In this era when the game is still in the wasteland, the success of Game-Watch and "China Cube" has made Sunbird the most famous game company in the world. Of course, it is also very profitable, making other game companies jealous.
Many people wondered how much Sunbird made in the year!
Yes, as the end of the year comes, each company's annual financial statements are out. The financial statements of Sunbird Company also came out. On December 31, when Li Zetian saw the financial statements, he couldn't help but say with a great sense: "Fuck, it's more profitable to play games!!!"
Making games is really too lucrative. In 1981, Atari set a record of 1 billion US dollars in revenue, and drove the rapid development of the entire game industry, making the revenue of the game industry more than twice that of the Hollywood film industry, and the revenue of baseball, basketball and football tickets. 3 times the sum. What's more impressive is that in 1992, the profit of RB Nintendo's game console alone was comparable to that of the entire Hollywood film industry, and exceeded the combined profits of the three major domestic television networks.
Sunbird previously sold 240,000 copies of the game on the Apple-ll personal computer for $100 per game copy, generating $24 million in revenue.
From the Christmas shopping spree on December 25 to December 31, a total of nearly 600,000 Game-Watch units were sold, each priced at $150, and the revenue reached $90 million.
The annual revenue of Sunbird is as high as 114 million US dollars, and the profit is more than 50 million US dollars. It is crazy! However, 1976 saw more game development projects and development of arcade and home consoles, all of which were costly.
Apple's annual financial statements are naturally very good. If the US government's order of 100,000 Apple-lls is not included, then a total of 15,000 Apple-l personal computers and 104,000 Apple-ll personal computers have been sold. up to $200 million. However, Apple's expenses are huge, huge staff costs, the establishment of headquarters, technology research and development, the establishment of flagship stores, the establishment of Seagate, the establishment of Dolby Laboratories, the establishment of Star Wars Film Company, etc., it has spent more than 60 million US dollars By the end of the year, the company had just over $37 million left on its books. In addition, the company still owes the bank $20 million, but Li Zetian does not plan to repay the $20 million immediately, but will use it to increase technology investment in research and development. Furthermore, the bank is not urging, eager to have loan interest.
Microsoft's annual financial statement is also very good, also excluding the US government's 100,000 Excel spreadsheet orders, Microsoft also sold 80,000 copies, as well as 255,000 Microsoft-DOS operating system licenses and 314,000 BAISIC Language program authorization, with an income of more than 34 million and a net profit of more than 16.5 million US dollars.
At the end of the year, it is natural to issue bonuses and dividends.
In Sunbird Company, Li Zetian decided to take out $4 million to reward employees, and shareholders would not pay dividends.
At Apple, Li Zetian decided to spend $7 million to reward employees, and shareholders would not pay dividends.
In Microsoft Corporation, Li Zetian decided to spend $4 million to reward employees, and shareholders would not pay dividends.
The reason shareholders don't pay dividends is that the company also needs capital to grow rapidly.
According to their personal contributions, Tian Shuai, Zhang Yan, Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Gary Kildare, the father of the operating system, and others have all received bonuses of more than $200,000. Li Zetian himself also received the bonus, and he shared 400,000 US dollars, or 1.2 million US dollars, in all three companies.
Li Zetian contributed the most and received the most bonus points. Naturally, no one was gossiping.
Moreover, although Li Zetian is not the CEO, his salary is also the highest among all people, with an annual salary of 100,000 US dollars, which will be settled together at the end of the year and a total of 300,000 US dollars.
Li Zetian had previously taken $1 million from Apple, and then spent $875,000 to buy a car. He still had about $125,000 in deposits in his bank card, 125,000 + bonus + salary, and now it naturally becomes $1.625 million . When Li Zetian saw that he had so many deposits in his personal bank account, he truly realized that he was a super rich man! However, the money was soon spent again. He found the founder of Starbucks Corporation and bought it for $1.6 million. Then let Starbucks operate independently according to the previous development model. Li Zetian is not proficient in this industry, so he does not want to intervene too much and waits for the arrival of Howard Schultz with peace of mind.
Make money and spend more money.
In a blink of an eye, the deposit on Li Zetian's bank card was only $25,000. Is this still a billionaire's bank card? It's embarrassing to say it!
In this regard, Li Zetian can only cry without tears...
1976 began, a new year with a new look.
Li Zetian has four most important plans: the release of the Walkman tape player, the listing of Apple, the acquisition of Atari, and the acquisition of Intel's microprocessor division.
Recently, Li Zetian heard that Atari and Warner Bros. are in frequent contact. He knew that it wouldn't be long before Atari would be sold to each other. In a previous life, Atari was sold to Warner Bros. in 1976 for $28 million.
In fact, this Christmas holiday, Li Zetian originally planned to go on vacation with Yu Jingqiu, but because the acquisition of Atari Corporation was imminent, Li Zetian devoted all his energy to the plan to prepare for the acquisition of Atari Corporation.
These days, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell is using a new way of making money: selling machines at low prices for almost no money, and then bringing him a fortune with constantly updated game cards! It's just this way of making profits that has also caused Atari a problem of financial constraints. Producing game cards not only requires advanced craftsmanship, but also has to pay a fixed cost of around $10 per block, which means newly developed games can shake the company's financial foundation if they don't become popular.
In previous years, the Christmas shopping festival was a period when Atari product sales were super hot, but this year, due to the impact of Sunbird's Game-Watch, the sales of Atari products were very unsatisfactory, which in turn led to game cards. The huge backlog of the company has put a heavy burden on Atari. To seek funding, Nolan Bushnell contacted Warner Bros.
Li Zetian wanted to say, why didn't you contact Sunbird Company
Of course, peers are enemies. If Li Zetian was in Nolan Bushnell's position, he would definitely not take the initiative to contact him.
Sunbird Company, meeting room.
Li Zetian sat in the first place and announced in a serious tone: "Atari is now in contact with Warner Bros. This is a great threat to Sunbird! If Warner Bros. acquires Atari The company will definitely increase its investment in the development of the second generation of home game consoles. At that time, we are bound to face a more powerful competitor than the current Atari! It's time for our Sunbird Company to take the initiative!!!"
"Wu Guangguang, as soon as the meeting is over, immediately initiate a takeover offer to Atari Corporation!"
"Yes, Mr. Li!!!"