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After Sean left, Jack Welch immediately ordered his secretary to have the head of GE’s legal department come to his office.

At the same time, a flight had to be arranged, and he wanted to go to Europe in person.

The director of the legal department arrived quickly. When he entered the door, Jack Welch directly ordered without any nonsense: "Start sorting out the information of the past three years. The black materials of Toshiba, Mitsubishi and Hitachi are prepared to file a lawsuit."

"These things must be prepared tomorrow morning and sent to the district court within three days, and the trial will begin within six days."

"What, this is impossible, it can't be so fast!" The Minister of Justice retorted instinctively after being stunned, "The time is too short, it can't be completed."

This is not the East, and the relationship between superiors and subordinates is not so strict.

"Don't give me a reason!" Jack Welch pointed at the Minister of Justice with a stern face and said word by word: "If there are any difficulties, the company will fully cooperate, but the task must be completed, and there is no room for bargaining!"

"It doesn't matter even if the evidence is insufficient. Even if the trial starts to be delayed, I want to see the result in 6 days!"

"If you can't complete the task in 6 days, then prepare to change positions!"

To be able to reach the position of chairman of General Electric at such a young age, Jack Welch is definitely tough enough at critical moments!

Those who engage in law are not inflexible in their thinking. They know what it means to examine appropriately and immediately change their attitude, "Chairman, don't worry, I promise to complete the task."

Jack Welch nodded with satisfaction, lowered his head, and said casually, "The public relations department will cooperate with you, and you must also cooperate with the publicity. Okay, that's it, let's get it done quickly."

The Minister of Justice turned around and walked away, pondering over the last sentence as he walked. Apparently, the more casually something was said, the more important it was.

It's like it doesn't matter how much official work you do for the unit, what's important is how much private work you do for the leader...

Without returning to the office, the Minister of Justice directly asked his secretary to order a meeting for all departments. Then he went to the office alone and began to meditate. The evidence was not important anymore. It was obvious that this time, the Legal Department was cooperating with other actions.

It's just that after arriving here, he can't learn more information, and he can't learn more about his own identity. Obviously something big is going to happen!

It can be concluded that it is aimed at Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Hitachi...

The reputation of the Japanese is not very good these days. It is very likely that this is a collective action against the Japanese. So what benefits can I get from this?

The source of income for professional managers cannot be just wages, so when will they become rich?

You must make some investments by using your own network of connections and information channels far beyond those of ordinary people!

The stock market is a great place.

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Jack Welch is going to create a big event to coordinate with Sean and the company's subsequent actions, but it's best not to have anything to do with himself or GM.

Therefore, before that, Jack Welch is going to Europe, ostensibly to contact European allies.

As the president and chairman of the board, he is quite important.

Before leaving, he found his confidants and gave brief instructions. In Sean's opinion, there was nowhere to start, but in Jack Welch's opinion, it was too simple.

Jack Welch got on a plane to Europe, and his men arrived in Washington, the capital of the United States.

Anti-Japanese agitation has already started in the two major cities of New York and Los Angeles, but it is all economic, and the political influence depends on Washington.

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In Washington, the electric power system company released a message that it will conduct an annual inspection of the power grid system tomorrow to detect possible hidden dangers in the power grid system.

This kind of annual inspection must be done every year, but it doesn't matter to what extent it is done.

At a lower level, the transformer equipment on the power supply line should be inspected. At a higher level, it would be like today, preparing to conduct a major overhaul of the city's power grid to test the power supply limit in the event of extreme weather.

Extreme weather includes storms, typhoons, low temperatures, and high temperatures. Especially in high-temperature weather, factories will have to increase power consumption to reduce the internal temperature of the factory in order to ensure the working environment. Residents in the city will also increase the use of air conditioners when facing high temperatures.

frequency, which will put great pressure on the power supply.

It is now May 1988, and the hot weather is about to come. At this time, it is necessary to do some testing in advance.

The next morning...

The test begins with the segmented power supply network testing and maintenance, and the test is the transmission line.

After the preliminary testing is completed, the power company conducts extreme testing, which tests the transformers, control circuits, protection equipment, test instruments, etc. in the substation and distribution equipment.

Especially the testing of high-voltage power distribution devices.

During the entire test process, everything was strictly in accordance with the process, but when it came to the peak test...

"boom!!"

"boom!!"

In an instant, transformers and other high-voltage distribution devices in many places in Washington short-circuited, caught fire, and exploded!

At noon, most of Washington was without power at the same time!

There is a power outage in modern society, and most of Washington has come to a standstill.

This is the capital of the United States and the center of global politics. It is impossible not to attract people's attention to such a major accident that occurs throughout the city!

The White House immediately expressed concern, and the Washington city government immediately contacted the power company, which held a press conference.

Well, New Century Media, Fox News Channel, and CBS all broadcast the press conference live immediately.

Absolutely no advance preparation!

"In recent years, with the development and progress of society, people's living standards have improved, and electricity consumption has shown a significant upward trend. In order to cope with the upcoming peak electricity consumption in summer, the company conducts routine inspections."

"So, why did there be such a large-scale power outage and many equipment caught fire and exploded? Is it man-made?" a reporter asked.

"Unfortunately, some power distribution devices and substation devices cannot withstand the power supply limit test. This is a problem with the equipment itself. It is not yet sure whether it is the aging of the equipment or the equipment itself is not qualified."

"Why have there been no accidents in central urban areas, government offices and other areas?"

In response to the question, the host of the power company's press conference asked his staff to open a map of Washington and said, "The current power outage areas are in these places."

Middle and low-end communities, factory areas, slums, etc., places with poor economic conditions.

"Based on the current situation, our company found that in this test, the areas where the distribution and transformation equipment had problems were all using equipment imported from Japan such as Toshiba and Mitsubishi, while the city center, embassy area, government office area and other areas

, the products commonly used are American products.”

"Do you mean that substandard Japanese products caused this accident?" the reporter immediately asked loudly.

"It is still uncertain, and the damaged equipment needs to be inspected to determine the cause of the accident."

"Then why don't these areas use our American products?"

The stall owner of the power company said with a helpless look: "I'm sorry, objective reasons are that the economic conditions of each region are different, and the equipment imported from Japan is cheaper."

This is the case in the United States. Take the police force as an example. The better the public security is, the greater the manpower invested by the police will be. Even if it is wasteful, the more chaotic the place, the lower the manpower invested by the police...

This is completely opposite to the east side.

Even 40 years later, in international metropolises such as New York, Los Angeles, Washington, and Houston, except for the city center and bustling areas, many places still use wooden telephone poles, with wires tangled back and forth like spider webs, and signal lights at random.

Hang on the wire.

This is also the reason why losses are so huge every time there are natural disasters such as typhoons and storms.

Of course, a loss is a loss, and building after the loss will never be replaced even if it is lost dozens of times!

The poor cannot use good things, even if they pay more, this is a matter of principle!

The question is: No money!

A press conference brought Japanese products to the forefront again.

Soon, the test results came out. For the same product coefficient, American products had about a 15% surplus, while Nissan strictly achieved the maximum peak value.

It's like a CPU. Some can be overclocked, while others can't and will burn out as soon as they are overclocked.

In fact, this test was conducted strictly against the peak value of Japanese equipment.

The problem is that after being used for a long time, the notebook products inevitably age, which leads to a large number of devices catching fire and exploding just as the test reaches its peak.

Not only that, but soon another news came out. Because the equipment was damaged during the test, the voltage was temporarily unstable, and many electrical appliances in people's homes burned out.

More than 20 factories even revealed that their equipment was damaged due to this test, and the losses were very serious.

What's more, more than 40 fires broke out in slums in succession, all caused by electrical fires. More than 60 households were affected, with 3 people dead and 18 injured.

What does seeking truth from facts mean?

What is practice? It is the only criterion for testing truth!

A series of news broke out, quickly overwhelming other news and detonating American society.

That afternoon, residents of the blackout area who were extremely bored began to take to the streets to demonstrate.

There's a power outage and there's nothing to do, so why not march?

And because of the widespread power outage, the number of people marching this time far exceeded those in New York and Los Angeles.

Those two times I just felt a psychological impact, but this time I really suffered a heavy financial loss.

Led by demonstrators who suffered serious losses, the marchers attacked the Japanese Embassy, ​​almost flooding the embassy with bottles, bricks, and garbage.

Even though the Washington police responded quickly, the embassy gate and outer wall were still knocked down, and three demonstrators were injured in the conflict.

This scene was clearly captured by helicopter aerial photography, spread throughout the United States, and quickly expanded to the world.

New Century Media said not to thank me. This is the ethics of a journalist!

Demonstrations are not easy to get over.

During the rush hour after get off work, the whole of Washington is in chaos. The traffic lights in most of the city are gone. Vehicles run completely according to their own ideas, directly squeezing the city's roads to a standstill.

Facts have proved that the quality of Americans is not very good, and the only way to get people to obey traffic rules is to pay heavy fines.

As it turns out, this is just the beginning!

Traffic is paralyzed, water supply is out of supply, and residents cannot cook even if they use gas.

Unfortunately, most restaurants are not open, so if you want to find food, you can only go to convenience stores.

What is in trouble are middle-class neighborhoods and slums, where a large number of blacks, Latinos and other ethnic minorities live, and even whites are poor.

Then robbery becomes the best way to solve the dilemma. Well, it can also be used to relieve the depressed mood in the heart. It serves multiple purposes.

At the same time, the dark night and paralyzed traffic still give many people the opportunity to release their inner demons, robbing, raping, murdering, setting fire...

Evil begins to spread in the nation's capital.

Yes, it is spreading, gradually towards the city center, renovated areas, and wealthy areas.

There are lights over here!

In the dark night, nothing can give people a greater sense of security than light.

A large number of serious people who did not want to participate in crime gathered on the streets in the city center, mostly women, old people, and children.

It's not like zombies are coming to attack farmers, of course the government will arrange it.

Ensure the supply of food and medicine and ensure safety.

It was a bit like the Los Angeles riots, the only difference was that the scale was not that big.

The police directly refused to enter the dark area for fear of being shot. This could not guarantee their personal safety.

The chaos prevented the power company's emergency repair team from starting work overnight. At least they needed to purchase new equipment.

It wasn't until dawn the next morning that the police organized manpower to start quelling the chaos.

After a night of chaos, the losses have not yet been calculated, but it is foreseeable that they will be very heavy.

That night, many Americans who had been paying attention to the situation in Washington did not sleep.

Including Sean himself!

He never thought that Jack Welch would play such a big role and actually cause a riot in Washington.

This guy wearing glasses and looking polite is really much more ruthless than me!

What is this called? This is called a polite scum!

Jack Welch:!!!

Jack Welch, who was in Europe, was also frightened. He did nothing all night and was always concerned about this matter. Now his eyes were bloodshot.

He just asked his men to go to Washington to do something. If others don't understand, how can they, the people in the industry, not know the situation?

As long as the standard testing is strictly followed, the notebook's products will inevitably be damaged.

All Jack Welch wanted was to break some equipment, cause power outages in some areas, and then use this to hype the inferior quality of Japanese products.

How could he have thought that things would go to this extent?

He is just the president of General Electric. How could he have thought that this would cause such a big chain reaction?

In fact, Jack Welch took it for granted. In his impression, Benzi's products were not so bad, and he never expected that most of Washington would be without power.

He is used to being aloof, so how can he know what the actual operating conditions of the power company are like? He has not been to the slums for more than ten years and has no idea what the conditions are like there.

Due to cost considerations, the equipment used in slums is very old. The company itself also knows where its products are used, and many substandard products are sold in the past.

Normally, there will be no problems at all. Low-income areas simply don’t have such a large amount of electricity consumption. Even if it is not up to standard, it is difficult to have problems.

If something goes wrong, just fix it, no big deal!

Jack Welch's confidants did not expect it to be so deep. He just found people from the maintenance department of the power company, took a sum of money and asked them to conduct a rigorous test.

The person who collects money to do things is a senior executive of the company, and he doesn’t know how to do the work himself. How can he know the specific situation below?

The order was issued directly. It complied with the regulations anyway. What’s wrong with executing the safety inspection regulations?

The people in charge of testing also don’t understand the specific situation. No one understands this matter. Even the staff working in the frontline slums have no way of understanding all the situations.

Everyone is in a zone!

A typical man-made disaster caused by blindly operating bureaucracy without understanding the actual situation at the bottom!

Ahem, I don’t mean anything else, don’t think of it!

All I can say is that the incident was too dramatic.

The result is too serious!

It is so serious that the only few people who know the situation dare not leak any information. It must be, and must be, the power company takes serious responsibility and implements it in place.

All the responsibility lies with the losses caused by the poor quality of equipment imported from Japan. This is the consensus.

(PS: The U.S. electric power company is composed of four forms of electric power enterprises: private electric companies, federal government-operated power bureaus, municipal public power companies, and rural electric cooperatives. Cost issues must be considered in any form. Of course, those who have no money must use it.

Rotten.)

After the matter was characterized, inspections of damaged equipment were stepped up. Soon, some substandard products were found.

Good guy, things have suddenly become more troublesome!

Beginning in Washington, a wave of anti-Japanese paraphernalia demonstrations was set off and spread across the United States.

The Japanese Embassy was dumbfounded and contacted the White House urgently. It was just that Reagan was so angry that he managed to do something like this under his nose during his term. Isn't this just giving him eye drops?

Besides, Reagan couldn't control it.

How can he manage this trend of people spontaneously boycotting Japanese goods?

Stand up and speak out for Japanese products and call on everyone to use Japanese products?

Not to mention whether the American people will march to ask him to step down, even the American industrialists will not let him go.

It would be fine if he doesn't stand up and put on a show in person to smash Japanese products, but he doesn't care, you don't care!

Yes, there are politicians with high political sensitivity who have come forward to put on a show. Whether they come because of this wave of public opinion or they have American industrialist sponsors standing behind them, they have come out to put on a show.

Boycott Japanese goods, criticize Japanese goods for their poor quality, publicly destroy Japanese goods in front of the public, and call on everyone to use American goods.

If you are patriotic, use American products!

Among them, the home appliance manufacturers that Sean had contacted before responded the fastest, and the automobile companies also followed up immediately and started calling for a boycott of Japanese cars.

Japanese cars are as thin as paper. In the event of a car accident, Japanese cars will suffer the most serious injuries. If the car is a little more serious, it will be crushed into a cake, which will cause great harm to the safety of the people inside the car.

There are also direct tests.

Well, vehicles do need to undergo crash tests before they are put on the market, and the test information must be released to the public, but who knows whether the things announced are true or false?

Car owners can’t really test it themselves!

Besides, most vehicles are used in cities, and because of the speed limit, car accidents are not serious. It makes no difference if it does not exceed a certain limit.

Anyway, now American car companies have started to promote that Japanese cars are all made of thin iron coffins and will be ruined if there is a car accident.

Some newspapers and media have even vowed to publish a series of statistical data, ranking the number of deaths among vehicle occupants in 1,000 car accidents for different vehicles.

Japanese cars will definitely take the top three spots!

Suddenly, all Japanese products are being criticized. At this time, attacking Japanese products smacks of political correctness.

To be honest, Sean didn't expect that things would become such a big deal!

General Electric's legal minister was also dumbfounded. He knew something, but he was frightened that the situation in Washington was so big.

But what made him even more happy was that he had specifically contacted a trader from a securities company that helped him manage his investments, sold his Japanese stocks, and set aside a small amount of funds to prepare for short selling.

Posted!!!

Riding on the wave of public opinion, without any contact from Sean, Jack Welch ordered the legal department to take the three companies to court as soon as possible!

The legal team is also unambiguous. In just 5 days, there is another news item: Toshiba, Mitsubishi, and Hitachi have been sued.

At the same time, Sean also notified the team in the east, in Yanjing, Hong Kong Island, Tokyo, and Los Angeles, to take three companies to court at the same time.

There is no problem in Yanjing and Tokyo, but suing Japanese companies in Hong Kong Island and Los Angeles is a bit nonsense.

Should Americans seek justice in the relationship between Chinese companies and Japanese companies?

However, considering that the person who outsourced the lawsuit is an American, it makes sense.

No matter what, the momentum is now in full swing, especially after Fox first broke the news that General Electric and Umbrella Military Contracting Corporation were suing three Japanese companies.

Sean was too embarrassed to let New World Media break the news. It was so shameless and embarrassing!

The enthusiasm of the media and the public was immediately heated up. When General Electric sues others, it can still be said to be competition among peers. What is the situation like for you, a military contractor?

Can military contractors even handle legal issues these days?

The business scope is quite broad!

No matter what, the public opinion in the United States has been attracted by the enthusiasm. The media is reporting on these things every day. Both Sean and General Electric have directly presented some evidence to the media.

Ordinary people are not judges. Ordinary people's judgment on issues is very subjective and easily influenced.

The evidence was conclusive, coupled with the current anti-Japanese enthusiasm, it was easy to convict the three companies.

Stimulated by Umbrella and General Electric, more than a dozen large law firms also discovered the business opportunities and prepared to follow the trend and take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.

They contacted the American people and factories damaged in the disaster, signed a compensation sharing agreement, and successively took several Japanese companies involved in the case to court.

There are dozens of lawsuits across the United States, a spectacle!

Sean doubted whether the legal teams of the three companies had so many people and could handle so many cases being tried at the same time.

All Japanese businesses in the United States were unlucky, especially Toshiba. Their products were returned by shopping malls, all signed business agreements were shelved, and Mitsubishi's plan to acquire Rockefeller Center was also stalled.

Sony's Akio Morita was also dumbfounded. Wasn't it aimed at Mitsubishi?

Captain, don't shoot, I'm one of my own!

In the face of fierce public opinion, the Japanese business community is panicking, and the cabinet is under pressure from large companies and consortiums. They can't sit still. In their view, this is an anti-Japanese activity promoted by the American father who is dissatisfied with the trade deficit and is preparing to cut off his flesh.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately mobilized to start activities in the United States.

What disappoints them is that they have spent a lot of money but not gained much from this activity. They just know that the US government does not have any policy against Japan. This time it is a complete coincidence and is promoted by the private sector.

For a moment, the Japanese side, who could not find the source of the incident, focused all their attention on General Electric and Umbrella, who were charging at the front.