The richest man

Chapter 191 Car gear and doll machine
As soon as the news of Zhang Jun's acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motor Company came out, it immediately caused a sensation in Europe.

But everyone also knows that the entire British auto industry is in a downturn.

Since the 70s and [-]s, British automobile companies have reported to the group to keep warm, and finally established the Leyland Motors Group, which has almost gathered most of the British automobile brands.However, newspaper groups for heating did not play much role. Leland Motor Group was finally sold to the British government at a low price, and the government borne this huge burden.

After the government took over, the decline of the Leland Motor Company was even faster.

That is to say, the government has the money to insist on preventing the Leland Motor Company from going bankrupt. Otherwise, the British automobile manufacturing industry will be severely hit.

In fact, Britain's automobile technology and design capabilities are at the forefront of the world, but the positioning of automobiles is wrong.

Most of the cars in the UK are luxury cars. With the economic recession in Europe, ordinary people have no money to afford luxury cars, so the sales of British cars have been sluggish.

At this time, major media in the industry and Europe are speculating whether Zhang Jun's acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motor Company can bring Rolls-Royce Motor Company back to life.

In fact, Zhang Jun has already made plans for long-term losses, because he is not sure whether Rolls-Royce Motor Company can sell well after designing a new car. After all, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is a super luxury car, and the market capacity is limited. , may not be able to sell a lot.

Zhang Jun bought Rolls-Royce Motor Company mainly because he valued its technology, absorbed its technology, and then developed his own car brand.

However, Zhang Jun soon discovered that Rolls-Royce Motor Company's technology was a bit too powerful. In a short period of time, it was difficult for the people he recruited to master the opponent's technology, so he had to acquire some low-end technology.

Zhang Jun has recruited many Chinese engineers in the market, and plans to engage in R&D and production at the Hong Kong Automotive Technology Park in Tin Shui Wai.Rolls-Royce Motor Company can't move its factory in the UK, but its own brand can build a factory in Hong Kong.

However, if the car-making technology cannot be mastered, the factory will die without a problem.

As a last resort, Zhang Jun made another move to acquire the famous British MG Automobile Company.

MG has a long history, noble and elegant without losing passion and dynamism. At the same time, it will not reject people thousands of miles away like super luxury cars Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and can focus on the low-end market.

In fact, what Zhang Jun values ​​most is technology.

He is more inclined to self-developed car brands.

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Zhang Jun even bought Rolls-Royce Motor Company, so the acquisition of MG Motor Company did not encounter many disturbances, and finally bought MG Motor Company for US$1.5 million.

Zhang Jun promised not to move the factory, but the technicians can be transferred to work in Hong Kong, and those who don't want to go can also stay in the UK to continue the research and development work.

Zhang Jun is a wholly-owned acquisition, so as not to argue with others, saying that he uses the technology of the car company for other car brands to use and export profits.

After acquiring Rolls-Royce Motor Company and MG Motor Company, Zhang Jun integrated the two companies and merged them into BMW to strengthen technology development and cooperation.

Rolls-Royce and Bentley still take the super luxury car route, and the positioning of MG has dropped from high-end cars to low-end cars.

After preparing to absorb and assimilate the technologies of the two car companies, BMW launched the first horse of its own brand.

Zhang Jun considered for a long time, and decided to launch Zhao Yun's mount——Zhao Yeyu Lion!

Zhang Jun asked Zhou Liang to register a total of thirteen famous horses:

"Seven Horses of the First Emperor: Chasing the Wind, White Rabbit, Twilight King, Ben Dian, Fei He, Tong Jue, Shenfu"

"Overlord's Mount: Wuzhi"

"Famous horses of the Han Dynasty: Chitu, Delu, Zhaoyeyuyu Lion, Jueying, Huang Feidian with Claws"

Qin Shihuang is an emperor through the ages, his car must be a luxury car!

The overlord of Western Chu, capable of carrying a tripod, is full of domineering, and his mount, the black horse, can be positioned as a high-end off-road vehicle!
Among the famous horses of the Han Dynasty, apart from the Chituma which is positioned as a super luxury car, the Lu, Zhaoyeyu Lion, Jueying, and Zhahuang Feidian are all positioned as mid-to-low-end cars.

Zhao Yun is handsome and unparalleled, so he is well-known and popular, so Aiwujiwu, his mount Zhaoyeyu Lion should also be very popular.

BMW has just been established. Although Zhang Jun has amazing financial resources, recruited a lot of talented people, and acquired Rolls-Royce and MG, it is probably unrealistic to develop high-end cars all at once, so we can only start Start with low and mid-range cars.

After the development of "Zhaoye Jade Lion", it will take the lead in focusing on the Asian market. After all, many countries in Asia like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" very much.

But this is not enough, not everyone understands "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

In order to promote BMW's own brand, Zhang Jun believes that technology and design are very important, but marketing cannot be ignored.

Zhang Jun knows how to do a good job in marketing.

He came to Phoenix TV, and then announced that he would invest a huge sum of 3 million Hong Kong dollars in the filming of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which must be made into a classic and then distributed to Asia and even the rest of the world.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jun came to Legendary Technology Company, convened a meeting with the company's top management to discuss, and decided on the "Three Kingdoms" strategy game and "Three Kingdoms Warriors" fighting game.

The next day, Zhang Jun came to the Legendary Comics Company and asked someone to draw "Three Kingdoms" comics!
Then let DreamWorks start producing the "Three Kingdoms" animation!

At the same time, Zhang Jun asked Disney to appropriately add some plots related to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the film and television works. For example, the protagonist likes Chinese culture, and mentioned a few words about "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and Zhao Yun's seven entrances and seven exits.

In this way, Zhang Jun's combination of punches will definitely arouse the interest of fans of the Three Kingdoms when the "Zhaoye Yushi" car brand is released in the future.

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After Zhang Jun bought the car, he didn't stop buying.

Auto parts makers are also targets of his acquisitions.

However, parts companies are also difficult to acquire. Auto parts companies are the foundation of a country's automobile manufacturing industry, especially for those large parts companies, such as Bosch, Denso, etc., and the government has great obstacles.

Zhang Jun weighed it, and if he couldn't buy the best one, he would buy the next-level technology, and then take the route of independent research and development.It is now 1978, and the gap between technologies is actually not that big. As long as you invest money in research and development, make no mistake about it, and you can catch up quickly.

Because the automobile company under Zhang Jun's name is called BMW Company, and most of them are named after horses, the name of Zhang Jun's newly established spare parts company is called Saddle Company.At first glance, the saddle company sells saddles, but when BMW and the saddle company develop, everyone will get used to it.

"Son, you have spent a lot of money this year, is your capital chain tight?" Zhang Zhenghao couldn't help asking during dinner at night.

Acquired KFC and Coca-Cola, invested in Netflix and YouTube.China Energy Corporation was also established in Hong Kong and invested in the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in the Mainland.

Recently, it has successively acquired Rolls-Royce Motor Company and MG Motor Company, and has frequently acquired auto parts companies or technologies all over the world.

Zhang Zhenghao was dumbfounded by all these generous gestures, and at the same time couldn't help but feel worried about his son's blind expansion.

Once the capital chain is broken, the consequences are very serious.

Zhang Zhenghao feels that it is safer to play steadily, even if the development is slower.

Zhang Jun was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

Having said that, the capital chain is indeed a bit tight, but there are not many problems.

So far, the company's debt ratio is very low, still within the safety line.

The profits of the enterprises under his name are very impressive.

Although he spent a lot of money on acquisitions recently, these companies have also begun to recover blood.After KFC and Coca-Cola adapted their development strategies, with the support of the abundant resources of the entire group, they not only developed rapidly, but also increased in scale, and their profits soared.

The initial investment of Netflix and YouTube is a bit bigger, but the profit in the later period is comparable to printing money. The security deposit for Netflix video tapes alone is 30 billion US dollars. Netflix used it for investment, or to expand the scale of chain stores, and its income has been rising steadily.

Looking at the investments or acquisitions in the past year, most of the auto industry is currently at a loss.

However, Zhang Jun is still confident that in the next one or two years, BMW can turn around its profit and loss.

However, it is true that funds are a bit tight, and I want to prevent the automobile industry from affecting the normal development of other companies in the group.

Zhang Jun felt that he still had to start a new project and make some money.

At that moment, Zhang Jun finished his meal, talked to his parents, and went back to his room to meditate.

Soon, he had a clue.

The companies under his name mainly make money around games and toys.

Exhausting all kinds of ip to build, in fact, is to sell toys.

The sales of some toys are not very good, resulting in a backlog of inventory.

Due to the large scale of the Legendary Toys Company and the variety of toys it produces, the number of toys that are not selling well is quite scary.

At this time, Zhang Jun couldn't help thinking of a good way, which can not only dispose of these toys, but also make a lot of money.

That's right!

It is the claw machine!
Needless to say how popular claw machines are, Zhang Jun has a large number of stores under his name, such as major shopping malls, cinemas, supermarkets, specialty stores, Disneyland, KFC chain stores, Netflix, etc., as long as you put a few or A dozen or so can produce and sell hundreds of thousands of claw machines.

Crane machines are actually very profitable and belong to the profiteering industry.

If the business is good, a claw machine can earn hundreds of dollars or more a day, especially in playgrounds where there is a lot of traffic, there are almost an endless stream of people playing claw machines.

The production cost of a claw machine is only about 1000 yuan if it is mass-produced.The dolls are also super cheap, costing less than five yuan.

After selling the claw machine, within a week, maybe the money will be paid back.

Of course, if there are few people in the place where the venue is operated, that's another story, but generally it can make money.

Zhang Jun was so excited that he was writing furiously in his notebook.

He could imagine that when the first batch of claw machines became popular, countless customers would come to seek cooperation one after another. He could sell claw machines and doll toys at the same time.

Legendary Toys is authorized by the brother companies in the group, and the number of IPs it has mastered is countless, such as Disney's Donald Duck, Marvel's Spider-Man, Legendary Technology's plumber Mario, Pokemon Pikachu, etc...

If the claw machine wants to do well in business, the dolls inside must also attract talents.

Zhang Jun often grabbed dolls in his previous life, so no one understands the attraction of claw machines better than him.

The next day, Zhang Jun brought his notebook to Legend Technology Company and asked them to develop the claw machine.

Although the technical content of the claw machine is not high, it is better to make it better and have higher technology. If it is sold in the future, it will increase the price!

In the office of Shangguan Muye of the legendary technology company, Zhang Jun handed him the notebook while talking about the prospect of the claw machine.

After listening to Zhang Jun's narration, Shangguan Muye couldn't help nodding.

This claw machine does have great prospects!

"Okay, I'll organize people to develop the claw machine later. The technology content of this thing is not high, so it should be developed soon." Shangguan Muye said.

Zhang Jun smiled and said: "Well, that's good, this game is very profitable, but unfortunately the barriers to entry are low. From now on, we can only wait until the mainland is opened up, and we will move the factory there, so as to reduce production costs and obtain prices. Advantage."

On the mainland, not to mention that the land is almost free, and the wages of a worker are only tens of RMB a month.In Hong Kong, the income of ordinary factories has risen to more than 1000 Hong Kong dollars.

Shangguan Muye asked: "Boss, what's the name of our claw machine? Or should we borrow the name of Legend and call it Legend Crane Machine?"

Zhang Jun shook his head: "Legendary claw machine is not well-known. It is called Happy Crane Machine, but you can add the logo of Legendary Technology Company."

The logo of Legend Technology Co., Ltd. is a square box with white characters on a black background, written in traditional fonts, with "Legend" on the top and "Technology" on the bottom.

Under normal circumstances, this logo will be printed on the products of Legend Technology.

This logo is like the emperor's jade seal, as long as it is stamped, its value will double.

Because Legend Technology has developed a number of epoch-making products, which are popular all over the world, and have won the favor of countless consumers and market recognition, the logo of Legend Technology can also produce the effect of brand premium.

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After half a month, a claw machine has been developed. It is not very beautiful, but the functions of the claw machine are basically complete.

Zhang Jun played for a while and spent fifteen game coins before grabbing a Spiderman doll.

Is it because of my low skill level, or did the engineers make it harder to catch dolls?
With a dark face, Zhang Jun asked other people in the company to catch the dolls too.

After a while, Zhang Jun heard the cry of surprise from the female employee.

"Ah! I'm so lucky, I caught Pikachu right away!!!" The female employee was so excited that she quickly took out Pikachu from the outlet and hugged her in her arms, the joy on her face was beyond words.

Zhang Jun bumped into Guan Muye with his elbow, and asked, "Can the difficulty setting of this claw machine be adjusted?"

"Yes, we set the sensitivity of the claw machine from one to five levels, the first level is the loosest, and the fifth level is the firmest. Every time it is started, the difficulty will be selected at random."

Shangguan Muye paused, and smiled, "Of course, the probability of reaching level 5 is the lowest. After all, we need to rely on machines to make money!"

It turned out to be the case.

Zhang Jun suddenly understood.

The luck of the female employee just now was really good. She got to level [-] at random for the first time, so she was sure to catch one. But my luck may be worse. I should have been to level [-] randomly for the first [-] times.No way, handsome people are generally unlucky.

"Let the employees test more to see if there are any bugs. If not, then start to design a good appearance and start mass production. When the first batch of goods comes out, they will be sent directly to the shopping malls and stores under the group."

"Okay, boss."

There is a large demand for claw machines, and they are about the same size as arcade machines, so a large factory needs to be built.

If you want to officially release it to the outside world, I am afraid you will have to wait until next year.

Zhang Jun stopped in front of the window, raised his eyebrows, and said with a chuckle: "I have seen several media keep saying that Legend Technology is not very friendly to girls, and there are very few games that can be played. It will make countless girls obsessed with it!"

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(End of this chapter)