When Fujita got up the next day, his translator and driver were already waiting for him. In these days, the reputations of foreign experts and friends are quite intimidating. Especially since Fujita had just come out of the limelight and became a "winner".
However, in addition to translators and drivers, when Japanese employees working in Tianyang learned of Fujita's arrival, many people spontaneously came to request a meeting and exchange opinions with him.
Japanese people have the habit of forming associations, and they like to form small clubs since school. If you don’t join a club, you simply can’t socialize and live. They also like to find people with the same interests, and the ‘Asia Club’ is such a small organization.
Although the 'Asia Club' was disbanded, Fujita, the spiritual leader...
"Spiritual leader?"
While having breakfast at the guest house, five or six Japanese staff members sat around Fujita and expressed their appreciation to him very respectfully, calling him his "spiritual leader."
This title confused Fujita.
"Sir Fujita, you are the president of the Federation of Japanese Employees in the Holy Light. You also delivered an inspiring speech. You are indeed qualified to be our leader."
A Japanese employee spoke, and the others nodded.
Fujita was so angry that his liver ached - I am a Showa patriot and a loyal minister of Japan. I don't want to be a leader at all. That president was completely forced on me by Toshiba.
As for the speech, I only said a few words of complaint from beginning to end. In the daily team building of the Asia Club, everyone has said this kind of speech for decades. Why don't you find someone else to be the leader?
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Fujita felt like he was being roasted on a fire, and he was on pins and needles. He couldn't refute, so he could only say with a stern face: "Gentlemen, let's keep a low profile."
The Japanese people sitting around nodded and apologized one by one, saying that they had caused trouble to Mr. Fujita. But when Fujita saw the expressions of these people, he knew that they had misunderstood.
Forget it, Fujita was already tired. He asked the Japanese staff present last night’s question again - how did ‘Holy Light’ develop?
The answers received varied, but this group of Japanese employees worked in the technical field and all recommended Fujita to first visit several factories renovated by Holy Light in Tianyang.
"Fujita-kun, please go and see the Tianyang Battery Factory owned by Holy Light. The transformation process of this factory has become a model and will soon be promoted in all companies controlled by Holy Light.
In just one and a half years, Tianyang Battery Factory has risen from a poor company to a world-class company, with great innovations in management, quality control, and supply chain. It deserves our special attention."
The Japanese staff all agreed with this and strongly recommended Fujita to see the model factory built by Zhou Qingfeng. They took leave specifically for this purpose and went with the "spiritual leader".
Fujita still believed in the words of his compatriots and asked the translator to arrange a car and set off from the city guest house to Tianyang Battery Factory. This factory has completed the second phase of expansion and the new factory is located on the outskirts of the city.
When the car left the city, there were still a lot of farmland beside the road at the urban-rural fringe. But from a distance, you could see several newly built large beam-frame factory buildings.
Several Japanese employees were very proud of this, “This is a factory built according to Japanese standards, with forced negative pressure ventilation and air filtration inside to ensure that lead pollution is at a minimum.
Due to the high requirements and high construction cost of the factory, the senior management of ‘Shengguang’ was unwilling to build it at first, but the president personally decided to spend money to purchase the technology and equipment from Japan.”
Building a factory also requires a scientific approach, especially for a polluting factory such as a lead-acid battery factory, which has strict control requirements for air and water sources. The requirements are not low.
If a large amount of lead enters the air and groundwater, then the whole city will be hit by a disaster. 'Holy Light' has a lot of foreign exchange but it is heavily deducted. If Zhou Qingfeng is willing to spend it in US dollars, it must be a particularly value-for-money project.
Just fine.
Tianyang Battery Factory is such a project.
Fujita arrived outside the factory gate, registering and verifying all the items. He saw that there was a larger construction site under construction next to the new factory area, and asked: "Is that a battery factory too?"
"Yes, the third phase of the project."
"Is it also introducing Japanese technology to us?"
Uh... the Japanese staff became hesitant.
Fujita woke up very quickly, "The group plans to build it itself?"
The Japanese staff could only tell the truth with a sigh.
The first phase of the renovation of the battery factory was in the city, and the results were very good, but the scale was too small. So the second phase was launched, costing the group US$50 million in foreign exchange, and covering a total area of 400,000 square meters.
The personnel, equipment, materials, and technology were all provided by Mitsui. This business was extremely profitable. The advantage was that the construction was very fast and they were all mature technologies.
But just when Mitsui thought it could receive more factory orders, Shengguang turned to domestic suppliers to build factories according to Japanese standards.
Mitsui felt that the Holy Light was joking, but the Holy Light was serious.
Zhou Qingfeng spent the same 50 million US dollars and cooperated with major scientific research institutions in the country to build a modern factory building of the same level but larger scale.
There are many similar projects. The ABS technology mentioned in the previous chapter is like this, and the same is true for modern factories.
The imperial capital's ministries and commissions are not as generous as Holy Light in investing in research and development, so many domestic units rush to work like hungry wolves.
"The second phase of the factory took a year and a half to build, and even the nuts were shipped from Japan. The third phase of the factory is larger and requires more investment. It is expected to be completed in three years, but the order amount for Mitsui is less than 2,000
Thousands of dollars.
If the third phase is successful, 'Holy Light' will go to Anyang, Henan to build the fourth phase, and Mitsui may not be able to get any orders. We originally thought we could make a lot of money, but now it seems that the situation is not very good."
Japanese employees are employed by the "Holy Light", but they still hope that the domestic consortium in Japan can make more money. But according to the attitude of the "Holy Light", the apprentice has been taught that the master can really starve to death.
Fujita can even think more deeply. The second phase factory is a model factory, and there are many people visiting it. With the urine properties of ‘Holy Light’, if the third phase is successful, the same experience will definitely be promoted nationwide.
By then, not only the factory orders of the 'Holy Light' series will be consumed domestically, but also the high-standard factories of other companies will inevitably be built relying on domestic strength.
High-standard factories are the foundation of modern manufacturing. Air cleanliness alone is a rigid requirement. Ventilation, sewage, power supply, communication control and other aspects are a leapfrog improvement compared to old factories.
Domestic enterprises often introduce advanced equipment, but do not introduce supporting factories. They do not save what should be saved and save what should not be saved. New equipment and old factories are mixed together, and it is impossible to produce high-quality products.
"It can be seen from this that the president of Holy Light is very familiar with modern industry." Fujita sighed, "Having such a strong leader is indeed the source of strength for the development of Holy Light."
Several Japanese employees looked at each other and corrected in a low voice: "The model factory was not originally proposed by the president. It was proposed by Vice President Watanabe to the group management in order to improve management efficiency.
Because the cost of the second phase was too high, many people in the group called Watanabe a traitor. But after the second phase was completed, everyone once again praised Mr. Watanabe for his integrity, long-term vision, and being an international friend."
Fujita didn't even listen to the second sentence. The first sentence pissed him off - Watanabe, it's you again. You are a traitor and you will be punished by God one day.