Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 311 Genius' Ambition

The November sky is always easily associated with loneliness.

Masato Takeshita stood in front of the plane, looking at his number one general from yesterday with reluctance.

He really wanted him to stay, but the young man knew that he could not stop others from making progress.

“I hope you can continue to work hard in your new company and become a world-renowned CEO.”

"Thank you. I will always remember my days at Xinghai Group."

Lou Gerstner took the initiative to hug his own president, his eyes full of emotion.

This is where I started, and it was also the key to my joining IBM.

After bidding farewell to Lou Gerstner, Masato Takeshita looked at Chambers, the new president of Xinghai Technology.

"Guosina and I are very optimistic about your management ability. We hope you can help Xinghai Technology build sales channels in Europe and the United States."

The R&D department is managed by Masato Takeshita and Fujio Masuoka, so Chambers is not in charge. His most important task now is to help the company build more market channels.

In particular, the new laptop computers developed by the company must occupy a place in the European and American markets.

As for the Chinese market, Internet cafes will be the main focus for now, with the rest entering on a small scale.

"Please rest assured, President. I can definitely help the company build first-class sales channels in Europe and the United States."

Chambers was born in sales and was very confident in marketing. He was not sure about pioneering work, and building offline channels was a piece of cake for him.

"Well, I can rest assured that you are doing the work."

The young man also believed in Chambers' sales ability. This man relied on his outstanding sales ability to develop Cisco into one of the top ten companies in the United States.

In more than five years, the company's market value has increased nearly 5 times.

Although there were factors of the Internet bubble involved, Cisco later became a super giant with a market value of over 100 billion yuan.

However, Cisco’s most famous thing in mainland China should be the lawsuit with Huawei.

The young man has forgotten the outcome of the lawsuit, but he remembers that Huawei became famous after this incident and became a small giant in the field of communications equipment.

Before the incident, when Huawei employees went to South America and Africa to do business, people would ask which company Huawei was and whether China also had a telecommunications company.
Some people even ask which country China is, and then go to a bookstore to buy a book called The Last Emperor to learn more about China.

Yes, it is that outrageous.

China in the early 21st century is thus unfamiliar to people outside East Asia and Southeast Asia.

After the incident, many foreign telecommunications companies mentioned Huawei again and finally had a rough impression of it.

"Oh, it's the company that's suing Cisco in the United States."

In a way, it can be considered a blessing in disguise.

However, because of this incident and the fierce competition with his number one traitor, Mr. Ren began to think about selling the company.

Motorola, which had long been eyeing Huawei, was ecstatic and immediately agreed to most of Ren's requests.

Fortunately, Chris Galvin, the third-generation leader of Motorola's founding family who had good vision and ability, was a complete unlucky guy.

Both parties had already agreed on all the terms except for the final signing. However, Chris was kicked out of the company due to performance pressure.

Since the company's management was replaced, the negotiations were naturally cancelled.

Of course, the reason why Chris is said to be unlucky is that the last mobile phone he developed became a best-seller just a few months after he left.

Not only did he successfully save Motorola, but he also helped the company reach new heights.

After arranging Chambers' work, Masato Takeshita called Chiang Shangyi and Liang Mengsong into his office.

Jiang Shangyi is a technical expert, but he also has a high emotional intelligence and is good at Tai Chi.

Therefore, as soon as he entered the door, he immediately greeted Masato Takeshita.

"Hello, President. I am Jiang Shangyi, who has just been transferred from the No. 1 Laboratory in North America."

Liang Mengsong is a more upright person, with the stereotypical image of a scientist.

He is not good at speaking and prefers to tackle technical problems.

So after he entered the office, he said nothing and walked behind blankly.

"Well, Jiang Sang, Meng Sang, hello, please take a seat!"

"Thank you, President!"

"Thank you!"

Liang Mengsong bowed slightly before sitting down.

He is a genius and has the arrogance that only belongs to geniuses, but he still respects young people.

After all, Masato Takeshita founded the Xinghai Group at a young age and also presided over the research and development of projects such as trolley suitcases and Xinghai mobile phones.

In his mind, this was a great man whose skills were not as good as his, but who was equally talented.

"I asked you to come to Japan this time because I think you know what to do."

"Yes, we are working on copper manufacturing technology."

Jiang Shangyi was very active and directly represented Liang Mengsong.

"That's right. I want you two to lead a team each to tackle the problem. Don't be afraid of recruiting people. We have plenty of doctoral students to recruit."

Japan's employment crisis has created a relaxed recruitment environment for Xinghai Group. They can easily recruit any kind of talent they want. Even powerful professors from top universities can be easily recruited.

Because as universities and companies reduce their R&D investment, a large number of capable but resource-poor professors have emerged in colleges and universities.

"We each lead a team?"

"Yes, there is pressure only when there is competition."

Masato Takeshita learned the penguin strategy, and the two teams competed directly.

If you win there, you can get a lot of rewards and promotions, but if you lose, you can only be a deputy, or simply change projects.

"Yes, President, please rest assured!"

"understand!"

Hearing the young man say this, Liang Mengsong's eyes lit up and he was very confident in his own abilities.

Relatively speaking, Jiang Shangyi had some headaches.

The time he spent in Xinghai Group's first laboratory in the United States made him realize what a top R&D genius is.

There are basically new patents every week, and this is the case with the scientific research fanatic Liang Mengsong.

But even if we can't win in the end, we can't give up now.

He is also a top technician and has his own pride.

"Very good. Scientific research requires this kind of spirit."

After explaining the next work tasks, Masato Takeshita hinted that the two could leave.

He has more things to do, and taking the time to meet the two of them is also a way to express his importance to this project.

The funding of Xinghai Laboratory is also limited. If the young man does not support it, the project funds allocated to the two will most likely be the minimum living allowance.

As a newcomer, you will be like this if you don't have the old people to take care of you. Unless you have many successful studies, you will be able to get more funding.

In addition to Chiang Shang-yi and Liang Meng-song, Takeshita Masato also received Lin Ben-jian.

This man who will change the global semiconductor landscape was directly assigned by him to the lithography machine subsidiary.

However, the development of lithography machines has not yet reached its limit, so the company did not try to take the water refraction development route.

Lin Benjian’s main job now is to familiarize himself with lithography machine technology and prepare for the future.

Of course, he himself didn't know that everything was arranged secretly by the young man.

After arranging for scientific researchers from North America to work in Japan, Masato Takeshita came to Xinghai Capital, where he often went.

“Have there been any major changes recently?”

"There are rumors that the Fed is preparing to raise interest rates, but there is no guarantee that it is accurate."

"Raise interest rates?" Masato Takeshita frowned, then immediately gave the order.

“The idea of selling off all assets other than U.S. stocks is probably not groundless.”

Every time the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, it is a new round of harvest for the whole world.

If you don't want to get caught in the trap, it's best to sell first and save cash. If the market is good, then go in again. If the market is bad, then stay put.

"Hi!"

Without asking why, Kamoto Takamasa immediately followed the chairman's instructions. In the financial field, it is always right to listen to the chairman.

"I'm really envious. Raising or lowering interest rates can easily reap profits all over the world."

At that time, the European Union had not yet been established, Japan was half-crippled, Russia was still using shock therapy, and China was crossing the river by feeling the stones. Basically, the United States could do whatever it wanted.

Because no country can fill the gap in debts owed to the dollar countries. The big countries can only protect themselves and cannot cope with the sickle of the Federal Reserve.

As lines of numbers were input, Xinghai Capital began a wave of reducing its holdings.

Not only Hong Kong stocks, which are most vulnerable to the influence of the United States, but also shares in South Korea and Southeast Asia have joined the sell-off.

"Kikuno-san, all the recovered funds should be used to buy American technology stocks. Texas Instruments, Motorola, IBM..."

“These are all our goals.”

After Lou Gerstner takes office as the president of IBM, the company will be revitalized, and young people will naturally take the opportunity to make a fortune.

As for companies like Motorola, they were golden stocks in the 90s. Buying them was just a matter of whether you would make a small profit or a big profit.

"clear."

"Remember, stay hidden."

"Yes, please rest assured, President."

Masato Takeshita doesn't like to show off, so except for the shares of Galaxy Capital, most of the company's shares were purchased in the form of scattered purchases.

This will not attract attention and will make it easier to buy and sell stocks.

Of course, it is difficult to conceal such a large amount of funds, but we should conceal as much as possible to protect ourselves to the greatest extent possible.

Three days later, the young man returned to Xinghai Capital.

"How's it going? Is it going well?"

"It went very smoothly. Every time we sold it, it was quickly sold out."

In the 90s, the stock markets in most countries and regions were experiencing an unprecedented period of prosperity.

Even the Chinese stock market is in a bull market, so buying is equivalent to making money.

With such a good stock trading atmosphere, stock trading will naturally go smoothly.

Especially Xinghai Capital, which holds either stock indices or stocks of large companies, which is more conducive to quick shipment.

After a brief inspection of Xinghai Capital, Masato Takeshita came to Xinghai Life.

“Are the plans for the sports industry going smoothly now?”

1993 was the year when the Japanese J League officially started.

Xinghai Life, which has always wanted to enter the field of football, naturally became the league's beverage sponsor as soon as possible.

However, simply becoming a sponsor cannot satisfy Masato Takeshita's ambitions.

He wants to combine China's first-class football league, which is still in preparation, with Japan's J League to form the East Asian Super League.

Not only will there be more teams, but there will also be confrontations between China and Japan in addition to the city derby, which will be even more attractive.

Pulse energy drinks can also take advantage of this favorable trend to further increase their popularity.

"It's easy to solve domestically, but China is still considering it."

There are too many things to consider when the two countries jointly establish a football league. There are many problems just in the distribution of rights.

"Then you just keep grinding. Our conditions are so favorable that we will have supporters."

The football league in the youth program is definitely very beneficial to China now.

First of all, in terms of football teams, both countries have the same number of teams, 15. As for the promotion and relegation of teams, it is only related to the ranking of the country.

The second is the income from event copyrights.
70% of the guaranteed salary will be distributed equally to each football team, and 10% of the management fee will be divided equally between the Chinese and Japanese football management departments.

The remaining 20% will be allocated based on the performance of each team.

Currently, professional football in China and Japan is in its infancy, and there is basically no copyright fee. But as long as China agrees, Xinghai Group is willing to spend 750 billion yen to purchase the five-year event copyright.

The average amount is 150 billion yen per year, and each team can get at least 7 million yen.

This amount of money is enough to cover all the club's expenses. If they spend frugally, the club can even make money.

Of course, if the China-Japan Super League can really be formed, Xinghai Group will not lose money.

Football is the second most popular sport in Japan and the largest sport in China.

If Xinghai Group can become a founding member, it can promote its own products through football.

Beverages and foods such as Pocari Sweat and Master Kong will become more popular.

In addition, in order to avoid bubbles, Masato Takeshita also asked his subordinates to formulate a financial fairness policy.

The publicity effect of football is so strong that it can easily turn into a financial bubble.

"Yes, I understand! I have decided to stay in China temporarily."

Kobayashi Hiroaki is ready to use his stalking skills, hoping to get a positive answer.

"Well, that's fine too."

There are many and varied things to do in Xinghai life, but there are few areas where young people can get involved, basically only the food company.

He looked at the person in charge of beverage R&D and asked casually, "What is the development progress of our iced black tea, iced green tea, and jasmine tea beverages?"

"We are still adjusting the taste. The tastes preferred by different regions and countries vary greatly."

"It's very rigorous, that's how it should be."

The young man nodded affirmatively, then changed the subject and asked, "So is our milk tea project successful now?"

"Well, two types of milk tea have been launched. I heard that the sales are very good."

At this time, Kobayashi Hiroaki interrupted and said, "The sales of milk tea are very good. It is expected to become another flagship product of the company."

"As expected, people still prefer sweet things, so let's increase production."

"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away."

Since you are here at Xinghai Life, you must definitely visit Matsumoto Manufacturing.

This is where Masato Takeshita started his career. Every time he comes here he would take a quick look to declare to the outside world that he has not forgotten his roots.

Similar to the office where Penguin and Huawei started out after they grew and became big.

You don't have to work there, but it must be there.

“What is the expected production this year?”

"740 million pieces, mainly high-end elegant travel luggage, as well as various customized and limited edition products."

“The number is decreasing again. It seems that everyone has little money.
“Yes, domestic orders have shrunk a lot.”

Japanese factories mainly produce high-end products, but now that the economic bubble has burst, demand is decreasing every year, and production will naturally follow suit.

The former glory of Matsumoto Manufacturing will never return.

Of course, Matsumoto Manufacturing’s profits have not decreased, and have even increased.

This is mainly due to factories in China and patent fees collected worldwide.

Without the patent, Matsumoto Manufacturing would just be a side street.

(End of this chapter)