Chapter 20 The profits are staggering
Back at home, Wu Ming sat in the living room, picked up a teacup and drank a sip to moisten his throat.
"Brother Ming, you're back. ”
The person who came was Zhu Yin's little girl, she walked over quickly and sat next to Wu Ming. took Wu Ming's hand and began to shake.
"Brother Ming, you can be regarded as coming back early today. Why don't you play with me?"
Wu Ming had no choice but to reply, "Okay, good, good." Don't shake it anymore, I'll play with you. The game is already developed, and I don't have to go to the game company as often as I am. ”
"What about the Order of the Phoenix?" asked the little girl Zhu Yin.
Wu Ming replied with a smile: "You don't need to go, just go and see it every few days." ”
Since having the help of several comic assistants, Wu Ming has become more and more relaxed every day. Now those assistants are already familiar with the painting style of "Go Boy" and "Hulu Little King Kong", and those who can't be familiar with it have kicked back to the Order of the Phoenix.
So Wu Ming no longer draws the original manuscript of the comic, but just draws some simple storyboards and gives them to the assistants, checks them again the next day, and sends them back to redraw if they are unqualified. "Go Boy" and "Hulu Little King Kong" can now produce half a sentence each day, and they have both reached the third episode. However, Wu Ming only needs to spend two hours a day drawing storyboards, which greatly saves time.
However, Wu Ming did not treat those assistants badly, and gave them twice the salary than before.
Wu Ming followed the little girl to his bedroom, and as soon as he entered the door, he could see Zhou Huimin sitting there, obviously waiting for them.
Zhou Huimin's eyes lit up when he saw Wu Ming coming in, and he was obviously very happy that Wu Ming could play with them.
You must know that Wu Ming was busy every day a few days ago before coming back at six o'clock. Even the cram school was changed to the evening.
"Little girl, let's talk, what are we playing?" Wu Ming asked as he sat on the bed.
"Play Monopoly. ”
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Yin's little girl took out a box from the cabinet, which contained the Monopoly Man.
Then the three of them sat cross-legged on the bed and played Monopoly.
"Brother Ming, now your sketches are taken to the Order of the Phoenix every day, and we can't see them. ”
While playing, Zhu Yin complained to Wu Ming, and Zhou Huimin on the side also nodded. They're all chasing after the party, and now they haven't seen the latest comics for a few days, and their hearts are itching.
"Haha, you little girl really deserve it, you didn't go to the Order of the Phoenix last time. Who's to blame?"
Wu Ming squinted his eyes and laughed at Zhu Yin's little girl.
"Don't play, don't play. I want to read comics!"
Zhu Yin said in his mouth, and the kung fu in his hands did not stop, and the chess pieces on the monopoly and the funds of the three people were all confused.
Wu Ming looked at Zhu Yin dumbfounded, he didn't expect the little girl to use this trick. You must know that he now has the most funds and the most real estate. And Zhu Yin's little girl is about to go bankrupt.
Zhou Huimin also looked at Zhu Yin's little girl speechlessly, obviously she didn't expect that the little girl was a drunkard, not drinking, but caring about using the topic to play a sabotage game.
"You don't even know what to say about you!"
Wu Ming shook his finger and pointed at Zhu Yin's little girl, laughing angrily.
Zhu Yin had no choice but to look at Wu Ming and Zhou Huimin in a daze, knowing that his little trick had been seen through.
"Brother Ming, Sister Xiaomin, I won't dare next time. ”
Zhou Huimin smiled helplessly and said, "Forget it, I'll play with you next time." ”
After signing a series of unequal treaties with the little girl, Wu Ming also forgave her.
"I'll let them print it early and show it to you, so it's okay. ”
"Brother Ming is so good. ”
"So what to do?"
"Poof!"
Zhu Yin kissed Wu Ming with a shy face. Wu Ming was stunned and stayed there for a long time without speaking.
Zhou Huimin also looked at Zhu Yin stupidly.
Wu Ming came back to his senses and asked, "Little girl, when did you learn this trick?"
Zhu Yin replied shyly: "The last time I watched TV, this is how it was played." ”
"Did you know that this is usually only between husband and wife? Wu Ming asked with a wry smile
Zhu Yin thought for a while and said, "Anyway, I also like Brother Ming, and sooner or later I will be Brother Ming's little daughter-in-law." ”
Wu Ming smiled even more bitterly when he heard it, this little girl probably has no concept of what a husband and wife are.
Zhou Huimin also looked at Zhu Yin in a complicated way, and suddenly felt that it was actually not bad to live like Zhu Yin, and he didn't have to worry about anything, and Brother Ming would solve it, and he was a little envious of Zhu Yin. Unlike himself, he often has to think about how to treat people, after all, he and his mother are just servants of Wu Ming's family.
Then the three of them played Monopoly for a while, and then Zhu Yin's little girl was picked up by her parents and taken home, and Zhou Huimin also went back to the room to do her homework.
Wu Ming lost his playmates and went to draw storyboards.
In the evening, the family finished eating and was sitting in the living room watching TV.
"Dad, how has the Rubik's Cube of Duole Toy Company been selling for more than half a month?" Wu Ming asked while eating an apple.
Wu Bing'an heard his son's question, and a bright smile appeared on his face, obviously the sales of the Rubik's Cube were very good.
"Since the Rubik's Cube became popular all over the world, the average daily shipment can reach more than 30,000, and nearly 500,000 have been sold these days. And there are still 4 million undelivered orders, plus those limited edition luxury and custom versions of the Rubik's Cube, and the estimated sales by the end of the year are 40 million US dollars. ”
Wu Ming was also surprised by the great profit of the Rubik's Cube, you must know that in North America, a Rubik's Cube costs about 5 US dollars, the limited luxury version and the customized version cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the expensive ones cost tens of thousands of dollars. Even after excluding the costs of various aspects, the profit of the Rubik's Cube is more than 30 million US dollars, equivalent to 250 million Hong Kong dollars.
By next year, after the sales of the Rubik's Cube will reach a higher level, the profit will be even more.
Even Wu Bingan himself didn't expect that the profits would be so big after the Rubik's Cube became popular, God can see mercy, he has never even seen thousands of yuan in the mainland before. A while ago, I thought that the company had earned 10 million Hong Kong dollars, but I didn't expect that it could earn hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars now.
Zhou Huimin's mother and daughter were also taken aback, obviously they didn't expect their proprietor to develop so strong all of a sudden. As for the expression of surprise on her mother Li Feng's face, she obviously already knew about it.
"Now our company has established distribution channels around the world with the Rubik's Cube, and although the other products together are not as profitable as the Rubik's Cube, it is not a small amount. ”
"And the single-row roller skates are already on sale, and although there are not many sales now, they are full of potential. Each pair of shoes ranges from HK$100 to HK$1,000 depending on the style, and more than a dozen pairs can be sold every day. When the sales volume comes up, the profit will not be much worse than the Rubik's Cube. ”
Wu Ming knew that his father Wu Bing'an still underestimated the potential of roller skates, not only was it not much worse, but the sales of single-row roller skates would definitely exceed the Rubik's Cube. It's just that single-row roller skates can't be exclusive to themselves in the future, and they are too easy to imitate, and there are various ways to avoid the patents of Tole Toys.
After all, this market will be like the future generations, a scene of fragmentation.
Unlike the Rubik's Cube's patent, others can't avoid it, and only one can monopolize all the profits. So in terms of the importance to the Wu family, the Rubik's Cube is more important than roller skates.
Wu Ming thought for a while and suggested: "Dad, in the future, you can spin off the roller skates project to open a sports goods company." Roller skates are still more professional in this kind of company, and I still have some ideas, and I will write them to you next time. ”
Wu Bing'an replied: "Also, it is indeed a little inconvenient to put roller skates in a toy company, and you can open a separate company to operate roller skates." ”
Wu Ming stroked his chin and asked, "Dad, how is the yo-yo study?"
"Almost, the clutch and ball bearings you mentioned will be successful in just another week. ”
"Okay, the clutch-type yo-yo is more suitable for novices, and the bearing-type yo-yo is suitable for veterans. At Tole Toys, we can close the entire market, and both low-end and high-end players can buy the right kind for them. ”
Wu was obviously very excited, you must know that the yo-yo is also a gold-absorbing weapon that is not inferior to the Rubik's Cube.
"Dad, don't give birth for the time being when you're done researching. I've designed a lot of yo-yo styles here, and when the time comes, you can take the design and let the toy factory produce it according to my design. “
"When the time comes, I'll draw a comic that will show the yo-yo style I designed. After reading my comics, children will definitely buy these styles first. At that time, even if someone imitates it, they will also develop yo-yos, and they will definitely not sell as well as ours. ”
Yes, Wu Ming wants to adapt "Speeding YOYO", a cartoon that once brought the yo-yo craze again in later generations of China, into a comic, so as to drive the sales of yo-yos.
Wu Bingan listened to his son's words and understood that compared with unfamiliar styles, children would definitely buy the styles that appeared in the comics. This is the comic merchandise that my son often talks to himself.
"Got it, I'll do what you say. ”
"In addition, I also want to ask Dole Toys to help me OEM the same product for Star Entertainment. ”
Wu Bingan looked at Wu Ming with some surprise, what products does Xingchen Entertainment need to be manufactured by Duole Toys, and those electronic products are completely unfamiliar to Duole Toys.
"Son, what products do you need to help Xingchen Entertainment OEM, like those arcade machines or something, Dole Toys Company can't OEM. ”
Wu Ming relieved his father Wu Bing'an.
"Dad, don't worry, it's just a very simple electronic product, and the strength of Dole Toys is fully competent. It's just that the production volume will be a little large in the future, and Xingchen Entertainment's current strength doesn't have so much time to produce, so I have to ask Dad. ”
Wu Bing'an heard his son say this, although he was still a little worried, but he also agreed. If Dole Toys has the ability to produce electronic pet machines, it will help Xingchen Entertainment OEM.