Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 329 Chapter 327 Heading to the Sea
It was almost evening when Masato Takeshita ended his visit for the day.

He looked at the neon lights and bustling crowds on both sides of the road, and suddenly felt lonely in his heart, and he wanted to return home immediately.

"I don't know how many years it will take before I can stop visiting people at their homes."

The young man felt a little melancholy. He really disliked this kind of activities, but he had to participate.

"I guess it will be the 21st century. By then I will be a senior."

At present, Masato Takeshita is unable to reach the top level in terms of money or qualifications, and needs the help of the financial crisis to make further progress.

By that time, people like Takeshita Noboru will retire and enjoy their retirement, and no one in Japan will be able to suppress him, not even the chaebol bosses.

With beautiful expectations for the future, the young man soon returned home.

When he saw the familiar and gentle figure at the door of his house, he couldn't help but said with pity: "It's so cold now, why are you still waiting for me at the door."

Although Izumi Sakai didn't listen after many times of telling him, he still couldn't help but say it.

The two people are almost identical, both are quite stubborn.

"It's not cold, there is floor heating at home."

Sister Quanshui, who still has the charm of a girl, smiled and helped her boyfriend take off his clothes, then naturally changed the subject.

"Happy New Year, is there anything else you want to do?"

"Happy New Year, everything is fine."

Masato Takeshita shook his head while taking off his shoes, and then suddenly asked.

"By the way, is the telephone line unplugged?"

In order to avoid being disturbed at night, the young man told his lover to unplug the phone line at night.

His home phone number is indeed private, but it cannot be hidden from those who are interested.

"No, I'm using busy mode."

"Busy, good, this is indeed better."

Being busy can make others think that you are still busy. Not only can you avoid being disturbed, but it is also not easy to arouse malicious intent from others. It is a more sophisticated method.

After changing into slippers and walking into the living room, Masato Takeshita found that there was nothing in the room.

He couldn't help but ask: "Where's the child?"

"I was too tired from playing this afternoon and fell asleep now."

"I'm really sorry."

When he saw his girlfriend's evasive eyes, he realized that he had hidden part of the truth.

It is more likely that the child had been waiting for him to come back, and fell asleep while waiting.

He was helpless and wanted to spend more time with his family.

But as soon as a person finishes his campus life and enters society, except for a small number of people whose families have considerable assets and are prepared to live a life of idleness and wait for death, most people need to be busy every day.

Either for life or for the so-called dream.

"It's all small things, don't worry about it."

Izumi Sakai shook her head and changed the subject in a gentle tone.

"You must be hungry. Let's have dinner together."

"Okay, I'll go wash my hands first."

"Well, let's go."

Because it is New Year's Day, we didn't cook at home today. The food was prepared by the chef yesterday.

The main foods include black beans, chestnut golden balls, Ida rolls, lotus roots, prawns, etc., which basically express blessings.

It is somewhat similar to the Chinese custom of eating fish during the Chinese New Year, which is used to represent abundance every year.

"I discovered that islanders love to eat beans."

"is it?"

Izumi Sakai expressed doubt.

"of course."

Masato Takeshita spoke with a very sure tone and then spoke confidently.

"Look at us in Japan. We eat black beans during the New Year, and we often eat natto during normal times."

"People in the UK, which is far away from us, love to eat peas."

Izumi Sakai rolled her eyes at the young man in a charming manner and said, "It's just a coincidence."

"Maybe, but I think there might be some underlying reason."

"Well, it's possible."

Izumi Sakai was too lazy to chat with him and just dealt with him casually.

Relatively speaking, he is more concerned about the trends in world music and children's education.

He hopes that his child will become a smart person like his father in the future.

If the young man knew what was in his lover's mind, he would definitely sneer at her.

I am just an ordinary student at Waseda University, and I am completely isolated from the academic masters.

Instead of expecting your children to inherit your genes to win, it is better to consider gene mutation.

Soon, it was the first day of the Japanese New Year, which is New Year's Day in the Gregorian calendar.

That day the young man ended his visit early and went to the study on the third floor alone.

"Very good, beautiful!"

When Masato Takeshita heard the information about the exchange rate adjustment from the Chinese news channel, he wanted to jump up.

The opportunity is here.

Xinghai Group will become the biggest winner among enterprises after China's exchange rate reform.

After a while, he resisted the urge to make a phone call and sat back on the sofa.

He also needs to obtain more effective information about China so as to prepare for future actions.

After the New Year, Masato Takeshita led his team to China as soon as possible.

This time, almost all the senior executives of Xinghai Group were mobilized.

Therefore, the Chinese side also attached great importance to it, and the mayor of Shanghai came to pick him up at the airport in person.

Since others give him face, the young man naturally has to show some appreciation.

So as soon as he got off the private plane, he quickly walked to the welcoming team and extended his hands politely to shake hands.

"Hello, Mayor Huang. I'm sorry it's so cold."

"Hello, President Takeshita. No, we are guests."

After a brief exchange of courtesies, both sides began to introduce their entourage to each other.

Mayor Huang's team is mainly composed of government officials, especially those in charge of economic and import and export affairs.

As for Masato Takeshita, he focused on introducing the relevant persons in charge of Xinghai Technology and Xinghai Life.

These two companies will be major investors in China, and may invest more than $10 billion in Shanghai alone.

If Beijing, Guangzhou, the Special Economic Zone and other places are included, Xinghai Group's first investment amount may exceed 20 billion.

Of course, if you just want to acquire some soda companies or build some electronics factories, you won’t spend so much money.

The bulk of this round of investment actually comes from Xinghai Wafer and Xinghai Real Estate.

Masato Takeshita plans to transfer most of the chip packaging and testing departments to China, leaving only a small part in Japan.

The threshold for chip packaging and testing business is relatively low, and investment is required in employee salary troughs to avoid losing money.

Japan's wages are too high and it has been suppressed by competitors from South Korea and Taiwan.

Xinghai Group can indeed rely on subsidies to allow its packaging and testing department to survive in Japan, but there is absolutely no need for this.

Another thing is that the chip packaging and testing business is not sensitive and will not touch the nerves of Americans.

In fact, he would like to invest in building the most advanced 8-inch wafer factory in China, so that even if TSMC adopts a low-price dumping strategy, it will not be able to beat Xinghai Wafer.

But Xinghai Group is now completely unable to withstand the pressure from the United States, so let Motorola do the work. Although Motorola has made a lot of money in China, it has indeed made many contributions to China's development.

For example, he was the first company to break through the obstruction of the US government and build an advanced factory in China. At the same time, he was also the first company to decide to build the world's most advanced 8-inch wafer factory in China.

There are many other first places, all of which represent Motorola’s glory in China.

Of course, Motorola is not at a loss either.

In the 90s, during the BB machine era, China's BB machines were basically monopolized by Motorola.

Later, when the mobile phone era came, Motorola's Chinese subsidiary also made great contributions. In 2006, at its peak, Motorola's Chinese subsidiary even contributed $100 billion in sales.

Unfortunately, Motorola failed to keep up with the mobile Internet era and eventually lost its position as a leader in the technology industry.

As for real estate, basically every Chinese knows a lot about it.

However, Xinghai Group basically does not engage in residential real estate, which is closely related to ordinary people, but focuses more on the commercial real estate sector.

Even if they occasionally have residential properties, they will only be sold to their own employees or used as accommodation for employees.

The idea of allocating housing to employees is still deeply rooted in the thinking of Chinese people today.

If Xinghai Group cannot distribute houses, its attractiveness to talents will be greatly reduced.

The dinner was very sumptuous, combining Chinese and Japanese styles, taking everyone's eating habits into consideration to the greatest extent possible.

During the formal meeting the next day, Masato Takeshita was also very straightforward.

"Dear leaders, our Xinghai Group plans to invest $10 billion in Shanghai this time, and there is no upper limit."

It is of course bragging to say that there is no upper limit, but if there are enough projects in Shanghai, it will definitely be no problem to spend less than US$20 billion.

"$10 billion?"

The leaders of Shanghai could no longer sit still. They had expected Xinghai Group to increase its investment in Shanghai this time, but they had not expected the number to be so high.

Several people subconsciously looked at each other and decided to take it at all costs.

You should know that the actual amount of foreign capital received in China last year was only 257 billion. The current 10 billion US dollars is close to 4% of last year.

As for the upper limit at the end, everyone knows that it is just a carrot in front of the donkey, which is basically impossible to eat.

There was a special person in charge of the negotiations, so the young man went to the Shencheng luggage factory early the next day to inspect it.

This is a typical case of cooperation between Xinghai Group and Chinese luggage companies, and it cannot be overemphasized.

The company is very clean, which is in line with the traditional style of Japanese companies.

“How many hours do employees have to work each day?”

"10 hours a day, consistent with the head office in Japan."

"Yes, Not Bad."

The young man nodded in approval, and then continued to ask: "The New Year is coming soon, how is the bonus calculated?"

"As long as you don't intentionally cause losses or ignore company regulations, you will receive a minimum of three months' salary as a bonus."

All the companies under Xinghai Group have only been giving money but not goods since last year.

The main reason is that corruption is very likely to occur when companies provide benefits to their employees.

A similar situation occurred in the middle of last year when the company distributed half-year bonuses.

A small number of purchasing personnel colluded with supervisory positions to drastically increase the purchase prices of items.

Taking the factories in China as an example, a towel costs 10 yuan.

This was China in the 90s. How could the purchasing price of towels be the same as in the 21st century?

Besides, this is a large-scale centralized purchase, so the cost will only be lower.

As for Japan, there are similar problems.

However, Japan's procurement is mainly for counterfeiting business.

For example, they use Chinese apples and pass them off as similar products from Japan, or use Australian wagyu beef and pass it off as domestically produced.

In short, chaos frequently occurred when Xinghai Group purchased gifts.

After several setbacks, the company would always revive.

Finally, everyone held a meeting and decided to just give the money and let them buy it themselves.

This is convenient for the company and also reduces corruption.

Of course, this kind of thing can never be handled cleanly, and Xinghai Group can only try its best to do the best.

"Well, at what level of accident will the bonus be reduced?"

Accidents can be minor or serious, and the death penalty must be stipulated.

If bonuses are deducted for minor matters, it will easily lead to abuse of rules and employees will become increasingly disunited.

Of course, there is no way to avoid punishment for wrongdoing. The Chinese people all know how to push things too far.

Only by combining kindness and severity can we develop a company.

"Please rest assured, President, we were serious at the time and lenient afterwards. We will only deduct bonuses if we are criticized by the company."

"That's good. We should still focus on rewards."

Salary, bonus, working hours, rest time...

Masato Takeshita asked each of them one by one before ending the conversation.

As for things like the company's production and sales, there are dedicated people to help organize them, and he doesn't have that much time to ask about them now.

At noon, the group naturally ate in the cafeteria.

Then after finishing his meal, he randomly found a cleaning lady in the company corridor and started talking to her.

"Aunt Zhang, are you from Shencheng?"

"You can tell from my accent that I'm not from Dongshan. I came to Shanghai in the 1960s."

"It should be considered after such a long time."

"That doesn't count. Our daily living habits are different."

Then, Aunt Zhang began to talk incessantly about the differences between her and the locals.

That's good, a good person who's willing to chat.

After about ten minutes, Aunt Zhang finally ended her complaints with a feeling of being unsatisfied, and then asked Takeshita Masato with a smile.

"Young man, are you also an employee of our company? Why haven't I seen you before?"

"I wish I were. I'm here to do some shopping and run errands for the boss."

"I was wondering, it feels so strange."

The two chatted for a while, and then the young man asked casually in an envious tone.

"The food here is really good. Unlike us, we usually only have potatoes and cabbage, and the occasional improvement in food is only tofu."

"Hey, that's all."

Having said that, she threw the broom against the wall and started complaining about her own company.

All meats were the worst frozen ones, mostly from the sea. There was no fresh fish either, they were all frozen.

The food in the cafeteria is not nearly as good as it was two years ago, when all the ingredients were fresh.

But in the end, she still defended the company.

"But it's only slightly worse than before, and it's still much better than other companies."

"I heard from my son that even their traffic police brigade is not as good as this one."

The whole country is poor now. Although Shanghai is the top economy in the country, it is also tightening its belt to make ends meet.

Except for a few departments, most of the food is quite ordinary. It is not as good as the canteen that the youth have strictly controlled many times, which is normal.

"Is that so? I'm really envious."

"If you're jealous, then come. Our company recruits people every year. You definitely meet the requirements."

"Yeah, I'll listen to Aunt Zhang."

Masato Takeshita had no intention of exposing himself and continued to respond with a smile.

(End of this chapter)