Chapter 325: The Guests Arriving One After Another
It was the last day of July. Just like the scorching sun outside, the interior of Shirakawa Electric was also bustling with activity.
All senior executives above the level of ministers were dressed in suits and ready to go to the venue.
Today is Shirakawa Electric's public briefing before its listing, and it is also the day for the new product launch conference.
On such an important and memorable day, everyone was excited and nervous.
"Is the venue ready?"
"Everything has been arranged. All the guests who received invitations will be here today."
"Yes," Baichuan Feng nodded, he tidied his clothes again, then turned around and ordered, "Let's go."
"Hayi" Assistant Kosong also had a serious expression.
After receiving Baichuan Feng's instructions, she immediately turned around in her professional attire to arrange the next itinerary.
Shirakawa Electric's public briefing was held at the Imperial Hotel in Chiyoda Ward. As one of the oldest high-end hotels in Japan, its name is almost familiar to Japanese people.
In addition to its long history, it has also hosted many celebrities, such as Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Helen Keller and others.
Today, the Imperial Hotel has also become the venue for some major events, and many organizations hold forums or celebrations here.
Shirakawa Electric had booked the venue here a long time ago. After all, it was a briefing and some arrangements had to be made in advance.
The meeting was originally scheduled to start at 10 a.m., but Shirakawa Feng and his team arrived at the venue before 9 a.m.
There is a huge projector at the front of the auditorium, and staff are currently debugging the equipment here.
Today’s projectors do not have the high-definition projection technology of later generations, and the image quality is just barely acceptable.
In order to accommodate all participants, there are many large screens on both sides of the auditorium for split-screen use.
Baichuan Feng didn't care about these peripheral devices, but walked straight to the central display stand.
"Brother Nakajima, Mr. Ogawa, is everything okay?"
Shirakawa Feng carefully looked at the two devices on the stage that had been arranged in advance. They were the portable CD player and optical drive that were about to be displayed.
Before the meeting officially begins, they will be covered with black cloth and hidden in a corner, quietly waiting for the moment to appear to the world.
"It should be OK to make it through the briefing. We have also prepared several backup machines in the background to ensure the smooth progress of the briefing."
Nakajima Heitaro, who was only wearing a white shirt, rolled down his sleeves and put on his suit jacket with confidence.
Just now he had personally debugged the demonstration machine again to ensure that the upcoming press conference would go smoothly.
There is no way. After all, this is the first public appearance of Shirakawa Electric, and the people coming are all big shots, so we have to be cautious.
In fact, not only the investors, but also a large number of media will be present, and their vision is more discerning.
Although Shirakawa Electric will also cover some travel expenses, it is not yet at the level where it can command numerous media outlets.
So the best thing to do is to ensure that your product can perform normally. After all, a good blacksmith must have strong tools.
Baichuan Feng stood on the stage and felt it for a while, feeling a little bit expectant.
After three years, we have finally reached this point.
From now on, Shirakawa Electric and himself will come into the spotlight of the media and the world.
Whether it is good or bad is not the point, but this is the only way to expand one's influence.
Want to maintain your wealth and status in this materialistic and capitalist society.
So joining in and becoming the best one is what Baichuan Feng wants to do now.
After walking around the hall again and confirming that everything was normal, Baichuan Feng went backstage to wait.
After half past nine, luxury cars began to park in front of the entrance of the Empire Hotel.
The person who got out of the car was either a director of a well-known company or the head of an investment institution.
There are even many foreigners among them. After getting off the bus, everyone will inevitably stop and chat with familiar people.
They were also very interested in Shirakawa Electric's briefing.
Whether to invest or not is one thing, but just communicating with many business elites is worth the trip.
Some media who had just arrived at the scene couldn't wait to take out their cameras and start taking pictures before even entering the hotel.
I believe that there will be no lack of relevant materials in tomorrow's financial news section.
As the founder of Shirakawa Electric, Shirakawa Feng also stood at the entrance of the hall early to receive guests.
He was accompanied by Ichiro Watanabe of Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank and Takashi Yanagidani of Nomura Securities.
Compared to Shirakawa Kaede, both of them are even more enthusiastic and positive towards others.
Because today's briefing is a great opportunity for both parties to publicly promote their stocks.
They boldly took up 70% of Shirakawa Electric's issued shares, wasn't it just to sell them at today's venue?
So the visitors in front of him might just be supporters to Shirakawa Feng, but to Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank and the others, they are all potential customers.
How could we not be enthusiastic? We treated them as VIPs.
While Baichuan Feng was talking with people from Goldman Sachs and Morgan, an old acquaintance came towards them in the distant corridor.
Seeing him, Baichuan Feng subconsciously raised his eyebrows. This was truly a rare guest.
After apologizing to the people from Goldman Sachs and Morgan, Baichuan Feng took the initiative to step forward.
"I didn't expect you to come, Mr. Da He. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. Please forgive me for my impoliteness."
The person who came was Sony's current president Norio Ohga. Just this year he has turned the tide and officially taken the helm of the Sony ship.
However, his partner, Kazuo Iwama, the former president of Sony and Akio Morita's brother-in-law, has passed away due to illness.
Honestly speaking, it was somewhat beyond Shirakawa Kaede's expectation that Ohga Norio would come, after all, this was a product launch conference of a "friendly competitor".
As a representative of a rival party, it seemed a little strange for him to be here.
However, when Ohga Norio saw Shirakawa Kaede coming towards him, he was all smiles.
"The listing announcement of Shirakawa Electric will come soon, and I will certainly not miss it.
How about it, Mr. Baichuan, do you mind my uninvited visit?"
"Mr. Da He, you are too kind. It is an honor for me and Shirakawa Electric to have you here. We couldn't ask for more."
Although he was surprised in his heart, Baichuan Feng looked very enthusiastic.
Regardless of whether they are friendly competitors or not, everyone who comes today is a guest, and Baichuan Feng welcomes them all.
He exchanged a few words with Norio Ohga and then said hello to Kozo Ozone who was beside him.
After sending them in, Baichuan Feng continued to build a welcoming pine tree at the door.
"Ohga-san, is today's briefing at Shirakawa Electric really that important?"
In fact, Ozone Kozo didn't want to come. He was very averse to any interaction with Shirakawa Electric.
Especially the well-dressed Mr. Shirakawa, in the eyes of Ozone Yukizo, has always been just a poor imitator.
This is the case with the Walkman, and the so-called handheld game consoles as well. Now it is probably the CD player's turn.
The other party was able to get to the stage of going public only by relying on despicable copycats and a bit of luck.
So what if it went public? Kozo Ozone still looked down on Shirakawa Electric.
Hearing the disdain in his tone, Ohga Norio turned his head and glanced at him indifferently.
"Ozone-san, never let your emotions cloud your judgment.
Any company that can reach the stage of going public has its own unique features.
Moreover, has this Baichuan Feng-san ever suffered any loss after dealing with us for such a long time?"
Ozone Kozo was speechless for a moment, although he hated to exclude Shirakawa Denki.
But I have to say that the other party is a qualified businessman.
Some of the means used over the years may not have been so glorious, but the benefits were definitely gained.
What a difficult and annoying psoriasis.
Kozo Ozone could already foresee that the name of Shirakawa Electric would appear in various internal meetings of Sony for a long time in the future.
Yamato Norio kept greeting acquaintances he met on the road as he walked. Although his face was full of smiles, there was always a vague sense of worry lingering in his heart.
After they entered the hall one after another and took their seats, Shirakawa Feng, who was still greeting guests outside the door, welcomed another acquaintance.
"Yamauchi-san?!"
Shirakawa Feng looked at Yamauchi Hiroshi, who had his hair combed meticulously and wore a pair of brown glasses, and could not hide his surprise.
If Sony's Norio Ohga could come, he could still understand it.
After all, they are all in Tokyo, and can be reached in half an hour by car, so it is understandable that they would stop by to take a look at the Shirakawa Electric briefing.
But what was Nintendo doing here? Why did they come all the way from Kyoto just to attend Shirakawa Electric’s briefing?
You have to know that Shirakawa Electric and Nintendo are real competitors.
Unlike Sony, although Shirakawa Electric competes with it, there is also no lack of cooperation, and the relationship between them is a mixture of love and hate.
As for Nintendo...
Baichuan Feng suppressed his guess and also put on a smile as he walked over.
"Mr. Shirakawa, Nintendo also has a subsidiary company that specializes in investment.
Do you mind if I take the liberty of attending your company's IPO presentation today?"
Baichuan Feng was stunned. He really didn't expect that Yamauchi Hiroshi had this idea.
Does this count as... infiltrating the enemy?
"How could that be? I would love for you, Mr. Yamanouchi, to come.
Besides, since this is a listing briefing, we welcome any visitors who are interested in investing in Shirakawa Electric."
I don't believe you, you old man are such a bad guy.
If they really want to invest, why bring Gunpei Yokoi with them? I'm afraid their real purpose is to spy on military intelligence.
"Mr. Shirakawa's demeanor is impressive, so I would like to wish your company a successful start."
"Please come in~"
After seeing off two old acquaintances, Baichuan Feng couldn't help but sigh that these old friends were more active than those investment institutions.
Since our old friends are so supportive, I hope the briefing will not disappoint them.
Apart from them, most of the remaining visitors were heads of investment institutions under the six major organizations.
Of course, there might be people from other friendly competitors coming to quietly inquire about the situation.
But this did not affect Baichuan Feng's reception of them with a smile on his face, until a former collaborator stood in front of him, he restrained his expression and looked at him indifferently.
"Xuyu-san, how are you?"
"Such a grand event as Shirakawa Electric's IPO briefing was held, but they didn't invite me. Shirakawa-san is too polite."
Suwa Saji, who had a small mustache, looked at Shirakawa Kaede with a smile. He didn't care that Shirakawa Kaede had put away his smile at all, and still walked up to him and greeted .
"Oh~ Didn't you inform Su-san?" Baichuan Feng showed a puzzled expression, but soon smiled indifferently, "That's really rude of me.
“Since Shirakawa-san was busy with the listing, it’s understandable that he forgot.
But you see, based on our previous pleasant cooperation experience, I came here uninvited today. I came here to show my support for you, Mr. Baichuan, I hope you won’t be surprised.”
Suba Saji looked at Shirakawa Kaede with a smile and didn't feel offended at all by the other's indifferent expression.
