Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 275 Common Identity

"What are you talking about? Are you so happy?"

Maybe he was a little drunk, or maybe he was just too curious. Sony President Norio Ohga staggered over.

"Let's talk about the future of semiconductors and the threat posed by South Korean companies."

Masato Takeshita didn't think of hiding it and spoke it out generously.

Then he even invited her in a friendly way: "Ohha-san, would you like to chat with us?"

A gleam of light flashed in Ohga Norio's eyes, and he asked hesitantly.

"Will it not disturb you?"

Masato Takeshita and Tadahiro Sekimoto looked at each other in tacit understanding, and then responded at the same time.

"of course not."

Many people have done this kind of thing, and if Norio Ohga joins, he may be able to find more suitable development paths for his own company.

"Okay, then I'd better obey you."

The reason why the president of Sony suddenly came over was for this. Now that two people took the initiative to invite him, he naturally would not refuse.

More friends mean more roads; fewer enemies mean fewer walls.

Thinking that Xinghai Group will need to cooperate with Sony in many aspects in the future, Masato Takeshita gave a sincere reminder.

"Speaking of which, Sony's entry into the entertainment market is a brilliant move. The entertainment industry will become more and more developed in the future."

"But Hollywood in the United States is not so easy to get along with. There are too many liars and villains. Even those on Wall Street are often cheated."

"We often have to deal with the annoying things like a prop hat costing tens of thousands of dollars and a prop suit costing thousands of dollars."

There are many tricks in the film industry. Film company executives and directors often use similar methods to cheat investors out of their money.

In addition, there are cases where various subsidiaries were established and then the accounts were made to make the profits negative.

This leads to superstars signing contracts with film companies without asking for a share of the profits.

Because film companies can easily turn a money-making project into a loss-making one and then not give a penny to the stars who sign profit-sharing contracts, all superstars sign contracts for box office sharing.

For example, Jackie Chan signed a contract worth 2000 million plus 20% of the box office share during his peak years.

Even though Sony acquired the film studio, it wasn't yet part of Hollywood. So, Sony, a film and television industry outsider, had become a cash machine for the top management of its own film studio.

"Is that so? Thanks for reminding me, Takeshita-san. I understand."

Norio Ohga was a smart man and quickly realized that there was something fishy behind the losses of his own film company.

He planned to secretly collect relevant information, and if there were really serious problems, he would immediately look for a new CEO for the company.

As for giving up Hollywood film companies, that is absolutely impossible.

This is related to Sony's development strategy. Even if it loses another $50 billion, it must grit its teeth and persevere.

"It's okay, we are all Japanese companies."

Although Sony and Xinghai Semiconductor are atypical Japanese companies, it makes no difference for other countries.

When they are abroad, they are still just Japanese companies and have to stick together for warmth.

In addition, Masato Takeshita also has ambitions in Hollywood and hopes to receive guidance from Sony in this regard in the future.

Of course, gaining valuable lessons learned from Sony's multi-billion dollar losses may come at a price.

For example, on audio and video formats such as DVD and Blu-ray, it opposes Toshiba and Panasonic and strongly supports Sony.

But this is not important at all, after all, the young people have no intention of letting the company enter this field.

After talking about Hollywood, Masato Takeshita brought the topic back to the outlook for the technology industry.

"I think that within 10 years, mobile phones will be sold all over the world. They are so convenient that the annual sales volume will definitely exceed million units in the future."

The young man wanted to say that the global sales of mobile phones would have a chance to exceed 10 billion in the future, but when the words came to his lips, he still reduced the scale by 10 times.

Last year, global mobile phone sales were only a few million units, and the number 1 million is enough to demonstrate the industry's potential.

Tadahiro Sekimoto also believed that the mobile phone market had great potential and nodded in agreement subconsciously.

"Mobile phones are more convenient than telephones, and their sales will likely surpass those of telephones in the future. Sales of 1 million units per year may not be the limit."

NEC Corporation is ready to enter the mobile phone industry and is currently working intensively on the development of new mobile phones.

As to whether it will be a key development in the future, it depends on the market share.

The core idea of NEC, led by Tadahiro Sekimoto, is not to be stubborn and to give up quickly if it doesn't work.

In its previous life, NEC gave up its personal computer business after losing to Fujitsu, without any thought that it must not abandon its ancestral business.

"I also think the future of the mobile phone industry is limitless."

Seeing that both of them were looking at him, Ohga Norio continued to explain slowly.

"I don't think cell phones will have a future anytime soon if they're still clunky Motorola phones."

"But the appearance of Xinghai II really amazed me."

"In the future, mobile phones will definitely surpass telephones and become the most commonly used communication device."

Sony attaches much more importance to its mobile phone business than NEC.

This may also be related to the nature of the two companies.

Sony is an electronics giant, so it attaches great importance to terminal products.

Whether it is the color TVs and Walkmans that are popular now, or the computers and mobile phones that will surely be popular in the future, Sony must have its own products.

NEC is different, it is a semiconductor giant.

Compared with terminal products, NEC pays more attention to various semiconductor components and basic semiconductor services.

As for Xinghai Semiconductor, it is a bit of a hodgepodge because of the existence of Masato Takeshita.

Whether it is basic chip parts or final end products, Xinghai Semiconductor is involved and has developed quite well.

As time went on, the presidents of Toshiba and Fujitsu also joined in.

Before I knew it, it had the flavor of a high-end forum for the semiconductor electronics industry in Japan. Even Takeshita Masato, a time traveler, had gained a lot and was reluctant to end the banquet tonight.

"Guan Ben-san, please walk slowly and be safe on your way back."

"Thank you, Takeshita-san too."

After seeing off the last guest, Masato Takeshita turned and looked at Lou Gerstner.

"Mr. Gerstner, has the restructuring plan for Xinghai Semiconductor been completed?"

The restructuring of Xinghai Semiconductor was put on the agenda last year.

It has not been carried out before, mainly because I wanted to buy back some of the outstanding stocks first.

Now that the planned schedule has been completed, it is time to move on to the next step.

"I've already written a version, but I don't know how different it will be from the president's."

"That's not important. I'll also have my imperfections. We can learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses when the time comes."

Three cobblers are like Zhuge Liang.

Although there are only two of them, they are enough to discuss a plan that is more suitable for the development of Xinghai Semiconductor.

"understand!"

"Well, that's good. It's so late today, let's talk about it tomorrow."

"OK, no problem."

The banquet ended quite late and Masato Takeshita did not return home until after 12 o'clock.

He opened the door gently, afraid to disturb Sister Quanshui and the child.

"you?"

Masato Takeshita looked at his girlfriend standing at the entrance and felt a surge of warmth in his heart.

It’s so late that there are still people waiting and caring about me. It’s so nice!
"Welcome back, come in, it's cold outside."

The girl considerately took the information package from the young man and made way for him.

"Well, thank you!"

Masato Takeshita nodded, then said softly, "You've worked hard all day, so don't wait for me too late in the future."

"Ok, I know."

Sister Quanshui smiled and nodded, looking like she agreed to the young man's request.

But he knew that it was all an illusion.

Hidden behind her Yamato Nadeshiko-like smile is unparalleled persistence.

He says he will do it next time, but he refuses to repent.

As long as they still live together, she will choose to wait no matter how late it is.

Masato Takeshita shaved the girl's fair and smooth forehead and said nothing more.

Izumi Sakai smiled as beautifully as a flower and was also very happy in her heart.

"There's a hangover soup in the pot, would you like a bowl?"

"No, I didn't drink tonight."

There is nothing we can do about the Daomen clan’s gathering.

He is the younger generation, so even if he doesn't want to drink, he needs to show some appreciation.

This time, the young man was the host of the banquet to celebrate the cooperation between the parties, and his status was not significantly different from that of the others. Naturally, he could follow his own habits and not drink a drop of wine.

"I see. The water is ready. You can take a bath early."

"okay."

Masato Takeshita had long wanted to take a good bath, so he naturally wouldn't refuse.

He took the change of clothes that his girlfriend had prepared and strode into the bathroom. He then simply rinsed himself with hot water and quickly lay down in the bathtub.

"Ah, cool!"

Taking a bath is the most comfortable thing.

Masato Takeshita buried himself in the water like a child and blew a series of bubbles.

"Do you want to bring Sister Quanshui with you?"

Since he had already promised his parents to go home on weekends, he would not go back on his word.

But when I think about going back alone, it always feels a little bit lacking.

"My parents should really want to see her and their granddaughter, so let's take them back together."

"I just don't know if Sister Quanshui has time and whether she needs to record a song."

Musicians have almost no concept of having a two-day weekend off.

Usually, when I feel too tired, I give myself a long vacation.

Of course, this is the treatment that only musicians who have achieved a certain status can enjoy.

If it is a newcomer, especially an idol type newcomer.

Not to mention rest, even getting 7 hours of sleep a day is a luxury.

Except those abandoned by the company.

"I don't want to think about it anymore. Let's see what Sister Quanshui wants."

Although Izumi Sakai is a new artist who has not yet debuted, she has the capital to be willful like a senior artist.

Not to mention just missing two days of recording, even missing a TV show wouldn’t be a big deal.

No TV station dares to offend a giant company whose annual advertising expenses exceed hundreds of billions of yen.

Although the bath was very comfortable, the young man left the bathroom in less than 40 minutes.

"I want to discuss something with you."

After the young man wiped his hair, he sat down next to his girlfriend.

"Well, you said."

"It's like this, I'm going to go back to my hometown this weekend, do you want to come with me?"

"Okay, there's no problem with me."

Izumi Sakai agreed quickly, fearing that her boyfriend would go back on his word.

She wanted to establish herself as the first lady, even though her husband had no intention of getting married.

In a sense, this is also a female instinct.

"Okay, we'll go visit our parents then."

"Well, it's up to you."

The girl became even happier after hearing this, and obediently put her head on the young man's shoulder.

After about ten minutes, the young man felt his arms a little sore, so he found an excuse to let the girl leave his shoulders.

"Is there anything else to eat in the kitchen? I'm a little hungry."

"Yes, I asked the chef to make chicken soup. Would you like to eat it together?"

"Okay, let's eat together."

Masato Takeshita hardly ate anything at the dinner and was indeed very hungry.

He drank three bowls of chicken soup in one breath and ate half a chicken.

On the contrary, Izumi Sakai had already eaten dinner at home and only drank a little chicken soup.

"Ah, this time I feel comfortable."

Masato Takeshita patted his belly and lay lazily on the sofa.

There is nothing more relaxing in this world than filling your stomach and doing nothing after filling your stomach.

Two words: comfortable.

Four words: extremely comfortable.

"Eat more at the next banquet. This is bad for your stomach."

"Yeah, I know, it's mainly because it was a bit of an accident this time."

He also didn't expect that a simple banquet chat would eventually turn into an exchange meeting among the presidents of six companies.

That kind of occasion is really not suitable for eating too much.

Masato Takeshita didn't want to argue with the child's mother on this topic, so he quickly changed the subject.

"What do you think we should buy to take home? Cosmetics, health products, or some food?"

The family had everything they needed, so he didn't know what to bring home. He always felt that whatever he bought was not good enough.

After hearing this, Izumi Sakai sat down and thought about it seriously.

“I think none of these things are appropriate.”

"Since Dad likes fishing, we should buy him a good fishing rod as a gift. For Mom, it would be better to buy her a new set of clothes, which is more suitable for showing off to the neighbors."

The most important thing when giving a gift is to please the recipient.

It is obvious that Izumi Sakai is self-taught.

The young man gave a thumbs up and praised, "Great, this is indeed better."

"No, these are very common."

Izumi Sakai's face flushed and she lowered her head in embarrassment.

Although they are already an old married couple, the girl still gets shy easily.

Masato Takeshita didn't care and continued to ask: "Where are my father-in-law and mother-in-law? What do they want to buy?"

"Buy my dad some golf clubs and a set of clothes for my mom."

"OK, no problem."

Masato Takeshita quickly wrote it down in his notebook and prepared to ask his butler to help buy it tomorrow morning.

After discussing the return trip back home, the young man carefully placed the notebook in the study.

Then he stretched himself and walked back to his lover.

"Come on, let's go brush our teeth and then go back to bed. It's already so late, if we don't go to bed early, we'll be sleepy tomorrow."

"Ah."

After a simple wash, Takeshita Masato was a little hungry and warm...

He let out a chuckle, then hugged his girlfriend and started rubbing her in circles.

"No, this is the living room."

Izumi Sakai was very shy and was afraid that someone would see her.

"Yeah, okay, let's go to the bedroom."

After saying that, the young man held the girl in his arms like a princess and strode back to the bedroom.

After a night of passion, it finally ended in silence.

(End of this chapter)