Chapter 186 Law of Conservation of Energy
Ning's Trading Company is still an electronic pet machine. It has the agency rights in Southeast Asia in areas other than Japan and Japan. It is much clearer about the market of electronic pet machines.
Last year, Tanglin Hi-Tech sold its electronic pet machine business and patents to Nippon Bandai for US$250 million!
At that time, there were a lot of discussions about this deal, but most of the voices thought that Dongling Hi-Tech had lost the watermelon and picked up the sesame seeds, giving away a golden mountain for the sake of immediate interests.
At that time, not only the Japanese media were cheering that Bandai had snatched the golden chicken that lays golden eggs, and mocking Tanglin Hi-Tech for being short-sighted, even the domestic media was lamenting that Tanglin Hi-Tech had sold the electronic pet machine. This is an industry that can earn foreign exchange.
But now, from the craze to the decline, the electronic pet machine rises like a comet and falls like a shooting star. The electronic pet machine can definitely still be sold, and it will still be sold for many years to come, but it can be sold. , does not mean that it can still sell tens of millions of electronic pet machines a year like before, causing a craze around the world!
Li Dongling didn’t know what the current situation of Nippon Bandai was, but from what Ning Wenke called, it turned out that the electronic pet machine was completely unsaleable in Southeast Asia. It was like overnight, no one liked this thing anymore. Similarly, a large number of electronic pet machines from Ning's Trading Company are piled in the warehouse and cannot be sold!
It is not clear what the current market situation of electronic pet machines in other regions is, but Ning Wenke feels that they should not be much different from those in Southeast Asia.
Because Nippon Bandai’s stock price has crashed, falling by more than 16% in a single day, and its market value has dropped to 880 million U.S. dollars. It is obvious that investment institutions that have received the news have withdrawn funds from Bandai stock in advance. He ran away and sold his Bandai shares like crazy.
Li Dongling put down the phone and thought about Nippon Bandai. You must know that Dongling Hi-Tech is also one of Bandai's small shareholders and holds 2.7 shares of Bandai. Li Dongling is also concerned about his "own" company. !
Li Dongling knows exactly how many electronic pet machines Nippon Bandai has produced now. After all, the electronic pet machines are manufactured by Dongling Hi-Tech.
Since the end of the New Year, Tanglin Hi-Tech has manufactured machines worth more than 500 million US dollars, at least for Bandai. It is hard to say how many of these machines have been sold, but now the electronic pet machine market If it collapses, it means that Nichiben Bandai, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of goods, have all been smashed into their hands!
This is not just the machine that cannot be sold, but also advertising fees, channel fees, freight, warehouse fees, etc., all of which are wasted. Bandai's performance in the next quarter is not visible anyway. .
For Bandai, the next quarter may be the saddest quarter. If things go wrong, it may face bankruptcy crisis again.
According to the law of conservation of energy, when a person's smile disappears, the smile will not really disappear, but will be transferred to another person's face. If Wandai can't smile, someone else should smile. came out.
Competitors like Bandai, Nintendo, Sony, etc. will probably laugh out loud when they see Bandai's warehouse full of electronic pet machines. However, Bandai is unlucky, and it may also be an opportunity for Tanglin Hi-Tech!
It is a crisis for Bandai, but for the "minority shareholder" Donglin Hi-Tech, it is an opportunity to become a major shareholder from a small shareholder.
Bandai has a lot of good things in its hands. A large number of well-known IP copyrights. The further back they are pushed, the more valuable they become. If you can get it, don’t mess around with any game consoles. It focuses on toys, animation, Gaming and other industries can still earn a lot of cash flow, becoming a cash cow for Tanglin Hi-Tech!
"Nippon Bandai Company?!" Zhang Xiaocheng was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Nippon Bandai Company would be involved.
Li Dongling shook his head and said with a smile, "It's just some "little things" that require Dongling Hi-Tech to adjust some business!"
If you want to turn from a small shareholder to a major shareholder, you don't have to rush it. You have to find an opportunity. If you rush forward now, you will be taking the blame for Bandai. Li Dongling will not do such a thankless thing.
We came to the headquarters of Torch Group with Zhang Xiaocheng, which is also where the original Shangguan Town Component Factory was. It has also been demolished, and a new office building is also under construction. It is now using some constructed Simple room.
There is the roar of machinery on the construction site outside, and work is in full swing, but it is quite quiet here. This is the construction headquarters, mainly construction technicians, and next to it is the technical department of Torch Group.
“Director Li!”
When they saw Li Dongling, Zhou Wenyan, director of the Torch Group’s technical department, and others all stood up immediately.
Dongling Hi-Tech is the major shareholder of the Torch Group’s nominal rights, and Li Dongling is also a member of the board of directors of the Torch Group. Although Li Dongling does not directly intervene in the management of the Torch Group, everyone at the top of the Torch Group is aware of Li Dongling’s significance to the Torch Group. This brand , it was even built because of Li Dongling!
When Zhou Wenyan saw Li Dongling, who came from Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1, he couldn't help but have a complicated expression.
Zhou Wenyan naturally saw the news that Feiyan Technology’s mini radios were selling like crazy at home and abroad. He saw with his own eyes that Li Dongling, who had just been assigned to Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1, proposed the mini radio project. , the result was directly rejected.
Now, Feiyan radios are selling like crazy. Overseas, more than two million Dolphin radios have been sold in America, Mexico, Canada, Europe, Japan and other places. The foreign exchange received in US dollars, pounds, marks, yen, etc. added up to more than 300 million US dollars. It was simply crazy money!
Zhou Wenyan doesn’t know what the scene would be like today if Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1 had listened to Li Dongling’s suggestion of transforming into a mini radio. What would everyone at Wireless Factory No. 1 be like today? Zhou Wenyan Where will you be? The past cannot be traced back. Now Liu Jiande, the general manager of Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1, has started sewing machines, and Zhou Wenyan has also arrived at the current Torch Group. Most of the employees of Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1 have gone their separate ways, and many have gone to the East. Ling Gaoke and Torch Group, in a few years, Zhou Wenyan feels that the name Xicheng Wireless Factory No. 1 will also be forgotten, as if it had never appeared...
"How is the research and development going now?!" Li Dongling asked directly after arriving at the laboratory.
Despite the huge momentum of the Torch Group, what Li Dongling is most concerned about is not whether the factories and office buildings can be completed, but when the technical department can develop the three technologies he requested.
After hearing this, Zhou Wenyan hurriedly said, "Currently, we are developing three studies, including high-temperature resistant plastic materials. We have cooperated with Hanxi Jiaotong University and multiple materials research institutes. They are currently in the experimental stage. It is expected that A high-temperature-resistant lighter shell that meets the requirements will be developed by the middle of the year! ”
“In addition, lighter safety lock technology has also been developed, mainly due to patent issues. We have designed two sets of lighter safety lock patents. , currently under application in America, Europe, Japan and other places! ”
Lighter safety lock patents are, to put it bluntly, used to combat competitors. In the previous life, American lighter manufacturers applied for safety lock patents in advance, and then spent huge amounts of dollars to lobby the American Capitol to pass a bill requiring lighters to be equipped with safety locks. However, the patent was In the hands of America lighter manufacturers, they actually drove their competitors out of the America market.
But now, the lighter safety lock is handled by the Torch Group. It is not certain who will target whom in the future!
Li Dongling nodded when he heard Zhou Wenyan's words. Looking at the old scalper who had lost weight, he also knew that Zhou Wenyan had probably been developing technology in the laboratory since the establishment of Torch Group.
“Where is the constant flow valve lighter technology?!”
When Torch Group was established, Li Dongling asked the technical department led by Zhou Wenyan to mainly develop three technologies, high temperature resistant plastic materials and lighter safety locks and constant flow valve lighter technology.
These three technologies are the cornerstones for Li Dongling to allow Torch Group to establish a foothold in the lighter industry. As long as these three technologies are conquered and patents obtained, the survival of Torch Group will not be a problem.
Hearing Li Dongling ask about the constant flow valve lighter technology, Zhou Wenyan showed a sad look on his face, "It is still under development. The technology and requirements you require, Director Li, are really difficult. This This technology involves more than a dozen disciplines such as materials science, mechanics, and fluid dynamics!
Now the entire technology department is cooperating with Hanxi Jiaotong University, Qiantang University, and Huaqing Institute of Physics, and is also working with foreign countries to study mechanics, Fluidics research institutions have contacted and cooperated with each other. For this technology, there are currently more than 18 universities and research institutions collaborating, and the research and development funds invested have exceeded 17 million yuan! ”
If Nai! There are still some clues about the high-temperature lighter shell and the lighter safety lock. If they can be found out even by trial and error, then when Li Dongling started to develop the constant-flow valve lighter technology based on the requirements put forward by Li Dongling, it really gave Zhou Wenyan a big headache.
This thing sounds inconspicuous, but when it actually started to be developed, Zhou Wenyan realized how difficult it was. As a last resort, Zhou Wenyan recruited more R&D personnel in physics, mechanics, and fluid science to join. Cooperating with more universities and R&D institutions, the funds are being poured out like water. To be honest, for Zhou Wenyan, whose salary was only a few hundred yuan a month in the past two years, when R&D funding of 10 to 20 million yuan, from When it passed through his hands, others were a little numb...
If the constant flow valve lighter technology was not proposed by Li Dongling, it is estimated that Zhang Xiaocheng and the other two major investors of Torch Group, Pingyang City Government and Hanxi State Investment Corporation, would have stopped this research and development long ago.
"Brother Li, does constant flow valve lighter technology really exist? Do you want to temporarily take care of the research and development?!" Zhang Xiaocheng couldn't help but hesitate at this time.
Li Dongling glanced at him and said in a cold voice, "Whether it exists or not, Torch Group must develop it. Otherwise, what would the billion yuan investment be used for?!"
(End of this chapter)