Chapter 3 Roller Skates, Yo-Yos, and the Rubik's Cube

In the evening, Zhu Yin's little girl has been picked up by her parents, and Zhou Huimin has also returned to the room to do her homework.

Wu Ming practiced painting for a while, then sat down in the living room and watched the TV, which was playing the news program of TVB, also known as TVB's Jade Channel.

It is already the norm for Wu Ming to get real-time news from the news, and if the Wu family wants to live a better life in Xiangjiang, they must know more about Xiangjiang. Wu Ming's memories in his previous life are about Xiangjiang, and there are only those big stars.

Dad also came back from the toy factory at this time, changed his clothes after taking a shower, handed over the dirty clothes to Chen's mother, and then sat on the sofa to rest. Although Dad was already a small boss at this time, he was still working on the front line.

Mom hurriedly stepped forward to pour water for Dad, squinted her eyes, and asked suspiciously: "Husband, isn't there no big order in the factory these days, why are you still busy until now?" Mom has studied a little mathematics, so now she is doing financial and shipping work in the factory, and she still knows a lot about the situation in the factory.

Dad took a sip of water to quench his thirst, smashed his mouth, and replied with a smile: "There are really no big orders in the factory, aren't I busy studying the roller skates, yo-yos and Rubik's cubes that Xiao Ming said." ”

That's right, all this is Wu Ming's proposal, Wu Ming's toy factory is unlikely to have any big development to this extent, after all, he is not the only toy factory in Xiangjiang, and the competition is relatively fierce, if there are no trump card products, it can only maintain the current scale.

The reason why Wu Ming asked his parents to develop in the field of toys at that time was also because he was too young to write novels, songs, draw comics, and develop games to make money. And Wu Ming wants his own entertainment and media company, and he doesn't want to work for other people. Then I thought of the paper plate games and all kinds of toys in my previous life, and guided my father to develop in this direction.

When the toy factory was first established, Wu Ming was already thinking about how to make the toy factory bigger and stronger.

It just so happened that Wu Ming liked to read online novels for recreation when he had time in his previous life, and two novels "Hong Kong Entertainment 1975" and "Rebirth of the Full Entertainment Dynasty" happened to mention yo-yos and Rubik's cubes, and Wu Ming also knew that yo-yos and Rubik's cubes were not popular at this time, and he also used Du Niang to know the inventor of the Rubik's Cube, Professor Ernor Rubik.

As for roller skates, he happened to see them when his parents took him to a big shopping mall once, and then asked to find out that at this time, the kind of single-row roller skates equipped with PU wheels had not yet been invented. It wasn't until 1980 that single-row skating was invented by two brothers in Minnesota, who loved ice hockey, and put the wheel inside the base of the knife in order to continue practicing during the season.

After that, Wu Ming suggested that his father find someone to study single-row roller skating, and the bearings of yo-yos, and went to Hungary to find Professor Rubik to buy a Rubik's cube patent. Wu Ming should also be glad that he suggested it earlier, otherwise the Rubik's Cube would have been popularized by a British toy dealer in a few months.

At that time, patents will not be bought in this way. After some negotiations, Wu Bing'an successfully bought the Rubik's Cube patent from Professor Rubik, and sent people to various countries to apply for patents to avoid someone registering the patent in advance.

In fact, Wu Bing'an does not have to go to Professor Rubik to buy a patent, because Professor Rubik has only registered a patent in Hungary, but not abroad. However, Wu Bingan was kind and didn't want to do such a shameless thing, so he still took a loan from a bank and spent hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars to buy a patent.

Wu Ming also stopped at this time, no longer watching TV, looked at Wu Bing'an, and asked, "Dad, how are the roller skates, yo-yos, and second-order Rubik's Cube researched, the third-order Rubik's Cube is selling well." ”

Because he knew the history of the development of the Rubik's Cube, Wu Ming did not let the Rubik's Cube develop freely, but deliberately asked his father to send employees to demonstrate how to play the Rubik's Cube, and distributed the "Rubik's Cube Recovery Manual" to promote the popularity of the Rubik's Cube. The second-order Rubik's Cube is Wu Ming's asking his father not to eat the old book, and is preparing to develop a 2×2×2 cube structure mini Rubik's Cube on the basis of the original third-order Rubik's Cube.

"It's not bad, the shipment of the Rubik's Cube has been increasing more and more these days, and the factory will have to work overtime after a while. Dad took out the sales report from his briefcase and handed it to Wu Ming and said with a smile.

Then he frowned and said, "The single-row roller skates are almost invented, and they will be available in a few days." The second-order Rubik's Cube has been much faster since I invited a few professors to Xiangjiang University, and the finished product will be produced in a few months. Even the yo-yo still has some problems, but the bearing has already been made, but it can't be automatically recycled after idling as you said. ”

After such a long time of baptism, Wu Bingan has completely become accustomed to the demonic behavior of his genius son. I often ask Wu Ming about anything and ask him to give his opinion. Wu Ming also lived up to expectations, and was able to help Wu Bingan solve problems every time, and now he is about to become Wu Bingan's professional consultant.

Wu Ming carefully looked at the sales report in his hand and said in surprise: "The sales volume of the Rubik's Cube has exceeded one million!"

"What, the Rubik's Cube has sold a million copies, how did it sell so quickly. Mother Li Feng was slightly stunned on her face, and said loudly with a shocked look on her face.

Because there were few people who bought the Rubik's Cube when it was first launched, and the Rubik's Cube has always been his father Wu Bing'an in Zhang Luo, and the company recruited a super capable accounting director a few months ago, and the financial affairs of the Rubik's Cube have always been in charge of the accounting director, so Li Feng is not clear about the sales of the Rubik's Cube in recent months.

Indeed, the shipping price of a Rubik's cube is more than a dozen Hong Kong dollars, and even if the cost of materials is removed, one million Rubik's cubes have earned more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars. Of course, the million sales cannot all be contributed by Xiangjiang, after all, at this time, there are only 5 million people in Xiangjiang, and more than half of them are overseas sales, especially Wanwan and RB across the sea. It's only been five or six months, and the Wu family has jumped directly from hundreds of thousands of family properties to tens of millions, no wonder Li Feng is so surprised.

Wu Bing'an pursed his lips, and then replied with open eyebrows: "It's really thanks to Xiao Ming's idea, the sales volume at the beginning is average, and after there are more people who have seen the demonstration of playing the Rubik's Cube and the "Rubik's Cube Recovery Manual", sales began to soar." After a while, the Rubik's Cube will become popular abroad, and I am afraid that the sales volume will exceed 10 million, and our family will become a billionaire by then. ”

Li Feng was directly shocked by Wu Bing'an's words and was speechless. It has only been two years since he left his hometown and came to Xiangjiang, and their family is about to have hundreds of millions of family assets, Li Feng simply feels that he is living in a dream, which is not real.

Wu Ming smiled happily when he saw his mother's shocked appearance, thinking in his heart, "Isn't this exactly what I want, my parents are finally living a good life!"

Wu Bing'an looked at his wife like this, smiled with satisfaction, and said confidently: "Don't worry, this is true, in the future, our family will be better." ”

"This is all the credit of our family Xiao Ming, don't swell your husband in the future, you still have to listen to what Xiao Ming has to say. Li Feng also came back to his senses at this time, sat next to Wu Ming and kissed Wu Ming, and said to Wu Bing'an with a smile.

Wu Bing'an smacked his mouth and said to his wife: "I have no credit and hard work, but don't worry, I know that our family's current good life is brought by a good son, Xiao Ming has the blessing of the God of Wealth in heaven, and he will listen to him in the future." ”

Wu Ming laughed and learned from Zeng Xiaoxian in "Love Apartment" and said: "That's right, the God of Wealth is me, and I am - Wu Da God of Wealth!"

"This kid, I don't know what kind of madness this is today!" Seeing Wu Ming laughing, Li Feng shook his head helplessly, and then left the living room and returned to the kitchen, and began to prepare the family's dinner with Chen's mother.

Wu Bing'an watched his wife leave, chatting with his son while watching TV: "I plan to expand the scale of the toy factory and make excellent single-row roller skates and yo-yos as soon as possible." ”

"Dole Toys is also on the right track, Dad, you go to recruit a professional manager and some ordinary employees to tidy up the company's shelves. Wu Ming touched his head and thought about it and replied. Duole Toy Company is Wu Jiakai's leather bag company, although it is the parent company of the toy factory, it is only responsible for promoting the products of the toy factory.

Wu Bing'an's face was stunned, and then he said in astonishment: "What does the hiring manager do, isn't there still me and your mother?" Wu Bing'an's culture is not high, and he is very puzzled by his son's opinions.

Wu Ming patiently explained to his father: "Now that the family has a big business, it is not the previous grass platform team, Dad, you and your mother are not professionals, you used to be fine, but now you definitely can't manage it, you must go outside to find some professionals to manage." You and Mom just need to supervise them in the future. ”

Wu Bing'an nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Yes, I really feel a little powerless these days. It's really like you said, find some professional to manage the company. ”

At this time, Li Feng and Chen's mother had already prepared dinner and called the family out for dinner. Wu Ming and his father also sat down at the dinner table to continue to discuss the company's affairs.

At this time, Jade Channel was broadcasting the recently launched "Chu Liuxiang", this version of "Chu Liuxiang" starring Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Mingquan, and Zhao Yazhi is the most classic version. As soon as it was broadcast, it made thousands of people empty in Xiangjiang. Later, when it was broadcast in Taiwan, there were no pedestrians on the street, and taxis were stopped, vying to see the handsome demeanor. Even Gu Long once sighed: Taiwanese only know that Zheng Shaoqiu is Chu Liuxiang, but forget that the author of Chu Liuxiang is Gu Long. Zhao Yazhi also became famous in one fell swoop because she played the heroine Su Rong.

Everyone in the Wu family has recently become obsessed with watching "Chu Liuxiang". Wu Ming said to everyone with a smile: "I will buy a TV station in the future and specialize in making good-looking TV series for everyone to watch." Hidden beneath the smile is an unparalleled firmness.