Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 79 Graduation Thesis
"Takeshita, where is your graduation thesis? When are you going to hand it in?"

In mid-January, Masato Takeshita's thesis advisor Kunihiko Inoue saw that his student still had no progress and could not help but call to urge him.

"Um, sorry, I'll take it right away."

Although the graduation certificate and degree certificate from Waseda University were no longer important to him, since he was in his senior year, he only needed to write a thesis to get both certificates.

He is still willing to pay a certain amount of time cost for this.

Anyway, undergraduate thesis does not require any in-depth research, and you can pass it by just writing it casually.

“Is this your thesis?”

Inoue Kunihiko was a little dissatisfied. He didn't expect that the paper written by his most valued student was so ordinary and full of outdated stuff.

"Well, it's an undergraduate thesis. I think it's pretty good."

99.99% of undergraduate papers are the same, the only difference is size.

Masato Takeshita never thought about writing an excellent graduation thesis, he just wanted to get a diploma.

"Forget it, you. It's fine to pass, but don't even think about getting an excellent grade."

"That's good. Let other students be the best."

Unlike Masato Takeshita, his classmates still need excellent graduation thesis to prove themselves.

He didn't know whether the number of excellent papers at Waseda University was fixed every year.

If so, he would be happy with his decision.

"Hmph, you lazy guy, forget it, let it be."

Thinking of the other party's current identity, Kunihiko Inoue finally gave up the idea of asking him to rewrite.

Ordinary papers are also good, at least there will be no unexpected events.

"By the way, this is Senior Tarui Yasuo's phone number. Don't you want to talk to him about something? Please give him a call tomorrow morning. Senior has already agreed."

"Oh, really? Thank you, Mr. Inoue. Thank you."

When Masato Takeshita first told Kunihiko Inoue about this matter, he didn't have high expectations at all.

His real plan was to donate some money to Waseda University of Science and Technology, and then ask the leaders of the science and technology department to help contact Yasuo Tarui.

I didn't expect that my graduation advisor would take it so seriously. He just said it casually that day, but it has been remembered till now, and I have tried my best to complete it.

Although he had his own special talents, he was still very touched that the teacher was willing to spend a lot of time to help.

"It's a small matter. Senior Tarui Yasuo is also very interested in you."

Inoue Kunihiko smiled and did not take all the credit for himself.

"well, thanks."

Masato Takeshita did not take Inoue Kunihiko's modesty seriously.

He thought about it and decided to move forward the transfer of benefits to the teacher after graduation to today.

"Teacher Inoue, our company's employees are seriously lacking in international vision. I wonder if I have the honor to invite you to serve as Matsumoto Manufacturing's international vision consultant?"

“Oh, an international perspective consultant?”

Hearing this, Kunihiko Inoue knew that his help all along would finally be rewarded.

Although he was completely out of teacher-student relationship at the beginning and had no intention of gaining benefits, now that Matsumoto Manufacturing has grown, he is not polite. "Yes, our company was a small company before, and it was seriously lacking in this aspect. I hope the teacher can help everyone to improve their international perspectives so as to avoid making too many jokes."

Masato Takeshita invited Kunihiko Inoue to be a consultant for Matsumoto Manufacturing. On the one hand, he wanted to repay his teacher, and on the other hand, he sincerely felt that the company's employees lacked international vision.

Among the company's senior leaders, only a few have good English skills, and all of them were seniors who were persuaded by Masato Takeshita.

"Yeah, sure. What time?"

Professors of liberal arts are not as capable of making money as professors of science and engineering. In order to supplement his family income, Kunihiko Inoue is also willing to do some part-time work outside of school.

"You can take the class anytime. Just take the class once a quarter."

"I see. Then let's do it at 9am next Thursday."

Kunihiko Inoue did not ask about consulting fees because he knew that his student was so smart that he must be paid a salary.

This is indeed the case. The consulting fee prepared by Masato Takeshita is 100 million yen per month.

This amount of money even exceeds what Kunihiko Inoue earns from his regular job, and it will definitely make him satisfied.

"Well, it's up to the teacher."

Since it is a transfer of interests, then naturally everything is based on the parties involved. Even if Inoue Kunihiko never goes there again, the young man will still deposit his salary into the teacher's account on time.

After leaving Waseda University, Masato Takeshita hurried back to the company.

He had to contact Yasuo Tarui as quickly as possible to avoid any further complications.

"Hello, I'm Masato Takeshita, a senior at Waseda University. Are you Yasuo Tarui?"

Masato Takeshita wanted to use the alumni relationship to narrow the distance between the two parties and better achieve his goal.

"Yes, I'm Tarui Yasuo. I know you. Tell me, what do you want from me?"

Yasuo Tarui was very direct in his response, without any of the Japanese's beating around the bush.

This may be related to his background in science and engineering, or it may be related to his relatively high status.

He is one of the most prestigious scholars in Japan and has a direct influence on the development of Japanese industry.

"Oh, that's right."

Masato Takeshita didn't expect his senior to be so straightforward. He was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and expressed all his true thoughts.

"I believe that the future world will be the age of computers, and semiconductors, as the core of computers, will become increasingly important."

"But the memory market is now dominated by companies like Toshiba, so I will focus on the emerging non-volatile memory, that is, flash memory technology, which is not taken seriously by several large companies."

"I think flash memory is a market that is no less important than RAM. If I can succeed in flash memory, I can enter the microprocessor market and improve the Japanese semiconductor industry."

At this point, Takeshita Masato paused for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "Unfortunately, although I have ambitions in the semiconductor industry, I don't have the talent in this area."

"I hope Mr. Tarui can help me recruit some talented people."

"For example, Mr. Fujio Masuoka, who was not valued by Toshiba Semiconductor and was even bullied by Toshiba Semiconductor, still worked hard on researching flash memory technology."

"I can definitely provide these scientific research talents with the best research and development conditions. Even if I have to use all the profits of Matsumoto Manufacturing on semiconductor development, I will be willing to do so."

Yasuo Tarui is the father of Japanese semiconductors and attaches great importance to the development of the semiconductor industry, so Masato Takeshita specifically brought up the example of Fujio Masuoka.

I just hope that he can help me realize my dream of poaching out of empathy as a scientific researcher.

(End of this chapter)