Chapter 130: First Confrontation
Monday, January 7th.
Shirakawa Feng fastened the buttons of his collar and adjusted his tie.
After checking the figure in the mirror again and making sure there was nothing wrong, he lowered his hands and walked out of the bathroom.
"Is everyone ready?"
"Yeah." Asuka Kobayashi, who was waiting at the door, also had a serious expression.
"Then let's get ready to go ." Baichuan Feng said and prepared to go downstairs.
"etc"
"Um?"
Kobayashi Asuka took a step forward and smoothed the wrinkles on his sleeves. Then she took a step back, took a look, and nodded with satisfaction.
"come on!"
"Okay," Baichuan Feng nodded with a smile.
Downstairs, the legal team consisting of Hasegawa, Yasuda, Meiji University and Shirakawa Electric's own legal department were waiting there with serious expressions.
Shirakawa Feng walked downstairs and first came to Muto Kiyoshi and the others.
"Seniors, I'll leave the Baichuan Electric Appliances in your hands today." After saying this, Baichuan Feng lowered his head and bowed seriously.
"Don't worry about it, it's your job." Several law school bigwigs responded with serious expressions.
Baichuan Feng nodded, then stretched out his hand to signal the waiting car at the side, "Seniors, please."
Muto Kiyoshi and the others did not refuse and got into the car one by one, ready to set off.
Shirakawa Kaede nodded to Yasuda and the others again, then got into the first car in the front row, followed closely by Kobayashi Asuka.
After all the personnel were in place, the car started and headed towards the Sony Building in Shinagawa District.
…
Half an hour later, the Shirakawa Electric vehicle arrived at the entrance of the Sony Building on time.
At this moment, on the steps at the door, Nakajima Heitaro was waiting there with several reception staff, with solemn expressions .
Shirakawa Kaede was the first to get off the car. Unlike Nakajima Heitaro who had a solemn face, he had a smiling face.
"Brother Nakajima, thank you for your care." Shirakawa Kaede said this without even doing the standard Japanese bow, but instead extended his hands enthusiastically.
"Eh" Nakajima Heitaro, who didn't understand what was going on, had his right hand grabbed by Shirakawa Kaede and shaken hard under the strange gazes of his colleagues.
"Brother, the cherry blossoms in Meiji will be in bloom soon. When can we go back to enjoy the cherry blossoms together?"
Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede was still holding his hand, Nakajima Heitaro finally reacted.
He struggled hard, huh? He couldn't get free.
Just when he was about to change color, Baichuan Feng quietly let go of his hand.
"Baichuan, thank you for your care. Senior brother, please!" Baichuan Feng bent down and stretched out his hand, motioning him to lead the way.
Nakajima Heitaro was confused and surprised. After he came to his senses, he saw Shirakawa Kaede looking at him respectfully.
"Cough" Nakajima Heitaro coughed dryly, looked around and saw that everyone was waiting for him to make a decision, so he nodded subconsciously, "Please, Shirakawa-san."
Nakajima Heitaro said a polite word, then turned around and led the way towards the Sony Building.
Baichuan Feng smiled, then stood up and followed.
Since you are ready to fight your opponent, you naturally have to find out the details of his background.
Meiji's? Meiji's is the best, we are all seniors~
…
In a spacious meeting room in the Sony Building, Shirakawa Kaede and his group followed Nakajima Heitaro and arrived here without any obstructions.
As expected of Sony, this spacious and bright conference room with a sense of technology everywhere fully demonstrates the style of a multinational company.
Across the long conference table sat a middle-aged man with a broad forehead, who was looking at this place with a serious face.
Shirakawa Feng knew that the other party was his opponent today, Ozone Kozo, the director of Sony's stereo tape recorder business unit.
"Mr. Ozone, I have long heard of your name."
"Mr. Shirakawa, you are indeed young and promising."
After a few polite words from both sides, they sat down and looked at each other in silence.
The other party is not in a hurry, and Baichuan Feng is not in a hurry either.
He just wanted to see how Sony was going to set the tone for this matter today.
Another two minutes passed like this. There were nearly twenty people from both sides in the meeting, but for a moment there was no sound at all, and you could hear a pin drop.
"Ahem" Finally, in the opposing camp, a middle-aged man with gray hair who was sitting on the left side of Ozone Yukizo stood up.
"My name is Hiroshi Suzuki, Deputy Director of Sony Legal Department.
The reason why we invited you today is that we hope you can have friendly communication with us regarding the infringement of Sony Walkman by a product named Flashman under our company name.
Sony is a serious and responsible enterprise and is very eager to have friendly technical exchanges with its peers in the industry.
However, infringements without prior communication are absolutely unforgivable.
We also ask you to provide a reasonable explanation, otherwise Sony has the right to sue for any infringement that causes harm to us.
Including but not limited to, apology and pursuit of compensation.”
The other party's legal staff started off with a long and official speech.
That serious expression seemed as if Shirakawa Electric had already been found guilty of infringement and was now sitting in the dock awaiting trial.
Shirakawa Kaede was too lazy to even pay attention to Sony's "anti-traitor manifesto".
Since you want to play it this way, you can't blame me for not following martial ethics.
"My name is Kiyoshi Muto, and I am a consultant at the legal department of Shirakawa Electric.
I came to your place today in the hope that you can give a reasonable explanation for the private production, sale and distribution of your product Walkman without the authorization of Shirakawa Electric.
Although Shirakawa Electric is currently only rooted in local operations, it does not mean that it has no right to pursue international accountability.
We also ask you to give appropriate explanations regarding the similar designs of the walkman.
This is the patent application description of our Shirakawa Electric, which was first applied for two years before your product was launched on the market. "
As he said this, Muto Kiyoshi pushed the patent description documents that he had prepared long ago to the other party.
"You...!" Hiroshi Suzuki from Sony's legal department was so angry at the other party's shamelessness that his face turned red. He stood up and wanted to accuse him.
Ozone Kozo raised his hand to stop Suzuki Hiroshi from speaking further.
He straightened his arms and crossed his hands on the table, looking at Baichuan Feng with cold eyes.
"Mr. Shirakawa, you and I both know that in Neon Walkman, it is original.
The market for Shirakawa Electric is also in Neon. Please consider this carefully.”
Baichuan Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the other person without blinking.
In the conference room, both of them had blank expressions and solemn eyes. Everyone around them stopped looking at each other and focused their attention on them.
Suddenly, Shirakawa Kaede smiled and said, "Sony, you are indeed an existence that deserves admiration.
However, from the day it was founded, Shirakawa Electric had thought about the hardships it would face in the future.
Right now, Sony, it’s the right time.”
"Okay." Ozone Yukizo also pulled the corner of his mouth and revealed an inexplicable smile.
"Mr. Shirakawa did not disappoint me. I haven't met anyone who dares to challenge Sony in many years."
Baichuan Feng smiled and said, "Goodbye then."
After saying that, Baichuan Feng immediately stood up and left the office without looking back .
Asuka Kobayashi and Kiyoshi Muto also stood up expressionlessly and left.
Watching the backs of Shirakawa Kaede and the others leaving, Suzuki Hiroshi from the Legal Department turned to look at Ozone Kozo and said, "Ozone-san, do we need to sue?"
Ozone Kozo hesitated for a few seconds and then shook his head. However, the next sentence made Suzuki Hiroshi feel a chill in his heart.
"Notify all distributors. Sony doesn't want the Walkman and Shirakawa's Flashman to appear in the same store.
Try to negotiate in a friendly manner with large and medium-sized chain stores, as for small channel dealers.
Choose one of the two, either Sony or Shirakawa."
After saying this, Ozone Yukizo left the meeting room expressionlessly, if it weren't for the overseas market.
The meeting with Shirakawa Electric at this moment is not here, but in the court.