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Text Chapter 106 Picking up leaks

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    A global toy show, in addition to attracting toy manufacturers and sellers from all over the world, it has also attracted the attention of dozens of film companies, hundreds of TV stations, various magazines and newspapers, game companies and the fashion industry in the United States.  It is common for toys to be adapted into movies and TV shows, or for characters from movies and TV series to be made into toy models.  For example, the world-famous "Barbie" and the chess adventure game toy "Clue" have been made into live-action movies, and the cartoon adaptation of the humanoid toy "He-Man" has made TV stations a lot of money.  Of course, when it comes to popularity, it is undoubtedly the Transformers that have not yet been released. Toys, movies, games, etc., anything that has the slightest connection has been used to make money over and over again.  "But it's not too late, Transformers will be available to everyone soon!" Zhang Shaoping regretted not being able to catch up with this New York Toy Fair.  I walked around the booths of one toy company after another at the toy show, and saw thousands of products like a quick glance. Some booths were crowded and busy, and some booths were deserted and no one was interested.  " Picking up leaks" is a jargon in the antique industry. It is a rare occasion when you encounter antiques that others have missed, and you buy them at a very low price, and then sell them at a sky-high or high price.  With the rise of movies, the movie trading market also has the term "picking up the slack". For example, "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968 cost only US$114,000 and earned a box office of 30 million. Another example is "Night of the Living Dead" in 1980.  Mad Max cost $200,000 to produce and grossed over $99 million.  These "leaks" are not favored by others, especially "Mad Max", which used the gimmick of the most bullshit science fiction film to go from being a bad film to being the originator of wasteland style, attracting people.  A great success for young people's eyes.  In fact, it¡¯s not just movies that have a rise in ¡°leaks.¡± Even industries closely related to film and television, such as toy fairs, game shows, and comic shows, also have big ¡°leaks,¡± such as the booth where Zhang Shaoping is standing now.  This booth is very strange. The name of the booth is not a certain company, but a "baby nursing home". The owners are a few young people.  There were very few people visiting the booth. When Zhang Shaoping came here, there was only one group of people visiting the booth.  Seeing Zhang Shaoping and his party arriving, a young man came up to him and said, "Welcome to the 'Baby Sanatorium', the dolls are waiting for your adoption!" This greeting was very unique.  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  Not only Zhang Shaoping, but also Hu Mufang, Chen Feihu, and Wang Weiwei were confused. However, Bai Lan had been running around the toy exhibition these days and knew everything about the exhibition. She smiled and explained: "This toy store  The company is called "Baby Sanatorium". They have designed a small, hand-sewn rag doll called "Little Man". It is not placed on the shelf like other rag dolls, but is placed in a small space.  The crib is for sale by adoption." The more he listened to Bai Lan's words, the more familiar Zhang Shaoping felt. He couldn't help but look at the "little man" on the booth and was stunned for a moment.  Other toy booths display dozens or hundreds of various types of toys, but this "baby sanatorium" only displays about 30 small cribs, with people lying on each crib upright.  Holding a little stuffed animal.  The word "lying" is used because each little puppet is covered with a small cloth - well, it should be a small quilt - as if it is asleep, which is very humane.  Of course, this is not the main reason that makes Zhang Shaoping stunned, but that the people who made these little puppets are obviously very careful. There is no facial makeup on the little puppets. No two of the 30 little puppets are exactly the same.  "It's like! It's so similar" Zhang Shaoping murmured to himself.  Bai Lan asked him very strangely: "Mr. Zhang, what do you seem to be talking about? What do you mean?" Bai Lan threw out the "what"s, which stunned Hu Mufang and others who also looked curious, but Zhang Shaoping was  I woke up.  "Oh, it's nothing. I said this little puppet looks too much like the one I saw in the magazine!" Zhang Shaoping casually found a frustrating excuse to deal with it.  "I see. Are you talking about the report published in "News Weekly" the year before last? Haha, this is from the same company, of course it is similar." Bai Lan is indeed a senior researcher walking in the business market. Even he is already a senior researcher.  The news reports from the old almanac are full of treasures.  Hearing this, Zhang Shaoping was surprised. Damn it, you can hit the mark with just a word. When did I become so awesome?  In fact, he just discovered a huge business opportunity and was suddenly stunned for a moment.  The "little man" doll in this store is very similar to the Cabbage Patch doll that his girlfriend bought him before he traveled through time.  It is said that Zhang Shaoping was an older young man before he traveled through time. He met a girl who was half a year younger than him. Before he was ready to get married, the girl bought him a cabbage patch doll.  What is a Cabbage Patch Doll?  Have not heard.  HeI checked the information on the Internet and found out what it symbolizes - very loving.  As the owner of a "doll", you should treat the "doll" like a child, um, change clothes, diapers, quilt covers, sheets, hats, strollers, backpacks, and cribs.  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  Even including "doll" toys, they are all available anyway, and you can't miss any of the things you need to buy.  Receiving this gift, Zhang Shaoping not only had a headache, but also had a pain in his balls. Damn it, are you buying a rag doll?  This is burning money!  At the beginning, Zhang Shaoping strictly followed the "infant care" regulations to "take care" of the dolls. There was nothing he could do about it. If he wanted to have sexual happiness, he had to pay for it first.  But after half a month, Zhang Shaoping couldn't stand it anymore. He was a writer, and he relied on coding to earn a living. He never had time to do this often, so he neglected to "take care of" him, and then he became miserable.  , was dumped by a woman.  In the words of the woman, your love is so shallow that you can¡¯t even give me a puppet. How can you give me an even share?  Thanks to her, Zhang Shaoping was deeply impressed by the Cabbage Patch Dolls. He knew that although the Cabbage Patch Dolls were not as famous as Barbie, they were by no means ordinary.  It has created a miracle in the history of world toys. It sold two to three million units in just a few days and shocked countless people. Its sales exceeded 1 billion US dollars in one year.  Even in later generations, it is still an extremely best-selling toy product.  Now, the "little man" puppet is lying in this small "baby nursing home". It has not been discovered yet and is packaged as a cabbage patch doll. He can definitely "pick up the leaks" and make a lot of money.  All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Zhang Shaoping smiled slightly and asked the young man next to him: "Hey, buddy, what is your name?" "Roberts, Xavier Roberts." Zhang Shaoping reached out to shake hands with him and introduced himself.  Said: "I am Zhang Shaoping, from Hong Kong. I am very interested in these dolls of yours. Can you talk about them?" "Oh, of course." Roberts' eyes lit up and he responded happily.  Probably because they couldn¡¯t reach an agreement, the group of people who visited just now also left.  At this time, only Zhang Shaoping and his party were left.  Zhang Shaoping didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "I want to buy out the design and production rights of your puppet. Can you give me a price?" Upon hearing this, several young people looked at Roberts, obviously  The one who can make the decision is this wise young man of 27 or 8 years old.  Roberts shook his head and flatly refused: "Oh, no, Mr. Zhang, our puppet design patent will not be transferred!" Zhang Shaoping frowned slightly, then relaxed and said with a smile: "Then I'm curious, don't you  Are you planning to transfer the design patent? Are you a toy manufacturer that specializes in selling these toys? " "Mr. Zhang, you are right. We will find a strong toy manufacturer and cooperate with our baby nursing home to produce it?"  Little man!" Roberts said seriously.  Zhang Shaoping was stunned and speechless. At this time, Bai Lan interjected: "Mr. Roberts, as far as I know, your baby nursing home in Cleveland, Georgia only has two or three manual production lines, with an annual output of less than 300,000 pieces. I  You're right? I won't say anything about the sales volume. It's just low! Do you think you can make a lot of money with this kind of performance? To be honest, I don't see how your little puppet is doing well.  What's so attractive about toy manufacturers? Otherwise, you wouldn't be stuck in a corner, unable to get out." Bai Lan spent several days at the toy fair, not only did she personally investigate, but she also sent subordinates.  Several groups took turns collecting data here, and they already had a clear grasp of the details of the Baobao Sanatorium. Everything she said was meaningful and hit the opponent's weakness.  Roberts and his partner looked at each other, unable to find the words to retort.  Zhang Shaoping was overjoyed. It was so satisfying to have this know-it-all person by his side. He immediately laughed and said, "Mr. Roberts, not many people are interested in the puppets you designed. If you miss my family, you  It will be difficult to find another buyer! Think about it, if you can¡¯t sell the puppets you designed, what¡¯s the use of holding on to the patent?¡± One of Roberts¡¯ partners couldn¡¯t help but retorted: ¡°  Who said that? The day before yesterday, a company said it was interested in our puppet design! " "Really? Why didn't that company come to sign the contract? If we really reached an agreement, I'm afraid you would have gone back home.  Is there any need to wait here?" "That company's price is too low." "That's it!" "But we don't know what the price is.  "Zhang Shaoping slapped his head and realized that he was so impatient that he had even forgotten this. Such a lapse would be detrimental to negotiations.  He hurriedly put away his ill-advised behavior and said with a smile: "??My mistake was that I didn't speak clearly.  Let's do this. I'll pay $10 million to buy out the design and production rights of the Muppets.  " "10 million?  !  Mr. Zhang, are you sure you want to spend 10 million US dollars to buy the patent rights of this "little man"?  Bai Lan exclaimed, sighing that Zhang Shaoping was really rich, while shaking her head, thinking that the money was not worth it. "Why, Miss Bai thinks it is not worth it?"  Bai Lan said seriously: "I say professionally, its value is only worth 5 million US dollars at most."  "Mr. Roberts, my investment consultant, Ms. Bai, thinks your patent is only worth US$5 million, but I paid US$10 million. Aren't you satisfied?"  "Zhang Shaoping casually gave Bai Lan a title and said to Roberts with a smile. Roberts shook his head and said firmly: "No, no matter how much money you pay, my little puppet will not be sold to you!  ¡± Faced with this guy who refused to take hard advice, it was really difficult to negotiate with Zhang Shaoping¡¯s not very good English. Fortunately, Hu Mufang, Bai Lan, and Wang Weiwei were by his side, either translating or taking turns to come up to negotiate, which eased the tension.  Most of it was pressure. After a period of bickering and bargaining, everyone finally gave in. The design patent was still retained by Roberts, and the production patent was sold to Zhang Shaoping. However, the two parties still did not reach an agreement on the price, and Roberts asked for 10 million.  But Zhang Shaoping was only willing to give 5 million. In his words, that means you only give me half of the patent rights, and of course I will only give you half of the price. Zhang Shaoping couldn't bear it anymore, so he left the business negotiations to Hu Mufang and withdrew.  Come. Just as he walked outside the booth to take a breath, Chen Feihu came over and said, "Zhang Sheng, I found a guy peeping at us. He looked very surprised when he saw you negotiating earlier.  He turned around and left in a hurry.  " Zhang Shaoping suddenly remembered what Roberts's partner had just said, and immediately knew that something was wrong. The company must have been eyeing the baby nursing home early on, but was playing a hard-to-get game. He couldn't help but said to Chen Feihu hastily: "Go and think about it.  The way is to hold that guy for 20 minutes. Remember, try to entangle him as much as possible and don't let him find someone else!  " "I understand.  " Chen Feihu was an elite scout when he was in the army. He was extremely smart and shrewd. He could tell everything at once. He hurriedly chased the man in the direction he was walking. The man had been gone for less than two minutes. Chen Feihu  He was soon discovered. He was walking and talking on his mobile phone. Chen Feihu immediately rushed over and knocked him down pretending to be casual. The man was knocked unconscious and got up after a while.  He grabbed the "Big Brother" button and pressed the button, and couldn't help but yell: "Oh, shit!  You bastard!  "It turns out that Chen Feihu's wrist "coincidentally" smashed the man's mobile phone. Although Chen Feihu also learned a little English in the army and was influenced by Zhang Shaoping, his English is not as good as Zhang Shaoping's.  Talking to the Yankees is really nonsense! The man wanted to leave, but Chen Feihu held him back and insisted on paying him. The Yankees knew that Chen Feihu and Zhang Shaoping were on the same side, so he wanted to.  He couldn't get away, and he was running around in a hurry, yelling shit, "Oh, God, why don't you kill this damn yellow-skinned monkey?"  "The Americans wanted to kick Chen Feihu to death with an innocent look on his face. With a potential competitor, Zhang Shaoping didn't want to haggle over a small amount of profits with Roberts. He walked into the booth and spoke directly.  Said: "Mr. Roberts, I can give you a production royalty of US$5 million per year.  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  " "Zhongguozhang, did I hear you correctly? Is it every year?  " "Oh, sir, I praise you, you are so generous!  " "Roberts, I think this proposal is great!  " "£®  £®  £®  £®  £®  £®  " Before Roberts could speak, his guys started talking first, and they were all very happy. Zhang Shaoping clapped his hands and continued: "Hey, friends, I haven't finished talking yet.  5 million per year can be given, but your entire team must join my toy company and continue to design dolls for me. Of course, as a retainer, I will pay you additional salary.  " "Oh, sir, I am very willing to work for you!  " "Promise him, Roberts, where can you find such a good thing?  The design rights are still in our hands. Joining Zhang's company will only mean selling new products to him, but who will not sell the new products we design?  Seeing that Roberts was still considering it, Zhang Shaoping rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "It seems you don't know my strength yet, right?"  I own not only film companies, but also several magazine companies, um, and costume design companies.  you??After joining my toy company, our designers will specially design the puppet, and of course our professional publicity team will also advertise it overwhelmingly.  Think about it, as long as we operate well, we can make a name for ourselves in a very short period of time. What a wonderful thing it is!  " Looking at the helpless eyes of his companions, Roberts said helplessly: "Okay, you are right.  "
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