Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 51 Rural Enterprises
"President Takeshita, thank you for your praise. I still have a lot to learn about company management. It's too early for me to be the president."

Although Ogawa Eiji believed that he was the best candidate for the next president of Nichia Chemical and felt that he had the talent to be the president, he remained cautious and humble in his tone and expression.

The prince is always the prince.

As long as his father-in-law is the president of the company, he cannot make any mistakes.

A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. We must never slack off.

"It's really amazing."

Nobuo Ogawa knew his son-in-law very well. Seeing his son-in-law respond in this way, he knew that his son-in-law had almost agreed with Masato Takeshita's distribution plan.

"But this is also good. Giving the majority of the company's shares to such a generous young talent should have the opportunity to promote the economic development of Tokushima."

Although Nobuo Ogawa attaches great importance to the Ogawa family's position in Nichia Chemical, he hopes that the company can help his hometown achieve economic take-off.

Since his son-in-law did not object to exchanging equity for development opportunities, he naturally would not choose to stop him.

Maybe after selling most of the shares, the company will be able to move to a higher level. The Ogawa family can also use this opportunity to get more cake and achieve class leap.

With great expectations for the future, Nobuo Ogawa's tone became more amiable.

"This is not a good place to discuss. Let's talk about it in the company."

"Okay, then I'll trouble your company."

The airport is crowded with people coming and going, so it is indeed not a suitable place for negotiations.

At first, Masato Takeshita just wanted to exchange a few simple pleasantries, but he was too anxious and uneasy, which caused him to be absent-minded and reveal his true colors as soon as he opened his mouth.

He also hopes to calm down and have a better performance.

After many twists and turns, the car finally arrived in Anan City for about 40 minutes.

This is a small town with a population of less than 10, which is almost equivalent to an ordinary small town in China. Companies like Nichia Chemical with a staff of only a few hundred are considered giants here.

Masato Takeshita looked at the low building on the street curiously and asked, "Is your company located in the east direction of Anan City?"

"I'm sorry, our company is a little far away, not in the city, but outside the city. Please forgive me."

Chemical companies have a special nature, and responsible people will choose to locate them in remote areas far away from human habitation.

If it were placed in the city center, a chemical leak like the one in India would cause a huge disaster.

"It's okay, this is not bad, at least the air is good."

Masato Takeshita didn't care about this at all. Instead, he looked at the harvested farmland with relish and imagined the beautiful summer pastoral scenery here.

“The air around the company is really good, and this is what I am most satisfied with.”

When Nobuo Ogawa thought about the time when he inspected the company's address, he couldn't help but smile.

"Here we are, right here."

"Oh, okay, thank you!"

Nichia Chemical occupies a large area, but has few buildings and only one floor, which looks no different from an ordinary village-run enterprise. No wonder the red LED and green LED lights invented by Nakamura Shuji could not be sold at all.

If it were him, without knowing the inside story, he would not give up the guaranteed big brand and choose such an ordinary small township business.

"I think the Industrial Bank has already informed us of our conditions."

"Yes, Managing Director Toyoshima has already told me. There are three main requirements: the company cannot change its name, cannot move, and invest 3 billion yen to get 50% of the shares." Nobuo Ogawa did not think about selling stocks to get money. He pursued the development and growth of the company. Therefore, the original request was for financing, not purchase.

Eiji Ogawa had the same idea. Rather than taking the money and leaving, they hoped that the company would expand.

Nobuo Ogawa nodded: "Yes, that's right, these are the three points. I hope you can do what you say."

"Don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem. If you know me, you should know that after I acquired Panasonic Manufacturing, I did not change the name or move."

Masato Takeshita doesn't care where the company is or what it is called.

Compared with these superficial things, he values more substantial items such as equity.

"I know, and this is also an important reason why I agreed to invest."

Unlike Masato Takeshita, Nobuo Ogawa attaches great importance to the company name and family name.

This is also a characteristic of many Japanese people. They don't care whether their business can be passed on to their sons, but they care more about whether the business can be passed on through their own surname.

Therefore, it is very popular for Japanese people to hand over their business to their son-in-law, as long as the son-in-law changes his surname to the same as their own. In addition, there are also many cases where the business is handed over to an adopted son.

It can be said that compared with bloodline, the Japanese attach more importance to the transmission of surnames and names.

"Then let me add one more thing. As long as Nichia Corporation does not encounter any major incident that puts it on the verge of bankruptcy, the management rights of the company will always belong to the Ogawa family."

Masato Takeshita's main purpose of investing in Nichia Chemical is to control the production process of LED materials.

He doesn't want to be like Samsung, which is suddenly strangled by the shortage of semiconductor raw materials one day.

As for the specific operations, he is not very interested.

"I'm old now, you should talk to Eiji about this."

Nobuo Ogawa has made up his mind to retire next year or the year after, and he can use this financing opportunity to realize an orderly handover of the company.

"Okay, I understand."

Masato Takeshita smiled and nodded, then turned to Eiji Ogawa and made a promise.

"This clause can be written into the contract. I fully recognize Vice President Ogawa's management ability. I believe that under the leadership of Vice President Ogawa, Nichia Chemical will surely become a giant in the LED field."

"No, President Takeshita is exaggerating. I am just an ordinary small business manager in the countryside. It is not as exaggerated as you say."

Ogawa Eiji was a little hesitant to respond to Takeshita Masato's words. This was too much. He could develop Nichia Chemical into an industry giant, but he didn't dare to think so in his dreams.

"Trust me, you can do it."

Masato Takeshita did not care about the astonishment in Eiji Ogawa's eyes, because people often underestimate their own talents.

Taking ancient China as an example, many times the talents of a county were enough to help a wise ruler fight for the world in troubled times, and then govern a country well after the war.

The most typical ones are the Peixian Group of Liu Bang in the Western Han Dynasty and the Huaixi Group of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty.

Both of them basically rely on the talents of a county to support the capital to conquer and govern the world.

This was in ancient times when literacy rates were low and most people were hungry and cold. If it were modern society, the number of talented people would definitely be greater.

Eiji Ogawa just hasn't encountered the opportunity that belongs to him yet. Once blue light LED appears, he will show abilities comparable to those of top presidents.

Many times, when you handle more things, you naturally become a talent.

(End of this chapter)