Chapter 172: Land Tun
The Kanagawa Plan of 1978 clearly stated the need to shift from heavy industry to precision research and development.
The person who formulated this plan is the Governor of Nagasu right in front of us.
The "brain center concept" he proposed is to transform Kanagawa from its past economic model that relied on resource development to a knowledge-intensive industrial cluster in the future.
In the 1950s and 1960s, because it was close to Kawasaki Port, a large number of heavy industrial companies such as steel processing and chemical companies gathered here.
However, with the development of the economy and the implementation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Plan.
These heavy industries have been gradually relocating abroad, and Kanagawa has fully utilized its advantage of being close to the center of Tokyo.
Through the form of industrial parks, we will vigorously attract precision light industry and service industries and quickly achieve industrial upgrading.
The original heavy industry was gradually replaced or moved to more peripheral underdeveloped areas.
Today, electronic processing industries such as Shirakawa Electric are in line with the industrial transformation requirements advocated by the Kanagawa Plan.
The field of electronic processing naturally belongs to the field of precision manufacturing at the technical level.
The establishment of such an enterprise will attract a large number of relevant talents.
Shirakawa Electric even stated that it will set up a special research institute locally in the future to complement the company's development.
This is why Governor Nagasu and Mayor Kawasaki went out together today.
The implementation of large-scale supporting facilities is a plan for long-term development.
"Mr. Shirakawa, this industrial park is close to the Tama River, and both water and electricity are very convenient.
To the south is Kawasaki Port, the core port of the Keihin Industrial Belt. Both material input and product output are very convenient.”
Nagasu Ichiji took Shirakawa Kaede and the others across the open land, moving from south to north.
Introduce to them in detail the conditions of this land from every aspect.
Shirakawa Feng stood on this piece of land and looked around. In the distance, there were bustling high-rise buildings and industrial parks that were also factories.
However, it becomes a little blurry from a distance. It really is a huge area.
"Governor Nagasu, how big is this piece of land?"
"More than 2,000 acres" Changzhou gave the answer without thinking.
Obviously he was well aware of these parameters and had done his homework before coming.
An acre in Japan is different from an acre in China. The difference between the two is about six or seven times.
This translates to about 300 acres in China, or nearly 200,000 square meters.
What does 300 acres mean? According to the area of an international football field (105 meters long and 68 meters wide), it is roughly the size of 28 football fields.
It is indeed a large piece of land. This area is about 50 times the size of Shirakawa Electric's factory in Ota Ward.
It’s more than enough. Even Shirakawa Electric’s new factory will definitely not require such a large space.
After all, in addition to producing products such as walkman and headphones, the most we will produce this year is a handheld game console.
Even so, it would not require such a large area, taking into account future expansion plans.
But Baichuan Feng was still very tempted by this, for no other reason but because it was cheap.
As if knowing that Shirakawa Kaede was hesitating, Nagasu Ichiji immediately put forward conditions that could not be refused.
"If Shirakawa Electric is determined to settle down in this industrial land, the price can be reduced to 16,000 per square meter.
In addition, if Shirakawa Electric acquires all the land and guarantees a total investment of no less than 6 billion yen in the next five years.
Then the land price will be halved again, and to ease the financial pressure on Shirakawa Electric.
The Kanagawa government can take the lead in providing Shirakawa Electric with an interest-free loan of 500 million yen, with local banks.
Baichuan Feng took a breath of cold air. This smelled too damn good.
Although industrial land is relatively cheap, it is generally only about 10% of the price of residential land.
However, as long as Shirakawa Electric invests 6 billion yen in the next few years, the price will be halved.
What does it mean? It means half-sale and half-giveaway!
Shirakawa Feng roughly calculated that buying the land would cost about 3 billion yen, which could be cut in half to 1.5 billion yen.
There is also a 500 million yen interest-free loan from the bank, which means that as long as Shirakawa Electric can come up with 1 billion yen, it can take over this 300-acre, 200,000 square meter piece of land.
"Okay!" Baichuan Feng, who had already begun to swallow his saliva, agreed to the condition without hesitation.
He knew that he would never be able to find such a favorable price again in a few years.
Hearing that Shirakawa Kaede agreed so readily, Nagasu Kazuji and Ito Saburo couldn't help but show their joy on their faces.
Do they care about this piece of land? No, they care about the large-scale investment that Shirakawa Electric will make in the next few years.
What matters is how many workers a factory of this size can provide employment for.
What matters is the political capital that can be increased in the next election, and whether one can make further progress with it.
As for the land, it is of no significance to them personally. After all, it belongs to the public and will only be used by the next generation in a few years.
Therefore, Changzhou Yier and others felt that this deal was extremely cost-effective.
Moreover, the conditions they offered were not out of the ordinary and everything was in line with the procedures.
Now that both parties have reached a preliminary agreement, the remaining matters will naturally be taken over by their respective teams.
At the invitation of the two public officials, Shirakawa Feng also had lunch with them.
According to Changzhou Yier, on the day when the contract is officially signed, both parties need to hold a press conference to announce this investment.
This is to increase their political capital, and for Shirakawa Electric it is also a time to increase the favorability of the local people, so there is nothing wrong with it.
It's not just about signing a contract. Shirakawa Feng estimates that this whole process will have to be repeated again when Shirakawa Electric is completed .
He had no aversion to this.
When the scale of an enterprise expands to a certain extent, its influence will gradually radiate to the region.
Professor Yamada had already taught him this lesson at the beginning of the year.
I just didn't expect this day would come so soon.
The site for the new Shirakawa Electric factory was finally finalized, and Shirakawa Feng felt a little more at ease.
No wonder that since ancient times, the gentry and wealthy have regarded land as more important than their lives.
After getting this thing, I can say that I feel more confident.
Moreover, 1 billion yen is nothing to Shirakawa Electric now, and the money can be recovered in more than a month's net profit.
Therefore, there is absolutely no financial pressure.
Even though the money on the books had not been spent, Baichuan Feng felt a little uneasy.
Now that the new factory site has been selected, can we consider it as the future headquarters of Shirakawa Electric?
However, the headquarters and the factory are different, and the land prices between the two differ by hundreds of times.
After all, it is commercial land, and it cannot be too small, and it must be in the prosperous 23 wards of Tokyo.
Because it is the facade of Shirakawa Electric, it must be eye-catching and elegant.
When it’s time to be particular, you have to stand up and show off your wealth in any way you can.
But there is no need to rush, there are other things that need to be resolved before that.
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At the end of May, Shirakawa Kaede was sitting in his office, studying two machines on his desk.
A yellow one with a transparent shell in the middle, so you can see the tape rotating inside when it is working.
A champagne gold model with a full metal body and a triangular area in the upper right corner with the Shirakawa Electric logo engraved in silver letters on a black background.
These are the prototypes of two models of Shirakawa Electric's next-generation Walkman, one low-end and one high-end.
The low-end model is the yellow machine on the left, and its biggest feature is its small size.
Shirakawa Feng took a tape and put it aside. The body of the machine was almost the same size as the tape.
It is just a little bigger and can be held in one hand.
Such a pocket-sized model can definitely be called the smallest portable player in the world.
This Walkman was named FM-01, FM is the abbreviation of flashman.
Its main feature is a cheap, cheap plastic body and a cheap motor.
Even the internal movement has been replaced with a plastic structure.
Its price has also dropped to an unprecedented 18,800 yen, breaking the lowest price of a Walkman on the market.
Baichuan Feng believes that once this product is released, it will definitely bring surprises to friendly competitors.
With such a low price, don’t ask for too much in terms of sound quality, just listen to the sound.
But after adjustment, it is slightly better than the first generation, but that's all.
However, it is aimed at the youth market, that is, the student group.
In order to cater to their tastes, even the color scheme is bright and sporty, such as yellow, orange, and red.
Baichuan Feng's intention is very clear, which is to seize the low-end market and prepare for the flourishing of a hundred flowers next year.
He believes that such a price is absolutely very competitive, even so low that big manufacturers are unwilling to consider it.
Satisfiedly putting down the low-end FM-01, Baichuan Feng picked up the champagne gold one on his right hand.
Compared with the other end, it is the next generation high-end model of Walkman, SFM-01.
The all-metal body, electroplated color, and the black background and silver logo in the upper right corner are simply stunning.
The texture at first glance alone is much better than the yellow FM-01 on the left, and it is also much smaller.
Holding it in your hand gives you a heavy feeling of reliability. Not only is the body made of metal, but the internal movement structure is also made of metal.
The motor has also been replaced with the latest commercially available brushless motor. The result of such cost-effective stacking is that the noise level is almost inaudible.
Not only that, after being tuned by audio engineers led by Oki, the stereo sound performance is particularly outstanding and the sense of presence of the sound is greatly enhanced.
In addition, this Walkman also adds radio and recording functions.
You should know that at this moment, Sony's walkman does not have such a function.
The overall performance of the machine is high tuning sensitivity, extremely low noise floor, high stereo separation, and wide sound field.
There is no doubt that it is now the king of portable players, and its competitor Sony is far behind it.
Its color scheme is also relatively restrained and mature, basically silver, champagne gold, dark blue and other colors that adults like.
Another major feature of the appearance design is the modular buttons on the side.
Now all of them have been changed to button-type buttons arranged on the surface of the fuselage, which are small, round and save space.
Its price is set at 42,000 yen, which basically makes it unpopular among students.
However, this high-end model is originally aimed at white-collar workers in offices.
Different spending power leads to different choices.
After seeing the next generation of products from Shirakawa Electric, Shirakawa Feng felt more confident about this trip to the United States.
Yes, he is about to fly across the ocean to develop the American market.
Hasegawa has been working there for more than a month, and the framework is basically set up.
However, there are some things that require President Shirakawa Kaede to take action personally.
