After completing Mina's ideological work, Gu Ao's two research groups, one bright and one dark, finally worked smoothly, and there was no need to introduce latecomers.

There are also a lot of rewards secretly offered by the school, which has led to Yang Xin's future, and it has also accelerated slightly.

Although Yang Xin was originally an honor student in the 78th class, and the students of the Foreign Affairs University in these two batches went out, there were many opportunities for secretaries with deputy county-level treatment.

But after all, there are only a few top powers, and the administrative level of treatment is virtual in comparison.

I have a little understanding of domestic officialdom, and I also know that the same two people at the deputy county level may have a much worse future in different positions.

If you can go to Yuben to be the third secretary, the long-term upside is definitely greater than going to Mexico to be the second secretary, although both of these are deputy county-level positions. Because those important big countries are places where it is particularly easy to make meritorious contributions, especially in the first half of the 80s, there were a lot of exchanges and cooperation between China and Japan.

On May 6, two days after Gu Biao secretly interviewed Mina, there was a decision in the school that was not a punishment, but it was enough to have an impact on the future trajectory of some individuals.

It is said that Mina's preparatory inspection period was rejected, and it was judged in advance that the inspection was unqualified and she was not allowed to enter D.

The reason is that her family's winery, in order to reduce the trouble of being harassed by bad people, actually hit the idea of "self-employed change registration" and tried to transfer the factory to Mina's own name.

Although this kind of attempt was "unsuccessful" in the end, it had a "bad impact": In 1980, although the state allowed self-employed individuals, how could you, as a person who wanted to be inspected, take the initiative to try to become a business owner during the inspection period? The masses can speculate a little, but you are not a "masses"!

(Note: Gu Biao does not have this problem, although he still holds shares in a Hong Kong-funded company, he is not a member of D, and the application has not been submitted.) As the masses cannot be too demanding. ）

This result was reported in the school, which really made several of Mina's classmates and girlfriends feel deeply sorry. In particular, everyone knows that Mina is actually a special case and is not really involved too much in the operation of the family winery.

In the face of everyone's comfort, Mina has to pretend to be deeply shocked.

And the truth of this matter, except for President Liu, is only known to the four people in Gu Biao's research group.

It's all about the people.

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As the team ran in, the pace of campus life inadvertently slowed down.

Gu Biao is a person who can't be idle, and when he has the leisure to adjust, he immediately thinks of calling his companions who help him with other tasks to find out about the current situation.

The nearly two-month retreat made him a little worried.

Gu Biao first gave his girlfriend Xiao Sui a few hours on the phone, and also learned about the situation on the Shaw Brothers' side.

Xiao Sui has been attending classes mainly in peace of mind for the past two months, and has not created anything extraordinary. Maybe it's when you study behind closed doors, you don't have the material to be passionate about, so you can only accumulate it first, and then wait for the opportunity to thin your hair in the future.

The filming crew of "Hujiang Beach" completely called it a day and returned to Xiangjiang when it was about to end in mid-April. It's been half a month since the days were counted. Xiao Sui, as the screenwriter of this film, has also been staring at the progress.

It is said that the work of Shaw Brothers is very fast, and it can definitely be released in Xiangjiang in the middle of this month.

And the relevant departments in the mainland, I don't know what mysterious force has greeted them, and it is said that they will speed up the trial, and it may be passed in August during the summer vacation.

This can be regarded as a surprise, because Gu Biao was mentally prepared to wait for the New Year at the end of the year.

Now it seems that it may be to make all the "cover business" look more realistic, so the relevant departments of culture are also mysteriously asked to serve the overall situation.

After chatting with Xiao Sui, Gu Biao's second search was Ma Feng.

There is nothing new on Ma Feng's side, and there are no surprises. It's just reported that Yang Hao and Lu Yunda have just made the basic algorithm of "horizontal axis screen scrolling", and they have also experimented with an empty board program with only a background map and a protagonist map, and they haven't poured any game content into it.

It took more than two months to research such a thing, which is not slow, after all, the first step is always the most difficult. The core difficulty has been run through, at least it shows that the direction of efforts and planning are correct.

As for the difficulty of acting as a copyright agent for imported films, and the situation is becoming more and more complicated, Ma Feng just complained casually and reported an account to Gu Biao, and the maximum income in the first half of the year was more than 100,000 US dollars, and this business will soon be unable to do it.

In this matter, Gu Biao has always been an identity who lies down to collect money, and Ma Feng has to obey. Because the relationship is Gu Biao's, if there is no Gu Biao's relationship network, this business Ma Feng will not be able to do it at all.

Finally, Gu Biao asked about the sales and market feedback of Ma Feng arcade machines, and Ma Feng said that he didn't know very well, and it was better to ask Han Ting for first-hand information.

Gu Biao knew that what he said was the truth.

Since the establishment of the Hanle Electronics Factory in Shajiao Development Zone, Shenzhen, and Han Ting was transferred back to the mainland as the general manager, Gu Biao has been lacking the right hand to open up market channels, and has relied on the old customers who have been developed before to continue to ship, or they are counting on Akio Morita's Sony channel.

The only way for Gu to acquire new customers was to leave a subsidiary in Yokohama, but in reality there were no competent salespeople at all, and only one or two answered the phone.

Then on every game console sold, the case will be marked with the manufacturer's contact number when it leaves the factory. Then expect those owners who open amusement halls, or new people who are interested in entering the industry, to see the phone number on it when they go to other mature game halls to investigate, and then take the initiative to contact the manufacturer.

This simple way of selling can be done in a seller's market, where buyers are begging to buy anyway. However, after there are many competitors, the marketing gap is relatively large with the Japanese local companies that take the initiative to dig business opportunities.

Gu Biao was already mentally prepared for a bad one, and then contacted Han Ting.

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"Teacher Han, I'm Gu Biao. Business has been good lately, no one in Hanle Electronics disagrees with you. ”

Han Ting is in the Special Economic Zone, and her long-distance sound quality is not very good today, and her voice sounds very hoarse:

"How can no one be dissatisfied, the people sent by CITIC think about making meritorious contributions every day and striving for more benefits for their units. I'm already so businesslike, they still 'collude' with me, hehe, I can't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River. ”

At the beginning, Gu Biao sent Ma Feng to negotiate the foundry fee with Hanle Electronics, and the bid was already 30 US dollars higher than that of Xihu Electronics Factory, and the only additional requirement was that Hanle should commit to output and give priority to coordinating the production line.

This is a price that Hanle can make enough money to make, and it is definitely not "bid-rigging".

Gu Biao: "Even if I caused you trouble, I will have the opportunity to compensate you in the future." Let's start with sales. ”

Han Ting: "In the first quarter of this year, we mainly concentrated on the production of 'tank wars', with a total of 5,000 units shipped, and in the next two months, they each divided about half of their production capacity to produce 'Pac-Man' and 'Bomberman', which seems to be easier to sell out of Pac-Man, and the Bomberman design is a little complicated.

I have been working at full capacity for the past two months, and there was originally a total production of 8,000 units, but now all 4,000 units of Pac-Man have been sold, and Bombman has also pressed 600 units in stock in the Yokohama warehouse. I've already ordered the line to be adjusted.

At present, there are not too many orders squeezed, and the production capacity is estimated to be insufficient in the second half of the year. ”

All the intellectual property rights of "Tank Wars" have been transferred to Hanle Electronics as a contribution from the Hong Kong side, so how much money this game can make is not directly related to Gu Ao. In other words, Gu Biao only relied on about 40% of the shares in Hanle Electronics, accounting for 40% of the benefits.

"Pac-Man" and "Bomberman" are almost all in his own interests after deducting the foundry fee and material cost.

Therefore, it is completely conceivable that since March, Han Ting must have encountered some pressure when she ensured the production capacity of the latter two games.

There will always be people who question "although tank battles are not the best sellers, but after all, they are pro-sons." The net profit from selling one tank battle is worth selling three Pac-Men, so why not limit the output of Pac-Man at that time, not give customers a choice, and force them to buy a few more tanks."

This kind of thinking is very normal in the eyes of people who don't understand games: games, it's good to have to play, those who say that this scum house still dare to pick and choose their favorite to play? If there is only one game, there is no choice, forgive them and dare not stop playing!

At the same time, another layer of pressure on Han Ting comes from the lack of diversification of the business - when CITIC invested 3 million US dollars in Hong Kong capital to build a high-end electronics factory with a monthly output of about 5,000 units in the Shajiao Development Zone, it does not mean that relying on Gu Biao alone can make the orders of the electronics factory full.

(Note: This is only the first phase of the monthly production capacity of 5,000 units, after all, the factory has only been built for half a year, and it will be expanded in the future.) At that time, with an investment of 3 million US dollars in hardware, the scale of the electronics factory that could be built in the mainland must have been larger. ）

Gu Biao just wants to make sure that "every time a new popular game console is produced, the factory can produce it as soon as possible, and then let him quickly distribute the goods" to grab time.

But he doesn't have explosive new products every quarter, and the market can't tolerate so many explosive models.

In this way, there is no off-season when there are no explosive models, and if the electronics factory wants to not stop going offline, it has to find other less profitable businesses to feed itself.

JUST LIKE FOXCONN IN LATER GENERATIONS, IF YOU ONLY COUNT ON APPLE ALONE, THEN YOU WILL NOT STARVE TO DEATH IN THE HALF A YEAR WHEN THE IPHONE DOES NOT RELEASE A NEW MODEL EVERY YEAR.

Fortunately, in China in 1980, all electronic products were in short supply, and it was a seller's market where demand outstripped supply, and everything produced could be sold.

After Gu Biao sorted out the logical context, he asked with concern: "Teacher Han, then do you think of what to produce in the off-season?"

Han Ting: "The factory was originally engaged in game consoles, and I think it is easier to switch to TV sets nearby." After all, the picture tubes and displays with the highest technical content can be produced by themselves, and with a little more money, it is enough to make up the equipment for making signal receiving devices and control circuits.

Either you can transform the speaker,It's all about selling a certain part of the game console separately,In the end, it depends on the approval above。 ”

Gu Biao: "Don't you have the right to make independent decisions?"

Han Ting: "After all, CITIC is the largest shareholder, I always have to report, I will come to the capital in the next few days." People have no long-term concerns, they must have near-term worries, and I can't wait for your side to break off and then find a way. ”

Gu Biao: "That's better, let's talk about the rest at that time." It's okay on my side, you just need to convince Minister Yang that I won't interfere with your decision-making. ”