Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 283 Group Reorganization
“I think it would be better to put Xinghai Manufacturing under Xinghai Technology, rather than setting up a separate group subsidiary.”

One day in late April, Masato Takeshita and Lou Gerstner again discussed the reorganization of Star Ocean Semiconductor.

Lou Gerstner did not want to divide his power and strongly demanded that the electronic product OEM business be placed under his own control.

"Give me a reason."

"Is such that."

Lou Gerstner racked his brains and began to weave reasons in his mind.

"The company's electronic product production department does not have much external business at all. It is expected that there will not be much external business for a long time, and we will need to rely on Xinghai Semiconductor's mobile phones, disaster emergency radios, computers and other products for a long time."

"If it is released now, it will face serious problems such as insufficient market competitiveness."

“In addition, it is more difficult to adjust positions.”

"Originally, we were all equal, or even a little lower than me. But after a business adjustment, he became the company's main leader, on the same level as me. I guess most employees would feel uncomfortable."

……

Lou Gerstner rattled off a host of reasons for his opposition, most of which seemed a bit forced.

But there are indeed a few points that make a lot of sense.

The young man nodded thoughtfully. "That makes sense. He really shouldn't be independent. Employees' promotions should be regular. A sudden promotion can easily cause unrest."

"Okay, then we won't be independent. But you must run the business seriously and win over the electronic product OEM business of companies outside the group, such as Sony and Panasonic."

"Hi!"

Lou Gerstner felt a lot of pressure, but in order to keep the company's electronic product manufacturing, he had to respond firmly.

If he himself has no confidence, this part will be really lost.

Finally, after weeks of repeated debate between the two, all the details of Xinghai Semiconductor were sorted out after the May Day holiday.

At this point, the entire group has reached an agreement on the restructuring plan at a written level.

Now that you are ready, don't procrastinate.

Masato Takeshita quickly convened a meeting of senior leaders and read out the company's reorganization and adjustment plan.

“A few years ago, companies were still very weak, so many industries that should have been corporatized existed in the form of departments.”

"This has seriously affected the company's development and caused a lot of waste of resources."

"In response to this situation, I discussed it repeatedly with several vice presidents and finally came to a conclusion."

"Companies like Xinghai Semiconductor also need to establish a more reasonable structure like Xinghai Entertainment in order to adapt to the development of the new era."

"Well, without further ado, I will briefly introduce to you the latest reorganization of the company."

Knowing that the following was the key point, even though they had all received the reorganization plan, everyone pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

Masato Takeshita knew that everyone was taking notes, so he deliberately slowed down his speech.

"First, Matsumoto Manufacturing will be split apart except for the luggage business."

Although Xinghai Semiconductor’s position within the group is becoming increasingly important, it is still a sign of respect for the company’s original business.

When Xinghai Group holds important meetings, it still habitually puts Matsumoto Manufacturing first.

"Pulse drinks, instant noodles, snacks and other products are independently established as Xinghai Foods."

"Minimalism, Xinghai Clothing, etc., independently established Xinghai Clothing."

"In addition, the company purchased stores in Japan, established a real estate company in China, and independently established Xinghai Real Estate."

After listening to Masato Takeshita's plan for Matsumoto Manufacturing, everyone couldn't help but look at Hiroaki Kobayashi.

Did President Kobayashi make a mistake by cutting Matsumoto Manufacturing on such a large scale?

Masato Takeshita did not try to be mysterious and quickly revealed the answer to everyone.

"At the same time, a new company, Xinghai Life, will be established under the headquarters of Matsumoto Manufacturing, Xinghai Food, Xinghai Clothing, and Xinghai Real Estate, with Mr. Kobayashi Hiroaki as the president."

"As for the positions of president of subsidiaries such as Matsumoto Manufacturing, they will be announced later."

What we need to do now is adjustments on the company side, and things like personnel positions will have to wait.

If there is not enough time, it will even be postponed to tomorrow.

After introducing the big brother Matsumoto Manufacturing, now Xinghai Life, the young man began to read out the reorganization plan of the group's most important companies.

"Next is the adjustment of Xinghai Semiconductor."

"Starting today, Xinghai Semiconductor will be renamed Xinghai Technology, and Gerstner will continue to serve as the president."

"Xinghai Technology's subsidiaries will include Xinghai Electronics, Xinghai Chips, Xinghai Wafers, Xinghai Manufacturing, Xinghai Hardware, and Xinghai Rescue."

Afterwards, the young man began to introduce the business scope of several subsidiaries one after another.

Xinghai Electronics: Mainly responsible for the research and development of electronic products.

The design and development of electronic products such as Xinghai mobile phones and Xinghai computers are all the responsibility of Xinghai Electronics.

Xinghai Chip: As the name suggests, it is responsible for the company's chip work.

Whether it is the flash memory chips that the company is currently focusing on researching, or the storage chips and CPUs that maintain small-scale development, they are all businesses under Xinghai Chip.

Xinghai Wafer: Wafer foundry, renamed from Xinghai Foundry.

Xinghai Manufacturing: Responsible for the manufacturing of the company's electronic products. The company's mobile phones and other electronic products will be produced by Xinghai Manufacturing.

In addition, Xinghai Manufacturing also undertakes OEM of electronic products outside the group, with the goal of becoming the strongest giant in the field of electronic product OEM.

Xinghai Hardware: Mainly responsible for the production and research and development of parts and components.

For example, the motherboards of computers and arcade machines, the mouse and keyboard on computers, and the display screens of various devices.

The LCD display project team that was formed not long ago was also assigned by him to Xinghai Hardware.

The last subsidiary, Xinghai Rescue, was originally a disaster emergency radio company.

In addition to producing disaster emergency radios, we will also enter the fields of surveillance cameras in the future to truly implement the word "disaster relief".

After finishing talking about the plan of Xinghai Technology in one breath, the young man felt a little dry in the mouth. He picked up the mineral water at hand and drank a few big gulps.

Then he waited for a few minutes to give everyone some time to think.

"OK, that's all about Xinghai Technology for now, let's talk about Xinghai Investment."

This is the company's money bag, so everyone listened very seriously.

"Xinghai Investment has been renamed Xinghai Capital. The president remains unchanged and is still held by Mr. Kamoto."

"Subsidiaries include Xinghai Fund, Xinghai Investment, Xinghai Venture Capital, Xinghai Assets, and Galaxy Capital."

Xinghai Fund: Specially responsible for the company's external business.

The Zodiac funds that have been established and those that may be established in the future are all managed by this company.

Xinghai Investment: Specially responsible for the company's internal business.

It mainly includes the Twenty-Four Solar Terms public fund specially established for employees, as well as the Ci tune name private hedge fund that truly helps employees, companies and Takeshita Masato make money.

Xinghai Venture Capital: It is no different from venture capital companies in later generations.

They are all specialized in discovering companies with growth potential and conducting pre-IPO venture capital investment.

Xinghai Assets: All financial businesses except the above industries.

The private equity hedge fund jointly established by Xinghai Group and Goldman Sachs is placed in this company.

Galaxy Capital: An asset management company similar to BlackRock Capital.

In addition to the above three heavyweight subsidiaries, Masato Takeshita then adjusted some of the smaller businesses of Xinghai Group. For example, in the field of semiconductor equipment, he reorganized Xinghai Lithography and other companies into Xinghai Hi-Tech.

As for the mobile communications, PC operating systems, and Internet sectors, which have strong ambitions, they will remain unchanged for the time being.

These subsidiaries involve many key matters and it is not appropriate to announce them with great fanfare now.

Let’s take a simple example, the field of mobile communications.

Currently, Xinghai Group has very pleasant cooperation with companies such as NTT, Southwestern Bell, and America Movil.

However, once the above-mentioned companies learn that Xinghai Group has ambitions in this industry, they will definitely reduce the exposure of Xinghai mobile phones.

They don't want Xinghai Group to take advantage of the power of Xinghai mobile phones to get a share of the communications market.

Although the business of the company after the reorganization was simple and clear, and everyone had a relevant plan in front of them, Masato Takeshita still emphasized it over and over again for more than an hour.

Because as long as the number of people is over 5, no matter how much emphasis is placed, there will be many omissions.

After the meeting, looking at his exhausted friend, Matsushita Hayato, former head of the production department of Matsumoto Manufacturing, sincerely congratulated him.

"Congratulations, President Kakuda. In a sense, you have finally gotten what you wanted."

Kakuda Hiroki chuckled and responded, "Congratulations, President Matsushita has also successfully taken over Matsumoto Manufacturing, hasn't he?"

"Yes, that's right, we are happy together."

"Yes, I'm glad."

Kakuda Hiroki held his former leader's hand and murmured in a low voice full of emotion.

In order to achieve this scene today, he traveled back and forth between China and Japan for many years, and often went to rural areas full of idyllic scenery to build factories. It can be said that he suffered countless hardships.

But everything at the moment told him that it was worth it.

Everything you do is watched by the top decision-makers in the company.

Although it was not his dream of Matsumoto Manufacturing, becoming the president of Xinghai Foods was more promising.

Because whether it is Pulse drinks or instant noodles and other products that focus on the Chinese market, they all have a brighter future.

In addition, he also serves as the vice president of Xinghai Life.

This is part of a large-scale reorganization of Xinghai Group, and important company leaders will be vice presidents of the upper-level companies.

For example, his immediate superior, Hiroaki Kobayashi, president of Xinghai Life, will serve as vice president of Xinghai Group from today onwards.

Just as the two were congratulating each other, Suzuki Zensuke, the vice president of Xinghai Group, who was born in Matsumoto Manufacturing, came up to them with a smile.

"Congratulations. You will be in charge of a business of the company from now on."

"Hello, President Suzuki, thank you!"

In response to the congratulations from their old leader, they both bowed in thanks.

"Today is a happy day, there's no need to be so polite. Come on, go to my office and sit down now."

After Kobayashi Hiroaki was promoted to vice president of Xinghai Group, Suzuki Zensuke felt a sense of crisis.

From now on, Xinghai Life, formerly known as Matsumoto Manufacturing, will no longer be the only representative at the head office.

Therefore, he wanted to win over the president of Xinghai Life's subsidiary to maintain his authority at the headquarters.

After several years of training, Hiroki Kakuda quickly understood the purpose of his old leader.

But now it's a fight between gods, and as a subordinate he can only agree.

Matsushita Yuto had been living in China for a long time and was relatively slow in this regard, so he did not notice anything was wrong.

He agreed with a cheerful smile, thinking it was something to be happy about.

Since they had not met alone for a long time, Suzuki Zensuke simply chatted and drank tea with the two of them.

Recalling the difficult times in the past, I am grateful to the brave man Masato Takeshita who came to me.

It took almost 30 minutes for the meeting to end.

After leaving Suzuki Zensuke's office, Matsushita Yuto asked in confusion: "Tsunoda-san, why are you so silent today?"

He instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong.

"Nothing, I'm just more used to listening."

Since it involves the struggle among high-level officials, Kakuta Hiroki would certainly not be foolish enough to tell anyone about it.

The two are also competitors.

Once Kobayashi Hiroaki is promoted, the next president of Xinghai Life will most likely be one of them.

"Is that so?"

Matsushita Yuto instinctively felt that something was wrong and couldn't help but become a little wary of Kakuda Hiroki.

Power makes people lost, power makes people split.

The news that Suzuki Zensuke invited the two to his office for a chat soon reached Kobayashi Hiroaki.

He just smiled and didn't care too much.

Because he was not an airborne leader, even if the two wanted to sing a different tune, they would be easily suppressed.

On the other hand, the situation at Xinghai Group is even more troublesome.

After all, Suzuki Zensuke is a veteran, and it is not easy to take back the control of major events in Xinghai Life from him.

Xinghai Life had already begun to fight overtly and covertly, while Xinghai Technology was in harmony, because apart from Masato Takeshita, no one could shake Lou Gerstner's authority.

"Shimizu-san, Morita-san, Sato-san, congratulations."

Daishi Shimizu, chairman of subsidiary Xinghai Manufacturing, was previously in charge of marketing.

The reason why Masato Takeshita and Lou Gerstner chose him was mainly because of his eloquence and they hoped that he could grab more OEM orders from outside.

Masanari Morita, president of subsidiary Xinghai Hardware, was previously in charge of hardware research and development.

The disaster relief radio was completed independently by him under the guidance of Masato Takeshita.

The company's mouse and keyboard were also completed by the development department led by him.

Now he has been promoted to the president of Xinghai Hardware, and no one in Xinghai Technology is dissatisfied.

Daisaku Sato is the president of subsidiary Xinghai Chip and former head of the memory chip department.

Originally, he had no chance to become the president, but Fujio Masuoka took the initiative to give it up.

Unlike other companies, Xinghai Technology is very important, so the two main persons in charge each control a subsidiary.

For example, Lou Gerstner also served as the president of Xinghai Electronics.

Fujio Masuoka didn't like the tedious administrative work, so he simply gave up the chip company he controlled.

Of course, even so, Fujio Masuoka is still a heavyweight employee comparable to Lou Gerstner, because he also controls all the laboratories of Xinghai Technology.

The basic model of Xinghai Technology is still that Lou Gerstner is in charge of management and Fujio Masuoka is in charge of R&D.

The three of them said modestly,

"No matter where, the president takes care of us."

"Thank you, thank you for your kind words, President."

"You're welcome, President. Thank you for your training."

Several of them were very sensible. No one was arrogant, and no one wanted to compete with Lou Gerstner.

(End of this chapter)