Regarding Wu Ming's investment in oil futures, the few people in Xiangjiang who knew about it were dumbfounded.

After all, even if two billion US dollars is put into future generations, it is not a small amount, enough to be on the "Forbes Xiangjiang Rich List".

Wu Bing'an was naturally moved after knowing that Wu Ming had made so much money.

However, after learning about the risks of oil futures, he still thinks it is better to do his toy business honestly.

Therefore, he admires his son's vision so accurately.

Wu Ming was praised by his father, and his face was still very calm.

After all, he relied on the memories of his previous life, not his real skills to see the trend of oil prices, but there was nothing to be proud of.

Wu Ming changed the topic and asked lightly, "Dad, how are the scooters of Tole Toys selling?"

Following yo-yos and roller skating, Wu Ming scavenged out the scooter product from his memory.

In March last year, he handed over the design drawings and some design ideas of the scooter to Wu Bing'an. After several months of research and development, it went on sale worldwide in October last year.

When Wu Bingan heard his son's question, he couldn't help but show a happy look on his face.

"The scooter you designed is really good, and now it is selling well in Europe and the United States, and many office workers have started to use electric scooters to travel when they go to work.

Children's scooters are also used as a toy to train children's balance, and they are also selling well. Now millions of dollars are being made from it every month.

It is estimated that this is another market with annual sales of hundreds of millions of dollars. ”

People in the mainland have always had the impression that scooters have always been a toy for children. However, in foreign countries, the original intention of the invention of scooters was to be used as a means of transportation.

In 1993, a German engineer named Sieghartstxaka invented the scooter in a few months to solve his traffic problems.

Then he was taken to work at the train station every day on a scooter. When he first started working on a walk-behind scooter, he was despised by everyone, including passers-by and colleagues.

Later, with the help of an investor, scooters became popular in Europe and the United States in the past few years.

There are two types of scooters from Dole Toys, one is an electric scooter specially designed for transportation, and the other is a children's scooter that is used as a toy for children.

In this life, with the promotion of Dole toys, scooters became popular faster. Nowadays, scooters can often be seen on the streets of Europe and the United States.

Getting the answer he wanted, Wu Ming had a satisfied smile on his face.

"That's good!"

Immediately, Wu Ming took out a document from the side and handed it to Wu Bing'an.

Wu Bing'an took the document and asked suspiciously, "What is this?"

Wu Ming replied: "This is a newly designed toy called 'Mini 4WD'. ”

Hearing that his son had designed a new toy, Wu Bingan carefully opened the document and read it. I saw that it clearly described how the mini 4WD was made, as well as some design sketches.

It took a while for Wu Bingan to finish reading the design manual of the mini four-wheel drive.

Wu Bingan hesitated: "Will there be a market, after all, there are already radio-controlled racing cars on the market, and this kind of mini four-wheel drive car is much more backward, I'm afraid no one will buy it!"

Wu Ming smiled disapprerovingly: "You can rest assured, although our mini four-wheel drive car is backward than the radio-controlled car, ours is cheaper." And I also prepared a one-step comic for the 4WD, which will be made into an animation when the time comes. Presumably the sales will be very good. ”

Wu Ming played with mini four-wheel drive vehicles in his previous life, so he knew very well the development process of mini four-wheel drive vehicles in his previous life. In 1982, after the invention of the four-wheel drive car by the Tamiya model, sales have been tepid. It wasn't until 1987 that many comics and animations such as "4WD Kid" appeared, and sales began to blow out.

Therefore, Wu Ming specially prepared "Four-wheel Drive Brothers", the most classic comic on the theme of four-wheel drive, to promote mini four-wheel drive.

Although Wu Bing'an is still a little worried, but when he heard Wu Ming say this, he can only suppress his worries in his heart, after all, Wu Ming's "Speeding YOYO" has driven the sales of yoyos for all to see.

"Then I will go to the company tomorrow and instruct them to start developing a mini four-wheel drive car, which will be finished in about a month. ”

Dole Toys is now a big company, and there are naturally a lot of talents in electric toys. It didn't take long for a toy like a mini four-wheel drive car to be developed.

After explaining the matter of the four-wheel drive, Wu Ming suggested: "Dad, you can't always rely on me to help you design products, it's better to tap more inventors." ”

Hearing his son's opinion, Wu Bingan couldn't help but blush. Seriously, Dolle Toys Company has been able to develop to this point, and ninety percent of the credit is attributed to Wu Ming. The remaining 10% is the hard work that he and the employees of Dole Toys work hard for.

Wu Bing'an nodded in agreement: "Of course I know that I can't rely on you alone, now Tole Toys has implemented a reward system, and employees who can invent new toys will be rewarded with sales shares."

Over this time, the distribution of various places and the fact that the department has invented a lot of new toys, although not as good as your design, is always a good start.

In particular, the GUNPLA of the Island Country Division has been selling very well in the island country due to the popularity of Mobile Suit Gundam, and the profit from it is no less than that of Yoyo in the island country......"

Speaking of this, Wu Bing'an suddenly couldn't say any more, because he remembered that the GUNPLA project seemed to be also run by Wu Ming in the island country last year.

Wu Ming was also stunned when he saw his father's embarrassed look. After thinking about it, I understood my father's thoughts.

Wu Ming smiled and diverted the topic: "So in addition to designing and developing new products by yourself, the best way is to find some good IPs and develop them." ”

Hearing the new term, Wu Bingan couldn't care less about embarrassment.

"What is 'IP'?" Wu Bingan asked with a puzzled look.

Wu Ming smiled lightly and explained: "The so-called 'IP' is the abbreviation of "intellectual property" in English, which originally meant "intellectual (property) ownership" or "intellectual (property) ownership", also known as intellectual achievement rights.

To put it simply, it's brand and content. For example, those dolls with cartoons or movies are not selling a little more than those ordinary dolls. There is also a yo-yo that appears in the cartoon, is it better to sell than not to appear. ”

Wu Bing'an suddenly realized: "This is IP!"

The meaning of IP is naturally not only peripheral development, but also includes novels, comics, games adapted into film and television works and many other projects. However, for Wu Bing'an, as long as he understands the surrounding development, it is fine.

Random Wu Bing'an reacted and scolded with a smile: "Okay, you stinky boy, aren't you going around the corner and saying that Duole Toys still have to rely on you, most of the peripheral development of Duole Toys now is not around your comic publishing houses and animation companies." ”