Wang Shi is a very special figure in the history of business after China's reform and opening up. He founded Vanke, one of the largest and most successful real estate groups in China. But at the beginning of the company's shareholding reform, he took the initiative to give up most of the equity and strive to be the best professional manager in China!

And he did fulfill his oath, and under his leadership, Vanke has grown step by step into a real estate aircraft carrier with a market value of hundreds of billions. And this company is also a wonder in the Chinese stock market. The company's top 10 shareholders have long held less than 25% of the shares. The dispersion of Vanke's equity is more like a listed company in the European and American capital markets.

Of course, the current Vanke is still called the Deep Sea Modern Science and Education Instrument Center, which is engaged in import and export trading rather than selling houses. The company founded by Wang Shi should be engaged in science and education products from the name, but it is actually an electronic trading company.

It is mainly engaged in the import trade of electronic products such as video cameras, video players, projectors, and photocopiers. Among these products, there are projectors, which can barely be touched with scientific and educational instruments, and other products are completely selling dog meat on the head of a sheep. It can also be seen that at the beginning of the company's establishment, the name of the people was unreliable!

Among these products operated by the modern science and education instrument center, the largest sales volume is naturally the video player, that is, the home video recorder. In American homes, VCRs are used not only to play videotapes, but also to record TV programs such as TV dramas and sports games that you don't have time to watch.

But almost no one in China will use the video recording function, so the imported video recorder in order to reduce costs. The video recording function is omitted, and only the function of playing the video tape is retained, so this simplified version of the home video recorder is also called the video player.

With the rapid development of the domestic economy in recent years. After everyone's life gradually became more and more prosperous, the spiritual demand also increased, so the TV became the most sought-after household appliance in China throughout the 80s. But in the eighties, the television programs offered in China were very limited, and they were far from being as colorful as those of later generations. Therefore, the video player that can play movies at home at any time has become a new choice for some people who have become rich first.

Compared with televisions, which can barely be made in China, video players are almost completely dependent on imports. The deep-sea special zone has the authority to independently examine and approve imports and exports, and is backed by Hong Kong, a free port. Therefore, it has become the largest import base of electronic products in China.

Originally, Wang Shi's modern scientific and educational instrument center had a prosperous time in the import business of video cameras, and has become the largest importer of video cameras in the special economic zone. However, the import market of the camera market in the last year or two. But it began to deteriorate sharply, and this is inseparable from Li Xuan.

RCA is one of the leading manufacturers of home video recorders in the United States. After the acquisition of RCA, the Eastern Group gradually transferred its manufacturing base to the Deep Sea Special Economic Zone. The first to move over was a portion of the production capacity for televisions and radios.

And last year. Bright Overseas Chinese Electronics Company located in the Deep Sea Special Zone. With the help of RCA, an assembly line with an annual output of 400,000 home video recorders was successfully built, and it became one of the OEM manufacturers of video recorders of RCA company.

Guangming Huaqiao Electronics Co., Ltd. is actually the predecessor of Konka Group, it received an OEM order of 300,000 video recorders from RCA Company per year, and the remaining production capacity can be used to produce video players for the domestic market.

After Guangming Overseas Chinese Company was able to produce its own projectors, the relevant state departments began to restrict the import quota of video players in order to save foreign exchange. What's more, because Guangming Overseas Chinese Company uses the parts of the supply chain system of the Oriental Group, the quality of the camera is not inferior to that of imported goods. And it has a clear advantage in price.

Therefore, since last year, Wang Shi has obviously felt that the business of the camera machine is not good. So he had to start looking for a new way out for the scientific and educational instrument center. And the goal of his transformation. Soon it was placed on the emerging video game consoles in the country.

The cost of importing a GameBoy-1 handheld game console is about 50 yuan after paying duty. This is already higher than the ex-factory price of domestic knock-offs, so it was first given up by Wang Shi. The GameBoy-2 handheld that Dongyou Company just launched last year has not been imitated by domestic factories. But it is as high as a price of hundreds of yuan, and there is not much sales in China at all.

You must know that even the price of GameBoy-1 on the market is as high as seventy or eighty yuan. There are very few people who are really willing to spend so much money on a gaming console. Most of the copycat GameBoy-1 handheld computers produced in China are exported abroad through open or covert channels.

The price of the FC series of home game consoles is several times higher than that of the GameBoy handheld, and it is also difficult to have a large market in China. Therefore, Wang Shi finally set his sights on the arcade body, although its price is the most expensive.

Because the biggest difference about arcades is that it's an investment and not a consumption. Arcade machines can create a steady stream of profits for buyers. Discerning people will still flock to it, even if it is expensive!

So Wang began to organize employees to inspect the video game hall market, and found that the entire Deep Sea Special Zone opened more than 20 new video game halls in the past year. And outside the Special Economic Zone, such as the provincial capital of Yuezhou City, there are also a large number of game halls popping up, so Li Xuan immediately felt that the arcade industry was promising.

"Mr. Li, what kind of business are you doing?" After Wang Shi introduced himself, he began to inquire about Li Xuan's situation again.

The people who can be invited to the banquet must be people with a certain status. And the other party is a Hong Kong person, although he looks a little young, but Wang Shi does not dare to underestimate it at all.

"Coincidentally, I'm also in the game industry!" During the conversation between the two, the shrimp dumplings on Li Xuan's plate had been wiped out by him. He pulled out a tissue and wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth, then replied with a smile.

"That's really a coincidence, are you opening your own game company in Hong Kong? Maybe we will have a chance to cooperate in the future!" Wang Shi couldn't help but light up when he heard the other party say that he was also in the game industry.

Because of the appearance of Li Xuan's butterfly. Hong Kong's video game industry is already very developed. In addition to the Oriental Game Company, there are more than a dozen companies that produce arcade machines in Hong Kong. In fact, more than half of these companies were founded by employees who resigned from Dongyou.

Although these game companies are not as rebellious as Dongyou. But they also have their own best-selling products. There are several arcade games with good quality, and the rights were even bought out by Dongyu Company at a high price, and then sold on other platforms!

In Hong Kong, however, the age of those working in the field of game design is generally young, and many of them are young people under the age of 30. So when Li Xuan said that he was also engaged in games, Wang Shi immediately had a lot of conjectures.

"Dongyou's arcade motherboard is not easy to crack, and their company is very resolute in cracking down on piracy, so it shouldn't be easy to find an imitation arcade board, right?" Li Xuan suddenly asked again. Wang Shi said it himself just now. The one imported by my company is not the genuine arcade motherboard of Dongyou Company.

"I'll tell you the truth, if you rashly go to the Hong Kong market to find it, it will naturally not be easy! It is very likely that after losing a large amount of deposit, there will be a lawsuit! But Marx once said that when capital has 10% profit, it is ready to move, and when capital has 50% profit. It's going to take risks!

The original game board from Oriental Games. The ex-factory price is around 3000 Hong Kong dollars. At present, there is no factory in the mainland that can manufacture game console motherboards, but in fact, as early as two or three years ago, arcade machines and arcade motherboards have been flowing into the mainland one after another!

In the past two years, as more and more video game arcades have opened, the domestic arcade market has also been expanding! However, most of the arcades and arcade motherboards have been smuggled in through illegal channels. In the shadows behind these sunshines, there is naturally a whole system of communication of its own!

I'll tell you the truth. My company has an employee's big brother next door, who is doing this kind of shady business! I also rely on his introduction. Of course, our company is a state-owned unit, and all imported products have formal state approvals, and we will not go down crooked ways at all!" Wang Shi was defenseless and revealed more to the bitter master in front of him.

Although Wang Shi imported the arcade motherboard through formal channels, the cost increased because of the import tax to be paid. However, these game console motherboards in the modern science and education instrument center are like obtaining a birth permit and can issue sales invoices to the electronics factories that want to buy, which is simply incomparable to the gray channel.

In fact, throughout the eighties and nineties along the southeast coast, smuggling was almost an open act of national enrichment. If you go west out of the deep-sea special zone, you can see all kinds of goods stacked in the open air in the coastal villages and towns, such as motorcycles, televisions, stereos, cigarettes and other in-demand goods.

This is an era of unrestrained and somewhat crazy times, and all kinds of stereotypes have been broken. Many people are dazzled by wealth, even if they break the law and commit crimes. China's first Patent Law was actually officially implemented as early as April 1985.

However, it was born out of the criticism of "taking the capitalist road", and at the beginning of the promulgation of the "Patent Law", it even aroused strong resistance in the whole society. In this context, it is conceivable that China attaches great importance to the protection of intellectual property rights.

Even an elite like Wang Shi simply does not have enough knowledge in this era. He didn't realize that he was importing imitation arcade boards, which was actually an illegal act.

"The imitation boards you imported should be the earliest arcade games of the Dongyou Company, right? Their later arcade boards are said to be difficult to imitate!" Li Xuan continued to ask.

"Yes, there are several key chips on the second- and third-generation arcade boards of Dongyou Company, which cannot be found on the market at all!

The games we introduced such as "Tank Wars", "Mario Bros.", and "Pac-Man" are very popular in the arcade!

Therefore, although the latest game console of Dongyou Company is better, because its price is much higher than the old game, it is not easy to sell for us!" Wang Shi explained seriously.

After listening to the other party's explanation, Li Xuan immediately understood that in front of mainland players who have never even played a game with 3 points, the game in which you give him 6 points and 9 points is actually the same!

Li Xuan could even guess that Du Wenqiang, the big fat man, didn't pay attention to the mainland market at all. In the eyes of most Hong Kong people, the mainland, just across the river, is synonymous with poverty and backwardness. But these people ignored the rapid pace of catching up in the mainland.

According to the statistics released by the Deep Sea Special Zone not long ago, by the end of last year, the permanent population of the Special Zone had exceeded 1 million. It took only seven years for the deep sea to transform from a small fishing village into a large city with a population of more than 1 million! No one can underestimate the powerful energy that this sleeping dragon has burst out after awakening.

Of course, in fact, Li Xuan himself also bears a certain responsibility in this regard, because he has always attached more importance to the markets of developed countries such as Europe, America and Japan. The management of the Oriental Group will inevitably be affected by him, and the rapid growth of the Oriental Group in recent years has actually hidden many problems, which makes everyone immersed in the intoxication of self-satisfaction.

For example, from Wang Shi's words, Li Xuan can already guess that although most of the games in the video game halls in the mainland attract players are games produced by Oriental Game Company, the domestic market has basically nothing to do with Dongyou Company. What's even more unacceptable is that Dongyou itself is not aware of this problem at all.

Although it is difficult to completely eradicate the problem of piracy in the current domestic environment, Dongyou Company is not completely helpless. For example, the company's earliest first-generation arcade board, although it is easy to be cracked and imitated, the first-generation arcade board is produced by puzzle games such as "Tank Wars", "Mario Bros.", and "Pac-Man".

If the Eastern Group takes the initiative to use "The King of Fighters", "1942" and other fighting and fighter categories, these are more suitable for new games in arcade halls to take the initiative to attack, even if the price of game consoles is more expensive, it can still squeeze out a large number of pirated game consoles with the bloody battles of new games. And when the taste of the players slowly improves in the baptism of good games, there will be less room for early pirated games to survive!

"Li Sheng, Mr. Li Hao, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of the Special Administrative Region, is looking for you!" Li Xuan's assistant, Zhong Jinghui, suddenly walked out of the banquet hall and said to him.

"Mr. Wang Shi, the chat with you just now was very pleasant, I hope you can support the genuine products of the Oriental Group in the future!" Li Xuan smiled at Wang Shi after getting up, and motioned Zhong Jinghui to leave a business card for the other party.

After Wang Shi heard the word secretary of the municipal party committee, he couldn't help but pause. Secretary Li is not something that everyone can see, since he was transferred to Shenhai City as the mayor the year before last, Wang Shi himself has only had close contact with Secretary Li once when he was reporting to work.

Moreover, even if it is an investor from Hong Kong, unless it is a very significant investment project, it is difficult to get the personal hospitality of Secretary Li Hao. So Wang Shi couldn't help but guess the true identity of the other party, could it be the rich second generation of a wealthy family in Hong Kong?

In fact, Zhong Jinghui was also a little surprised when he saw his boss signaling him to keep a business card. Because Li Xuan rarely handed business cards to others, he didn't bring this thing with him at all!

Wang Shi took the business card handed over by Zhong Jinghui, and after looking at it, he suddenly reacted suddenly, who was sitting opposite him just now! Li This business card only has the words "Oriental Group: Li Xuan" printed on it, as well as a phone number! )