Watanabe Yu can understand the CEO's management model of "survival of the fittest", and even he himself can feel the tremendous pressure under intense competition.
It was precisely because he was worried that he would lose his position as vice president if he did not do his job well that he decided to go to Japan to recruit old social workers to join the Holy Light.
In the 1990s, Japan's economy was in turmoil, and homeless people on the streets increased dramatically. Some were even top students from Tokyo University and Imperial University, including doctors, technicians, engineers, executives, and financial elites.
Once they go bankrupt, they will either jump off the building, or bear all the debts, break away from their children and wives, and enter a state of social death - they will not even dare to receive government relief.
In this turbulent environment, those who want to buy the bottom of the Japanese stock market and property market are too fanciful. If the capital giants enter, they will be swallowed up. But it is more feasible for these old social animals to buy the bottom.
However, the source of the excessive funds required by ‘Holy Light’ to maintain super competition is a mystery – after all, you can’t ask the horse to run and the horse not to eat grass.
You also have to pay for bringing old farm animals to work.
Watanabe couldn't help but think about why he came to Tianyang? Isn't it just because the Holy Light engages in smuggling, which makes it difficult for many foreign companies to do business.
The so-called violation of the Wassenaar Agreement is nothing more than an excuse.
Watanabe was not worried about his original intention being exposed, because he had not done anything detrimental to the interests of the group since arriving in Tianyang, even the fat German Karl.
Everything depends on the deeds but not on the heart.
On the heart, there is no perfect person in the world.
As for Anderson Qin, Watanabe is not afraid of him either. Apart from writing some diaries, that guy has also done nothing.
But facing the group's strong financial strength, Watanabe would inevitably murmur in his heart.
The president is a person who 'doesn't trust anyone but doesn't trust anyone'. The vice president can see almost all financial statements within the group.
‘Holy Light’ spends a lot of money every month. It spends tens of millions every month just on infrastructure construction in the Tianyang area.
The number of employees in the group has recently expanded to over 10,000, and their monthly salary is 20 to 30 million.
The internal and external R&D investment is hundreds of millions, part of which is the discount of equipment of unknown origin.
For example, last month, 'Shengguang' donated five sets of eight-inch monocrystalline silicon growth furnaces to several domestic optical and mechanical institutes for the production of circuit-grade silicon wafers - the purity requirement is 'nine nines after the percent sign'.
The semiconductor industry chain is very long, but high-quality wafers are the foundation of everything. Eight-inch silicon wafers are the 'latest' technology that was only introduced in 1990, which is quite in line with the current level.
But the arrival of the equipment does not mean that it will be used well. So the CEO’s actual words were, “I will continue to cooperate with whoever makes qualified circuit-level silicon wafers first.”
These equipments are all priced at a very high price, and any one of them can cost hundreds or even tens of millions. After all, if they are not expensive, they are not painful in China, and they have no intention of developing them themselves.
But in addition to physical discounts, ‘Holy Light’ has indeed spent a lot of real money. In order to improve the efficiency of its partners, the president did not hesitate to use precious foreign exchange payments.
With such a large expenditure, the CEO not only did not feel the effort, but also became more lavish. This shows that he has a strong source of income.
For example, "Shengguang Entertainment" is now a cash cow. Since expanding into the Japanese market, it has earned at least HK$100 million every month and can maintain a profit growth rate of more than 20%.
Watanabe Ou didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he learned about this. Japan's economy is not good now, companies are closing down every day, and people are unemployed. The Japanese yen assets have collapsed, and entertainment consumption is sluggish.
The bustling Kabukicho is now empty of people, and the employees of Japanese companies who spend a lot of money are frightened by the terrible economic crisis. But the cheapest comics and videos have become best-selling and have become a comfort for the lost.
For 'Shengguang Entertainment', the Japanese market has already surpassed the Hong Kong market. If this continues, its income will only increase - up to the point where Tianyang Academy of Fine Arts officially launches a comics and animation major, specifically for 'Shengguang Entertainment'
Transport talents.
This is revenue on the surface, but it is not enough to support the excessive expenditure of ‘Holy Light’. Although the group’s motorized three-wheelers and low-end construction machinery are selling well, they do not make much money at that price.
Another one that sends funds to ‘Holy Light’ is the ‘Harmony’ department. The stores of ‘Harmony Supermarket’ have spread all over Tianyang, and the fleet of ‘Harmony Transportation’ has expanded to surrounding counties and cities.
Every day, several thousand-ton barges depart from Taipingqiao Pier in Tianyang to transport "imported home appliances, furniture and clothing" to other cities.
Tangjiang has a great convenience. It can pass all the way through Jiujiang, leading to Chongqing in the upper reaches and to Shanghai in the lower reaches. There are many people along the way, the market is almost unlimited, and water transportation is particularly cheap and convenient.
After Tianyang's "imported goods" market is saturated, "Harmony Supermarket" is opening stores and making money along the way.
Especially in the past two months, the semi-mechanized garbage recycling site in Nantou Township has been built. The number of employees of "Harmonious Recycling" has exceeded 2,000, and the supply of recycled items has increased by orders of magnitude.
Originally, I could earn 20 to 30 million a month, but now it has exceeded 200 million. This is really an enviable business. I don’t know how many things went wrong during the process of opening the store and shipping.
He Yulan, who was in charge of the 'Harmony' department, was originally very soft-tempered and friendly to everyone. But since she took over Zhou Qingfeng's 'secret', she had to change.
Whoever dares to block the business of "Harmony" is the enemy of "Harmony".
But for Watanabe Ou, he doesn't care how much money he makes from the 'Harmony' series. Like everyone else, he is only curious about where the 'imported' goods come from?
This cannot be seen from the report.
The old devil had given up exploring the smuggling channel of the 'Holy Light', but this channel was clearly laid out in front of him without any cover-up.
Anyone with some brains can see that the garbage recycling site originally located at Taipingqiao Pier and now moved to Nantou Township is the key to the fortune of "Shengguang".
"Why is no one raising questions about this? Or is everyone under a gag order? Or is there some special influence?"
Vice President Watanabe occasionally thinks about this problem, treating it as entertainment in his spare time. If he can't figure it out, forget it. He still needs to look at other management reports.
Because he is responsible for production management, Watanabe has all the production line data of "Holy Light". The original Tianyang Machinery Factory has completed its transformation and is fully producing small-displacement engines and corresponding transmissions.
After the R&D department is integrated, Zhou Qingfeng plans to add motorcycle production lines based on three-wheelers. From riding motorcycles to cargo motorcycles, the domestic market is still quite large.
The production line introduces "Japanese" technology, but there are only piles of data. All machine tool layout, tooling fixtures, raw material parts supply are all handled by "Shengguang"'s own R&D department and purchasing department.
Watanabe Yu was also ordered to recruit a group of engineers from Mitsubishi, Kawasaki or Yamaha. Anyway, Japan's motorcycle market was also shrinking and it was preparing to move to the mainland.
Motorcycles are much more complicated than motorized three-wheelers. ‘Holy Light’ does not plan to make all its parts in-house. Except for core components such as engines, the rest can be outsourced.
Just control the quality yourself and assemble it.
There is another problem in this process that Watanabe can't understand - domestic production of steel and aluminum ingots is still limited and in short supply. How does 'Holy Light' obtain raw materials?
Because almost all parts suppliers will order steel and aluminum ingots from ‘Shengguang Steel’. In other words, ‘Shengguang’ supplies itself.
This is really a very strange supply chain. Watanabe is responsible for production management, so he will naturally see this almost closed-loop chain.
"Where do the raw materials of Holy Light Steel come from?"
Watanabe Yu investigated a little further, "Scrap steel and scrap aluminum provided by Harmony Recycling? How come this garbage recycling company provides everything? It even provides scrap rubber and waste plastics."
The old devil looked at the import and export report in hand and said with a wry smile: "I don't want to pursue these now. But the secret came to me on its own. I can only pretend to know nothing."