The Kyoto Bubble Era: It started with selling off hundreds of millions of property

Takeuchi Rubber Co., Ltd.

A row of bungalows was built next to the renovated new factory building. The rooms inside are arranged one after another like a hotel. The doors are marked with "Financial Department", "Technical Department", "President's Office" and other Japanese characters. With the expansion of the industry, Takeuchi Hikaru separated the office space from the workshop in accordance with Kitahara Sosuke's request. It is no longer just a small family workshop-style factory model.

At the door of the office building, the words "Kitahara Investment Co., Ltd. United" are hung next to the Takeuchi Rubber Factory, announcing to the outside world that it has become a part of Kitahara Investment.

Unlike many other companies that were in poverty and unsustainable, Takeuchi Rubber was basically unaffected after the housing bubble collapsed. Instead, it received more orders because some competitors went bankrupt.

Kitahara Sosuke walked into the president's office with Fujiwara Norika carrying his briefcase.

In the room, Hana Takeuchi, dressed in blue and white work clothes, was chattering to her father: "Dad, the process is completely mature, why can't we announce the results of this research to the outside world? If we don't apply for a patent, what if it is registered in advance? What should I do?"

She is an impatient person, and she couldn't help but become anxious when she saw that the new shock-absorbing materials had been completed for several days, but Takeuchi still had no intention of going to the Patent Office of the General Affairs Department.

This technology cost them all, and even without Kitahara Sosuke's help, the club would be finished. However, after completing the research, her father stopped moving. She couldn't understand it at all.

"I asked President Takeuchi not to apply for a patent." Kitahara Sosuke took a step forward, "Good morning, President Takeuchi, Miss Takeuchi."

"Eh? You're here." Takeuchihua's cheeks turned red. The last time they met, she loudly scolded him for "borrowing an umbrella on a sunny day and taking it away on a rainy day". The incident was still vivid in her mind, and she never had a chance to apologize. At this time, she saw Kitahara Sosuke was a little embarrassed.

"Good morning, Section Chief Kitahara. Congratulations on your promotion, as well as Department Chief Fujiwara. Sure enough, good people are rewarded." Takeuchi Hikaru greeted him with a blushing face. The club has passed the most difficult period and is on the right track again. The fact that the research and development can be completed in a formal way is all due to the young man in front of me.

"I'm just the acting department head~" Norika Fujiwara bowed with a smile.

Takeuchi Hana on the side was dumbfounded. Aren’t the bank section managers all middle-aged uncles? When we first cooperated with them, the person in charge of Osaka Financial, who was too ambitious, tried to take advantage of himself several times. I heard that he quit the Kansaijo Commercial Bank and went to Osaka Financial to make money because he could not be promoted to section chief.

And Tosan is the number one urban bank in the country!

The section chief in it should have very great power.

Takeuchi Hana, who originally wanted to apologize with a smile, straightened her back and bowed ninety degrees to Kitahara Sosuke: "Chief Kitahara, I'm really sorry for what happened last time. Please don't mind!"

"Eh?" Kitahara Sosuke was stunned for a moment, unable to remember where he had been offended. Takeuchi Hikaru quickly came up to explain, and then he remembered, "It's okay, it's just a small matter, don't worry about it. By the way, Miss Takeuchi just now The doubts must also be those of President Takeuchi, right?”

"Yes! Although I don't understand why you asked us not to apply for a patent, I believe you are doing it for our own good and will obey your orders in everything." Takeuchi Hikaru made tea and said with a smile, "Dealing with people, doing business It’s not my strong point, I’m only responsible for researching technology and managing the club.”

"That's right. This technology can indeed bring considerable benefits to Takeuchi Rubber in a short period of time, but I estimate that within half a year at most, the companies under the consortium will be able to develop similar materials by dismantling our accessories." Kitahara Sosuke After taking a sip of tea, he took out a document from his briefcase and said, "Actually, Toyota has been researching similar shock-absorbing materials, but I heard that it has been stuck in a certain process."

"It should be a problem with the fine processing of the mold. This process has been stuck for us for a long time. If it weren't for the assistance of Mori Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., we wouldn't be able to complete it so quickly. Their machine tools are really easy to use." Hana Takeuchi is from the research laboratory One of them, she came up and said.

Kithara Sosuke nodded: "Yes, but this process cannot hold Toyota back for too long. We must understand that our advantage now lies in time! Not in this technology. Whoever does it first will be the first to eat crabs. We can be the first to open this market. Therefore, I am not in a hurry for you to apply for a patent. In fact, my plan is to sell the ownership of this patent to Mitsubishi Motors."

"Sell it to them?!" Takeuchi Hana exclaimed. She was very similar to Fujiwara Norika before, and she couldn't hide anything on her face.

On the other hand, Norika Fujiwara, sitting as calm as a mountain, suddenly said: "The section chief plans to use this to cooperate with Mitsubishi Motors, right?"

Kitahara Sosuke secretly planned this plan, and also got involved with Mitsubishi Motors through the Kitahara family relationship.

Regarding the housing market bubble, Kitahara Masao made the right bet again. Although he did not play because of caution, his two consecutive correct decisions helped many branches and sub-branches avoid a lot of losses, especially in the Kyoto area. Since then, he has become famous. Many people are now Everyone believed that this series of decisions came from Kitahara Masao, but ignored Kitahara Sosuke.

His entry into the Dongsan board of directors is almost certain, and Mitsubishi Motors is naturally willing to extend an olive branch to a future member of the "Jin Yao Club".

And this is a win-win cooperation.

"Cooperate with Mitsubishi Motors?" Takeuchi's eyes flashed. He really wanted to join the consortium. The orders that those niche car companies can provide are limited. Even if they hold on to this technology, their revenue and profits will not be too high. Gao, only by cooperating with giants in the automotive industry can we have the opportunity to soar into the sky!

There are only a few domestic giants such as Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Toyota, but they don't look down on your small company at all.

"That's right, our Kitahara Investment will formulate a three-year cooperation project with Mitsubishi Motors. The members of the special financing project will provide technology, products, and manpower to be responsible for part of the production of Mitsubishi Motors' new models. We will This patent is unconditionally transferred to Mitsubishi Motors in exchange for a three-year order, and you will also have the opportunity to send employees to Mitsubishi Motors for further study."

Kitahara Sosuke took out the contract, and Kitahara Investment controls these clubs. In theory, Kitahara Sosuke does not need to seek their advice when making decisions. This is a top priority that was mentioned when the holding merger and acquisition model was signed.

They enjoy the ultra-low interest loans, support funds, and various resource privileges provided by Beiyuan Investment, and at the same time, they must follow Beiyuan Investment's lead.

This is to tie them to the carriage of Beiyuan Investment, and there will be no possibility of getting off or jumping off the carriage.

Japan attaches great importance to the validity of agreements. If Takeuchi Rubber relies on Kitahara's investment to become big and then jumps out of the car or runs to join a consortium, then the law will teach him to behave well.

However, considering their feelings, Kitahara Sosuke still revealed the plan.

"Mitsubishi Motors orders" Takeuchi glanced at all the contracts. This was something that he had never dared to think about before. But looking at Kitahara Sosuke's expression, it seemed that this was not something he cared about?

"Of course, if there are just such a few orders, the value is not high. Even if Mitsubishi Motors promises to help Takeuchi Rubber within three years, it will not be able to quench the near thirst after all. We must open the market through this shock-absorbing material, and then use huge Profits have accelerated and developed into a comprehensive rubber company. I heard that President Takeuchi has started to develop new rubber materials?" Kitahara Sosuke looked at him with a smile.

The latter nodded sheepishly. He was an avid technology developer, and non-stop research was his life.

"Research materials, research institutes, tools, talents, etc. are all indispensable, including funds. These can be temporarily supplied by Beiyuan Investment. What I need you to do is to develop the technologies, and I will use them to make money. The sooner the better. This time I am looking at Mitsubishi Sigma, a new car developed by Mitsubishi in the three-year cooperation plan. Its configuration and design concept are similar to the Lexus LS400. The latter is now the number one in sales both domestically and overseas. You guys You should know.”

Kitahara Sosuke smiled faintly. The Mitsubishi Sigma is an epoch-making car from Mitsubishi. It is guaranteed to make money without losing money. Its original intention was to imitate the Lexus LS400 and target overseas markets. Its core electronic tracking and ground adhesion control system, which was original in 1990, became very popular. Unfortunately, it was eventually defeated by Toyota in overseas markets.

The reason lies in the driving experience brought by this shock-absorbing material.

Toyota has now sold well all over the world and firmly ranks as the world's number one automaker.

Now only Sosuke Kitahara understands this. Now if it is replaced by Mitsubishi Sigma, this will be an epoch-making feat that no one knows!

After all, the Mitsubishi Consortium is Tosan's father. It's okay for Kitahara Sosuke to offend other consortiums in the early stage. As long as Mitsubishi supports him, he won't be afraid of being tortured to death.

As for going to the poker table in the later stage, that needs to be considered again, and you must first ensure that you have enough capital in the early stage.

"But I heard from some old guys that Toyota is also developing new Camry models and preparing to enter overseas markets. Can it really compete with them?" Takeuchi Hikaru felt a little uneasy.

Good guy, Kitahara Sosuke is actually targeting the world market. If he can really recreate the legend of Lexus LS400, then Takeuchi Rubber can really soar into the sky.

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it." Kitahara Sosuke smiled. His layout didn't stop there. Through high-quality clubs such as Takeuchi Rubber and Ada Seiki, he also established connections with many famous clubs in the automobile manufacturing industry in Osaka. Three have already been included in Beiyuan Investment, while others are still struggling with the housing market bubble or are on the verge of collapse.

There is only one opportunity left for him to harvest in large quantities. After completing the closed loop of the entire industrial chain, he can build his own brand.

It turns out that Mazda Co., Ltd., which suffered huge operating losses due to the impact of the bubble economy in 1995 and was once ranked the second loss-making company in Japan, with an annual loss of up to 155.2 billion yen, is not the best acquisition target?

"Then I'll leave it to you! Section Chief Kitahara!" Takeuchi Hikaru stood up and bowed to send him away.