Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

After leaving Toyota, Bao Zixuan came to another automobile giant, Honda.

It should be said that Soichiro Honda is the person Bao Zixuan most recognizes, because MIT has included many of Soichiro Honda's inventions, creations, and business management materials into textbooks. To be selected into the textbooks of the world's number one polytechnic university, it can only be said that the Japanese people owe Mr. Honda recognition.

Although Soichiro Honda is rated as one of the four great business saints, he can be regarded as one of the most famous business leaders due to his background and academic qualifications. It is not widely recognized, after all, this is a tradition in Japan.

This can be seen from the promotion system of the Japanese Navy during World War II. There has always been a strange system within the Japanese Navy, which is the Hammock System.

The so-called hammock number system is to determine the hammock number of the students at the Etajima Naval Academy based on their academic performance, just like your grades in the class determine where you sit. And this hammock number basically becomes proof of your grades. Only those with the highest ranking can apply for Naval University.

This hammock number system has a great impact on the Japanese Navy, because the Japanese Navy has stipulated the criteria for applying to the Naval University, that is, only students with hammock numbers in the top 20% of the students in the same period can be eligible to apply.

Moreover, Japanese naval officers can only graduate from the Naval University, which means they do not have a college degree. Even if you are excellent, you can only be a soldier, not an officer.

It can be seen how much the Japanese value having a university degree, and this is reflected in all walks of life. At present, among Japan's well-known business people, only Soichiro Honda does not have a college degree.

But what people didn't expect was that this person without a college degree was actually selected into the MIT teaching materials. This is simply a travesty. I don’t know whether it is the progress of education or the backwardness of education.

In fact, it is easy to understand that vested interests want all outstanding young people to enter college. Allowing people without college degrees to succeed is detrimental to college recruitment and promotion.

Japan has more than 30,000 century-old companies, and its development model has been solidified. Now that Soichiro Honda has emerged as a variable, of course he will not be vigorously publicized.

The Americans slapped them hard, but faced MIT. The Japanese didn't dare to say anything. You must know that MIT's status in the United States is not low. Not to mention its relationship with the military, the Japanese would not be able to withstand the attack from the alumni circle alone.

Through media reports, the Japanese people discovered for the first time the extraordinary qualities of Soichiro Honda. It even boosted the sales of Honda cars in China and the United States, which is an unexpected surprise.

The technology that can be selected into MIT textbooks is definitely not bad. At least it proves that there is no problem with the performance of Honda cars. You must know that not all ordinary technologies can be selected into the textbooks of the world's number one polytechnic university.

After Soichiro Honda found out, he even wanted to send a letter of thanks to MIT and Bao Zixuan. After so many years of frustration, today I can finally feel proud.

It is also reported that Soichiro Honda and Bao Zixuan have reached an agreement that Honda’s children can study in Yulin Institute of Technology in the future. In this regard, the media still relatively approves of Honda Soichiro's approach. He did not go to college because of limited conditions. But not everyone can be self-taught like his old man. Going to university for further study is the best choice.

I saw Soichiro Honda paying for Honda's children to study in college. The Japanese people began to believe that the four major business saints had always been on equal footing before, but now Honda Soichiro has widened the gap with the other three.

Konosuke Matsushita and Akio Morita were very unconvinced when they heard the public's comments. Why is Honda Soichiro the first among the four business sages? They are the first companies to send their children to study at Yulin Institute of Technology.

However, as two people, it was difficult for them to come forward to explain, let alone say anything more in front of the media.

The media also reported that Bao Zixuan recommended to Soichiro Honda to build an automobile factory in Shanghai. Discussions have begun within Honda, but there is no specific information as to the final outcome.

However, many people believe that even if Honda builds a new factory, it should not go to China. You can consider some countries in Southeast Asia, after all, where the consumption power is stronger than that of China.

The day after meeting Soichiro Honda, Bao Zixuan actually came to Ajinomoto Co., Ltd. This makes many people confused. Could it be that the richest man in Hong Kong wants to buy MSG?

The media reported that Mr. Bao did not come to buy MSG, but wanted Ajinomoto film. A derivative of amino acid developed during research and development has been patented by Ajinomoto.

Bao Zixuan offered very generous conditions, hoping to commercialize the Ajinomoto deposition film; fortunately, Suzuki Ichiro did not agree.

Many people are not very clear about the specific uses of Ajinomoto deposition film. But since the patent can attract Bao Zixuan's attention, it must be unusual. You must know that this young man has a very good vision and has conducted in-depth research in industry, materials, and basic science.

As long as the patented technology he is interested in has achieved great success. I hope Ajinomoto can calm down and concentrate on research, and not easily sell excellent patents and technologies to other companies.

Media reports made Ichiro Suzuki very passive because after Bao Zixuan left. He began to discuss with engineering and technical personnel the feasibility of commercial use of stacked membranes. But reality poured cold water on him. Takeuchi Koji told him that there is still a long way to go before it can be commercialized. It is necessary to prepare 15-20 billion yen in research and development funds, and at the same time, scientific researchers must be given more than ten years.

For Ajinomoto, investing 20 billion yen in scientific research over ten years is a big problem in itself. Thinking about whether to recruit Heiyun Group to join in, the Japanese would not do such a low-level operation as selling patents.

But now media reports have pushed Ajinomoto to the forefront. We can only wait for the news wave to pass and public enthusiasm to subside before making a decision.

After leaving Ajinomoto, Bao Zixuan went to Kyocera Corporation. It can be said that there was no pause, as if everything was arranged in advance.

Although I had never heard of any interaction between Heiyun Group and Kyocera before, there were no media reports on the relationship between Bao Zixuan and Kazuo Inamori. However, Kazuo Inamori still paid enough respect to the visit of Xiangjiang's richest man. Not only was he personally greeted, but he was also accompanied throughout the entire process.

Kazuo Inamori did this not because of the other party's wealth, but more because of Bao Zixuan's Industry 4.0 concept.

Only then did people realize that they had underestimated the richest man in Hong Kong before. You must know that his academic achievements are not much worse than those in the business world.

The person who proposed the concept of Industry 4.0 is now regarded as a classic by major polytechnics in the world. The winner of the award in the picture shows that he has achieved the highest achievements in the computer field and won recognition from all over the world.

It's just that this young man is too rich, and his academics have become less dazzling.

On the other hand, the same is true for Inamori Kazuo, because of his reputation as the sage of management. They actually ignored that this old man also studied science and engineering. It seems that the public still doesn't know enough about them.

The two discussed industrial aspects and also led to cooperation between Heiyun Group and Kyocera on some projects.

However, Bao Zixuan proposed that Inamori Kazuo serve as the strategic advisor of Heiyun Group, which made many people, including Inamori Kazuo, unable to understand. After all, the other party is also the director of Kyocera Corporation, and Kyocera's scale is not small. It is estimated that only Bao Zixuan would dare to think of letting a founder of a large company work part-time.

The conditions offered made people wonder what to say, an annual consulting fee of US$20 million. The best skilled workers now earn no more than $80,000 a year.

The consulting fees paid by Bao Zixuan are higher than the profits of many listed companies. It can be said that it was full of sincerity, but what people didn't expect was that Inamori Kazuo didn't agree.

The Japanese media generally believed that Bao Zixuan was a little over the top. He actually dared to ask Inamori Kazuo to be his consultant, which also showed in disguise that the old man still had real skills, otherwise Bao Shaofu would not have been able to offer such a high salary.

Just because of media reports, Inamori Kazuo did not agree to serve as the strategic advisor of Heiyun Group. However, promising that Bao Zixuan could call him at any time when he encountered difficult problems was considered a gentleman's agreement.

And he refused to accept money no matter what, which made Mr. Bao feel embarrassed. I can only give some valuable gifts as a kind of compensation to Kazuo Inamori.

The two became friends year after year; when Bao Zixuan came to Japan and Inamori Kazuo went to Xiangjiang, they would all get together to have dinner.