Chapter 168 The Collapse of Eiji Kimura

Author: quiet thoughts

Chapter 168 The Collapse of Eiji Kimura

March and April every year are the financial settlement months for most companies in Japan, and the same is true for Shirakawa Electric.

However, due to investment in increasing production last year, Zhenzhen made almost no profit, and even took out a loan from the bank.

Therefore, apart from some necessary taxes, Shirakawa Electric does not have much tax burden.

However, in addition to financial settlement, March and April are also the graduation season. Now Shirakawa Kaede has been promoted to a junior student.

Speaking of his current reputation, he was definitely famous in the Meiji era.

Maybe some people have never heard of Takeshi Kitano or Tatsuro Yamashita, but they have definitely heard of Shirakawa Kaede.

The infringement incident that made a big fuss in newspapers some time ago, as well as Shirakawa Kaede's face shown on the news program.

This made his name spread rapidly throughout the campus, after all, it was far out of reach compared to the entertainment circle.

The things happening around me seem more real, and more importantly, Bai Chuanfeng is still reading!

A current student unexpectedly became the president of a club, Sang?

Moreover, it is an independent business, not an inheritance of a family business, or just a gimmick for a shell company.

Even many students on campus are using Walkmans produced by Shirakawa Electric. After all, they are much cheaper and more affordable.

Many students looked at the Walkman in their hands and felt that it was a bit unreal.

The founder of Shirakawa Electric, who is already quite famous, is in the same school as me? And maybe he is taking classes in the building next door now?

As a result, many students could not sit still and inquired about the location and time of classes in the Department of Business Administration, just to see the legendary president Sang.

Then one day, a business student who spent three days fishing and two days drying nets came to school and was almost treated like a giant panda.

With great difficulty, he left the scene with the help of school staff. When everything calmed down, Bai Chuanfeng already had a thick stack of envelopes in his arms.

Looking at the various kawaii covers and fonts, you don’t have to guess what the contents are.

After meeting him in person once and satisfying his curiosity, everyone's enthusiasm for this legendary student from Meiji weakened slightly.

For Shirakawa Kaede, although he was treated as a cherished animal, it also brought another benefit to him or Shirakawa Electric.

In today's graduation season, there are obviously many more students choosing to intern at Shirakawa Electric.

Especially in the civilian management category, Shirakawa Electric's job talent pool was filled instantly.

Moreover, since the two universities at Tokyo Polytechnic University are in the honeymoon period of cooperation, Bai Chuanfeng, a talented person in science and engineering, has also taken over some of them.

Although these students have just graduated and have relatively little experience, as long as they practice for a few years, they will become the backbone of Shirakawa Electric.

The reason why Shirakawa Electric's recruitment this year was so smooth is inseparable from its gradually emerging reputation.

Sure enough, after the club became somewhat famous, it became much easier to find new talents.

Of course, the premise is that the reputation is positive and not a reputation for plagiarism.

It is said that Senior Brother Nakajima is currently having a headache due to Aihua's annual recruitment.

Gee, it’s really a bit difficult if the old man resigns and the new guy doesn’t come.

Baichuan Feng smacked his lips, took a leisurely sip of coffee, and then started to look down at Baichuan Electric's latest financial report.

Since January this year, Walkman sales have steadily increased.

Basically, Shirakawa Electric's shipments can remain above 100,000 units every month, and its net profit alone is as much as 8.9 billion yen every month.

The main reason why it can maintain such rapid growth is the gap in the market and further exploration.

However, the absence of other competitors is another necessary factor.

In the current Walkman market, Sony accounts for 60%, and the rest is basically taken by Shirakawa Electric.

Such a large market share is divided between only two companies, which is almost equivalent to a semi-monopoly.

What's more important is that this piece of cake continues to grow, and the profits from it.

Bai Chuanfeng can only say, it smells good! It smells really good!

The patent moat is indeed a means of dimensionality reduction in commercial competition.

But unfortunately, this method also has a limited period. Next year Shirakawa Kaede can already imagine what kind of melee the Walkman market will be.

But these are things for later, let’s just sit back and make money for now.

Bai Chuanfeng glanced at the financial report in his hand and made a secret estimate.

Shirakawa Electric currently has tens of billions of funds available on its books.

Of course, this does not mean that all the money belongs to him. There is also the balance of raw materials and various costs that have not been excluded.

But most of these are working capital, which Shirakawa Electric can directly use.

With money, Bai Chuanfeng began to think about spending money again.

Perhaps the new factory location and the headquarters of Shirakawa Electric can be considered.

When it comes to land assets, Shirakawa Kaede's idea is very simple: start as soon as possible and never delay.

Every time the time goes on for a year, the total price increases by a little more than 10%.

If it is a large-scale land transaction, the difference between one entry and one entry is more than one billion.

So don’t hesitate to settle these two urgently needed properties first when you have money.

"President"

Just when Bai Chuanfeng was thinking about spending money, assistant Komatsu suddenly knocked on the door and interrupted his thoughts.

"Huh?" Bai Chuanfeng raised his head.

"That Kimura-san is here again..."

Brush, before Assistant Xiaosong finished speaking, a figure rushed in.

Before Bai Chuanfeng could react, the figure had already arrived at the desk.

There was a muffled "plop", "Shirakawa-san, please save Kimura Manufacturing Co., Ltd."

After speaking, Eiji Kimura lowered his upper body and touched his forehead to the ground, waiting for his words without saying a word.

Bai Chuanfeng glanced at the door and signaled the stunned Assistant Komatsu to step back first.

After the office door was closed, Bai Chuanfeng stood up from his desk.

He looked at Kimura-san, who was almost in his 60s, kneeling straight in front of him and performing the ceremony of sitting down.

Bai Chuanfeng's heart was also touched, but it was only for a moment, and he hardened his heart again.

"Kimura-san, why are you doing this?"

Eiji Kimura raised his head tremblingly, "Shirakawa-san, Kimura Manufacturing is finished!"

After saying this, Kimura Eiji knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

At this time, he no longer looked like the shrewd and magnanimous person he was when Bai Chuanfeng first met him.

Not only has his hair become thinner, but most of it has been dyed white. On his cheeks, the redness has disappeared and wrinkles have appeared.

A pair of eyes not only shrunk their brightness, but were now full of tears. His hoarse voice sounded like an old crow, which was unpleasant to the ears.

Seeing his tearful look, Bai Chuanfeng sighed deeply.

After all, he still felt a little soft-hearted, so he wanted to reach out and help him up.

However, Eiji Kimura knelt on the ground and refused to get up, "Shirakawa-san, please save Kimura Productions, please."

After speaking, Kimura Eiji leaned down again and kowtowed.

No wonder Eiji Kimura was so desperate at this time, now his Kimura Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is also famous.

Just two weeks ago, the outside world thought that this crisis was officially over because Aihua, Shirakawa Electric, and Sony issued announcements at the same time.

A "declassified" article in "Weekly Bunshun" completely pushed Kimura Manufacturing and Oda Manufacturing to the forefront.

The article tells in detail the entire process of how Aihua obtained the circuit design drawings of Shirakawa Electric.

The eloquent narrative perspective makes it seem as if the author was personally present at the scene.

It is said that this is exact information from Aihua insiders, and the fidelity rate is 100%.

Through this article, people also learned how Shirakawa Electric lost its technical drawings and how Aihua plagiarized them.

The whole story has ups and downs and is much more interesting than the mediocre reports in newspapers.

There is no doubt that Oda Productions and Kimura Productions definitely helped a lot in the whole incident.

As a result, Kimura Manufacturing Co., Ltd., whose reputation was tarnished because of newspapers, completely collapsed in terms of credibility.

If you can't protect your customers' top-secret technical information, who would dare to find you for OEM work?

Within just one day of the release of "Weekly Bunshun", all orders for Kimura Productions were canceled.
To be continued...