Hong Kong film: My brother, Big D, I really don't know kung fu.

Hearing Lei Hao's cruel punishment, everyone shuddered, instantly wiping the smiles from their faces and daring not to make a sound.

Applying Tiger Balm to 2D objects is truly evil. It may seem harmless, but it is actually very torturous, causing immense mental and physical suffering.

Whether it was the fearless Dongguan boy or the battle-hardened mercenary Abu, neither wanted to experience such inhumane punishment, so they all remained silent.

“Lei Jun, in Japan, adult film companies are illegal!” Kusakari Nanako blushed and whispered in defense, trying to correct Lei Hao’s “misconception.”

“It seems you really don’t know!” Lei Hao sighed, his tone carrying a hint of instruction: “Although it’s illegal in Japan, if an adult film company registers in a country where this industry is legal, it can completely avoid this problem and operate legally.”

Nanako Kusakari suddenly felt an itch in her head; she had gained even more strange and wonderful knowledge.

This idea of ​​exploiting legal loopholes opened her eyes, and what surprised her even more was how Lei Hao seemed to know everything.

Seeing Nanako Kusakari's blank expression, Lei Hao stopped teasing her.

Then, he asked Nanako Kusakari to arrange for them to go sightseeing.

In Lei Hao's view, Tokyo is just a bunch of the same old stuff.

What haven't future generations seen and tried? These are all trivial matters now.

However, Dongguan Boy and Master Su had a lot of fun.

After a few days of this carefree lifestyle...

Kazuo Kusakari approached Lei Hao, saying that he had already contacted senior executives at Panasonic and could take him directly to discuss business.

Lei Hao gladly went, as he didn't want to waste too much time in Japan.

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The atmosphere in Panasonic's meeting room was both tense and efficient.

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On either side of the long conference table sat Panasonic executives in suits and ties, with serious expressions, as well as Lei Hao and his entourage.

Although the meeting was arranged by Kazuo Kusakari, the two sides did not engage in much polite small talk.

After all, this is generally the way the Japanese do things: they are serious and meticulous when working, but once the task is over, they immediately revert to their original demeanor.

Lei Hao's purpose in coming to him this time was to order a production line. He was not there to beg like a grandson, but rather to act as a collaborator.

However, because of Kazuo Kusakari's influence, Panasonic was able to prioritize their equipment orders and expedite production.

After some discussion, Panasonic was fully capable of producing the equipment based on the specific parameters and data provided by Lei Hao.

Each optical disc production line costs $3 million and produces 200,000 optical discs per day; the VCD player production line costs $5 million and produces 10,000 units per day.

Lei Hao carefully calculated the number of production lines.

The CD production line produces 20 discs per day, which adds up to 6000 million discs per month. While this seems like a huge number, it is actually not a small number.

Therefore, Lei Hao only planned to order two optical disc production lines.

With production running at full capacity, 1.2 million CDs can be produced in a month, which is enough to meet the initial market demand.

Lei Hao knew that producing too many of these discs was pointless, since if he wanted to burn legitimate movies, he would have to pay for the copyright.

He himself would never intentionally produce pirated CDs, otherwise his reputation would be ruined.

Therefore, two optical disc production lines are enough; we wouldn't need any more.

Furthermore, if Japan needs to sell erotic films on DVD in the future, they can directly burn them here, which is more convenient and faster.

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However, this kind of CD piracy business is very suitable for people with triad backgrounds.

He was thinking to himself that when he got back, he could consider letting Han Bin and his team take charge of this business, or he could try to recruit some people from Wo Luen Shing to join them.

As for the VCD player production line, that is the most important thing.

A production line can produce 10,000 VCDs per day, which is only 300,000 units per month.

However, Lei Hao knew.

In a few years, global sales of VCDs could reach tens of millions of units per year, indicating huge market demand.

In theory, at least 15 to 20 production lines are needed to meet future market demand and fulfill the huge order volume.

However, the VCD business is still in its early stages, and Lei Hao plans to order five production lines for the time being.

Once the trial products are produced, if the market response is positive, he will gradually add more production lines based on the actual situation.

Ultimately, the two optical disc production lines and five VCD player production lines totaled $31 million.

Lei Hao paid the full deposit without hesitation and made it clear that Panasonic should try to deliver the goods within two months.

He also emphasized in the contract that if Panasonic breached the contract, it would have to pay Lei Hao five times the amount in compensation, which reflects his meticulousness regarding the contract and his protection of his own interests.

After signing the contract, Lei Hao immediately contacted Robinson in Hong Kong and instructed him to advance the huge sum of money in the name of Lei's Industrial.

When he left Hong Kong, Pioneer Technology was still in the preparatory stage, and there was no formal funding allocated to the new company yet.

Lei's Holdings has not distributed any dividends to date, and apart from its registered capital, it has no other funds available for use.

Therefore, this money could only be advanced by Lei's Industries, which had just profited from its Nikkei index futures investment and received HK$18.5 billion.

For Lei Hao, the biggest gains from this trip to Japan, besides successfully ordering an advanced VCD production line, were the unexpected encounter with Jiang Wanyong.

Jiang Wanyong, the future founder of WanYan VCD, is currently working as an ordinary technician at Panasonic.

Even more coincidentally, the Panasonic technician responsible for liaising with Lei Hao was none other than Jiang Wanyong himself.

When Jiang Wanyong heard some of the data and technical parameters provided by Lei Hao during the negotiations, a barely perceptible unnaturalness flashed across his face. This subtle change was keenly noticed by the sharp-eyed Lei Hao.

After the order was signed, Lei Hao approached Jiang Wanyong and asked in a low voice, "Engineer Jiang, would you be interested in working at my company?"

Lei Hao's move was quite audacious; he actually poached talent from the company right in front of its senior management.

However, Jiang Wanyong was very surprised to hear Lei Hao speak fluent Mandarin.

"Is Engineer Jiang surprised?" Lei Hao asked with a smile, noticing Jiang Wanyong's confusion.

Jiang Wanyong nodded and said earnestly, "I really didn't expect that Lei Sheng, who is from Hong Kong, could speak such fluent Mandarin."

Lei Hao gently shook his head, his tone tinged with pride and agreement: "People from Hong Kong are also citizens of the Dragon Country. What's so strange about me speaking my own Mandarin? Besides, it won't be long before Hong Kong returns to the motherland!"

These few simple words greatly increased Jiang Wanyong's goodwill towards Lei Hao.

This strong sense of identity with his motherland filled him with sincere respect and affection.

Chapter 91: Kazuo Kusakari grieves the loss of his team's crystal.

Jiang Wanyong was not originally interested in this kind of purely commercial negotiation; he was more focused on the technology field.

However, when his superiors appointed him as the person in charge of technical liaison, he still maintained a good work attitude and completed his tasks meticulously.

After meeting Lei Hao, he understood why his superior had assigned him to handle the liaison—because Lei Hao was from Hong Kong.

Moreover, he is a talented young man who seized opportunities in the financial market.

Having him come reduces the need for a translator, saves costs, and improves efficiency.

Jiang Wanyong initially thought it was just a trivial matter, but the way things unfolded was beyond his expectations.

He was both shocked and helpless that the other party in the negotiations, this young business prodigy from Hong Kong, actually wanted to poach him.

"Lei Sheng, I'm just an ordinary technician. Why do you suddenly want to poach me?"

Jiang Wanyong finally couldn't suppress his doubts and asked directly.

He knew in his heart that Lei Hao's behavior of poaching people from his boss right in front of him was somewhat unethical.

Although Lei Hao's admission that he was from China and his fluent Chinese made Jiang Wanyong feel very favorable towards him.

With a sincere smile on his face, Lei Hao said earnestly, "I observed Engineer Jiang, and when you heard the production line data and technical requirements I reported, your expression already told me what I was going to do, right?"

Jiang Wanyong hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and replied frankly, "Yes, Lei Sheng, the data you provided coincides with a rough idea in my mind in many ways. However, it is clear that what you want to produce is more complete than the idea in my mind."

Upon hearing that Jiang Wanyong had indeed begun to conceive and design VCDs, Lei Hao was overjoyed, knowing that he had found the right person.

"My product is officially named VCD. It aims to create a diversified range of products, including home theater systems, car music systems, and portable music players, to completely revolutionize people's audio-visual experience."

Lei Hao couldn't wait to tell Jiang Wanyong about his ideas.

"VCD? Car music? Walkman?" Jiang Wanyong repeated these novel terms in a daze.

His eyes lit up instantly, filled with curiosity and irrepressible excitement.

The product framework he envisioned was roughly similar to that of a video recorder.

At most, he just wanted to achieve a home theater effect by connecting some external devices.

However, the concepts of in-car music and portable music players were things he had never even considered before!

Jiang Wanyong quickly simulated it in his mind.

If the function of playing videos is abandoned, it might actually be possible to incorporate the core technology of VCD into cars and realize in-car music.

However, Jiang Wanyong couldn't imagine what kind of product Lei Hao would propose—a portable music player!

After all, with the current level of technology, it seems somewhat unrealistic to make a media player so small and portable.

He was also well aware of the technological challenges facing Walkmans at the time: Sony's D-2001, launched on March 21, 1987.