Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 317 Reason (6800 additional updates)

Nagai Masaki keeps finding fault with the eggs, and there must be a reason for this.

Li Weidong offered a gold Rolex watch and a trip to Hawaii, but Masaki Nagai refused. This means that Masaki Nagai deliberately caused trouble and was not seeking personal gain for himself.

Since it is not for personal gain, it must be for public good!

So Li Weidong instantly understood that there should be an instigator behind Masaki Nagai.

Masaki Nagai's job in China was to provide technical support to Li Weidong so that the microwave oven production line could operate as quickly as possible. However, what Masaki Nagai is doing is the opposite. He creates difficulties without difficulty. Isn't he afraid of losing his job?

A job?

Nagai Masaki was so confident that he even hesitated to create obstacles for his own work. The only reasonable explanation is that this was the instruction of Nakano Co., Ltd.

"It seems that there is something wrong with Nakano Co., Ltd. Do they want to go back on their word? It is said that they spent so much effort and finally chose to cooperate with me. The cooperation contract was signed and the money was given.

, the microwave oven production line has been installed, and now I think about going back on my word, isn’t it too late?”

Li Weidong instantly understood everything.

However, these are all speculations in Li Weidong's mind, and he must find a way to confirm them.

Li Weidong looked at Masaki Nagai next to him, trying to get information from him. It was probably impossible. This guy didn't even dare to accept a Rolex. In all likelihood, he was a stubborn person who didn't know how to adapt. This kind of person is

It's hard to get information.

If you want to know what is going on inside Nakano Co., Ltd., you have to find Kenjiro Shimizu in Japan.

Kenjiro Shimizu had received Li Weidong's Rolex and had also traveled to Hawaii. He and Li Weidong had already had interests in each other. Li Weidong asked Kenjiro Shimizu for information, and Kenjiro Shimizu would not refuse.

To put it another way, if Kenjiro Shimizu refuses and Li Weidong reveals everything about him collecting Rolexes and traveling to Hawaii, Kenjiro Shimizu will lose his job.

The next day, Li Weidong called Kenjiro Shimizu.

When Kenjiro Shimizu heard that it was Li Weidong, he quickly found a place where no one was around, and then he dared to talk to Li Weidong.

"Qingmizu-kun, did something happen at Nakano Co., Ltd.?" Li Weidong asked bluntly.

"Mr. Li, you have noticed it!" Kenjiro Shimizu sighed softly.

"Yes, because Mr. Nagai of your company behaves a little strangely. He is obviously deliberately making things difficult for us, as if he does not want the microwave oven production line to be put into production as soon as possible. So I think that maybe something has happened within your company!" Li Weidong said.

said.

"What did Nagai-kun tell you?" Kenjiro Shimizu asked.

"Nagai-kun is a very principled person. He didn't say anything. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother Minister Shimizu specifically." Li Weidong said with a smile.

From Li Weidong's understatement, Shimizu Kenjiro guessed that Li Weidong also wanted to benefit Nagai Masaki, but Nagai Masaki refused.

Li Weidong said, "Qingshui-kun, we are friends, and I hope you can reveal some information. I will thank you very much in the future!"

Kenjiro Shimizu has already boarded Li Weidong's pirate ship. Even when Li Weidong didn't mention "Thank you deeply", he would reveal to Li Weidong what happened. Now that Li Weidong mentioned "Thank you deeply", Kenjiro Shimizu can do without.

The pressure "leaks".

So Kenjiro Shimizu introduced: "Mr. Li, you are right, there are indeed some differences within our club regarding the microwave oven production line."

"The contract has been signed, I paid the money, and the equipment for the production line has been shipped. Don't you want to regret it internally?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"Yes, the top management of our club is indeed planning to tear up the contract signed before." Kenjiro Shimizu paused and then asked: "Just last month, a Korean company came to our door and expressed its concern for this set of microwave ovens.

The production line is very interested.”

"Last month? All the production line equipment has been shipped to China! Isn't it too late for the Koreans to buy it now?" Li Weidong said disdainfully.

"But the price offered by the Koreans is very attractive, 30% higher than the price in the contract." Kenjiro Shimizu said.

"Thirty percent higher?" Li Weidong quickly calculated in his mind: "That's only 4,000 yen. With such a large scale, your Nakano Co., Ltd. is not willing to part with a mere 40 million yen, right?"

Shimizu Kenjiro then explained: "It is not just a matter of money, the key is that the Korean company that made the offer is our Japanese company, and we also have some connections in the Japanese political and business circles, so we at Nakano Co., Ltd. will agree to the other party's request.

.”

"Is a Korean company a Japanese company? Is it a Korean company? Or a Japanese company?" Li Weidong was a little confused. He suddenly remembered that there was really a large company that met such conditions.

To be precise, it is one of the world's top chaebols.

Li Weidong asked subconsciously: "You are talking about Lotte, right?"

"Does Mr. Li also know about Lotte?" Shimizu Kenjiro's tone obviously meant, you guessed it!

Li Weidong took a breath of air: "It's Lotte!"

In 1991, South Korea had formed five major chaebols, namely Samsung, Hyundai, LG, SK and Daewoo. Later, Daewoo went bankrupt during the Asian financial crisis, leaving four of the five major chaebols.

There has always been controversy over who will replace him as the fifth largest chaebol. Chaebols such as Lotte, Hanjin, Hanwha, Asiana, and Posco are also very powerful. However, after 2008, Lotte expanded rapidly.

, being ranked among the top five chaebols in South Korea is well deserved.

Many people think that Lotte is a Korean company, but in fact Lotte is a Japanese company. Lotte's headquarters is not in South Korea, but in Shinjuku, Tokyo. However, Lotte's main business is in South Korea, so it is considered

A Korean company.

Lotte's founder, Sing Ho, is a Korean-Japanese. He founded Lotte in Japan in the late 1940s. He returned to South Korea to invest and develop in the late 1960s, and gradually turned Lotte into South Korea's top chaebol.

When the founder started his business, in order to get rid of his Korean identity, he adopted the niece of Class-A war criminal Aoi Shigemitsu and changed his name to Takeo Shigemitsu. After the war, Aoi Shigemitsu served in important positions such as Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Liberal Democratic Party. This is also

This allowed Singer Hao to accumulate some resources in Japan.

Knowing that Li Weidong knew about Lotte, Kenjiro Shimizu did not introduce it further, but directly said: "The Lotte Group now owns the largest chain of home appliance stores in South Korea, which is equivalent to controlling the largest home appliance sales channel in South Korea.

As far as I know, they have just established Lotte Electric, and because of this, they want to produce their own brand of home appliances, and I think that's why they want a microwave oven production line."

Li Weidong nodded in realization, and things made sense.

Rakuten is obviously not satisfied with just being a sales channel for home appliances. They hope to enter the upstream home appliance production industry.

This is also in line with Lotte's business methods. This is how Lotte developed before. It first started in the food industry. When the food industry became the first in Korea, it entered the downstream retail industry and sold its own products in its own stores.

Food has successfully monopolized the entire industry chain from processing to sales.

However, South Korea's home appliance industry is not so easy to enter. It is the territory of Samsung and LG.

In terms of traditional home appliances, it is almost impossible for Lotte to get a share of the South Korean market that Samsung and LG have already monopolized. Therefore, Lotte can only find another way and start from other aspects.

Microwave ovens are where Lotte found its entry point.

Although mankind invented the microwave oven in the 1940s, for a long time, microwave ovens were only used in military and industrial applications. It was not until the 1970s that people solved the problem of radiation spillover from household microwave ovens, so by the 1980s

, microwave ovens have just begun to be promoted in developed countries.

The economic development of the Four Asian Tigers is half a step slower than that of Japan. In the early 1990s, microwave ovens had just entered ordinary households in South Korea.

As an emerging household appliance, microwave ovens are most suitable to open up the market.

In the field of traditional home appliances, Samsung and LG have accumulated technology. As for emerging home appliances such as microwave ovens, Samsung and LG are also beginners, and the newly established Lotte Electric is not far behind in technology.

If Japan's complete production lines and mature production technology can be directly introduced, Lotte's microwave oven manufacturing technology may surpass Samsung and LG.

It's a pity that Rakuten was a step late. The microwave oven production line of Nakano Co., Ltd. had been purchased by Li Weidong in advance, and the equipment was shipped to China.

Now that everything has been sold, it is already too late for Nakano Co., Ltd. to regret it. Li Weidong will definitely not take the initiative to return the microwave oven production line.

However, Rakuten has its roots in Japan after all, so Nakano Co., Ltd. can only start to use tricks.

Thinking of this, Li Weidong asked: "So Nagai Masaki deliberately made things difficult for me, just to let me quit and give up the microwave oven production line?"

"Yes!" Kenjiro Shimizu replied without hesitation: "The senior management of our club believes that without our technical support, your factory cannot produce qualified microwave ovens, so we sent Masaki Nagai! His

The job is to deliberately make things difficult for you and create all kinds of difficulties for you, so that the microwave oven production line cannot be used normally."

"Then what? You will always have follow-up measures, right?" Li Weidong asked.

"Well..." Kenjiro Shimizu seemed hesitant, obviously not wanting to tell Li Weidong about Nakano Co., Ltd.'s follow-up methods.

Li Weidong said, "Let me guess, if I entered it correctly, there is such a clause in the contract we signed before. After you provide technical support, I must activate the production line within three months and officially start producing microwave ovens."

, otherwise it will be regarded as a breach of contract. Are you planning to use this clause?"

"Mr. Li, you have a good memory." Kenjiro Shimizu said.

"Let me guess again, three months is too long. Lotte shouldn't be able to wait three months, right? So Nagai Masaki will create more difficulties for me and make me realize that three

It would be impossible to start the production line within months.”

Li Weidong paused for a moment and then said: "At this time, your people will take the initiative to propose to me that the contract for the microwave oven production line is invalid. You should return the money to me, transport the microwave oven production equipment back, and then sell it to Lotte.

Maybe your people will show good intentions, so that for me, the loss can be minimized. After all, an unusable production line is almost like scrap metal. As for me, because I didn’t suffer too much loss,

And gladly accept your suggestions!”

Kenjiro Shimizu's side suddenly fell into silence. It was obvious that Li Weidong's plan for Nakano Co., Ltd. was revealed!

Kenjiro Shimizu's silence also gave Li Weidong the answer, and he said, "It seems that I guessed everything right?"

"Mr. Li, you are a smart man." Kenjiro Shimizu's tone was full of helplessness, and he continued: "I think smart people should be able to make the right choice!"

"The right choice you are referring to is for me to give up the microwave oven production line, right?" Li Weidong said.

"Mr. Li, you should understand very well that without our technical support, even if we give you a complete set of microwave oven production line equipment, you will not be able to produce qualified products at all."

Kenjiro Shimizu paused for a moment, then continued: "I have personally visited your factory. I have some understanding of the technical level of your factory. Your technical level does not have the ability to independently produce microwave ovens!"

After being watched by Kenjiro Shimizu, Li Weidong couldn't help but snorted: "The structure of a microwave oven is not complicated!"

"The structure of a microwave oven is not complicated, it is just a few parts, but it is not easy to assemble these parts into a usable microwave oven! A microwave oven is not a hair dryer or an electric iron, and it is not a simple assembly to make a product.

of."

Kenjiro Shimizu took a long breath and continued, "Mr. Li, as far as you are concerned, if you don't get our technical support, the microwave oven production line is really useless. Rather than letting the equipment rust there in vain, why don't you sell the equipment?"

Return it to us, so you don't lose anything, at most you just waste a little time."

Li Weidong was silent for a few seconds. If Shimizu Kenjiro had said these words a few months ago, Li Weidong might have been forced to accept it and avoid more losses.

But things are different now. He invited Tang Renjie, an expert in microwave transistors, to come out and form his own R&D team. Even without the technical support of Nakano Co., Ltd., Li Weidong believed that with his own technical team, he could spend more time

, can also solve the production problems of microwave ovens.

Li Weidong did not intend to reveal to Kenjiro Shimizu that he had a research and development team, so he said, "Shimizu-kun, thank you for your kindness! I know how to deal with it."

Kenjiro Shimizu thought that Li Weidong decided to sell the production line, so he said with great satisfaction: "Mr. Li, I look forward to good news from you!"

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