Chapter 156: Ironclad Evidence
Because Aiwa went its own way in licensing the Walkman, not only was there chaos at Shirakawa Electric, but Sony was also in turmoil.
Norio Ohga had already anticipated that Shirakawa Electric would not let Aihua's recklessness go.
Mr. Shirakawa Feng is not one to suffer losses. The authorization of the Walkman... Thinking of this, Norio Ohga also had a headache.
The complex patent relationship makes them both allies and opponents.
Therefore, Sony's position is somewhat awkward in dealing with this matter involving Aiwa.
From the perspective of the party whose rights have been infringed, Sony’s interests should be consistent with those of Shirakawa Electric.
But what Yusuke Mibe said is also correct, Sony is the major shareholder of Aiwa.
If Sony and Shirakawa Electric jointly pursue Aiwa's infringement and demand compensation, the knife that cuts will also hurt Sony.
Ohga Norio cursed Mibe Yusuke, that idiot, in his heart again.
However, Sony is only a major shareholder of Aiwa, not the only shareholder.
Norio Ohga didn't believe that Yusuke Mibe made such a decision without someone else behind the scenes fanning the flames.
If they think they can tie Sony on board in this way, then they are underestimating Sony and themselves.
Norio Ohga, who had something in mind, looked at Tokyo outside the glass and sighed slightly.
The guy on the third side used such an excuse to fool me. I don't know if he is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.
Just as Norio Ohga was standing on the balcony outside his office, thinking about the impact of Aihua's independence.
An assistant quietly came to his side, "Ohga-san, Sakamoto Naraji-san from Matsushita called."
"Panasonic?" Ohga Norio turned around with a puzzled look.
Assistant Hai nodded.
"Got it. I'll be there right away."
For no reason, Ohga Norio had a premonition that the ripples seemed to be spreading farther and farther.
…
At Shirakawa Electric, Shirakawa Feng picked up the phone and just called Ohga Norio, but there was a busy tone on the receiver.
Are all vice presidents of big companies so busy? Helpless, Baichuan Feng could only hang up the phone.
He paced back and forth in the office with his hands on his hips, getting angrier and angrier the more he thought about it. No, he couldn't just sit there and wait like this.
The Walkman produced by the rogue company Aihua is now selling like hot cakes in the market.
Baichuan Feng couldn't swallow this humiliation unless he caused them some trouble.
This old man must be dealt a heavy blow, otherwise other friendly competitors will think that Shirakawa Electric is easy to bully.
Baichuan Feng stopped and secretly wondered whether he should find some friends in the media to help Aihua first.
I can't sue you, but I can at least ruin your reputation first.
"President! President! Good news, great news!" Hasegawa, who had just been out for a while, ran over excitedly again.
"Is it a good thing or a bad thing?" Baichuan Feng, who was in a depressed mood, waved his hand to interrupt his shouting.
"Uh" Hasegawa also knew that he was making a fuss out of nothing, so he stopped awkwardly and slowly approached Shirakawa Kaede.
"President, this is really good. Look what this is?" As he said this, Hasegawa handed two circuit boards to Shirakawa Kaede as if he were presenting a treasure.
"Hmm?" Baichuan Feng took it without knowing what was going on, but he couldn't figure out what it meant after looking at it from left to right.
"What's going on?" Bai Chuanfeng didn't have time to play guessing games with him, so he turned around and asked.
"President, it's here," Hasegawa pointed to a place on the thoroughly disassembled circuit board where the circuits were complexly printed, but he stopped halfway in embarrassment.
"The president forgot to mention that this can only be seen under a magnifying glass. Let's go to the technical department downstairs together."
"Hmm? You mean..." Baichuan Feng's eyes lit up as if he thought of something.
Hasegawa nodded excitedly.
"Let's go!" Shirakawa Feng waved his hand and immediately took Hasegawa to the technical department downstairs.
…
"Please look, here it is."
Everyone in the technical department gathered in a circle, with Shirakawa Kaede in the middle.
A very young member nearby pointed to the circuit diagram projected onto a magnifying glass and showed it to everyone.
At the bottom layer of the printed circuit board, several extremely thin copper wires form very complex routes.
At first glance, it looks exactly like an ordinary circuit, but if you connect several nearby circuits, you will see that it forms the Shirakawa Electric logo!
This... Baichuan Feng raised his head in disbelief, "So Aihua's..."
"Yeah!" The young member nodded excitedly.
"Ha!" Baichuan Feng was so excited that he almost laughed out loud three times.
You're such a jerk, you accidentally copied my name while copying homework, right?
"Mr. Akagi, how did you find out?" Shirakawa Kaede also knew this young researcher in the technical department.
He was one of the monks who came out of Kikuchi Laboratory and was introduced to Shirakawa Electric by Yamazaki Teru.
According to seniority, Baichuan Feng has to call him senior, and his academic qualification is a graduate degree.
Slightly inferior to Yamazaki Teru, but still a highly educated talent in this era.
Akagi was also somewhat excited about his discovery. He explained, "When I designed the circuit, I helped Brother Yamazaki.
At that time, it was just a sudden idea and we wanted to leave a mark on the first product we designed.
So Brother Yamazaki used the routing to leave this logo on the bottom layer of the circuit.
Today, Mr. Hasegawa sent Aiwa's products to us and asked us to find the similarities between the two products.
After opening them, I found that most of their surface circuits are very similar to ours.
So I wanted to see if their underlying circuits were the same, but I didn’t expect…”
Akagi didn't finish his words, but Shirakawa Kaede already had a rough idea of what was going on.
The reason why Aiwa was able to launch the Walkman project so quickly and quietly was that it must have obtained the technical information of Shirakawa Electric through some means.
In order to get the product to market as quickly as possible, their design drawings largely referred to Shirakawa Electric's designs.
But Aihua is not stupid, and he still made some modifications to the circuit on the surface of the circuit board where the electronic components are mounted.
However, the bottom printed circuit board is not visible to ordinary people because it has been painted with multiple layers. Only by peeling off layer by layer can you see the innermost things.
In order to shorten the development cycle, Aihua simply adopted the principle of taking what is available.
Except for some obvious places, the rest basically copied the underlying circuit of Shirakawa Electric.
However, despite all his calculations, he did not anticipate that Yamazaki Teru and the others' sudden whim would leave them with a fatal flaw.
This hidden logo cannot be spotted even if you look carefully, not to mention not paying attention.
After all, it is integrated with the circuit instead of being conspicuous enough to be placed alone in a corner.
Wow, this hidden logo is really great.
Baichuan Feng showed a dangerous smile on his face. Aihua, Aihua, do you think that others really can't do anything to you? The real show has just begun.
"Akagi-san, you and Yamazaki-senpai's idea is brilliant. It's all thanks to you two that we were able to find Aihua's weakness this time.
Please rest assured that Shirakawa Electric will not remain indifferent to such contributions.”
When rewards are due, they must be given, and Baichuan Feng never hesitates to reward this part of his efforts.
"President Miao is great. Everyone is happy working at Shirakawa Electric."
Akagi was telling the truth, even though Shirakawa Electric was the first company they joined after graduation.
But there are mostly young people around, and there is no obvious distinction between generations, so everyone gets along more casually and freely.
In addition, Baichuan Feng has always been very generous in his investment in the technical department, and most of the equipment used in research are first-line brands.
This allows them to give full play to their talents without having to worry about any confusing instructions from above.
Therefore, everyone who entered the technical department of Shirakawa Electric was satisfied, especially those who had work experience. The comparison between the two made them feel like they had entered heaven.
Shirakawa Feng nodded in response to Akagi's praise.
“Please continue this tradition .
We will try to leave a mark that is unique to Shirakawa Electric, and the harder it is to find, the better. "
Although Baichuan Feng understands that after this Aihua incident, competitors will probably be more vigilant in the future and may even take similar actions.
But we cannot give up on such a design because we should always keep something in reserve, as you never know when it may come in handy.
"In addition, Shirakawa Electric will hold a 'Special Creativity Award' competition regularly in the future.
All departments are welcome to participate, and if you have any good ideas, please be sure to put them forward.
In the future, promotions within Shirakawa Electric, pensions, etc., will all be added points.”
Baichuan Feng intends to add fuel to everyone's enthusiasm by offering substantial rewards to encourage everyone to exercise their subjective initiative.
Although there may not be any gains, don't underestimate the creativity of people in this era.
As long as a technological idea can be commercialized, it will be profitable.
Sure enough, after hearing the various benefits promised by Baichuan Feng, many young people showed an eager look in their eyes.
When you are restless at this age, you will always have some restless ideas. It is just right that the birth of creativity itself comes from the desire to make changes to the status quo.
After encouraging everyone, Baichuan Feng returned to the office and swept away his previous depression and irritability.
Good boy, we must make good use of this opportunity. Not only Aiwa, but Sony should also think about whether they can make some money.
"Hasegawa-san, Sony is Aiwa's largest shareholder?"
"Hai," Hasegawa nodded, "Sony owns 50.6% of Aiwa's shares and is the absolute controlling shareholder."
"In that case, it's not an exaggeration to call Aiwa a subsidiary of Sony." Shirakawa Feng rolled his eyes and began to ponder.
"Well, subsidiaries are also divided into wholly owned subsidiaries and non-wholly owned subsidiaries." Hasegawa added with great tact.
Baichuan Feng nodded, "That's right. People can't tell the specific difference between the two anyway."
Hasegawa, who is familiar with Shirakawa Kaede, already knows what his president is up to again... Bah, the wise and brave president has already grasped the victory.
“Back up a few more of the comparison photos that the technical department just took. They will be very useful.
In addition, we have asked the Ministry of Justice to collect the information, and it is time for everyone to deepen their impression of Shirakawa Electric."
This time, to deal with Aihua, the seniors from the Meiji Law School don't need to take action personally.
If the evidence is conclusive, Shirakawa Electric's legal department can suppress the other party under the Five Fingers Mountain and prevent them from ever rising again.
