On October 9th, it was a rare heavy rain last night, and the weather is much cooler today.

Wu Ming has continued to transfer funds from Phoenix Publishing House into Xingchen Entertainment Game Company for a while, adding up to more than two million Hong Kong dollars, and now the Phoenix Society has some basic funds left to maintain its own business and pay salaries.

Fortunately, "Hulu Brothers" and "Go Boy" have been selling well, even if the funds are withdrawn, it doesn't matter. Otherwise, even if Wu Ming was the big boss of the Order of the Phoenix, the high-level personnel of the Order of the Phoenix would not have watched Wu Ming come so nonsense.

Xingchen Entertainment has received such a large amount of money, and it also continues to recruit talents. After Fok Jianning had the funds, he first rented a shop on Hong Kong Island and opened a game arcade, and later saw that the business was very good, and opened a game hall on the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories. In the future, these three game halls will be used as the center to bloom in the three major areas of Xiangjiang.

After school, Wu Ming and Fok Jianning came to this game hall on Hong Kong Island.

The name of the game hall is Galaxy Century Video Game City, which is not small, with three floors and a rent of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars per month. This is also because the location is not very good, and the landlord has to pay a quarter's rent in advance at one time, which discourages some tenants who are interested in this place. Otherwise, the rent will have to rise by at least half.

As soon as Wu Ming and Huo Jianning walked into the Galaxy Century Video Game City, a heat wave came from the surface, which was mixed with the smell of smoke, alcohol and sweat. Although the fans were turned on, it didn't seem to work, and the arcade machines that worked day and night and the constant flow of people muddied the air.

Huo Jianning only wrinkled his nose slightly, and Wu Ming was choked by the unpleasant smell and coughed.

"Ahem, Uncle Jianning, you can't do this here. Although most of the people who come to play the game are idlers and rough people, there are also some office workers and students who come to play. They are certainly not comfortable with such an environment. They are all potential customers in our home console game market, and they can't be made to think that our company is a vulgar company. ”

"In the future, a special floor will be built into a green area, where smoking and drinking are not allowed, and it is specially designed for office workers and students to play. The environment is not only comfortable and pleasant, but also hygienic and clean, and the air is fresh. Other arcade chains are doing the same. ”

Huo Jianning nodded and said, "I think so too, it's just that I'm too busy this time and don't have time to manage it." ”

Wu Ming looked at it with both eyes, swept it, and took in the surrounding situation. There are about thirty or forty arcade machines on the entire floor, and the two upper floors are not open for the time being. All the arcade machines were full of people standing in front of them, and someone picked them up as soon as they got out of their seat.

"It seems that our 'Great Wall Cube' and 'Snake' are quite popular. ”

"Yes, but our company's "Great Wall Cube" and "Snake" don't make money as fast as "Little Bee" and "Space Invaders" and other game companies. ”

"The Great Wall Cube" can be played for a minute or two even if it is a novice, and even a veteran can play it for more than ten minutes. "Snake" is a little better, but it's not much better. ”

"Now we're open at 8 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. every day, for a total of 15 hours. Our company's two kinds of arcade machines can earn about 200 Hong Kong dollars per day on average, while those arcade machines of other companies can earn about 300 Hong Kong dollars to 400 Hong Kong dollars per day on average, and the profit is very different. ”

"In this way, if we release "Great Wall Cube" and "Snake" in the future, won't no one buy it, after all, other games are more profitable. ”

Huo Jianning looked worried, obviously worried about the future sales of "Great Wall Cube" and "Snake".

Wu Ming thought there was something big wrong, but he didn't expect it to be this.

"This, Uncle Jianning, you want to fork it. Although they are more profitable, there are certainly not as many people who like to play their games as there are those who like to play our games. A few of their games can satisfy those who like to listen to them, and ours must have at least a dozen or twenty to satisfy those who want to play. ”

Huo Jianning nodded approvingly. At first, he thought that a single arcade machine would be more profitable than the arcade machines of other game companies. As soon as Wu Ming said this, he figured it out.

Although the single arcade machines "Great Wall Cube" and "Snake" are not as profitable as other arcade machines, the obvious number of people who like to play them is more. If you want to satisfy these people, you need more "Great Wall Cubes" and "Snake" arcades, which are small profits and quick turnover.

And their Star Entertainment Game Company's main business is selling arcade machines, and opening a game hall is just a side business. Of course, it is more in the interests of their company to sell more arcade machines.

And although the arcades of "Great Wall Block" and "Snake" make less money, they are only compared to the most popular arcades. It's still more profitable than other ordinary arcade machines. And it's more fun-friendly, and the queue has never stopped.

Wu Ming smiled and said: "If this development continues, a game hall will be filled with arcade machines, and the daily profit will be about 20,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is also a big profit supplement for the company." ”

Huo Jianning replied: "It's true, but the manufacturing speed of the arcade is still too slow. Now most of the company is developers, and there are only a few workers who specialize in making arcade machines, and the whole company can work overtime to build a total of two or three units a day. ”

Wu Ming nodded and said he understood.

"Then go find a few electronics factories to OEM, now there are so many electronics factories in Xiangjiang, although the technology is a little backward, but the OEM of our arcade is enough. ”

Wu Ming is not ready to find companies in Europe, the United States and RB to OEM his own arcade machines, that is, he will take the initiative to hand over his lifeline to competitors.

The current electronics factory in Xiangjiang has not been relocated, and the number is still quite large. Although these electronics factories don't have any technology, that just means that they don't have their own core technology. Their OEM ability is still very strong, otherwise those European and American companies would not have brought their products to Xiangjiang for production. You must know that Atari's home host is now produced in Xiangjiang.

Huo Jianning was a little puzzled and asked: "Don't recruit more workers, let's produce it ourselves, after all, it's not a way to find someone to do OEM all the time." We also have to have our own production capacity. ”

Wu Ming didn't know that he had his own production capacity, but he knew very well that Xiangjiang's electronics industry would be lonely in the future, and Xiangjiang's human resources would become more and more expensive.

"I knew I had to produce it myself, but I didn't produce it in Heung Kong. ”

After Wu Ming finished speaking, he pointed in one direction.

Huo Jianning was a little confused, what was in that direction, nothing.

Suddenly, I had a flash of inspiration and remembered, isn't that the direction of the mainland?

"You're talking about production on the mainland. ”

Wu Ming smiled and replied: "Yes, I am going to build a factory in the mainland to specialize in the production of our company's future products." During the Spring Festival this year, my family is going back to visit relatives, and by then our company has grown a little bit and has enough funds to build a factory. ”

Huo Jianning listened to Wu Ming's words, frowned, and persuaded: "Xiao Ming, I know that you are from the mainland, and I have it in my heart. However, we can't build all the company's production departments there, because the investment environment there is still unclear, and I am afraid that it will be wasted if we invest in it. ”

Wu Ming saw Huo Jianning's objection and explained: "Uncle Jianning, I know that the image of the mainland in Xiangjiang was not good before. But now the mainland has made up its mind, and the central government has already issued a document on "reform and opening up." Moreover, I don't know how low the labor cost in the mainland is, and the salary of a worker in Xiangjiang is equivalent to the salary of more than a dozen workers in the mainland, and the technology is not much worse. ”

"These conditions are worth our try, and even if something goes wrong, it is just a loss of money, and our company can afford to lose. But if it succeeds, it will make a lot of money, and the production cost can be much lower than that of other companies, making our products more competitive. There is also a steady stream of workers available for us to use. No more worrying about our company's production. ”

Huo Jianning was also moved when he heard Wu Ming say this, after all, he had also heard of the low labor cost in the mainland. If this investment can really be successful, it will indeed be of great help to the development of Star Entertainment.

"Okay, let's give it a try, but only once. If we succeed, we are naturally good, but if we fail, we will build our own factory in Xiangjiang. ”

"Well, if this investment fails, we will naturally set up a production department in Xiangjiang. ”

Wu Ming was also very happy to see that Huo Jianning agreed, although he could insist on going his own way and forcefully promote this mainland investment as the boss of Xingchen Entertainment Game Company, Huo Jianning had no way to object.

But there will definitely be a mustard between him and Huo Jianning, which Wu Ming doesn't want to see, and Xingchen Entertainment will have to rely on Huo Jianning to take care of it in the future, he doesn't have so much spare time to manage those daily affairs of chicken feathers.

Huo Jianning was also very happy to see that Wu Ming attached so much importance to his opinions, which meant that Wu Ming regarded himself as a cronie and cared very much about his thoughts.

"Then I'll go tomorrow to find out which electronics factories in Xiangjiang are suitable for our company, let them sign the contract as soon as possible, and immediately enter the production state. ”

Wu Ming replied: "Well, it is certainly not a problem for the combined sales of the two arcade machines to exceed the 300,000 units of "Space Invaders". It's just that the company doesn't have much money now, and the first batch can only produce 2,000 units. “

"After the first batch of arcade machines are sold and the funds are returned, a larger order will be placed. Moreover, it is necessary to sign a long-term contract with them, and the liquidated damages should be set a little higher, so as to save you from finding other electronics factories. ”

Huo Jianning nodded to show that he understood.