Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

Bai Chuanfeng and Ohhe Norio entered the small lounge next door, and they sat facing each other.

Because no one else was there, Bai Chuanfeng got up and poured a cup of coffee for Norio Ohga himself.

After receiving the coffee handed over by Bai Chuanfeng, Norio Oga's serious expression relaxed a lot.

After talking a lot in the meeting room just now, Norio Oga was also a little thirsty, and he took a few sips of coffee before he let out a sigh of relief.

Looking up and seeing Bai Chuanfeng patiently waiting for him, Oga Norio showed a usual smile on his face.

This young man always impresses him, and it is extremely difficult to keep up with him during negotiations.

In private, he shows a humble side from time to time, and has a completely different style of receiving people and things.

"Bai Chuan-san, now you can talk about your plan."

Norio Ohhe knew that since he specially invited himself here, he must have already thought about the conditions.

This time Bai Chuanfeng did not show an aggressive expression, but smiled a little embarrassedly.

"I made senior laugh. If you don't mind, just call me Bai Chuan."

Norio Ohga smiled and nodded, "Okay, so what suggestion does Shirakawa-kun have? Sony will consider it carefully if it is reasonable."

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Bai Chuanfeng finally opened his mouth.

"It's not a special matter, I just want to ask Da He Sang to recommend it.

As a member of the electronics industry, Baichuan Electric really wants to make its own contribution to the progress of the industry.

So at the Electronics Industry Promotion Association, Baichuan Electric also thought of its own contribution. "

"Association for the Promotion of Electronics Industry?" Norio Ohga had a surprised look on his face.

"That's right." Bai Chuanfeng nodded, "As a newly established company, Bai Chuan Electric needs the guidance of many senior companies."

Hearing the phrase "a newly established club", Norio Oga felt a little clear about it.

The Electronics Industry Promotion Association, as its name suggests, is a mutual aid association composed of such associations as the electronics industry.

Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, NEC and many other giant companies are members of the association.

The rotating president of the association is elected by the member clubs in turn.

However, for the current Baichuan Electric, the Electronics Industry Promotion Association is indeed suitable for it to join.

For member companies within the association, especially new clubs, the association will also have a support plan.

For example, the annual corporate tax of Japanese companies is 15%-23%, but if the association applies to the government.

Then the corporate tax of the new club will have a relatively large discount in the past few years, and sometimes it can even drop by several percentage points.

Don't underestimate the discount of a few percent. For the current Baichuan Electric, this year's profit is likely to exceed 10 billion.

A few percentage points off, that's a difference of hundreds of millions of yen.

Sony doesn't care about this drizzle, but Bai Chuanfeng does, it's all his own money.

Knowing the reason behind it, Norio Ohe could understand Bai Chuanfeng's request.

"If this is the case, the Electronics Industry Promotion Association welcomes Shirakawa Electric to join."

Seeing that Norio Ohe readily agreed, Bai Chuanfeng also heaved a sigh of relief.

It is not impossible for the Electronics Promotion Association to join with the strength of Baichuan Electric, but it is estimated that it will be a few years later.

But it's different if someone takes it, especially if a multinational company like Sony is a guarantee, it's just a matter of minutes.

And the benefits of joining the association are not limited to this. In the future, everyone in the industry can communicate with each other.

The formulation of certain standards, foreign exchanges and inspections, etc., are all real benefits for Shirakawa Electric.

"So I'll leave it to Da Hesang, and Baichuan Electric would be very grateful. There is another suggestion, Da Hesang might as well consider it."

"Huh?" Seeing that Bai Chuanfeng still had a suggestion, Norio Ohe couldn't help frowning slightly.

The benefits that should be given have already been given, and it is not a wise thing to continue to make demands.

"Da He Sang might as well listen to it first, before making a decision." As if knowing what he was thinking, Bai Chuanfeng explained in time.

"Okay, Shirakawa-kun, please tell me." Norio Oga was also a courageous person, so he still had some patience.

"According to the last technical note provided by Sony, the current CD format seems to be the audio-only CD-DA format?"

Under Bai Chuanfeng's scorching gaze, Dahe Norio nodded in approval of his statement.

"Then Baichuan Electric wants to continue digging into the CD format on the basis of this item, so as to promote CD technology on a larger scale. I don't know..."

Norio Oga showed a surprised look, he was surprised by the opponent's ambition and confidence.

The development of another CD format is based on the existing CD technology, but it still requires a lot of manpower and material resources.

And without a long-term implementation plan, it is almost impossible to see results.

But now that Bai Chuanfeng is making such a request, he is obviously very confident in his research and development capabilities.

Norio Ohhe pondered for a while before raising his head, "Another format for targeting fields?"

Bai Chuanfeng lifted his spirits, "Storage materials, such as books and files."

It’s better if it’s not music, Norio Oga nodded slightly. As a musician, what he cares most about is the audio field.

Even the original intention of CD technology development was because he was obsessed with the high-quality experience brought by the high-resolution sound.

If it is for text materials, it does not overlap with Sony's current strategic direction and will not affect Sony's existing business.

And what Bai Chuanfeng said is correct, the new CD format is indeed conducive to the promotion of CD technology.

Thinking of this, Norio Ohga nodded, "Shirakawa Electric can develop a new CD format, but it must be based on the existing patents of Sony and Philips."

"Of course." Bai Chuanfeng agreed without hesitation.

Based on the so-called existing patents, it means that if Shirakawa Electric develops a new CD format in the future.

Then, for every disc in this format, the optical disc factory will not only pay patent fees to Shirakawa Electric, but also Sony and Philips.

As the inventor of CD technology, it is so unreasonable.

This is also the reason why Bai Chuanfeng wanted to sharpen his head and squeeze into their alliance.

However, the strength did not allow it at the beginning, but now that the extended format of CD is being developed, Baichuan Electric can still try it.

Seeing that Bai Chuanfeng agreed to his preconditions, Norio Oga nodded in satisfaction.

"Then what happened this time..." Ohe Norio looked straight at him.

Bai Chuanfeng continued tacitly, "Just as Da Hesang said outside, 500 million yen, and Aihua's public apology to Bai Chuan Electric.

In this way, Baichuan Electric no longer pursued Aihua's infringement, and the two parties reached an out-of-court settlement. "

The "good" thing finally came to an end, and Norio Oga showed a smile on his face.

As for the deal that the two of them discussed privately just now, everyone tacitly kept silent.

That is outside the agreement and will not be reflected here.

Now that the matter has been settled, Bai Chuanfeng is also ready to get up and go back to the meeting room, waiting for Norio Ohga to announce the result.

But before he left his seat, Norio Oga stopped him again.

"Mr. Bai Chuan, maybe it's time to understand the patent of the Walkman."

"Huh?" Bai Chuanfeng raised his head and looked at him in surprise.

Dahe Norio sighed slightly, and looked at him meaningfully.

"Panasonic, Toshiba, and Hitachi have all contacted Sony."

Bai Chuanfeng was taken aback for a moment, and then came to his senses. "Big Hesang, you mean..."

"That's right." Norio Ohga affirmed his conjecture, "Sony can't refuse the pressure from colleagues."

Speaking of which, this matter is also related to Aihua's infringement incident. Baichuan Electric and Aihua are making a fuss about the Walkman.

These giant colleagues naturally saw it in their eyes. Originally, apart from Sony, only Shirakawa Electric produced Walkmans.

At that time, they would still mutter a few words about whether the two families had some kind of relationship in private, but Aihua's entry completely made them unable to sit still.

How popular the Walkman has been in the past six months and how high the profit is, they can even roughly calculate as peers.

Now that people are entering the arena one after another, there is no reason for these giants to be without ideas.

With this incident, they teamed up to put pressure on Sony. You have already opened the authorization to the other two, why just reject us?

Faced with such rhetoric, even Norio Ohga couldn't find a reason to refute it.

After getting the exact answer, Bai Chuanfeng's mind raced.

The addition of these major manufacturers will inevitably lead to increasingly fierce competition in the Walkman market.

At that time, it will be difficult for Baichuan Electric to make money lying down.

"Da Hesang, you can agree to let go of the Walkman's authorization."

"Huh?" Norio Oga thought he had heard wrong.

If the Patent Licensing for Walkmans is released, it is obvious that Shirakawa Electric will suffer the most impact on the market.

Is this Bai Chuan-kun sure he knows what this means?

"It's okay to let go of the Walkman authorization, but there must be a deadline." Bai Chuanfeng's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Deadline?" Norio Oga seemed to have thought of something.

"That's right." Bai Chuanfeng nodded, "After one year, the restrictions on Walkman authorization will be released. If friends and merchants strongly oppose it, they must at least persist until the end of this year."

Another year or even more than half a year is enough for Shirakawa Electric to consolidate the existing Walkman market.

Dahe Norio's eyes lit up, obviously he also understood Bai Chuanfeng's plan.

But this is also a good thing for Sony. After all, Sony's walkman now accounts for more than half of the market.

"Okay" After half a year, Ohe Norio was sure to convince them, "Then the overseas market..."

"Bai Chuan Electric is not considering opening overseas market authorization for the time being," Bai Chuanfeng added tacitly.

"Yo Xi!" Oga Norio praised, so he had no doubts.

Just kidding, Bai Chuanfeng still plans to enter the overseas market by himself, and open up the authorization to the group of foreigners, what else do I earn.

So far, all the contents of today's negotiations have reached a consensus.

Aihua paid 500 million yen and made a public apology in exchange for Baichuan Electric's understanding.

Sony recommended Shirakawa Electric to join the Electronics Industry Promotion Association, and authorized Shirakawa Electric to develop the extended format of CD. So far, Shirakawa Electric has no longer pursued Aihua's patent issues.

Sony Walkman's local patent authorization is delayed until the end of the year, in exchange for Shirakawa Electric's reciprocal measures not to open overseas authorization.

Every transaction is a compromise of mutual interests.

Generally speaking, everyone didn't sacrifice too much, but they all got conditions that satisfied them.

Such a negotiation can be regarded as a happy one.

Back in the conference room, Norio Ohga directly announced the negotiation results of this meeting.

Of course, what is said on the surface is only the one that everyone knows, and the rest are behind-the-scenes transactions.

Although Heitaro Nakajima knew about it, he still didn't know the inside story.

But as someone from Sony, he didn't even have the right to question it.

But the result wasn't too bad after all, and he wasn't too brooding.

At the end of the meeting, Bai Chuanfeng walked to Nakajima Heitaro with a smile and put his arm around his shoulder.

"Brother, please don't mind how offended I was just now.

You know I targeted Aiwa, after all they were too much in the first place.

For you, the younger brother is very respectful. Now that the grievances are over, everyone will be friends again in the future.

Another day, the junior brother will come to the door in person to make amends, and I ask the senior brother to forgive the previous offense. "

Heitaro Nakajima was very tired, but after thinking about it, Aiwa was right.

Now that the other party came over to make amends in person, seeing that his attitude was still sincere, he reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Others in the conference room looked at this scene with strange expressions.

They were beaten to death just now, and they reconciled in the blink of an eye?

Osone Koizo in the corner showed an ambiguous smile, while Oga Norio was thoughtful.

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