"Do we have to go back? Can't we stay in Japan?"
Facing Koizumi Kyoko's questioning, Cao Zhiqiang, who was having lunch after dinner, shook his head and said: "I think about this too, but it's really not possible, Kyoko.
I have been in Japan for a while, and now the project here is almost in negotiation. Domestic companies are eager to recruit me back. As the leader of this business negotiation, it would be inappropriate for me not to go back.
Moreover, the government-sponsored business visa I used to come to Japan is about to expire. I have to return to the country once so that I can renew my visa with my workplace.
Otherwise, if I really wait for my visa to expire, I will be forced to return to my country. In that case, I may offend my domestic employer and if the visa is not renewed then, I will not be able to come back in the future.
Also, today, let me go first. I have to go back quickly. The secretary is still waiting for me. I am busy with many things.
If it weren't for you, I shouldn't have come out now. If anyone knew that I came out to have sex with you, it would be against the rules! "
After hearing what Cao Zhiqiang said, Koizumi Kyoko reluctantly let go of Cao Zhiqiang from behind, and then frowned and said: "Why are your domestic companies so strict? Can't you leave your company and choose to stay in Japan?"
"It's difficult." Cao Zhiqiang sighed as he put down his chopsticks.
"Today, if I leave our company, I won't even be able to get a visa to come to Japan. After all, I have no Japanese relatives here, so I can't apply to come to Japan privately. Currently, I can only go abroad on official business trips.
As for staying in Japan, it's even harder.
You can find out how difficult it is to apply for a visa in Japan. If I didn't have a business visa, I wouldn't be able to come to Japan at all, at least not through formal channels.
You don’t want me to be unable to enter the country normally and not be able to meet you in Japan, right? "
Hearing what Cao Zhiqiang said, Koizumi Kyoko frowned and said, "But aren't you very popular in singing now? Can't that Aiyin agency you signed a contract with help you?"
Cao Zhiqiang, who had already wiped his mouth with a tissue, continued to sigh:
"Oh, my dear, things are not as simple as you think, especially for foreigners applying for visas. It is not that easy.
The firm I signed a contract with was helping me apply for a work visa, but this kind of thing was very troublesome and not easy to pass.
Even though my stage name of "Morizaka Aizumi" is very popular now, in the industry, it means nothing to those Japanese civil servants. They don't care who I am. "
Upon hearing what Cao Zhiqiang said, Xiaoquan Zizi fell silent and ate rice gloomily.
Seeing that Koizumi Kyoko no longer asked questions, Cao Zhiqiang was secretly happy, but on the surface he was serious, and he only speeded up his meal a little.
Koizumi Kyoko is busy with work and has limited time, so once they meet, they talk little and do all kinds of things. After that, they chat and have dinner.
This made Cao Zhiqiang very entangled. On the one hand, he warned himself rationally that he should meet less with Kyoko Koizumi.
But deep down in my heart, I hope to meet Kyoko Koizumi.
After all, among all the women Cao Zhiqiang has met so far, Koizumi Kyoko is the most open-minded and the most proactive, which gives Cao Zhiqiang a particularly novel experience.
Fortunately, Cao Zhiqiang is returning to China now, so he can temporarily break away from contact with Kyoko Koizumi, and no longer has to worry about this issue.
Of course, this is not that Cao Zhiqiang is forced to return to China, and no one in the country wants him to come back now. This is just Cao Zhiqiang's pretext and excuse.
This pretext and excuse is not false. The reason is that the negotiations with Taiyo Yuden went very smoothly and even exceeded expectations.
Cao Zhiqiang's original plan was to directly buy a Japanese leather bag company in Japan through his offshore company in the Cayman Islands, and then contact Taiyo Yuden through this leather bag company to purchase Taiyo Yuden's production lines and equipment.
This plan went very smoothly at first. After all, Japan was economically active at this time and there were many small investment companies in the country. It was very simple to anonymously purchase a Japanese investment company through an offshore company.
As a result, when Cao Zhiqiang asked his newly purchased Japanese company "Daidong Investment Company" to send people to contact Taiyo Yuden, Taiyo Yuden instead proposed a new plan.
That is, Taiyo Yuden will provide the equipment, "Dadong Investment Company" will provide the money, and Cao Zhiqiang's Huaxia Audio and Video Company will provide the land, factories and workers, and the three parties will form a joint venture to produce audio tapes in mainland China.
There is no doubt that this plan is the most attractive and beneficial to Taiyo Yuden.
Because in this way, Taiyo Yuden can not only sell its outdated production lines and equipment, but also take advantage of the opportunity to intervene in China's mainland market without spending more money.
By then, if the mainland market can do it, Taiyo Yuden will increase its investment and continue to use this as an opportunity to expand investment and production scale in the mainland.
If the mainland market is unfriendly and cannot make money, Taiyo Yuden will not suffer.
After all, they only produced production lines and equipment, plus a few technicians and managers for technical guidance, and did not invest a lot of money.
On the other hand, this is also very beneficial to Cao Zhiqiang or "Dadong Investment Company".
Because according to Cao Zhiqiang's original plan, he would use the name of Japan's "Daidong Investment Company" to first purchase production lines and equipment, as well as related training services from Taiyo Yuden, and then use these production lines and equipment as bargaining chips to win over Cao Zhiqiang's domestic Huaxia audio and video companies to form a joint venture to produce tapes.
In other words, according to Cao Zhiqiang's original plan, Taiyo Yuden only sold equipment, and the specific operators were "Dadong Investment Company" and Cao Zhiqiang's Huaxia Audio and Video Company.
During this period, the money for purchasing equipment, purchasing training, and organizing transportation quality will be handled by "Dadong Investment Company".
Just think about it and you will know how much it will cost for "Dadong Investment Company" to ship these equipment to China.
Now, Taiyo Yuden has the idea of taking advantage of this to penetrate into the mainland, so it is willing to take the initiative to lower the price of the production line, provide free personnel guidance services, and is even willing to help contact shipping companies.
In this way, overall, Taiyo Yuden’s new plan will allow Daito Investment Company to spend 10% less money than the original plan, and the new joint venture will be able to obtain more of Taiyo Yuden’s capital. Support, for example, raw material prices can also be reduced.
But that's not the most attractive thing.
The real attraction is that Taiyo Yuden promises that if the production line put into production in mainland China produces audio tapes of high quality and low cost, Taiyo Yuden promises to purchase audio tapes from mainland factories and sell them in Japan.
In other words, Taiyo Yuden has made a promise, that is, it is willing to let mainland China's contemporary factories buy back the audio tapes produced by the tape factories that have been put into operation in mainland China.
This is a proper export business and a proper business of earning foreign exchange.
Of course, Taiyo Yuden made so many concessions not without conditions.
The condition is that in the new joint venture, Taiyo Yuden will occupy more shares and have certain management rights.
The investment specialists sent by Dadong Investment Company discussed with the "big boss above" and finally decided to agree to this new cooperation plan.
The new plan is this.
Taiyo Yuden, Daito Investment Company and China Audio and Video Company formed a joint venture company. The company's name was tentatively named "Tongyang Company", which was derived from Taiyo Yuden's yang character and Daito Company's east character.
The equity structure of Dongyang Company is that Dadong Investment Company invests capital and holds 45% of the shares, making it the largest shareholder.
Taiyo Yuden invests in technology and equipment and holds 30% of the shares, making it the second largest shareholder.
Huaxia Audio and Video Company holds 25% of the shares and is the smallest shareholder by investing in land, factories and domestic connections.
To put it simply, Dadong Company provided the money, Taiyo Yuden provided the technology and equipment, Huaxia Audio and Video Company provided the land and opened up domestic official channels to jointly build factories and produce domestically.
In terms of specific management, the CEO, that is, the general manager, must be someone from Huaxia Audio and Video Company, but the following specific management personnel, such as deputy general manager, can be appointed by the Japanese side.
Daito Investment Company is just a small investment company, with only a few accounting personnel and investment personnel to support the scene, and no specific management talents, so Taiyo Yuden will be responsible for deploying the new company's technicians and managers.
These Taiyo Yuden dispatched staff have the identities of two companies, and their wages are paid by the new company.
Overall, Dadong Investment Company has the most shares and the most power, but this is only theoretical.
In fact, the ones that really have the management rights of the enterprise are China Audio and Video Company, which has the smallest number of shares, followed by Taiyo Yuden. On the contrary, Daito Investment Company, which has the largest number of shares, has the least management rights over the enterprise, and only has the right to dividends and supervision. right.
In fact, this model is normal. The reason is that Huaxia Audio and Video Company is a local enterprise in mainland China. It controls various local connections and sales in mainland China. It is a proper local snake, so it is normal to have corporate management rights.
As a provider of technology, equipment and raw materials and a repurchase party of products, Taiyo Yuden is a dragon with power second only to Huaxia Audio and Video Company. This is normal.
As for Dadong Investment Company, it actually did not lose money either.
Because of the behavior of Dadong Investment Company, it was originally doing venture capital, and it probably did not expect to run the company for a long time, or hold shares for a long time.
The greater possibility is that Dadong Company uses this method to expand its business, and when the company's value increases and the stock price rises, it chooses to sell its shares to cash out.
This kind of gameplay is the most common in Europe and the United States, and it is not uncommon in Japan.
Not to mention now, even later, there will still be such investors everywhere.
The essence of later angel funds and the like is this kind of venture capitalist.
In fact, investors like Dadong Company are the most welcome and favored by enterprises, especially the manufacturing industry.
After all, this kind of investor invests in the early stages of business startups, which are also the ones that need the most funds. This is a true partnership that benefits both sides.
Therefore, in fact, Taiyo Yuden itself has a good impression of Daito Investment Company, and wants to take this opportunity to cooperate with Daito Company, so that if the cooperation is happy in the future, and with the cooperation experience, it will be better if we can do it again in the future. If you have any new projects, you can still approach Dadong Company to raise funds.
There is no way, there is a shortage of money everywhere now, and Taiyo Yuden is no exception. It would be good to have one more investor to provide money.
Therefore, Taiyo Yuden is most happy to see the current cooperation model come to fruition.
Because the initial risks were shared by Dadong Investment Company and Huaxia Audio and Video Company, Taiyo Yuden only had cheap selling equipment. With a few people, they could easily obtain the shares of a mainland company and a possible foundry.
You know, the audio tapes produced by Taiyo Yuden are quite good. After all, Taiyo Yuden's double-layer tape technology is more advanced and has better sound quality than ordinary iron tapes.
The real problem is that the cost of this iron-chromium double-layer belt is too high, and most of this cost is actually the high labor cost, followed by the cost of raw materials.
Mainland China's labor costs are very low, and some raw materials, such as iron powder and chromium powder, should be provided by the mainland.
Therefore, if we can open a production line in mainland China to produce this kind of double-layer tape, and then buy back the high-quality and low-price tapes produced in mainland China, and then sell them in Japan under the Taiyo Yuden brand, I believe it will be competitive enough.
To put it bluntly, Taiyo Yuden is interested in the advantages of low labor costs and low raw material costs in mainland China. As for opening up the mainland market, that is the secondary purpose.
As for Taiyo Yuden, it is because its current size is too small that it cannot compete with big-name companies such as Sony in the European and American markets. In addition, it now has a good opportunity without much risk, so it is cautious to set its sights on the mainland.
In short, in 1983, there were still few countries and experts in the world who could really take a high look at China.
After all, China is really poor and weak at this time, at least it appears that way.
Now if you want to say that China will become the world's second largest economy in 40 years, everyone will probably laugh at you.
However, Cao Zhiqiang feels that this day will come sooner or later, and because of him and the system, this day may come even earlier.
Because to put it bluntly, the so-called rise of a country is simply a competition for industries.
Japan currently occupies the second-tier industry after the United States, such as automobiles, shipbuilding, semiconductors, etc., so they can be very developed.
If China could take advantage of this special period earlier and obtain these industrial dividends earlier, there is no doubt that China's rise will be faster and more powerful.
This is what Cao Zhiqiang likes to see most.
Only with the rise of a great country can the dignity of small people be achieved!
Now, the road to accelerating the rise of the country starts with me.
As long as I think that I am the driving force behind the rise of the country, it is not in vain for me to travel through time. (End of chapter)
