Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 249: Major Events Happen Frequently
March passes quietly, and April comes gracefully.

Soon, another major event happened that changed China's destiny.

The central government officially announced that it agreed to the Shanghai government's development of the Pudong area.

Leader Zhu, who had obtained the Imperial Sword, had repeated discussions with the leadership team.

It was decided to set aside 300 billion yuan in advance to establish the Lujiazui Financial Center, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, and Jinqiao Export Processing Industrial Park.

In this way, Pudong can narrow the gap with Puxi area through the three arrows of finance, export and manufacturing.

However, the government can only provide 3000 million, leaving a funding gap of 299 billion.

What if I don't have money?
The Shanghai leadership group quickly came up with a solution.

First, sell land.

China has a large population and huge market potential, making it very attractive to foreign capital.

Especially the Lujiazui Financial Center, which is only separated from Puxi, the most prosperous area in Shanghai, by a river.

No matter how expensive the land here is, you can make your money back quickly.

Second, establish a professional company and then list it publicly on the newly established Shanghai Stock Exchange.

In this way, the necessary funds can be raised to develop Pudong from point to surface.

Having obtained approval, the Shanghai leadership team is happily planning the development of Pudong New Area.

Xinghai Group, located across the sea, also held a meeting to discuss the matter as soon as they received the news.

"This is today's latest report, everyone please take a look."

I saw it written in big bold letters on the newspaper.

China established a free trade zone - Pudong New Area.

"This is a good thing."

Zensuke Suzuki expressed his approval immediately.

Because Matsumoto Manufacturing, which he cares about the most, can get the upper hand and get a share of the pie earlier.

"Within the free trade zone, tariffs and the like should be lowered."

"Xinghai Semiconductor can produce some of its radios, mice, and keyboards there."

The profits from disaster emergency radios are trending downward.

After all, the principle behind this thing is simple, and the most important thing is to have a good relationship with the government.

Xinghai Group and its external partners are certainly powerful.

But ants bite elephants to death.

The disaster emergency radio market tends to be segmented on a large scale.

At this time, it is necessary to relocate some production lines.

Then, they rely on lower prices to compete with those people with connections who want to get a piece of the pie.

Of course, the most effective method is to balance interests.

Xinghai Semiconductor directly delegated the agency rights of disaster emergency radios to the children of local powerful figures.

If everyone can make money, there won’t be a life-and-death struggle.

The mouse and keyboard are placed in Pudong New Area, also because of the low labor cost in China.

The continuous appreciation of the Japanese yen has greatly weakened the competitiveness of Japanese manufacturing.

Even if Japan implements a towel-squeezing tactic that is even more brutal than Fubao and the wolf culture, it will squeeze out the last bit of profit.

The mice and keyboards produced here are also more expensive than those in South Korea, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.

In many cases, the manufacturing costs are even higher than in Europe.

Compared with China, the difference is like heaven and earth.

Now Japan is also beginning to experience the pain of the Americans, with manufacturing moving abroad.

Of course, the national conditions of the two countries are different, and the final results are also different.

The U.S. government has less authority, but its financial capital is more powerful.

Eventually, most industries died out, leaving only those that were difficult to transfer or could not be transferred.

For the majority of the rest, the pattern has gradually shifted to one where design is done in the United States and manufacturing is done around the world.

Japan has a centralized system and a strong government.

The strength of the financial sector is completely incomparable to the strength of industrial capital.

Therefore, Japan only transferred part of its production capacity, and the core of its manufacturing industry remains in Japan.

South Korea and Taiwan will also follow this route in the future.

A country built on manufacturing!

"Yes, but we need to be careful not to let our own workers lose their jobs."

"clear."

Lou Gerstner has been with Star Semiconductor for several years and has already understood the unspoken rules of Japanese society.

Naturally, they will not directly fire workers like in the United States.

He plans to produce the new parts of the company in China.

Xinghai Group took action immediately, and the joint venture Shencheng luggage factory was not slow either.

And the investment is more aggressive than that of the headquarters, with direct loans being taken out to build new offices and factories.

Stimulated by this, Matsumoto Manufacturing also took big steps to restart its production layout in China.

Food processing factories were built simultaneously in six cities: Shanghai, Tianjin, Yangcheng, Sichuan, Chang'an and Fengtian.

They are preparing to produce instant noodles, which are currently in short supply in China, as well as the Mizone energy drink that Matsumoto Manufacturing will be promoting next.

Speaking of which, China now has instant noodle production companies, and they are selling very well.

But at that time, few Chinese people opened their eyes to the world.

The instant noodles produced only come with seasoning packets but no sauce packets, and some don’t even have packaging bags.

A box of instant noodles, only noodles and seasonings.

Such instant noodles naturally find it difficult to compete with foreign food companies.

Therefore, after the entry of Taiwanese capital, they basically disappeared.

Matsumoto Manufacturing naturally would not have this problem, and naturally followed Nissin and prepared to produce instant noodles with seasoning packets, sauce packets, and vegetable packets.

In addition, bowl noodles are also produced for people who are on business trips.

As for the instant noodle type, it has to be the classic braised beef.

This instant noodle is popular all over China and has remained popular for a long time.

In addition, Masato Takeshita is also planning to produce instant noodles with flavors such as pork bone and pickled cabbage, which will be very popular in the future.

However, these will have to wait until market competition becomes fierce.

Now, a dish of braised beef noodles is enough to sweep the Chinese market.

While major events have occurred frequently in China during this period, Japan seems to be somewhat quiet.

Apart from the fact that the stock market is still falling, there is basically no change from the 80s.

Of course, we can still perceive some subtle aspects, that is, the people have become more extravagant.

Even if the stock market falls, we still have an even hotter real estate market.

Perhaps the only thing that annoys the public is the constant black money scandals in the political arena.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as the economy continues to develop, nothing is that critical.

……

After the May Day holiday, the two major funds, Chou Niu and Yin Hu, ended their closed period.

These two funds are not as exaggerated as the Rat Fund, but they are still at the level that beats global private equity funds.

In three years, the assets of a single fund soared from 3 billion yen to 1000 trillion.

Even if we remove the share of Xinghai Investment, the return is still nearly 6 times as high.

This time, the capital that originally wanted to stand by and watch could no longer sit still.

Japan's domestic pension funds and agricultural and forestry funds, as well as the National Civil Service Fund established at the strong suggestion of Masato Takeshita.

They all started investing in the two major private equity hedge funds, Ox and Tiger.

Overseas, in addition to American capital, European capital has also begun to join in the fun.

Masato Takeshita accepted all offers and quickly allocated capital shares to each country.

The United States 35%, Japan 35%, and Europe 15%.

The remaining 15% is invested by existing customers of the two funds.

In addition, the funding scale of the two major funds has been appropriately expanded.

The second phase fund of Ox and Tiger grew to 1500 billion.

There was no choice, this time there was an additional investment from the school, and Xinghai Capital had to accept it, as the consequences of refusing would be very serious.

Academic cliques are an important part of the domestic power in Japan.

"President, are you still investing in U.S. stocks?"

"No, this time, the U.S. stocks are the main ones, supplemented by Hong Kong and Korean stocks."

"In terms of the ratio, it is arranged according to 7:2:1."

In the 90s, except for Japan and Taiwan, which were experiencing huge bubbles, stock markets around the world were in a period of rapid growth.

This is the power of scientific and technological development and the power of the third industrial revolution.

As for diversified investment, as long as the concealment and security of funds are taken into consideration, it is also for the consideration of subsequent funds.

There are only so many good projects, and the Ox and the Tiger eat too much, so the purchase volume of other funds will naturally decrease.

"Hi!"

3000 billion yen is not a lot in the capital market and it can be easily spent in just over ten days.

Out of caution, the two major funds, like the Rat Fund, remained silent and did not directly borrow money to buy stocks.

Xinghai Investment is waiting, waiting for the stock to appreciate to a certain level.

The risk of mortgaging stocks at that time will be very small.

The time came to May 1990, 5.
On this day, Microsoft released the Windows 3.0 graphical operating system that changed the world.

Masato Takeshita simply couldn't get what the talk show host on the stage was talking about.

Somewhat speechlessly, he answered his own question: "A bit dull, not as funny as Ballmer."

Of course, Ballmer might not think so.

Because his advertisements are so tacky and no different from advertisements for health supplements like Melatonin, they are a dark history that he wants to delete.

Only after Bill Gates came on stage did the awkward atmosphere disappear.

Although Bill Gates is not suitable for hosting press conferences, he is still more interesting than a talk show host.

"Sure enough, it's not the one I'm familiar with."

Although Windows 3.0 has a series of innovations, it is still not simple and clear in terms of functions.

The most classic start menu in the future did not appear in the lower left corner of the screen.

Of course, for the computer world dominated by the imperative DOS operating system, the Windows 3.0 graphical operating system is full of innovation.

Microsoft's huge innovation was quickly recognized by the market and received abundant positive feedback.

Not only did software sales increase significantly, but the stock price also soared.

"President, should we continue to increase our investment in Microsoft?"

Jia Benlong was looking at Microsoft's exaggerated growth rate and asked in fear.

"continue."

Because Microsoft's stock price skyrocketed in a short period of time, some investors who thought it would not rise further chose to cash out and leave.

The amount of Microsoft stock floating in the market is starting to increase.

The young man naturally would not miss such a good opportunity, and directly ordered his subordinates to buy a lot.

Compared with the future growth, the current growth is nothing.

"Yes!"

Seeing his president's cautious look, Masato Takeshita smiled and comforted him.

"Don't worry, this software will only become more popular."

"I estimate that at least 1000 million units can be sold within two years."

"1000 million sets?"

Kamoto Takashi was stunned and couldn't believe that this was what his own president said.

What does 1000 million sets mean? There are not so many computers in the world right now.

"Yes, I think this software will help promote the popularization of computers."

“Many companies and individuals who originally had no interest in computers will buy new software because of its emergence.”

A good software has a strong driving effect on computer hardware.

Today it’s the Windows operating system, tomorrow it’s popular games.

"World of Warcraft" and "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" directly drive Internet cafes to update their computer hardware.

The same is true for Black Myth.

Many Chinese people upgraded their computers because of this game.

"is it possible?"

Kamoto Takashi was expressing doubt.

"Of course, not many people can use the DOS operating system fluently."

“Even if you want to use it, it takes a long time to learn.”

"However, graphical operating systems are completely different."

“Even a junior high school student can master it after just one or two days of study.”

"You can install a copy at home and then let your children try it and they will understand."

Masato Takeshita was so thirsty from talking that he finally decided to see it for himself.

After all, what you hear with your ears is not as shocking as what you see with your eyes.

"clear."

The technological giant Microsoft began to set sail, and Xinghai Group also began to take action.

Masato Takeshita brought Lou Gerstner and his team to Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

"How is the construction of the second wafer fab going now?"

Koike Junyi lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly and whispered, "The utilization rate is seriously insufficient, less than 30%."

This is with the support of the First Foundry. If not, the result would be even worse.

"It doesn't matter. Microsoft has released a new graphics operating system, and the wafer fab will soon receive a large order."

"is it possible?"

Atsushi Koike also watched the Microsoft press conference, but didn't notice anything.

At this point, Gerstner smiled and interjected, “Of course, this will be an operating system that changes the world.”

"The reason why many companies and individuals don't buy computers is not because of the price, nor because they are not good enough."

"It's because they find the DOS operating system too complicated."

Never overestimate the IQ of ordinary people.

As long as the item is made simple enough, sales will explode.

The same is true for point-and-shoot cameras.

Because it is so easy to use, it is jokingly said that even a fool can use it.

The result was naturally a huge hit, with sales volumes several levels higher than other cameras.

"Yes, understand!"

Junyoshi Koike still didn't understand, but he felt much better inside.

Since both our chairman and the president said so, then it must be true.

"Don't worry, there will soon be companies that will beg you to produce their chips first."

The birth of the new operating system has greatly promoted the development of computer hardware.

As soon as the products are produced, they will be snapped up by channel dealers.

Dell's rapid rise is thanks to Microsoft.

Because Dell takes the online manufacturer direct sales route, it has no channel dealers at all.

The computers produced can reach users directly, instead of being reluctantly sold by channel dealers like computers from companies such as HP and IBM.

Over time, users will naturally prefer Dell products that they can buy without paying extra.

In addition, this incident will also affect the gaming industry.

As the demand for semiconductor hardware increases and chip supply is insufficient, chip manufacturers have tacitly chosen to raise prices.

This resulted in a rapid increase in the cost of cassette manufacturing.

After calculations, Nintendo discovered that producing cartridges for other game companies was actually a losing business.

However, Nintendo had previously promised that it would never increase the price of cartridge production.

But obviously no company would take the initiative to do a business that loses money.

So Nintendo found various excuses to delay the production of other companies' game cartridges, or simply stopped producing them.

(End of this chapter)