Hong Kong Island's New Rich Era

Chapter 48 Walkman (Additional Update)

In Liu Zhicheng's office, after Wang Xingfa and He Guoyuan sat down, Liu Zhicheng spoke directly without any further ado.

"Manager Huo will only be in charge of Chigo International from now on. Mr. Wang, you will be the deputy general manager and take over Mr. Huo's work at Orange Technology."

Wang Xingfa was a little stunned when he heard this. Happiness came a little too suddenly. But he immediately reacted and said happily: "Thank you for Mr. Liu's trust. I will do my best to work."

Seeing this, Liu Zhicheng quickly stopped him and said, "No need to thank me, just work hard. How are the sales now?"

"Mr. Liu, we have already started to make efforts in the North American market, with monthly sales reaching 2000 units, and 1000 Yamaha street machines have also been shipped. However, orders from the Southeast Asian market have almost been zero.

Liu Zhicheng thought about it and did not answer Wang Xingfa's question. He turned to He Guoyuan and asked, "Mr. He, Snake can be listed now, right?"

"Mr. Liu, it's ready and can be launched at any time." He Guoyuan answered confidently.

"Well, Mr. Wang, you make a listing plan and you decide when to go public."

Liu Zhicheng planned to eat up all the profits from Hong Kong Cube and launch new games before Christmas in the West. Now he has to make some adjustments because the arcade orders in Southeast Asia have reached zero.

"What is the current situation of Orange Technology's home game consoles and new game development?"

"Mr. Liu, the situation is not optimistic. The progress of home game consoles and new games is not going smoothly." He Guoyuan said a little lacking in confidence.

Liu Zhicheng had not paid attention to the research progress of the Orange Technology R&D Center for a long time. After hearing He Guoyuan's answer today, he was inevitably a little disappointed. After thinking about it, he decided to let the "prophet" give you some advice.

"Mr. He, there is an electronics company called Atari in the United States. They are quite good at developing home game consoles. You should go and look for them and seek cooperation. We must not develop our own products in isolation."

Liu Zhicheng couldn't remember where the Atari company was located in the United States, so he could only speak vaguely. As for the game, he thought of a game he had played in his previous life.

"As for the game? You develop a street challenge game with about ten characters, including boxers, pirates, etc. Each character should have his or her own skills. It can be a single-player challenge or a battle between players. For the rest, you can use your imagination."

"Also, the game development must be combined with our comics weekly. The purpose of the weekly is to promote our games and our dolls. You must contact Zhang Jiancheng after you go there. Don't go alone, or you will affect my business plans."

"Okay, Mr. Liu, I'll arrange it right away." Now He Guoyuan obeyed Liu Zhicheng's instructions and never compromised in his execution.

Liu Zhicheng had been thinking about the next research direction of Juzi Technology. He planned to research CD players, but because the technology was a little "ahead of its time", he had not yet issued a research task.

But he forgot that there was also a tape-playing 'Walkman', which was possible with current technology. This was also a Walkman product he had seen in his previous life, and he had used it to learn English.

On December 1979, 12, Sony released the first Walkman, which was well received by the public. Sony then developed the second generation Walkman, which became a global hit after it was launched.

The second generation of Walkman was officially launched in February 81, with total global sales exceeding 2 million units. There are still several years of first-mover advantage left, so we must make use of the 'prophet's' golden finger.

The cassette player is a tape recorder that has been shrunk down. Liu Zhicheng didn't know how small He Guoyuan and his team could make it, but he had to make the product and register the patent.

Moreover, the price of the Walkman at that time was not low, as high as US$199. How much profit could they make?

You should know that in the 80s, the average white-collar salary in Hong Kong was just over 80 Hong Kong dollars, and ordinary workers did not even have 6.1 Hong Kong dollars. At that time in 1200, the exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars to US dollars was a little over , and a walkman would cost more than Hong Kong dollars.

An ordinary worker in Hong Kong could not afford to buy one with a month's salary, but this did not affect Sony's sales. After the release of their second-generation product, 150 million units were sold worldwide.

Each unit costs US$199, and the sales volume of 150 million units is equivalent to US$3 million in sales. Even after deducting costs and agency fees, the company can earn at least US$1 million.

Faced with such a huge profit, how could Liu Zhicheng let it go?

"In order to prepare for the next step of technology and find a new source of revenue for Orange Technology, we must enter a new R&D field." After saying that, Liu Zhicheng took out a cassette tape player and placed it on the conference table, saying, "Mr. He, I've found a new project for you."

"Mr. Liu, do you want us to develop a tape radio?" He Guoyuan couldn't help but ask this question when he saw Liu Zhicheng take out such a big thing.

After hearing what he said, Liu Zhicheng smiled and asked, "We want to make this as small as possible. If we replace the double speakers with a single speaker and the large horn with a small speaker, can it become much smaller?"

He Guoyuan nodded involuntarily and replied, "Mr. Liu means to make a smaller tape recorder?"

Liu Zhicheng continued, "Of course not. It has to be as small as possible. It has to look not only beautiful but also technological. I have only one requirement: small and exquisite."

He Guoyuan was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Then this tape recorder will lose its original function."

Liu Zhicheng smiled and said, "Mr. He, what I just said is far from enough. Remove the radio function and the speaker, and design it to use external headphones to listen to music. Wouldn't it be smaller this way?"

"We are going to make it into a portable music player. This is a brand new concept. You have to keep it confidential before it is released."

Wang Xingfa, who was standing by, was extremely excited when he heard what his boss said. This was another genius idea. If it succeeded in his hands, it would bring great glory to Hong Kong.

He Guoyuan was even more impressed, and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I will set up a project research team immediately and make them sign a confidentiality agreement. They will never and dare not disclose the secrets."

"Well, I am very confident in Mr. He's work and hope to hear good news soon." Liu Zhicheng expressed his affirmation of He Guoyuan and also put forward his requirements.

"Mr. Wang, you must also fully support Mr. He's research and development work, recruit a large number of relevant talents, and enrich the R&D center."

"No problem, Mr. Liu, don't worry." Wang Xingfa stood up and assured.

"Our R&D center needs to continuously improve its assessment system, and you must also take action immediately."

Liu Zhicheng is not very satisfied with the recent work of the R&D center. He has to use some tricks, otherwise he will have to take it one step at a time.

Wang Xingfa asked: "Mr. Liu, how do you determine the assessment criteria?"

"You decide this for yourselves. The main thing is to be able to give full play to the subjective initiative in R&D work," said Liu Zhicheng.

Some time ago, Liu Zhicheng proposed a commission system for game development, but the system has not been implemented yet. He wants to take this opportunity to solve it all at once.

"Don't forget the commission system I proposed last time. This time it will be documented and issued."

Wang Xingfa and He Guoyuan both said they knew.

After they left, Liu Zhicheng fell into deep thought again. Sometimes he felt that being a boss was good. He could assign work to others and let them do it. All he needed to care about was the results.

But it is often lonely at the top. When the business is too big, various problems are bound to arise, which are beyond your control and lead to execution deviations.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhicheng immediately called his assistants Han Chunxi and Wang Fengyun in to explain something to them.

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