Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 48 Unexpected Choice
"Yes, I understand. Don't worry."

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll be right there."

After Masato Takeshita hung up the call from Industrial Bank, he muttered quietly, "Senior Toyoshima called me out of the blue. Could it be that there is news from Nichia Chemical?"

"It should be. If it was something that Matsumoto had done, it would be impossible not to go through the board of directors." Takeshita Masato sat in his chair and thought about it, then he simply stood up and looked out the window: "Forget it, there's no point in saying more, let's go over and take a look as soon as possible."

"Assistant Kagawa, help me get the car off."

"Okay, President."

Yuriko Kagawa, who was waiting on the side, bowed slightly politely, then walked quickly to her office and called the driver and security personnel to get ready.

About half an hour later, Masato Takeshita arrived at Industrial Bank in a business car.

"Hello, is this President Takeshita?"

"Yes, I am. Good morning, Ms. Sakai!"

"Hello, President Takeshita."

Front desk clerk Sakai was a little excited. She didn't expect that the president, Masato Takeshita, was so kind and gentle, and did not have the arrogance of a young president at all.

However, she did not forget her essential work, and still said with a businesslike smile: "Senior Managing Director Toyoshima is waiting for you in the office, please come this way."

"OK, thanks!"

Masato Takeshita had memorized the location of Senior Toyoshima's office, but since he was in someone else's territory, he had to be more respectful. He followed the girl to the right behind the front desk, just like the first time he came.

"Good morning, Takeshita-san. Please take a seat! What would you like to drink?"

"Good morning! Same old tea leaves."

"Have some tea, Noguchi. Go and make me a pot of Da Hong Pao from China."

Seeing that the senior's tone was so precious, Takeshita Masato couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Da Hong Pao, is it the one I know?"

"Not really. They should be considered the ones second only to the mother tree. Da Hong Pao mother tree tea is really rare. Even with my status, I have to spend favors."

The mother tree of Da Hong Pao produces a maximum of 8 liang of tea leaves per year. Apart from state gifts, few foreigners have ever received it. Toyoshima's status is high enough to be given by the Chinese government, but it also costs a lot of favors. For a little drink, it is not worth it.

"Is that so? That's not bad. If there's a chance in the future, I'll treat Senior Toyoshima to some mother tree Dahongpao."

"Sure, I'll wait for your good news."

Toyoshima Akio smiled and didn't take his junior's words seriously.

The two chatted for a while, and Takeshita Masato couldn't help but ask, "Um, Senior Toyoshima, is there any news from Nichia Chemical?"

"Yes, there is news. Although Nichia Chemical does not accept acquisition, it is willing to accept investment. However, the premise is that the company remains in Tokushima Prefecture. At the same time, they can only accept a maximum of 50% of the shares for 70 billion yen."

Nobuo Ogawa of Nichia Chemical has a very strong sense of hometown, and the purpose of establishing Nichia Chemical is to develop the economy of his hometown. In his previous life, he spent a huge amount of money to support Shuji Nakamura's research, with the idea of giving back to his hometown.

What if it really succeeds?
If the company really has the relevant technology of blue light LED, can it expand its scale and help more people in its hometown escape poverty?
He could give up all his life's work, but he would never allow the company to leave Tokushima Prefecture.

"No problem, any other conditions?"

Masato Takeshita didn't care where the company was located, nor did he care about spending more money. What he valued were the patents related to blue light LEDs, and the LCD screen-related projects that were expanded through blue light LEDs.

Toyoshima Akio shook his head: "For now, there is only this one." "Is it that simple?"

"Yes, I was also very surprised. I didn't expect President Ogawa to hand over the control of the company so easily."

Toyoshima Akio admires Ogawa Nobuo's broad mind. This man really wants everything for the development of his hometown, Tokushima Prefecture, and doesn't care about losing the family business.

Although Nichia Chemical is only a small company with less than 200 employees, it is still very unusual in Japan to make such a decision.

"Then his son-in-law, Ogawa Eiji, has no other ideas?"

Eiji Ogawa is a more realistic person. If it weren't for the pressure from Nobuo Ogawa, he would have kicked Shuji Nakamura out of the company for wasting a lot of money long ago.

"I'm not sure about that. But I guess even if Ogawa Eiji doesn't want to do it, he won't show it on his face."

Although the Ogawa family has lost control of Nichia Chemical, with the financial support of Masato Takeshita, the shares held by the Ogawa family will become more valuable.

Ogawa Eiji, a practical guy, must be very conflicted inside.

"Is that so? Then I know what to do."

Masato Takeshita is not prepared to make too many changes to Nichia Chemical, and may even tolerate the Ogawa family continuing to control Nichia Chemical, with Eiji Ogawa taking over the position of president.

There is nothing we can do about this.

On the one hand, Nobuo Ogawa has been running Nichia Chemical for many years and has left his family's mark on the company. On the other hand, Masato Takeshita does not have that many helpers and can only continue to rely on the Ogawa family to control Nichia Chemical.

At most, he would learn from the Industrial Bank and send a few directors there to be responsible for the supervision, accounting, procurement and other departmental work.

In addition, Eiji Ogawa personally has good business skills.

Although Nichia invented the blue LED that shocked the world, it was Eiji Ogawa's outstanding management ability that enabled him to take advantage of this huge fortune and develop Nichia into a giant company in this field.

Since there are such useful leaders, there is no need to find a manager. Compared with managers, Takeshita Masato still trusts the Ogawa family, which has some shares, more.

Of course, we can't leave everything to Eiji Ogawa to avoid him having unexpected thoughts.

His only request was that Nichia Chemical should pay more attention to its research and development work. In the future, it should not only not criticize Nakamura Shuji's research, but also strongly support it.

In addition, the research and development rewards for researchers should also be increased. A reward of a few hundred dollars is an insult to researchers.

If Nichia Chemical had realized his mistake in time and given Shuji Nakamura the treatment he deserved, or even a relatively ordinary reward, then Shuji Nakamura would not have left Nichia Chemical, nor would he have taken Nichia Chemical to court and publicly broke up with the company.

In this regard, Shimadzu Corporation, also a Japanese company, performed relatively well.

After the company's employee Koichi Tanaka won the award, the boss immediately ended his business trip and returned to the country, rewarded him with a bonus of millions, and promoted his position to the director level.

In addition, Shimadzu Office also built a personal laboratory directly for Koichi Tanaka.

As long as Koichi Tanaka does not leave Shimadzu Corporation, he will receive research and development funds every year and he can research anything he wants.

Of course, Shimadzu is only slightly better. Before Tanaka Koichi won the Nobel Prize, his prize money was also only 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

Shimadzu will not suppress its meritorious officials like Nichia and Toshiba.

(End of this chapter)