaolong failed in Hollywood in the United States, he returned to Xiangjiang and wanted to serve Shaw Brothers, but the negotiation completely collapsed because of the price, and Golden Harvest took the initiative to find it and proposed a sharing model, which led to the popularity of the Tangshan brother later.

After that, Li Xiaolong set up his own film company and cooperated with Golden Harvest.

But at that time, it was still a mode of cooperation, and later Golden Harvest became stronger, and basically cooperation became refuge.

According to the agreement proposed by Golden Harvest to Changxing Company, all films of Changxing Company need the consent of Golden Harvest, and then each party invests in half, and the Golden Harvest family is responsible for the release and overseas distribution after filming, and the films that Golden Harvest is not optimistic about, Changxing can invest by itself, but the distribution still has to be operated by Golden Harvest.

This routine is simply a delicacy for stars or directors who have always been accustomed to the Shaw Brothers assembly line, although a movie can only get two or three percent of the profit in the end, but it is much better than taking a dead salary and a red envelope.

However, Xu Zhi obviously refused to agree, Yao Mingcheng negotiated several times on behalf of Changxing and completely broke down, and after Jiahe received overseas dividends, he refused to send the money to Changxing according to the original agreement.

Xu Zhi naturally knew the reason behind it, and said to Lin Siqi: "You ask Yao Mingcheng to come over, let's go to the Golden Harvest headquarters together, and ask him to bring a copy over." ”

Lin Siqi asked, "What copy?"

Xu Zhi smiled: "You just tell him like this, Yao Mingcheng knows what it is." ”

Lin Siqi agreed, and soon made a phone call.

After an hour, Yao Mingcheng came downstairs, and the three of them set off together.

Xu Zhi pointed to the way and said with a smile: "Go this way, go to the factory first, and then have a meal and then go to Jiahe, otherwise the time is too embarrassing, we are going to ask for money, it is estimated that Zou Wenhuai will not be so generous to invite us to dinner." ”

Yao Mingcheng said with a smile: "Okay, by the way, Xu Sheng, South Korea and the United States have information, South Korea bid 3 million Hong Kong dollars, asking to buy out all the screenings and videotapes of Drunken Boxing, and the United States has not talked about the release, and their theaters do not accept our Xiangjiang movies at all, but there is a company that is willing to sell the videotapes of Drunken Boxing in areas where Chinese people gather in the United States, but they are only willing to pay 200,000 US dollars." ”

Xu Zhidao: "Drunken Boxing has a box office of more than $6 million at RB, and the Koreans are too stingy, only 3 million Hong Kong dollars. ”

Yao Mingcheng said: "Yes, I also said so, but South Korea's economy is far inferior to RB, and it may be difficult to use RB as a reference." ”

"Fart!" Xu Zhi couldn't help but complain in his heart, South Korea's economy is indeed far inferior to RB at this time, but South Korea's movie playback is very strange.

In Xiangjiang, no matter how popular a movie is, it is unlikely that it will be released for more than a month, but a Korean movie will be shown for half a year, so in real history, the box office of Drunken Fist in South Korea is almost more than 6 million US dollars, which is similar to RB.

But then again, it is true that they have been using their theaters for a long time, otherwise the box office would not be like this.

After thinking about it, Xu Zhi said: "If you go and talk about it again, it will be almost the same if you add a little more! As for the United States, I won't talk about it, they are too insincere." ”

Yao Mingcheng said: "Okay, I understand. ”

The three of them quickly entered the factory, which was a twelve-story office building, and Xu Zhi's factory was on the sixth floor. In fact, the first layer is the best, but the good ones are not only expensive, but also rare, and they can't be found in a short period of time.

The equipment in the plant has almost been completed, all kinds of wires and gas circuits have been done, and the industrial office building has an advantage, that is, many resources are shared, such as this high-pressure gas, if it is a separate factory, the investment in buying air compressors alone will give Xu Zhi a headache.

Huo Haiqing, as a mechanical engineer, has been arranged as the director of the workshop, and when he saw Xu Zhi and his party coming in, he came over and said: "Xu Sheng, look, this side of the exhaust circuit is where we installed it, and that side is the warehouse ............."

After listening to the introduction, Xu Zhi asked, "How many units can be produced a day at present?" ”

Huo Haiqing said: "If all the accessories are complete, it is estimated that 3-5 units can be produced a day now, mainly because the personnel are not familiar with it, and after a period of stability, it should be able to guarantee 15-20 units a day, of course, more people are needed." However, because of the space here, it is difficult to upgrade it unless the area is increased or a new workshop is built. ”

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Let's talk about it later, we are responsible for the market, and Huo Sheng, you are responsible for quality control, so that we have no worries." ”

"Okay, no problem. Huo Haiqing assured with a smile.

Xu Zhi walked around the workshop for a while and said, "Huo Sheng, let's eat with us, you've worked hard during this time." ”

In order to prepare the workshop in advance, Huo Haiqing has stayed up late for several nights to work overtime until ten o'clock, and the hard work can be imagined.

Huo Haiqing smiled: "Okay, I know there is a hot pot restaurant nearby, what does Xu Sheng think?"

The hot pot restaurant is the favorite of the people of Xiangjiang, don't say it, that is, many people stew a small hot pot at home, Xu Zhi can't stand all this, the smoke at home is too heavy.

If it's usual, it's no problem, but when I have to go to Jiahe, the smell of hot pot on my body is too strong, so I refused: "Hot pot will be next time! ”

Huo Haiqing nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go eat fast food."

Xu Zhidao: "Yes, let's go." ”