621, Teachings about the God of Japanese Reconstruction
The winding forest road is still two kilometers away from the Sumitomo family's estate. On both sides of the road are already standing bodyguards wearing black suits and solemn expressions.
World-class luxury cars drove slowly towards the Sumitomo family.
Chu Huan and Anhui Tanaka, who looked excited, sat in the car together, also driving slowly towards the Sumitomo family.
"Don't be nervous, just treat it like a normal party!"
Chu Huan was sitting in the car and preaching with a smile.
Chu Huan also considered bringing Tanaka Anhui to such an occasion. Since Tanaka Anhui's identity has changed in the future, he should let these people in Japan know that he has such a woman in Japan.
If Tanaka Anhui really gives birth to some sons for herself, then it is basically possible that those attending this banquet today will become Chu Huan's in-laws in the future.
Tanaka Anhui's excited mood cannot be relieved by Chu Huan's words of comfort. As a girl who grew up in Japan, she naturally knows who the guests are at tonight's dinner.
Chu Huan told herself before that she would no longer manage the Palace Club, but now she takes her to such an occasion. Even if Chu Huan did not tell Tanaka Anhui about his plans, Tanaka Anhui also vaguely guessed something.
Chu Huan's thoughts.
Mother is more valuable than son!
At this time, Tanaka Anhui had already figured out that she would give birth to a son for Chu Huan no matter what.
"Well, I understand!" Tanaka Anhui nodded carefully.
Soon the car Chu Huan was riding in arrived at the parking lot of the Sumitomo family manor, where there were dedicated staff to receive them. After Chu Huan and Tanaka Anhui got off the car, people from the Sumitomo family came over to receive them.
"Hello Chusang, I am Sumitomo Kyuki, the father of Sumitomo Ryoko. You are very welcome to come to our Sumitomo family for a dinner today!"
Sumitomo Hisaki, the cousin of Sumitomo Yoshio, the current head of the Sumitomo family, works in Sumitomo Corporation, his position is not high, he is just a middle-level leader, but his status in the Sumitomo family makes him different from ordinary Japanese office workers.
After the situation of Chen Yalu and Sumitomo Ryoko was confirmed by Chu Huan and Sumitomo Yoshio, Chu Huan asked Gao Kai to investigate Sumitomo Jiukei's situation.
"Hello!" Chu Huan also smiled and shook hands with Sumitomo Jiujing. The two exchanged greetings. Chu Huan and Tanaka Anhui also followed Sumitomo Jiujing to the banquet hall where the Sumitomo family held the dinner.
The place has been decorated as magnificently as a palace, and there are many guests here tonight, men in tuxedos and women in all kinds of evening dresses.
They shuttle back and forth among the crowd, holding wine glasses in their hands, and they will stop to chat with familiar friends.
These people are actually in the same circle. They usually attend such banquets and naturally know each other. So when Chu Huan and Tanaka Yashui came here, they came in under the guidance of Sumitomo Jiukei.
, instantly attracted the attention of everyone present.
They all know Xiangjiang Chu Huan, but few of them have seen Chu Huan.
So not many people recognized Chu Huan.
Sumitomo Yoshio, who was chatting with an elderly man, saw Chu Huan come in, and immediately smiled on his face. He first apologized to the old man, and then came to Chu Huan's side with a hearty laugh.
"Chu Sang, I'm very sorry that I couldn't welcome you here in person!"
Yoshio Sumitomo said with a smile.
Chu Huan said politely: "Mr. Sumitomo is too polite. I can understand today's occasion!"
Sumitomo Yoshio noticed Tanaka Anhui next to Chu Huan. He did not know who Tanaka Anhui was, but he only knew that there was a Japanese girl accompanying Chu Huan to Osaka this time.
At this time, he curiously asked Chu Huan: "Who is this beautiful lady?"
Chu Huan smiled and replied: "This is my friend in Japan, Tanaka Anhui!"
At this time, Tanaka Anhui had already put away the excitement in her heart, and said to Sumitomo Yoshio with a decent smile: "Hello, Mr. Sumitomo!"
"It turns out to be Miss Tanaka, welcome!"
Sumitomo Yoshio showed a smile on his face and preached enthusiastically.
Now that Chu Huan and the Sumitomo family have reached an intention to cooperate, coupled with the marriage system between Japanese chaebols, although Sumitomo Yoshio has reached a consensus with Chu Huan to pair Chen Yalu and Sumitomo Ryoko, but
For Yoshio Sumitomo.
This is simply not enough. If given a choice, Sumitomo Yoshio would prefer Chu Huan to be with a girl from the Sumitomo family.
But Chu Huan is already married, and the Sumitomo family is proud of the Sumitomo family. They will not allow their own girls to become Chu Huan's mistress.
It was under such helpless circumstances that Sumitomo Yoshio turned his attention to Chu Huan's younger brothers and sisters. However, this was only a temporary measure. For Sumitomo Yoshio, the most important thing was to have a marriage with Chu Huan's direct descendants.
, can really reassure Yoshio Sumitomo and allow both parties to have more cooperation.
And now, Chu Huan has brought a Japanese girl to an occasion like today, so it is self-evident that this woman is Chu Huan's woman in Japan.
Then this woman may give birth to an heir for Chu Huan in the future, and this heir will be Sumitomo Yoshio's goal!
"Chu Sang, let me introduce you to some friends!"
Sumitomo Yoshio, who was in a good mood, personally held Chu Huan's hand and talked to Chu Huan with a smile.
Chu Huan naturally had no objection to this.
The three of them came to the center of the stage. Yoshio Sumitomo took the lead in introducing a Japanese man about fifty years old to Chu Huan.
"Chu Sang, this is Mr. Masaoka Noboru, the current president of Teijin Co., Ltd."
Teijin Co., Ltd., together with Hitachi Zosen and Ube Industries, is known as one of the three pillar industries of the Sanwa Foundation. The company's research direction is chemical products, and its flagship product is polycarbonate resin.
"Mr. Masaoka, this is Chu Huan Chu Sang, the chairman of the board from Jiaku, Xiangjiang!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Only then did Masaoka Noboru know who this young man was who was introduced by Sumitomo Yoshio himself, and there was some surprise in his eyes. In recent days, he has been in their circle.
There was news that Sumitomo Yoshio was cooperating with Koko Koko, but the Sumitomo family has not responded positively to this.
Now, Chu Huan personally attended Sumitomo Yoshio's banquet, and everything seemed to have opened up.
However, at this time, Kaku and Teijin Co., Ltd. had no business contacts at all, and naturally there was no competitive relationship. Therefore, after learning Chu Huan's identity, Masaoka Noboru greeted Chu Huan very affectionately.
"Chu Sang, you are very welcome to come to Japan!"
"Thank you!"
After the two parties exchanged simple greetings, Sumitomo Yoshio began to take Chu Huan to meet with the top Japanese dignitaries present.
Just as Chu Huan had thought before, the standard of tonight's dinner was definitely the best in Japan.
The guests here include the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister of the Japanese government, as well as the presidents of pillar companies such as Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Fuji, as well as the heads of families behind these families.
At the same time, there are also the presidents of various top financial groups in Japan at this time.
Chu Huan greeted and chatted with them one by one. Although this could not allow Chu Huan to integrate into their group, at least a good foundation had been laid.
Not long after, several people, represented by Sumitomo Yoshio and others, disappeared from the dinner. It was obvious that the missing people were the most important people in the dinner. They needed to meet alone for a meeting. As for what they were doing
No one knows what to study.
Maybe those people were asking Sumitomo Yoshio why he introduced Chu Huan to today's dinner, maybe they were discussing the future development direction of their respective consortiums, maybe it was related to Japan's policy development, but what can be absolutely guaranteed is what they said.
It is very likely to affect the lives of ordinary people in Japan.
At this time, there was also an old Japanese man beside Chu Huan.
Bao Yugang was known as the world's shipping king, and the old man next to Chu Huan was known as the Japanese shipping king. He was Hisao Tsubouchi of Japan's Honjima Shipyard.
In Japan, Konosuke Matsushita is known as the God of Management, while Hisao Tsubouchi is known as the God of Reconstruction. The two are also known as Japan's business duo.
Before the 1973 oil crisis, Japan's largest logistics company, Terokuni Shipping, was eager to make a fortune by transporting oil to the Persian Gulf, so it approached Hisao Tsubouchi and asked his Kurushima Shipyard to rush to build eight 130,000-ton large oil tankers.
The ambitious Tsubouchi Hisao didn't even think about it, so he raised funds everywhere and started working hard.
Who would have known that not long after, the oil crisis of 1973 broke out and international oil prices soared.
Terukuni Shipping's dream of making money came to nothing in an instant, and it had to go back to Hisao Tsubouchi to cancel the ship contract. However, at that time, Kurushima Shipyard had already built four oil tankers, with a total investment of 30 billion yen, and they would be ready to leave the factory soon.
The crisis came so unexpectedly that before Hisao Tsubouchi had time to discuss a solution with the other party, Terukuni Shipping collapsed due to the collapse of its capital chain.
After some liquidation, Laidao Shipyard only received 5% of the 30 billion payment, which is 1.5 billion, and the loss was as high as 28.5 billion.
This was a bolt from the blue for Laidao, which had an annual revenue of less than 100 billion at the time.
Shipbuilding is different from other industries. Each ship is tailor-made and there can be no other buyers except the person who ordered it.
In order to make up for the losses, Kurushima Shipyard saw that it could only sell the four oil tankers at a low price, but Hisao Tsubouchi objected: he would never sell them at a low price, and would rather let them float on the sea before finding a buyer with a suitable price!
The question is, how can we fill the 28.5 billion yen hole? Are we just waiting to die?
Hisao Tsubouchi did not sit still and waited for death. He began to actively help himself. While asking banks for help, he laid off employees and cut wages to reduce costs.
But the economy is in recession and the shipbuilding industry is collapsing. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a big fire pit. Who would jump into it?
At the critical moment, Tsubouchi Hisao's accumulated character saved him. This Japanese shipping king who started his career by operating a movie theater, although he had a bad temper and was arbitrary, he regarded credibility as his life and won the praise of Japan's financial community.
Hisao Tsubouchi has taken over many small and medium-sized enterprises that are on the verge of bankruptcy. If Japan's "Company Reorganization Law" is invoked, the debts of these enterprises can be reduced by 70% to 80%, and banks, as creditors, will surely suffer losses.
But Hisao Tsubouchi always thought of the banks and spent his own money to reorganize these bad companies. He invested up to 8.3 billion yen at one time. After turning losses into profits, he returned the loans to the banks with interest.
Because of this, when he is in trouble, the bank is willing to take risks and provide generous funds.
The life-saving money was obtained, but a fire broke out in the backyard of Laidao Shipyard.
In order to reduce expenses, Hisao Tsubouchi cut wages by 10% to 15% throughout the factory, stopped dividends and salary increases within three years, abolished the weekend system, and extended the work day by one hour.
As soon as this order came out, the workers were very angry. The media and competitors added fuel to their jealousy, saying that he "took advantage of the situation, had a vicious heart, and was a terrible dictatorial operator."
A labor dispute that shocked the country made Hisao Tsubouchi infamous overnight.
Soon, a large-scale wave of resignations broke out in the panic-stricken Kurushima Shipyard. Some people even made a scarecrow of Hisao Tsubouchi and burned it on fire as a curse.
Full of grievances, Hisao Tsubouchi secretly made up his mind: You all just wait and see, I will complete the reconstruction within 5 years and let you know who is right!
In that major labor dispute, Kurushima Shipyard lost half of its employees. Many people were waiting to see the joke, but Hisao Tsubouchi was not anxious at all and calmly watched the employees leave one by one.
Although there were fewer people, those left behind were those who were dead-set or desperate. Hisao Tsubouchi knew that it was time to start "operating with a small number of elites and reducing volume."
The so-called elite few are to train a limited number of employees into an iron army with one as ten, and create unlimited productivity.
In management, there are two understandings of human nature - Theory X and Theory Y.
theory
Hisao Tsubouchi is a thorough X-type manager. He is known for his toughness and iron fist, and claims: "I never care about superficial evaluations and rumors, because what I want is real success." This makes it difficult for him to have a good reputation.
But it is this practice of sacrificing reputation that allows him to repeatedly create miracles in critical moments when he needs to act vigorously and resolutely.
In order to train a "surprise soldier", Hisao Tsubouchi began his devilish training.
Sequential attendance system - the higher the position, the earlier the start time. At 7 o'clock in the morning, the heads of each department have a meeting. After 20 minutes, the next level leader will be in place. After another 20 minutes, the employees will enter the factory and start working.
Spiritual motivation method - "self-statement" two minutes before starting work every day. All employees wave their fists and shout, "Come on," and then jog to their jobs. The workshop is silent except for the sound of welding, and the employees seem to have become machines.
Rotate jobs on schedule, one person can perform multiple tasks - at Laidao Shipyard, a workshop team leader may also hold positions such as general affairs, personnel, finance and even driver. The huge work pressure forces employees to grow rapidly and take on their own responsibility.
Closed training, consciousness revolution - this is the most controversial aspect of Hisao Tsubouchi's management:
He would regularly isolate his employees on an isolated island and ask them to read a disciplinary manual aloud from morning to night, and make self-criticisms, reflecting on why they had brought the company into decline with the mentality of a leader rather than a junior employee.
As if they had been brainwashed, the trained employees completely gave up on themselves. A strong sense of crisis and collective consciousness arose in their hearts, and they returned to work with high morale.
This seemingly inhumane "Tsubonai-style training" saved Kurushima Shipyard in times of crisis.
The employees who have undergone devilish training are one to ten and always maintain a high level of motivation. In 1975, there were 2,300 people in a factory on the island and less than 100 managers. The annual salary expenditure accounted for only 1% of sales, which was much lower than that of Japan.
This colleague.
Tsubouchi Hisao's goal of "reducing management" finally became a reality: in Laishima, if a worker was picked at random from the workshop, his individual combat capability would be as good as any of the Fortune 500 companies.
We have life-saving money and Tiejun, but the general environment is in recession, where will the customers come from?
Tsubouchi Hisao's research found that since the oil crisis, Japanese shipping companies have been afraid and unable to spend so much money to build new ships because they are worried that huge investments will be wasted.
At that time, it cost about 100 million yen to build a ship. The maximum bank loan was 60 million, and the ship owner needed to prepare 40 million to 50 million. However, the economic situation was not good, and many ship owners could not afford this money.
If shipowners have no money to build ships, shipyards will have no orders, and shipyards will have no orders, so they will not seek bank loans... This is an endless cycle. To break this cycle, someone must step forward to take risks and boost the confidence of other interested parties.
Although in just three years, Tsubouchi Hisao has led Kuroshima Shipyard to pay off 28.5 billion in debt and led Kuroshima Shipyard to the top of Japan, and Tsubouchi Hisao has also paid back the salary increases owed to employees over the years.
This copy is reissued with interest to everyone.
But as the world's shipping industry becomes increasingly depressed, Hisao Tsubouchi is still having a headache on how to break the situation.
The world only knows that Tsubouchi Hisao's company later became known as one of Japan's top ten chaebols, but now, he indeed feels greater pressure than ever before.
"Chu Sang, I once had a regular chat with Mr. Bao from Xiangjiang. He was skeptical about the future development of the shipping industry, and told me that you were completely unfavorable about the shipping industry. If Chu Sang
If it's convenient, could you tell me your opinion?"
The rise and fall of the shipping industry is directly related to the survival of shipyards. Bao Yugang is known as the Ship King of Xiangjiang and is naturally a distinguished guest of major shipyards around the world. Hisao Tsubouchi is now the president of the largest shipyard in Japan. Both parties
There is definitely a connection between them.
Chu Huan had nothing to hide and told Hisao Tsubouchi what he thought.
"... Under such circumstances, I believe that in the future world banking industry, fewer and fewer banks will lend money to ship owners. If ship owners have no money, shipbuilding companies will have no orders. Without orders, it will be very difficult.
Naturally, shipbuilding companies also cannot get loans from banks..."
"Chu Sang can become the number one person in Xiangjiang, and his knowledge is indeed accurate. Now this matter is my biggest headache!"
Hisao Tsubouchi preached in great distress.
It's not that after he and Chu Huan chatted for a few words, the two of them hit it off immediately and could let Hisao Tsubouchi complain to Chu Huan about the problems he encountered at this time, but because this problem now is indeed the most important to Hisao Tsubouchi.
Important question.
He just hopes to talk to a few more people to see if he can find a more suitable solution.
Although Chu Huan now has Wheelock Shipping and other companies in his hands, Hisao Tsubouchi learned from Bao Yugang that Chu Huan has been seeking opportunities to sell ships owned by these three shipping companies. In other words, Chu Huan
There is no interest relationship with him, which allows Hisao Tsubouchi to tell Chu Huan about this matter with more confidence.
Chu Huan smiled and said: "This matter may be a very difficult matter for other people, but for Mr. Tsubouchi, I don't think it is a very difficult matter."
Tsubouchi Hisao's eyes lit up. Since he knew Chu Huan, he naturally understood Chu Huan's ability. Now that he heard what Chu Huan said, he couldn't help but feel excited. He quickly asked, "Is there anything Chu Sang can do?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Chu Huan nodded slightly and said: "I do have some ideas. If Mr. Tsubouchi has any ideas, the two of us can discuss it carefully!"
"Of course I have ideas!" Hisao Tsubouchi said immediately.
Chu Huan said: "As far as I know, the current practice of shipyards is that after customers order a ship, they have to pay a 25% down payment to the shipbuilding company, which is about 25 million to 30 million yen.
The problem is that many ship owners are now affected by the price of oil, and as a result, they no longer have so much cash on hand to pay shipyards. Is this the first headache for Mr. Tsubouchi?"
Tsubouchi Hisao nodded seriously and said: "Yes, that's it!"
Chu Huan continued: "But I think, with Mr. Tsubouchi having been immersed in the Japanese shipbuilding industry for so long, he must have a good idea of who is worthy of cooperation and who is not worthy of cooperation!"
Hisao Tsubouchi said helplessly: "People's hearts are unpredictable, and I don't have much confidence!"
This is why Hisao Tsubouchi would tell Chu Huan like this when Chu Huan said he had some thoughts. If it had been before when the two had just met, Hisao Tsubouchi would definitely not have said this to Chu Huan.
words.
After all, Hisao Tsubouchi is very reputable in Japan.
Chu Huan said: "Then come up with a standard."
Hisao Tsubouchi failed to understand what Chu Huan meant.
Chu Huan continued to explain: "No matter how strong the relationship is, it is always necessary to avoid the participation of people who are not strong enough, and conventions are not unbreakable.
Since the current management requires ship owners to pay a 25% down payment to the shipyard in advance, Laidao Shipyard will lower this standard to 15%. In this way, the economic pressure of those ship owners can be greatly relieved, and at the same time
Then, we can eliminate those ship owners who are not doing well and will surely sink in the next crisis.
In this case, I think the smile at Laishima Shipyard will definitely get better again!
To put it simply, it means sacrificing part of Laidao Shipyard’s immediate vested interests and extending the timeline of this benefit, but it can provide Laidao Shipyard with more customers!”
Hisao Tsubouchi After hearing this, Hisao Tsubouchi's eyes suddenly lit up, "Why didn't I think of such a simple thing?"
What is a convention?
It is something that has formed a law in people's minds. It may be said that the convention is easy to be broken, but in fact, if the convention was so easy to be broken, the world would not be so difficult.
What's more, Mrs. Hisashi Tsubouchi is still in the mountains and cannot see the whole situation from the outside.
But it is not unreasonable for Hisao Tsubouchi to be called the God of Japan's reconstruction. What Chu Huan said was actually one of Hisao Tsubouchi's methods to break the deadlock, but now Chu Huan said it in advance.
"I believe that even without my reminder, Mr. Tsubouchi would definitely be able to think of this method quickly!"
Chu Huan preached humbly.
However, after being excited, Tsubouchi Hisao was still a little worried and said: "This method alone cannot solve these problems in the current shipyard. Please teach me!"
Having said this, Hisao Tsubouchi bowed to Chu Huan seriously.
Seeing this, Chu Huan first helped Hisao Tsubouchi up, and then said with a smile: "Since Mr. Tsubouchi asked, I am naturally willing to tell Mr. Tsubouchi my thoughts."
"Thank you!"
Chu Huan continued: "Although this method can allow some ship owners who already have the strength to purchase ships on their own, it is still far from enough for the entire industry. Just like our charter king in Xiangjiang, if
When he started his business, it would have been impossible to develop without the support of HSBC.
Therefore, new blood is very important to this industry. This group of people is actually very important, so my idea is that in this process, Laidao Shipyard can seek potential and capable partners to provide them with more
help, such as guaranteeing bank loans for them.
At the same time, the time for them to pay the final payment is extended, just like a property loan, with regular payments. At the same time, Laidao Shipyard can invest in the companies of these ship owners and provide the most comprehensive supervision. In this case, I think it can provide a lot of help to this industry.
, when the interests of the three parties of shipbuilding companies, customers and banks are tied up, the problem of Laidao Shipyard will naturally be solved!"
Tsubouchi Hisao's expression became more and more excited, but at the same time, there were actually many details that needed to be considered in the issue Chu Huan mentioned.
"It doesn't matter if the ship owner's loan amount is reduced from 25% to 15%, but it requires the consent of the bank. I think under the current circumstances, it is difficult for any bank to agree to such a situation, so this requires Laidao Shipyard itself
Paid in advance.
In addition, long-term payments will inevitably increase the cash pressure on Laidao Shipyard..."
I'm afraid you won't ask questions... Chu Huan thought silently, although the world's shipping industry will be bleak in the future, Laidao Shipyard has grown in such a crisis by relying on its own operations.
It is precisely because of the foundation of Kurushima Shipyard that Hisao Tsubouchi has the title of the tenth largest chaebol in Japan.
Chu Huan wants to have a deep foundation in Japan. He not only wants to have these current industries in his hands, but also wants to be like Japan's four major chaebols and go deep into all walks of life in Japan.
Although Hisao Tsubouchi's reputation in Japan's banking industry is very good, the crisis in the shipping industry is also real.
This has caused Japanese banks to be very secretive about this industry.
But Chu Huan, who was familiar with Tsubouchi Hisao's future development, understood that this was his best opportunity!