Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 32 The first flagship cosmetics

Goro boutique cosmetics DIY creative store in Kanda Hanaokacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

This is the first boutique cosmetics store in Akihabara, and the interior is decorated with a futuristic feel in white and black.

When you enter the store, you will see a life-size figure of "Mara Jade Skywalker" holding a lightsaber.

Mara Jade Skywalker is a fictional character who appeared in the Star Wars spin-off universe "Thawn Trilogy" and later became the wife of Luke Skywalker.

This "Mara Jade Skywalker"

The selling price is 1000 million yen.

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Wulang Boutique Cosmetics DIY Creative Store has a very spacious venue with 60 seats at the table and counter combined.

The store can help purchase according to the list of materials and supporting equipment. You only need to pay the cost price and a seat fee of 800 yen per hour.

The other is to provide design, and Mr. Goro will customize the high-quality design.

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There is also a shopping area for specialty gifts in the store.

There are also special snacks that imitate the simple black and white design of the stormtroopers in "Star Wars".

Limited supply available every Thursday.

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The owner of this boutique cosmetics DIY creative store, Mr. Goro, sold out at the peak of the real estate bubble in 1990, escaped from danger, and achieved financial freedom.

Now I am mainly engaged in the import and export trade of cosmetics and the management of this DIY creative store, living a comfortable Buddhist life.

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Wulang took out a light pink lipstick and said: "The cosmetics you asked me to finish last time, the internal linear motor device has been modified..."

"The bill is 4 yen."

Bunta Takakura took the cosmetics, handed over the banknotes, and bowed to thank you: "Sorry to trouble you, Mr. Goro."

After chatting with Goro for a while, Takakura Bunta bought a box of "Storm Trooper Chocolates" and left Goro's boutique cosmetics DIY creative store.

The next step is to carry out debugging and mass production of cosmetics.

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The cast of "Ultraman Tega" guest-starred in two theme songs: Kirialoid, "Miracle Reappearance" and "Clouds Turn into Rain".

Plus Night's income and commissions from charity drinks.

In addition, Takakura Bunta and the fourth generation chief of Kariyuya, Emiri Aramaki, applied for a three-month loan extension.

I collected 3500 million yen and prepared to make a desperate move to create the first flagship cosmetics and change my life.

The price of a DIY lipstick at Goro Boutique Cosmetics DIY Creative Store is 4 yen.

This is because Goro adopts a purely handmade method and purchases all accessories at retail to create the first sample.

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According to Bunta Takakura, when he was on the set of Ultraman Tiga, he inquired with representatives from Bandai Corporation.

For the production of mass-produced cosmetics, the OEM starts with an order of 5000 pieces, and the general cost is 2500 yen to 3000 yen. The specific price is determined based on the material of the product, the complexity of the design, the number of internal electronic components, etc.

However, even at the factory price, Takakura Bunta's money is very tight to create such a flagship cosmetics.

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Mr. Goro had already told him in a subtle way that Bunta Takakura was not strong enough to support the launch of a flagship cosmetics product.

A smarter way is to sell this cosmetics to Bandai, Tomei, and Happinet.

This is a low-risk, high-yield strategy.

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The inventor is not the final winner.

Germany invented radar and Britain used it to defeat the Luftwaffe;
  France invented the tank and Germany used it to defeat the French Army;
  The first mobile phone was invented by Motorola Laboratories on April 1973, 4.

But now in the global mobile phone market, Nokia has ranked first in sales for five consecutive years, while Motorola’s sales are only one-seventh of Nokia’s;

In 1976, Teng Hongyuan invented the QR code and registered a patent with a 20-year patent term.

A few days ago, Takakura Bunta saw the "Nissan Business News" report that Teng Hongyuan Technical Research Institute collapsed and the QR code patent expired.

In 2016, Longguo QR codes were used an average of more than 15 billion times a day;

From this perspective, Mr. Goro’s suggestion is correct.

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However, Takakura Bunta has two biggest trump cards, which Goro doesn't know.

The first is the sales method. Takakura Bunta plans to use private domain traffic to sell this batch of lipsticks.

This is the way to play in the later Internet era.

Takakura Bunta's private traffic is the circle of friends he established through Night.

In addition to the customers accumulated at Night over the years, there are also female colleagues in Shinjuku, who are also potential customer groups.

This way there is no need for any promotion costs.

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Another one is through the golden finger plug-in of "the strongest creature in the sea, land and air".

Normal products need to pass dozens of months of testing and thousands of user reviews to produce a qualified cosmetic.

Then, after it is put into the market, it is necessary to continuously collect market feedback from consumers, beauty bloggers, and cosmetics salesmen, and iterate through three or four versions to create a mature product in a few years.

However, through "super perception" and "life return", Bunta Takakura can achieve the detection results of thousands of professional evaluation teams in one inspection, and can complete dozens of cosmetics iterations in one production process, saving more than ten years of detours.

This is a huge cost and efficiency advantage, a unique moat...

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Takakura Bunta is busy working on his first flagship cosmetics.

On October 1996, 10, a big event broke out in the Japanese entertainment industry in this dark star world...

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