Chapter 305: Opportunity to Get Big Benefits
From what Baichuan Feng said , it seemed that this money also came with some hidden requirements.
Several school leaders looked at each other, and then Principal Yamamoto spoke again.
"If there is anything that Shirakawa-san wants the school to do, please share it with us.
If possible, the school would be happy to deepen cooperation with Shirakawa Electric."
As long as the request was not excessive, Meiji would usually turn a blind eye and do as he wished.
Since the other party had spoken, Shirakawa Feng got straight to the point, "Shirakawa Electric hopes to establish a more stable cooperative relationship with Meiji University."
"A more stable relationship?" Principal Yamamoto asked in surprise.
Logically speaking, Shirakawa Electric and Meiji University already have many collaborative projects.
Not to mention the 20 million yen annual industry-university-research funding, Shirakawa Electric is also present at special job fairs.
For example, this year, although the students are graduating today, Shirakawa Electric held a special job fair for this graduating class last year.
Meiji also recommended several particularly outstanding students to Shirakawa Electric.
Judging from the current mode of cooperation alone, we are already close partners.
But what is this more stable cooperative relationship that Baichuan Feng is talking about?
Seeing that several people from his school were looking at him, Baichuan Feng slowly began to explain.
"We at Shirakawa Electric hope to develop regular collaborative research courses with Meiji's Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Faculty of Political Science and Economics.
For example, the Department of Commerce took the marketing of Walkman as a topic.
The lecture was given by senior staff from Shirakawa Electric's marketing department, explaining to the students the overall situation of product development, production, and sales.
If necessary, you can conduct a field visit and on-site research on Shirakawa Electric.
What students need to do is to submit various marketing suggestions to the board of directors and marketing department of Shirakawa Electric in the form of a competition.
Once adopted, Shirakawa Electric will provide additional incentive bonuses to encourage students’ enthusiasm for learning.”
The strength of Meiji University's School of Commerce is unquestionable, and its subjects are definitely strong.
In order to recruit better talents, Baichuan Feng plans to let Baichuan Electric directly participate in the school's daily teaching tasks.
On the one hand, it deepens the connection between students and Shirakawa Electric, and on the other hand, it allows students to serve as external planners for Shirakawa Electric.
Of course, this isn’t a marketing idea that Shirakawa Kaede is planning to give students free stuff, he’s just giving them scholarships.
“As for the Department of Science and Engineering, it’s roughly the same. Shirakawa Electric can open some confidential design points to them.
If students have better design plans, Shirakawa Electric will also focus on adopting them.
In addition, Shirakawa Electric hopes to entrust the Department of Political Science and Economics to conduct field research on the humanities, economy, and social activities in Akita Prefecture.
Because we have business there, we hope to develop a specific marketing plan based on local conditions.”
This is one of the reasons, but Shirakawa Kaede's real purpose is to use Meiji's academic ability to conduct detailed field investigations and analyses of all aspects of Akita.
Compared with Shirakawa Electric's own employees, the Meiji group led by teachers is more professional than them.
With these survey data, Shirakawa Kaede can grasp the more detailed development context of Akita.
All aspects including human geography, natural resources, food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Once you have mastered these, looking back at Akita will be like having a God's perspective.
When you make decisions in the future, you will be aware of these details and the decisions you make will be more targeted.
This will also bring him great convenience in laying a foundation and consolidating his territory in Akita in the future.
Baichuan Feng's principle has always been this, and he is good at making use of every resource around him.
Be it favors or money, as long as you can achieve your goal, you are successful.
After hearing what he called a more stable cooperative relationship, several decision makers at Meiji looked at each other in bewilderment.
Is this the reason why Shirakawa Electric has grown so fast?
Several school leaders didn't know whether to call him a genius or a prodigy.
They looked at each other and exchanged opinions, and Yamamoto Shinichi also spoke carefully.
“In principle, the school is not opposed to this more in-depth form of cooperation. After all, practice is also a valuable way for students to acquire knowledge.
However, the specific arrangements will require an internal meeting before a detailed charter can be drawn up.”
"Of course, Baichuan respects the school's arrangement very much, and we are also very eager to reach this cooperation with the school."
This is equivalent to agreement, and Baichuan Feng's nice words are also offered at the right time.
Although he is a student and has graduated, he understands business.
Having reached a preliminary agreement with several decision makers at the school, Shirakawa Kaede's mission at Meiji University today was mostly completed.
After leaving the office building, Shirakawa Kaede and Professor Yamada walked slowly on the green path of the campus.
"Teacher, in a few months, Shirakawa Electric will be celebrating its third anniversary."
Professor Yamada turned his head and looked at him, then a smile appeared on his face.
"Time flies. Three years have passed in the blink of an eye."
Professor Yamada still remembers when Shirakawa Kaede came to him three years ago, took out a small machine and told him that he wanted to make this kind of product.
He was a little reckless at that time, but he was always full of passion and was a real action-oriented person.
Three years have passed, and Shirakawa Electric is no longer what it used to be.
Professor Yamada, who often pays attention to the economy, knows that the financial community's evaluation of Shirakawa Denki is the "Maruzenski" on the racetrack.
Maruzenski is a famous horse in Japan, and was not well-known at first. However, he made a splash in the 1976 Asahi Cup 3-year-old Championship, winning the championship with a score far ahead of his opponent by more than two seconds.
Since then, "Maruzenski" became famous and became the object of everyone's attention.
The Japanese people who are keen on horse racing often use "Maruzenski" to describe those dark horses that make a big splash in the industry.
Not surprisingly, Shirakawa Electric's name often appears in financial media reports.
Although it is a private enterprise, its specific operating conditions are unknown to the outside world.
However, everyone has long been familiar with the reputation of Shirakawa Electric, and the specific market share of its products has also been speculated by the relevant channels of major TV stations.
Based on the public financial reports released by listed companies Sony and Nintendo, professionals can roughly estimate Shirakawa Electric's market profitability.
However, for a company that has been established for less than three years, its profitability is second only to Sony and higher than a number of old-established companies such as Nintendo and Sanyo.
Such a young company deserves the title of a "rising star".
Recently, there have been rumors that Shirakawa Electric is preparing to go public within the year.
The listing of such a highly profitable new company naturally attracted a lot of attention.
"Have you decided?" Professor Yamada walked under the shade of the trees with his hands behind his back.
"Yes," Baichuan Feng nodded, "It is currently in the early preparation stage, and the specific information and progress will be made public after July."
Because it is still a few months away from its third anniversary, Shirakawa Electric is not eligible for listing at this time.
However, the early preparations for listing can already be started in advance, but this part of the work is mainly assisted by Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank and Kitato Bank in Shirakawa Electric's relevant preparations.
For example, the company's equity structure, organizational structure, shareholders' meeting and other aspects are gradually being reformed, and we are just waiting for the time to come to submit an application to the Financial Services Department.
However, for some details, Shirakawa Feng needs to meet with Dai-ichi Kangyo in person before he can make a decision.
"After the company went public, things were very different from before. Major decisions needed approval from the board of directors, and were no longer decided by individuals as before."
Although he knew that he would not make such a low-level mistake, Professor Yamada still couldn't help but say a few more words of caution.
"The students understand that Mr. Arai will be in charge of checking the specific details."
Shirakawa Feng understood Professor Yamada's reminder. If he continued to want to have the final say over Shirakawa Electric, he must hold on to his shares and board seats.
Of course he understood this principle. Even business decision-making issues would be written into the listing articles of association in detail to ensure the business independence of Shirakawa Electric.
Professor Yamada also felt relieved when he heard the name of Yu Arai.
With this old classmate checking it, there shouldn't be any problems.
"Oh, by the way, teacher, please help me check the internal prospectus of Shirakawa Electric before it goes public."
Professor Yamada turned his head and glanced at Shirakawa Kaede with a half-smile, and the latter looked calm.
"Well, since you are so sincere, I will accept the gift." Professor Yamada thought about it for a while and nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll trouble you, teacher." Baichuan Feng flattered at the right time.
Professor Yamada shook his head, smiled and said nothing more about his behavior.
Seeing that his teacher accepted his kindness, Baichuan Feng felt a little relieved.
The so-called internal review of the prospectus is actually Baichuan Feng deliberately giving away benefits.
The internal original stock price of a company before it goes public is generally much lower than the market price after issuance.
The reason for doing this is, firstly, to provide benefits to internal employees, and secondly, to deeply bind the interests between employees and the company.
Especially since those are core positions and high-end talents, once they have obtained the company's original shares, they will certainly not think about changing jobs.
Of course, the premise of all this is that the company has a bright financial future and is favored by both internal and external parties.
There is no doubt that Shirakawa Electric's original shares are definitely the financial product that investors dream of.
Even ordinary people know that this is a good opportunity to make a fortune. I believe that most of Shirakawa Electric's employees will not refuse this benefit.
At the same time, Professor Yamada did not refuse this kindness. Usually, he would decline any benefits sent by Shirakawa Kaede except local specialties.
However, he accepted the internal original shares because such investment was very legitimate and such activities were conducted openly within the company.
In this case, as long as it is a legitimate investment and public benefits, Yamada can accept it with confidence.
"As for the others..." In response to Shirakawa Kaede's good intention, Professor Yamada began to consider the distribution of interests among other parties for him.
"Professor Muto Kiyoshi, Konishi-san and the others will be taken care of when the time comes."
"That's good." Professor Yamada nodded, finally relieved.
This is a rare opportunity to distribute benefits on a large scale, so Baichuan Feng will of course take all aspects into consideration.
Shirakawa Feng will not miss out not only his own teacher, but also anyone else in Meiji who has helped Shirakawa Electric.
How can the so-called relationships, favors, and resources be without the bond of interests?
Why did the people here in Meiji, including teachers, lawyers, legal affairs, judges and other people, extend a helping hand to Shirakawa Electric?
The academic background is one thing, but they are also investing in the future.
Look, now that Shirakawa Electric is going public, isn’t the opportunity for return here?
Baichuan Feng would give them some of the internal original shares at a very low price or even for free.
Once listed, the value of these original shares will soar.
Normally, the appreciation can reach several times or even ten times.
So who will pay for this appreciation?
Of course it’s the leeks, otherwise how could Shirakawa Kaede be so generous, and how could Professor Yamada accept it with peace of mind.
