Chapter 361 Sony's reaction (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

  Because Japan's "Land Law" has not yet been promulgated, Chu Huan does not want to acquire Nikkatsu at this time, but it is necessary to collect Nikkatsu's information.

  In addition, if you do the acquisition of Nikkor by yourself, there will definitely be some twists and turns, so after thinking about it, Chu Huan decided to investigate the situation of Nikkor first, and then hand over the specific acquisition to Nomura Securities.

   "Daily activity?"

  Tetsuo Okumura’s mind immediately came up with the situation of Nikkatsu. Although Nikkatsu is one of the four major studios in Japan, its market value is not very high, with a market value of almost 24.3 billion yen.

  If you want to achieve holding, you need at least 12.5 billion yen!

  The company is not big, but it is a big business!

   "No problem, when I return to the company, I will immediately ask the people in the company's finance department to collect the daily activities data!"

   Tetsuo Okumura preached to Chu Huan.

  Chu Huan nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, but this matter"

   "Don't worry, Chu Sang, I promise not to leak it!" Tetsuo Okumura understood what Chu Huan wanted to say!

  Chu Huan showed a satisfied smile.

   After the two things were finished, Tetsuo Okumura got up and left. Tetsuo Okumura wanted to invite Chu Huan to dinner at night, but Chu Huan refused.

   After Tetsuo Okumura left, Qin Peng came over.

   "Young Master Huan, Mr. Chen called Azu and said he wanted to come over!"

  Chu Huan laughed and said, "Let the two of them come over!"

"Ok!"

   About an hour later, Chen Haichao and Ma Jizu arrived at the manor.

   "Sure, Brother Huan, how did you find this place? It's so beautiful!" After Chen Haichao walked into the study here, he exaggeratedly said to Chu Huan.

  Chu Huan teased: "Just look at it, be careful not to pull it out."

  At this time, apart from Chu Huan, Chen Haichao, and Ma Jizu, only Wu Xiaoshi was left in the study room. The other members of the secretarial team were still translating magazines for Chu Huan, and they didn't know about the arrival of Chen Haichao and Ma Jizu.

  Other people in the secretary department knew about Chen Haichao except Xu Yi, and only Wu Xiaoshi knew about it.

   "No, I have to work **** Kyushu, and I will buy a manor like this in Japan in the future!" Chen Haichao said seriously.

  Chu Huan said: "You can have this."

   After laughing, Chen Haichao began to report to Chu Huan about their progress during this time.

   "The filming of the advertisement has been completed, and now Dentsu is doing the post-production. We have communicated with them, and the time will definitely be able to match the launch of JJ-001 on April 1st!"

  The launch time of Kyushu home video recorders in Japan has been set, and it will be on the 1st of next month. Naturally, it will be the time when advertisements will be placed on major TV stations.

  Of course, the publicity about Kyushu home video recorders has already started at this time. In major commercial buildings in Japan, there are already posters of Kyushu home video recorders on the advertising spaces!

  Chu Huan asked: "How's the brother's video?"

  Chu Huan had already discussed with Chen Haichao before, although Kyushu VCR already had sales channels of Panasonic and Li & Fung in Japan.

   But still have to build your own sales channels.

   Brother Audiovisual is the sales channel of Kyushu home video recorders.

  Chen Haichao scratched his head and said: "Time is a bit tight, and now there is only less than a month left before the listing. It is really difficult to win all of them!"

   "If there is a problem, we will solve it, but we can't delay the opening of Brother Audiovisual in Japan. At least we must ensure that there is a flagship store in major cities in Japan!"

  Although Chu Huan knew that such a request might be difficult, it was related to Kyushu’s first shot in Japan. Chu Huan had to ensure that there would be no problems in every link!

  It is impossible for Brother Audiovisual to be a small store like Xiangjiang, especially Brother Audiovisual will add products such as Walkman and Famicom in the future, so there is nothing wrong with it!

  Chen Haichao said harshly: "Brother Huan, don't worry, I promise to complete the task on time!"

It was not that Chu Huan and Chen Haichao decided to do this after they came to Tokyo, but they had already had this plan when they were in Xiangjiang. Looking for a good place in major cities, the specific plan was not told to Chen Haichao until after Japan.

  First of all, the real difficulty is the decoration time and the recruitment of personnel, among which the most important personnel issue is the logistics service personnel.

   These people have to carry out their own work while accepting the guidance of Kyushu staff.

  Chu Huan comforted Chen Haichao and said, "I'm not forcing you on this matter, but for us now, time is the most important thing."

  The first advantage of Kyushu's home video recorders in Japan is that they are ahead of Sony in terms of time, so if you don't seize this advantage, it will be a crime for Kyushu!

  Chen Haichao nodded and said, "I understand!"

Afterwards, Chen Haichao continued to report to Chu Huanhui: "In addition, the people in the company have already started contacting the five major film production companies in Japan. They are still a little bit excited about selling the videotape copyright of their company's films, among them Kadokawa and Shochiku. The company has agreed to sell the copyright of the videotapes in their film library to us in packages for 380 million yen and 540 million yen respectively!"

   That’s HK$7 million and HK$10 million!

  It's a bit high, but it's acceptable, after all, Japan is the first market to touch home video recorders.

   But Chu Huan believes that as long as the video tape is on the market, the money will be returned as quickly as possible. It is a bit high, but compared to the current market, it does not mean that the market value is high!

   "However, they did not agree to sell the copyright to us for the latest film they prepared and released!" Chen Haichao said with some disappointment.

   After hearing this, Chu Huan was also a little disappointed, but he also understood that this was for sure. After all, all film companies are now focusing on box office revenue.

It’s just that if you can’t get it now, you won’t have the chance to get it in the future. After the videotapes are on the market, these film production companies will quickly see the market for videotapes. At that time, they will definitely not buy copyrights, but will sell yourself.

  In this case, the only way left in Kyushu is foundry.

   "What about Toei, Toho, and Nikkatsu?" Chu Huan asked.

  Chen Haichao replied: "Toei directly rejected us, probably because it has already signed a contract with Sony, while Toho and Nikkatsu are still waiting to see!"

  Chu Huan thought for a while, and said: "Take Dongbao with all your strength, and you can let go of the daily life!"

  Chu Huan is planning to acquire Nikkor. If the video tape business is added, the stock price of Nikkor will definitely rise, which will not be conducive to Chu Huan's acquisition of Nikkor.

   "Okay!" Chen Haichao replied seriously.

   "How are the major TV stations in Japan doing?" Chu Huan began to care about the next question.

  Movies are just one of the videotape rental items. In terms of animation and TV dramas, Chu Huan will definitely not let Brother Audiovisual give up.

  Chen Haichao said with a smile: "The six major TV stations in Japan have signed contracts with us. Obviously, they are not very optimistic about the emerging video tape market!"

  There are six TV stations in Japan, namely NHK, a state-run public media, and five private TV stations, including Japan TV, TBS, Asahi TV, Fuji TV, and Tokyo TV.

  Chen Haichao then told Chu Huan the content of the signed contract. Among them, the videotape copyright of NHK TV series and animation is 500 million yen, and the copyright fee of the other five TV stations is 300 million yen!

   This is pure robbery!

  Chu Huan became more and more satisfied. It seems that the negotiation team of 70 people brought by Chen Haichao really worked.

  Chen Haichao is mainly responsible for negotiations with Japanese manufacturers, while the rest are responsible for different negotiations and affairs.

"Kelly has also received news that Hollywood's Universal, MGM, Columbia and some European film companies have also signed copyright contracts. Remember to call back to Xiangjiang to let the factories in Xiangjiang absolutely not delay Over here for sale!"

  Chu Huan preached to Chen Haichao.

   In the video tape market, Chu Huan is attacking in an all-round way, not limited to Japan, but acting simultaneously all over the world.

  Now in North America, Kelly has sent someone to start contacting the store lease issue!

   Kyushu home video recorder and video tape retail, rental business, is Chu Huan's first global simultaneous action business plan.

   For this reason, Chu Huan specially allocated all the profits of Youth Toys in November, December last year, January and February this year to Kyushu.

  This does not include the cost of building factories and research and development in Kyushu before.

  The biggest expense of this cost is actually to establish branches in Japan and North America, or rent, or purchase stores, open sales channels, and expand the production scale of the factory.

   This is only the initial cost. After the Kyushu home video recorder is actually launched, Chu Huan has already talked to Chen Haichao about the early profit, and it will still be paid to the Kyushu account and continue to be used to develop its own channels.

Chen Haichao said: "Okay, I'll call Xiangjiang later. In addition, Hitachi has agreed to join our VHS format manufacturing. With Hitachi joining, I'm not going to take the initiative to find other manufacturers. , Now our four manufacturers of Kyushu, Panasonic, Toshiba, and Hitachi are enough to cope with the global video recorder market.”

  Chu Huan pondered for a moment and said: "Yes!"

  The time is earlier than Sony, and the sales model is more flexible than JVC in another time and space. Chu Huan thinks this is really okay.

  Chen Haichao nodded and said: "In addition, the company's headquarters in the port area has been renovated, Brother Huan, do you want to go and have a look?"

  Chu Huan waved his hands and said: "Before the relationship between us is made public, don't worry!"

  Chen Haichao nodded and said, "Okay!"

  After Chen Haichao reported to Chu Huan, Ma Jizu also began to report to Chu Huan about their work progress during this period.

  After coming to Japan, in addition to cooperating with Chen Haichao in the negotiations in Japan, Chu Huan gave Ma Jizu four tasks. The first one was to find Kosuke Nozaki. This matter has been resolved.

  The second is to send people to Italy or Switzerland to find Andres Pavel to purchase the copyright of portable music equipment, and apply for patents around the world.

   Ma Jizu said: "We have found the person and bought the copyright. Now we have entrusted a company that handles patent applications to start applying for global patents!"

  It will definitely take time to apply for a global patent. Basically, there is no one year without thinking about it.

  Chu Huan could only accept this passively.

  The third task is to find suitable university research laboratories around the world to carry out research on Walkmans, and to recruit Sony’s technical talents in this area, just like the people who were recruited from JVC in Kyushu before.

"We contacted the research office of a European university. The research direction of the other party is the direction of battery application. The other party has promised us to consider helping us with the research. In addition, I have also identified six Sony engineers during this period. I believe it will not take long. They You can be taken back to Xiangjiang by us!"

   Ma Jizu preached to Chu Huan.

  As for the six Sony engineers, Chu Huan didn't care about Ma Jizu's method to ensure that they would be able to follow him back to Xiangjiang. He only wanted people, regardless of the process.

   "Keep an eye on the students in that laboratory, and when they graduate, find a way to bring them to the company!" Chu Huan first preached to Ma Jizu.

  Battery research and development, although it seems inconspicuous now, but Chu Huan understands that this industry is still very promising in the future.

   "As for the Sony engineers, after they bring them back to Xiangjiang, they will hand them over to Haichao!"

   The Walkman must be handed over to Kyushu Electric.

  So after talking to Ma Jizu, Chu Huan said to Chen Haichao again: "After returning to Xiangjiang, Kyushu will set up a new project, and Xu Yi will give you the information about the new project in a while!"

  Chen Haichao was also a little surprised. The Kyushu home video recorder hadn't passed the market test yet, yet Chu Huan was already preparing to launch a new project.

But after being surprised, he was extremely determined. From Chu Huan's behavior during this period, it can be seen how much Chu Huan attaches importance to Kyushu. Now that he has arranged a new project for Kyushu, Kyushu's authority will definitely become more and more powerful in the future. Heavy.

   "Okay, after returning to Xiangjiang, I will start this matter!"

  Wu Xiaoshi is preaching: "Boss, Minister Xu asked me to inform you that Kunlun Games has been successfully registered, and it is under the name of Wolf Smoke Investment."

  Chu Huan set his sights on Ma Jizu, this is the last character that Chu Huan entrusted to Ma Jizu, to deal with Nintendo's Junpei Yokoi!

   Getting Gunpei Yokoi out means being able to handle the R&D team of the entire arcade game.

   Ma Jizu replied: "Our people have already started contacting Junpei Yokoi. Within a month, this person will definitely be able to return to Xiangjiang with us!"

  Chu Huan nodded in satisfaction, this is the benefit of having a capable helper under his command, otherwise he would have to deal with all these things by himself like other reborns.

   "During this period of time, investigate the personal and family relationship between Yasuhime Tanaka and Nanakura Hanaoka!"

  Chu Huan preached to Ma Jizu.

  The time they stayed in Tokyo is coming to an end, so the situation about Tanaka Yasuhime and Hanaoka Nanakura needs to be settled quickly.

  Before, Chu Huan had already called to tell Ma Jizu about the situation of these two people.

   Ma Jizu nodded and said: "Okay, I will let those detective agencies contact you."

  Chu Huan nodded, and he had finished ordering all the things that should be ordered, so he said to Chen Haichao and Ma Jizu: "You go to your own affairs."

   The two nodded and left the manor.

   "Boss, you look at me with such a smile, it makes me feel a little scared!"

  After Chen Haichao and Ma Jizu left, Chu Huan turned his attention to Wu Xiaoshi.

  Wu Xiaoshi covered her chest with both hands, and said seriously to Chu Huan: "I'm your squad leader."

   "." Chu Huan said helplessly, "Don't worry, you are not my type. I have another thing to see if you are interested."

   "You're not my type either." After Wu Xiaoshi muttered, she asked Chu Huan, "Then boss, just tell me what you need!"

   "Take off your clothes!" Chu Huan said calmly.

  Wu Xiaoshi: "."

Chu Huan laughed and said: "Just kidding, what I want to tell you is that the company will have more and more business in Japan, so the company needs someone to sit here. Japanese, I have been practicing in the company for almost a year, and my work ability is still commendable, so I want you to come to Tokyo and take charge of the business here!"

It is impossible for Chu Huan to stay in Tokyo for a long time to handle Japan's affairs, but the real estate company that cooperates with Seibu Group, as well as the Nikkatsu acquired in the future, need someone to watch Chu Huan in Japan, so Chu Huan needs someone he can trust. people stay in Tokyo.

  Looking left, right, up and down, Chu Huan felt that Wu Xiaoshi was a good candidate.

I am more familiar with the company's business than ordinary people. I have passed the loyalty appraisal in Jiaku Consulting Company for nearly a year. Is it capable? Although it can't be said to be particularly outstanding, the business here actually doesn't need too much ability, so Chu Huan wants to let Wu Xiaoshi stay in Tokyo.

  Of course, there must be other people by Wu Xiaoshi's side.

   "Stay in Tokyo?" Wu Xiaoshi said with some hesitation.

  She didn't expect that Chu Huan actually wanted to stay in Tokyo to take charge of the business in Japan.

   In terms of status, I must have been promoted. From the secretary-general of a group of Jiaku Consulting Company, he directly became the person in charge of a large region.

  However, Wu Xiaoshi must still be a little hesitant about this unfamiliar environment.

   "Don't worry, I'll give you a month to think about it." Chu Huan didn't force Wu Xiaoshi on this kind of thing. If there is resistance in his heart, he will not be so dedicated in doing things!

   "Well, thank you boss!" Wu Xiaoshi said seriously.

   "That's right!" Chu Huan suddenly laughed when Wu Xiaoshi was about to leave: "If you stay in Tokyo, the labor will be doubled, and there will be dividends at the end of the year!"

  Wu Xiaoshi showed a painful expression: "You tempted me."

  Konan, Minato-ku, Kyoto, Sony Headquarters!

  After Akio Morita, who is good at public relations, and Ibuka, who has a background in technology research and development, founded Sony in 1946, the company's development in the first ten years was not smooth.

  However, the two were not discouraged, but went hand in hand to overcome difficulties together.

  Finally, Sony launched Japan's first transistor radio "TR-55" in 1955, making it Japan's first portable radio.

   Then Sony launched the "Trinitron" color TV in 1968.

  Trinitron technology ignited a global rush to buy, and also established Sony's absolute leading position in the TV industry. It was later selected by Time Magazine as one of the "50 Greatest Electronic Products in History".

  In 1970, Sony went public in North America, and it was also the first Japanese company to go public in North America.

  Now Sony can be said to be in the heyday in the electronic field.

   But even so, Akio Morita and Jing Shenda still have some headaches at this time.

  The reason for their headaches is actually the home video recorder JJ-001 that Kyushu will launch soon.

  Although Akio Morita is only 54 years old this year, he is also very strong in spirit, but his head is already full of silver hair.

   "Has the test of our SL-6300 not yet been completed?" At this moment, Akio Morita looked at Ibuka eagerly.

  Jing Shenda graduated from the School of Science and Engineering of Waseda University in Japan. He is not only one of the founders of Sony, but also the chief consultant of Sony.

  He is 67 years old this year, and like Akio Morita, he is very energetic.

  SL-6300 is Sony's first home video recorder in BETA mode.

   "I haven't passed the test yet!" Jing Shenda also said helplessly.

  Akio Morita tentatively asked: "Can it be listed in advance?"

   Jing Shenda immediately and firmly objected: "Of course not. It is a disrespect to Sony to launch a product that has not been tested."

well!

  Although Akio Morita had already guessed the answer, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

  The two have been working together for almost 30 years, but the relationship between them does not involve the intrigue of other company partners. It can be said to be a legend in the business world.

  However, this is also related to the clear division of labor between the two of them. Morita Akio is responsible for the daily operations of the company, while the old urchin Jing Shenda focuses on the research and development of new products.

"I know you are a little worried about Kyushu's JJ-001, but you should believe in our company's R&D level, and you should also believe in customers' trust in good products, so even if Kyushu is the first to launch a product before us, the final winner will still be our Sony !"

   Jing Shenda seriously preached to Akio Morita.

The market does not recognize your product just because your quality is good. Akio Morita knew that if he said this in front of Jing Shenda, he would be scoffed at by the other party. Helplessly preach.

   "I received news that Panasonic, Hitachi, and Toshiba have agreed to join the VHS format, and people from our company have also returned to Xiangjiang. According to their reports, the production scale of these four factories is already sufficient to meet the current global market demand."

Jing Shen said nonchalantly: "So what? For an electronics company in Xiangjiang, their products want to capture the global market. It's just a dream. When did you hear that Xiangjiang has a truly influential electronics brand? "

   Jing Shenda is proud.

   It can also be said to be a little arrogant.

In the 1950s, 1970s, Japan's hardware research and development has always been the world's top, and it is precisely because of this background that Jing Shenda never put Kyushu in his eyes from the beginning to the end, even if they are better than Sony's Products are available months in advance.

Akio Morita has a different idea: "Most of the R&D personnel of home video recorders in Kyushu were poached from JVC, which means that the R&D personnel of this product are actually our Japanese. Earlier, I already felt that VHS The format will be our rival in the BETA format, and now the other party is launching ahead of us to seize the market."

Jing Shenda first expressed his disdain for those engineers who joined Kyushu: "These people only have money in their eyes and have no pursuit of ideals. I always think that there is no soil for technological development in an impetuous place like Xiangjiang, and those people will definitely Complicated in the end."

Then Jing Shenda comforted Akio Morita and said: "I also know a little about the VHS format. This is a defective product in itself. The picture quality cannot be compared with our BETA format. This time, Kyushu will definitely fail. You Just rest assured!"

   Akio Morita thought for a while, Jing Shenda has never lost to anyone in terms of products.

  He felt a little more at ease in his heart, but he was not completely at ease. He and Jing Shenda were in charge of different directions, so naturally the direction of thinking about problems was also different.

   Originally, Akio Morita thought that his opponent would be JVC from the beginning to the end, but he didn't expect that a company from Xiangjiang suddenly appeared in the end and launched home video recorders earlier than them.

  Akio Morita firmly believed that the home video recorder would become a great invention that changed history just like the original color TV set.

   Naturally, it will also bring huge wealth to Sony.

  However, Kyushu's recent behavior has brought great pressure to Akio Morita.

   Especially Panasonic, Hitachi, and Toshiba announced the addition of the VHS format, which made Akio Morita understand that the other party was not a good person.

   Jing Shenda couldn't understand Akio Morita's psychology and left Akio Morita's office.

  Akio Morita called his secretary in and asked him, "Do you know what Kyushu did in Tokyo during this time?"

Morita Akio's secretary Fukami Hiroto immediately said: "The people in Kyushu have been in contact with the producers for a while, and we have also received news about the several major movies that people have been in contact with recently. The production company wants to buy the copyright of the videotapes in their company's movie library!"

  Akio Morita's complexion suddenly changed, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Why did you tell me about this now?"

  Shenjian Hongdou said with some trepidation: "I don't think this matter is important, so I didn't report it to you, the chairman!"

  Although Chu Huan has been talking about it all the time, as Japan is the first market for home video recorders, the video tape market will definitely be very important.

   But in fact, Chu Huan still looks at this matter as a reborn person, because Chu Huan knows how big the video tape market is, but people in this era have not yet paid attention to it.

  In the eyes of people like Hiroto Fukami, with the emergence of home video recorders, the more important task is to record the content played on the TV, not others.

  So the movie tape, they really didn't take it to heart.

  Aren’t movies supposed to be watched in theaters?

   This is a deep-rooted inherent thinking.

  Akio Morita snorted coldly, "It doesn't matter? We are fighting for every inch of Kyushu right now. Video tapes of movies can always drive some markets. Now that we are already behind the other party, should we also lag behind in other places?"

  Akio Morita didn’t actually see the importance of the videotape market. He just thought that this market should be able to drive the sales of some home video recorders, so he was dissatisfied.

  Fukami Hongdou hurriedly said: "Although this matter has not been told to you, the company has already contacted the major film companies, looking for opportunities to cooperate with them!"

  When Akio Morita heard what Fukami Hiroto said, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's right, but there are still some things you need to do."

   Also, the next chapter. I will update when I get up~~~

  

  

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