Video Game Empire

Finding a suitable managerial talent doesn't come with immediate results in a day or two. After Li Xuan told the headhunting company about his requirements, he waited patiently for the results.

When Li Xuan went back to school, it had been several days since CUHK started. He finally understood why Bill Gates, Dell, Sergey Brin, and Yang Jieyuan either dropped out of school or took a leave of absence. There was simply not enough time to start a business while studying.

Li Xuan skipped many classes in the first semester. Although he barely failed, the academy has already talked to him. If this continues, the original scholarship will not be counted on. Luckily he doesn't need a scholarship to live now.

"Hatto-kun, I'm very sorry, I can only make an appointment to meet you in this small cafe!" Li Xuan walked into the cafe and found that Hattori Kenshin was already waiting there, and said embarrassedly.

"It's okay, I haven't returned to the quiet campus for a long time since graduating from university to smell the book. Today, I took the opportunity to visit Li Jun to visit the campus of CUHK. It's very beautiful here!" Kenshin Hattori saw He came in, got up immediately and said.

At noon, Du Wenqiang called Li Xuan's dormitory and said that Kenshin Hattori, the director of Seiko Epson, had just arrived in Hong Kong by plane from Japan and hoped to have an interview with Li Xuan. Li Xuan has classes in the afternoon and evening, and plans to meet Kenshin Hattori the next day. But the other party obviously couldn't wait, and rushed to the campus of CUHK to wait for him.

"Li Jun, I am here on a request from the company. I want to talk to you about the production contract for the mainboard of the game console!" Hattori Kenshin nodded and bowed.

Previously, in order to lure Epson to manufacture arcade motherboards, Dongfang Electronics exchanged the terms of production authorization for two arcade machines in the Japanese market. At that time, the prospect of the new game machine was still unclear, and Dongfang Electronics was in a weak state and could only cede part of its benefits. But Li Xuan also quietly played a sloppy eye, and only signed a contract with Epson for the main board of 10,000 arcade machines.

Although this multi-million dollar contract is not big, it is enough to persuade Epson to adjust its motherboard production line and start producing game console motherboards. Although Epson is optimistic about the two arcade games Hong Kong Cube and Tank War, they are amateurs in the game industry after all, and they do not have the aura of rebirth like Li Xuan, so the estimates of the energy that these two games can explode are somewhat conservative. Therefore, there is not much objection to the contract of 10,000 arcade boards proposed by Li Xuan.

But now, Dongfang Electronics Co., Ltd. has gone through the most difficult time. Taking advantage of the east wind of the San Francisco Western Electronics Show, it has opened up the largest and most competitive North American market in one fell swoop. It has become an upstart in the arcade industry, and it seems that it is the next to rise. too east. Epson also participated in the Western Electronics Show and sent the news back to its Japanese headquarters.

Before Epson could respond, Dongfang Electronics, after signing a contract with a group of arcade dealers in the United States, turned around and immediately placed a production order for Epson. The first order was for 10,000 arcade boards. That is to say, as long as the order is completed, the responsibility of Dongfang Electronics to Epson has been completed, and the subsequent main board purchases can be completely independently selected by whom to produce.

At this time, Epson discovered that its sales forecast for the two arcade machines was seriously inaccurate. Therefore, after an urgent discussion, the company's board of directors immediately dispatched Kenxin, the director of the service department who had contact with Li Xuan, to fly directly to Hong Kong to come to Li Xuan for an interview, hoping to sign a larger motherboard OEM contract.

"You said this, I have asked the company to place an order for you according to the agreement we signed before. Is there something wrong with your side? Don't scare me, our company can wait for you in a hurry. The main board to assemble the game console!" Li Xuan also has some acting skills, clearly knowing why the other party rushed over in such a hurry, but at the moment he made a puzzled expression.

"There is no problem with the order, please rest assured Li Jun!" Hattori Kenshin waved his hand and said with a wry smile, "I'm talking about a new order, and we at Epson hope to continue to provide arcade machines for Li Jun's Dongfang Electronics Company. OEM service for motherboards!"

"This question, Hattori-kun, you may be disappointed. After all, your company is not a professional computer motherboard manufacturer!" Li Xuan said regretfully.

"Li Jun, please rest assured, our Seiko Co., Ltd. started from the mechanical watch business. High quality and precision have always been our service concepts. The game motherboards we produce are the same as our Seiko watches, which have undergone strict quality inspection. Other motherboard applications have been used before. The failure rate of all Epson models of printing equipment is very good, as evidenced by this!"

Kenshin Hattori said confidently about his company's products, "Furthermore, after the discussion of our board of directors, Li Jun, you are our sincere friend of Seiko Epson, and we are willing to lower the original price by ten more per motherboard. Dollar!"

Li Xuan heard that the Japanese devil directly offered the magic weapon of lowering the price, and the corner of his mouth could not help slightly.

"Mr. Hattori, last time I went to Japan, you warmly entertained me, which made me very grateful. Since you treat me as a friend, I will not hide it from you, let's tell the truth. Hong Kong cube and tank battle The pre-sale of the two arcade machines is very good in the U.S. market, and our company also did a demo in a small city in San Francisco before, and the response from players was also very enthusiastic.

According to our company's estimate, at least 100,000 tanks of Tank Wars can be sold in North America, and the Hong Kong cube will not be too bad! And we have already started to develop other new games in the future. It is impossible for Dongfang Electronics Company to always hand over the most important and core game console motherboard tasks to other factories for OEM, so in fact, we have put the construction of our own motherboard factory on the agenda! "

Li Xuan paused, looking at Kenshin Hattori frowning in front of him, thinking about what he just said. He took a sip of the fragrant coffee and gave the other party some time to digest before continuing: "If Epson regards Dongfang Electronics as a sincere partner, it is willing to assist us in building a game machine motherboard factory and provide production management services. Some valuable suggestions and experience, then I am very willing to continue to let your company OEM to produce game motherboards before my own factory is built.

Of course, UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com The reason why your company was willing to OEM game motherboards for us was mainly based on the perspective of allowing the newly put into production fabs to fully release their production capacity and turn losses into profits as soon as possible. If your company is willing to help us build a motherboard factory, Dongfang Electronics can also sign a chip purchase contract with Epson, and the game motherboards produced after that will still use your company's chips. "

If Dongfang Electronics agrees to continue to purchase chips from Epson's wafer fab, it is not difficult for Epson to accept even if it gives up the foundry business of game console motherboards.

Li Xuan stopped talking, he just sipped his coffee quietly. Building a motherboard manufacturing plant is far more difficult than building an arcade assembly plant. Much of the process of assembling an arcade machine is unskilled.

In contrast, the technical content of motherboard factories is much higher, and the production of motherboards generally requires several processes such as patching, manual plug-ins, and testing and packaging. The so-called patch is the process of soldering resistors, capacitors, chips and other components after the original PCB board is taken. Most of this step adopts advanced automatic assembly lines, and manual plug-ins are to weld some components and wiring sockets that cannot be welded by automatic assembly lines. type capacitor. After that is the testing program, if it passes the testing, it can be packaged and shipped.

Those advanced equipment can be bought by Li Xuan as long as he has US dollars, and the manufacturer will also be responsible for training how to use it. However, if you carry out specific production management, no one has taught you these experiences, and you need to summarize and adjust by yourself step by step.

If a mature company like Epson can teach it, then Dongfang Electronics can avoid many detours.

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