Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 287 The Development of the Three Companies

Currently in the United States, Lin Baicheng has three companies, namely New Century Software Company, Starlight Company, and Morning Star Films.In addition, there is also a Zhonghe game company that is a joint venture with Phil Smith and Goldman Sachs.

Excluding assets other than the company, there are also shares in Apple and Microsoft. Lin Baicheng is the major shareholder and director.Finally, there is gold futures investment.

About three months have passed since Lin Baicheng left Los Angeles last time, and what Isabella and Bill reported was the changes in Lin Baicheng's assets in the United States during these three months.

It was mainly Isabella who was reporting, and Bill added aloud from time to time.

The first is the New Century Software Company. When Lin Baicheng left Los Angeles, the company's office software won an official order of 3 sets through the relationship of the Republican Party, and began to cooperate with Apple to apply the office software to Apple computers.

Over the past three months, office software has won another 5 sets in other official states. The price is still $199 a set on the surface, but it is actually $149 a set.

In addition to the official market, the salesmen of New Century Software also went to markets such as hospitals, banks, and schools, and sold a total of 15 sets, and this market still has a deep potential to be tapped.However, the selling prices in these places are different according to the one-time purchase quantity, and the price is not the same, some are 195 US dollars a set, some are 190 US dollars a set, and the lowest is only 180 US dollars a set.

After all, a set of US$199 is only a retail price. If people buy a large amount at one time, they must give a discount, so the price varies.

Then there is the amount sold through the Apple computer channel. Although it is not a lot now, there are still thousands of sets. With the rise of the personal computer market, it can be predicted that more and more users will buy office software.

In just a few months, New Century Software’s turnover has reached more than 4000 million U.S. dollars. Although the profit has to deduct costs such as software research and development fees, sales commissions, employee salaries, and follow-up upgrades and maintenance, even so, the average The profit can also reach the level of about [-]% of the turnover.

Moreover, as more office software is sold, the cost of software development and subsequent upgrades and maintenance will become lower and lower after being shared, which means that the cost is reduced in disguise and the profit ratio is increased.

After a few months, the New Century Software Company has the current situation, and Lin Baicheng is already very satisfied.As long as it does well in the next few years, when the company goes public, it will at least be a company with a market value of more than US$10 billion.

Then came Starlight.

What Starlight Company does is channels, and its main business is to open stores in cities and towns with developed economies and high population densities. When Lin Baicheng left Los Angeles last time, Starlight Company had expanded to more than 200 stores and around [-] employees. .

In this company, Lin Baicheng invested a total of 5000 million US dollars in cash. In addition, he also invested the profits made by the company itself in the expansion of channels.

Therefore, with no shortage of money, after three months, the size of Starlight Company has reached nearly [-], with nearly [-] employees.If it weren't for the store managers and employees who have to undergo certain training, otherwise the expansion speed will only be faster.

In terms of revenue, the current monthly revenue of Starlight Company can reach 3000 million US dollars, but the profit is only 300 million US dollars. After deducting employee wages, water and electricity, etc., the boss Lin Baicheng can get 150 million US dollars, which is not bad .

However, at this time, with the continuous investment of profits and the expansion of the scale, if there is a profit of nearly 2000 million US dollars in one year, then Lin Baicheng's investment of 5000 million US dollars can be earned back in just over two years.

It takes more than two years to pay back the capital, and then make a net profit later. This return on investment is not too long.However, the premise is that everything goes well, the business is well managed, and there are no setbacks. If anything happens, the time to pay back will only be lengthened.

There is another thing that Lin Baicheng pays attention to in Starlight Company, and that is the sales of Rubik's Cube.

Rubik's Cube started selling in March. At that time, there were only 1 stores of Starlight Company. In addition, Rubik's Cube had just been put on sale, so the sales volume of Rubik's Cube in March was only about 20, with a revenue of about [-] US dollars.

Later, with the promotion of Rubik's Cube and the expansion of Starlight Company's channels, by the end of October now, the sales volume of Rubik's Cube has reached about 46. By the end of this month, it should be able to complete the sales of 50 units that Lin Baicheng set at the beginning.

However, the total sales of these 46 pieces are not each sold for $20. The price of the Rubik's Cube began to decrease as early as June. Now each Rubik's Cube sells for $18.

When Christmas comes, the price of the Rubik's Cube will be reduced again, this time the price of the Rubik's Cube will be reduced to $15 each.However, at this time, the price of the Rubik's Cube will be temporarily fixed, and will not change in the short term. It will be decided when the price will be lowered according to the actual situation.

The turnover of Rubik's Cube is more than 800 million US dollars. Although the cost of each one is only 1.2 US dollars, the cost of publicity, shipping and other expenses is a big part. At present, the profit is only about 300 million US dollars.However, as the sales volume of the Rubik's Cube increases, the publicity expenses in the early stage will no longer be spent, and the proportion of profits to revenue will inevitably increase greatly.

Morning Star Pictures, the company Lin Baicheng also invested 5000 million US dollars.At the beginning, Shirley Lansing was responsible for the acquisition of three small companies and spent 2200 million US dollars. After three months, Shirley Lansing has of course completed the internal integration of the company.

In addition, Shirley Lansing invested the remaining 2800 million U.S. dollars in three small-cost movies in addition to using the funds to expand distribution channels.

Hollywood is different from Xiangjiang. Although Hollywood also has movies with a short shooting time, the number is relatively small. Most of the movies are not short in shooting time.Generally speaking, the larger the investment, the longer the shooting time.

And after the film is shot, it usually cannot be released immediately, and it has to be promoted and wait for the theater line to arrange the film.With a complete set, it takes only half a year for a movie to be released from shooting to release, which is considered fast.

Therefore, although Morningstar Films cast three low-budget films, none of them have been filmed, let alone released in theaters.

However, this does not mean that Morning Star Pictures has not done anything during this period.In addition to expanding distribution channels, the company also distributes low-cost films produced by other production companies, and overseas films are also released.

If you only do distribution, usually the distribution company will not lose money, or the possibility of losing money is very small, because even if the film’s box office loses money, the distribution company will first withhold its own distribution fees after receiving the share from the theaters. The remainder of the fee is then returned to the production company.

Of course, if the withheld box office share is not enough for the distribution fee, then there is no other way, and the distribution company can only admit that it is bad luck and lose money.As for asking the production company for such a good thing, just think about it, and it is impossible to succeed at all.

(End of this chapter)