Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1879 The Power of Capital

Since there is no direct conflict in product competition, the cooperation between Tianyin Group and Sony has become much easier, especially for Fukai Tainori, who is eager to open the Chinese mainland market, and he must try his best to facilitate this transaction.

In fact, the main reason why Shen Jingda was eager to gain the trust of the board of directors and finally made concessions in negotiations with Duan Yun was the pressure exerted on him by Sony's American shareholders.

When the US-Japan trade war broke out in the 80s, two iconic Japanese companies, Toyota Motor and Sony Electronics, became thorns in the side of the US trade delegation.

The Japanese finally gave up in the Plaza Accord, and the Sony Group, which is an iconic Japanese company, was also forced to accept investment from Wall Street capital, including Hong Kong. Although the Japanese have always held the dominant position in Sony, The capital of the United States in Sony Corporation can still influence the decision-making of Sony Corporation to a certain extent.

Enterprise decision makers are more concerned about the company's long-term development, but capital is profit-seeking, especially for American capital, they do not really care whether Sony's future development is long-term and healthy, what they care most about is How to maximize the benefits in the short term, and on the other hand, attacking Japan's technology industry is also the potential purpose of the US government and Wall Street capital. Relying on financial means to control the world is the most powerful means for Americans, whether it is The original Plaza Accord, or later Soros sniped the Thai baht and the British pound, and played this method like a fish in water. The weaker countries can only end up being brutally harvested.

Duan Yun has never listed Tianyin Group's core enterprises. The main reason is that he does not want to be controlled by capital, and his group's cash flow is currently relatively abundant, so there is no need for consolidation and listing at all.

After the two parties also had a preliminary intention of cooperation, the negotiation atmosphere between Duan Yun and Shenjing Osori suddenly became more relaxed. That night, the two talked about many topics, and Duan Yun also asked Shenjing Osori about many things, including Sony technology development route, and related management issues.

Although Duan Yun did not make any concessions during the negotiation, it was another matter in terms of personal communication. He himself still respected Shen Jing Taizhe very much, and his words were full of respect.

On the morning of the second day, Duan Yun took Shenjing Taizhi and his party to visit his company's headquarters and electronics factory.

Although Tianyin Group has become a leading enterprise in the domestic electronics industry after so many years of development, there is still a relatively large gap compared with Sony. However, during the visit, Fukai showed great interest. He also agreed with the current scale and technical strength of Tianyin Group.

In fact, even though Tianyin Group is far inferior to Sony, Shenjing and his team are still surprised to see such a modern enterprise in China.

You know, the last time Shenjing came to China was in 1986. At that time, he and Akio Morita were invited to visit BJ. Visited several state-owned enterprises, including BJ Dongfeng TV Factory, the largest TV factory in BJ.

At that time, the Kunlun brand 12-inch black-and-white TV produced by BJ Dongfeng TV Factory sold well all over the country. It was basically one of the largest and most technologically advanced TV factories in China at that time.

At that time, there was no color TV set in China, and Japan's Sony had developed the world's first color TV set a few years ago, and exhibited it at the World Science Expo held in 1. The super-large color TV wall developed and produced by their company shows how big the gap between Chinese and Japanese electronics companies is in the technical field.

Moreover, at that time, Sony's TV production line was basically fully automated, while BJ Dongfeng TV Factory was still assembled and spliced ​​almost entirely by hand, with backward technology and low production efficiency. Akio Morita said that China's home appliance industry is at least 20 years behind Japan.

However, the visit to Tianyin Group this time has greatly changed the concept of Fukai Taizor. Although Sony has always been at the highest end in the world in the home appliance industry technology, this is something that Tianyin Group cannot compare with, but the two sides The gap between them has been shortened a lot, especially the production line of Tianyin Group's VCD and other products has a high degree of automation, which is basically equivalent to Japan's second- and third-tier home appliance companies. This is already a very rare thing. You know, Even Japan's second-rate home appliance companies can be regarded as top-level technology companies in countries other than the United States and Japan, including European countries.

In addition, during this investigation, Shen Jingda showed a strong interest in the VCD currently produced by Tianyin Group.

In fact, before coming to China, Sony's technical department had conducted in-depth research and analysis on the VCD produced by Tianyin Group, and gave a very good evaluation.

In fact, as early as a few years ago, Sony had started to develop similar VCD digital format and hardware research and development, and when Tianyin VCD was officially released, the research and development work had made a major breakthrough. At this time, Duan Yun Get ahead first, apply for a patent for the product in advance, and quickly realize mass production.

After learning about the mass production of VCDs, Sony's R&D department also felt a little frustrated, but the reality of commercial R&D is so cruel. When a certain technical concept is proposed, many companies in the world will start researching the same product. Whoever can develop it first can take the lead, use patents to create technical barriers, and block the way for pursuers.

Even the most powerful consumer electronics company in the world, Sony has encountered strong competition from other companies in the United States and Europe many times before. Fortunately, its R&D department is very strong and has many categories. The accumulation of patents enables it to win the final victory in most of the competitions with its peers.

If it wasn't for Duan Yun's foresight at the beginning, based on the strength of Tianyin's current R&D team, it is basically impossible to develop V CD-related technologies earlier than Sony. Now that VCD has been successfully patented by Tianyin Group, Sony has finally The only choice is to terminate the project. Although it is a bit helpless and cruel, this is the essence of technological competition.

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