Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

That night, Hayao Miyazaki, Chen Yuesheng and several senior executives accompanied Bao Zixuan to a dinner. At the same time, a brief report was made on the situation of the Japanese branch, mainly focusing on product development, project establishment and other issues. Hayao Miyazaki had been dissatisfied with everyone before, but since Bao Zixuan proposed his idea to him, he simply admires this boss.

You have to know that someone with a background in science and engineering is still so familiar with animation, and is even more proficient than him as a professional in many cases. This has to make people doubt. In the end, there is only one conclusion. There is still a lot of difference between geniuses and mortals. Big gap.

Early the next morning, Bao Zixuan had just gotten up. I received a call, and it was from an acquaintance. Although I don’t know what the other party’s purpose is for asking me to meet, but now that I’m in Japan. We need to meet each other both emotionally and rationally. After all, we still have cooperation on many projects.

Akio Morita has not seen Bao Zixuan for a long time, and the two only occasionally talked on the phone. After all, Mr. Bao has not participated in any electronic technology exhibitions in recent years; the Heiyun Group system is too large, and managers must be given some opportunities. Not only the electronics show, but also the automobile show Bao Zixuan did not participate. The most recent exhibition was at the Paris Air Show. After all, it was the first time Heiyun Group participated in the exhibition, so it had to give some face to the host committee.

Akio Morita fully recognizes Bao Zixuan as a competitor. Heiyun Group has achieved great success in any field, and it seems that it has no shortcomings in the high-tech field. In the past, Sony could still rely on scale and size to win, but now it has been separated by a long distance.

However, since they cannot be treated completely as rivals, after all, they can still cooperate in many fields. Although Heiyun Group has a very sound industrial chain, it cannot capture the entire market; and even if it has the ability, it would not dare to do so. You must know that Americans have now begun antitrust investigations into some of Heiyun's products. This is a danger signal. As long as Bao Zixuan is smart enough, he will definitely cultivate competitors intentionally.

Sony is a good choice. First of all, it is not an American company, and Americans must also be careful. Secondly, Sony has technological advantages in the electronic field and will not be controlled by the Black Cloud Group; the main reason is that Americans do not believe that Black Cloud can control Sony.

Cultivating competitors is not setting up subsidiaries. Therefore, the choice is very important. It was with this in mind that Akio Morita decided to come over and have a chat with Bao Zixuan.

With Akio Morita's character, he wouldn't even bother to do this. But now Sony is unsatisfactory on all fronts, and it would be more appropriate to describe it as dismal sales.

With the rise of black clouds, the glory that should have belonged to Japanese companies did not appear. Of course, the scale of Heiyun is limited, and Japanese companies still occupy the majority of the market share. However, the profit was not high. Sony was defeated by Heiyun because of the Walkman project, making it not even a bit worse than its previous life.

In order to catch up with Heiyun, Sony invested a lot of money in scientific research. And the most annoying thing is that every time a product is developed, it will be half-shot or one-shot at night. Input and output are not directly proportional at all, resulting in Sony's financial situation being very unsatisfactory.

It can be said that Akio Morita can no longer afford the investment, so the only way to go is technology licensing. After accumulating a certain amount of funds, I will think of other ways out.

Bao Zixuan came to Japan to give Akio Morita hope. As long as Bao Zixuan is not stupid, he must know how to do it.

Although I know something about Sony, I also understand that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. And with Akio Morita, the god of management, Sony will rise quickly if given the chance.

This time, Akio Morita was very sincere in his treat, and chose Jiro Sushi Restaurant in Sukiyabashi, Ginza. Many people are not familiar with this store name, but everyone is familiar with its other identity.

The God of Sushi is the Japanese name for Jiro Ono, although it has not yet reached such a height. However, the Ono family's sushi restaurant is already very famous in Japan. Even Akio Morita only got a seat after paying a certain price and money.

In his previous life, Bao Zixuan was very curious about how delicious the sushi made by Ono Jiro was; this time, he took advantage of Akio Morita's light to taste it.

Ono Jiro's sushi restaurant located in the basement of the Ginza office building: Sukiyabashi Jiro is world-famous, and many gourmets from all over the world come here just to taste the sushi skills of the "first sushi man" for more than decades. From the outside it looks very plain, even a little shabby. There are only ten seats in this small shop behind a wooden fence. Even though their restaurant only has ten seats and the toilets are even outside. Even though they need to reserve a month in advance, a meal takes 15 minutes and the per capita consumption is hundreds of dollars, people who eat there will still Sigh, this is "sushi worth waiting for a lifetime".

Ono Jiro buys fish from the best fish seller, shrimp from the best shrimp seller, and rice from the best rice seller. From the temperature of the vinegared rice, to the length of time to pickle the fish, to the intensity of massaging the octopus, Jiro Ono still supervises it personally. He will carefully arrange seats according to the customer's gender and dining habits, and always pay attention to the customer's dining situation to make adjustments.

A movie in his previous life promoted Ono Jiro to the status of the god of sushi, but it is really commendable that the old man can make sushi consistently for decades.

Arriving at Jiro Ono's sushi restaurant, Akio Morita said with a smile: "Bao-san, long time no see. The news has been all about you recently, which is really enviable."

In fact, these words are congratulatory, but they also contain sarcasm. Although he wanted something from Bao Zixuan, Akio Morita wanted to let him know. This is a win-win situation. We will not give up our principles and personality because of this, and we will not be humbled by this. After all, that time has not yet come.

Bao Zixuan: "Mr. Shengtian's style remains the same; compared to me, your life is much happier."

They only spoke half of the words, but in fact both of them were very tired. But at present, no one wants to take action first, after all, it means being passive.

After the two sat down, the food began to be served. This sushi restaurant is different from other places in that you can't order your own food. Eat whatever the chef does.

Akio Morita: "Even though this shop is inconspicuous, Bao-san, the taste here is absolutely outstanding. It's not that they don't have the funds to expand, but they don't want to. The owner and chef here, Jiro Ono, has been focusing on sushi for nearly a year. 40 years, definitely a master."

In fact, Bao Zixuan knew this, but he had never been here before. And since I don’t come to Japan often, I have to pretend I don’t know anything at this time. Otherwise it would be bad to expose the secret, or at least it would make people suspicious.

Bao Zixuan: "There are many places in Japan that are indeed worthy of learning. The level of concentration on work is really admirable. Everyone says that they should love their work, but there are only a few people who can really do it."

"When Sony was relying on electronic products, the same was true for Black Cloud. Now it seems that the technology is number one in the world, but it still has not reached perfection. Technology never ends. Everyone wants to continue climbing in work and scientific research, trying to climb to the top. , but no one knows where the top is.”

"The same is true for Heiyun Group. This time I came to a small sushi restaurant and I was deeply touched. It seems that every industry has the potential to produce masters. It just depends on whether we can persist."

Akio Morita only half understood what Bao Zixuan said, but Jiro Ono felt deeply. Isn't this the truest thought deep in his heart? It seems that there are still soulmates in this world, but I have not met them before.

Akio Shinada: "I came here to cooperate with Heiyun Group. I hope Heiyun will authorize some of its products to be produced by Sony. I am only a product being investigated by the US Commerce Department. I think you should understand what that means."

It seems that the old boy is well prepared. The industry being investigated by the U.S. Department of Commerce means monopoly. It will not be easy for Heiyun to enter the U.S. market again.

Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "What good is this for Heiyun Group? We are all businessmen. We are losing money and it is a way to cultivate talents for competitors. We will not do it until we die."

Akio Morita: "Sony needs these orders to keep the business running, and Black Cloud can escape the antitrust investigation."

It can be said that this old boy's analysis is very reasonable. Heiyun Group really wants to cultivate competitors. In his previous life, after a phone call from Steve Jobs, Bill Gates loaned $150 million to Apple, even though he was worried that life would not be easy if Apple fell to Microsoft.

This is a kind of check and balance, and it is also a double-edged sword. It depends on how both sides approach it.

Bao Shaofu basically agreed. After all, he had considered this issue before coming here. The remaining matters need to be negotiated in detail, and Sony must not be given any advantage.