The income of twenty thousand yen in one day brought a great shock to the shopkeeper. This is doubled income!
It's hard to imagine what kind of magic this thing possesses.
However, being quite sharp in business, he had realized the value of this thing.
He wanted to buy this machine!
And the more, the better!
Didn't you see that group of children waving their coins, as if they could endlessly put them in?
In the end, because there were too few machines, many of these children left with regrets, not having the opportunity to play for a long time.
If there were enough machines, then all the money in these children's hands would be his!
Thinking of this, the shopkeeper had been waiting for Takayuki early in the morning.
He believed that Takayuki would definitely come today.
With the shrewd look in the young man's eyes when he talked to himself, he had no reason not to know how popular his product was.
Sure enough, Takayuki really came.
When the clerk informed him, he almost jumped up from his seat in an instant.
At this moment, he completely ignored his slightly reddened eyes.
"Sir, I'm glad you came again."
This time, the shopkeeper was noticeably more polite.
Because this time, it wasn't the other party asking him for something, but he had something to ask of the other party.
Facing the shopkeeper's expression, Takayuki was not surprised at all.
"Hello, shopkeeper, I'm here to collect the money from the coins invested yesterday."
"Of course, that all belongs to you, but before that, I have something else to ask."
"What?"
Takayuki asked back.
And his expression had already proven that he had anticipated what the other party would say.
"I want to ask about what you said the day before yesterday, that if I'm interested, I can directly buy this machine. Is that still valid?"
Takayuki smiled, "Of course, if you're really interested, it's valid."
"Well... then how much is this machine? After thinking it over for a day, I've decided to buy it."
Takayuki showed a "friendly" smile.
Of course, this smile in the eyes of the shopkeeper was full of cunning.
After struggling in the business world for so many years, the shopkeeper immediately understood that the other party was about to make a big demand.
"Two... cough cough."
Two hundred thousand yen.
This was not a small amount.
In today's Japan, the price of a computer was at most around one hundred fifty to sixty thousand yen.
Unless it was a higher-end professional computer aimed at businesses.
And now it was the period after the bursting of the economic bubble.
Computers, which were something that could be considered non-essential to life, immediately became the fastest depreciating item.
Now, if you wanted to buy a normal computer from an individual, you could probably get a good one for fifty to sixty thousand yen.
And this game machine required two hundred thousand yen.
This was almost like robbing.
The actual cost of this game machine was only two thousand yen.
One thousand yen was the cost of the game machine's circuit board processor.
Five hundred yen was the cost of the mass-produced red and white cheap material shell.
The remaining five hundred yen was for various power cords and other miscellaneous items.
Of course, this did not include labor costs.
After all, this was something that Takayuki and Sayuri had done themselves, and if you included Sayuri's daily wage cost, it would be at most three thousand yen in total cost.
Takayuki just wanted to make a big demand.
Facing individual users, Takayuki could easily sell at a lower price.
But if it was this kind of business, Takayuki didn't care about ripping them off at all.
"Two... two hundred thousand yen is really too much. This machine doesn't look expensive, sir..."
"My name is Takayuki."
"Oh! Takayuki, can you make it cheaper? Of course, if you have enough machines, I'm willing to buy in bulk, at least ten."
Sayuri, who was standing aside, had no expression on her face.
But when Takayuki shouted out two hundred thousand yen per unit and the other party was willing to buy ten units, Sayuri couldn't help but twitch her facial muscles a bit.
Taaeyuki said leisurely, "Shopkeeper, let me calculate it for you. If yesterday went as expected, the income from this machine should be around seventeen thousand yen?"
"Uh... It should be twenty thousand..."
Takayuki was slightly stunned.
This exceeded his expectations.
He remembered that those children should have been quite good at playing this game.
Once they became proficient, usually, playing for four or five minutes with one coin was no problem.
"Twenty thousand? Then it's doubled. Boss, think about it, one machine for two hundred thousand, even in the worst case scenario, you only need about ten days to earn it back with profit."
In terms of coin income, the shopkeeper couldn't hide it at all.
Because Takayuki only needed to check the number of coins in the coin box to know everything.
So the shopkeeper could only honestly answer.
And this happened to be Takayuki's most confident aspect.
The shopkeeper had no reason to refuse at all.
Because the income was simply explosive.
Of course, one machine couldn't make twenty thousand yen every day.
But even if the daily income was only ten thousand, it was still a huge profit.
If all ten machines were purchased, they would be paid back in twenty days, and whatever was left after that would be pure profit.
Kashiwagi was indeed also very profitable.
But that wasn't something for children to play with.
But this game machine could harvest children's pocket money.
It sounds cruel, but what a businessman needs to consider is profit.
"So... two hundred thousand, the price can't be negotiated, because, besides placing one machine here with you, I've also placed them elsewhere."
Upon hearing Takayuki's words, the shopkeeper immediately became nervous.
"I came to you first. If you don't want to buy at this price, I think, in the dozen or so places behind, someone will be willing to buy."
Takayuki's smile became brighter and brighter, appearing very affable.
But the shopkeeper increasingly understood Takayuki's intentions.
It was indeed... an irresistible reason.
Takayuki looked at the shopkeeper's silent appearance, and he once again spoke, "Let me tell you, so far, this game machine is made bit by bit by me and my partner alone. The total number is not many, so the price will be relatively high."
"If you buy in advance, you can make more money early. When my machines start mass production, you can definitely buy them at a cheaper price. But by then, there will probably be more places with game machines, and more players will be attracted to different places."
Takayuki lightly stroked the shell of the red and white machine.
"Do you want to earn this valuable money in advance? Or wait for mass production to slowly earn it?"
"I'll buy it! Ten units, I can give you cash right now."