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The next day, we first visited the doll production company owned by Xinhe.

In the afternoon and the third day, five well-known doll production companies were arranged to visit.

The fourth day was to visit a handicraft machinery production factory.

In the afternoon, I went to Akihabara to see various finished products.

On the fifth day, there was nothing much to do except shopping.

When you come to Japan, you still need to bring back souvenirs.

Although it is no longer popular to bring small household appliances back to China from Japan in 2023, the trend is still very popular in 2006.

When I went to Japan, I could bring as many small appliances as I could, ranging from a thermos cup to a rice cooker.

There are also cosmetics and cosmeceuticals, so you can buy as much as you want.

Jiang Yue didn't want to bring so much, so she bought a set of cosmetics and brought them back to her mother.

As for dad, Jiang Yue thought about it and bought a thermos cup.

It is very practical to take it with you for tea.

As for myself, I’d rather buy skin care products.

After dinner, Kazama sent a few people to the hotel and left.

Ye Yangshu and others rented a conference room in the hotel for a small meeting.

Jiang Yue said: "We have two important purposes this time. The first is to learn the types of dolls and figures. As far as I know, there are five or six types, such as scenic objects and food toys, and the forms are also different. Everyone We need to pay attention to observation and thinking, which types and forms are suitable for us and can be our first hit products. We must hit the market with the first product and make a strong debut. This can establish our status as a trendy toy in one fell swoop. Later, in It’s very difficult to surpass by imitating learning.”

Everyone nodded.

Although this form is very novel, the threshold is not high, and there are now many crudely made imitation Japanese dolls for sale in China.

In order to establish a brand position, in addition to excellent production, time and speed are also essential.

If a product fails to take off, there will be no second chance due to the trend of imitations.

Jiang Yue continued: "The second important purpose is to import machinery. Now the accuracy of our country's model-related machinery is far from reaching the world's leading level. The reason why our imitations are so shoddy is not just the modeling level. The problem is more that the accuracy of the machinery and the materials are not up to par. What we have to do is the original version. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. The machinery must be the best to make good products."

Ye Yangshu also said: "Indeed, so we arranged to visit the machinery factory this time. All our machinery must be imported."

Several people talked about the key inspection items tomorrow, and then they went back to rest after the meeting.

Early the next morning, Kazama came to the hotel and picked them up to go to Chaoyang Toys, a subsidiary of Xinhe Company.

Chaoyang Toys is a comprehensive toy manufacturer, but it mainly produces gashapon toys.

It is said that most of the gashapon sold in the largest toy stores in Akihabara are produced by them.

Kazama said: "Although this is a small gashapon, its production is as cumbersome as the scenery. It is all from design, mold casting, painting, installation and other processes, all of which are quite a lot, and because of the small size of the finished product, With a large quantity, the market response is more sensitive, so the frequency of elimination and replacement is faster. Therefore, being able to make gashapon well requires higher requirements for the factory."

Jiang Yue listened to Fengjian's explanation and watched the production process.

Regarding design, I have to say that compared to cuteness and weirdness, Japan’s imagination is indeed much stronger than that in China.

Each small gashapon series of Chaoyang Toys has its own characteristics and cuteness.

The design department that Kazama took them to first was a huge department. Chaoyang Toys had a total of ten design teams with 130 designers.

More than 30 design drafts are submitted every week.

Jiang Yue and Wei Yanling looked at these design drafts with great interest, and they were both very good.

Jiang Yue could imagine the effect after they designed it.

Next is the model department. The sample production department has more than 80 people, ranging from 3D modeling to plate coloring.

Because it is a gashapon, one series can be produced every day. If it is a humanoid figure, the time required will be correspondingly lengthened, from a week to a month.

Jiang Yue mainly looked at 3D printers.

Kazama said: "The 3D printer we use here is currently the most advanced in the world, and the degree of restoration is very high, almost reaching [-]%."

Jiang Yue made people remember this 3D printer.

Nowadays, 3D printers are expensive, but they are convenient and fast and can save a lot of time.

Then comes batch production. The quality of the finished product depends more on the batch production process.

The injection molding machine of Chaoyang Toys is a machine produced by Japan Heping Machinery Factory.

Japan Heping Machinery Factory is the world's top machinery manufacturer. Together with Germany's Augdus Machinery Factory and the United States' Philia Machinery Factory, it is also known as the world's three largest machinery manufacturers. The injection molding machines it produces are among the world's top.

Jiang Yue looked at their products. There were no seams or traces, and the quality was indeed very good.

Even after more than 20 years, Heping Machinery Factory is still one of the best machinery manufacturers in the world.

Jiang Yue asked Fengjian: "President Fengjian, how much does an injection molding machine of this model cost?"

Kazama said: "We purchased this model of machine eight years ago. At that time, it cost [-] US dollars per unit. Now there should be iterations of the model. You need to consult Heping Machinery Factory for the specific price. Moreover, the import price of the equipment will also increase. There are changes.”

Jiang Yue suddenly felt bad. Fifty thousand US dollars, converted into RMB, is nearly 40 yuan per unit. It is really too expensive.

After visiting Asahi Toys, we visited several manufacturers as arranged.

Kazama did not follow them on the subsequent visit, and Kazama's assistant Koizumi took them there.

In the afternoon of the third day, they had visited four doll manufacturers, and this was the last one.

Koizumi said: "Although Chiyu Shoujia is not large in scale, it is indeed a famous GK manufacturer in Japan, and there are many master craftsmen in the production of figures. President Masamoto Fable is a master of figure production, so he is very strict in the production of figures. They prioritize quality over quantity and are a high-end figurine manufacturer."

Jiang Yue and the others immediately became interested.

When a group of people walked into the factory, they found that it was very different from the previous factories.

The entire factory is built more like an exhibition hall, and even the factory building has a sense of design.

The first is a product display area.

As soon as they entered, everyone said "Wow". Standing in the center was a three-meter-high Gundam.

The production is very exquisite, as if the Gundam in the comics really appeared in front of them.

In addition, there are hundreds of large and small figures around, with different characters and different actions, but the same ones are all exquisitely made.