Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 84 Favors

The more courtesy, the less blame there is. Aoki Masayoshi then exchanged some pleasantries with Tomioka Tetsuya.

Then he continued apologetically, "I'm sorry for being so rude. I should have waited for you at the door. But there was a small accident at the factory. I'm really sorry."

"It's just a small matter, don't worry about it. The factory building is always the most important."

“Yes, the factory is more important.”

Although they were very curious about what happened in the factory, since Aoki Masayoshi didn't say anything, the two of them naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to ask about it.

Masato Takeshita didn't like beating around the bush, so he simply took out his mouse and said, "We need to make 500 samples for the first batch, and I hope you can complete it within three days."

"Is this the new mouse invented by your company? It is really beautiful."

Masayoshi Aoki was just in his early 40s and had a good understanding of the computer industry. The moment he saw the mouse, he knew it was a product that could make money.

So he immediately agreed: "500 in three days? No problem."

After confirming the delivery time and place, Masato Takeshita smiled and declined Aoki Masayoshi's dinner invitation.

Cannibals have short mouths and short hands.

The two parties have just started their cooperation, and Masato Takeshita still wants to conduct some investigation.

Three days passed quickly, and Aoki Company accurately delivered 500 mice.

"Ishii-san, do you have any testing plans?"

Ishii Yashin had already made a plan, and when he heard the president's question, he immediately replied, "Yes, I plan to provide computer enthusiasts with free mouse trials at counters in electronics malls such as Seibu Department Store."

Computers are very expensive, and many enthusiasts who cannot afford them usually gather near the electronics counters in shopping malls.

Take Seibu Department Store as an example. It was here that Satoru Iwata, the future president of Nintendo, first met Masahito Tanimura, the president of HAL Research Institute, and thus entered the game industry.

"This is good, do you have any more?"

"I also plan to give the mouse to several computer magazine editors that I am familiar with, and then guide the media to report on our new mouse."

"This is not bad either, let's do it this way."

Masato Takeshita nodded in approval, and then gave another suggestion: "We should also send a batch of computer labs to famous universities such as Waseda University, as students are always the easiest group to spread the virus."

"Yes, President!"

Computers are expensive and only college students and graduates have access to them on a regular basis. If you want to sell a mouse, college is always the best place to do it.

"Hey, why did you change the computer mouse?"

In the computer room of Tokyo Institute of Technology, students of the Department of Information Industry, or computer science, looked at the new mouse in front of them with curiosity.

"It seems that the senior brought it back for testing, but it really works well, doesn't it?"

“Indeed, this is quite comfortable to operate.”

Tokyo Institute of Technology has received rave reviews, as have Waseda University and the University of Tokyo.

After trying the new mouse, no one wants to use a bulky square mouse anymore.

As for the electronics mall, the situation was even more exaggerated, with people constantly asking where to buy a mouse.

For senior white-collar workers who often use computers, the curved mouse is much more comfortable.

The media also gave this mouse high praise.

Of course, Xinghai Semiconductor paid a lot of money for this.

But even so, Masato Takeshita was still very happy.

The computer media in Japan are very arrogant right now. If your product is not good, they will not say anything good about it even if you pay them.

After sorting out all the test information of the mouse, Masato Takeshita brought the data to Ishii Yashin and said, "The data is very good. Let's go to Changxin Bank first."

As soon as the New Year holiday ended, Masato Takeshita took out loans from Nagashiki Bank and Industrial Bank respectively to fulfill his promise made at the Inamon clan gathering.

He was not very familiar with NEC, the king of the Japanese computer industry, and was going to ask his senior from Changyin, Fumu Yokota, for help. Favors are something that should be reciprocated. If one side gives for a long time, problems will easily arise.

"Oh, welcome, welcome. How come you have time to come here today?"

Yokota Fumu was very enthusiastic. This was the God of Wealth, a high-quality young man who could help him handle a large amount of loans.

"Hello, Senior. This is what happened..."

Yokota Fumu was straightforward and direct, so Takeshita Masato stopped wasting time and directly stated the purpose of his visit today.

"Oh, you want to contact NEC and sell the mouse produced by your new company to them, right?"

"Yes."

"Well, can you show me the mouse?"

"Okay. Here are the relevant materials. This is the curved mouse we invented."

Masato Takeshita respectfully took out samples and information, hoping to gain greater support from Fumu Yokota.

"Oh, it's a new type of mouse."

Fumu Yokota tried it for a few times and found that it was indeed better than the old mouse.

He began to get excited. He didn't expect that his junior was so awesome that he had founded a computer accessories company and developed some very practical new products.

This time we have to put a bigger stake on it.

He is still very ambitious about the position of president and hopes to succeed the current president who will retire in five years.

"Very good product. Wait a moment. I will contact NEC right away."

"Thank you, senior."

"You're welcome. Maybe I'll need your help in the future."

Fumitake Yokota has set his sights on Xinghai Semiconductor's loan business, hoping to issue more loans through this company.

As for the shares, he has no idea yet. Whether he will have any idea in the future depends on Masato Takeshita's personal achievements and the development of Xinghai Semiconductor.

"Hello, President Sekimoto. I'm Fumu Yokota from Nagashin Bank."

"I heard that your company's PC-9801 has very good sales. It seems that your company has mastered the code of the development of the times."

"you are welcome."

"Well, I do have a little matter here."

"Well, one of our customers has developed a new type of mouse and hopes it can be used with your company's computers."

"Yes, it's the new streamlined mouse."

"Yeah, okay, see you later!"

Although Fumitake Yokota was only a vice president, he was a senior leader of the bank after all, so it was not surprising that he received a call from the president of NEC.

Of course, both of them are limited to acquaintance.

After all, NEC is an important enterprise under the Sumitomo Group, and all financing is carried out by Sumitomo Bank.

"Come on, get it done, we'll be there now."

"Okay, thank you, senior."

"No big deal. I guess your product is very good, and President Guan Ben is very likely to know about this mouse."

Tadahiro Sekimoto was an outstanding president. It was under his leadership that NEC grew into the world's number one chip manufacturing company.

More importantly, the company is financially healthy.

Unlike Toshiba, Sharp and other companies, which have always been on the brink of bankruptcy.

(End of this chapter)