Han Chudong was busy making money, and his friends were not idle either.
Super four-wheel drive racing car toys are very popular. Both Zhao Dajun and Zhou Nan, as well as Xiaotu, a boy with glasses who joined later and was assigned to three states, have made a lot of money recently.
The previous magic balls and bubble water toys were also on sale, but in the second quarter of 1974, the total profits added up were not as much as those of the four-wheel drive racing car toys.
A look at the total purchase amount will give you a rough idea. The three of them have wholesaled more than one million US dollars worth of goods from Mango Toy Company. The purchase price is more than one million US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 70,000 toy cars, and they have all been sold out.
This is just the beginning, and it has become the most popular toy in the United States recently.
Ready-made sales channels have already been established, so as long as sufficient goods are provided, these state agents can help digest them.
In just over half a month, Mango Toy Company earned more than 6 million US dollars from the four-wheel drive racing car toy, and the comics released in cooperation with Marvel also became a big hit.
The first volume of the comic book is given away when you buy the toy. If you want to read the rest of the comic book, you have to pay for it.
In Han Chudong's opinion, comic copyrights have become valuable nowadays, but no animation company has come to him so far. This may be mainly because the peripheral derivative products have been taken away in advance. It is like a hot dog bun without the hot dog. Although it can still be eaten, it is still a bit lacking in meaning.
In the animation market, the most valuable things are not box office or advertising, but peripheral products.
today.
The three of them made an appointment to go to the warehouse of the Light Year Toy Factory to pick up the goods.
Zhao Dajun finished looking through a toy box and asked with a smile, "I've seen this car on the road. The logo is a golden bull. Did Xiaodong get the authorization? Don't let anyone come to your door and ask for compensation."
"You know what? If you can think of being sued, then Brother Dong must have thought of it, too. I heard him say that he asked for a sponsorship fee of 250,000 US dollars from a company called Lamborghini before producing this model."
Zhou Nan found it very interesting and continued, "I was originally planning to contact Ferrari, but it seemed like they rejected me. They said that they only had experience with others paying licensing fees to them, so how could they turn around and pay Xiaodong? But the people at Lamborghini agreed."
"Using their car design and giving money to Brother Xiaodong? Is this company crazy? What is it trying to do?"
The boy with glasses, Xiaotu, was puzzled.
He is only eighteen years old this year, and is the youngest among the four people in his small circle who have been playing together since childhood.
Not only did Han Chudong help, Zhou Nan also transferred two experienced old employees to help Yan Jingzai. All in all, he earned about 200,000 to 300,000 US dollars. The market environment was not as good as that in California, and compared with Han Chudong's net worth, there was a huge gap.
Although they both graduated from school last year, the gap between them has already become apparent. Da Jun and Zhou Nan are both bona fide millionaires with a net worth of nearly two million US dollars.
They used to be able to hide cash to avoid taxes, but as their business grew, they had to wait patiently for the IRS to rip them off.
Zhou Nan is based in Los Angeles and has the most opportunities to meet Han Chudong. He explained: "We want to have a long-term business. Spending more than 200,000 US dollars is equivalent to advertising. Maybe one of the children will grow up to have money and buy a real car.
Brother Xiaodong said that he would look for cooperation with Mercedes-Benz and Cadillac next. The price would definitely be over a million dollars. After all, Lamborghini, a company that makes supercars, is too poor. It is said that it has suffered horrible losses, so it gave a discount. It will not be lenient to those profitable companies. "
Zhao Dajun understood what he said, put down the toy box, and sighed: "If Xiaodong doesn't get rich, who else can? He has thought of all the ways to make money, such as selling toys, comics, and even advertising. I really only have the brains of a security guard, and I really can't compare to him..."
No one objected.
This was already a consensus among the three of them. When they occasionally stopped to think about it, it was hard to believe that friends who had grown up together had become billionaires with a net worth of over 100 million.
Han Chudong seldom showed off his wealth in front of them, but since he became famous, he could hear people talking about Han Chudong's name everywhere, especially after Rainbow Beauty became popular.
Recently, there are rumors that Europe spent tens of millions of US dollars and earned back 40 million US dollars. This number can make them breathless.
From time to time, people would ask who was richer between Han Chudong and Wang An. The newspaper run by people from Taiwan was more inclined to Wang An and even took out a Chinese newspaper and made an inventory of their wealth. Zhou Nan just saw that news this morning.
The above speculation says that Han Chudong is worth 200 million US dollars, while Wang An is worth about 370 million US dollars.
Zhou Nan was confused, but felt that they should be evenly matched. He had already kept the newspaper, ready to ask Han Chudong in person.
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Order completed.
The three of them went out to eat together at a Sichuan restaurant.
During this period, he ran into Qiao Wei, the wife of Brother Hou, the owner of Baofeng Electric Appliances Store No. 1. She had once come to Han Chudong for help, and the matter had already been settled.
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
After Zhao Dajun recognized her, he secretly looked up and gestured to Zhou Nan and Xiao Tu to look.
The drunk woman was half-hugged by a short and sturdy man, walking towards the door while laughing.
Da Jun shook his head and said, "That woman is not simple. The Baofeng Electric Appliances store next to the Meng Ouzhifeng Archway was previously owned by her husband. When she saw that her husband was in prison and would not be released for a few years, she immediately divorced him and took all the money into her own hands. She learned how to do business and make money. Because she is beautiful, she has established relationships with several small bosses. I heard that she has made a lot of money recently. She even bought the Moonlight Rabbit Dance Hall."
Zhou Nan also recognized Qiao Wei. They had met at the Moonlight Rabbit Ballroom last year, and Han Chudong helped her out.
With a wicked smile, he asked, "Since you are so open-minded, do you think Brother Xiaodong took advantage of the opportunity..."
"Absolutely impossible. Xiaodong has very high standards. The Japanese mixed-blood and Bergman before are all top-notch beauties. How could they be attracted to a woman in her thirties like you, and she's someone else's wife?"
Zhao Dajun shook his head like a rattle.
but.
Because Han Chudong had helped this woman for no reason, he began to murmur in his heart and made wild guesses out of gossip.
Changing the topic, the three talked about how the Moonlight Rabbit Nightclub had recently tried a new trick, hiring more than a dozen girls to sell alcohol and drink with people, making it a place of the lowest class.
As for how Zhao Dajun knew about this, that's a very interesting question. He said that he was brought there by his salesmen to broaden his horizons last month, and they were discussing going there together for a drink tonight.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Wei, who had just left, turned back and walked straight towards their table.
With a harmless smile on his face, he asked directly: "Where is Boss Xiao Han? I remember you are his friend, right? We have met before..."