Author: quiet thoughts

Seeing the extremely surprised looks in Tanimura and Iwata Satoru's eyes, Shirakawa Kaede almost smiled crookedly.

"Let's get to know each other again." Shirakawa Kaede took out his business card from his pocket and handed it to the two of them with both hands. "My dear Shirakawa Kaede, President of Shirakawa Electric Co., Ltd., it's a pleasure to meet you."

Gee, I haven’t done this process for a long time, so the techniques are a bit unfamiliar.

"Shirakawa Electric?!" Satoru Iwata and his friends were shocked.

Everyone else in the room also had shocked faces when they heard Bai Chuanfeng announce the name Bai Chuan Electric.

At this time, Shirakawa Electric is no longer a small and unknown club, especially since it has been frequently in newspapers recently.

Anyone who pays a little attention to current affairs has heard of the name Shirakawa Electric.

But they didn't know that the president of Shirakawa Electric, Sang, was so young and was standing in front of them now.

After all, when Bai Chuanfeng appeared on the news on TV, it only lasted for ten seconds.

And not everyone likes to watch the news, especially young people.

Therefore, everyone was stunned that this young student who had been chatting with them for a long time turned out to be the president of Shirakawa Electric, Sang.

Whenever you go out for a walk, you can meet the legendary president Sang?

The good friend I met while playing games together is actually a capitalist boss?

A billionaire treats me to ice cream in person?

The expressions of everyone in the room ranged from surprise to joy.

Especially Iwata Satoru and Tanimura Masahito, they have the most complicated emotions.

"Shiro...Shirakawa-kun?" Iwata Satoru didn't know what to call him for a while. He had already regarded this friend as his confidant.

"Iwata-kun" Shirakawa Kaede, just like before, put his arm around his shoulder and patted him, "Hey, don't show such an expression. We agreed to play games together in the future."

"Hai" Satoru Iwata had a happy smile on his face. He felt that Shirakawa-san still loves computers as much as before.

Sure enough, Bai Chuanfeng's next words made him more and more sure of his conjecture.

"Iwata-kun, do you still remember what you said before? In the future, you will develop your own games and share this fun with more people."

"Of course" Iwata Satoru replied without thinking, "Shirakawa-kun, do you want to come with us?" He invited Shirakawa-kun again just like before.

"You must bring me with you for such an interesting thing." Bai Chuanfeng said with an expression of 'of course'.

Is there any reason not to agree to this kind of thing? The next product of Shirakawa Electric may fall into this category.

Iwata Satoru nodded happily. Sure enough, Shirakawa-san still understands me.

As for the 'President-san' who just shocked me, he just has another layer of identity.

As a student, Satoru Iwata still cannot understand the difference between the two.

"Shirakawa...kun, what you just said..." Tanimura, who had finally come to his senses, was looking at Shirakawa Kaede with shining eyes.

If others don't know what Shirakawa Electric means, why doesn't he?

As someone who has worked at Seibu Department Store for nearly two years, it can be said that he interacts with Shirakawa Electric products almost every day.

Diagonally opposite the computer sales area where he is responsible, there are counters selling various audio playback equipment.

The best-selling product this year was undoubtedly the Walkman player.

If you ignore Aihua in terms of Walkman, then there are only products from Sony and Shirakawa Electric.

These two companies have almost divided up the entire Walkman market. If you think about how popular this machine is now, you can probably know what Shirakawa Electric represents.

Not to mention their headphones, which are now almost the darling of the market.

Rumor has it that Shirakawa Electric's next generation products, whether they are walkman or headphones, will have substantial improvements in audio technology.

Those electronic music lovers would go to the counter every now and then to inquire about the latest information about new products.

Therefore, it is different from other people who regard Shirakawa Electric as a slightly famous company that has been in newspapers.

Tanimura Masahito has a deeper understanding than everyone else of what it represents.

Hearing Tanimura's question, Shirakawa Kaede calmed down and answered seriously.

"If nothing else happens, the investor of HAL may change. Of course, all this requires Mr. Tanimura's approval."

After all, he is currently the one actually doing things in HAL, and Shirakawa Kaede himself is also a layman in software.

If Tanimura does not agree, even if HAL is purchased, it will be just a shell company. Then this investment will be meaningless.

"Yes, yes..." As soon as Bai Chuanfeng finished speaking, Tanimura hurriedly agreed.

"Jingle Bell…"

At this time, the phone on the desk rang, interrupting Tanimura's half-sentence.

He nodded apologetically to Bai Chuanfeng, then walked over and picked up the phone.

"Moxi Moxi...Iwasaki-san?...Hai...please don't worry..."

While Tanimura was on the phone, Shirakawa Kaede turned to look at Asuka Kobayashi.

The latter winked at him playfully, with an expression like "I'm awesome, right?"

Bai Chuanfeng gave her a look of affirmation, yes, capable.

After two minutes, Tanimura hung up the phone and turned around with an excited face.

"Shirakawa-san, please take good care of me in the future." He bowed to Shirakawa Kaede in a polite manner.

Shirakawa Kaede was a little dumbfounded, "Tanimura-kun, there is no need for this, just continue to call me 'Shirakawa-kun'."

This Tanimura is also a wonderful person. He was so happy when he changed his boss, and he didn't feel the same kind of uneasiness as when he changed his boss.

However, Tanimura said nothing and no longer called him "Shirakawa-kun" as before, and his attitude instantly became respectful.

Bai Chuanfeng tried to persuade him several times, but when he saw that it had no effect, he let him go.

"Shirakawa-san, which direction do you think HAL should develop in the future?"

Tanimura, who was very discerning, quickly adapted to his changed identity and began to ask Shirakawa Kaede for instructions on the club's next development direction.

"Tanimura-kun, just follow HAL's previous plan and continue to implement it."

As for HAL, Shirakawa Kaede does not intend to directly intervene at the moment. The club has just been established, so it will be practiced first.

And HAL is not entirely a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shirakawa Electric, according to the news just reported by Asuka Kobayashi.

Iwasaki Giken invested 1.2 million yen to help Tanimura establish HAL. As for Tanimura himself, he was so poor that he went to work on his own, let alone contribute capital.

However, considering the particularity of the club, which relies heavily on technology, Tanimura also received about 13% of the shares through the founder's technology investment.

After all, as the actual operator and manager of the club, it is appropriate to have shares.

Especially for such a highly professional club, if there is no person with strong technical ability as the team leader, it is still unclear whether it can play well.

The start-up capital of 1.2 million yen, two computers, an apartment, and other bits and pieces of office supplies were almost all gone.

It’s not like Tanimura never thought of persuading Iwasaki Giken to continue to invest more.

However, Iwasaki-san only came up with the idea of ​​investing on a whim. As for continuing to invest money, he really has no interest in it.

So Asuka Kobayashi just made a phone call and directly offered 3 million yen to buy the HAL shares held by Iwasaki Giken.

Iwasaki-san agreed without even thinking about it. The club was established less than two months ago and the return rate was 2.5 times.

Is there any reason not to agree? Besides, he is also annoyed by Tanimura-san who often asks him for money.

He seemed to regard HAL as a burden and couldn't wait to dump it to Shirakawa Electric.

This is why Tanimura received a call right after the matter was finalized.

In terms of efficiency, everyone is pretty good.

At this moment, Tanimura was relieved to hear that Shirakawa Kaede did not plan to directly intervene in HAL's management.

After all, as President Sang, who would want to have an immediate boss above him who gives random orders?

"Shirakawa-san, HAL currently plans to do computer peripherals first, or take on some software work.

For example, peripheral devices that can improve the image display and sound capabilities of microcomputers, or transplant video games to microcomputers for further development and sales.”

Tanimura's ideas are still very clear, and you can try both software and hardware.

Whatever you do to make money, let the club survive first.

Moreover, the part-time college students in the room are also good at these fields, so maybe they can actually come up with something if they tinker with it.

Kaede Shirakawa has no objections to the current development plan of HAL, but he also has some ideas of his own when it comes to games.

"Tanimura-kun, have you ever heard of a handheld game console?"

"Handheld game console?" Tanimura was stunned for a moment and then reacted, "Shirakawa-san is talking about a portable game console, right?"

"That's right." Bai Chuanfeng nodded. There are already handheld consoles in this era.

But it's not Nintendo, but a game console manufacturer from the United States, Mattel.
To be continued...