Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

In a luxurious izakaya in Shinjuku, Tsuchiya Takata is entertaining the Owada executive.

Tsuchiya Takata poured wine for the Owada executive and asked, "Owada executive, I heard that the representative of that Chinese company will come to Tokyo tomorrow and will speak at the board of directors?"

"That's true." Executive Officer Owada nodded: "The representative of the Chinese company probably heard that the executives of the board of directors all support your total company, so they plan to persuade the executives to change their minds on the board of directors in person!"

"What is the attitude of the executives?" Tsuchiya Takata asked subconsciously.

"You should already have the answer in your heart." Executive Owada said with a smile: "Let the representatives of Chinese companies speak, it is just a passing scene. I don't think the executives will care what the representatives of Chinese companies say."

Tsuchiya Takata smiled and bowed slightly at Executive Officer Owada: "The board of directors of the day after tomorrow, please ask Executive Officer Owada!"

With the stubborn character of the Japanese, once a decision is made, it is difficult to change it.

Now that the executives of Nakano Co., Ltd. have decided to support the total company, it is almost impossible for them to change their minds, unless a major change occurs.

What's more, Tsuchiya Takata has carried out a lot of public relations during this period, and several Rolex watches have been given away. The executives of Nakano Co., Ltd. have all received Tsuchiya Takata's benefits and will support Tsuchiya Takata's total company.

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The next day, Li Weidong arrived in Tokyo, and Li Weidong immediately went to see Kenjiro Shimizu

"Mr. Li, the current situation is not optimistic for you. Several executives of the board of directors are biased towards the total company. After all, it is a Japanese-funded company." Shimizu Kenjiro said.

"It seems that the inspection report you submitted didn't really work." Li Weidong said with a smile.

Shimizu Kenjiro nodded: "I've said before, it's just a process. Although the militarized management method you adopted is very bright, our senior management still recognizes Japanese-funded enterprises, not to mention that the company that total adopts is also a Japanese enterprise. management model.”

Li Weidong pondered for a few seconds, then asked, "When will the board of directors start?"

"Tomorrow morning!" Shimizu Kenjiro said.

"When will the final result be announced?" Li Weidong asked.

"No later than tomorrow afternoon." Shimizu Kenjiro replied.

Li Weidong nodded silently, thinking to himself: Time should be too late.

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The next morning, the board of directors of Nakano Co., Ltd.

At about ten o'clock, the executives have all arrived, and the board of directors has officially started.

President Nakano took the lead and said: "The main topic of the board of directors today is to decide who to sell the microwave oven production line to. We have also sent an inspection team to the Philippines, India, Thailand and China for inspections, and the final inspection reports have also been made. I have submitted it to you. I believe that after reading the inspection report, you have already made up your mind.

However, before you make the final decision, I have one thing to tell you. The representative of the Chinese company arrived in Tokyo yesterday. He hopes to introduce the advantages of the Chinese company to the executives at the board of directors. Since the other party has come all the way from China and is polite, I think he should be given a chance to speak.

Of course, for the sake of fairness, I also invited Mr. Tsuchiya Tsuchiya, the representative of total company in Thailand. When the representative of the Chinese company speaks, Mr. Tsuchiya Tsuchiya from total company will also be an observer. If Mr. Tsuchiya Tsuchiya wants to express his opinion , we will also give him a chance, do you have any opinions on this? "

The executives basically support Tsuchiya Takata, and of course have no opinion on Tsuchiya Takata attending the board of directors.

I just heard President Nakano continue: "Since everyone has no opinion, then please invite Mr. Tsuchiya Takata, and Mr. Li, the representative of the Chinese company, to come in!"

After a while, Tsuchiya Takata was invited into the room. The executives all knew Tsuchiya Takata, so no special introduction was needed.

Two minutes later, Li Weidong was also brought in.

"Hello, President Nakano, all executives, how are you, my name is Li Weidong, the person in charge of China Xiangyang Electric Furnace Factory." Li Weidong made a brief self-introduction to everyone.

President Nakano went straight to the topic: "Mr. Li, I heard that you came from China specifically to introduce the advantages of your company to our board of directors in detail?"

"Yes." Li Weidong nodded: "Everyone has read the inspection report of Minister Shimizu, which introduces the management and operation mode of our company in detail. The militarized management mode has won the award of Xizhi Electric. Recognition. Relevant information in this regard is available in the written report, so I will not waste everyone's time. I introduced it to you today, which is not in the report. "

"What's not in the report? Is there anything missing from Minister Shimizu's inspection?" President Nakano asked.

"No, there is nothing missing in Minister Shimizu's inspection, but Minister Shimizu's inspection is only for enterprises. Now I want to talk about things outside enterprises."

Li Weidong cleared his throat and continued: "First of all, what I want to say is that China has a complete industrial system. This industrial system includes the extraction of basic raw materials, the processing of parts and components, and the manufacture of products. All can be done in China.

Although our Chinese enterprises are lacking in mid-to-high-end manufacturing, many core components need to be imported, but in addition to those high-end core components, other Chinese enterprises can produce, that is to say, our Chinese enterprises , can provide a complete product supply chain.

In this regard, Thai companies are not as good as Chinese companies. Thailand does not have a complete industrial system, and they cannot provide a complete product supply chain. Putting the microwave oven production line in Thailand means that parts need to be imported from other countries. And once there is a problem in one of the links, even if it is only a small link, the entire product supply chain will be affected! "

After Li Weidong's remarks, Tsuchiya Tsuchiya, who was in the audience, looked a little embarrassed, but he had no way to refute it, because what Li Weidong said was the truth.

After all, Thailand is a small country, and it is impossible to establish a complete industrial system like China. Even building a complete product supply chain is very reluctant.

Small countries are destined to focus on only one or two fields when they engage in industry. For a small country, if it can achieve world-class performance in one or two fields, it can become a relatively wealthy country. If one or two fields can be top-notch in the world, it can basically become a developed country.

Li Weidong went on to say: "Second, what I want to talk about is trade union organizations. Our trade unions in China are responsible for mobilizing and organizing employees to actively participate in economic construction, strive to complete production tasks and work tasks, and educate employees to improve their ideology, ethics, technical skills and business. and scientific and cultural quality.

The main job of the trade unions in Thailand is to ask for wage increases, boycott overtime, ask for more holidays and benefits, and organize workers to strike! These are of no help to industrial production! If the microwave oven production line is located in Thailand, it will face the endless entanglement of trade union organizations!

If you meet one requirement of the union, there will be a second or third requirement. At that time you will find that you have fallen into a bottomless pit, you will never be able to satisfy the appetite of the unions, and once you say 'no' to the unions, then you will face a workers' strike!

If we were in China, we would never worry about such a problem, our unions here would not negotiate terms, and we had no strikes here. Our workers are very hardworking and disciplined, and we can complete production tasks stably! "

The face of Tsuchiya Takata next to him became more and more gloomy, and Li Weidong told the truth again.

During the Vietnam War, Thailand was very close to the United States. As a result, Thailand did not learn the advanced technology and industrial capabilities of the United States, but learned the American trade union system.

Trade unions in Thailand are also on strike every three days, and the reasons for the strike are even more bizarre.

Strikes such as asking for a raise and asking for a holiday are normal; because they support or oppose a strike of a certain faction, it is also said in the past.

But even the issue of climate change requires a strike, which is a bit too much!

If you don’t want the climate to warm up, you should drive less, use less electricity, and plant more trees, so as to save energy and reduce emissions in your life. What kind of reason does a strike count?

Li Weidong went on to say: "The third point I want to say is stability! A stable national environment is very important for operating production. If the country cannot provide a stable political and business environment, it is full of various Uncertain factors, then even if there are advanced production lines, stable industrial production cannot be carried out.

China's economic policy planning is long-term. We formulate a plan, ranging from five years to several decades, our policy will not change for a long time, that is to say, we can provide a very stable operating and production environment! As long as we have the corresponding production line, we can definitely achieve stable production and stable supply! "

This time, Tsuchiya finally couldn't sit still, and he said, "Thailand's business environment is also very stable!"

Li Weidong looked at Tsuchiya Takata with some doubts, thinking who is this person? It looks a little familiar!

President Nakano immediately explained: "This is Mr. Tsuchiya Takata, the representative of total company in Thailand!"

Li Weidong just remembered that when the four shortlisted companies were announced, he had indeed met Tsuchiya Takata.

President Nakano continued; "Mr. Li, since we invited you to the board of directors, for the sake of fairness, we also invited Mr. Tsuchiya Takata to participate in the board of directors. I don't think you will have an opinion!"

"Of course, I like fair competition the most!" Li Weidong nodded with a smile, then looked at Tsuchiya Takata and said, "Mr. Tsuchiya, you just said that the environment in Thailand is also very stable?"

"Of course!" Tsuchiya Takata said without hesitation.

Li Weidong smiled slightly, then looked at his watch.

"Calculate the time, it's almost there! The news should have come!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Kenjiro Shimizu walked in.

"Minister Shimizu, we are holding a board meeting, what's the matter with you?" President Nakano asked.

"President, my executives, I'm very sorry for disturbing you to open the board of directors! I just received an important piece of news about Thailand! I have to report to you." Shimizu Kenjiro said.

"What happened?" President Nakano asked.

"General Shuntong ousted Mr. Chachai!" Shimizu Kenjiro replied immediately.

Everyone instantly turned to Tsuchiya Takata, as if asking: Is this the stable environment you said? "