Chapter 81 Two major cultures
In the blink of an eye, a week has passed, and the patents for all types of Rubik's Cube toys applied by Dafeng Toy Factory have been issued.
After getting the patent certificate, Chen Yi finally let go of his heart.
With the Rubik's Cube patent in hand, other places dare not say that the Rubik's Cube toy market does not have to worry about those countries in Europe and the United States that value patents.
As for anti-monopoly or something, toys like the Rubik's Cube are not anti-monopoly at all, and no one will bother him in idleness.
The market of Tier 3 Rubik’s Cube in Xiangjiang is approaching saturation, and it’s time for Tier 2 and Tier 4 Rubik’s Cube to go on the market.
As for the triangular Rubik's Cube and the Rhombus Rubik's Cube, Chen Yi didn't plan to bring them out right away. At the moment, everyone hasn't even figured out the cubes. If there are too many types on the market at once, it will easily dazzle people and reduce the overall sales of the Rubik's Cube.
Take your time, you can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry.
After making all the money at once, Dafeng Toy Factory will have to drink Northwest Wind.
Rubik's Cube toys have sold like crazy in Xiangjiang, and now they have begun to spread to the surrounding areas. There are two main reasons why Chen Yi did not take the initiative to expand his business to the surrounding areas.
First, they are inexperienced. Dafeng Toy Factory or most of the toy manufacturers in Xiangjiang place orders from other people, and few of them take the initiative to look for orders outside.
There is no experience in conducting overseas business, and Dafeng Toys Factory currently does not have such talents. Even if Chen Yi wants to sell Rubik's Cube toys, it is impossible to do it right away.
Secondly, taking the initiative to sell products door-to-door, and going door-to-door with others are two different concepts. Now that Dafeng Toy Factory has become famous, Rubik’s Cube toys have also begun to flow to surrounding areas. I believe there will be business coming soon.
"Second brother, the materials have been put into storage."
"Is it counted?"
"It has been counted, the data is correct, and the goods have been checked."
"I see, big brother, let Brother Rong come in."
"Okay, anything else?"
"There's nothing else to do, brother, go get busy!"
In order to cope with the next overseas market, Chen Yi plans to classify the price and quality of Rubik's Cube toys. Later generations of Rubik's Cube toys are either expensive or cheap, with high and low prices.
The cost of the Rubik's Cube mainly comes from two aspects, one is raw materials and the other is labor costs.
There is no way to reduce the labor cost. Now Xiangjiang’s labor cost is still within a reasonable range, and it has not squeezed out the profits of low-end manufacturing as it did in the 1980s and 1990s.
There is no way to reduce the labor cost, and it cannot be reduced.
There is no problem with the raw materials. Now he has signed an OEM agreement with several toy factories in Xiangjiang, and several toy factories jointly purchase raw materials. Naturally, there is room for negotiation on the price.
The cost of raw materials has dropped, and the cost of the Rubik's Cube has also dropped naturally.
However, Dafeng Toy Factory didn't take much of the intermediary benefits. Besides, Chen Yi had to find a way to lower the price of the Rubik's Cube.
Rubik’s Cube worth one or two yuan is not a burden for ordinary families in Xiangjiang. Children like it, and parents don’t care about the one or two yuan.
But outside of Xiangjiang, especially in Asia, except for a few countries with relatively fast economic development, the economies of most Asian countries and regions are not very good, and the income of the people at the bottom cannot be compared with Xiangjiang.
As for suing those manufacturers who produced imitation Rubik's Cubes, let alone Chen Yi can't do it, it's hard for anyone to change them these days.
Actually, even after another 20 or 30 years, many countries and regions in Asia do not know what a patent is, let alone patent protection.
Without laws in this regard, what can you do to others?
If you want a market, you have to compete with others.
For products like this without too much technical content, the market competition can only be carried out around the price. If you fight a price war with others, whoever is better at the price will be recognized by the market.
As for the Asian market, Chen Yi did not include all countries and regions. These days, many families have problems even eating, and who has the money to buy toys for their children.
Only the regions and countries that have already developed their economies and started their economies fast, such as the Gulf, South Korea, and island countries, are the markets that Chen Yi values.
Chen Yi doesn't care about markets that are a few places away.
If you want to really make a lot of money, you still have to open up the European and American markets. Only by opening up the European and American markets can Dafeng Toy Factory really make a lot of money.
With the patent in hand, when he sells a Rubik’s Cube for one or two Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, the ex-factory price is converted into US dollars or British pounds, which will be several times, ten times the profit, at least a few hundred percent profit.
To open up the European and American markets, the Rubik’s Cube needs to be popular enough. The Rubik’s Cube has already become popular in Xiangjiang. When the Rubik’s Cube becomes popular again in the vicinity of Xiangjiang, it will have enough influence to be noticed by European and American toy manufacturers.
At that time, there is no need for him to contact, those capitalists will come to Xiangjiang to send him money for their own interests.
"Boss, are you looking for me?"
Wu Shirong walked into the office and came to Chen Yi's desk.
With the expansion of Dafeng Toys Factory, Wu Shirong was also promoted by Chen Yi. He is currently the workshop manager of the factory, responsible for the Rubik's Cube production.
Since he was promoted to manager, Wu Shirong no longer called Chen Yi Xiaoyi Xiaoyi, especially during working hours, when he was in the factory, he would always call him Boss Chen Yi.
Wu Shirong is not stupid, he knows very well that his relationship with Chen Yi is nothing at all, he is not like his little cousin Ming Zai, who grew up wearing a pair of pants with Chen Yi.
So, no matter what Chen Yi called him, Wu Shirong was very sensible and treated Chen Yi as his boss.
Wu Shirong's wit made Chen Yi very satisfied. He promoted Wu Shirong to be the workshop manager. Besides being short and tall, the other reason was that he was familiar with the operation process of Dafeng Toy Factory.
Apart from this, it is the relationship between the other party and Ming Tsai.
No matter who you are, start with your own people, this is an inseparable iron law.
As for the reason, it is nothing more than trust.
During this period of time, Wu Shirong's performance did not disappoint Chen Yi. Although his education background was relatively low, his work ability was not bad, especially after the other party became a manager, under Chen Yi's suggestion, he started to study and study to increase his knowledge and knowledge.
Chen Yi got up from the boss chair and called Wu Shirong to sit down on the sofa, "Brother Rong, sit down and talk."
During this period of time, Chen Yi likes to learn how to make tea when he has nothing to do. Chinese people have two major cultures with a long history. These two cultures are inseparable from two things, one is wine and the other is tea.
Wine table culture, tea table culture, through the ages, people are inseparable from these two things when they are talking about business, attracting people and sending them off.
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(end of this chapter)