Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 115 Cooperation and Win-win

"Dad, should we buy one too?"

The Nohara family, who live in Saitama Prefecture, also saw the ad, and the mother, a housewife, immediately said she wanted to buy one.

"Okay, buy one."

Although he felt sorry for the money, Nohara's father, who was just over 35 years old, decided to buy one considering the safety of his family.

These are necessities for survival, but what if a disaster strikes?
Asahi TV's prime-time advertisements can reach at least 20% of Japanese households.

Therefore, in addition to the Nohara family, countless Japanese families decided to buy one.

Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens.

The next morning, Mr. Nohara, as a father, rushed to the company in Tokyo early.

As a mother, my wife sent her son to kindergarten and after cleaning the house, she took the initiative to walk to the path and chat with neighbors about gossip.

"Mrs. Yamaguchi, has your family ordered a disaster emergency radio?"

"Disaster emergency radio, what is that?"

Mrs. Yamaguchi watched NHK last night and did not watch TV Asahi.

"It's like this, last night..."

Mrs. Nohara perked up when she heard that Mrs. Yamaguchi didn't know what a disaster emergency radio was.

She began to popularize the role of disaster emergency radios, and at the same time, she casually boasted, "I'm going to buy one at the department store later. We still have to pay attention to safety."

"Indeed, safety is very important. I wonder how much it will cost?"

“It’s not expensive, less than 4 yen, only 3.9.”

Mrs. Nohara felt very distressed but pretended not to care.

"This is so expensive. Mrs. Nohara is the best. She has a husband who is a section chief in a large company."

Mrs. Yamaguchi's husband is just a department head, and he just got promoted. As for section chief, it is basically impossible without 5 years of experience.

There are limited spaces, so you can only wait and see.

"No, I'm actually reluctant to do so."

Word of mouth spread quickly, and information about disaster emergency radios quickly became a trend throughout Japan.

At this time, Tokyo Governor Shunichi Suzuki, as well as the governors of Gunma Prefecture and Kanagawa Prefecture, also took the opportunity to announce that the government would purchase a large number of disaster emergency radios as a national strategic reserve.

This time, the public rarely cursed wildly, and even raised their hands in approval.

When it comes to life safety, a little expense is no longer that important.

As for why the Kanagawa Prefectural Government also joined in the fun this time, it was not because of what the Liberal Democratic Party leaders said, but because the government was returning the favor.

Masato Takeshita's radio factories are all in Kanagawa Prefecture, so the government naturally has to make a statement.

"President, Daiei Department Store wants to order 300 million units at once through Minister Takeshita's connections. What do you think?"

Tomohiro Honda was the director of the radio department of Aiwa Corporation. After Masato Takeshita acquired the radio department of Aiwa Corporation, he came to Xinghai Semiconductor.

In order to save face for the former leaders of the radio factory, Masato Takeshita, while continuously integrating several radio factories, also established a subsidiary within Xinghai Semiconductor that was specifically responsible for radio production - Xingchen.

He then assigned all the former leaders of the radio factory to the new company. Their positions were also upgraded, with the main person in charge being promoted directly to the position of vice president.

For example, Tomohiro Honda is now the vice president of Star Corporation, mainly responsible for radio production.

As for Sony's director Fumio Shimizu and JVC's director Hirotoshi Tahara, they are also vice presidents.

It’s just that one is responsible for corporate public relations and the other is responsible for corporate supervision.

This is a simple check and balance of power. Aihua has the weakest influence in the company, so his position must be better.

Sony and JVC are too strong, so we need to suppress them a little.

He would allow everyone to return to their proper positions only after the integration of several radio factories. "Does the company still have such a large production capacity?"

"No, we can only spare 50 at most."

Tomohiro Honda shook his head, looking embarrassed.

"How about this, we find a contract manufacturer and can better meet everyone's needs."

The disaster emergency radio has a guaranteed service life of at least 20 years.

Once a family buys it, they won't need it again for a long time.

It is better to find a company to do the work for you than to build a factory yourself.

"OEM?"

“That’s right, we only acquired the radio factory in Kanto. In Kansai and Kyushu, most of the companies are local enterprises.

We can directly find those companies to do the work for us and give them a little more in fees. There will definitely be many companies willing to do it.”

"So, should I go negotiate?"

"Well, go call all the company's executives over and we'll have a small meeting together."

"Yes, President!"

The company has a total of seven executives, including Masato Takeshita and three vice presidents, as well as Hisanto Kato from the human resources department, Shigeru Kikukawa from the accounting department, and Kazuya Endo from the logistics department.

Masato Takeshita was worried about encountering danger, so he simply delegated all the work to the senior management of Xingchen Company.

Anyway, as long as the cost does not exceed 2.7 yen, he can accept it.

After explaining the matter, Takeshita Masato asked as usual: "Does anyone have any questions?"

At this time, Kato Hisanari asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.

"We can lead the team alone?"

"Of course, it depends on your personal choice. As long as you can achieve the conditions I mentioned, you can use any method you like."

Finding an agent factory this time is also a test.

After Masato Takeshita retires from the position of president in the future, the executive director who did a good job this time will have a greater chance of becoming the new president.

"Okay, thank you, President!"

Kato Hisanari looked a little excited, and so did the other five people.

Everyone recognized this was an opportunity.

Those who can reach high positions are not stupid, and they also know that their president only regards the radio business as a cash machine in the short term.

It is estimated that within no more than one year, the president of the company will withdraw from the first line and take the position of chairman of the second line.

"It's okay. Even if you don't ask, I will tell you in the end."

"I hope everyone can have a good performance and find a more suitable foundry. I will step down as president in June this year."

Masato Takeshita looked at the people with different expressions, almost making clear the importance of this trip.

Do you want to be the president?
Then find the most suitable foundry!

Everyone will definitely try their best this time, and maybe we can find a more suitable OEM factory at a lower cost than Xingchen Company.

This is also the daily routine of the rise of the OEM industry. The price of OEM is often lower than that of self-production.

After giving the order, Masato Takeshita looked at the empty office and murmured softly, "Well, we should recruit another assistant. Let's go to Waseda to find one tomorrow."

Yuriko Kagawa was his assistant at Matsumoto Production and has been confirmed to be sent out in the second half of this year.

Xinghai Semiconductor is so important that it should have recruited a secretary assistant to help it handle trivial matters long ago.

(End of this chapter)