In '59 alone, Barbie dolls actually sold 350,000 units, but in '59, they were actually only sold for 5 months, because the International Toy Fair was held in July.

By 60 years, more and more dealers saw the market prospect of this kind of dolls, and orders poured into Mattel like snowflakes.

It took nearly 3 years for Mattel, which is still a small company, to produce at full capacity, so that there is no shortage of products in the market.

And because the market is out of stock, the price of Barbie has also risen from the retail price of $5 at the beginning to $8.

Some boutiques even cost more than 20 dollars, or even 50 or 60 dollars each.

As for the factory price of this kind of doll, Chu Xiangqian can't find it in a short time, but I believe that it shouldn't be difficult to check it over there.

Of course, the price is so high, and it is also related to the low output of plastics in this era, and the high price of raw materials.

Now that Universal has quoted a purchase price of $2.4 each, Chu Xiangqian knows that Barbie's purchase price should be even higher than this.

In the case of production on Hong Kong Island, at least half of the net profit.

Even if the freight of the sea ship is added, the final purchase price of the global side will definitely not exceed 2.5 US dollars.

And Universal was quite cautious at first, ordering only 50,000 princess dolls.

The total amount is only 120,000 US dollars, but if this kind of doll is released on a large scale with the Roman holiday, many viewers will love the princess in the movie.

Then I thought about buying a princess doll for my daughter.

And for a little girl under the age of 10, the princess actually has more status than Barbie, and at the same time yearns for herself to be a princess.

There will definitely be no shortage of children who will like this kind of doll.

The result was not as expected, after the 50,000 dolls arrived in Los Angeles, only Los Angeles, as well as Santa Barbara County and other West Coast cities, were all sold out in only 3 days.

The cost is less than $3, but the selling price is $5, and 50,000 is a net profit of $100,000.

All of a sudden, the orders received by Chu Xiangqian became 200,000.

However, Chu Xiangqian finally set up his own toy factory because of this business, not because of this business.

It's that there really aren't suitable professional managers among them.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian now only wants to invest in a toy company on Hong Kong Island with cash and orders.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that he had already chosen the target, but he didn't want to take the initiative to find the white rice fish.

After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian knew that many retired community bosses and retired seniors in the police sector on Hong Kong Island have actually been doing business all these years.

The competitiveness of light industrial products on Hong Kong Island is still very large, the main reason is not only the labor, low price, and cheap factory, but also because of the status of Hong Kong Island's financial center, which makes it very convenient for capital exchanges.

The technology of toys is not high, and the business of easily copying and producing popular foreign toys has long been targeted by these people.

And in addition to making money from toys, these people are also engaged in some money business.

To put it bluntly, they don't care where the money comes from, they can use the export contract for light industrial products to change hands, and the money from abroad can be deposited in the bank smoothly.

Therefore, although the owners of these toy factories are now businessmen, they still have an inextricable relationship with the club and the bad guys, and after Chu Xiangqian understood, he couldn't help but hesitate.

It's not impossible to do business with the club, but he doesn't want to be someone else's money-making tool.

And for those bosses from the community, if they can get in touch with Chu Xiangqian, then the money will be big.

The 50,000 princess dolls have long been on their radar.

Just when they heard that this toy was a 'Chu's' movie, a role in a Hollywood-funded movie, these people immediately didn't dare to come nonsense.

In the end, when Chu Xiangqian planned to find a collaborator, or rather, he paid money, made orders, and found an operator who made money for himself, these people also found the rice fish with the best relationship with Chu Xiangqian.

And Bai Fanyu is very clear about Chu Xiangqian's ability to make money, but whenever he does business, Bai Fanyu wants to keep up.

At the same time, I also know that it is not so easy to take advantage of Chu Xiangqian.

I could only discuss it with a few factory owners, and finally told Chu Xiangqian that everyone could set up a new company together, and then go to control those toy factories.

And Chu can make capital contributions, place orders, and get 51% of the shares of the new company.

In the name of the company, those toy factories were acquired.

Chu Xiangqian was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this old guy just wanted a piece of the pie and drank some soup.

Since Bai Fanyu said so, Chu Xiangqian thought about it and simply handed over this matter to Bai Fanyu to do.

After the final negotiation, Chu Xiangqian got 51% of the shares of the new company, 15% of Baifanyu, and 34% of other shareholders.

Then he and Bai Fanyu contributed money together according to the share ratio, and spent 3.8 million Hong Kong dollars to merge and acquire 3 factories.

Moreover, before the merger and acquisition, the lawyer team and the accounting team had already made the situation of the three factories clear.

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After finishing the matter of the toy, Chu Xiangqian's mind was also on Philips and Taylor again.

By the way, I also call from time to time to ask about the box office of Roman holidays in magnesium countries, Europe and other places.

Universal was optimistic about this movie from the beginning, and naturally preferred to organize more movie theaters to release it.

There were 1,800 movie theaters at the opening, and the box office exceeded 6.5 million in the first week.

9.3 million in the second week, 8 million in the third week, and 4.6 million in the fourth week.

Because the stage sharing contract signed with the theater, one month after the release, when it is released for a long time, Universal can only get a 15% share of the box office.

But even in the first month, the box office has reached 28.4 million.

According to the contract of 80% for the first week, 60% for the second and third weeks, and 35% for the fourth and fifth weeks, the box office of the first month alone on Universal's side can get $17.19 million.

It can be said that this alone has made Universal, Chu Xiangqian and Magnesium Country Music, and Decca Records make a lot of money.

It's a pity that Universal didn't invest in this movie at the beginning and could only earn 15% of the distribution fee.

But who let Chu Xiangqian and Meiguo Music, Decca Records control the vast majority of Universal's shares.

As the film became a hit again, Chu Xiangqian's status within Universal began to skyrocket.

Wrinkle Huai and other Hong Kong Island filmmakers, as well as the behind-the-scenes staff of Chu's Film Company, have also risen in the world.

The most important thing is to earn dollars and spend them on Hong Kong Island, I don't know how many Hong Kong Island filmmakers envy them.

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And as Taylor's fame grew, the deeper her entanglement with Philips became.

Men, liking female celebrities is nothing more than their general beauty, and their fame is also a plus.

This allowed Chu Xiangqian to have a large number of photos of the two of them messing around together.

By the time Chu Xiangqian took Margaret to inspect Downton Abbey, Philips had already taken Taylor and secretly went to the Scottish Highlands to escape the summer.

Chu Xiangqian immediately realized that this matter was probably not hidden from Elizabeth.

was inevitably implicated by Philips, so he could only take Margaret and go to the ranch on the side of the magnesium country to avoid it on the grounds of taking care of business.

By the way, let's see if the money laundering business on the magnesium country's side can continue, and whether the grain in Panama City can continue.

When he arrived in the magnesium country, just after resting at the ranch for a night, Chu Xiangqian was taken by Margaritra to Boyin's factory to visit the private jet that could basically be handed over.

As the first private custom customer of Boyin 707, it goes without saying how much Boyin attaches great importance to Chu Xiangqian and Margaret.

Once the aircraft is in front of the public, it may soon usher in a trend of private customization.

And the price of $3 million a plane, plus $1.2 million for interior modification and decoration, although it is astronomical for ordinary people, is just a big toy for large enterprises and super-rich.

Even if the plane is well-received, Boein plans to lobby the White House to replace the president's Air Force One with a painful 707.

If this is done, it is foreseeable that the order of 707 will definitely keep Boyin busy in the future.

got on the private jet, even though Chu Xiangqian himself was the owner of the plane, he was shocked by the decoration inside.

Looking back at Margaret with a satisfied smile on her face, this chick is worthy of being from the royal family, and in many ways it is indeed not comparable to a child from an ordinary family like herself.

Margaret saw her man looking at her with a satisfied expression, and quickly guessed what Chu Xiangqian was thinking.

His chin was slightly upturned, and he snorted lightly with a proud expression on his face, and Chu Xiangqian, who saw it, wanted to grab her and bully her.

After visiting the interior of the plane, even the private queen bed was experienced, and the person in Boyin said with a smile, "Chu, do you want to experience the comfortable journey of flying to San Francisco and only needing to sleep in a private suite in the plane?" ”

Chu Xiangqian naturally had no opinion, and looked back at Margaret, who also showed a surprised expression.

Looking at the vice president of Boyin, "This flying princess is already able to fly?" ”

Lawrence smiled and nodded, "Your Highness, after the plane was refitted, it had actually undergone 10 flight tests, and everything was normal, before we dared to call you and Mr. Chu." ”

Margaret put her arm around Chu Qianqian and sat in the seating area outside the suite.

Lawrence also nodded to the assistant next to him, and soon the 3 crew members got on the plane.

Ten minutes later, the plane glided for a while, flew smoothly into the sky, and flew towards San Francisco.

The two places are about 615 kilometers, and it will take about an hour to take a plane, and Margaret has not yet recovered from her excitement, and her mouth is still talking about topics related to the plane, and the announcement has come on the radio that the plane is about to arrive at the San Francisco airport.

Margaret immediately pouted, feeling that the flight time was too short.

Subconsciously, he hugged Chu Xiangqian's arm and shook it a few times.

Chu Xiangqian didn't know what his woman's mind was, and said to Lawrence who was sitting on the side of the aisle with a smile.

"After the plane lands in San Francisco, fill up the gas, let's fly to New York, Margaret and I invite you to the best restaurant in New York for dinner, how about it?"

Seriously, there are still a lot of things to do in Lawrence, but Chu Xiangqian, the super gold master, has said so, and no matter how busy he is, he has to find time to agree.

An hour later, the plane stopped at the San Francisco airport, and soon a fuel truck pulled up to the plane to start refueling.

Because I was going to fly to New York, I simply filled up all the fuel, and by the time the plane took off again, it was almost noon.

Fortunately, in order to gain the favor of Chu Xiangqian, the gold lord, and Margaret, the princess, Boyin thought that the two of them were satisfied, maybe the royal family would also customize a private jet of the same type.

Therefore, there are a lot of preparations for this maiden voyage.

Three good-looking flight attendants made a steak set meal for everyone directly on the plane, which didn't taste too good, but it was also much better than a working meal.

And Boyin also came with a lot of good wine, which was stored on the plane.

At around 7 p.m., when the plane landed at New York International Airport, it was once again the same as when it was in San Francisco, and many passengers found it and began to watch and talk from afar.

Before the group got off the plane, Lawrence suddenly smiled and said to Chu Xiangqian and Margaret, "Your Highness, Mr. Chu, the company still has a gift for you." ”

Chu Xiangqian and Margaret were stunned for a moment, but soon followed Lawrence to the outside of the plane and saw the stretched Cadillac sedan slowly reversing out of the baggage compartment of the plane.

Chu Xiangqian recognized at a glance that this must be a bulletproof car, otherwise the body and tires would not look so heavy.

Although this kind of car is privately customized, it may only cost more than 100,000 US dollars, which is not worth mentioning to himself, but Boyin can think so thoughtfully, it really makes people feel very comfortable.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Boyin is not the giant in the future, and he, the owner who ordered the first 707 private jet, has naturally become the object of their attention.

But Margaret and her entourage, as well as the bodyguards, were a little unhappy.

In their hearts, Rolls-Royce is the best sedan and bulletproof car.

Chu Xiangqian seemed a little indifferent to this aspect, as long as it was a bulletproof car, whether it was a Cadillac or a Rolls-Royce, it was a tool car.

Second, the bulletproof technology in these years is not half a star worse than that of decades later.

More often than not, steel plates are added to the doors, and the bulletproof effect of the glass is also unsatisfactory.

In the event of an AK strafing shot, it can only be protected against a few bullets at most before it will break.

However, the defense of the pistol is not weak.

After getting into the car, Margaret took the initiative to put her arm around Chu Xiangqian and whispered, "My dear, these two cars will either be parked on Hong Kong Island for you to use in the future."

If we're going on a trip together, why don't we buy a Rolls-Royce of the same level as my sister? ”

The two ace agents who were driving immediately pricked up their ears, and Chu Xiangqian agreed, which showed that he was more inclined to England.

On the contrary, like some people, they should yearn for magnesium country more.

Chu Xiangqian actually really looked down on the infant country, after all, the big baby in the future will be a strong man in his mouth, and in other aspects, whether it is economic or military, it has slowly declined to the point that it is not even second-rate.

Of course, whether it is the current or future baby country, the image of the-stirring stick is the same as always.

Margaret saw that Chu Xiangqian agreed, and spent 80,000 pounds to purchase a Rolls-Royce bulletproof car of the highest level, and couldn't help but hug him excitedly and kissed him.

Chu Xiangqian was enjoying the beautiful lips while busy looking for a button to raise the soundproof panel in the car.

(End of chapter)