Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 90 A wronged genius
"Ring ring ring, ring ring ring..."

At 1 a.m., the phone rang in the empty apartment.

"Who is it, calling so late?"

Fujio Masuoka had just taken a break. He rubbed his eyes drowsily, put on his glasses, and complained in a low voice with dissatisfaction.

He is a workaholic in the field of scientific research and often does not sleep for a whole day.

At the worst times, I would suddenly fall asleep while working, or fall asleep in the company as soon as I got to work, and sleep for the whole day.

However, it was also because of his hard work that he was able to develop more than 20 inventions in the field of chip technology in about 500 years, including the flash memory chip that influenced the development of the times.

Fujio Masuoka was naturally very angry as he finally got an early nap but was disturbed.

However, the moment he saw the phone number, he immediately came to his senses.

"Yes, it's the director."

He quickly put on his pajamas, half bowed, and respectfully answered the phone, saying, "Good evening, Director Takeishi. I'm Fujio Masuoka."

After hearing the greetings from his subordinates, Takeishi Yuki realized that there was a time difference between the two sides and he shouldn't have called now.

He quickly apologized, "Good evening, Masuoka-san. Sorry, I forgot the time difference between the two places. I'm really sorry to disturb you so late at night."

"It's okay. I just didn't sleep either."

Fujio Masuoka is only very serious about scientific research, and he has no problem with social interactions on a daily basis. If he only focused on scientific research and had a very low EQ, he would not have become a middle-level leader at Toshiba.

"That was very rude, too. I'm really sorry."

Japanese people have a lot of etiquette, and even researchers are not immune to it. Even though Masuoka Fujio lied and didn't sleep, Takeishi Koki still couldn't get over it.

"You're too polite, Director."

Fujio Masuoka didn't want to get entangled endlessly, so he carefully changed the subject and asked, "Um, Chief, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Well, there is something. I wonder if you still want to lead the team to develop flash memory chips?"

"Is this true?"

Fujio Masuoka couldn't believe it, and subconsciously glanced at the tightly closed study room. There were his dreams and the hard work he wanted to devote his life to.

"It's true, do you think?"

"Of course, this is what I dream about."

Fujio Masuoka was completely ecstatic and wanted to fly back to Japan immediately to continue his latest research.

"Well, what if the price is that you leave Toshiba?"

Takeishi Koki's tone was heavy but full of expectation. He was heavy that Toshiba Semiconductor might have lost a genius forever, and he hoped that Fujio Masuoka could continue in the field of flash memory and become a shining star in the semiconductor industry.

"Leaving Toshiba?"

Fujio Masuoka was a little confused and couldn't imagine himself leaving Toshiba.

"That's right, leave Toshiba and go out to develop flash memory chips."

As he spoke, Koki Takeishi told him everything about Yasuo Tarui and the story about Masato Takeshita setting up a semiconductor company and planning to go all in on flash memory chips.

"I, I don't know."

Fujio Masuoka was very confused and didn't know how to choose.

"Leave. Toshiba will not support you. You still have certain rights while I am here. After I retire and leave, you will inevitably become the company's "three-no" manager." Japanese companies cannot fire employees easily, so in order to make things difficult for people, companies have invented targeted "three-no" positions.

For a disobedient manager like Fujio Masuoka, the company's top management would promote him and then deprive him of his subordinates, funds, and projects, which is similar to China's system of apparent promotion and concealed demotion.

Takeishi Koki knew very well how ruthless the Toshiba executives were, so he was very sure that as long as he left, Fujio Masuoka would be forced to leave soon.

He was still young and could not stand a job of doing nothing.

"I..." Masuoka Fujio subconsciously glanced at the location of the study, swallowed his original words back into his stomach, and said heavily: "Okay!"

"Well, your subordinates will go with you then."

Fujio Masuoka was a very talented leader. Some of his subordinates became university professors, some became chief scientists, and some inherited his career and became directors of Toshiba's Flash Memory Technology Research Institute.

"Well, thank you, Director."

"It's okay, this is what I should do."

Takeishi Koki smiled and shook his head, then said in a more amiable voice: "Let's stop here for now. I won't disturb your rest. Goodbye!"

"Director Takeishi, goodbye!"

After hearing the "beep, beep, beep" sound from the other end, Fujio Masuoka hung up the phone.

He staggered, his eyes slightly dazed, and subconsciously walked to his small study.

This is where he usually thinks and researches. Even though he was exiled by Toshiba, Fujio Masuoka still did not give up his research on flash memory chips.

In his previous life, he relied on this tenacious will and the spirit of borrowing equipment from all over the United States. He was able to develop various NAND flash memory chips that were different from the NOR format in 1987 without any support from the company.

This is also the most widely used format in later generations.

Toshiba was able to survive in its previous life thanks to the NAND format developed by Fujio Masuoka.

What's funny is that Toshiba is still suppressing him for this and only giving him a humiliating reward of a few hundred dollars.

Of course, all this will become a thing of the past with the arrival of Masato Takeshita.

The NAND format that Fujio Masuoka is about to develop will become the patent of Xinghai Semiconductor, which was just established. At that time, Xinghai Semiconductor can take advantage of the development of flash memory chips and quickly grow into a giant company in the semiconductor field.

"Hey, I wonder how Momofumi-san, Sakui-san, Shirata-san...are they doing? Are they still doing research in the field of flash memory?"

After Fujio Masuoka was transferred to the United States, his R&D team was immediately disbanded by Toshiba. If it weren't for Koki Takeishi's pressure, Toshiba would have even wanted to drive them all to the United States.

Especially Riichiro Shirata, he is a troublemaker.

This guy often contradicted Fujio Masuoka when he was around, and even went so far as to put a bonsai between Fujio Masuoka and himself so that they could block each other out.

However, this cannot be entirely blamed on Shirata Riichiro. The main reason is that although Fujio Masuoka appears to be gentle on the surface, he actually has a very hot temper.

He may have vented the grievances suffered by the company on his subordinates.

In addition, Fujio Masuoka is also very talkative and can often chatter for an entire afternoon, like chanting a sutra.

However, although Shirata Riichiro often clashed with Masuoka Fujio, he respected him very much and believed that he was the best leader.

When Toshiba transferred Fujio Masuoka to another position, he was the only subordinate who dared to express his opposition to the company directly.

This can also be considered a different kind of love-hate relationship.

(End of this chapter)