Chapter 616 Chips
In the past life, there were so many listed companies in the toy and game industry in China that suffered huge losses every year, and only a few made money.
As for getting the domestic copyright of Pokémon, it is almost easy to make money, whether it is selling broadcast rights to TV stations, licensing Pokémon to clothing, toys, stationery and other companies, or with games. When companies jointly develop games, they can get huge profits.
In the past life, Pokémon could earn more than 200 million US dollars a year in China. Not to mention compared with its peers, even ordinary listed companies may not necessarily be as profitable as Pokémon.
Not to mention the Bubble Mart blind box, holding this brand is equivalent to holding a gold mine. As long as we can continue to launch popular IP blind boxes, we will continue to sell them. Go to the blind box and exchange for big dollars!
Of course, whether it is Pokémon or Bandai's Gundam, Dragon Ball and other hand-made toys, except for some products, Bandai produces them in Japan, and most of the other orders are handed over to domestic factories for OEM.
As for Bubble Mart, the Bubble Mart business in China, Hong Kong and other places must be in the hands of our own people. If it is in the hands of Bandai and other companies, who knows what will happen in the country? Cut leeks!
The Bubble Mart business in Greater China is operated by Focus Media, and Tanglin Hi-Tech is keeping an eye on it. At least it will not mess around, and it will not be like Japan, Siam and other places where blind box prices are speculated. Went to heaven.
Now in Siam, the Pop Mart blind box and LaBuBu figures are in a state of frenzy. Men and women on the streets of Bangkok are hanging the "little monster" LaBuBu figures. on the bag and regard it as trendy and fashionable.
Even female members of the Siamese royal family, as well as Siamese celebrities, have begun to adopt the trend of owning Labbu figures. When attending events, they all hold Labbu in their arms.
Many Siamese companies have begun to purchase Labobu figures, dolls, clothing, etc. as employee prizes, and they are very popular.
Even in Siam, there are scalpers. In order to sell Bubu figures, they have started to engage in parallel imports. They buy them from Nippon Bandai stores and then sell them back to Siam. Excluding the shipping fee, they are still paying for it. If you make a lot of money, you can imagine how expensive the scalpers are.
The frequency with which Rabbu appears in Siamese media, TV stations, newspapers and magazines is simply frightening, because there is really traffic. Which newspaper published Labubu’s new IP story? The newspaper sales were huge that day, so how did other media choose?
The most exaggerated thing is that people in Siam who gave tattoos to believers also came to join in the fun and developed a tattoo that kept pace with the times.
If you can’t buy a Rabbu, many people have begun to tattoo them on their bodies, praying that Rabbu will bless them and make them rich...
Bubble Mart needs to enter the domestic market. Pandora’s box of blind boxes has been opened and the market has emerged. If Bubble Mart does not occupy it, other companies will take advantage of it.
But the blind boxes in the domestic market must be in the hands of our own people. If the Bubble Mart blind boxes, or the blind box market, are occupied by other brands and are not in the hands of Tanglin Hi-Tech, who knows? Will there be the same kind of fanaticism as in Siam?
It is enough to cut foreign leeks. For the domestic market, Bubble Mart can make money, but it cannot be as ruthless as cutting foreign leeks.
Li Dongling handed over the copyright of Pokémon and Bubble Mart in Greater China to Focus Media, hoping that Focus Media would have more leverage.
Whether it is dealing with domestic TV stations or cooperating with overseas media and TV stations, the more chips Focus Media has in its hands, the greater its advantages will naturally be when it comes to cooperation.
Minute Media is responsible for Dongling Hi-tech's publicity and sales channels. Li Dongling needs it to develop as soon as possible so that it can bear more pressure on Dongling Hi-tech.
Su Chicheng recorded Li Dongling's explanations one by one. He knew clearly that Focus Media, which had obtained the rights to Pokémon and Bubble Mart in Greater China, would probably grow by leaps and bounds again.
"Tell me Li Yan, let him come to Hanxi before the end of the year. There are some things he needs to do!"
Seeing that Su Chicheng did not leave, he was originally planning to continue Li Dongling, who was handling the documents, cast a questioning look at Su Chicheng.
"It's from the Torch Group. The Torch Group sent the message. I hope Mr. Li can come over!" Su Chicheng said to Li Dongling.
When Li Dongling heard this, he thought for a moment and roughly guessed what it meant.
“Tell me where the Torch Group is and I will go there in the afternoon!”
The few things Torch Group is busy with right now are nothing more than the development of Zorro brand metal retro lighters. To increase lighter production capacity, there is one last thing to do, to file an anti-dumping lawsuit with the old European Lighter Association.
If it is a difficult problem, it is probably the last one. This is also the first time in China that an anti-dumping lawsuit has been filed overseas, and all parties are paying attention.
In the afternoon, Li Dongling, who had finished handling Dongling Hi-tech affairs, and Yao Luoying, who was busy preparing for the listing of Feiyan Technology, had lunch together and rushed towards the Torch Group in Shangguan Economic Development Zone, Pingyang.
Feiyan Technology will be officially listed on Nasdaq next month. The entire Feiyan Technology executives are crazy busy, constantly traveling between Hanxi and New York.
When Feiyan Technology is listed, it will become the second listed company under Tanglin Hi-Tech, after Bandai, and it will be listed on NASDAQ by Donglin Hi-Tech!
However, after Feiyan Technology goes public, the relationship between Li Dongling and Dongling Hi-Tech, and on the surface, and Feiyan Technology will be reduced. After all, how can you cut leeks in front of the leeks, isn't it hard?
When Feiyan Technology goes public, it will definitely find ways to increase its market value, and then before the Nasdaq Internet bubble bursts, Dongling High-tech will cash out a portion of Feiyan Technology's equity.
Not only Feiyan Technology, but also Yahoo, are also trying to figure it out slowly. When they are approaching the highest point, they will slowly cash out Yahoo's stocks. Of course, this will take time and there is no rush.
When Li Dongling's car arrived at Shangguan Economic Development Zone, it was still a big construction site, but the newly built roads were obviously better than those in the main city area.
Past the cars full of lighters, he entered the Torch Group. After not coming for a while, Li Dongling felt that the current scale of the Torch Group was somewhat larger than what he had seen before.
Li Dongling came to the office building of Torch Group. There is also an office here with Li Dongling's name. Li Dongling is also a member of the board of directors of Torch Group and one of the major shareholders.
Zhang Xiaocheng, general manager of Torch Group, who was talking to someone in the office, stood up immediately after hearing what his assistant reported, and the sadness on his face disappeared a lot.
"Please come in, Mr. Li!"
When Li Dongling entered, Zhang Xiaocheng and the other person stood up.
"Brother Li!"
"Mr. Li!"
Li Dongling and Chang Hsiao-cheng are old friends. The first pot of gold when establishing Dongling High-tech was his cooperation with Chang Hsiao-cheng. Yes, the two have known each other for many years, so they didn't need to be so polite and just nodded.
As for the other person, although Li Dongling didn't have much contact with him, he was still an acquaintance. "District Chief Qi, congratulations!" People who have been on the battlefield, this time Lao Qi was transferred, and they will have to deal with each other again in the future.
When we were working on the satellite pot project, there was still a sum of money left, and Lao Qi, who was the deputy mayor of Shangguan Town, helped. I raised the money from the town government office!”
Zhang Xiaocheng seems to be a rough man, but there is a subtlety in his roughness, and he made his relationship with Qi Ming clear in a calm manner.
“Don’t dare!”
Qi Ming shook hands with Li Dongling and said, "In Shangguan District, we need to cooperate more with Dongling Hi-Tech and Torch Group in the future!"
Torch Group has become the most important company in Shangguan District. The entire Shangguan District can be said to have arisen because of the Torch Group. The new head of Shangguan District must maintain a relationship with the Torch Group. There is no more suitable candidate than Qi Ming.
In addition, Qi Ming can be selected, which means that he has also joined Yao Zhengru's camp, and Yao Zhengru has already begun to prepare for his transfer from Pingyang.
Although with Dongling High-tech, after Yao Zhengru leaves, his successor, as long as he is in his right mind, will not easily touch the big projects promoted by Yao Zhengru, but Yao Zhengru still has to leave some back-ups to carry out future work. Just in case.
Qi Ming was promoted by Yao Zhengru in order to ensure that the policies and projects he implemented in the Shangguan Economic Development Zone could continue to be completed.
As said in a certain TV series, subjectively, there is indeed no Yao Family Gang in Pingyang, but objectively, it may exist.
Qi Ming shook hands with Li Dongling, especially Yao Zhengru’s current secretary Chen Linfeng, including Gao Tianqing of the Gao family, and others. As long as they pay attention to the Pingyang City Government, most of them will classify these people as Yao Zhengru camp people.
Not only in Pingyang, but even in the provincial capital, there are rumors about the Pingyang camp. There are many people in the provincial capital who were promoted because of Pingyang’s political achievements. They have nothing to do with Pingyang. None, does anyone believe it?
Li Dongling and Qi Ming shook hands and nodded lightly. If nothing else happens, when Yao Zhengru is transferred from Pingyang, Li Dongling and Qi Ming may have to deal with each other for many years.
“I am here this time for the third phase of the Torch Group project!”
After sitting down, Qi Ming was the first to speak, "It's just that Lao Zhang seems to have encountered some troubles!"
"The Old European Lighter Association, as well as the old European lighter manufacturers of BAK, are not willing at all. Talk to us!" Zhang Xiaocheng said slightly depressed.
(End of this chapter)