Chapter 038: Bringing the Arcade to the Cinema

Before Christmas, the first semester of CUHK exams are all over and the school holidays begin. Students in Hong Kong don't talk about winter vacation, but then Christmas and New Year's holidays, students can take half a month off. CUHK will not resume classes until January 6 in the second semester.

Li Xuan has become more busy, the new factory has completed the recruitment, and he has to nod his head and make up his mind about all kinds of things. At the end of Keji, several veteran employees jumped to Dongfang Electronics under his mobilization, and they became teachers for new workers, conducting simple skills training for a group of new employees.

Dongfang Electronics' newly opened arcade assembly workshop is much larger than the original Keji factory. Li Xuan recruited more than 100 people in one go, and according to his plan, after the factory was on the right track, the monthly output of arcade machines would reach more than 4,000 units.

In fact, this is far from the scale he wants, according to the scale of the space invaders selling more than 100,000 units a year, Dongfang Electronics will at least expand the recruitment of at least two or three times, he does not believe in the two classic games of tank battles and Hong Kong squares, and compared to a space invader.

But Li Xuan didn't dare to expand the factory so much in one go, because the funds couldn't keep up. Leasing factories and purchasing production equipment is really a lot of money. In addition, the purchase of various raw materials also requires a large amount of capital investment, and the salaries of more than 100 employees must be reserved.

In the past, Ke Kee Company was a cash cow with a steady head, which could bring Li Xuan a net income of almost one million per month. But now that Ke Kee has closed down, the arcade factory in Kwun Tong has been taken over by Shao Yongqiang. The name of the new factory was also changed to Hutchison Electronics Company, and no matter how much money was made, it had nothing to do with Li Xuan.

Shao Yongqiang paid a one-time cash of 3 million as a factory transfer fee, Li Ke kept 500,000 yuan for himself, and transferred the rest to his younger brother's account. Coupled with the dividends of Keji Company in the first few months, Li Xuan made more than 5 million in just a few months.

From the summer vacation to now, in just half a year, Li Xuan has earned the first five million in his life. With his current age of only 18 years old, if the reporter knows the news, it is enough to write a vivid entrepreneurial article, grab the headlines of Hong Kong newspapers, and become the best example of inspirational youth in Hong Kong.

But Li Xuan is now under a lot of pressure, making money and spending money quickly, since the establishment of Dongfang Electronics Company, he has invested nearly two million Hong Kong dollars. Don't look at the fact that there are more than 3 million cash left in the account now, but after deducting the raw material subscription fee, the reserved employee salary and other expenses, there is not much money that can actually be used.

Fortunately, the cost of the console motherboard ordered from Epson can be deducted from the game licensing fee. When the two sides negotiated the contract before, the Japanese representative proposed to sell the two games for $1 million, but Li Xuan refused.

His plan was that Epson would pay Dongfang Electronics $500 for the game license for each arcade machine produced, and not a single cent less. Epson refused to accept the price because it was too high, and Li Xuan was unwilling to give in again, and the two sides had a stalemate over the issue of licensing money for several days.

Later, Seiko Epson Company even sent the director of the Duty Department to Kenshin and flew to Hong Kong overnight to negotiate with Li Xuan. But Li Xuan's attitude is very resolute, if Epson can't accept it, it's a big deal that the two sides will break up.

In Li Xuan's view, selling the game production authorization in the Japanese market is already cutting the flesh on himself, and he wants to buy out two games for one million dollars, but there is no door. In the end, Epson still gave in, but also put forward a request to buy out the Japanese market, which means that the two arcade machines produced by Dongfang Electronics itself can no longer be sold to Japan.

Li Xuan also nodded in agreement, and his current focus is still on the development of the American market. But until then, the local market in Hong Kong cannot be spared, after all, mosquito legs are also meat and cannot be wasted.

Li Xuan handed over the sales task of the game hall to Li Ke. After all, most of the game halls in Hong Kong are now watched from behind by Hele Hall. But he also warned his eldest brother that doing business is not a mixed club, and he pays attention to harmony and wealth, even if you are an enemy, you must have a smile on your face. No matter which club background the game hall owner comes to negotiate business, it must make people feel at home.

In addition to the game hall, Li Xuan also fell in love with the cinema in Hong Kong. Hong Kong films have swept across Southeast Asia since the time of Bruce Lee, and the box office of the Hui brothers' "Half a Pound and Eight Taels" in 76 years exceeded 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars in one fell swoop, which caused a sensation in the entire Hong Kong film industry, thus opening the golden 20 years of Hong Kong films.

Hong Kong's well-developed film industry has also made this small land one of the most cinematic places in the world. In addition to the two giant cinema chains of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, there are also several small and medium-sized cinema chains, as well as independent cinemas scattered all over the place.

The waiting hall of the theater is actually the best place to put the arcade machine. Most of the people who like to watch movies are young people, and those who like to play arcades are also young people. In the boring moment of buying a movie ticket and waiting for admission, why not spend a few minutes entertained by an arcade machine next to it.

Movie theaters don't need to increase manpower and space, and in addition to the income from selling movie tickets, popcorn and drinks, they can add an additional source of income, which is not a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

Li Xuan's idea is very good, but the actual situation is not very optimistic. He first found the two largest cinema chains in Hong Kong, Golden Harvest Cinema Line and Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, but he didn't even get the opportunity to interview, so he went straight to the closed door.

So Li Xuan had no choice but to set his sights on a few smaller cinema chains, and he also changed the way he first negotiated with the cinema manager at the beginning, but directly contacted the manager of a single cinema.

Compared with theater managers, who focus all their attention on film scheduling, theater managers are obviously more aware of the important contribution of miscellaneous income outside the box office to the overall profitability of theaters.

"Manager Li, you haven't played our video game console, no matter how much I say it, you don't have an intuitive understanding, and you may even think I'm bragging.

Otherwise, our company will provide a free Hong Kong Block and Tank Battle game console to be installed in the waiting hall of the cinema. We speak in terms of practical benefits, if the money that these two game consoles make for the cinema can satisfy you,

Let's sit down again and talk about buying and selling!"

Li Xuan said with a smile to Manager Li of Lisheng Cinema. Lisheng Cinema is the leading cinema of Lisheng Cinema Line, with a good theater location, large area, four screens that can show different movies at the same time, and is one of the cinemas with the highest attendance rate on the Lisheng Cinema Line.

Manager Li didn't answer directly, but pondered for a moment, and weighed the pros and cons in his heart. If this game console is really as profitable as the one in front of him, then he will undoubtedly open up a new source of revenue for the theater and add points in front of the boss.

If this game machine is not very good, you can let the person in front of you get rid of the machine after a few days, and you don't have any loss. Since this is an empty glove white wolf business, this Manager Li nodded without hesitation and agreed.

Li Xuan's face finally showed a little smile.

ps: Ask for a recommendation ticket in the morning, bow to you below, don't hide the ticket!