Because Japan's "National Land Law" has not yet been promulgated, Chu Huan does not want to acquire Nikkatsu at this time, but he must collect information about Nikkatsu.
In addition, if he were to acquire Nikkatsu himself, there would definitely be some twists and turns, so after careful consideration, Chu Huan decided to investigate the situation of Nikkatsu first, and then leave the specific acquisition to Nomura Securities.
"Daily life?"
The situation of Nikkatsu immediately came to Tetsuo Okumura's mind. Although Nikkatsu is one of the four major studios in Japan, its market value is not very high, with a market value of almost 24.3 billion yen.
If you want to achieve a controlling shareholding, you will need at least 12.5 billion yen!
The company is not big, but it is big business!
"No problem. When I return to the company, I will immediately ask people from the company's finance department to collect daily activity information!"
Tetsuo Okumura preached to Chu Huan.
Chu Huan nodded slightly and said, "Okay, but this is the only thing."
"Please rest assured Chu Sang, I promise it will not be leaked!" Tetsuo Okumura understood what Chu Huan wanted to say!
Chu Huan showed a satisfied smile.
After the two things were said, Okumura Tetsuo stood up and left. Originally, Okumura Tetsuo wanted to invite Chu Huan to have dinner with him in the evening, but Chu Huan refused.
After Tetsuo Okumura left, Qin Peng came over.
"Master Huan, Mr. Chen and Azu called and said they wanted to come over!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Let the two of them come over!"
"Um!"
About an hour later, Chen Haichao and Ma Jizu arrived at the manor.
"Okay, Brother Huan, how did you find this place? It's so beautiful!" After Chen Haichao walked into the study here, he exaggeratedly said to Chu Huan.
Chu Huan joked, "Just take a look, be careful if it gets stuck in your eyes and you won't be able to pull it out."
At this time, apart from Chu Huan, Chen Haichao, and Ma Jizu, only Wu Xiaoshi was left in the study. The other members of the secretarial team were still translating magazines for Chu Huan, and were unaware of the arrival of Chen Haichao and Ma Jizu.
Among the people in the secretarial department, apart from Xu Yi who knew about Chen Haichao, only Wu Xiaoshi knew about it.
"No, I have to work hard on Kyushu. I will also buy a manor like this in Japan in the future!" Chen Haichao said seriously.
Chu Huan said, "You can have this."
After laughing, Chen Haichao began to report to Chu Huan their progress during this period.
"The shooting of the commercial has been completed, and Dentsu is currently doing post-production work. We have communicated with them, and the time will definitely be able to match the launch of jj-001 on April 1st!"
The launch time of Kyushu Home Video Recorder in Japan has been set, it will be on the 1st of next month, and the time to match it will naturally be the time when the advertisement will appear on major TV stations.
Of course, the promotion of Kyushu home video recorders has already begun at this time. In major commercial buildings in Japan, there are already posters of Kyushu home video recorders in advertising spaces!
Chu Huan asked, "How is brother's audio and video?"
Chu Huan had discussed it with Chen Haichao before, although Jiuzhou VCR already had sales channels in Japan through Panasonic and Li & Fung.
But you still need to establish your own sales channels.
Brother Audio and Video is the sales channel for Jiuzhou home video recorders.
Chen Haichao scratched his head and said, "The time is a bit tight. There is only less than a month left before the listing. It is really difficult to win them all!"
"If there is a problem, solve it, but we cannot delay the opening of Brother Video in Japan. We must at least ensure that there is a flagship store in a major city in Japan!"
Although Chu Huan knew that such a request was a bit overwhelming, it was related to Kyushu's first shot in Japan, and Chu Huan had to ensure that there would be no problems in every aspect!
It is impossible for Brother Audio and Video to be just a small store like Xiangjiang, especially since Brother Audio and Video will add products such as Walkman and Famicom in the future, but it cannot go wrong!
Chen Haichao said fiercely, "Brother Huan, don't worry, I promise to complete the task on time!"
This matter was not something that Chu Huan and Chen Haichao decided to do after they came to Tokyo. Instead, they had already had this plan when they were in Xiangjiang. However, at that time, Chu Huan just asked Chen Haichao to go to various places in Japan first.
I found a good place in a major city, but I didn't tell Chen Haichao about the specific plan until I arrived in Japan.
The real difficulties first are the decoration time and the recruitment of personnel. Among them, the most important personnel issue is the logistics service people.
These people have to carry out their own work while receiving guidance from Kyushu staff.
Chu Huan comforted Chen Haichao and said, "It's not that I'm forcing you on this matter, but for us now, time is the most important thing."
The first advantage of Kyushu's home video recorders in Japan is actually that it is ahead of Sony in terms of time, so if it does not seize this advantage, it would be a crime for Kyushu!
Chen Haichao nodded and said, "I understand!"
Chen Haichao then continued to report to Chu Huanhui, "In addition, people from the company have begun to contact the five major film production companies in Japan. They are still somewhat interested in selling the video copyrights of their company's films. Among them, Kadokawa and Shochiku
They have agreed to package the movie and video tape rights in their movie library and sell them to us for 3.8 billion yen and 5.4 billion yen respectively!"
That’s HKD 10,000!
It's a bit high, but it's acceptable. After all, Japan is the first market to come into contact with home video recorders.
But Chu Huan believes that as long as the video tape is on the market, the money will be withdrawn as quickly as possible. It is a bit high but compared to the current market, it is not that the market value is high!
"However, they did not agree to sell us the copyright for their latest film that was being prepared and released!" Chen Haichao said with some disappointment.
After hearing this, Chu Huan was a little disappointed, but she also understood that this was for sure. After all, all movie companies now focus on box office revenue.
It's just that if you can't get it now, you won't have the chance to get it in the future. When the movie video tapes are launched, these film production companies will quickly see the market for movie video tapes. By then, they will definitely not buy the copyright, but will
Sell it yourself.
In this case, there is only one OEM option left in Kyushu.
"What about Dongying, Dongbao, and Daily Life?" Chu Huan asked.
Chen Haichao replied, "Toei rejected us directly. It should have signed a contract with Sony, while Toho and Nikkatsu are still waiting and watching!"
Chu Huan thought for a while and said, "Conquer Dongbao with all your strength. As for daily activities, you can put it aside for now!"
Chu Huan is planning to acquire Nikkatsu. If the video tape business is added, Nikkatsu's stock price will definitely rise, which will not be conducive to Chu Huan's acquisition of Nikkatsu.
"Okay!" Chen Haichao replied seriously.
"How is the contact with the major TV stations in Japan?" Chu Huan began to care about the next question.
Movies are just one of the video rental items. Chu Huan will definitely not let Brother Audio and Video give up on animations and TV series.
Chen Haichao laughed and said, "The six major TV stations in Japan have signed contracts with us. It is obvious that they are not very optimistic about the emerging video tape market!"
There are six television stations in Japan, namely K, a state-owned public media, and five private television stations including Nippon Television, tb, TV Asahi, Fuji TV, and TV Tokyo.
Then Chen Haichao told Chu Huan the contents of the signed contract. Among them, the video copyright for K's TV series and animations was 500 million yen, and the copyright fees for the other five TV stations were 300 million yen!
This is pure robbery!
Chu Huan became more and more satisfied. It seemed that the 70-person negotiation team brought by Chen Haichao really worked.
Chen Haichao is mainly responsible for negotiations with Japanese manufacturers, while the others are responsible for different negotiations and affairs.
"News has also come from Kelly's side. Hollywood's Universal, MGM, Columbia and some European film companies have also signed copyright contracts. Remember to call back to Xiangjiang and let the factories in Xiangjiang absolutely
We can’t delay the sales here!”
Chu Huan preached to Chen Haichao.
In the video tape market, Chu Huan is attacking in an all-round way. It is not limited to Japan, but operates all over the world at the same time.
Now in North America, Kelly has sent people to start contacting them about store leasing!
Jiuzhou's home video recorder and video tape retail and rental business is Chu Huan's first global simultaneous business plan.
For this reason, Chu Huan specially allocated the total profit of 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars from youth toys in the four months of last year, January and February this year to Jiuzhou.
This does not include the previous costs of building factories and research and development in Jiuzhou.
The largest expenditure of this cost is actually to establish branches in Japan and North America and to lease or purchase stores, as well as to open sales channels and expand the scale of factory production.
This is only the initial cost. After Jiuzhou's home video recorders are actually launched, Chu Huan has already discussed the early profits with Chen Haichao and will still pay them to Jiuzhou's account and continue to use them to develop his own channels.
Chen Haichao said, "Okay, I will call Xiangjiang later. In addition, Hitachi has also agreed to join our v-format manufacturing. With Hitachi joining, I am not going to take the initiative to find other manufacturers.
Now our four manufacturers, Kyushu, Panasonic, Toshiba, and Hitachi, are enough to cope with the global video recorder market."
Chu Huan pondered for a moment and said, "Okay!"
It is earlier than Sony in terms of time, and its sales model is more flexible and changeable than JVC in another time and space. Chu Huan thinks this is indeed okay.
Chen Haichao nodded and said, "In addition, the company's headquarters in the port area has been renovated. Brother Huan, do you want to go and take a look?"
Chu Huan waved his hand and said, "Before the relationship between us is made public, don't worry!"
Chen Haichao nodded and said, "Okay!"
After Chen Haichao reported to Chu Huan, Ma Jizu also began to report to Chu Huan on their work progress during this period.
After arriving in Japan, in addition to cooperating with Chen Haichao's negotiations in Japan, Chu Huan assigned Ma Jizu four tasks. The first one was to find Nozaki Yusuke, and this matter has been resolved.
The second is to send people to Italy or Switzerland to find Andres Pafo to purchase the copyright of the portable music device and apply for patents worldwide.
Ma Jizu said, "We have found the person and bought the copyright. Now we have entrusted a company to handle patent applications to start applying for global patents!"
Applying for a global patent definitely takes time, and there is basically not a year before you don’t have to think about it.
Chu Huan could only passively accept this.
The third task is to find suitable university research laboratories around the world to conduct research on the Walkman. In addition, we must also poach Sony's technical talents in this area, just like Kyushu poached JVC people before.
"We contacted the research laboratory of a European university. The research direction of the other party is battery application. The other party has promised us to consider helping us with the research. In addition, during this period, I have also identified six engineers from Sony. I believe it will not take long for them to
Then we can take you back to Xiangjiang!"
Ma Jizu preached to Chu Huan.
As for Sony's six engineers, Chu Huan didn't care at all about the methods Ma Jizu used to ensure that they could follow him back to Xiangjiang. He only wanted people, not the process.
"Keep an eye on the students in that laboratory, and when they graduate, find a way to bring them to the company!" Chu Huan first told Ma Jizu.
Although battery research and development seems inconspicuous now, Chu Huan understands that this industry will still be very promising in the future.
"As for those engineers from Sony, they will be handed over to Haichao and the others after they take them back to Xiangjiang!"
The Walkman must be given to Kyushu Electric.
So after talking to Ma Jizu, Chu Huan said to Chen Haichao, "After returning to Xiangjiang, Jiuzhou will establish a new project. Xu Yi will give you the information about the new project in a moment!"
Chen Haichao was also a little surprised. Chu Huan was already preparing to launch a new project before Jiuzhou's home video recorders had been tested by the market.
But after the surprise, he was extremely determined. From Chu Huan's behavior during this period, we can see how much Chu Huan attaches importance to Jiuzhou. Now he has arranged a new project for Jiuzhou. From now on, Jiuzhou's power will definitely become more and more important.
Heavy.
"Okay, I will start on this matter after returning to Xiangjiang!"
Wu Xiaoshi said, "Boss, Minister Xu asked me to inform you that Kunlun Games has been successfully registered and is under the name of Langyan Investment."
Chu Huan set his sights on Ma Jizu. This was the last character Chu Huan gave to Ma Jizu to defeat Nintendo's Gunpei Yokoi!
Taking over Gunpei Yokoi means being able to take down the entire arcade game development team.
Ma Jizu replied, "Our people have already begun to contact Yokoi Gunpei. Within a month, this person will definitely be able to return to Xiangjiang with us!"
Chu Huan nodded with satisfaction. This was the benefit of having a capable helper under him. Otherwise, he would have to be like other reborn people and have to handle all these things by himself.
"During this period, investigate the personal and family relationships between Tanaka Yasumi and Hanaoka Nanakura!"
Chu Huan preached to Ma Jizu.
Their stay in Tokyo is coming to an end, so the situation of Tanaka Yasue and Hanaoka Nanao needs to be settled quickly.
Chu Huan had already called Ma Jizu about the situation of these two people.
Ma Jizu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let those detective agencies contact me."
Chu Huan nodded and said all the things that needed to be done, so he said to Chen Haichao and Ma Jizu, "Go and do your own business."
The two nodded and left the manor.
"Boss, you look at me with a smile like that, which makes me feel a little scared in my heart!"
After Chen Haichao and Ma Jizu left, Chu Huan turned his attention to Wu Xiaoshi.
Wu Xiaoshi protected her chest with both hands and said seriously to Chu Huan, "I am your squad leader."
"" Chu Huan said helplessly, "Don't worry, you are not my type. I have another thing that I want to see if you are interested in."
"You're not my type either." Wu Xiaoshi muttered, then asked Chu Huan, "Boss, if you have anything to do, just ask me!"
"Take off your clothes!" Chu Huan said calmly.
Wu Xiaoshi ""
Chu Huan laughed and said, "I'm kidding, what I want to tell you is that the company's business in Japan will be more and more, so the company needs someone to take charge here. Since you took Japanese as an elective before,
, I have been training in the company for almost a year, and my work ability is still commendable, so I want you to come to Tokyo and take charge of the business here!"
It is impossible for Chu Huan to stay in Tokyo for a long time to handle Japan's affairs, but the real estate company that cooperates with Seibu Group and the daily life acquired in the future need someone to keep an eye on Chu Huan in Japan, so Chu Huan needs someone he can trust.
of people stay in Tokyo.
Looking left and right, Chu Huan felt that Wu Xiaoshi was a good candidate.
I am more familiar with the company's business than ordinary people. In the past year at Jiaku Consulting Company, I have passed the loyalty appraisal. Although my ability cannot be said to be particularly outstanding, the business here does not actually require much ability.
, so Chu Huan wanted Wu Xiaoshi to stay in Tokyo.
Of course, there will definitely be others by Wu Xiaoshi's side.
"Stay in Tokyo?" Wu Xiaoshi said hesitantly.
She did not expect that Chu Huan actually wanted to leave her in Tokyo to take charge of Japan's business.
In terms of status, I must have been promoted. From the secretary-general of a group of Jiaku Consulting Company, I directly became the person in charge of a large district.
However, Wu Xiaoshi would definitely still be a little hesitant about this unfamiliar environment.
"Don't worry, I'll give you a month to think about it." Chu Huan did not force Wu Xiaoshi on this matter. If there was resistance in his heart, he would not be so dedicated in doing things!
"Well, thank you, boss!" Wu Xiaoshi said seriously.
"That's right!" Chu Huan suddenly laughed when Wu Xiaoshi was about to leave, "If you stay in Tokyo, not only will the labor be doubled, but there will also be dividends at the end of the year!"
Wu Xiaoshi showed a painful expression, "You tempted me."
Konan, Minato-ku, Kyoto, Sony Headquarters!
After Akio Morita, who was good at public relations, and Dai Ibuka, who had a background in technology research and development, founded Sony in 1946, the company's development in the first ten years was not smooth.
However, the two were not discouraged, but worked hand in hand to overcome the difficulties together.
Finally, in 1955, Sony launched Japan's first transistor radio "tr-55", making it Japan's first portable radio. It became famous in one fell swoop, and the company's operating conditions gradually improved.
Then Sony launched the "TRtro" color TV in 1968.
TRTRRO technology set off a global buying frenzy and established Sony's absolute leadership in the television industry. It was later selected as one of the "50 Greatest Electronic Products in History" by Time Magazine.
In 1970, Sony was listed in North America and was the first Japanese company to be listed in North America.
Today's Sony can be said to be at its peak in the electronics field.
But even so, Morita Akio and Ibuka both had some headaches at this time.
The reason for their headache actually comes from Jiuzhou’s upcoming home video recorder jj-001.
Although Akio Morita is only 54 years old this year and has a very strong spirit, he is already full of silver hair.
"Hasn't the test of our L-6300 been completed yet?" At this time, Akio Morita looked at Ibuka with some urgency.
Ibuka graduated from the School of Science and Engineering of Waseda University in Japan. He is not only one of the founders of Sony, but also the chief consultant of Sony.
He is 67 years old this year, and like Akio Morita, he is very energetic.
The l-6300 is the first BT mode home video recorder launched by Sony.
"It hasn't passed the test yet!" Ibuka said helplessly.
Akio Morita asked tentatively, "Can it be launched in advance?"
Ibuka immediately and firmly objected, "Of course not. It is disrespectful to Sony to put products on the market without testing."
well!
Although Akio Morita had already guessed the answer, he still couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
The two have been working together for almost thirty years, but their relationship does not involve the intrigues of partners in other companies. It can be said to be a legend in the business world.
However, this is also related to the clear division of labor between the two of them. Akio Morita is responsible for the daily operations of the company, while the old naughty boy Ibuka focuses on the research and development of new products.
"I know you are a little worried about Jiuzhou's jj-001, but you should believe in our company's R&D level, and more importantly, customers' trust in good products. So even if Jiuzhou launches the product first than us, we, Sony, will still win in the end.
!”
Ibuka preached to Akio Morita seriously.
The market will not necessarily recognize your product just because of its good quality. Morita Akio knew that if he said this in front of Ibuka, he would definitely be scorned by the other party, so he just cursed in his heart and felt a little bit.
Preaching helplessly.
"I have received news that Panasonic, Hitachi, and Toshiba have agreed to join the V format. People from our company have also returned to Xiangjiang. According to their reports, the production scale of these four factories is sufficient to meet the current demand of the global market."
Jing Shenda said nonchalantly, "So what? It's an electronics company from Xiangjiang. Their products want to capture the global market. It's simply a dream. When did you hear that there is a real and influential electronics brand in Xiangjiang?"
Jing Shenda is proud.
It can also be said to be a bit arrogant.
In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Japan's hardware research and development has always been top-notch in the world. It is precisely because of this background that Ibuka has never taken Kyushu in his eyes from the beginning to the end, even if they are better than Sony.
Products are launched months in advance.
Akio Morita had a different idea, "Most of the people who develop home video recorders in Kyushu were poached from JVC, which means that the people who developed this product are actually our Japanese. Earlier, I had already felt that the v format
They will be our strong rivals in the bt format, and now they have launched their products ahead of us to seize the market."
Ibuka first expressed his disdain for those engineers who joined Kyushu: "These people only have money in their eyes and have no pursuit of ideals. I always believe that in an impetuous place like Xiangjiang, there is no soil for scientific and technological development. Those people will definitely also
The last one to be complicit."
Then Ibuka comforted Akio Morita and said, "I also know a little about the v format. It is a defective product in itself. The picture quality cannot be compared with our BT format. This Kyushu will definitely fail this time. Don't worry."
Enough!"
Akio Morita thought for a moment and realized that Ibuka had indeed never lost to anyone in terms of products.
He felt a little more at ease in his heart, but he was not completely reassured. He and Jing Shenda were responsible for different directions, so naturally they thought about the problem in a different direction.
Akio Morita originally thought that his opponent would be JVC from the beginning to the end, but he did not expect that a company from Hong Kong suddenly appeared and launched a home video recorder earlier than them.
Akio Morita firmly believes that the home video recorder will become a great invention that changes history, just like the original color television.
Naturally, it will also bring huge wealth to Sony.
However, Kyushu's recent behavior has still put great pressure on Akio Morita.
In particular, the announcement by Panasonic, Hitachi, and Toshiba to join the v format made Akio Morita understand that the other party was coming with bad intentions.
Ibuka couldn't understand Akio Morita's psychology and left Akio Morita's office.
Akio Morita called his secretary in and asked him, "Do you know what Kyushu has been doing in Tokyo during this time?"
Morita Akio’s secretary Fukami Hongto immediately said, “People over there in Kyushu have been in contact with the producers during this period. At the same time, we also received news that people have been in contact with several major film producers recently.
The film company wants to buy the copyright of the film and video tapes in their company’s film library!”
Akio Morita's expression suddenly changed, and he said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you telling me this matter now?"
Fukami Hong Dou said with some anxiety, "I don't think this matter is important, so I didn't report it to you, Chairman!"
Although Chu Huan has always said that as Japan is the number one market for home video recorders, the video tape market will definitely be very important.
But in fact, Chu Huan still looks at this matter as a reborn person, because Chu Huan knows how big the video tape market is, but people in this era have not yet paid attention to it.
In the view of people like Fukami Hongto, the more important task of the emergence of home video recorders is to record the content played on the TV, not anything else.
So they really didn't take movie tapes to heart.
Aren’t movies meant to be watched in cinemas?
This is a deep-rooted idea.
Akio Morita snorted coldly, "It's not important? We are now competing with Kyushu for every inch of land. Movie tapes can always drive some markets. Now that we have fallen behind each other, do we still need to fall behind in other places?"
Akio Morita actually did not see the importance of the movie video tape market. He just believed that this market should be able to drive the sales of some home video recorders, so he was dissatisfied.
Hiroto Fukami hurriedly said, "Although I haven't told you about this yet, the company has already begun to contact major film companies to seek opportunities to cooperate with them!"
After hearing what Fukami Hongto said, Morita Akio nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, but there are still some things you have to do."