Chapter 153: The Fat Classmate Who Can Make Computer Games
Coming out of the Onkyo Building, Oki glanced at the resignation certificate, pension notebook, and various certificates in his hand, and sighed in relief.
He thought that if he resigned, the senior management would try to retain him. He even thought of a reason to resign.
However, the reality was that it was incredibly smooth, and the signing and stamping process went straight to the end.
As a senior sound engineer, he has also made great contributions to Onkyo.
However, when I left the job, there was not even a non-compete agreement.
But that idiot Tomura holds the title of chief, and he has all these restrictions.
Da Mu smiled self-deprecatingly. Leaving Anqiao so smoothly made him feel disappointed, but also relieved.
It turns out that I am not as important as I thought, but that’s okay.
Oki looked up at the bright sun and thought, maybe Tokyo might be a good place too.
At least compared to Osaka, Tokyo is much bigger and can accommodate more people.
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As March came, Shirakawa Electric was operating as normal, with production and sales going on smoothly.
For Shirakawa Electric, which is in its rising stage of development, it currently has no plans to take any other actions except for White Valentine's Day a week later.
Its top priority is to digest the current market size and gain a firm foothold in the remaining six months.
"That Kimura-san is here again." Asuka Kobayashi walked over with a cup of coffee.
March was spring break, and Asuka Kobayashi, who had nothing to do, continued to serve as her personal assistant.
Behind the desk, Baichuan Feng, who was buried in a pile of documents, raised his head and frowned.
“This Kimura-san is really persistent.
However, the volume of orders from Shirakawa Electric is far from enough for Kimura Production to meet the demand.
The last quality accident is still fresh in my memory.
Just find a reason to get rid of it. After all, we have cooperated before. Although it is a bit unpleasant, there is no major conflict. "
Ever since the last time Kimura produced and supplied circuit boards that had problems, Shirakawa Electric started looking for its next OEM factory.
Finally, based on the principle of preferring a more expensive option to one with peace of mind, the PCB outsourcing was given to Kyocera.
Of course, the OEM orders are not transferred all at once, but the orders made by Kimura are gradually reduced, and then this part is transferred to Kyocera.
So Eiji Kimura, who had always relied on Shirakawa Electric for his bread and butter, could no longer sit still and came to visit Shirakawa Kaede every few days.
At first, Baichuan Feng would just say a few perfunctory words to him, but after doing it too many times, he gradually became impatient.
If it weren't for the trouble caused by Kimura Production, Shirakawa Electric might have continued to cooperate with it.
However, if something fails at a critical moment, no one would trust such a partner.
Besides, Shirakawa Electric has not withdrawn all orders and still has some left.
After all, this was his first partnership, and Baichuan Feng still had some feelings for them.
Putting aside the matter of Kimura Production, Shirakawa Kaede began to consider enriching the product line of Shirakawa Electric.
Now if you count carefully, Shirakawa Electric has only two and a half products: the Obsidian record player, the Walkman, and the earbud headphones which only count as half.
It's still too little. To put it bluntly, Shirakawa Electric is now entirely supported by Walkmans.
If anything major happens to the Walkman, it means that Shirakawa Electric has encountered a major change.
However, the entire company has only been established for less than a year. It is not realistic to come up with a few more products, and we do not have the resources to cover everything.
But it is still possible to plan ahead, so Shirakawa Electric has recently been poaching people from major companies.
They have a lot of talented people, even too many.
With the idea of not letting talents be tarnished and making the best use of things, Baichuan Feng swung the hoe without hesitation.
Recently, a senior sound engineer from Onkyo was pried over by someone using a hoe.
How can a company that makes audio products be without relevant talents? This is why Shirakawa Electric values audio engineers.
In addition to preparing for the research and development of the next generation of mid-to-high-end portable players, another reason is that Shirakawa Kaede has some ideas about the audio market.
Whether it is the current Walkman or the future CD player, speakers are one of their best partners.
As high-end members of the home entertainment system, speakers and headphones bring completely different experiences.
Especially for some music lovers, speakers are the correct way to enjoy music.
In addition, as one of the high-end products, the profits of audio equipment are also very considerable.
However, although Baichuan Feng has ideas about the sound system, he currently has no plans to directly launch such a high-end project.
The entire sound system involves too many complexities to be completed in a short period of time.
As the old saying goes, start from the low end first.
He wanted to try out a portion of the audio system first, such as the speakers.
And considering that the thrust of the Walkman and CD player is relatively small, the only active speakers that can be paired with them are those with built-in amplifiers.
So Baichuan Feng decided to start directly with active speakers and get it done in one step.
Considering Shirakawa Electric's current R&D capabilities, this is no longer a luxury.
However, the speakers are just a by-product, the most important thing is the upgrade of the second-generation Walkman.
To be honest, the first generation of Walkman, now known as Flashman, was relatively crude overall.
Especially in terms of audio technology, there are almost no special features. In order to pursue low costs, Shirakawa Kaede reduced a lot of functions in this area.
Now that we are planning to make high-end products, we have to pay attention to audio.
Things like tone modulation, FM, stereo, etc. all need to be adjusted by professionals.
Moreover, future CD players will also be unable to do without professionals in this field. This is the fundamental reason why Shirakawa Electric spends a lot of money to recruit professionals in this field.
"Beep beep beep" When Baichuan Feng was thinking about the future layout, the sound of the pager in his pocket interrupted his thoughts.
I took out my black pager and took a look. Uh, it was this number.
Didn’t we just see him a few days ago? Why is he here again?
Ever since Shirakawa Electric's Flashman became popular, it has been used as a model for print advertisements in manuals.
Seiko Matsuda also showed up a little, and her well-behaved and cute image gained her a lot of popularity among young people.
It is no exaggeration to say that the hot sales of Flashman unexpectedly served as an advertisement for Seiko Matsuda.
Baichuan Feng met her a few days ago, and heard her talk about the fan letters she had received recently.
This made her very happy. Although she had only filmed one TV series and had not had the chance to debut as a singer, she actually had her own fans.
The shrewd Seiko Matsuda took the opportunity to talk about sex and indirectly turned the topic to the original song agreement.
Since he had agreed, Baichuan Feng kept his word and gave her a poem "Summer's Door".
Well, it’s still her own song.
After getting what she wanted, Seiko Matsuda finally left satisfied.
But it's only been a few days and he started calling me again for no reason.
Here it comes again.
Shirakawa Feng raised his head and met Kobayashi Asuka's inquiring gaze.
"Well, it's Professor Matsumura at Tokyo Institute of Technology. I haven't been there for a while, so I'll go see if there's anything I can do for the professor."
It’s not that Shirakawa Kaede lied, but he really planned to go to Tokyo Institute of Technology.
One is to see how the project planning is going, and the other is that Masayoshi Matsumura wants to meet him to discuss industry-university-research cooperation.
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Coming to the campus of Tokyo Institute of Technology again, Shirakawa Kaede was already familiar with the place and soon arrived at the Electrical and Electronic Building where he had visited last time.
Huh, I actually came to Tokyo Institute of Technology instead of meeting some girl who doesn’t look like a good person.
Asuka Kobayashi was very surprised by this and looked Shirakawa Kaede up and down.
Nonsense, if you follow me, where else can I go?
Even if everything is fine at Tokyo Institute of Technology, something must be wrong now.
Shirakawa Feng led the way calmly and headed straight for Matsumura Masayoshi's laboratory.
As the temperature rose, Asuka Kobayashi, who was wearing more refreshing clothes, followed him leisurely.
Well, the weather is nice today, and the branches of the cherry trees are growing more and more luxuriant. It will be the flower viewing season in a while.
Asuka Kobayashi is in a good mood, and wherever she looks, she looks like spring is just around the corner and full of vitality.
When visiting Matsumura Masayoshi's laboratory again, Shirakawa Kaede clearly felt that it was much more lively here.
Unlike the last time when there was only Yi Yiya in the laboratory, this time there were several busy figures in the laboratory.
They were all experimental assistants hired by Masayoshi Matsumura to help him. Some were his own students, and some were transferred from the school.
After saying hello to Kazuya Masu, Shirakawa Kaede and Kobayashi Asuka knocked on the door and entered Matsumura Masayoshi's office.
"Mr. Shirakawa, you're just in time." Turning around and seeing that it was Shirakawa Kaede, Matsumura Masayoshi immediately asked him to sit down.
“I suggest that the research and development of precision servo technology and digital signal reading technology should also be transferred to Tokyo Institute of Technology.”
"ah?"
The first sentence Matsumura Masayoshi opened his mouth surprised Shirakawa Kaede and Kobayashi Asuka.
The research and development of these two technologies has been entrusted to his alma mater Meiji. Now that Matsumura Masaakio has made such a request, it is hard not to wonder what his purpose is.
However, Matsumura Masaaki's subsequent explanation made Shirakawa Kaede understand why he made such a suggestion.
Because the DAC decoding chip serves the CD player, its research and development needs to take into account the working principle of the entire CD player and the coordination between different components.
Especially information reading and transmission, which are closely related to the operation of the chip.
So if you only have a CD and want to develop a corresponding decoding chip, you must first find a way to read the information on the CD.
But this is another topic, and the research and development of this part was entrusted to Meiji by Shirakawa Kaede.
It would be too inefficient and would waste a lot of time to wait for Meiji to produce results before starting chip research and development.
The most scientific and efficient approach is to integrate the research and development of these two aspects and carry out them simultaneously.
But Meiji...
"How about this?" Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede was in trouble, Matsumura Masayoshi made another suggestion.
“Precision servo technology and digital signal reading technology were jointly developed by Meiji and Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Regarding the cooperation between the two schools, I will be responsible for the application.
I'll leave Meiji to Shirakawa-san. I'm sure everyone will be happy to participate in such activities to exchange ideas with different colleges and universities."
"No problem. I will communicate with Meiji. As for the cooperation between the two sides, I will leave it to Professor Matsumura."
Just as Matsumura Masayoshi said, Meiji would probably also be happy to have an exchange with Tokyo Institute of Technology.
If the two universities jointly conduct research and development, the advantage is that the research and development speed will be greatly accelerated, and the disadvantage is that Baichuan Feng may need to pay more money.
But this is not a problem for him at all. As long as he can speed up the research and development progress, everything else is trivial.
"The Department of Information Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology is also very good. If you have time, Shirakawa-san can go to the next building to take a look."
The information engineering discipline that Masayoshi Matsumura mentioned is closely related to digital signal reading technology.
The Electrical and Electronics Building and the Information Engineering Building are close to each other , and there is even a sky bridge connecting the two buildings.
Baichuan Feng had nothing to do, so he thought about going for a visit.
So he said goodbye to Professor Matsumura and took Asuka Kobayashi across the overpass to the information engineering laboratory building.
Information engineering means information engineering or computer engineering.
As for the experimental building, it is basically the same as the computer rooms in domestic schools before.
But computers are still very expensive in this era, so as long as there is a chance.
Students also seize every opportunity to come here and experience the novelties brought by computers.
Shirakawa Kaede and Kobayashi Asuka were also in their youth and looked no different from the students of Tokyo Institute of Technology, so they entered the computer room without any obstruction.
As soon as I entered the room, a classmate with semi-long hair, slightly plump, and wearing big glasses with his back to the door was staring at the screen without blinking.
His fingers were clacking on the keyboard, and at first glance you might think he was typing code.
But when Baichuan Feng looked at the screen, he was stunned for a moment.
On the computer screen, a little man made up of light spots is moving left and right, and a light spot is jumping back and forth on the little man's hand.
Are you playing games?
There are already computer games these days? Baichuan Feng was astonished.
It's quite interesting. He sat next to the fat classmate and squeezed together with him in a very familiar manner.
"Classmate, this is quite interesting. What kind of game is this?"
"Hey, isn't that cool? This is a game I designed myself." When the fat classmate heard someone praising him, he turned around and showed off proudly.
"Great!" Baichuan Feng gave a thumbs up , "What's your name, classmate?"
The fat classmate "Satoshi Iwata" continued to stare at the screen and have fun, then answered without turning his head.
