Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 111: Debut is the peak

"It's a very good product. I can introduce you to Mr. Shunichi Suzuki."

The Suzuki Shunichi that Obuchi Keizo was referring to is naturally not the prime minister's son, but the current governor of Tokyo, Suzuki Shunichi.

This big shot in the Liberal Democratic Party is on good terms with Takeshita Noboru of the Takeshita faction.

Keizo Obuchi was ready to help him and further strengthen the position of Takeshita Toichi's faction in the Takeshita clan.

Although Kanemaru Shin and Takeshita Noboru had a good relationship and even jointly established the Takeshita Faction, after a long period of development, the two had drifted further and further apart.

If they did not have a common enemy, they would have split and disintegrated long ago.

"Thank you, thank you Secretary Xiao Yuan for your help."

Keizo Obuchi is actually only a deputy now, and he will take the full-time position only after Takeshita Noboru took office.

Compared with his contemporaries such as Ryutaro Hashimoto, Keizo Obuchi's career path was relatively slow.

But good food is never too late.

One day, this gentle-looking uncle will rise to the highest position in the island nation's politics.

With the help of Keizo Obuchi, the Gunma Prefectural Government directly ordered 10 pieces.

At the same time, Shunichi Suzuki also placed an order for 100 million pieces due to the strong recommendation of Keizo Obuchi.

All I can say is that he is worthy of being the wealthy governor of Tokyo, he is generous and magnanimous.

In this regard, Masato Takeshita can be said to be both happy and sad.

Happiness is that the disaster emergency radio has a fixed order from the government, so there will be no major problems in the future and it is stable.

The painful part is the acquisition of the radio factory, which has not yet fully achieved its goal.

"Nagano-senpai, just agree to the conditions from Sony and Panasonic."

Sony and Panasonic saw Masato Takeshita's desire for the tape recorder industry and took the opportunity to raise the price. A sunset industry was actually sold at the price of its peak.

Masato Takeshita originally thought that he would take his time and eventually the two companies would be unable to bear it and would give a reasonable price.

But plans don’t change as quickly as they do.

Xinghai Semiconductor now has a large number of orders, but its several radio factories are completely unable to keep up, and can only agree to the demands of Sony and Panasonic.

"There is still a lot of room for price reduction. Is it really that urgent?"

"Yeah, it's urgent."

The government already has orders. If we don’t speed up production, our competitors will have time to react.

Once this invention patent is exposed, it will soon be learned by peers.

Masato Takeshita had to hurry up and purchase more radio factories in order to monopolize the entire Kanto region.

"no problem."

With Masato Takeshita's agreement, the progress of the negotiations immediately increased significantly.

"Not bad. We paid 45 billion yen to acquire the two largest tape recorder factories in the Kanto region."

Masato Takeshita looked at the contract and felt that it was not such a big loss.

The revenue from just a few hundred thousand radios is not that much if you calculate it carefully.

The market for disaster emergency radios is huge in Japan, and the same is true overseas.

Especially in the Midwest of the United States, which is also a disaster-prone area, such a radio is in great need.

However, Masato Takeshita did not have his own channels in the United States, so he directly used the agent channels of Matsumoto Manufacturing.

"Michael, this is what I mean. My other company, Xinghai Semiconductor, has recently developed a disaster emergency radio, mainly for... I wonder if you are interested?"

"OK, no problem. I will definitely give you the best discount."

Michael was very smart. He immediately thought of the benefits of a disaster emergency recorder. He didn't even have time to eat lunch and rushed directly to the Los Angeles airport.

He was worried that if it was too late, all the products would be bought by JCPenney. During this period of time, he realized how powerful JCPenney was.

We are both suitcase agents, but their business is growing steadily, while ours has stabilized.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t accept it.

Masato Takeshita naturally had no idea what Michael was thinking, and he simply invited Matsumoto Manufacturing's channel partners in the United States one by one.

High-end ones include Sears and JCPenney, while mid- and low-end ones are mainly Walmart, as well as Carrefour and RT-Mart from Europe.

They all recognize the benefits of disaster emergency radios.

This thing is a necessity for the government. If you don't buy it, you will easily lose votes.

Politicians who do not work for the interests of their constituents are destined not to go far.

Although Masato Takeshita notified Walmart very late, Walmart was the first American partner to approach him.

"Welcome Mr. Wood, please come in!"

"Thank you!"

After a brief chat, Masato Takeshita immediately stated his conditions.

"Each item costs $200. Payment is made immediately upon delivery in the first year, and every three months in the second year."

In the first year, when there were no competitors, we had to be more ruthless. In the second year, when we no longer had a clear advantage, we had no choice but to follow the mainstream.

As for selling it himself, Masato Takeshita didn't even consider it and just passed it.

Selling by yourself is not only troublesome, but also requires paying window fees and storage fees. Considering the popularity of Xinghai Semiconductor, at least 10% of the revenue must be given to supermarkets.

If we take into account logistics and other aspects, the cost will be even higher.

"no problem."

Walmart was already familiar with Masato Takeshita's style and readily agreed to his conditions.

"We need to order 150 million units, and we don't know how long it will take to complete it."

"It will take about four months, or at most half a year, to complete the transaction."

Masato Takeshita simply calculated the production efficiency of several factories and gave a very loose answer.

Tape recorders are still in their heyday, with annual global consumption in the tens of millions, so Japanese factories are producing at full capacity.

In later times, the market for tape recorders would only be worth a few million. Even if Takeshita Masato wanted to buy a factory to expand production, he would not be able to find a place.

After everything was settled and the contract was signed, Masato Takeshita asked curiously, "Wood, can you tell me how you got here so quickly?"

"Old friend, I am now based in Tokyo."

Tokyo's current status is similar to that of a certain great power in the future. Many things in the United States are produced in Japan.

Walmart focuses on the cheap market, and the support of Japanese products is indispensable.

Products from the United States are simply too expensive.

Interestingly, whether in China or the United States, those who go to the lower-tier markets always win. Even in the Internet age, this rule still cannot be escaped.

For example, between Taobao and Pinduoduo, Pinduoduo, which ultimately chose the sinking market, is obviously more competitive.

In this world, there are always more poor people.

“No wonder, it’s Walmart that’s experiencing explosive growth.”

Walmart is one of the fastest growing companies in the world. Especially now that the US stock market is sluggish, it is a standout in the retail industry.

After the cooperation was agreed upon with Walmart, Michael and J.C. Penny finally arrived.

Masato Takeshita is a person who attaches great importance to feelings, so the first person he entertained was his first client abroad - Michael.

(End of this chapter)