Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 578

Stringer was elected.

Kutaragi Ken was elected.

Fang Zhuo was elected.

With the confirmation of the position and the nomination of new directors, the combination of Norio Ohga and Stringer made the resistance of the directors of the Dei department weaker and weaker.

After all, someone must be responsible for Sony's performance, and today's top management will bear the brunt.

Nobuyuki Idei's departure is a shattering of his parents' dignity, but the 75-year-old Norio Ohga has enough prestige to continue to drive the board of directors.

In the end, under Dahe's clear request, the interim board of directors confirmed the list of new board of directors and management to be submitted to the shareholders' meeting on the 2nd of next month. In addition to the changes of Stringer, Jiuduo, and Fang Zhuo, there were also changes including Idei, Six directors including Ando, ​​Takajo, and Nakahachi resigned.

In other words, Sony's board of directors will be reduced from 17 to 12, with 6 external directors and 6 internal directors.

This basically means that the new chairman Stringer roughly controls the board of directors, and his own 1 vote plus 6 outside directors is more than half-but considering that one of the outside directors abstained when nominating the president this time, the power still remains. Need to continue to consolidate.

As a reward for resigning directors, Idei Nobuyuki, Ando Kuniwei, and Takajo Shizuo will all become Sony corporate consultants, of which Idei Nobuyuki is the top consultant.

As for whether Nobuyuki Idei is willing to exit in this way...

Fang Zhuo, who had been watching from the sidelines in the second half, reckoned that the current head of Sony would compromise.

Otherwise, even if there is a lot of trouble in the city and the general meeting of shareholders, Nobuyuki Idei will always have to face a sharp question-Sony was so strong during the Dahe period, why is it in your hands now?
Because of this, Idei Nobuyuki was unable to straighten his back, and it appeared on the board of directors that the inner director voted for Kutaragi Ken who joined the next chairman.

Similarly, the current president, Kunitake Ando, ​​may have apologized for Sony's current situation, and finally chose to bear the infamy, allowing Kuta to pass the presidency in a thrilling manner.

Sony's temporary board meeting started at 12 o'clock and lasted for four and a half hours, which made many people hungry.

Fang Zhuo came here only after eating, so he still had the energy to listen to the speeches of different directors, and silently figured out their positions and demands in his heart.

The board of directors will definitely move, and it is a matter of knowledge to keep whoever gets rid of whoever.

Fang Zhuo thought that he should provide Stringer with some professional advice, so as to live up to the friendship between the two.

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Nooro Ohga, who also came after eating, announced the end of the meeting with great energy.

The directors of the Idei department left in a hurry.

The other directors who voted for Stringer didn't want to wait too long, and they had mixed feelings about Sony's power changes.

Even Norio Oga and Ken Kutaragi just said hello and left the conference room. Their meeting this time was due to helplessness, and they really did not welcome the arrival of the Americans in their hearts.

Otherwise, Ken Kutaragi would not openly oppose the foreign chairman.

"Dahe is indeed the old head, and he still has a deep influence on Sony." Fang Zhuo fell silent, seeing Stringer's serious expression, and casually chatting about what he saw today.

Stringer nodded. If there was no big congratulations, Idei's departure would directly lead to the end of the meeting without a problem, which would definitely add a lot of changes.

Fang Zhuo continued: "But it is precisely because of Idei's reform of the board of directors that the foreign directors can speak, so Dahe has to stand on the same front as you today."

Since the succession of the well, Sony Group's board of directors has undergone changes, the staff has been greatly streamlined, and the outside directors are no longer just decorations.

However, the first influential thing that this group of foreign directors officially made was to propose a foreign chairman to save Sony. Without this group of foreign directors, Sony's next board of directors and management may still be Formed under the influence of Oga.

Time is fate, there are successes and failures.

Either way, Sony's Idei days are over.

Sony under his leadership had a brilliant past. At that time, he was Sony's well-deserved majestic patriarch.

However, Sony's external troubles and internal troubles in the past two years have slipped to an unprecedented bottom for the group. Therefore, the evaluation of Idei is destined to be more important than the former, and failures are greater than successes.

"Fang, do you think Idei will make a move at the shareholders' meeting?" Stringer still asked with a little worry, and now he believed in the young president's judgment.

Fang Zhuo pondered for a moment: "There is a probability, but the probability is not high. No matter what the position of the president is, Idei will never be able to lead Sony again. If it were you, you would be so unhappy with the company you have been with for decades at this time." Is it?"

"The public opinion outside of Sony is not good, the company's performance has no foundation, and the two candidates for president also have their own advantages. How can Idei convince shareholders?"

"He may not be able to hold back his anger for a while, but this anger will pass. The board of directors has compromised and reached a result. Whether these highly respected foreign directors or Dahe who still has influence, they should communicate with Idei."

Fang Zhuo stood in the elevator and shrugged: "Sir, your time has come."

Stringer suddenly found that he fell in love with Mr. Fang's eloquence, and his mood was said to be a little ecstatic. He nodded with a smile on his face and said, "We still have to wait for the shareholders' meeting."

"Drink?" Fang Zhuo understood Lao Si's reserve.

"Please." Stringer was already hungry.

The two left the Sony headquarters building.

Before taking a few steps, they saw Yotaro Kobayashi's private car waiting by the side of the road.

Stringer put away his hunger, cheered up, dealt with the Japanese old man, and chatted for a while about the future of Sony Group.

Just when Fang Zhuo thought that Xiao Lin was going to get in the car and leave, the Sony foreign director looked over.

"Mr. Fang." Yotaro Kobayashi said in Mandarin, "Congratulations on becoming an outside director of Sony Group."

Fang Zhuo smiled: "We still have to wait for the shareholders' meeting."

Kobayashi Yotaro understood Mr. Fang's young man's reservedness, nodded, and said, "Mr. Fang, I like a word in your country very much. Seek common ground while reserving differences."

He slowly continued: "The competition between Sony and Echo has gradually become a thing of the past. Whether it is the changes brought about by the Internet to music or Sony's internal rigidity, Echo has already defeated Sony head-on in terms of players. .”

"Everyone should look forward. I don't know how much of what Mr. Fang said is true or not, but in my opinion, Yike and Sony have a lot of cooperation, and Mr. Fang and Mr. Stringer also have a cooperative relationship. Fundamentals, this is the reason why I and several directors invested together."

Kobayashi Yotaro's words are somewhat in harmony with the light.

Fang Zhuo raised his eyebrows: "My sincerity is in my words, really, otherwise, a foreign director of Sony Group is nothing to me."

Regardless of his own company or personal wealth, he has the confidence to say this.

Who would want to mess with Sony?
What is the reason?
Are you happy?

Therefore, Kobayashi Yotaro nodded slightly, agreeing with Mr. Fang's attitude. He smiled and said, "Mr. Fang may not know that I have full respect for Huaxia."

Fang Zhuo didn't wait for this man to continue, and he roughly knew the logic that could support his words.

Yotaro Kobayashi’s company is a Japanese-American joint venture, and he very much agrees with the business philosophy of the American company. At the same time, he himself is also the chief member of the Japanese side of the “China-Japan Friendship 21st Century Committee”. He is a figure who can meet many leaders when he comes to China. The attitude towards Huaxia is quite friendly.

Therefore, in Kobayashi's view, the chairman of the board can be a foreigner, and it's okay for a Chinese person to be the foreign director.

"I think..." Yotaro Kobayashi's words were interrupted by shouts in the distance, he turned his head and saw Ryoji Nakabachi, who was defeated in today's meeting, coming angrily, followed by his car.

Yotaro Kobayashi frowned, and said goodbye in advance: "You two, see you at the shareholders' meeting. I hope Sony has a bright future."

Both Stringer and Fang Zhuo nodded and bid farewell to the Japanese business legend.

Yotaro Kobayashi got in the car and left, and Ryoji Nakabachi and the car that was slowly chasing behind him approached.

"Fang Zhuo, Stringer, why did you go back on what you promised?" Ryoji Nakabachi had communicated with other people in the office for a while, and when he saw the two treacherous parties, his unquenched anger rekindled.

"Mr. Zhongbo, you are very rude." Fang Zhuo said lightly.

Nakabachi Ryoji laughed back in anger, he was really stunned by a stick on the board of directors!
When I came here, I had a pleasant communication with Stringer in person yesterday, and there was a certain tacit understanding when I visited Fang Zhuo in the morning. I thought that today I would be nominated as president smoothly. Ask to resign!
Such a landslide is really unexpected!
Ryoji Nakabachi abstained from Fang Zhuo's vote, and now the more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes.

Especially, he remembered the conversation between the two before they separated.

——Mr. Zhongba, do you support Mr. Stringer's reform measures?That's the crux of this board.

——Of course I support it.

--very good.

idiot!It is indeed the key!It's the key to Die Die Dikeng himself!
Ryoji Nakabachi is still the vice president. Compared to Stringer who has to hold his nose up in the future, his anger is intelligently aimed at the Chinese people. The anger in his eyes seems to burn the man in front of him to ashes.

"Fang Zhuo, you did it on purpose! You planned to seduce me!"

Fang Zhuo frowned, and asked strangely, "Why didn't you say these things at the board meeting? Now that it's over, you came up and cried. Are you trying to arouse pity?"

Ryoji Nakabachi's mind was in a mess from being ridiculed, and his right hand was tightly clenched into a fist, almost going forward to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Fang Zhuo looked at the little devil coldly.

You don't even have a gasoline can, who do you want to scare?
If you really can't afford to lose, you want to come to martial arts, so let you try the principle of boxing and fear of the young.

At this time, a man came down from the car with low eyebrows and grabbed Ryoji Nakabachi from behind. It was the second devil who was taciturn and suspected to be a Chinese when they met this morning.

The two devils grabbed Nakaba Ryoji.

When Ryoji Nakabachi was pulled, his aura became more fierce, and he was about to move forward as he struggled.

The second devil suddenly took Zhongbo two steps back in a hurry, and whispered a few Chinese words he heard during his visit in the morning. According to Japan's national conditions, the person opposite is equivalent to a capitalist who is not clear with the Yamaguchi-gumi .

This has to be done, maybe it will be thrown into the sea some other day.

After hearing these few words, Ryoji Nakabachi suddenly calmed down in his mind.

He looked again, and Mr. Fang stared at him coldly, as if there was another meaning in his eyes, and the next chairman Stringer's face was also very ugly.

That's right, what Mr. Fang just said was right.

Since the board of directors endured it, why should they lose their composure now?

The urgency in Nakabachi Ryoji's heart suddenly calmed down.

He pushed away the second devil who hadn't reported the news in time before, and took two steps: "I admit that my voice was a bit loud just now, but, Mr. Fang, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Fang Zhuo said lightly: "I am the director of Sony, who are you?"

Ryoji Nakabachi's anger was almost provoked by this understatement. He took two deep breaths: "I am the vice president of Sony, and this has nothing to do with my status. Is this how Mr. Fang behaves in his business style?"

Fang Zhuo said disdainfully: "Vice president? Maybe not soon, pay attention to your attitude, pay attention to your attitude in front of Sony's chairman and directors, Mr. Zhongba."

What the young president emphasizes is to let the Japanese vice president implement the Japanese style of respect in front of the Chinese and the British.

Ryoji Nakabachi couldn't explain it anymore, and looked at Stringer who had been silent all the time.

Izui is gone, and this is the next head.

Master, please say something!
Is there really no explanation?

Dear virtuous minister, Yuan Xiaoren!

Stringer frowned and waved his hands, but he didn't even want to say a word.

Ryoji Nakabachi's face paled suddenly, but the fire in his heart was no match for the water of the ocean, and he couldn't speak out on the scene. He bowed silently, got in the car and left.

"I sometimes think there is something wrong with these Japanese people?" Stringer said with a frown.

Fang Zhuo didn't expect the next head of Sony to say such a thing, and said with a smile: "Don't say that in front of them."

"I'm going to replace him." Stringer shook his head.

"Zhongbo, don't worry." Fang Zhuo said as he walked.

"No, I'm replacing Yotaro Kobayashi." Stringer corrected.

Fang Zhuo stopped and was stunned: "Change him? Why?"

I have to say that the words of Kobayashi Yotaro just now are very styled, and he is a foreign director who supports Stringer.

Stringer explained: "He is too old. This is a very valid reason. I will transfer people from Sony America to the board of directors, and gradually replace outside directors when the situation stabilizes."

"Since they support me, it's easy to replace. Kobayashi Yotaro's age can be understood by everyone."

Fang Zhuo's expression was subtle, good guy, sir, I didn't even expect you to cross the river and tear down bridges at such a speed, I am really relieved to have you in Sony.

He pondered and persuaded: "Don't be in a hurry, or you will easily be accused of nepotism."

Stringer said disapprovingly: "The people from Sony America were transferred to use advanced technology to transform Sony's backwardness. Why should we be afraid of accusations?"

Fang Zhuo performed his duties as Sony's external director, and tried hard to persuade him: "Whether it is the board of directors or corporate strategy, we must be cautious, otherwise it will easily cause a backlash."

"Well." Stringer nodded, "I will be cautious, the board of directors and the business need to take it slowly."

Fang Zhuo felt that he was not ashamed of those 9 votes.

Pro-virtuous minister, far villain, this Sony is also prosperous.

Fang Xianchen sat in the car as he deserved, and asked, "Do you know the CMOS image sensor that Sony is making?"

"What is that?" Stringer asked blankly.

"I'll have a good talk with you when we have a drink." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "And this board of directors, I have a little experience, I don't know if it will be useful to you."

Stringer lifted his spirits: "Let's talk about the board of directors first."

The black car carried the next chairman of Sony and outside directors, and drove away.

(End of this chapter)