Chapter 682: A $200 Million Order

On October 1st, the whole country celebrated!

Of course, in a place like Hong Kong, the influence of National Day is not too deep, and mainly Chinese enterprises in Hong Kong, such as the Bank of China and China Resources Group, held celebration ceremonies.

On this day, Xia Yu was in a good mood, not only because it was National Day, but also because Julian Robertson had finally arrived.

Jiuding Building, conference room.

Xia Yu, Wang Qi, Liu Feng, Jason Gregg, Julian Robertson, and representatives of the Guangming Fund gathered together.

Tiger Global Fund had been established, and it was time for Xia Yu to keep his promise and finally reach a cooperation.

Back in the UK, Xia Yu had promised Julian Robertson that he would attract a hundred million US dollars in investment for his company.

Xia Yu did not intend to reveal too much, because after Tiger Fund grew up, it would be too conspicuous for him to be the only investor in the fund, which might bring him considerable risks.

It would also be easy for Julian Robertson to think otherwise.

So even for the sake of appearances, Xia Yu let several companies come forward together, with the hundred million US dollars in funding provided by several companies.

Bright Fund, Galaxy Fund, Jiuding Securities Company, and Jiuding Insurance Company each set up a shell company, and provided an investment of 25 million US dollars in the name of the shell company.

The four companies combined to provide 100 million US dollars in funding!

Of course, in reality, Xia Yu paid out all the money himself, it was just a roundabout way of doing it.

After the contract was signed, Julian Robertson shook hands with everyone with a smile and thanked them.

Wang Qi and the others then left to attend to the affairs of their respective companies, while Xia Yu showed off his muscles by taking Julian Robertson on a tour of some of the companies.

At noon, Xia Yu treated Julian Robertson to a sumptuous lunch.

It wasn't until around 4:00 p.m. that Julian Robertson boarded a plane with a group of representatives and financial supervisors sent by various major companies and flew to New York.

At this point, the two financial hitmen were in place!

As long as these two future kings of the hedge fund industry grow up, Xia Yu's life will become more and more comfortable.

As night falls, Xia Yu, in a happy mood, goes home and starts the train, and it's another beautiful night!

Hong Kong is in the 8th time zone east, and San Francisco, USA is in the 8th time zone west.

When it's 12am on October 2nd in Hong Kong, it's just 9am on October 1st in San Francisco, USA.

On this day, the grand opening of the US Electronics Technology Expo.

Due to the world status and strength of the United States, many exhibitions held in the United States are actually the largest in the world, and the US Electronics Technology Expo is no exception.

Each session attracts enthusiastic participation from companies around the world.

All kinds of the latest electronic products and technological research results are everywhere, and companies such as IBM, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Apple, Sony, Philips, etc. all showcase their innovative high-tech products at the expo.

These included large semi-automatic machine tools, computers, large and small household appliances, game consoles, chips and so on.

The electronic products in the gaming sector were divided into East 2 of the expo, adjacent to the computer exhibition area.

Famous gaming companies such as Atari, Taito, Nintendo, Namco, and a large number of small and medium-sized gaming companies exhibited their respective games.

Among them, Atari and Taito were the most popular, with the largest exhibition area, and were surrounded by a large crowd of people or experiencing them for themselves.

Many of these people are game distributors from all over the world, and every year they come here to explore business opportunities.

It is precisely because of these people that the latest electronic technology products can be presented to consumers as quickly as possible.

It is precisely for this reason that countless small electronics companies are desperate to get the right to exhibit. Once you get through the door, you have a chance to soar!

Tiangong Electronics Co., Ltd. is a new company with little reputation in the world. Fortunately, when it was reported, it was shown to be the parent company of Sega Corporation, and it exhibited jointly with Sega Corporation. Otherwise, it would be hard to get the current location near the centre, and it is hard to say whether there would be a booth.

For this expo, Fok Kin-ning and Nakamura Hideo both led their teams to come.

Looking at the bustling crowds at Atari and Taito, a Sega executive said with some envy, 'I never thought that more than a year later, Atari's 2600 game console and Taito's Space Invaders would still be so popular.'

Taito's success made Nakamura a little unhappy. He said coldly, 'You should learn more about the industry. Atari was just lucky. Last year, the Atari 2600 game console did not well. It was launched on the market before it was fully optimised, which caused internal problems. Even the founder, Nolan Bushnell, resigned. It was only when Sega abandoned the game console manufacturing industry that they had time to sell and optimise it at the same time, and finally dominate the market. This was caused by the accidental factors of the market.'

'As for Taito? The launch of Space Invaders 2 is innovative, but it's following the same path. If it weren't for our company's game, it would definitely be a hit, but this time, the limelight will definitely belong to us!'

Fok Kin-ning was also full of confidence, nodding and smiling: 'That's right, don't worry, have confidence in ourselves! Maybe those people will become our customers later!'

After saying that, Fok Kin-ning turned around and looked at the venue behind him.

There were twenty arcade machines on the large site, with four of each of the five games, and the previous old arcade machines were not brought back for the exhibition.

At this time, there were already two people trying out the twenty arcade machines, and there were staff waiting by each machine to answer enquiries, both about the games and the business.

As the time passed, the popularity of the entire expo grew, and the aisles were almost packed with people. More and more people were entering the Sega and Tiangong Electronics sites.

The five games, including Super Mario and Battle City, were of absolutely superb quality, and many game lovers became instant fans after trying them out.

'Oh my god, this Chinese Checkers is so hard to play, I don't believe I can last for even a minute!'

A boy with OCD was clutching his hair in pain, gritting his teeth and saying that he would continue playing by picking up the game coins in the basket next to him and stuffing them in. The staff member standing next to him was smiling, not stopping him at all, hoping that the more exaggerated his performance, the better, so that the dealers nearby could see the immediate effect.

A crowd had also gathered in front of the arcade machines for games such as Donkey Kong, Battle City and Pac-Man. Those playing the games were serious, while those watching them discussed the results.

Of course, the most popular game was Super Mario, with four arcade machines, and the atmosphere was the strongest.

Some game machine dealers who had already entered were astute, and were pleasantly surprised after trying the games.

These five games are so fun to play that compared to them, Space Invaders 2 is not rubbish, but it is also just so-so!

They were even more surprised to learn that the price of the five arcade machines ranged from 2,300 to 2,500 US dollars!

After the surprise, they scrambled to place their orders, and for a while, the orders came in like snowflakes.

Fifty, one hundred, two hundred, eight hundred...

In just ten minutes, nine dealers signed orders, with a total of 825 units ordered.

And the orders just kept coming.

Fok Kin-ning and Nakamura Hideo, who had just been chatting, were busy as bees.

But they were extremely happy.

In order to encourage dealers to place large orders, Fok Kin-ning and Nakamura Hideo had been emphasising that the arcade machine had just been put into production, that there was not much stock, and that only 2,000 units had been shipped to San Francisco for storage, on a first-come, first-served basis!

Jim, the game distributor giant in California, is a Jewish man in his forties with a wealth of channels. Last year alone, more than 8,000 arcade machines were sold through him, and he is the target that all major game companies want to compete for.

In 1978, he had the foresight to recognise the value of the Taito 2,000-unit Space Invaders arcade machine and quickly secured it. He had the machine in stock before other distributors could react, and made a fortune.

Today, he arrived early at the Taitung booth, but the first thing he saw was the Space Invaders 2 arcade game, which he tried out. He was disappointed, but didn't want to show it.

After finally shaking off the Taitung staff, he made an excuse and left.

When he arrived at Tiangong Electronics, he only looked at the game for three minutes before he fell in love with it. His intuition told him that the opportunity from last year had come again, but this time it wasn't Taitung, it was Sega and Tiangong Electronics, a company he had never heard of before.

At first, he tried to bargain, even directly offering to order 2,000 units. However, Fok Kin-ning was adamant and refused to budge. After seeing other distributors placing orders one after the other, he was afraid that there would be no stock and he would miss the opportunity to make a fortune. In the end, he gave in.

As for the other game companies?

Sorry, there's no need to look!

Not far away, the staff of Taitung Company noticed something was wrong. Seeing the crowd shifting towards Tiangong Electronics, they immediately came over to find out what was going on.

Five minutes later, the staff from Taito Company walked back in a panic, reporting to the person in charge of the scene, Kimura Shu Ren.

'Manager, it's bad, Tenko Electronics and Sega have launched five new arcade games over there, and many dealers are placing orders after trying them out, including Mr. Jim, who placed an order for 2,000 units at once!'

'What?'

'2,000 units?'

'Are you sure you didn't read it wrong?

Imajyo Shu Ren's face immediately turned grave as he stared at his subordinate to confirm.

The subordinate immediately nodded: 'I'm sure, I was listening around just now!'

Immediately, Imajyo Shu Ren's face was as gloomy as water, and he could pinch a mosquito with his furrowed brow.

'I understand!'

After saying this, Jin Jiang Shuren hesitated for a moment, and personally went to the exhibition area of Tenko Electronics and Sega.

After quietly observing for a while, especially when he saw Jim, who had already placed an order, playing Super Mario with great enthusiasm, Jin Jiang Shuren's face looked terrible, full of disbelief!

Although these five arcade games have already been released, they are only available in Hong Kong, and were produced by Tenko Electronics and given to Xia Lei in advance.

In the island country, Sega also has its own factory. In order to make a splash at the US Electronics Technology Expo, Sega has not held a new product launch and has been stockpiling goods, so Taito only knows that Sega is developing new products, but has not seen what the games actually are.

Unexpectedly, Sega has released five brand new arcade games at once, each with top-notch game quality, which is a problem!

"Hey? Isn't that Kimie-kun? Why are you free to come to our exhibition area now?'

It so happened that at that moment, after signing another order, Hayato Nakamura looked up and saw that Shu Ren Imae had not left, and he immediately said with a smile on his face.

However, his tone was full of mockery.

Hayato Nakamura could not forget how the previous boss of Taito Corporation had despised him at the Island Game Association.

Shu Ren Imae's mouth twitched, and he forced a smile that was even more hideous than crying, and said, 'I happened to be passing by, and I didn't expect that Sega would develop five games at once.'

After saying that, he didn't want to see the smug face of Hayabusa Nakamura, so he slipped away in disgrace.

As he watched the somewhat flustered back of Shu Ren Imae, Hayabusa Nakamura laughed heartily.

Just as Shu Ren Imae was reporting to his parent company, orders from Tiangong Electric and Sega were piling up, and both Huo Jianning and Hayabusa Nakamura were signing like mad.

At the end of the first day of the exhibition, Tiangong Electronics and Sega had directly completed an order volume of more than 15,000 units, and the total order volume of the two companies reached 35 million US dollars, temporarily ranking first in the game exhibition area in terms of turnover.

The reputation of Tiangong Electronics and Sega suddenly exploded, and some dealers who had not been present on the first day rushed to San Francisco overnight after getting the news.

Customers who had already participated in the exhibition but did not come to the Tiangong Electronics exhibition area during the day had decided to come and visit the next day.

Early the next morning,

The Tiangong Electronics and Sega booths were even more popular than on the first day. By the end of the day, orders for 32,000 units had been signed directly, more than double the previous day's figure.

Customers placing orders included not only local US dealers, but also many from the UK, Germany, Australia, Canada and other countries.

Together with the orders placed on the first day, the total order value for the two days had already exceeded 100 million US dollars. Huo Jianing did not hide the news, but announced it to the outside world with great aplomb, and Tiangong Electronics and Sega became the focus of attention.

After the organisers of the expo learned the news, they immediately took credit for it and publicised it widely, and a large number of reporters scrambled to report on it.

When the expo was over after three days, the total number of orders reached 84,000 units, with a total value of over 200 million US dollars. The turnover was even crazier than Taitung's last year, and it entered the top ten of the Electronic Technology Expo, directly pushing Atari and Taitung to the bottom and ranking first in the gaming field.

In previous years, Sega's best result was only fourth place in the gaming field, but this time it broke out and reached the top!

The market is only so big, and Tiangong Electronics and Sega have eaten so much of it, so naturally, other companies have reaped meager rewards.

Tiangong Electronics and Sega have directly become the thorn in the side of all companies.

No matter where they go, Fok Kin-ning and the others will feel the deep-seated malice around them.

But in response, Fok Kin-ning just shrugged and said, 'whocare?'

He couldn't wait to return to Hong Kong and report his achievements to the chairman!