Chapter 157: The Lone Brave Ma
It is now late March, and a week has passed since the Aiwa Walkman was launched on the market.
Because the Valentine's Day event had already been hyped up by Shirakawa Electric, the Aiwa Walkman and Shirakawa Electric's Walkman have many similarities.
Aihua took advantage of the situation and sold a lot of its Walkmans that week.
Eiji Kimura, who had just arrived at Kimura Production's office in the morning, took off his coat first and then made himself a cup of tea.
After taking a few sips of tea to moisten his throat, Eiji Kimura slowly began to think about the company's business issues.
Seeing the order volume from Shirakawa Electric continuing to decrease, Eiji Kimura had no choice but to find another way to increase revenue and attract more customers for Kimura Productions.
It's not like he hasn't been to Shirakawa Electric before, but no matter how much he assured them or how he reduced the processing fee, the other party just wouldn't give in.
In the end, I went there so many times that Mr. Shirakawa even avoided me.
At this point, Eiji Kimura realized that he could no longer rely on Shirakawa Electric.
In this case, we can’t just eat hairy pigs without Zhang the butcher.
So Eiji Kimura has now started to think about finding his next cooperative client.
However, Aiwa's Walkman has been selling well recently. Speaking of OEM, Kimura Production has experience in this area.
With something in mind, Eiji Kimura secretly planned to visit the president of Aiwa's headquarters later.
Given Kimura Manufacturing's history of OEM for Shirakawa Electric, I'm sure Aiwa will also consider it carefully.
Thinking of this, Eiji Kimura felt a lot more relaxed. After all, there was always a way out.
After taking another sip of tea, Eiji Kimura took the newspaper delivered this morning and began to browse today's news.
This is his daily compulsory course. Through several major mainstream newspapers, he can accurately grasp the most popular topics in society at the moment.
Sometimes it can even provide some reference ideas for the company's future development prospects.
Open the financial news newspaper, and the front page is composed of two enlarged circuit diagrams.
Hello, Eiji Kimura is interested.
When it comes to circuit boards, Kimura is a professional manufacturer.
Is this a breakthrough in circuit technology or a new theoretical development?
However, anything that can be put on the front page must be big news.
He looked away from the picture and scanned the title.
"Scandal of the century! Aiwa Company is accused of plagiarism and infringement! Shirakawa Electric files a huge claim for compensation!"
Huh? Kimura Eiji was stunned for a moment. How come the former client and future potential client he was just thinking about suddenly turned against each other?
For some reason, Eiji Kimura felt his heart beating faster. Without time to think about it, he began to read the newspaper word by word.
“The circuit design of Aiwa Walkman is almost identical to that of Shirakawa Electric products.
What’s even more incredible is that both circuit boards have the Shirakawa Electric “KITA” logo!
This almost proves that Aihua is guilty of plagiarism and infringement, but the most incredible thing is Aihua's stupid operation.
Even the opponent's logo can be restored intact, it is simply a shame for the Showa era!"
This... Eiji Kimura blinked, not knowing what to say.
He looked at the two photos in the newspaper again, and sure enough, the specially marked areas formed a familiar logo.
Wait? Why does this sound familiar to me?
Eiji Kimura's heart skipped a beat. He looked at the photo again. Wasn't this the circuit board that his company manufactured for Shirakawa Electric?
Eiji Kimura suddenly raised his head. As far as he knew, Shirakawa Electric's circuit boards were initially manufactured by Kimura alone.
If so, calculate the time.
Aiwa plagiarized... Shirakawa Electric's technical data leaked... Kimura Manufacturing's outsourcing... The former Oda Manufacturing...
A bolt of lightning struck Kimura Eiji's mind, and he remembered the quality accident of Shirakawa Electric's circuit board a few months ago.
Aoki had said to him, "In order to meet Aihua's order, Oda Production accidentally delayed the processing of Shirakawa Electric..."
Boom! Eiji Kimura almost fell to the ground. He suppressed his inner fear and continued to flip through the remaining newspapers.
Asahi Shimbun, Shirakawa Electric filed a claim of 1 billion yen against Aiwa!
Daily News, Sony's subsidiary Aiwa is embroiled in a copyright infringement and plagiarism scandal!
Yomiuri Shimbun: The circuit designed by Shirakawa Electric was leaked by a third-party OEM factory, causing huge losses!
"Bang!" The teacup in Kimura Eiji's hand fell directly to the ground and shattered.
His face was pale, and he moved his fingers slowly down with trembling hands, and finally found the words "Kimura Manufacturing" between the lines.
Eiji Kimura opened his mouth and wanted to shout something outside.
But his panic and fear made him unable to utter a single word even though he tried to shout.
Having temporarily lost his voice, he tried several times before summoning up a hoarse voice and shouting, "Quick! Get ready! I'm going to Shirakawa Electric, right now!"
He staggered to his feet and wanted to run out, the sweat on his forehead and his pale face looked as if he had a serious illness.
At this moment, his assistant Aoki also ran in with an anxious look on his face.
"President! Shirakawa Electric has cut off all orders! And they didn't give any explanation!"
Eiji Kimura stopped, shook his body, and then fell straight back.
"thump"
"President?! President!"
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Shirakawa Electric.
Baichuan Feng buttoned up his clothes and adjusted his cuffs.
"Have the major print media outlets made arrangements?"
"Yeah," Kobayashi Asuka nodded, "They are very interested in such explosive news , and we hardly need to do any extra PR.
This morning's major newspapers have proven this."
Baichuan Feng nodded. This was his first step. No matter what the final result was, he had to get rid of the dirty water first.
The image of Shirakawa Electric as a victim must first be made clear to the public. Besides, he did not wrongly accuse Aihua, this is indeed the fact.
"Have Kimura Productions made all the arrangements?"
“All orders have been cut, technical drawings are being retrieved, and no additional explanation has been given.”
Asuka Kobayashi's face was calm. She had gone over all the arrangements in her mind countless times and now she understood them clearly.
If you think about it, you will understand how the circuit diagram of Shirakawa Electric was leaked.
Excluding personal reasons, the biggest suspect is Kimura Production, which is responsible for the processing.
Combined with the information that Ota had collected, the answer was obvious.
But let's put Kimura's production aside for now, as there are more important things to do right now.
"Has the Ministry of Justice taken action yet?"
"Today, we have officially filed an infringement lawsuit against Aiwa with the Intellectual Property Special Branch of the Tokyo High Court."
"Let's also inform Meiji's senior, just in case."
"Okay," Asuka Kobayashi nodded and agreed.
After confirming once again that there was nothing wrong with his body, Baichuan Feng prepared to turn around and leave.
"Wait a minute." Asuka Kobayashi stopped him and checked him up and down as usual, only letting him go after confirming that there was no problem.
Baichuan Feng smiled and then turned the topic back to work.
"Has Sony been notified?"
"An hour later, we arrived at the Sony Building on time."
Baichuan Feng took a deep breath and said, "Then let's go."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked out of the office and downstairs.
Yoshida Mako from the finance department, Hasegawa from the marketing department, and Yasuda from the technical department all followed behind him with solemn expressions.
Just over a month has passed and I am going to revisit the old place again.
However, this time it is not to compete with Sony, but to cry as a victim.
As for the effect, it depends on the performance later.
The group of people who came down from upstairs walked out of the door of Shirakawa Electric and wanted to get in the car and rush to Shinagawa District.
However, before they could get on the bus, a group of people suddenly emerged from nowhere and headed straight for Baichuan Feng.
"Mr. Shirakawa, may I ask what do you think about Aihua plagiarizing your company's design plan?"
"Is Aihua's plagiarism true? How did Shirakawa Electric's technical information leak? Are there any loopholes in your company's confidentiality management?"
"Does Shirakawa feel pressured by Sony's subsidiary doing this? Has Sony communicated with your company privately?"
Click! Click!
The densely packed microphones and flashing lights startled everyone at Shirakawa Electric.
Hasegawa and the others had never seen such a scene before. While trying to maintain order around them, they all looked at Shirakawa Feng with nervous expressions.
Fortunately, Shirakawa Kaede and Kobayashi Asuka, who were surrounded in the middle, looked normal.
Baichuan Feng even smiled and bowed to everyone, "Thank you all for your attention and support to Baichuan Electric."
After a pause, he put on a serious face again.
“Baichuan Electric is a serious and responsible enterprise, and is eager to have friendly technical exchanges with peers in the industry.
However, infringements without prior communication are absolutely unforgivable.
We are very sorry that Aiwa would make such an unwise move, and we will also use legal means to safeguard our legitimate rights and interests.
We believe in the law, the government, the public, and all of you in front of us, and we believe that you will support us at Shirakawa Electric in properly protecting our intellectual property rights from infringement.
We will not back down just because the other party is a large company or has a strong background.
If we do not take up legal weapons to protect our intellectual property rights today, countless people will rush forward tomorrow to trample on our dignity, despise our knowledge, spit on our weakness, and plagiarize our achievements.
So, we will never bow our heads.
Those who despise knowledge will be punished by heaven! Those who plagiarize others' achievements will be despised by everyone! "
Shirakawa Kaede in front of the camera looks young and tough, with a pair of unyielding eyes that are particularly shining.
Combined with the young Shirakawa Electric, the image of a small company that was plagiarized by a large company and was in a weak position comes to life on the paper.
Anyone who saw this scene would instantly feel sympathy surge in their hearts.
No, such a person and such a company must not be allowed to fall.
He is a lone hero in reality. He is oppressed and treated unfairly, but he still rises up to resist.
Isn’t this more exciting than the protagonist in the story?
The crowd, filled with second-rate thoughts, spontaneously applauded, whether they were sincere or not.
Baichuan Feng bowed to them again, then quickly got into the car, started and left.
"How is it? It seems acceptable." Baichuan Feng sat down and took a deep breath.
Although he looks calm and composed on the outside, his clothes on the back are actually soaked.
This was the first time for him to see such a scene, and it was also the first time for him to appear in front of a public camera.
I have never had a similar experience in either my past life or this life, so how can I not be nervous? I'm just holding on.
After sitting down, Asuka Kobayashi also breathed a sigh of relief. When she heard Shirakawa Kaede's question, she smiled with certainty.
"Very handsome"
"Ha" Baichuan Feng laughed silently, as long as the result is not bad, it's fine.
