Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 246 Humanity and Sophistication
"By the way, how many shares of Matsumoto Manufacturing did you sell?"

Masato Takeshita suddenly became curious about what happened to his senior brother's shares in Matsumoto Manufacturing.

Should I clear it out early, or be reluctant to leave?

Ichiro Haneda leaned against the window sill, shook his beer and said, "No, I didn't sell any."

"Also, I plan to buy back 1% of the shares in a few months."

When Matsumoto Manufacturing went public, everyone's shares shrank by 35%.

Therefore, his senior brother now owns 0.65% of the company's shares.

Masato Takeshita was a little touched and said, "Oh, you believe in the strength of Matsumoto Manufacturing so much?"

"Yes." Haneda Ichiro nodded heavily, and then said with emotion: "With my junior brother here, Matsumoto Manufacturing will definitely develop into a giant."

"I'll buy more now, and it will serve as my retirement insurance in the future."

He has already identified Masato Takeshita and feels that Matsumoto Manufacturing will achieve further expansion under the leadership of his junior.

In particular, the development of Matsumoto Manufacturing in the clothing industry and its exploration of the food industry made him more determined in his inner thoughts.

Matsumoto Manufacturing is still a company that has no grown team at all.

Of course, Masato Takeshita's development in the fields of finance and semiconductor technology has further deepened this impression.

Ichiro Haneda really believes that Matsumoto Manufacturing can serve as pension insurance for the future.

"Brother, please rest assured. Even if the market value of Matsumoto Manufacturing shrinks temporarily, we will not let you down in the end."

Even if Matsumoto Manufacturing eventually loses to Uniqlo in the clothing sector, it can still further increase its market value by relying on its energy drink business.

In addition, Matsumoto Manufacturing pays dividends every year.

Maybe in the end, the annual dividends alone will be enough to earn back all the money spent on buying stocks.

"Of course I believe it."

Masato Takeshita was deeply moved and chatted with his senior brother for a long time before he said it embarrassedly.

"Brother, excuse me. I'm going to go see my teacher."

"Well, go ahead and do your work. I also need to communicate with other shareholders."

After bidding farewell to Ichiro Haneda, Masato Takeshita walked to his teacher Kunihiko Inoue.

"Sir, I hope I am not disturbing you."

"No." Inoue Kunihiko shook his head and asked casually, "Why, you don't need to be busy now?"

"What's the rush? I was just chatting with Senior Brother Haneda Ichiro."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Inoue Kunihiko was not a curious person. He nodded in understanding, then smiled and changed the subject.

"You kid, you usually only come to me when you have something to do. What's the matter today?"

"Tell me, I will help if I can."

Masato Takeshita felt a little embarrassed by what the teacher said, and he laughed and denied it: "I really didn't do that this time, I just simply wanted to chat with the teacher."

Then he began to talk to the teacher about Waseda University's story.

Which professor has made research achievements, which graduate has made economic progress, which politician has made a breakthrough...

In short, this time, Masato Takeshita learned many secrets of Waseda.

No matter how good the relationship between students and teachers is, there will always be some gap.

He didn't even ask how many shares his husband still had in Matsumoto Manufacturing. He just said sorry awkwardly and slipped away to other shareholders.

"Good evening, Toyoshima-senpai."

"Well, good evening, Takeshita-san too."

After the two of them briefly greeted each other, they chatted and turned the topic to politics.

"Brother, what do you think of the stock market during this period, Senior Haibu who is sitting up there now?"

Toyoshima Akio replied indifferently: "What else can I say? Of course I will listen to the Bank of Japan."

He hated the Bank of Japan's drastic interest rate hike in a short period of time because he also had bad debts on his hands.

Fortunately, the real estate market was strong enough to avoid serious consequences.

If the real estate industry also collapses, my own position may become unstable.

Of course, even with the support of real estate, Toyoshima Akio is very busy now.

He knew that the higher-ups had reached a consensus on controlling the room.

Houses are for living in, not for speculation.

Therefore, Toyoshima Akio is now busy dealing with houses and land every day, for fear that he will lose them in his hands.

Of course, his behavior also attracted some ridicule.

Said he was too timid.

But instead of being angry, he found it very funny.

When the tide goes out, you'll know who's been swimming naked.

"Well, okay. I just wonder what kind of economic policy our senior from the Ministry of Marine Affairs will implement?"

Toyoshima Akio said solemnly: "It should be developed according to the economic white paper."

"Our senior from the Marine Department is too weak to make any achievements in the economy."

Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu is from the Miki faction, one of the five major political factions in Japan.

This faction is weak in strength, but has a high moral standard.

Therefore, every time the Liberal Democratic Party encounters a serious social scandal, it likes to push the leader of Miki's faction to the prime minister's throne.

The same is true for Toshiki Kaifu.

After the Recruit case broke out, the most powerful Takeshita faction and Abe faction within the Liberal Democratic Party were in a state of disarray, and he had the opportunity to ascend to a high position.

However, because he came to power by chance, he lacks strength in Japanese politics and needs to discuss many things with the Takeshita faction.

Many times, Ichiro Ozawa, the representative of the Takeshita Seven Bugyo, was more powerful than the Prime Minister.

"Uh, indeed. I hope Senior Takeshita can help."

"It's hard."

Toyoshima Akio looked around and found no one around, then whispered, "Takeshita-senpai is in a difficult situation right now, and most of the time he can only remain neutral."

The Likulit case directly destroyed Takeshita Noboru's position as prime minister, forcing him to now keep a low profile.

In the Takeshita clan, Kanemaru Shin's forces now have the upper hand.

So when it came time to choose a prime minister, the old men would take the initiative to humbly seek a visit from the very young Ichiro Ozawa.

Because Ichiro Ozawa is a close confidant of Kanemaru Nobuyuki and represents the current consciousness of the Takeshita faction.

Of course, as the founder of the Takeshita School, Noboru Takeshita would not tolerate this for long.

A few years later, he would make another move to end Kanemaru Nobuyuki's political career, just like he had done to Tanaka Kakuei.

The baby-faced old man, Takeshita Noboru, was far more capable of political calculations and planning than the secret general Tanaka Kakuei.

This may also be related to the lessons he learned from Kakuei Tanaka.

It is better to block than to open up.

When Kakuei Tanaka was controlling Japanese politics behind the scenes, he tried his best to suppress the development of young members within his faction.

Only then was it possible for Takeshita Noboru to win over most of the Tanaka faction members despite the strong opposition from Kakuei Tanaka and thus establish the Takeshita faction.

It was different with Noboru Takeshita. When he was in control of Japanese politics, he did not interfere with the young people within his faction running for prime minister.

During the period when he controlled the Takeshita faction, both Hashimoto Kantaro and Obuchi Keizo became Prime Ministers of Japan.

"Well, that can't be helped."

Both of them were very busy people, so they had to separate after chatting for more than ten minutes.

"Tarii-senpai, thank you for your hard work last year."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I may have to trouble you again this year."

Masato Takeshita is very grateful for Yasuo Tarui's help. Without him, the development of Xinghai Semiconductor would not have been so smooth.

It would be difficult to achieve half of its current size.

The seniority system has a strong binding effect on talent. Latecomers simply cannot recruit enough talent in a short period of time.

"No, I just signed a contract."

"As long as you don't mind me as an old man, I'm always available."

Yasuo Tarui now regards Masato Takeshita as the new generation leader in Japan's science and technology field.

He is happy to help Xinghai Semiconductor develop anywhere.

"Well, there are some things."

Masato Takeshita rubbed his hands together embarrassedly and continued talking with a smile.

"More than a year has passed, and I'm sure there are many marginal figures in the semiconductor departments of major companies such as Toshiba, Sony, and NEC."

"If possible, I hope Tarui-senpai can help me dig it out."

Infighting is human nature.

The larger the organization, the more intense the infighting will be.

After such a long time, those scientific researchers who originally worked in the same direction should have formed new factions.

"Well, leave it to me."

Since his junior fellow apprentice only wanted a marginal figure, Tarui Yasuo naturally agreed.

It would be a waste for these talents to stay in large companies. It would be better for them to join Star Ocean Semiconductor.

It is truly amazing how well this junior of mine runs a company and how he has come up with so many new inventions.

Yasuo Tarui feels very confident in handing over the scientific and technological talents to his junior fellow student.

"Yeah, thank you, senior."

“If possible, I hope that everyone who joined the Tron OS project can be brought to our company.”

The Tron operating system not only shattered Ken Sakamura's dream, but also led to the marginalization of many people in the company.

The pressure from the bald eagle is so strong that no Japanese company dares to really offend it.

Many people are afraid of being unlucky and naturally reject others.

"Xinghai Semiconductor is going to enter the operating system field?"

Yasuo Tarui was shocked and looked at Masato Takeshita in disbelief.

The young man quickly explained: "It's to enter the operating system, but I want to enter the mobile phone operating system."

Masato Takeshita doesn't dare to touch the American tiger's whiskers now, for fear that he will be targeted to death.

In the past, the United States did not relax its control over the Tron system until 1991, believing that Microsoft's operating system was invincible.

"Mobile operating system, mobile operating system?"

After muttering a few words, Yasuo Tarui slapped his thigh in surprise.

"Wonderful."

"Mobile phones were just beginning to develop, and there were no operating systems yet."

"If mobile phones can also have screens like computers, new operating systems can naturally be developed."

At this point, Tarui Yasuo asked cheerfully, "I guess Xinghai Semiconductor's next generation of mobile phones will have a screen function."

Masato Takeshita generously admitted: "Yes, there is indeed a black and white LCD screen."

"This way people don't have to remember the phone number, they can just save it in their phone."

Tarui Yasuo pondered for a moment and asked, "Is the storage enough?"

"Our company is doing pretty well in the flash memory field, that's enough."

Just storing a phone number and a few simple mobile phone functions doesn't take up much memory.

Of course, since these phones use the most cutting-edge technology, it is estimated that the price of the phone will increase.

"That's great. When is it expected to be available on the market?"

“I’ll buy one too.”

Masato Takeshita apologized and said, "We don't know yet. It's mainly because we are uncertain about the time required for the operating system and software."

"But when it goes on the market, Xinghai Semiconductor will definitely give you one in advance."

Young people do not have a clear understanding of the difficulty of developing mobile phone operating systems.

Who knows how long it will take in the end.

"Is that the only problem? That will be quick."

"In the early stages of the operating system, research and development is relatively simple."

No matter what software you use, it will be simple at the beginning.

As time goes by and more functions are added, the difficulty of research and development will also increase.

The most typical one is EDA industrial software.

Today's functions are simple and do not take much time to complete.

Later, it became the most difficult monopoly software field to break.

Because after a long period of development, EDA software has become more and more professional.

If you develop a new product, you will never be able to achieve the same control effect as others, and you will not be as good as them in controlling costs.

I estimate that by then, the production cost will be sky-high.

This does not include the impact of bugs.

When the software is first released, there will definitely be many bugs.

Unlike old-brand EDA software, it has been polished to near perfection after a long period of feedback from factory machine data.

"Really? That's good."

The earlier the operating system is successfully developed, the earlier the Xinghai second-generation mobile phone can be tested for the combination of software and hardware.

The time to market will also come earlier.

In addition to the biggest surprise mobile phone, Yasuo Tarui also wanted to know the development of Xinghai Semiconductor's flash memory chips.

He always felt that flash memory chips were not simple and might be comparable to storage chips in the future.

"Please rest assured, Tarui-san. Our company's technical strength in the field of flash memory is absolutely the best in the world."

With Fujio Masuoka around, it will be difficult for Xinghai Semiconductor to fall behind.

He is not Toshiba, so he would not use this to treat me well.

Although he was reluctant and wanted Yasuo Tarui to help him recruit more people, there were many important people at the banquet who needed him to receive them.

So the young man just chatted for a while and had to leave.

……

After the shareholders' meeting, Matsumoto Manufacturing, which had lost money, began to make frequent political donations.

Council members from Ota Ward and Kawasaki City, as well as politicians from the Waseda faction, are the main recipients of donations to Matsumoto Manufacturing.

In addition, members of the University of Tokyo and Keio University also have to express their views.

There is no way. Once a company grows to a certain size, it cannot be separated from politics.

The bald eagle tycoon of later generations and Musk, the leader of the technology world who constantly innovates in the field of science and technology, finally had no choice but to join Trump's team.

If you don't choose a side, sooner or later the company will belong to someone else.

A typical example is,

Tesla was not invited to the new energy conference held by Bald Eagle during the Dengzi period.

This is the largest new energy vehicle company in the United States, but we can't even get in.

Musk spent a huge amount of money to buy Twitter with the intention of increasing his influence.

However, even so, he still suffered critical damage.

I don’t know whether it was a warning or unintentional, but his eldest son actually underwent sex reassignment surgery.

Musk then joined Trump's team, half angry, half helpless, and half scared.

There was no place for him in the other faction.

(End of this chapter)