Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 577 Full House of Little Devils (Two in One)

Sony's interim board has undergone unexpected changes.

虽然十七位董事为了迎接索尼的股东大会已经开过2人、3人、4人、5人……最多9人的会议很多次，但这次还是让有的人搞不清情况。

This……

How did Ken Kutaragi support 60?
Isn't that American a subordinate that the head of Idei relies on?

It seems that the next chairman has been elected just now, do we have to... re-election?

However, although it was a bit messy, Mr. Ohe still wanted to interfere with the head of Idei as always. Such a sense of familiarity was gratifying.

"It's a bit messy."

Fang Zhuo sighed to Stringer in a low voice.

Stringer nodded too.

The main reason for the two people to feel this way was that Japanese that they could not understand began to appear in the conference room, and there were discussions between neighbors and questions in the air.

The Japanese that appeared in this way seems to have initiated a secrecy mechanism for Stringer and Fang Zhuo.

"It still depends on the vote." Stringer said seriously.

Fang Zhuo replied easily: "That's not necessarily true. In 02, Sony's sale of the insurance business had been negotiated, and the board of directors had all approved it. It stands to reason that it was the highest order, but it was also messed up by the retired Dahe. "

"Then... what about the vote I passed just now?" Stringer's suppressed worries suddenly surfaced again.

"I see that Jing is a person who is willing to gamble and admit defeat, not like Dahe." Fang Zhuo half speculated and half comforted, "It's really not possible. If Yike enters the mobile phone business, you will be the president then."

Stringer couldn't laugh or cry: "I don't understand mobile phones."

"Then you can bring Sony who understands mobile phones." Fang Zhuo joked.

Stringer's nervousness was somewhat relieved by the joke. He felt that the young people nowadays are really focused, and it was the first time he had experienced such a serious board opinion dispute since he had been working for so long.

Following the unknown who was the first to activate Japanese, the Japanese voice in the meeting room fluctuated up and down. Speaking of the back, Fang Zhuo saw that the front and back leaders, Nobuyuki Idei and Norio Oga, were still facing each other with great interest. Spray a few words.

If it is said that Nobuyuki Ii's style is quite feudal, then Norio Oga is the feudalism of Japanese feudalism.

Fang Zhuo didn't know that this person was still alive - the influence on Sony was still alive.

After what Tian Zhongshi said, he checked and inquired about the situation urgently, only to know that since his retirement, Dahe has taken actions including but not limited to "going to work on time", "cooperating with directors to oppose the opinions of the head", "preventing the sale of 50 billion US dollars of insurance business", etc. .

That is to say, in the past two years, Nobuyuki Idei's reform of Sony's board of directors has become more effective, and Oga's influence has become weaker and weaker.

However, Idei has made progress in the group's power, but Sony's consumer electronics business has ushered in an overall decline, and the company's market value has hit a new low. Even if the reform measures of "Transformation 60" take time, Sony Group can't wait any longer.

But it's hard to blame the shareholders and directors entirely, who let Idei himself make a profit promise to the reform plan.

The hustle and bustle of Japanese gradually fell silent.

After all, it still depends on the comparison of each other's votes.

Fang Zhuo watched everyone quiet down, not sure if the quarrel just now reached some compromise that he didn't know, and said seriously: "As a pure passer-by, I want to say something, let's see what Sony is doing now. , almost fell to the market value of Apple!"

Nobuyuki Idei encountered betrayal, accusations, and quarrels. At this moment, he didn't have the majesty of a parent at all. He slapped the table angrily, and popped out a Japanese word that Fang Zhuo was extremely familiar with - Baga.

Fang Zhuo said dissatisfiedly in Chinese: "Hey, why are you swearing?"

Stringer also used English to defend his own people: "This is the status quo of the group, and we must face it squarely."

Dahe Norio also spoke a series of Japanese—Fang Zhuo couldn't understand it, but guessed it was anti-Baga.

The hustle and bustle that had just been silent resurfaced with the meeting of the three languages.

This time the debate was more intense than last time.

But what makes Fang Zhuo interesting is that it is more impactful for the position of chairman to be held by a foreigner, but it has been unanimously approved just now, and now it is talking about the position of president, but there is a lot of trouble.

Just thinking about this, he heard Shizuo Takajo angrily propose a re-vote—re-elect the next chairman, and oppose Stringer, a foreigner, to take over the direction of the group!

Shizuo Takajo looked back, and the foreign directors who supported Stringer were not happy.

The five foreign directors are not ordinary figures, any one of them is well-known in the Japanese business circle.

For example, Yotaro Kobayashi, who is also in his 70s this year, is a legendary Japanese business leader. Fuji Xerox, which he single-handedly expanded, is regarded as the most successful Japan-US joint venture company and has always been pro-US.

Therefore, he is also the most supportive of Stringer's entry into Sony.

The old man has a bad temper, and he can't stand up and point at Shizuo Takajo's nose when he says "Baga".

Fang Zhuo felt that it was a great loss that he couldn't understand Japanese today.

However, the Sony conference room was indeed becoming more and more chaotic.

President Yike took out a cigarette, and felt that what happened in the conference room in front of him might be a microcosm of the Sony Group—everyone was at a loss in the face of the group's business decline and market value decline.

Where should we go?

Are the advantages and pride of the past not suitable for the present era?
There are so many powerful companies in the United States. Are their business ideas correct?
Which point is right?What's wrong?
Ideological ignorance is mixed with the interests of different positions, and in the end it is Stringer's superior position.

Fang Zhuo didn't light the cigarette, just rubbed it on his finger, and after listening to the quarrel for a while, he said to Stringer: "You negotiated with Sony in New York, you came to Tokyo, you sat on the temporary board of directors, and you voted unanimously. appointed."

"Don't be afraid, there are always people who have to compromise, and they are the ones who fall into the water."

Stringer subconsciously wanted to nod, but suddenly stopped half of his movements, and said in a low voice, "I'm not afraid, their accent is too strong, or it's Japanese, we should bring an interpreter."

Fang Zhuo smiled and threw out a small gadget: "You will also be an outside director at the Yike shareholder meeting this year. It is a great honor for our small company to have the chairman of Sony here."

"Then I'm going to see Yike's board of directors." Stringer agreed.

The chaotic quarrel in the conference room gradually subsided again.

No matter how different the opinions of each other are, they have to cast a vote to see the result before considering whether to turn the table.

At the very least, Nobuyuki Idei, the head of Sony, seems to have the ability to turn the table, and his final dispute is also expressing his tough attitude.

There were 19 people in the conference room with a total of 17 votes. Fang Zhuo had no voting rights, and Norio Ohga was only an "honorary chairman" and did not have voting rights.

There are a total of 5 foreign directors, plus Stringer and Jiuduo's own votes, this is 7 votes.

It stands to reason that winning 2 more votes from the internal directors will determine the outcome.

However, when it came time to vote, one of the foreign directors actually abstained, which made both Stringer and Norio Oga slightly change their expressions.

剩余的10位内董里，不可能指望出井伸之、中钵良治、高条静雄这3人弃暗投明，也就是要从7人里争取3票——谁也不知道这7个人到底有几位是死跟出井伸之的。

A show of hands voted one after another.

"Nakaba Ryoji."

"Kutaragi Ken."

"Nakaba Ryoji."

"Nakaba Ryoji."

Everyone's mood tensed up. Regardless of Nobuyuki Idei or Norio Ohga, both of them fixed their eyes on the person who was about to vote, as if they could change a director's decision with their eyes.

Fang Zhuo didn't plan to be a human being today, so he wasn't nervous at all, but just watched this scene with interest.

But as the voting progressed, even he didn't expect the result to be announced until the last person.

The 17 directors already have 16 votes, 8 votes for Kutaragi Ken, 7 votes for Nakaba Ryoji, and 1 abstention.

If the final vote goes to Ryoji Nakabachi, neither party has a majority, which means that the nomination of the president is likely to be resolved at the general meeting of shareholders, which will further spread the chaos of Sony's top management to the outside world.

All eyes were on Kunitake Ando, ​​who did not vote in the end, and he was the current president of Sony Group, and it was his seat that Nakabachi and Kuta were competing for.

It is very likely that the current president will determine the ownership of the next president.

Things have developed to this point, and many people feel that this is a kind of destiny.

Ando Kuniwei did not move, express, or speak for a long time.

"Ando, ​​who do you think is more suitable to be the president of the group?"

Norio Oga said slowly.

Nobuyuki Idei thought that this was the off-court influence of the old head, and immediately said: "Ando, ​​you have to be careful, you decide the future of Sony."

Seeing that Stringer had lost his voice at this time, Fang Zhuo was dissatisfied with the British jazz's inaction at the critical moment of the board of directors, and then said: "As a pure passerby, I think..."

"Shut up!" Idei Nobuzhi was furious, he glared at Fang Zhuo, and interrupted the pure passerby from Huaxia.

However, Ando Kuniwei looked over and asked calmly, "What do you think?"

"I think that both Zhongbo and Jiuduo will take up the post of president as a supplement to Chairman Stringer." Fang Zhuoyue's key points are more energetic, and he talks eloquently, "Stringer has already proved with Sony America that he is a leader in entertainment and entertainment. Content business capabilities are important to the Sony Group."

"But at the same time, Stringer lacks experience in the consumer electronics field, so he needs judgment from the president on the consumer electronics business."

"Whoever it is is destined to be in charge of the consumer electronics business, and both of them have excellent records to fill the role."

Fang Zhuo spoke impartially, speaking purely from passers-by.

Dejing, Zhongba, Dahe, Jiuta, and Stringer were taken aback by these words, and they had the same thought in their hearts—are you really just a passerby?

Ando Kunui frowned and asked, "But you have to choose one."

Fang Zhuo nodded: "Not bad."

He asked in English: "Mr. Ando, ​​I wonder if you have heard a word from Huaxia."

Ando Kuniwei nodded first, and then replied in Mandarin: "I can speak some Chinese."

At this time, Yotaro Kobayashi, the foreign director, also said in Mandarin: "I can speak Chinese, and I can translate."

Fang Zhuo didn't let a little surprise affect his thoughts, and quoted: "Lu regards mutual tolerance as his country, and he can't use it if he tolerates the outside but not the inside."

Ando Kuniwei obviously didn't just "know some Chinese", he pondered: "This is an allusion of tolerance for the country."

"Stringer passed unanimously, and everyone expects it." Fang Zhuo said, "You voted for Zhongbo today, and Zhongbo only had 8 votes, which could not pass the nomination of the board of directors, and now there are less than 3 days left before the shareholders' meeting. time."

"According to today's conflict, your vote for China Bowl is to let Sony expose such a big contradiction to the outside world, so that shareholders and the capital market will further lose confidence in Sony."

"Is Sony's shareholder meeting going to be a farce?"

"Tolerance for the country, Mr. Ando, ​​Sony needs confidence externally, and resolves conflicts internally."

"Mr. Idei has the greatest responsibility for Sony to come to this day. He is also destined to be unable to lead Sony to continue. Instead of expanding the conflict with him, it is better to let the conflict end in your hands. After all, his resignation will take away part of it. contradiction."

"You voted for Ken Kutaragi, not out of fear of Dahe, nor flattery of Stringer."

"You voted for Jiuta today, and you are no longer with Idei, so what if you get a bad name?"

Fang Zhuo finally quoted a Japanese saying: "Flowers are cherry blossoms, and people are samurai."

He sighed: "Mr. Ando, ​​please focus on the overall situation."

Ando Kunui looked at the Huaxia people and remained silent.

After a while, he made up his mind and said in English: "I think Ken Kutaragi is more suitable to be the president of Sony Group."

boom!
Nobuyuki Idei threw the table and left!

The Sony conference room was in an uproar!
The directors of the Idei family also got up immediately to leave the meeting room.

Norio Ohhe shouted angrily: "What are you all doing! Isn't it enough to bring Sony to where it is today! Sit down!"

Several directors were blocked by the reprimand of the old head, and watched by other colleagues, and sat down again hesitantly.

Regarding the nominee for the position of president of Sony Group, Ken Kutaragi won more than half of the votes and will be formally nominated by the board of directors at the general meeting of shareholders.

Stringer couldn't understand Japanese, let alone Chinese, and saw that Mr. Fang had said a lot of things just now, and then Kunui Ando voted for his own side strangely. At this moment, he couldn't help asking: "What did you say to Ando just now?" what?"

"I talked to him about your grades, and he was convinced." Fang Zhuo replied simply.

Stringer was suspicious and didn't believe this, but he couldn't get to the bottom of it.

Nobuyuki Idei is gone, and Sony's chairman has left the board.

However, there was still an "Honorary Chairman" in the meeting room, and Norio Oga took over the initiative unceremoniously, and the next vote was the nomination of Fang Zhuo's outside director.

How can a Chinese come to be an outside director of Sony Group?

How can a competitor be mixed into the highest level of the group?

Out of strong opposition, several directors of the Idei family abstained from voting.

In the end, 9 votes passed, with 8 abstentions.

Obviously, Fang Zhuo is stronger than Kutaragi Ken. He did not encounter a single vote of opposition and was successfully nominated as an outside director of the Sony Group's interim board of directors.

Fang Zhuo didn't quite understand why Zhongbo and Gaotiao only abstained, but he didn't ask them, and gave a brief acceptance speech.

"Gentlemen, please let Sony's name resound in the world again."

Everyone in the conference room bowed their heads in unison.

Fang Zhuo glanced at the conference room.

The whole hall was full of little devils, and everyone cheered.

It's boring, very boring.

(End of this chapter)