Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 301: Crisis Half-Resolved

Xinghai Group has similar ideas and is also very satisfied with the negotiation results.

On the one hand, the CIS countries were added to the original plan, and on the other hand, 3.5% of Microsoft's equity was obtained, worth more than $10 billion.

In the United States, Lou Gerstner's talks with Microsoft were going very smoothly, while in Japan, Masato Takeshita was excited to stay at Xinghai Investment.

“How much Microsoft stock should be bought back?”

“All have been bought back as planned.”

Jia Benlong was looking at the young man with admiration. He didn't expect that stocks could be played in this way.

A company develops new technology and hides it secretly until it has almost sold off its competitor's stock, and then suddenly releases it to the market.

Soon the other company's stock fell sharply.

At this time, the company buys again and makes money by repeatedly buying the same stock.

If Masato Takeshita knew what his president was thinking, he would only complain that he was too young.

What's this little bit of skill?
First, he did not take the opportunity to short sell, and second, he did not shuffle the cards repeatedly.

If it is a financial institution that knows how to play, such as a certain Chinese fund in later generations.

In order to short the US stock market, they independently developed cheap and easy-to-use AI software and immediately chose to open source it. The share prices of AI companies listed on the US stock market have fallen sharply.

This fund made a huge amount of money by shorting the market early on.

The company then quickly bought again.

However, unlike the Xinghai Group which continues to retain its shares, after buying, it continues to sell short at a high point, repeatedly shuffling to make money and cutting leeks from the U.S. stock market in various ways.

Of course, you can earn more money this way, but it is also more dangerous.

Xinghai Investment has Masato Takeshita and a large amount of physical investments, which makes it unsuitable for this type of play.

"Great, how much did we earn this time?"

“Do we need to repatriate the $11.2 billion?”

The young man had a plan in place, and explained it very straightforwardly: "Repatriate 2000 million US dollars to give out bonuses. Of this, 1500 million will be returned to Japan, and the remaining 500 million will be returned to China."

"The remaining $11 billion in assets will remain in the United States, and will be used to buy stocks of American technology companies such as Microsoft and Intel."

If foreign companies invest in US stocks, the US government does not collect 20% income tax on stock profits. But if you choose to return to Japan, the Japanese government will not be polite to you.

So the young people simply repatriated only part of the bonus and kept the rest in the American market.

In addition to tax issues, the sluggish Japanese stock market is also an important reason why young people refuse to return.

There is not much use for the funds flowing back to Japan, so it is better to stay in the United States and continue to make big money.

As for the distribution of bonuses, in addition to Xinghai Investment, employees of Xinghai Software will also receive a share.

The $500 million allocated to China was given to the team that developed the operating system and the team that developed various office software in Beijing.

If a company makes a lot of money, its employees must follow suit.

In this way, employees will be loyal to the company and the company will develop better and better.

"Xiao Lin-san, I didn't expect that Xinghai Investment would make money and we would also get a bonus."

"Well, I heard that it's because the software we developed helped Xinghai Investment make money that they let us have a share of the pie."

Kobayashi Hiroshi was very well-informed and had found out everything about the bonus early on.

"So that's how it is. No wonder. I wonder how much they can get over there?"

"I'm not sure about that, but it's more than us anyway."

"Nonsense, who doesn't know this?"

If the bonus of several million dollars is considered small money for Japan's Star Ocean Software Company and the operating system development team sent from Japan to China, it is just a few months' salary.

Then for Xinghai China Software's subsidiary, this is a very large number.

"Is this, this, really this much bonus? Could it be a mistake?"

Zhang Tianyi was so excited looking at the 1 US dollars bonus in his hand that he could hardly control himself.

"Yes, this is what everyone deserves."

Lei Jun, who was in charge of distributing the bonuses, was very happy because the company had not forgotten them and treated them equally in the distribution of bonuses, completely according to their work.

This kind of company is a good company worth working for.

"Go ahead, there are people waiting in line behind you."

"Oh, okay, okay."

Zhang Tianyi put the money close to his body with trembling hands, then returned to his seat with the help of the wall with weak legs, and then took out the bonus from time to time and smiled foolishly.

The guaranteed bonus of $1 is equivalent to several years’ salary for everyone.

If you choose to exchange it on the black market, the amount can be more than doubled, which is almost equal to 10 years' salary of an ordinary employee.

Anyone who gets such a large bonus for the first time will be extremely happy.

You should know that this bonus alone can be used to take out a loan to buy a house in Beijing.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t buy it.

Before China joined the WTO, housing prices rose very slowly.

At present, as long as there are no major changes, these Chinese employees can easily buy good school district housing in Beijing.

The employees of Xinghai Investment and Xinghai Software were jubilant, while Lou Gerstner, who was far away in the United States making more profits for the company, was in a tense final negotiation with Intel.

Yes, not only Microsoft, but Xinghai Group will also negotiate with Intel.

There is no way around it. Microsoft and Intel are allies at the moment, and the White House is also working together with the two companies. Naturally, both companies have to be discussed to prevent any unexpected accidents.

However, compared with Microsoft, Intel is more difficult to deal with.

On the one hand, Intel is more reckless than Microsoft.

After all, Intel does not have as big a weakness as Microsoft, and does not need to worry about Xinghai Group transferring relevant technologies to competitors.

On the other hand, it also comes from the personality of Intel President Grove.

Grove is a ruthless tyrant with paranoid traits who likes to exert extreme pressure.

"No, we at Intel will never agree to such a condition. We must have a share of the entire East Asian market."

“Yes, but we also need to gain some benefits from the European and American markets.”

"No, the European and American markets can only belong to us, Intel."

Soon, another day passed with repeated quarrels.

"That guy is a tyrant, he's really rude, and he won't back down at all."

Masato Takeshita had just finished breakfast when he received a call from Lou Gerstner and his depressed complaints.

He had never encountered such a rude negotiating opponent.

"Forget it then, let's just state the bottom line."

"Two-thirds of the Xinghai computers sold in Asia use our own CPUs, and one-third use Intel CPUs."

"One-third of computers sold to countries and regions outside of Asia are made by us, and two-thirds are made by Intel."

"If Intel still objects, then there is no need for us to continue negotiations."

"Intel alone would at best prevent us from entering the U.S. market."

Anyway, Xinghai Computer will not be able to enter the United States in the short term, so it doesn’t matter if the negotiations break down.

In fact, if it weren't for the US government, the young man would really want to deliberately break down the negotiations.

Since the 21st century, the majority of computer sales have been in China, with the United States being only a secondary market. "I understand. I will be tougher tomorrow."

"Well, have a good rest."

"OK, thanks!"

After hanging up the phone, Masato Takeshita couldn't help but shook his head.

"Intel is really difficult to deal with."

After a short break with a cup of tea, the young man began his daily work routine.

"What's important today?"

"This is the sales report of Xinghai Computer and Xinghai Operating System last month. You are required to sign to indicate receipt."

"Oh, the report is out, I have to take a look at it then."

Masato Takeshita couldn't wait to take the two reports, and then opened the one about the Xinghai operating system first.

"No wonder Microsoft agreed to our request so readily. If they didn't agree, they might have been beaten to death."

The sales report stated that throughout August, the combination of Xinghai operating system + Xinghai office software sold a total of 8 million copies in the North American market, with sales reaching US$103 million.

This achievement is naturally very unremarkable compared to Windows 95, which was similar to it in another time and space. After all, Windows 95 sold over one million copies in North America within 4 days of its launch.

But for a new operating system and software, this is a very good result.

If Microsoft doesn't negotiate quickly, it will really be replaced.

The Japanese market was the second highest in sales, with sales reaching 86 units.

The reason why there are so many of them is due to the influence of Xinghai Group and the simple patriotic feelings of the people.

Sales in the European market were also very good, with 42 copies sold.

As for other markets, there are more than 20 units scattered around.

The global sales in the first month, excluding the Xinghai Internet Cafe Alliance, have reached more than 250 million sets.

If the system is easy to use, people will naturally make choices.

"What a great report card! We earned back our investment in the first month."

With a flourish of his pen, Masato Takeshita happily stamped his own and the company's seals, then opened the sales report of Xinghai Computer.

Compared with the Xinghai operating system, the Xinghai computer is countless times inferior.

In the entire North American market, only Canada and Mexico sold more than 2 units. The European market was slightly higher, but also only more than 4 units.

The majority of sales are in Asia, more precisely in Japan in East Asia, with nearly 15 units sold in the first month.

Including the more than 3 computers sold in the Asian market excluding Japan, Xinghai Computer's first-month sales finally exceeded 25 units.

This achievement is only a fraction of the Star Ocean operating system, but it is a good start in the computer field.

Many emerging computer brands do not have such high sales throughout the year.

"Not bad. With the computers sold at internet cafes, purchased by our own company, and donated, Xinghai Computer can also announce that its global sales have exceeded one million."

Yes, Masato Takeshita was ready to be shameless. He counted the computers purchased by Galaxy Internet Cafe and his own group, as well as the computers donated to major universities around the world, as the first month's sales.

This will make the advertisement more shocking and more attractive.

Everyone would think that a computer with monthly sales of up to one million units must be of very good quality.

These days, computers are luxury items in developed countries, and there is no computer brand that can sell over a million computers in a single month.

The young man took advantage of the opportunity.

Once he had an idea, Masato Takeshita immediately wrote down the plan on his computer to avoid forgetting it due to too many things to do.

"OK, let's do this for now."

After simply writing a new advertising plan, the young man emailed it to the person in charge of publicity in the company, and then went back to take a break.

A few minutes later, he picked up the phone.

"Sakai, come to my office."

"Hi, please wait."

In less than a minute, Keiko Sakai, whose office was next door, hurried over.

"Have you compiled the statistics on the revenue of Galaxy Internet Cafe?"

"Not yet. We need to wait until tomorrow to complete it."

"Is that so? That's fine. You can go down first."

"Yes!"

After Keiko Sakai left, Masato Takeshita unconsciously tapped the table lightly.

"I didn't expect that Galaxy Internet Cafe's data statistics would be so slow. We need to improve efficiency."

The Galaxy Internet Cafe Alliance is an industry that it is solely responsible for and does not involve any outside companies, so it should be faster.

Unexpectedly, we would fall behind in time in the development of computers and operating systems that needed to be sold in various chain stores.

All I can say is that the Galaxy Internet Cafe Alliance is still very rough and needs various revisions.

Keiko Sakai was very punctual and submitted the Internet cafe revenue data sheet on time the next afternoon.

Ranked first in sales in the United States, its 1000 Internet cafes had a total revenue of nearly $2.3 million.

With three days of free service, the revenue of a single Internet cafe reached almost 3 US dollars, a rather exaggerated figure.

The main reason is that the Galaxy Internet Cafe charges a lot of money, $4 per hour for members and $5 per hour for non-members. In addition, there is also a part that sells account cards and recharges deposits.

In addition, after the crazy promotion of Xinghai Group, going to Internet cafes to surf the Internet has become a fashionable behavior among young people in the United States.

To young people, this is cool!

It ranks second in sales in Japan, with total revenue of 800 billion yen from 216 Internet cafes.

Although the total sales volume is not as high as that of the United States, the sales data of individual Internet cafes is actually higher than that of the United States.

The main reason is that Internet cafes in Japan are more expensive, with members paying 500 yen per hour and non-members paying 700 yen per hour.

At the same time, Japan is now in a recession and people generally prefer cheaper entertainment activities.

Internet cafes have emerged at the right time and have become a place for countless people to escape from real life.

Next is Western Europe, where 700 Internet cafes generated $1.7 million in revenue.

The revenue of the remaining countries and regions is far behind that of developed countries and regions such as Europe, the United States, and Japan, and all together they barely reach US$4000 million.

"It's incredible that the sales volume is so high."

Masato Takeshita thought that Internet cafes would be popular, but he didn't expect them to be so popular. The average occupancy rate of each computer was as high as 11 hours.

However, considering that early Chinese Internet cafes were packed almost every day, 11 hours does not seem too exaggerated.

Of course, with such hot first-month sales, we will naturally expand even faster.

1000 stores across the United States are simply not enough. We need to gradually expand to at least 3000 stores.

As for the rest of the market, it is left to other competitors.

For such a popular and simple project, even if Xinghai Group joins hands with telecommunications companies, it will not be able to stop it at all.

Besides, the telecom companies won't think of blocking it.

Because the expansion of Internet cafes is equivalent to the expansion of telecommunications companies.

(End of this chapter)