Chapter 321 Open Recruitment
Shirakawa Kaede analyzed the future prospects of personal computers from multiple perspectives, although Michiyoshi Mazuka did not comment immediately.
But he was already thinking about the future focus of the computer business, but since it was related to the company's strategic goals, this matter could only be discussed later.
"Mr. Shirakawa, we will give your suggestion serious consideration. However, at present, the IBM industry incident is the top priority."
"Of course," Bai Chuanfeng nodded without hesitation, "Anyway, please understand that if IBM has any unreasonable demands, SIC will sternly reject them!"
Although it may not necessarily be related to you, it is still important to take precautions.
"Fujitsu has nothing to do with the IBM leak, and we do not agree with any of the allegations made by the other party."
Michiyoshi Mazuka understood what he meant, so they quickly discussed a countermeasure and spoke with one voice.
"In that case, I feel relieved." Baichuan Feng exchanged glances with the other party, and they reached an agreement.
Things are far from that point yet, and everyone is just preparing for a rainy day.
After all, this involves the United States and IBM, and the external pressure is considerable.
At the same time, both sides knew that after this incident, the United States' resentment towards Japan had definitely increased a bit.
In the future, we will be more cautious in high-tech industries, and it may be much more difficult to obtain certain authorizations as easily as before.
These are turbulent times. Just now, people in the Rust Belt were smashing Japanese cars, and today a spy case has emerged.
It is not difficult to imagine that the name Neon must have become the object of various ridicule and discrimination in the United States.
Baichuan Feng doesn't care about Japan's reputation, he is just worried about whether his own products will be affected.
After all, the size of the US market is huge, and more than two-thirds of Shirakawa Electric's profits come from America.
I hope those rednecks can remain anti-Japanese, but considering the price, they should buy more Shirakawa Electric products.
After Shirakawa Kaede returned to Shirakawa Electric, in addition to handling the company's listing affairs, he also kept an eye on the development of things.
As expected, over the next two days, Japanese media intensively reported on the IBM industry leak incident.
Because of the irrefutable evidence, the Neon government had no choice but to accept the arrest warrant submitted by the United States and sign the agreement.
As a result, several senior executives behind the scenes who had previously participated in the espionage case were also arrested and brought to justice.
After several days of fermentation, the number of people arrested from Hitachi and Mitsubishi has reached 9.
However, contrary to their usual practice, Hitachi and Mitsubishi did not make any announcement on this matter, but only insisted that the company was investigating the matter.
Such a tough attitude made Baichuan Feng look at him with new eyes. It seemed that the other party was not going to surrender.
That's great, isn't it? And with them at the forefront, IBM should have no time to bother Fujitsu.
In the next few days, the facts turned out to be just as Shirakawa Feng had guessed. Hitachi was ready to form a delegation to go to the United States to fight this transnational lawsuit.
Because the case occurred in the United States, the trial was held in the San Francisco Federal Court.
According to information from Shirakawa Electric's U.S. branch, Hitachi's case was classified as a criminal case.
However, Hitachi had no intention of giving in. In addition to its domestic legal team, it also spent a large amount of money to set up a luxurious litigation team in the United States.
It is obvious that Hitachi intends to fight hard once the espionage charges are confirmed.
Not only will IBM demand huge compensation from him, but the US government might also target him.
After careful consideration, the hardliners within Hitachi still prevailed.
For the sake of Hitachi's reputation and future business, everyone had no choice but to grit their teeth and persevere.
Because the case was tried in the United States, except for a few major print media in Japan that were following up on the incident, the heat in other areas began to subside slightly because a week had passed since the incident.
In July, the external audit of Shirakawa Electric was finally completed. Shirakawa Feng had already received the audit reports from Deloitte and BPM.
There is no doubt that Shirakawa Electric's financial and operating conditions are very healthy.
Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank and Nomura Securities, which received the report at the same time, immediately urged Shirakawa Electric to announce its listing plan, audit report, IPO information, briefing session, etc.
This is the only way for a company to go public. The sooner it starts, the sooner the listing process can be completed.
After considering it, Shirakawa Electric also agreed to the suggestions of Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank and others.
Taking advantage of the fact that the heat of the Hitachi commercial espionage case has just subsided, releasing the listing announcement during this window period is the best choice.
Since you have chosen to go public, it is only natural to show your strength to the general public.
Otherwise, who will buy your stocks and who will support you at the conference?
So in the first two days of July, Shirakawa Electric also released various listing announcements that had been prepared long ago.
The audit report is equivalent to the endorsement of a well-known third-party accounting firm. With it, Shirakawa Electric's prospectus has a basis for being trusted by shareholders.
Because there was no Internet in those days, Shirakawa Electric's announcements could only be disseminated through television, newspapers, radio and other channels.
But despite this, the audit report of Shirakawa Electric still made the people who have been paying attention to it exclaim in surprise.
In the past, I only bought products from Shirakawa Electric and didn’t feel anything. After all, they were just small walkmans and handheld game consoles that everyone could afford.
But after reading the announcement, I realized that Shirakawa Electric is so profitable.
Look at those companies that have already gone public, Sanyo, Pioneer, Aiwa, Nintendo, none of them can compare to it.
According to Shirakawa Electric's profit last year, it is almost on par with first-tier brands such as Sharp, Casio, and Seiko Epson.
That’s right, because of the dividends from the Walkman and handheld game consoles, Shirakawa Electric’s profitability is almost on par with these first-tier manufacturers.
Although our scale and size are not as big as theirs, the people don’t care about that.
They only looked at the popularity and profitability, so they were eager to study Shirakawa Electric's listing plan and prospectus.
This is the most direct way for them to participate in the daily operations of this potential stock company , and it is also the only way for them to profit from it.
In the lobby of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, two old men wearing glasses were leaning over the table, carefully studying the newspapers in their hands.
They are already old stock investors, especially after retiring in the past two years, they have been receiving generous pensions but have nothing to do all day.
Therefore, the Tokyo Stock Exchange became a good place for them to spend time, and they enjoyed stock trading on the spot every day.
"Hey." The gray-haired old man Takahashi raised his head and looked across through the gap in his reading glasses.
"Yamaguchi, have you seen the prospectus of Shirakawa Electric?"
"I see." Yamaguchi, who was still lying on the newspaper, stretched out his finger and read every word on the newspaper.
"The financing is 200 to 300 billion, which is really a big deal."
After finally finishing reading the newspaper in his hand, Yamaguchi slightly raised his hunched back and sighed with emotion.
Father Takahashi explained as if nothing had happened, "For a technology-based company like this, every time they invest in a piece of technology research, they have to spend a lot of money.
Let's see what the other party is planning..." He patted the newspaper in his hand, "The new storage technology is said to be much more powerful than floppy disks."
"Well, there's more," Father Takahashi continued flipping through the newspaper, "A new music player will be launched this year, and the factory will be expanded on a large scale.
In addition, we need to further develop the application of digital technology and also have plans to expand into the communications field.
Well, we are also planning to develop another piece of land in the port area as a future business center. This will cost a lot of money~"
“That’s true.” The financial newspaper in Yamaguchi’s hand also had a similar report.
“I just don’t know if these technologies can be profitable in the future?” As a shareholder, Yamaguchi only pays attention to the company’s operating conditions.
For him, if the business is doing well, the stock price will rise, and he can trade stocks with confidence.
He didn't understand the technological fields that Shirakawa Electric would invest in in the future, but he thought that buying land in the port area was a good choice.
Land prices in Tokyo have become increasingly expensive in the past two years, so investing in real estate is definitely a good idea.
When Takahashi heard Yamaguchi's question, he waved his hand indifferently.
"Don't worry about that. The business of such an emerging company is certain to grow. Can the stock price be higher than Fujitsu's?
As long as the issue price of Shirakawa Electric is lower than this, it is worth buying. "
“That’s true,” Yamaguchi nodded in agreement.
They have been in the stock market for many years and are familiar with the stock prices of companies similar to Shirakawa Electric.
Sony and Panasonic are almost two thousand, so Shirakawa Electric can't be higher than them.
In the public prospectus, Shirakawa Electric only announced the expected amount of financing, but did not announce the issue price.
After all, 700 yen is the financing valuation of Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, and the actual issue price still depends on market feedback.
Otherwise, where can we harvest the leeks? How can First Kangyi Bank sell the stocks it has underwritten at a difference in price?
Until the day the listing application is submitted, the issue price remains top secret.
However, it is obvious that Shirakawa Electric's extremely high profit margins have given Takahashi and others full confidence in this new stock.
In addition to the listing announcement and prospectus, Shirakawa Electric also released a future plan.
After all, the IPO will raise 200 to 300 billion yen, and shareholders must be told where the money will be spent in the future.
It can be used to expand production scale, R&D innovation, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, or even repay debts.
As long as there is a reasonable explanation, shareholders will approve of the financing.
Then they will pay to buy stocks, wait for the company to make profits and the stock price to rise in the future, and then sell them to make a profit.
As for financing, you don’t have to worry about whether it can be achieved at this time, just brag about it as much as you can.
The louder the hype, the easier it is for investors to enter the market; otherwise, how can they push up their own stocks?
This is the mutual cooperation between capital and leeks, which is played out and repeated every year.
Of course, Shirakawa Electric is not shooting in the dark.
After all, the company is newly listed, and some promises still need to be fulfilled, otherwise the leeks will not come in the future.
It is half true and half false, seeming to be there but not really. Only in this way will the leeks forget the pain after their wounds heal and continue to enter the market.
In addition to various announcements, Shirakawa Electric will also hold a public briefing.
This is equivalent to an initial large-scale IPO. In addition to various media outlets, various investment institutions in .
As for this briefing, Baichuan Feng had other ideas.
In previous years, July was the innovative period for Shirakawa Electric to release a new generation of products, but this year such a launch conference was postponed.
Shirakawa Kaede plans to hold the launch of the new product and the briefing together, which is also the first public press conference of Shirakawa Electric.
Kill two birds with one stone by promoting your own products and selling stocks at the same time.
In fact, for him personally, the pressure of stock issuance is not very great.
After all, 70% of the new shares have been bought up by Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, so there will be no problem in selling the remaining 30%.
However, as the founder of a company, it is his responsibility to create momentum for his own business.
