Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 291 Development Must Be Early
"Going against the trend, Xinghai Group launches the largest recruitment in history";
"12000 new jobs for fresh graduates, Xinghai Group launches attack on employment difficulties";
"Companies should have a sense of social responsibility, Chairman Masato Takeshita said so"

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As the matter was confirmed, the next morning, the whole of Japan was filled with various reports about Xinghai Group's large-scale recruitment of new people.

The whole of Japan has been covered by too much bad news, and it has become a social consensus that it is difficult for college students to find jobs.

Suddenly, a company was willing to recruit more employees, and on such a large scale. It was like a beam of light, igniting everyone's hope.

We also have the Xinghai Group. As long as there are more companies like the Xinghai Group, the employment difficulties faced by college students will not be difficult to solve.

"This Xinghai Group is really great. They make money but don't forget about us ordinary people."

"Yes, I heard that the salary alone for the expanded enrollment this time will be hundreds of billions. If you add in all the other costs, it will be hundreds of billions."

"Oh, there are so many. I didn't expect that."

"Yes, this is what my son said, it is absolutely true."

"It was Xiaoguang who said that. That shouldn't be wrong. Xiaoguang is a big boss of Mitsubishi Bank."

"No, that's an exaggeration. He's just a small section chief."

Just like that, the two women who preferred to talk about entertainment gossip and grab discounted products in supermarkets took the topic further and further away from the original topic.

Not only women, but even kindergarten students said when they were playing house that they wanted to become employees of Xinghai Group when they grew up and make greater contributions to society.

It can be said that this large-scale human and financial resource-consuming initiative of the youth, although it required the entire company to revise this year's employee training and the company's expansion plans, also boosted the company's reputation to a level that was praised by the whole country.

"Let the media cool down. I think someone is fanning the flames and wants to put our company on the spot and make it the target of criticism."

"Well, Sakai, go tell Asakura-san to come over."

If it was only the Xinghai Group that was pushing it, things wouldn't have become so exaggerated. At most, someone would occasionally praise the Xinghai Group for its sense of social responsibility.

Or even if a social trend does form, it won’t be so fast.

In just one or two days, it became known to everyone and everyone praised it. It is impossible that there was no mastermind behind the scenes.

Masato Takeshita cannot guarantee that Xinghai Group will always act uprightly.

After all, when running a company, you occasionally have to face the dark side of society.

It's just like the government, sometimes it needs to cooperate with people who don't look like good people.

Your own interests should always come first.

"Hey, I'll pass it on right away."

Keiko Sakai also realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately notified the head of the publicity department to come to the president's office.

"President, the warehouse clearance minister has arrived."

"Well, come in."

"Hi!"

After finishing the documents at hand, Takeshita Masato raised his head and gestured.

"Please take a seat. Sakai will make a pot of tea."

"Hi!"

After two responses, Asakura Asahiko carefully half-sat on the sofa, while the secretary skillfully went to the tea room.

"Don't be so reserved. I just want to understand what's going on with this wave of publicity."

When Asahiko Asakura heard his president talking about his professional expertise, his confidence suddenly increased.

He asked tentatively: "Does the president also think that the current situation is a bit too much?"

The Propaganda Department is still quite capable and was not overwhelmed by what was happening before their eyes. They accurately discovered the hidden concerns.

“Yes, I want to reduce the hype and not put the company on the spot.”

In fact, the current Xinghai Group, like Huawei during the period of sanctions, is being praised too highly.

Huawei's president Ren Zhengfei had to personally step out and emphasize that buying Huawei has nothing to do with patriotism, and that he himself uses Apple, just to lower the temperature of the incident.

If the media really equates buying Huawei with patriotism, it will not only easily arouse the disgust of passers-by, but also easily lead to backlash from public opinion.

After all, Huawei is a large enterprise with more than 100,000 employees. It is impossible to do everything perfectly, and there are bound to be many unsatisfactory aspects.

Masato Takeshita now has similar ideas, but he wants to wait and hear the opinions of the Propaganda Department.

"I think that to reduce public opinion, our company should first try to distance itself from the titles imposed on us by the media and emphasize that our company is just an ordinary Japanese company. Then we should find some typical Japanese companies that recruit more people than we do and help with publicity and promotion."

"Doing so can both lower the temperature of our company and win the favor of similar companies."

After hearing this, Takeshita Masato nodded in agreement.

“This is good, we can proceed.”

Asakura Asahiko was overjoyed to receive the young man's recognition, and then continued, "We can also find a big news to divert attention."

"For example, a war broke out somewhere, or some important gossip about a big star, or something happened to the Emperor's family."

If you want to cover up the popularity of something, the best way is to find a new hot spot.

This is a tried and tested tactic.

After all, a person's energy is limited, and there are only so many things to focus on.

"That's fine. Try to spend some money to find a big entertainment news to dispel the heat about our company as soon as possible."

Things like war are not under the control of the Xinghai Group. The royal family can easily get into trouble, and the easiest people to bully are entertainment stars.

They have no power or status, so basically, whenever there is news that needs to be covered up, they are used as scapegoats.

“By the way, don’t forget to emphasize that we are an ordinary company, not as big as you think.”

Apart from anything else, Xinghai Capital alone cannot make Xinghai Group too white.

This is a financial sector that sucks blood from the entire world. It hasn’t done much good, but has done almost all the bad things.

In addition, there is no shortage of power-for-money transactions in the Xinghai Group.

For example, Galaxy Capital, which was established later, not only wanted to develop in the direction of BlackRock Capital, but also was intended to accommodate people with connections.

The projects that Galaxy Capital is involved in are not that critical, so it doesn’t matter if there are connections.

"Hey, please rest assured, President."

Asakura Asahiko was very efficient, and the next day the newspapers were full of news about the big star's infidelity.

What makes the onlookers even more excited is that there is actually one dragon and two phoenixes.

The matter of Xinghai Group's expansion was immediately forgotten by everyone.

Now, except for those students who have college students in their families but have not obtained the qualification for internal employment, the rest have basically forgotten about this matter.

It can only be said that in this era of the attention-grabbing economy, no news can stay on the charts for a long time unless the media continuously publicizes and reports on it.

The Xinghai Group did not offend the media, and they are still its financial sponsors, so newspapers, television and magazines naturally removed the relevant news from their shelves.

After the incident, it was still the same office and the same people.

Masato Takeshita smiled and praised: "You did a great job, Asakura-san. I'll remember your achievement."

"Thank you, President. This is what our Propaganda Department should do. We would also like to thank the Public Relations Department for their active cooperation."

"Very good, we need to keep up the current status. When the group wants to promote something, the whole society will know it immediately. When the group wants to be quiet, there can't be too much noise."

"Can it be done?"

Faced with the president's serious questioning, Asakura Asahiko didn't think twice, but straightened his chest and shouted loudly.

"I can do it!" "Very good, very energetic, go down."

"Hi!"

After leaving the office, Asakura Asahiko still felt a little unsure.

He tried to ask in a low voice: "Secretary-General Sakai, what does the president mean by this?"

Keiko Sakai knew that her president had already remembered the middle-aged man in front of her, so she went with the flow and responded in a low voice.

"The president is very optimistic about you and hopes that you can display more talents in the company."

As for what she will do after she has developed more talents, Keiko Sakai didn't say, but I'm sure everyone understands.

Of course, to make greater contributions and thus be promoted to a higher position.

The top level of Xinghai Group is still not very complete, lacking some executive and special staff.

After the problem of the first bird was resolved, Masato Takeshita called Lou Gerstner to his office.

"Hey, President, did you change the song?"

[Don't give up, you're only a little bit away, please keep running to the end. ]

[No matter how far the distance is, my heart will be with you, chasing that distant dream. ]

Listening to Lou Gerstner's soft yet firm voice, it felt very appropriate and in line with the current environment in Japan.

"Well, we all have to hold on for a bit, don't we?"

"really."

Gerstner became interested and asked casually, "What song is this?"

"Don't give up, this is a new song released by Being Records, which we control."

The young man did not tell Lou Gerstner that this was his girlfriend's song because he did not like to expose his personal privacy.

"That's great. I'll buy one after get off work to show my support."

"Please help yourself."

The two chatted casually for a while, and then got down to business after the tea was served.

"I want to go to Xinghai Electronics. Can we go together?"

"No problem. I also want to see what the computer we developed looks like."

"OK, let's go then."

Xinghai Electronics' computer R&D center is located in Tokyo. In less than 30 minutes, the few people arrived at Xinghai Electronics' second laboratory in the minato area by car.

"President Takeshita, President Lou Gerstner, good morning. I am Masaya Fujimura, the head of the Second Laboratory."

"Good morning, Fujimura-san. Very good, that's how you should treat your superiors. Keep it up."

Masato Takeshita looked around and found that only a few leaders and employees came to receive him, which would basically not affect everyone's work. He couldn't help but show a satisfied expression.

"Hi!"

Fujimura Masaya was so nervous that sweat almost broke out on his forehead.

Fortunately, I usually collect information about the president's preferences, and the Xinghai Electronics headquarters also gave me subtle reminders, so I didn't make any mistakes.

After a few simple pleasantries, the group headed straight for the laboratory.

"President, President, this is Masami Kishima, the chief scientist of our laboratory."

"Hello, Kishima-san. Hello."

Out of respect for the technicians, the young man took the initiative to stretch out his hand and ask questions.

"Hello, President Takeshita!"

Masami Kishima did not expect the president to be so enthusiastic and was a little confused for a moment. It was not until Lou Gerstner took the initiative to greet him that he regained his consciousness.

Next, Fujimura Masaya began to introduce Nobuo Ono, the core person in charge of the computer project team.

After a brief self-introduction, the young man went straight to the point and asked about the computer configuration.

“How many processor bits does our computer CPU have?”

Computer CPU technology in the early 1990s was relatively simple, so the world's CPU chip field is still in a state of flourishing and a hundred schools of thought contending.

Not counting Japanese and European manufacturers, in the United States alone there are companies of all sizes competing, including Intel, IBM, HP, Motorola, Texas Instruments, and SUN.

Therefore, Xinghai Electronics can easily obtain the world's most advanced research results by spending a little money.

"32-bit. Through the purchase of technology from IBM and SUN, the company has successfully developed a 32-bit processor computer that keeps up with the world's advanced level."

The reason why Xinghai Computer took two and a half years to develop was that it wanted to fully understand key technologies such as CPU.

If you only go the assembly route, it won’t take that long, even a month would be considered long.

"Very good, have you followed up on the software side?"

The reason why Intel was able to win the subsequent CPU war was due to its software compatibility advantage.

After all, no matter how great the hardware is, it is useless without software to use it.

"Basic office software in Japanese and Chinese, as well as English, such as Word, Excel, PS, PPT, etc., have been produced by Xinghai Software and Kingsoft Software respectively."

“It will take some time for more professional software to be available.”

Nobuo Ono has been communicating with the software department. His goal is to do his best to roll out his own computers throughout the Asian market when Intel cannot enter the Japanese market and does not pay attention to the markets in other Asian countries.

As for the American market, he doesn't dare to think about it now.

If foreign computer companies want to enter the US market, they can only go through mergers and acquisitions. For example, Lenovo entered the US market by acquiring IBM's personal computer business.

“Keep going. Only by combining software and hardware can our self-developed CPU computers go further. If there is not enough software support, we will become the next Apple computer.”

At present, Apple computers are still very independent and use Motorola CPUs, but their market share is less than 10% and they have long lost their former glory.

"Hey, please rest assured, President."

Dry communication is always less enjoyable than actual use.

The young man randomly turned on a test machine and prepared to try out the quality of the new computer.

"The boot speed is quite good, it seems that a lot of optimization has been done in this regard."

"Yes, the first step for everyone to use a computer is to turn it on. If it doesn't start properly, it will affect the actual experience of the buyer."

"You're right. The way you turn on the phone is just like your appearance. It really affects the first impression."

Although Microsoft's Windows 3.0 is very different from later generations, young people have already adapted to it.

He opened the spreadsheet skillfully and began to simulate daily office work.

"This still needs polishing, it still feels a little awkward."

The young man shook his head and was not very satisfied with the company's Excel-style software.

"Understood. I will explain the situation to Xinghai Software later."

"Just a reminder. I also need to go to Xinghai Software this afternoon."

"understand!"

"Very good, keep up the good work, the company must take Intel as its target."

"Hi!"

(End of this chapter)