Finding a suitable management talent is not a matter that can be immediately achieved in a day or two, Li Xuan reported his requirements to the headhunter company, and then waited patiently for the results.

When Li Xuan returned to school, it had been several days since the start of the CUHK semester, and he finally understood why Bill Gates, Dale, Sergey Brin and Yang Zhiyuan had either dropped out or suspended their studies.

Li Xuan skipped many classes in the first semester, although he barely failed the course, but the academy had already talked to him, and if he continued like this, the original scholarship would not be counted on. Thankfully, he doesn't have to live on a scholarship now.

"Hattori-kun, I'm very sorry, I can only make an appointment to meet you in this small café!" Li Xuan walked into the coffee house and found that Hattori Kenshin was already waiting there, and said embarrassedly.

"It's okay, it's been a long time since I graduated from university to go back to the quiet campus to smell the smell of books, and today I took the opportunity to visit Li Jun to take a look around the campus of CUHK, it's very beautiful!" Kenshin Hattori said when he saw him come in.

At noon, Du Wenqiang called Li Xuan's bedroom and said that Kenshin Hattori, the director of Seiko Epson, had just arrived in Hong Kong by plane from Japan and hoped to have an interview with Li Xuan. Li Xuan had classes in the afternoon and evening, and was ready to meet Hattori Kenshin the next day. But the other party obviously couldn't wait, and rushed directly to the CUHK campus to wait for him.

"Li Jun, I came here this time to be entrusted by the company, and I want to talk to you about the contract for the production of game console motherboards!" Hattori Kenshin nodded and bowed.

Previously, in order to lure Epson to produce arcade motherboards, Dongfang Electronics exchanged the conditions for the production authorization of two arcade machines in the Japanese market. At that time, the prospects of the new game console were still uncertain, and Dongfang Electronics was in a weak state and could only cede part of its interests. But Li Xuan also quietly made a sloppy eye, and only signed a motherboard OEM contract with Epson for 10,000 arcade machines.

Although this multi-million dollar contract is not large, it is enough to motivate Epson to adjust the motherboard production line and start producing game console motherboards. Although Epson is optimistic about the two arcade games of Hong Kong Block and Tank War, they are laymen in the game industry after all, and they do not have a rebirth aura like Li Xuan, and they are a little conservative in their estimation of the energy that these two games can explode, so they do not have much objection to the OEM contract of 10,000 arcade boards proposed by Li Xuan.

But now, Dongfang Electronics Company has gone through the most difficult time, taking advantage of the San Francisco West Electronics Show, in one fell swoop to open the largest and most competitive North American market, becoming the upstart of the arcade industry, and it seems that it is the next rising Taidong. Epson also participated in the Western Electronics Show and sent the news back to its headquarters in Japan.

Before Epson could react, Dongfang Electronics signed a contract with a number of arcade agents in the United States, and immediately placed a production order for Epson, and the first order was 10,000 arcade boards. That is to say, as long as this order is executed, Dongfang Electronics's responsibilities to Epson have been completed, and the subsequent motherboard procurement can completely choose who produces it.

At this time, Epson realized that its sales forecast for the two arcade machines was inaccurate, and if it didn't take action, a big piece of fat would probably slip out of its mouth. Therefore, after urgent discussions, the company's board of directors immediately sent Kenshin Hattori, a director who had been in contact with Li Xuan, to fly directly to Hong Kong to meet with Li Xuan, hoping to sign a larger motherboard OEM contract.

"You said this, I have asked the company to place an order for you according to the agreement signed by both of us before, is there something wrong with you? Don't scare me, our company is waiting for your motherboard to assemble the game console!" Li Xuan also has a lot of acting skills, knowing what the other party is rushing over for so quickly, but at this moment, he made a puzzled expression.

"There is no problem with the order, please rest assured that Li Jun is absolutely assured!" Hattori Qianxin waved his hand and said with a wry smile, "I'm talking about a new order, and we Epson hope to continue to provide OEM services for arcade motherboards for Li Jun's Dongfang Electronics Company!"

"This question, Hattori-kun, you may be disappointed, your company is not a professional computer motherboard production company after all!" Li Xuan said with a regretful expression.

"Li Jun, please rest assured, we Jinggong started from the mechanical watch business, high quality, precision has always been our pursuit of service concept, we produce the same game motherboard as our Seiko watch, is through strict quality testing. This is evidenced by the fact that other motherboards have been used in Epson's various models of printing equipment, and the failure rate is very good!"

Kenshin Hattori said very confidently about his company's products, "Moreover, after the discussion of our board of directors, Li Jun, you are our sincere friend of Seiko Epson, and we are willing to reduce each motherboard by ten dollars on the basis of the original price!"

Li Xuan heard that the Japanese devil directly offered a magic weapon to reduce the price, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly, the current shape is completely reversed from when he went to Japan not long ago, and he can now sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and watch how the other party bids.

"Mr. Hattori, the last time I went to Japan, I am very grateful for the warm hospitality you gave me. Since you treat me as a friend, I won't hide it from you, so let's tell the truth. The pre-sale of the two arcade machines, Hong Kong Block and Tank Wars, was very good in the US market. In addition, our company also did a trial game in a small city in San Francisco, and the response from players was very enthusiastic.

According to our company's estimates, Tank Battle can sell at least 100,000 units in North America, and the Hong Kong cube will not be too bad! And we have already started to develop other new games in the future, and it is impossible for us at Dongfang Electronics Company to always hand over the most important and core game console motherboard task to other factories, so in fact, we have put the construction of our own motherboard factory on the agenda!"

Li Xuan paused, looked at Hattori Kenshin in front of him and frowned, thinking about what he had just said. He took a sip of fragrant coffee and gave the other party some time to digest before continuing: "If Epson regards Dongfang Electronics as a sincere partner and is willing to assist us in building a game console motherboard factory, and provide some valuable construction and experience in production management, then I am very willing to continue to let your company OEM produce game motherboards before my own factory is built."

Of course, the reason why your company was willing to OEM gaming motherboards for us was mainly based on the perspective of allowing the newly put into production fab to fully release production capacity and turn losses into profits. If your company is willing to assist us in setting up a motherboard factory, Dongfang Electronics can also sign a chip purchase contract with Epson, and then produce game motherboards that still use your company's chips. ”

If Dongfang Electronics agrees to continue to purchase chips from Epson's wafer factory, even if it gives up the foundry business of game console motherboards, it will not be a very difficult thing for Epson to accept.

Li Xuan didn't continue to speak, he just quietly sipped his coffee. Building a motherboard manufacturing plant is far more difficult than setting up an arcade assembly plant. Most of the process of assembling the arcade machine is not technical.

In contrast, the technical content of the motherboard factory is much higher, and the production of the motherboard generally requires several processes such as patches, manual inserts, testing and packaging. The so-called SMD is the process of soldering resistors, capacitors, chips and other components after the PCB original board is taken, and most of these steps use advanced automatic assembly lines, and manual plug-ins are soldering some components and wiring sockets that cannot be welded by automatic assembly lines, such as vertical capacitors. After that, there is the inspection procedure, and if it passes the guò test, it can be packaged and shipped out of the factory.

Li Xuan can naturally buy those advanced equipment as long as he has US dollars, and the factory will also be responsible for training how to use it. But if you carry out specific production management, these experiences are really no one to teach you, and you need to summarize and adjust them step by step.

If a mature company like Epson can teach it, then Dongfang Electronics can avoid many detours.

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