Chapter 270: Unexpected Profits
The dim light of day penetrated through the gap in the curtains and gradually climbed up into Baichuan Feng's tightly closed eyes.
Feeling the light, he opened his eyes slightly, but the room still seemed a little dim.
I turned my head and looked at the clock beside the bed. It was almost eight o'clock.
Alas, the days are short in winter. It’s already this late and the sun hasn’t risen yet.
After adjusting for a while, he turned his head and looked at the person sleeping next to him.
The white and tender thighs were placed on his waist, and the soft arms were pressed against his cheeks.
Tsk, it was like a little wild cat last night, and now it has turned into a little white sheep.
Thinking about that pair of little canine teeth, Baichuan Feng still wants to take a breath.
He didn't expect that Seiko Matsuda had already mastered the skill to perfection.
It feels slightly numb and itchy, but does not hurt people.
I didn't expect him to be so good at serving people. Baichuan Feng gently moved her away without disturbing her sweet dream.
After a tiring night, you still need a good rest.
He quietly got out of bed barefoot and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the bedroom.
I lifted a corner of the curtain with my fingers, and the bustling Tokyo in the early morning appeared at my feet.
People wearing thick winter clothes were walking hurriedly on the streets, and cars were passing by in an endless stream.
Facing the late rising sun, Baichuan Feng looked at his naked self.
A sense of absurdity and indescribable pleasure lingered in my chest.
He didn't know how other people's lives were, but he felt happy at this moment.
Indeed, it must feel great when you can ravage life.
This is a high-end apartment in the port area. Located on a high floor, he can see most of the street scenes in the port area just by moving his eyelids slightly.
Indeed, it is necessary to enjoy life occasionally.
"Shirakawa-kun~" A soft and tender voice sounded behind him, and a pair of white and tender arms wrapped around his waist.
"Wake up." Baichuan Feng didn't turn his head and still looked out the window.
"Hmm~" A coquettish hum came from behind, and her cheeks were pressed tightly against his back.
"Do you want to rest for a while?" The two bamboo shoots behind him made Baichuan Feng's blood boil.
"No~" the moan became clearer and clearer.
"Okay then." Baichuan Feng pulled open the curtains in front of him.
Swish, the dazzling sunlight instantly poured into the house.
"Ah!" Matsuda Seiko exclaimed and subconsciously pressed closer to her.
"Ha ha"
She was also naked and was startled by the sudden sunlight.
"How annoying~"
"Don't worry, I'm blocking it in front."
"That won't work either." Seiko Matsuda hurriedly found her pajamas and put them on.
"By the way, I didn't go home at night. Is it okay with your parents?"
Baichuan Feng knew that she had recently brought her parents to live in Tokyo.
Her father happened to retire this year, and her mother was very anxious, so she decided to come and live with her for a while.
Seiko Matsuda paused while putting on her clothes, then returned to normal.
"It doesn't matter. My mother said I'm old enough to fall in love freely."
After listening to her explanation, Baichuan Feng didn't say anything else.
Seeing that she was still looking for clothes, Baichuan Feng stepped forward, carried her directly to the bathroom.
"Huh?"
"Okay, stop yelling. I haven't finished my morning homework yet, and I'm in a hurry to get dressed."
"But the Holy Son is very tired."
“Persistence is victory.”
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“Is Bic Camera also starting to make a profit?”
"Hai, according to the current business situation, Shirakawa Holdings is expected to have a profit dividend of about 40 million yen by the end of the year."
In the office, Shirakawa Kaede and Arai Yu were sitting together, checking this year's business performance.
It’s almost the end of the year and every company is doing the same thing.
Although the financial statements are made at the end of March, the operating conditions for the year can be summarized in advance.
The overall settlement is handled by Baichuan Holdings, and the financial team alone has more than a dozen people.
In order to improve the group's management and capital utilization efficiency, Baichuan Feng is even considering hiring a third-party financial company to provide more professional services.
As the business grows, more and more people are needed to oversee the finances.
It seems not cost-effective to recruit a large number of financial talents just for the annual reconciliation.
At this time, a third-party financial company may be an option.
But let’s leave these things for next year, let’s just make do with this for today.
What surprised Shirakawa Kaede was that Bic Camera, which had the weakest presence, actually had very good profits this year.
You should know that Shirakawa Holdings only owns 25% of its shares, and the profit dividend can be 40 million yen.
That means its overall profit is at least 200 million yen, and it is growing very fast.
Bic Camera is now basically maintaining an expansion rate of 10 stores per year , which is a good momentum in the retail industry, but not the best.
With such a high rate of expansion, the company barely broke even last year and made such a huge profit this year.
This shows that the economy is on the rise and people have a strong desire to consume.
There is no doubt that this is good news for Shirakawa Electric.
Whether it is a Walkman, a handheld game console, or the planned CD player, they are all consumer electronic products.
The stronger the purchasing desire of the public, the broader their market will be.
"Inform the Walkman and Handheld Division that the year-end New Year stockings will increase by 30% compared to the same period last year."
Assistant Kosomatsu, who was looking at the matter seriously, immediately picked up a pen and wrote it down.
Based on feedback from the retail industry, Shirakawa Kaede predicts that the market will be more optimistic.
So adjust your marketing strategy immediately to cope with the possible buying boom in the New Year.
Market intelligence is often hidden in these inconspicuous information, so it seems necessary to aggregate information from various channels.
Baichuan Feng has been thinking in his mind whether it is possible to set up a special market intelligence department within Baichuan Holdings.
This department collects all market information, whether useful or useless, and a dedicated person is responsible for screening and organizing it.
After summarizing, it will be handed over to the corresponding department for operational reference.
"In addition to Bic Camera, Anko Electric is expected to generate 200 to 300 million yen in revenue."
"Not bad." Baichuan Feng was quite satisfied with Anke Electric.
The profit of two or three hundred million does not include the cost of OEM for Shirakawa Electric, but is the profit of Anke's own OEM for other brands.
Since the merger with Oda Production, the original Kimura Production has transformed into the current Anko Electric.
Last year, while recovering its vitality, it also took on the role of a contract manufacturer for Shirakawa Electric.
After more than half a year of development, we are now seeking OEM services for other manufacturers.
After all, as the scale expands, if the excess production capacity cannot be utilized, it would be a waste of resources.
Neon's electronic product exports are in full swing and there is no shortage of orders.
With the endorsement of well-known manufacturers such as Shirakawa Electric, the revamped Anko Electric is now quite famous.
I believe that this year's revenue of 200 to 300 million is just the beginning, and it will create more profits for Shirakawa Holdings next year.
However, Anko Electric's current factories are concentrated in Arakawa District, and PCB board processing involves some chemical industry, which has a certain burden on the environment.
Therefore, Shirakawa Kaede predicts that if the Tokyo Metropolitan Government mobilizes factories , Anko Electric will most likely be in the first tier.
It seems that we should consider its location in advance.
I don't think Kawasaki would be able to run a chemical-related business like this.
Because this goes against the Kanagawa government's planning principles of transforming to the high-precision industry.
But no matter how it involves chemical industry, water is essential. If Tama River doesn't work, then look for other cities near water.
It would be best if it is located near Tokyo, as this would facilitate the rapid integration of resources.
In this way, the circuit boards produced can be sent directly to Kawasaki for assembly of Shirakawa Electric products, saving time, effort and shipping costs.
"In addition to the handheld game console business, the computer game department newly established at HAL Research Institute has also started to make a profit this year."
Yu Arai took the report and reported each item one by one. As long as it was under Shirakawa Holdings, it was within his responsibilities.
"Profitable so quickly?" To be honest, Baichuan Feng was a little surprised when he heard the news.
HAL's computer game department has only been established for a short time. If I remember correctly, it should have been officially established in the middle of the year.
Even if we count till the end of the year, it has only been half a year. This rate of profit making is too fast.
Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede was a little surprised, Arai Yuya gave a detailed explanation of HAL's computer game department.
"The computer game department has only produced one game in the past six months."
"What game?" Baichuan Feng raised his eyebrows.
Yu Arai looked at the report in his hand and gave the answer, "Pac-Man".
So it was this, Baichuan Feng suddenly realized.
If you want to know what is the most popular game this year, it must be Pac-Man.
Although it was launched last year, its sales have exploded this year.
Namco's arcade machines have shipped more than 100,000 units in Japan this year alone, and the number would be several times higher if North America is included.
The copyright for the home game console was acquired by Atari, and more than four million copies of the game cartridges alone were sold.
More than four million copies. After seeing this news, Shirakawa Feng couldn't wait to develop his own game console.
Don’t forget that the copyright of Japan’s local games is in the hands of Shirakawa Electric.
In addition, according to Shirakawa Kaede's own understanding, Pac-Man brought Namco nearly 230 million US dollars in revenue this year alone.
230 million US dollars, nearly 57 billion yen... This figure is higher than the profit of Shirakawa Electric in Japan in a whole year.
Baichuan Feng wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth fiercely. It was a world-class game with a terrifying ability to attract money.
It now seems that, as originally speculated, Pac-Man has become a goose that lays golden eggs.
Fortunately, Shirakawa Electric also successfully took advantage of this opportunity. It is foreseeable that it will also get a share of the pie in the coming year.
Bai Chuanfeng swallowed and returned to reality. "How many copies of our computer game have been sold?"
"A total of 200,000 copies in half a year, priced at 3,260 yen each." Arai Yu gave the answer immediately.
200,000 copies, 3,260 yen, that’s a sales volume of more than 600 million yen.
Baichuan Feng suddenly became alert. What is the cost of computer games? It's nothing more than manpower and time.
It just so happens that in this era, these two things do not account for a large proportion of the cost of game production.
That is to say, out of the more than 600 million yen, after deducting the platform's commission, most of it will be pure profit.
That’s amazing, it’s worthy of being called Pac-Man, there’s so much money in every corner.
"Komatsu, remember to make a note. Ask HAL to develop another version of Pac-Man for NEC's PC-8801 computer."
"Hai," Assistant Komatsu responded crisply.
Hey, why do computer games need to be developed separately for different brands?
