Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 573 Clear (Two in One)

Mitsu Tanaka, President of Japan Lexiang Electronics, once again met Mr. Yikefang.

Because the other party is very busy, he proposed to visit Shanghai several times but was declined, but the two parties are still in contact.

At least, Mitsu Tanaka thinks so.

Just last month, he sent Mr. Fang a New Year's message.

However, he never expected that the reason for meeting Mr. Fang this time was because of the head of Sony.

For a long time, Mitsu Tanaka and his company subordinates have claimed that Lexiang Electronics is Japan's Xiao Yike. Now seeing Mr. Fang and Lexiang's biggest enemy, he feels somewhat complicated in his heart, and has a vague feeling of being betrayed.

Big Yike Small Yike, our goals should be the same!We should completely crush Sony!

However, when he actually met Mr. Fang, he suddenly found a reason for him. Mr. Fang's Yike was no longer a challenger in the music player, on the contrary, Sony was.

Mr. Fang has already defeated Sony's players with Yike's products!

Tanaka Mizuki was a little dazed.

"Drink tea, Mr. Tian."

Seeing Mr. Fang handing tea to him, Tanaka quickly took it and forgave him.

"Mr. Tian, ​​how is the development of Lexiang Electronics?" Fang Zhuo took a sip of his tea, called the Japanese by his Chinese name, and said with a smile, "I was walking around Tokyo yesterday evening and saw the status of your machine. Logo."

Tian Zhongshi said seriously in Mandarin: "The biggest difficulty that Lexiang Electronics is facing now is the change of customs among the Japanese people. Many people do not accept the trendy mp3 players, and would rather stick to the old walkman and tapes."

Fang Zhuo nodded, and the word "changing customs and customs" was used well: "Then Lexiang Electronics should increase its publicity. Do you have a plan to go public in a few years?"

Tian Zhongshi smiled: "We plan to go public within three years."

2005+3=2008.

It is not only the era of smart phones, but also the financial crisis.

Fang Zhuo nodded, and did not comment on this timing. Compared with other markets, the Japanese market is really tasteless. Lexiang Electronics is produced by Yike OEM, and its music copyright is also authorized by Yike. There is such a person who knows the local market well. Just compete for it.

He drank two more sips of tea, talked about the main topic of this trip, and talked about his doubts about the head of Sony, Nobuyuki Idei.

Obviously, the next candidate who has been negotiated by the outside directors has come to Tokyo, and it is obviously approaching the shareholders' meeting. Why does this head avoid seeing him?
After Tian Zhongshi listened carefully to Mr. Fang's description, he was surprised that he had a deeper influence on Sony than he imagined, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Mr. Fang, this is Nobuyuki Idei showing his majestic patriarchal demeanor. "

Master Majesty?
Fang Zhuo was stunned, wishing to hear more about it.

Tian Zhong said in a critical tone: "Mr. Fang, you may not understand the strict hierarchy in our society, especially in Sony. Nobuyuki Idei often does not listen to high-level advice. , and rarely give that kind of room for suggestion.”

"Including the vice president and CFO, I can't often see Nobuyuki Idei."

"Mr. Fang, do you know the feudal warrior families in Japan?"

Fang Zhuo nodded.

Tian Zhongshi said in a low-key metaphor: "The chairman of Nobuyuki Idei, the CEO, is like a nobleman. He has thousands of retainers in Japan and around the world, and he believes that these retainers must be loyal to him. "

Fang Zhuo: "?"

He felt that Mr. Tian's description might be mixed with some personal opinions.

"President Tian, ​​what do you think Nobuyuki Idei thinks of Stringer?" Fang Zhuo wanted to know how the feudal Nobuyuki Idei looked at Sony's American King according to Tanaka's logic.

"If Stringer is indeed elected as the new chairman, it will indeed create history for Sony." Tian Zhongshi paused, "My friends at Sony and from then to now think that Stringer is Idei. Nobuyuki's biggest vassal, Idei Nobuyuki gave him a lot of independent power."

Fang Zhuo understands that many people in Sony think that Stringer and Nobuyuki Idei are of the same line... But, strangely enough, Stringer himself does not seem to have such a perception.

"You and I will go to see Stringer together tonight. Your statement about the majestic patriarch is a bit beyond our expectations."

Fang Zhuo added some tea and said with a smile, "What do you think of Nakaba Ryoji and Kutaragi Ken?"

Today, I mainly ask the former Sony executive what he thinks of the current head, but since we are here, let’s also ask the two current contenders for the position of president by the way.

However, Tian Zhongshi's answer surprised Fang Zhuo.

"Ryoji Nakabachi prefers Nobuyuki Idei, and Ken Kutaragi is a former president of Norio Oga." Tian Zhongshi said in a very firm tone.

Fang Zhuo knew Norio Ohga, who was the last head of Sony before the 21st century.

He said in astonishment: "Ohe Norio is over 70, right?"

Tian Zhongshi nodded: "Well, he's not dead."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

"Not only that, but he is still trying to exert his influence on Sony." Tian Zhongshi continued, "Norio Ohga has resigned from Sony, leaving only the title of 'Honorary Chairman'."

"Despite this, he still comes to work at the Tokyo headquarters every day."

Tian Zhongshi showed a meaningful smile: "A 75-year-old honorary chairman comes to the office every day. Norio Oga may be the representative of Japanese craftsmanship."

Fang Zhuo silently watched the Japanese man's eccentricity, and was a bit at a loss how to evaluate it.

Still, the news came as a surprise.

Norio Ohga, who has long since resigned, seems to still want to show his presence in Sony's presidential candidate. Of course, Ken Kutaragi's outstanding performance in the PS business is also indispensable.

The situation looks quite clear.

Stringer, who is a foreigner, is on the side. He wants to take over Sony and implement large-scale cuts and layoffs.

The current head of Sony, Nobuyuki Idei, is on one side. His preferred candidate for president is Ryoji Nakabachi, and Ryoji Nakabachi wants a further "representative director."

The former head of Sony, Norio Oga, was on one side. His preferred candidate for president was Takeshi Kutaragi, and Ken Kutaragi voiced his opposition to the foreign chairman.

In contrast, Sony Group itself still has a trend of thinking that requires changes to save Sony’s decline. Some outside directors who are famous Japanese entrepreneurs generally believe that Sony Group needs to break away from conservatism and embrace Western-style scientific management.

Fang Zhuo and Tian Tadashi talked about the specific characters of Ryoji Nakabachi and Ken Kutaragi. The former is cautious and peaceful, while the latter is arrogant and irritable. Today, the only electronic product that Sony has always been proud of is PS, which still performs very well.

This chat didn't last long, but an appointment was made at nine o'clock in the evening.

After sending Tian Zhongshi away, Fang Zhuo made a special call to Stringer. As expected, the American king did not know that Norio Ohga still insisted on going to work every day and chose Kutaragi Ken.

Stringer was equally dismayed to hear the news.

After a long time, he only said one sentence: "Sony is too close to Tokyo, but too far from New York."

Fang Zhuo found this American minister very interesting.

Soon, just as Fang Zhuo finished sorting out his thoughts and was about to continue to visit Tokyo with his family, he received a call from Ryoji Nakabachi.

Ryoji Nakabachi's Japanese accent is different from that of ordinary Japanese. His English is very standard and clear, and he made a request to visit Mr. Fang the next day.

Fang Zhuo agreed, knowing what this man wanted to do. He wanted to meet Stringer today to show his support for Sony's reforms, and if he met himself tomorrow, he would increase his lobbying. In the end, he still fell on the condition of "representative director".

However, the more proactive Ryoji Nakabachi is now, the more Stringer is likely to mutter in his heart that there are no two suns and no two masters, and the big chairman does not want the young chairman to appear.

Fang Zhuo planned to meet Stringer in the evening and hear about today's meeting.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Fang Zhuo, who put aside his thoughts and simply went shopping with his family in Tokyo, found that... simply shopping seemed quite tiring.

After he came back, he took a short rest for a quarter of an hour, drank a cup of coffee, and called Xu Keden, the product director.

Different from Fang Zhuo's vacation, after arriving in Tokyo, Xu Kedeng went to the manufacturer to investigate the situation. After the Sony shareholders meeting was over, he would contact Mr. Fang again with Sharp and other higher-level people in the company.

"Mr. Fang, Sharp has a research project on capacitive screens, and the lab has samples now."

"But the current performance is still very general, and there is a long way to go before mass production."

Xu Keden mainly visited Sharp in the past two days. Their liquid crystal business is developing very well, and it seems that they are also conducting a lot of research on the various applications of liquid crystal.

"Already have a sample?" Fang Zhuo was slightly surprised, and didn't pay much attention to the "performance effect" and "large distance", so the capacitive screen is a very basic device for touch-screen mobile phones.

Xu Keden nodded. He was also surprised when he visited Sharp's laboratory.

Now that there are already samples of capacitive screens, it would not be so whimsical to realize the full touch screen that Mr. Fang said.

Xu Keden continued: "President Fang, what do you want from Sony this time?"

Fang Zhuo was surprised by Teacher Xu's sudden question about this, and said with a smile, "Why did Teacher Xu say that?"

"This morning, I communicated with a Chinese in Sharp, and he mentioned Sony's relatively good things, saying that Sony's mobile phone camera is very good." Xu Keden said, "Oh yes, and said that Sony now has an image sensor He was recruited for the project approved by the company, and he was quite optimistic about it, but he did not change jobs.”

Camera?Image Sensor?
It's all mobile phone parts.

Fang Zhuo hesitated and said: "Mr. Xu, you may have misunderstood something. It's not what I want from Sony, but what excellent things Sony can cooperate with me. I'm mainly just watching the fun this trip."

"I guess it will take a few days to see. How about you, just see what excellent and cutting-edge mobile phone parts from Sony and Japan may be what we need."

"Sony's devices and technology will be easier to talk about. For other brands, let's look at the attitude first. It shouldn't be difficult."

Xu Corden understood.

He thought for a while, and said: "I called Sony when I came back in the evening and asked about their image sensor. They make CMOS. I called China and asked about it. It may indeed be more cutting-edge."

"CMOS is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor. Sony made CCD imaging equipment before. Domestic experts say that CMOS is likely to replace CCD in the future."

He reminded: "Sony's CMOS should be of high value. Mr. Fang, it is worth cooperating with us. It is an integrated circuit itself. Maybe Bingxin and this also have a prospect of cooperation."

Fang Zhuo blinked, said something bad, and insisted on bringing the ice core to me.

He nodded seriously: "Okay, got it."

Xu Kedeng didn't know whether Mr. Fang knew or not, so he reminded him at the end: "Mr. Fang, Sony's research in this area, should it ask us to cooperate and develop it together, can it come to China to set up a laboratory or something like that."

"Or, simply split it up, and Yike can take a stake. Well, if it can be split up, maybe it can be bought."

Fang Zhuo saw that the product director's words were getting more and more outrageous, and said with a smile: "Split people up, Mr. Xu, do you think I'm here to be the chairman of Sony? Wake up, I'm here to see the excitement."

Xu Keden muttered resentfully: "It's not the same, isn't it a good relationship with Sony's future chairman?"

Fang Zhuo pretended not to hear.

However, the Sony Group has many businesses and involves various fields. It is indeed like a treasure trove waiting to be discovered. Sony Bertelsmann Music is in a decline stage and can wait a little longer.

Like this CMOS image sensor, maybe we can really talk about it. Stringer is not planning to abolish bloated departments and products. I will ask about this aspect at night.

If Sony doesn't want it, Yike can try to help.

Think what your friends think, and worry about what your friends want.

Only Stringer can save Sony.

Fang Zhuo asked Xu Keden to sort out a more detailed opinion from domestic experts, and tried his best to make himself, a layman, understandable.

At this stage, the domestic foundation of various mobile phone components is very weak. If you want to come up with a comparable mobile phone when the Apple mobile phone comes out, you really need to carefully select various cutting-edge research.

Nine o'clock in the evening.

Fang Zhuo came to see Stringer who was visited by Ryoji Nakabachi today as scheduled, and asked Tian Zhongshi to wait on the first floor first.

This time they didn't smoke cigars, and the two drank tea.

Amid the scent of tea, Stringer came up to express his feelings.

"Last year, I came to Tokyo to attend Sony's annual general meeting. I sat on the rostrum in the conference hall of the headquarters for a total of 5 hours."

"No one, no one has asked me about Sony Entertainment."

"Fang, do you know how I feel?"

Fang Zhuo's expression was a bit subtle, he was 62 that year, sitting like an idiot?
He didn't speak, knowing that this man would continue.

"They don't think that entertainment is the real direction of Sony." Stringer shook his head slightly, "I can feel that they think the United States is too far away and noisy, and they are so conservative and stubborn."

Fang Zhuo said: "You are in Tokyo today, which has proved them wrong."

Stringer took a sip of his tea and exhaled.

"This will be a beautiful start for Sony." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I think Sony has found their best reformer."

Stringer nodded and said seriously, "I'm going to replace Ryoji Nakabachi."

(End of this chapter)