Chapter 278: Changes in Antlers
As for Asuka Kobayashi, Shirakawa Kaede doesn't have any good solution right now.
Although everything , Baichuan Feng did not think so. After all, the sadness between her brows could not be hidden from others.
Unfortunately, Asuka Kobayashi didn't want to say more, and she had to return to Fukuoka tomorrow, so this was all we could do for now.
I hope she will be in a good mood after the New Year.
As the car started, Baichuan Feng's mind slowly returned to work.
Apart from the people around him, the rest of his work occupies almost his entire life.
All industries are waiting to be developed. Wait until everything is on the right track, then enjoy life.
The black Toyota Century quietly drove away. A middle-aged man who had been working all night in the cafe across the street finally stood up and stretched.
Hey, lady, is this the person you like?
It’s really troublesome.
After sitting here all night, Shanshang had already remembered who this young man who looked somewhat familiar was.
It’s not that the two have met before, but he has seen a photo of Shirakawa Kaede on the mountain.
Just last year, the young lady called him and asked him to help solve the channel distribution problem of an electrical appliance company's products.
The name of that electrical appliance company is Shirakawa Electric.
Yes, last year Shirakawa Electric encountered blockade from Sony in terms of channels.
Later, Baichuan Feng decided to expand its channels and develop markets across the country.
At that time, Hasegawa's promotion in Kyushu was not smooth and the channel could not be conquered for a long time.
Finally, the largest local retailer in Fukuoka suddenly agreed, and Shirakawa Electric's products officially entered Kyushu.
The reason why the local market in Fukuoka became unobstructed at that time was because of a phone call made by Yama.
After all, it was his young lady who took special care of him, so Shan would naturally not neglect it.
However, Shirakawa Electric, which was worthy of her concern, also came into the sight of the mountain.
Then it would be a natural thing to check its background information while I was at it.
It was also at that time that I saw the photo of Shirakawa Kaede on the mountain, but I just paid attention to it.
Because since then, Asuka Kobayashi has never bothered him again.
Shan Shang just thought it was help between classmates, and as time went by, he gradually forgot about it.
But I didn't expect that the person the lady liked was actually him.
I have to say that this is a very outstanding young man, but it is precisely because he is too outstanding that he becomes troublesome.
I rubbed my blurry eyes on the mountain and decided it was time to pack up and return to Fukuoka.
As for the young lady's future... never mind, I'm sure she'll understand it in her heart.
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"Koutaro, when did Xiaofeng say he would be back?"
As soon as Kotaro hung up the phone in the office, Kashiwagi next to him couldn't wait to ask.
"He'll probably go back to Akita the day after tomorrow." Kotaro rubbed his hands excitedly. "He'll be surprised by the changes here when he comes back."
"That's right," Kashiwagi also became interested. "There have been huge changes in just one year."
"Oh, by the way." Kotaro adjusted his collar pretentiously, "When Xiaofeng comes back, you can't call me that in front of outsiders."
"I know, I know, you should call me president." Kashiwagi had also been in Tokyo, so of course he knew that as the face of the company, he had to give him enough respect.
But in his heart, he still felt that Xiao Feng was more approachable.
"Yeah, that's right. What about me?" Kotaro said as he puffed out his chest.
"You?" Kashiwagi looked up and down at Kotaro who was trying to straighten his back, and said as a matter of course, "Of course it's still Kotaro."
"Hey, Uncle Kashiwagi, I'm the director of the headphone business department." Kotaro pulled the nameplate on his chest forward with force.
"Here, do you see it? It's the head of Shirakawa Electric's headphone division, Maruyama Kotaro!"
"Oh, I see, Kotaro. If there's nothing else, I'll go get busy first. There's a lot of things waiting for me in the warehouse department."
What's so great about being the director of the headphone division? I'm also the director of the warehousing department.
They are all ministers, so their positions are equal. The rest of the situation depends on seniority, of course. Maruyama, that's the name for your alcoholic father.
As for you, kid, you’d better just be a good Kotaro.
Seeing Kashiwagi's insincere response, Kotaro was very dissatisfied.
Dong~Dong~Dong~
"Maruyama-san, we need your signature to confirm the new batch of raw materials."
At the door, a young female assistant holding documents in her hands knocked respectfully.
"Hai" Kotaro straightened his back even more, with an indescribable expression of pride on his face.
Forget it, Uncle Kashiwagi is old and can't keep up with the times, so I won't bother with him.
The proud Kotaro took out a pen and quickly signed his name on the document.
Oh, it’s still nicer back home.
Watching the young assistant respectfully leave the room, Kotaro couldn't help but express his heartfelt emotion.
Although it is not as prosperous as Tokyo, but here, the mayor of Kazuno City is always polite when he sees me.
Kotaro, who grew up at the foot of the mountains, has never enjoyed such treatment.
This is the mayor, a very important figure in the eyes of the deer people.
He never thought that one day he would be on equal footing with them. Kotaro is not dissatisfied with his current life.
Yes, in Kazuno City, Shirakawa Electric's investment far exceeded expectations.
Originally, it was planned to build a headphone factory with a few hundred people, but including other jobs, the total number is already close to a thousand.
With the development of overseas markets and the popularity of earbud headphones, the size of the store has now doubled.
In addition, Shirakawa Electric also launched headphones this year.
However, unlike earbud headphones, these are high-end, high-fidelity headphones, and the selling price alone is over 10,000 yen.
In order to enrich the product line, researchers at Shirakawa Electric are also actively innovating.
Audio engineers led by Ohki quickly designed a pair of high-fidelity headphones.
Today, Shirakawa Electric has accumulated considerable technology, and it is no longer difficult for it to develop more professional audio products.
In this case, it is reasonable to develop a high-end headset to match their own high-end walkman.
Although its sales volume cannot compare with consumer-grade earbuds, the revenue of this business is also very considerable due to its high profits.
In the second half of the year, having adopted Aiwa's audio technology, Oki and his team are also planning to develop another pair of noise-cancelling headphones.
This is another professional headset, and the cost and price are also not cheap.
The reason for planning to do this is that currently, apart from Bose, there are no other similar competing products in the world.
Noise-cancelling headphones were previously only available to pilots, and this is the first time Bose has applied them to the consumer field.
It just so happens that Aiwa’s audio technology also includes an active noise reduction technology.
With the technical foundation, it is not surprising for Shirakawa Electric to enter this field and make some attempts.
Not to mention competing with Bose in the future, it will be worth it as long as we can get a share of the Japanese market.
Moreover, how can an audio equipment manufacturer succeed without high-end professional related products?
Don’t you see, the later Remy focused too much on the low-end market in the early stage.
When I wanted to exert myself to the high end later, it was too late. I tried several times but still failed to condense into a godhead.
Without your own technology and high-end products recognized by the public, others won’t even be interested in sanctioning you.
Therefore, as soon as Shirakawa Electric has initially established a foothold in a certain field, the first thing it plans to do is to develop high-end products.
The same goes for headphones, and Shirakawa Kaede even set up a headphone business department for this purpose.
According to previous plans, headphones will be produced in Lujiao City in the future.
So whether it is mass-consumer-grade in-ear headphones, or more professional and high-end high-fidelity headphones and noise-canceling headphones, they will all be handed over to the factory here in Lujiao.
It happened that Kotaro was transferred back to Akita at that time, so Shirakawa Kaede handed over the headphone business department to him.
After training in Tokyo for several years, Kotaro is no longer a rookie country boy.
He had worked in various departments of Tokyo Shirakawa Electric for a period of time, and he was already familiar with the general operation of the company.
There shouldn't be any problems returning to Akita to run the headphone factory, and that proved to be the case.
Under Kotaro's management over the past six months, the headphone factory has managed to maintain stable operations, although it may not be outstanding.
For an industrial company, this is enough.
As a result, the current Lujiao City has become a construction site again.
The headphone factory is planned to be built in three phases. The first phase has been put into operation and is twice as large as the one planned a year ago.
Phase II is under construction and Phase III is still under planning.
At the beginning of the year in Lujiao City, all the land near the ranch where Shirakawa Kaede first came had been bought by Shirakawa Electric.
Rows of modern factories and office buildings sprang up, and the first phase of the factory alone accommodated more than a thousand workers.
Suddenly, there were so many vacancies in the young labor force that it was impossible for Lujiao City alone to meet the demand.
As a result, young people from nearby Odate, Aomori to the north, and Iwate to the east were attracted to join Shirakawa Electric.
Although the salary here is not comparable to Tokyo, it is still much higher than being a farmer.
Besides, it is so close to my hometown that I can get back home within two or three hours, which is quite convenient.
Since you can make money right at home and everyone speaks similar dialects, who would want to travel thousands of miles to Tokyo or Osaka?
With the influx of additional population, Kazuo City suddenly became prosperous.
Not far from the Shirakawa Electric Headphone Factory, several modern apartments have been put into use.
This is an open-plan apartment invested by Shirakawa Electric and built by the local agricultural cooperative to solve the housing problem of employees.
The facilities in the apartment are very modern and are no worse than those in Tokyo.
However, the rent is much cheaper, and internal employees can apply for preferential subsidies.
The development is also open to outsiders, of course the rent is relatively higher.
With population and income, there will naturally be consumption demand.
Previously, a shopping mall in Lujiao City could no longer meet everyone's needs due to its size.
As a result, a shopping mall named "Bailu" was built at the beginning of the year and is now about to open.
Well, the investor behind it is still Shirakawa Electric. No, to be more precise, it should be Shirakawa Holdings.
Baichuan Feng did this to meet everyone's living needs, and definitely not to earn back the employees' salaries.
But is this the only change in the antlers? Of course not.
