Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 330 A Little Dream
While Masato Takeshita was constantly trying to obtain information, the security personnel below were diligently helping him to prevent possible interruptions.

It doesn’t matter to the young man himself, but it would be bad if it affects the aunt.

In this way, by stopping a building and randomly asking questions, it would be difficult for others to find out who leaked the factory secrets.

Soon, after knowing almost everything he needed to know, the young man told his aunt his identity and made her realize the importance of keeping the matter confidential.

However, thinking of his aunt's big mouth, he finally added an insurance policy and gave her a private phone number with the president of Xinghai Group's China branch written on it.

If there are any sequelae, you can be transferred there.

If you're going to do it, do the whole thing.

After leaving the Shencheng luggage factory, Masato Takeshita immediately called the head of the China region of Xinghai Group.

"Zang Zhongsang, this is what's going on. If Aunt Zhang calls you, arrange a similar job for her at your place."

“Still a cleaner?”

"Well, just keep it as it is."

Although they are both cleaners, the salary and benefits at Xinghai Group China Headquarters are better, the work is easier, and it is a high-quality job. It can be regarded as a compensation for the possible life confusion of Aunt Zhang.

"Understood. Please rest assured, President."

Hearing a hint of contempt in Nobutaka Kurashige's tone, Masato Takeshita's originally gentle tone suddenly changed.

"Humph, this matter must be taken seriously. This matter may be a small matter to you and me, but it is a big deal for a family."

“What if she’s the only one in the family who’s not temporarily unemployed?”

"Companies can't just look up, they also need to be down-to-earth and pay attention to the lives of their employees."

In the 90s, unemployment was also a serious problem in Shanghai.

However, as Shanghai is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, it has a steady stream of domestic and international investment, which ultimately absorbed this part of the unemployed population very well.

But in this process, countless problems also arose.

Nobutaka Kurashige broke out in a cold sweat, and even though he knew the president couldn't possibly see it, he quickly bowed 90 degrees to apologize.

"Hey, the president taught me, I must do my best."

"Well, remember not to make the same mistake again. We want to be a company that contributes to society, so we must first take care of our own employees."

Hearing his president's serious advice, Kurashige Nobutaka nodded in agreement repeatedly.

Masato Takeshita's words did not have much impact on the president of Xinghai Group's China region.

After all, simple language can hardly change a person's thinking pattern.

But it doesn’t matter. The young man never thought of changing the mind of a middle-aged man. What he wanted was that Kurashige Nobutaka would not dare to commit the same mistake again.

In contrast, Takeshita Masato's words had a particularly profound impact on the driver.

Although the young man's personal driver was treated particularly well and was often greeted with smiles by people of much higher status than him, the driver was very clear about the reason.

I am being flattered now, but once I lose my position as the president's driver, most people will immediately shun me.

In essence, he is just a driver and also belongs to the lower-level workers in society.

Seeing that their president truly cares about the grassroots workers, they will naturally be very moved.

However, the driver did not say it. He just focused more and drove on the streets of Shanghai with the most stable skills.

In the 1990s, Shanghai was still mostly old buildings, but it already had a hint of prosperity.

“It’s truly a land of hope.”

Masato Takeshita looked at the passers-by walking in groups of three or four on both sides of the road, his heart filled with emotion.

However, it is difficult for ordinary people living in this era to discover the vitality beneath the old surface.

The craze for going abroad and the craze for speaking English have swept the streets and alleys of this city.

Of course, we cannot say that their choice was wrong. China today does have a huge gap with developed countries such as the United States, Japan, and Europe.

But the smartest choice is definitely for those who still retain domestic assets, make money abroad and then buy property in the country.

Unfortunately, there are very few such people, and most of them blindly give up everything about their birthplace.

"Miyamoto-san, please drive as slowly as possible. I want to leave a memory of this city."

"Yes, President."

After the car drove out of the city center of Shanghai, large tracts of farmland began to appear on both sides of the road.

But now it is winter, so there are only straw stacks in the large fields. It is all withered and yellow, and looks a bit desolate.

Seeing this, the young man suddenly remembered the ridicule that the natives of Shencheng and students from other places made about the MH area in his previous life - the Great Wilderness of Min.

All the well-built MH areas in the 21st century are called this way, and one can imagine the status of the MH areas at that time.

Except for a small area next to the urban area, the rest of the place is farmland and villages.

But this is normal. It is precisely because MH district is backward that the government can generously allocate large amounts of land to several schools.

If it is still in Xuhui and other places, it would be difficult for the Shanghai government to give out even 1000 acres of land, let alone thousands of acres, as the price is too expensive.

Moving the school to the MH area also means that it is intended to develop the area. Where students are, the small commodity economy is usually more active.

After wandering around for almost half an hour, the young man finally arrived at the Xinghai Software Shanghai subsidiary near Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Xinghai Group preferred the city center, but after repeated consideration, it finally chose this place.

It is quiet with few people, and convenient for teachers and students of Jiaotong University to work and intern here.

"How is it, are you used to living here?"

Most of the employees of the software subsidiary in Shencheng are Xinghai operating system staff.

In order to conceal its presence, the office was originally located in Shencheng’s northern neighbor.

There is no need to hide anymore. In order to facilitate management and adapt to new developments, it is natural to transfer personnel to more suitable positions.

Shanghai is a very suitable city. It is not only the largest economic city in China, but also a concentration of highly intelligent talents second only to Beijing, which is very conducive to recruiting people.

"It's good. This is Shencheng."

"It's great. The company arranged a house for us and also arranged a good school for my son in the city center."

"Yes, yes, the company takes good care of us."

Most people are nice guys who only talk about the good side of things, but there are also some brave young people who tactfully express different opinions.

"Everything is good here, except that transportation is not very convenient."

There are basically no supporting facilities near Jiaotong University, and the students suffer a lot.

However, there is no need for the current students of Jiaotong University to rush. The same will be true for their next generation, and the next generation, all the way to the 21st century.

"The environment here is indeed a little bit more difficult."

Masato Takeshita thought about everything he had seen along the way and quickly came up with a temporary response plan in his mind.

"In this way, the company buys a few buses and then runs one every 20 minutes to the city in a circular manner."

"This is fine. It's much more convenient for everyone."

Although it is not the best way to move to the city, it is not bad now. At least it is much more convenient to go to the city center.

On the way back by car, Masato Takeshita looked at the desolate scene in front of him and couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.

He has a big plan, but he doesn't know whether the Shanghai government will support it.

"Zang Zhong-san, what do you think of the plan I have envisioned?" "President, are you too impatient? It may require a lot of funds."

Nobutaka Kurashige was shocked. He didn't expect that his president was so ambitious that he actually wanted to build a new technological city from scratch in the MH area.

"But as the company grows, it's bound to happen sooner or later, isn't it?"

"There's no need to choose Minhang, I think Pudong New Area is more suitable."

Pudong New Area has more land close to the city center and the price is just as cheap.

Choosing Minhang is far less convenient than Pudong.

Masato Takeshita said with great pride: "It has no impact. We will still develop the Pudong New Area."

In the minds of young people, the research directions of Minhang Town and Pudong Town that may be established in the future are not consistent.

Minhang Town focuses on software, including operating systems, office software, industrial software...

If possible, also set up a few game studios.

Anyway, the labor cost is very low, and as long as the designed games are up to average level, they can make money relying on Xinghai Entertainment's excellent distribution capabilities.

Of course, the primary goal of a game studio is not to make money, but to cultivate more talents.

This is to prevent the Xinghai Group, which is centered in Shanghai, from lacking talent in game development after the advent of the Internet era.

Yes, the young man has already made up his mind.

Xinghai Entertainment’s future online game development center will be headquartered in Shanghai.

In the future, this area will have the largest number of online game users and will also be the largest market for this type of game.

As for Pudong Town, it focuses on the semiconductor industry, including chip packaging and testing factories, wafer factories, and various chip design laboratories.

But the idea is just an idea, and its realization requires the joint efforts of the Shanghai government and Xinghai Group.

In addition, the external environment is equally important.

It is expected that further thawing of Sino-US relations and help from US companies and lobbying groups to break some of the bald eagle's blockade will be needed.

American companies do many things first, so Xinghai Group can make a fortune quietly.

After hearing his president's idea, Kurashige Nobutaka was also a little tempted.

Don't tell me, it's really possible.

But software is still too sensitive, even more sensitive than semiconductors.

But it doesn’t matter, Xinghai Group has plenty of time to wait.

"I think there are great opportunities. Shanghai is very eager for foreign investment."

In China in the 90s, the economy was the only priority.

This is a result that comes right to the doorstep, and the Shanghai government is eager for more.

"Yeah, I think so too. And our model can be replicated in Beijing."

Although Beijing is more sensitive, it is also eager for external funds.

As long as Xinghai Group abides by local laws and regulations, there is no reason to launch such a good model project.

"Beijing, it might be a little difficult for the time being."

"It doesn't matter. As I said before, we can wait."

Policies are implemented step by step. You can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry.

As long as the effect in Shanghai is good, it will be hard for Beijing not to be tempted.

Although Xinghai Group is already very large, its energy is still limited. If it is busy building Shanghai, it will naturally put the development of Beijing on hold.

By then, it will not be the Xinghai Group that will be in a hurry.

After the two of them briefly imagined the city construction tycoon, Nobutaka Kurashige raised a very critical question.

"President, do we at Xinghai Construction have this strength?"

Xinghai Construction has only been in business for a few years. Even if it has absorbed some employees from construction companies that went bankrupt after the bubble economy, it does not have the capacity to build a new town.

"We don't have it, but we can ask for help. Hong Kong Island's real estate developers are very experienced in this area."

Hong Kong Island real estate developers built a new town in Yuen Long early on, and later developed a second one in Tin Shui Wai.

However, Xinghai Group has already cleared out the shares of Hong Kong Island Company, so they may not help.

But these are all minor matters. After the Hong Kong stock market plummets, Xinghai Capital will buy back in. When it becomes the company's major shareholder again, it will basically not refuse this favor.

Besides, if that doesn't work, then we can just develop it together. If we give up some of the benefits, someone will be willing to do it eventually.

In fact, the biggest difficulty in building new towns is government support and sufficient jobs.

The former should not be difficult, and the latter is even a simpler mode.

If Xinghai Group wanted to, it could easily provide tens of thousands of jobs.

And as time goes by, there will be more and more jobs.

If it develops to the scale of Foxconn, employing millions of people will be no problem.

"Yes, understand."

The two of them have only carried out some rough planning and design, and more content needs to be filled in by professionals. Hopefully, we can make a decision directly by then.

For the next three days, the young man either inspected the subsidiaries or discussed the design of the town with Nobutaka Kurashige.

Sure enough, giving advice on how to deal with things in the world is always a man’s favorite.

The two men did not have the exaggerated actions of Lao Mouzi in building a tunnel in the Himalayas or Manzhouli in building a northern special zone, but they still had the ideal of building a few small towns.

Masato Takeshita stayed in Shencheng for almost a week before heading north to the capital with a small group of people.

As for more employees, they are still there discussing matters such as factory construction with the Shanghai government.

On the first and second days, the pattern was basically similar to that of Shanghai.

That is, the investment amount has decreased to the level of US$5 million, which is roughly positively correlated with the economic development level of the two cities.

Yes, that's right.

At this time, the economic gap between Shencheng and Beijing was about one-fold. Unlike later times, the economic gap between the two cities was very small.

It can be said that Shanghai's progress is a little slow compared to Beijing and other cities in the country.

However, Shanghai is very large, so it doesn't look that obvious.

As for the situation in this life, it depends on whether Xinghai Group has super strong economic driving capabilities.

The specific negotiation work was still handed over to the employees, but this time the young man did not go to inspect the major companies, but stayed with his other half.

"That's not good?"

Lin Qingqian was a little hesitant and wanted to end today's shopping trip.

"What's the big deal? The company is run by professionals, so missing a few days won't matter."

"If the company really can't operate without me, I will definitely have to make a large-scale reorganization of the company's management."

His principle in selecting people is talent first and character second, which is not the company employee slave theory of his senior brother Yoshiaki Tsutsumi.

Without management skills, the most you can do is to be a deputy in the company.

(End of this chapter)