After explaining the affairs of Haoshiduo, Chen Zhiwen and his subordinates once again contracted the first-class cabin of a plane with the team, returned to Hong Kong, and left for almost a month, and it was already December when they returned.

After returning to Hong Kong, he first went home to report his safety, so as not to worry about his parents, and then went to the twins of Shiya Shiqian, who recently released a bunch of zombie movies in Hong Kong, and the twins were more scared and needed Chen Zhiwen to comfort their scared hearts.

The next day, after arriving at the company. Chen Zhiwen immediately learned about the recent situation of each company, but because the time to go out is relatively short, and there are no new changes in the business during this time, it just continues to develop in the original direction, and the main discussion is some details within the company, which took two hours to end.

After the meeting, Chen Zhiwen left Lei Shengli, the person in charge of Midea, and asked: "How is the business development of TV sets recently?" ”

"We already have our own assembly line, the business is still mainly in Southeast Asia, using the previous global electronics channels, has not yet entered the mainstream sales channels in Southeast Asia, it is estimated that in the first half of next year, the monthly sales will be about thousands, unless we increase capital investment in advertising." Lei Shengli said without pause, when he reported before, because the scale of this business was too small, and it was not the focus of the boss's attention, he did not report, and he was asked after the meeting.

"There are no special advantages, and publicity is useless, South Korea and Wanwan's TVs are not lower than ours in terms of quality and cost, and your publicity can only have some effect in a short time, and in the long run, it is useless." Chen Zhiwen said lightly, in terms of labor costs, South Korea's Wanwan is now lower than Hong Kong, technology, because of the larger population, more talents, plus their large area, with a local picture tube industry, there is no way to compete.

"So what do we do?" As a senior worker, it is very inappropriate to ask the boss such a question, but the TV business is strongly requested by the boss, and if he is in charge, he will definitely not enter this field without any advantages.

"Let's leave it at that, we can appropriately allocate a little money to publicize, and we'll discuss this later." Chen Zhiwen said slowly, do you want to make a TV, the main thing is to be familiar with the market first, get ready, and wait until the north of the mainland is reopened, the first to move the production line over, China also has its own black and white picture tube production line, plus cheap labor, enough to grab the market with the South Korean Wanwan brand, and even enough funds to build their own picture tube production base or make color tubes.

"This is a product that we need to produce in a while, called arcade machines, and the main market for this thing in the future is in Europe and the United States, you see." took out a photo and handed it to Lei Shengli.

"Arcade?" After taking the photo, Lei Shengli took a look, a square metal box, about the height of a person, and there was a monitor on the top, but because the photo was black and white, he couldn't see the color or other information.

Chen Zhiwen continued: "This is a kind of video game machine, the structure inside is very simple, aluminum alloy frame, sheet metal surrounding, a color picture tube above, the inside is a large circuit board and circuit, and there is a cooling fan, these things, in addition to the circuit board I have another arrangement, other things, you first find a suitable supplier, the size of this piece is not in a hurry to settle, wait until the colleagues in the United States design it and then consider." ”

"These are the most basic things, there are many in Hong Kong, that is, the fan needs to decide the size according to the heat inside, and there is the problem of fan noise, if you want to look for the picture tube, you can just find RCA." Lei Shengli looked at the photo and said.

"With the best motor, we can't do it ourselves to buy the standard motor on the market, this is the main product of our beauty in the future, the loss of the United States is now, we have to rely on it to turn over." Chen Zhiwen said that the arcade machine is so profitable that it is worth using the most advanced parts.

"So when will my colleagues in the United States be able to design it?" Lei Shengli asked.

"It shouldn't be long, a month or two." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, the most difficult thing about games is the content, what kind of game can make countless consumers like it, is a problem for all companies, and in terms of hardware, Wads is the best at reducing costs, Atari is arkanoidal, and Warts can get it in four days. With Woz's ability and Chen Zhiwen's future creativity, the design of the game will not take long.

Of course, once the game is designed, it still needs a lot of testing, which is also very time-consuming.

"Okay, that's very easy, and we can do a lot of it ourselves." Lei Shengli nodded and said, although he was a little unbelievable that this thing would become the main product of beauty, but it was true that the structure of this thing was very simple, the most complex control boards and monitors were purchased, and other frames and the like were too simple.

"That's it, let's get busy first, Midea's current products, except for fans and radios, are not selling well, you don't have to be too anxious, just research and develop technology with peace of mind, don't worry about funds." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

The fan is because the product is simple and almost not for the purpose of making a profit to grab the market, the radio is because of the stability of the channel, the two only have the number of no profit, and the air conditioner and refrigerator have been losing money, which is also no way, according to the general business logic, a company should not engage in these two high-tech products when there is no money, it is Chen Zhiwen's intention.

Now it's time to develop arcade machines, as long as the development goes well, you can earn a lot of American knives in a year, and then the entire Midea will have enough funds to maintain research and development.

The creativity of the future generations to develop the arcade industry with higher profits, and then use the profits of the arcade to support the air conditioning and refrigerator industry that needs a lot of money to research and development, and so on a few years later, there is technology and funds, and Chen Zhiwen's efforts in other aspects are enough to open a certain channel in Europe and the United States.

"Okay, then I'll go first." Lei Shengli greeted and got up to leave.

After the people left, Chen Zhiwen asked his assistant to call Zhou Jiayang, who was in charge of finance, an investment expert poached from Standard Chartered Bank, and was responsible for some of Chen Zhiwen's secret acquisitions after entering Galaxy, such as the acquisition of Wharf.

"How much of Wharf's stock has been acquired?" After the person came, Chen Zhiwen asked directly.

"Chen Sheng, so far we have acquired a total of 17.3%." Zhou Jiayang replied.

"17.3, OK, slowly acquired, guaranteed at the lowest cost." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, he doesn't plan to challenge it in the near future, Jardine is still very strong, he is still accumulating, and the acquisition is not in a hurry, it has always been carried out slowly, and at such a speed, it is basically impossible to be discovered.

"We have spent almost 120 million Hong Kong dollars at present, and as long as the stock market does not fluctuate significantly, I estimate that as long as we spend another 100 million Hong Kong dollars, we can acquire 30% of the shares, but at that time, we will have to act very carefully, and it will be easy to expose." Zhou Jiayang reminded.

"I know this, let's buy it first, this battle may be inevitable." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, although Jardine Land's holding ratio of Wharf is not high, maybe less than 20%, but in addition to Jardine Matheson, there are many long-term shareholders, when outsiders buy 30%, the liquidity of the secondary market will be greatly reduced, and it is easy for people to find.

Chen Zhiwen continued: "The matter of Wharf is not urgent for the time being, I need to attack another one now, and it must be fast." ”

"Which one?" Zhou Jiayang asked.

"Hutchison Group." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

(End of chapter)