Walt Disney arrived in Hollywood with only $200 in his pocket.

Roy Disney had some savings, and he scraped together some money — supposedly selling some valuable possessions — and then scraping together $20,000 with his brother.

Manhattan Zeus invested $80,000, but only 40% of Walt Disney Studios.

The Disney brothers are grateful to Zeus in Manhattan and have respect for Dr. Lee.

Under Walt Disney's popular science, Li Kangping learned about the design, production, sales, and distribution of cartoons.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and the design and production of cartoons must be the responsibility of Walt Disney.

The day before Li Kangping left Hollywood, Walt Disney gave Li Kangping a small gift.

The gift is a cartoon.

Walt Disney used cartoon techniques to depict the cartoon image of Li Kangping.

"Clever Dr. Lee".

Drawn by Walt Disney, 1923, Hollywood.

"Oh, so cute! Walter, I love the cartoon character you designed for me! Yes, I love myself to death! Li Kangping looked very happy, and he said, "Walter, please tell me, is there a chance that the smart Dr. Li will appear in the cartoon?" ”

"If you say there's a chance, then there's a chance." Walt Disney said.

"Of course, "Smart Dr. Lee" should follow the most basic work process of cartoons, and I hope that when the film technology is more mature, I will specifically study whether "Smart Dr. Lee" can be made into an animated film."

"When film technology is more mature? Dr. Lee, you mean sound film technology? ”

"Time is limited, so let's not talk about that. All in all, Walter, I think I'm in charge of the technical stuff, and you, or you should focus on the art. ”

"Okay, Dr. Lee, good luck."

"Good luck with that, Walter."

Li Kangping and his entourage left Hollywood and went to San Francisco.

Hera Mahjong has two suppliers of bamboo raw materials, one in Florida and the other in San Francisco.

The bamboo garden in San Francisco is run by Chinese, and Li Kangping's team went to the bamboo garden to conduct research and communicate with bamboo suppliers.

With a production capacity of 10,000 bamboo mahjong per month, the bamboo supplier bought new land to build a new bamboo garden to supply the thriving Mahjong company.

Li Kangping inspected the land where he wanted to build the Hsinchu Garden, and he quickly calculated the result, the new and old bamboo gardens of your family together can supply about 15,000 pairs of bamboo mahjong raw materials per month.

And Hera Mahjong does not need so many bamboo raw materials.

What's more? We also have a bamboo supplier in Florida.

What bamboo garden are you operating? Plus the bamboo garden in Florida, just enough to supply Hera Mahjong Company. You don't need to build Hsinchu Garden. Even if we consider you to be the exclusive supplier of bamboo? The monthly supply of 15,000 pairs of bamboo mahjong raw materials is also more.

The Chinese boss said? Mr. Li, aren't you planning to expand Hera Mahjong Company? Don't open the second and third factories? Hera brand mahjong sales are improving? You should increase the monthly production capacity from 10,000 pairs to 20,000 pairs, 30,000 pairs! That's how doing business, having money to earn together? Do you make a lot of money? We make a small amount of money.

Seaborne trade between China and the United States is mainly through the Pacific shipping lane, and San Francisco is an important port on this shipping lane.

Today, there are still U.S. mahjong importers who ship Chinese mahjong to San Francisco and distribute it to various cities in the United States.

Because of the rise of mahjong manufacturing in the United States? As a result, it is becoming more and more difficult for American mahjong importers to do business of importing mahjong from China.

So? Some U.S. mahjong importers want to build a new mahjong manufacturing plant in the U.S., following the example of Hera Mahjong in New York.

According to the owner of Bamboo Garden, there are at least three mahjong import companies in California that want to open mahjong factories in California, and the nearest one is 20 miles away, and they bought 25 acres of land? The construction team has already entered the site.

"I see."

After learning the news, Li Kangping frowned.

This Chinese boss opens up a new bamboo garden? Presumably to establish a partnership with a new mahjong manufacturing plant in California.

Mr. Li stayed in San Francisco for a few days to investigate potential competitors in the mahjong manufacturing industry.

"Ivory mahjong is still all imported from China? However, the market share of ivory mahjong is getting lower and lower, and bamboo mahjong accounts for more than 90% of sales in the United States. Is the owner of the bamboo garden right? Carlson Company – Is this a mahjong import company? They bought 25 acres of land on the outskirts of San Francisco? The construction team has already started construction, and their mahjong factory will be completed by the end of the year or the first half of next year. This is extremely bad news for us. Benjamin said with a solemn face.

"In fact, we should have thought that there would always be people jumping out and snatching our cake. So I'm not surprised. Li Kangping tried to stay calm as much as possible, so as to stabilize the morale of the army.

Benjamin also said: "Mahjong is different from television, television is an invention that can be protected by an invention patent, but mahjong is not." I mean, mahjong is also an invention, an invention made by the Chinese hundreds of years ago or a thousand years ago, so the patent protection for mahjong has long expired, which means that now everyone can produce mahjong. Mr. Li, as you know, we are unable to apply for patent protection for the mahjong production process. ”

"Benjamin, you go on."

That is to say, whoever has mastered the mahjong production process will be able to produce mahjong. Hera Mahjong Company has the most advanced and efficient mahjong production process in the United States, in fact, I think the advanced and efficient mahjong production process is those technicians, and Mr. Huang from China. ”

"Benjamin, you're right, the core of manual work is the operator, and the person who understands the craft in a comprehensive and profound way."

"I have to tell you even worse news, Carlson or something, they might poach our core technicians! And it is also possible that they will bring in experienced mahjong technicians directly from China, so I think the competitors in the mahjong manufacturing industry have the ability to make mahjong like us. ”

The facts are in front of you, and the guy who grabbed the job appeared.

Everyone under Li Kangping was nervous.

"Mr. Lee proposed the business model of 'rolling development', in which we 'rolled' Zeus Labs, Poseidon Radio, and Walt Disney Studios in a short period of time, however, we must clearly understand that the basis of 'rolling development' is Hera Mahjong. Once Hera Mahjong is threatened by competitors, resulting in reduced profits or even losses, then the entire Manhattan Zeus company is finished. ”

"Let's put it this way, our company now has several sections: mahjong section, radio section, science and technology research section, and cartoon section. At present, only the mahjong section is making money. Of course, because Mr. Li sold the TV patent, the science and technology research section also made a lot of money. ”

"I mean, it's only the mahjong section that provides a steady income. And the next money-making technology patent, we don't know what it is for the time being. Mr. Lee, do you say yes? ”

"Will's analysis makes a lot of sense, I have a plan for the next money-making technology patent, but it takes time to develop. I'm particularly bullish on the prospects of electronic television, but this technology project is unlikely to bring even a penny to the company this year or next, and it will cost 100,000 dollars a year to develop. Next year, it could be $200,000 or $500,000. Li Kangping took a sip of whiskey and listened to everyone's opinions.

Will also took a sip of wine, and he continued: "The revenue from the TV patent goes to the construction of the Poseidon radio company, and it is unknown whether our superheterodyne, super-regenerative radios will be profitable." Walt Disney Studios is actually irrelevant, even if they make money, they won't make a lot of money in the short term, and if they lose money, they won't lose a lot of money. Mr. Lee, with all due respect, the Poseidon Radio Company may be an abyss! If it weren't for the radio section, we would be much less financially stressed now. ”

"Radio Poseidon's radio is about to be mass-produced, are you asking me to stop this project?" Li Kangping asked rhetorically.

"No, Mr. Lee, I didn't mean that, but the Poseidon Radio Company has more than a million dollars in debt, and it's really a headache for me......," Will said bitterly.

Will analyzed the current state of the company from a financial point of view, and what Will meant was that if Poseidon Radio could not make the expected profits, and Hera Mahjong was crushed by a competitor, then we would all have to jump off the building...... No, no, no, I'll just jump off the building alone, and you'll live well. Li Kangping looked at Benjamin and said: "The facts are obvious, the mahjong section is our company's current core interest section, and our core interests will never be allowed to be trampled on by others." Benjamin, you're the head of sales, and could you please analyze how we can deal with the impact of our competitors from a marketing and branding perspective. ”