Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 285 The last one

After the floods, the economies of many places were severely hit.

Masato Takeshita thought about it and decided to build the electronics assembly plant originally planned to be built in Shanghai in a city in the disaster-stricken area.

Although it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the economic development of a place, it does allow more people to have enough food to eat.

This is a country that is very grateful, and everything the young people do is remembered.

After the problem of resettlement of disaster victims was initially solved, the leader called his number again.

"What do I want?"

"No, I haven't thought about doing anything with the donations. This is what I should do."

"If I have to say a wish, then there is only one."

"I want to meet the old man."

This meeting became the last meeting between the two sides.

Faced with the request made by Masato Takeshita, the leader was really embarrassed.

"Since the young man wants to chat with an old man like me, let's meet."

He planned to meet this interesting young man first and then catch up with his old friend.

This way you don't have to toss back and forth, and your body will feel more relaxed.

Soon, the young man received a formal invitation, which stated the official meeting time: October 1991, 10.

"Pretty!"

After receiving the official document, Masato Takeshita was as excited as a child.

He read it over and over again dozens of times before locking it away preciously in the office safe.

It's a wonderful feeling to be walking with history.

Since there are still more than two months before the formal meeting, the young man plans to visit Finland first.

This country, once a window of the Soviet Union, is currently in the most difficult period of transformation.

If Masato Takeshita makes a big investment now, he will not only gain a large number of companies with great potential, but also gain the friendship of the Finnish government.

In the future, Xinghai Group can use Finland as a springboard to better develop its European business.

Because the Finnish economy was in such bad shape, Finland's new Prime Minister Esko Aho arrived at the airport early. The moment the young man got off the plane, he couldn't wait to come forward and shake his hand.

He has a very humble attitude and does not behave like a leader of a country at all.

"Mr. Esko is too polite. I believe that under your leadership, Finland will become better and better."

Masato Takeshita truly admires Prime Minister Esko because he transcends party affiliations and puts national development first.

But because of this, his term will only be one.

The rural interests that elected him will no longer support him.

After a few simple polite words, Takeshita Masato quickly checked into a high-end hotel in Finland. Then, after a good rest, he officially started negotiations with the Finnish government.

Because the general direction had already been determined, the two parties signed the agreement quickly.

Xinghai Group invested 30 billion US dollars to support the development of Finnish enterprises.

For example, Nokia, which was already half dead, received a special investment of US$5 million to be used in the fields of communication equipment manufacturing and 2G mobile phones.

In addition to giant enterprises, small industry-leading companies also receive strong support from Xinghai Group.

Once Finland successfully transforms, the return will be at least dozens of times.

That's the beauty of investing in a country.

Two months passed quickly, and Masato Takeshita packed his bags early and arrived at the Beijing airport on a private plane.

Because it was a more private meeting, there were no reporters and the content of the conversation was relatively normal.

But even so, the young man was already very satisfied.

"The future is the era of the Internet, and China needs to join this wave."

The Internet was born in 1969, but before the advent of the World Wide Web, it was very cumbersome and difficult to use, so it didn't matter whether China joined or not.

It is different now. Since Tim Berners-Lee announced the World Wide Web technology at the Global Internet Conference in May this year, an Internet era in which everything is connected has begun.

If China could enter earlier, it would be able to seize the initiative earlier.

"Young friend, are you so optimistic about Internet technology?"

"Yes, I am very optimistic. If you don't want to fall behind too much, you have to join early."

In the previous life, China only joined the world Internet family in 1994. In this life, young people hope to do so earlier.

"Well, that's it."

The leaders seem to have come to their senses and are ready to raise these demands with the US side.

After the official visit, the young man left the State Guest House.

As compensation, he took Lin Qingqian with him and had fun for more than a week.

"I'm so sorry. Thank you for your hard work."

"Ah."

The girl stretched her arms lazily. She didn't want to say anything and just wanted to lie on the bed.

Seeing this, the young man, who was also too tired to move, said nothing more. He hugged the girl and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Masato Takeshita, feeling refreshed, asked casually while eating breakfast.

"Have you encountered any difficulties with your plans to study abroad and develop the computer industry?"

"Fortunately, everything can be solved."

In order to compete for more places for studying abroad and get more donations, major universities are doing everything they can.

As a middleman, Lin Qingqian helps resolve disputes every day.

The work is indeed very busy, but it also makes her feel very fulfilled.

Although some of these students who study abroad never come back, there are also those who are loyal to their country and come back to build their own country.

Every time one more person comes back, China's technological progress will increase. She can be regarded as saving the country in a roundabout way, building her own motherland through indirect means.

"If it's really hard, hire a few more people to help. You are the one in charge, there's no need to be in the thick of it every day."

"I know. It's just the beginning. Once things are in order, I will be in charge of Shencheng."

Lin Qingqian has a very long-term plan for donating to young people to support education.

Once the foundation is laid, separate offices will be set up in each region.

In this way, if there are any problems, they can be solved within the area first. If they cannot be solved, they can be reported to her.

The girl also knows that taking too much power will only make herself busy and deprive her subordinates of opportunities for growth.

Good days are always short. After staying in China for more than half a month, Masato Takeshita had to return to Japan in early November.

Xinghai Group’s headquarters now has a lot of things to deal with, including a series of collaborations with Finland.

"Inform Nokia that I have no objection to the company's new president."

Xinghai Group is now a big company, and every action it takes will have an impact on the future.

Jorma Ollila, who created the Nokia mobile phone empire and took office in 91, is the best interpretation of this behavior.

But it didn't make much of a difference, just a few months, and Orilla in his previous life successfully came to power in 92.

"Well, I believe Ollila will be a good president."

After finishing his business in Finland, Masato Takeshita once again focused on domestic affairs.

The end of the year is approaching and all the major subsidiaries have begun to compile this year's development reports.

First is Xinghai Life,
The luggage business grew steadily, and the Mizone energy drink business made great strides. Not only did the revenue hit new highs, but the profit also increased to $15 billion.

The second is Xinghai Technology,

Thanks to the second-generation Xinghai mobile phone and the progress of the wafer foundry, the huge cost of the wafer factory investment was finally offset.

Not only did he not lose money, he even made a small profit of about 1 million US dollars.

It can be said that from now on, Xinghai Technology is no longer a bottomless pit for the company.

Next is Xinghai Capital.

This company should be one of the few companies that did not experience too many disturbances in 1991.

Compared with the rapid development of oil futures before the Gulf War last year, the whole of 1991 was a period of small-scale development.

Then there is Xinghai Entertainment,
This company is the fastest growing subsidiary of Xinghai Group.

Just like the Xinghai mobile phone was launched in 90 and reaped the rewards in 91, Xinghai Games, the main component of Xinghai Entertainment, made a fortune in 91 with the Street Fighter game.

In the Japanese domestic market alone, 300 to units were sold, making a profit of billion yen.

The North American game market was even crazier, with nearly 15 units sold.

The number is slightly lower in European countries, but there are still about 30,000 to 40,000 units.

In addition, there are some scattered orders, about 10,000 to 20,000 units.

It can be said that Xinghai Entertainment made a profit of over 10 billion US dollars just from the Street Fighter game.

This is the charm of the gaming industry. By developing a hit game, you can make countless times the profit.

In addition to games, Xinghai Music has also developed very well. Although it has not soared to the sky like Being, it has been more stable.

After briefly looking through the company's financial report, the young man stretched out his body with great satisfaction.

"Ah, cool!"

Because from now on, he will have more rest time.

After all, except for Xinghai Hi-Tech and Xinghai Software Company, which is still developing secretly, several major subsidiaries have already made profits.

He only needs to give advice occasionally and watch them develop quietly.

"Rogers-san, what do you say we make a music arcade game?"

After some free time, Masato Takeshita visited various subsidiaries and finally came to the game company he was most familiar with.

"Music game?"

"Yeah, like playing arcade games by beating drums."

After saying that, the young man handed Rogers the sketch of "Taiko no Tatsujin" he designed.

“There should be a certain market, but it will be a very small one.”

Once Rogers understood the genre of the game, he found it really interesting.

However, compared to fighting games, the market for music games may be relatively small.

"It doesn't matter. The main purpose is to expand the company's game types."

"That's no problem."

Rogers agreed readily, saying that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

After talking about new game types, Rogers talked about Nintendo and Sega with distress.

"President, the two companies are urging us to release Street Fighter on consoles sooner rather than later. Will we officially do so next year?"

"No rush, let's wait until the Street Fighter craze dies down."

Consoles simply don't make as much money as arcades, so now is not the time to lose sight of the big picture.

"Then I'll reject them."

"Well, reject it."

"Oh, now I'm going to be nagged by Yamauchi-san again."

The young man raised an eyebrow at this.

"You, this is easy. Find someone to develop a new console fighting game."

Street Fighter 2 is the cash cow of StarCraft Games, so it naturally cannot be released easily.

But there is naturally no problem in making a fighting game specifically for consoles.

The future of fighting games is diverse. Even if Star Ocean Games does not join, countless companies will develop fighting games that are different from Street Fighter.

For example, SNK and Capcom recently launched new fighting games.

This is inevitable in the gaming industry, and everyone likes to follow the trend.

"Yes, I know, but I'm worried that it will affect Street Fighter's interests."

The reason why new businesses of large companies generally do not develop well is because there are a large number of existing interests.

They will guard their treasures like a dragon, and will not allow reform even if they are eliminated by the waves of the new era.

Companies and individuals often pull force in both directions until the rope breaks and the company goes bankrupt.

"Don't worry about it. We can't just cling to Street Fighter. No matter how good a game is, it will eventually fade away. The future of the company should be a variety of game types, not a single dominant company."

"Hey, I see."

With the support of the president, Rogers immediately understood what to do. The Street Fighter project team was too cohesive and had to be split up to a certain extent.

After talking about their own games, the two people unknowingly talked about the competition between Nintendo and Sega in North America.

"Sega of North America has talented people who were able to turn around this disadvantageous situation."

In 1991, Sega North America had many cool gimmicks, the most famous of which was the Super Cool Teen Program.

Kalinsky, the head of Sega of North America, keeps promoting the fact that Nintendo games are for young people and that only children can play them.

Sega is different. Its games are very cool and stylish, which is what teenagers should play.

For this reason, Sonic the Hedgehog was even designed in a tit-for-tat way.

This strategy was very successful, and Sega successfully captured more than half of the console market in North America.

However, in Japan, Sega was still crushed by Nintendo.

"Yes, Mr. Kalinsky is really good at developing markets. You will have the opportunity to get in touch with him more."

"Hey, what does the president mean?"

Rogers guessed something, but he didn't dare to confirm it completely.

"The gap between Sega North America and Sega Japan is too deep, and problems will arise sooner or later. If possible, I hope he can take over the North American business of Star Ocean Games."

Sega is one of the gaming companies with the most serious internal strife.

Not only did Sega consoles and Sega arcade machines compete, but Sega of North America also competed with Sega of Japan.

It was only thanks to the personal charm of Nakayama Hayao that this broken ship was barely maintained.

When Nakayama Hayao loses power or changes his attitude towards Sega of North America, that will be the time for Kalinske to retreat.

"It will probably be difficult. Our company is too small."

Rogers envied Sega and Nintendo and even hoped to develop their own console industry.

"It doesn't matter. It will grow stronger sooner or later."

Young people are very confident and the worst that can happen is that they can just increase their pay.

Most things in the world can be solved with money, and recruiting Kalinske will be no exception.

(End of this chapter)