Chapter 759 The Block Game that Is Popular All over the World

In any business, reducing expenditure is necessary, but it is not the most critical.

The most important thing is open source.

That means finding ways to make money.

Small money can be saved, but big money must be earned proactively, so that the company can operate more smoothly.

As long as the loan procedures are completed, there will be no problem with Goldman Sachs, and Disney and United Artists will be able to get it in the next few months.

But it will take at least a year or two for these two companies to start making money and feedback to the head office. After all, they are both operating at a loss now.

Therefore, not only could Yin Jun not get immediate feedback from Disney and United Artists Film Company, he also had to be responsible for injecting sufficient operating funds into them.

Especially United Artists Film Company, which is almost selling out of pants, so where is the money for operations?

This is why Yin Jun took a total loan of 2.5 billion US dollars.

At that time, the price can still be negotiated, but the extra one to two hundred million US dollars cannot be put into pockets. Instead, it will be given to these two companies to realize the dream of turning losses into profits.

But this amount of money may not be enough.

When doing things in the United States, the cost must be calculated as five times that of Xiangjiang - basically the difference in currency value.

Without complete preparation, just rushing into battle will definitely not lead to good results.

Although Yin Jun was relatively confident that he could transform the two major companies within a year, there was a saying in the military manual, "Say defeat before fighting." He should first think about the worst-case scenario and make preparations. This is the safest plan.

When the most difficult situation arises, Kirin Group will need to continue to provide blood transfusions to the United States.

Today, the main monthly income of Kirin Group is still from Kirin Culture.

Kylin TV can be ignored. Although the TV series are making a lot of money, the pressure of salary increases several times has made it not even think about making a profit for a year and a half.

Due to the increase in the number of single volumes of Pearson Publishing Group and the addition of three serial comics, the monthly profit of "Kilin Weekly" and comic single volumes has reached HK$140 million. This has always been the cash cow of Kirin Group, "Kilin Daily", Kirin Construction Company and Kirin TV are all operating with the profits it creates.

Naturally, this money cannot be used. Several of his industries also need to have flexible funds.

The remaining one is a full-fledged new force - Transformers toys.

After being promoted to 50 countries and regions in December, sales in one month reached a terrifying US$350 million. However, this is not the norm. It is just that the accumulated buying enthusiasm was suddenly released.

According to the previous rules of the first sale, it would be enough to be proud to achieve monthly sales of 150 million US dollars.

After all, as the scale of production continues to expand, even advertising and other expenses are huge. The profit of Transformers toys has exceeded 40%, which means that the profit is at least 60 million US dollars a month.

Do you think 60 million US dollars per month is a lot?

A full 276 million Hong Kong dollars!

But if you do the math, how much labor does it cost in the United States, how much does it cost to film a movie in the United States, how much does it cost to advertise in the United States... Then you won’t think that 60 million US dollars is too much.

Besides, for a loan of US$2.5 billion, don’t you include the monthly repayment interest?

Nowadays, the loan interest rate in Xiangjiang has skyrocketed. 8% is considered good, 9% is considered normal, and as much as 13% is available.

This is still a formal financial institution. If it is an underground high-interest loan and loan shark, it is easy to calculate the interest rate to 20 to 30%.

The best loan interest rate offered by Xiangjiang Commercial Bank to Yin Jun is 7%, for which Yin Jun is already very grateful.

HSBC has not settled it yet, but according to the loan interest they gave Li Chaoren, it is at least 9%. This is still the friendly loan price for large companies. Not everyone can borrow from HSBC. For those small customers, they Generally, I don’t even look at it. This is very similar to the five major state-owned commercial banks 30 years later.

Adding the two together, they are at least 18.3 million US dollars per month.

This means that bank loan interest alone will cost almost one-third of the money.

The remaining 40 million US dollars are divided between two companies, which is really not enough. If there is even a big project, I am afraid that it will fall into a situation of insufficient funds.

Therefore, Yin Jun thought of other ways to start making money.

What types of companies were the most profitable during 1980-1982?

The answer is video game companies.

In 1981, Yalida Electronics' sales exceeded US$1 billion.

By next year, 1982, their sales were US$2 billion, and their total profits were the sum of the seven Hollywood giants! ——Warner Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., can’t even see their tail!

This shows how weak the film companies were during this period. No wonder they closed down one after another.

It also has something to do with the times. In this era, there were no computers or the Internet. Naturally, everyone loved this novel electronic game very much, which brought huge market share and profits.

When entertainment methods increase and more and more fun things appear, home electronic games and arcade electronic games will gradually withdraw from the mainstream market.

Don't say it's them.

After 2016, computer, PS, and XBOX games that have dominated the gaming industry for 20 years have almost withdrawn from the mainstream market, replaced by increasingly popular and growing mobile games.

Yalida Electronics is now a subsidiary of the Warner Bros. Group. They emphasize elite management and R&D, which has allowed many talented designers who do not like to stick to the rules to leave the company, making their own Product research and development capabilities are getting worse and worse.

Even though they have a turnover of 1 billion US dollars now, if it hadn't been for "Pac-Man" in 1981 to extend their life, I'm afraid there would be no chance to wait for "E.T" to help destroy them.

In fact, this year and the next two years have already reached the craziest peak of Yalida, and they will not be able to do it again.

Driving away the founding team and smart designers, their lack of imagination and creativity is their biggest shortcoming.

The Japanese are constantly introducing new games, which can fully ensure the vitality of their company's game consoles and attract a large number of game players every time.

According to news from Japan, Yalida is negotiating with Namco Entertainment for the North American copyright of "Pac-Man" and is preparing to put it on their arcades and video game consoles.

Once "Pac-Man" becomes popular in the United States, those best-selling video games in Japan are likely to sell for a lot of money.

Yin Jun felt that this was his opportunity.

Because in my hands, I have "Little Bee", "Super Mario Bros.", "Tetris", "Street Fighter"... and other super IPs!

That is to say, the development of "Pac-Man" began as early as 1979, otherwise Yin Jun would not let go of this classic game.

Among these games, which one is the least difficult to design but has the longest lasting popularity? Obviously, only "Tetris"!

This jigsaw puzzle game is just made up of seven shapes of blocks: S, Z, L, J, I, O, and T. Since its launch in 1985, it has become popular all over the world. Until 2020, many people have it in their hands. I play this game on my console and never tire of it.

Such a powerful vitality is not found in many other games.

The reason is that it is simple and easy to operate, and it also has the joy of timely strategy, which is very satisfying.

Moreover, the program development of "Tetris" is very simple, easier than others.

Yin Jun only needs to acquire a video game development team with basic development capabilities, and it will take at most a month or two to get a mature version.

There are hundreds of teams like this in Japan, and it is not difficult to find them.

Thinking of this, Yin Jun directly called Tokuma Yasukai and asked him to help acquire a video game development company with a certain strength, research on arcade games, and a scale of 10-20 people as quickly as possible.

Tokuma Yasuki didn't know what was going on, but he readily agreed. In Japan, there are many such video game companies, and the price is higher, so he naturally bought it.

Maybe they heard that Yin Jun, a genius and rich man, wanted to buy it, and they would sell the company as quickly as possible in order to obtain more financial support!

Yin Jun decided that the first thing to do when acquiring a good company was to let them work in Xiangjiang for three months, and then return to Japan to develop games. ——Working and living in Xiangjiang for a long time is very unaccustomed to the Japanese, but for three months, everyone can tolerate it.

One month for development, one month for debugging, and another month for companies such as Alida, Namco, and Sega to snap up the copyright.

As long as you are not blind, you will definitely know how charming this "Tetris" is and how much benefit it will bring.

From development to sale, in just 3 months, Yin Jun can earn at least more than 100 million US dollars in revenue from "Tetris", which can greatly relieve his financial pressure.

In fact, if the price they offered was not strong enough, Yin Jun would rather sign a contract to share the sales, which would be indispensable for 20 to 30 million US dollars a month, and it could continue to be at its peak for at least seven or eight years.

But if their price is high, Yin Jun doesn't care about selling "Tetris".

If you hold everything in your hands, there is no way to increase its value significantly.

Only if these game companies are interested in promoting it on a large scale will "Tetris" become popular around the world faster.

Once "Tetris" becomes popular, it will also lay a solid foundation for the launch of Yin Jun's other games in the future!