Chapter 356: Baichuan Building
In early November, the area around Shibuya Center Street in Tokyo became particularly lively.
In addition to the bustling crowd on the street, a large group of employees in suits and ties were also lined up neatly in the square in front of the building.
It is visually shocking when viewed from a distance, and it also adds a beautiful landscape to Shibuya.
They are all employees of Shirakawa Electric, and the headquarters building will be put into use today. Everyone is gathered here to prepare for the housewarming ceremony.
But it’s not quite right to call it a ceremony. Maybe such a memorable moment should have some sense of ceremony.
Standing on the makeshift platform, Baichuan Feng looked at the team of nearly one or two thousand people below and sighed inwardly.
I didn't expect that Shirakawa Electric has grown to such a scale. Even in Japan, it is considered to be in the first tier.
This is where all employees, except for the workshop workers, from the board of directors to the lowest department groups, are.
With a quick glance, everyone's expressions seemed to be filled with joy and anticipation.
Yes, moving to a new house is also a kind of happiness. It is worth being happy that everyone's working environment has improved.
So without any hesitation, Baichuan Feng stood on the platform and began a brief speech.
After all, it’s uncomfortable for everyone to stand outside in the cold winter. What’s important is the group photo below.
However, with just a few words, as Baichuan Feng announced the official opening of Baichuan Building, the people below cheered and applauded.
Then, under the organization of the administrative department, everyone took a group photo with the Shirakawa Building as the background.
Speaking of Shirakawa Building, Shirakawa Kaede was quite satisfied with its appearance alone.
The entire office building covers an area of more than 3,000 square meters and consists of a high-rise main building and low-rise auxiliary buildings.
Because Shirakawa Kaede's initial design requirements were a sense of technology and fashion.
Therefore, the shape of the main building is similar to that of an ordinary office building in the middle and lower floors, but it starts to have a spiral feeling from the middle upwards.
Due to the rotational dislocation, there is an extra circle of building space outside the building, winding upwards as the building rises.
This circle of vacant building spaces is also filled with exquisite green plants and flowers, and from a distance it really looks like a sky garden.
The red flowers and green leaves, and the glass curtain wall reflecting the blue sky, form an unexpectedly harmonious picture.
Well, it's very good. Shirakawa Feng turned around and saw that the most eye-catching building in the surrounding area was Shirakawa Building, and the 109 shopping mall not far away was overshadowed by it.
If nothing unexpected happens, Shirakawa Building will definitely become the most representative landmark building in Shibuya in the next ten years or so.
The combination of flowers and plants with the steel jungle also attracted passers-by to stop and watch.
At this time, the huge blue logo in the upper right corner of the building played a good publicity role.
Such a big "KITA" is guaranteed to be visible from a kilometer away.
At night, there are logo letters with lights flowing on the roof.
The 360-degree all-round, no-dead-angle view declares its existence to the surrounding intersections.
I have to say that having my own headquarters building feels different.
Although the building has only about 30 floors, the floor height exceeds the 3-meter requirement for residential buildings and reaches 4 meters, so it looks majestic and towering when viewed from the outside.
At a height of nearly 100 meters, pedestrians standing at its foot need to raise their heads to vaguely see the roof.
According to the classification of Japanese business office buildings, Shirakawa Building definitely meets the highest standard A-level requirements.
The standard floors are over 2,000 square meters, and the total construction area is nearly 70,000 square meters.
With the latest earthquake-resistant technology and complete infrastructure, it is definitely the best among office buildings.
Not bad, the needle doesn’t poke.
It seems that we need to acquire another piece of land in Minato Ward, as well as Setagaya Ward and Bunkyo Ward. Now is a good time to act before the land prices soar.
While Shirakawa Kaede was still admiring his building and preparing to make another fortune, the employees of Shirakawa Electric had already started queuing up to enter the building.
At the door, the company also prepared a gift for each employee to commemorate the opening of the headquarters.
Soon, one or two thousand people disappeared . Their office seats were already prepared in the office building.
According to the locations of the areas allocated in advance, everyone can follow the map to find the desk marked with their name.
However, despite the addition of so many people, there are still nearly one-third of vacant positions at the headquarters.
Most of these places are reserved as backup sites for future expansion. At the same time, some areas have been temporarily converted into leisure areas for employees to relax in their spare time.
Although he had seen it more than once, Baichuan Feng still observed it for a long time before preparing to enter his office floor.
It’s not easy. This Shirakawa Building is not only the basis of my confidence, but also the status of Shirakawa Electric.
Only with it can it be worthy of this special watershed of a trillion-dollar market value.
Shirakawa Kaede's office is on the second-to-last floor. Because the building area gets smaller as you get closer to the top, most of this floor is his exclusive office area.
The ultra-luxurious office area of over 200 square meters is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
The reception area is larger than where many people live, and there is a separate conference room for meetings that is separate from the interior of the office.
Sofas, tables and chairs, bookshelves, lamps, carpets, decorative paintings, etc. are all made of the best materials.
Especially the entire wall facing the street, which is replaced by floor-to-ceiling windows, providing excellent lighting.
This is just the office area. Outside there are also his private leisure area, meeting area and other places.
Generally speaking, even the offices of the domineering CEOs in TV dramas are not so luxurious.
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and overlooking the street below for a while, Baichuan Feng sighed with contentment.
Knock, knock, knock. There's a knock on the door.
"Come in." Baichuan Feng turned around and returned to his desk.
The person who opened the door was Assistant Komatsu. She looked particularly heroic today, with an expression on her face that she couldn't hide the smile.
"Mr. President, this is the data analysis table of the CD player in recent period, and Warner also sent a fax.
It is about the sales of the first CD and the subsequent cooperation plan, please take a look. "
As Baichuan Feng's chief assistant, she now has six or seven assistants under her.
After all, in addition to Shirakawa Electric, there are also a lot of things going on at Shirakawa Holdings.
Some content that requires special attention is summarized by a special assistant and then handed over to Komatsu, who is finally responsible for reporting to Shirakawa Kaede.
As the chief assistant, Komatsu also has his own office, which is in the next room outside the door.
Having just moved into the headquarters building today, she is in high spirits and has a lot of smiles on her face.
"I understand. Let's put it down first." Baichuan Feng sat down at the desk, stretched his arms and prepared to start working.
"Oh, it's almost the end of the year. Pick out some important matters and sort them out. I'll handle them together.
We have also asked the Human Resources Department and the Finance Department to work out some pension plans as soon as possible. Everyone has worked hard this year, so let’s distribute the benefits as soon as possible.”
"Hai" Assistant Komatsu felt even happier when he heard this.
Shirakawa Electric's annuity is famously generous, and with its IPO, there will definitely be more benefits this year.
Watching Assistant Xiaosong leave, Baichuan Feng felt a little emotional. In the blink of an eye, even Xiaosong has grown into a big girl.
Think about her, she moved here from Watanabe Electric a few years ago, and she looks like a high school student.
Although Xiaosong's academic qualifications are not very high, Shirakawa Feng has already gotten used to her presence.
As an assistant, she is familiar with all of Shirakawa Kaede's living habits and preferences, keeps files in good order, and does things carefully.
This is enough for Baichuan Feng. At least for the time being, he has no plans to change other assistants.
Picking up the document on the table, Baichuan Feng looked at it carefully.
It has been almost a month since the CD player was released, and more than 400,000 units have been shipped so far.
Shirakawa Kaede was very satisfied with this number. After all, there were not so many CD records, and with the lack of content, it was very difficult to sell 400,000 copies.
The profit of portable CD players is not very high now, only about 7,000 yen, and the profit margin is about 15%.
This is because the initial cycle was too tight and some designs and production processes were not very mature, which led to high costs.
However, Shirakawa Electric has already started to deal with this issue.
It is expected that costs will drop by nearly half next year, and the profit margin should be able to easily reach 20% to 30% by then.
The rate of return in this range is very considerable. If this sales volume is maintained within two months, all the previous investment in the CD player will be recovered.
The profit of nearly 3 billion from 400,000 units is not bad. With the release of the film in overseas markets next year, it should not disappoint us.
However, the first generation of CD players also had many problems, and these problems need to be solved in the development of the next generation of models. I will go and check it myself when the time comes.
Putting down the documents in his hand, Baichuan Feng picked up the fax sent by Warner.
It contained the monthly sales volume of Akina Nakamori's first CD single. He scanned it and found the target data.
500,000 copies is still a very good result, even though Shirakawa Kaede doesn't understand the record market.
But because I often heard Seiko Matsuda repeating it in my ear, I knew that if it exceeded 300,000, it would be a success, so 500,000 would be even more of a success.
No wonder Warner couldn't help but send this good news to Shirakawa Electric. This is only the first month and there will be more increases in the future.
With the stimulation of this achievement, Warner couldn't wait to urge Shirakawa Electric's CD factory to start production as soon as possible.
Warner has a lot of big artists under their umbrella, so it makes sense to reprint those old LP records and release them as CDs.
In fact, Shirakawa Electric's CD factory has already started operations, and its efficiency is amazing. On average, one CD is pressed every two seconds on a single production line.
With such an astonishing output, any order from a record company can be completed within a few days.
Now all of Neon's CD orders are in the hands of Sony and Shirakawa Electric, and this is currently a business that is sure to make a profit.
As a pioneer in the industry, you can reap much more benefits than latecomers.
Moreover, judging from the development prospects of CDs, there will be no problem in reaping the benefits for more than ten years.
Only after seeing the sales of his own CD player did Shirakawa Feng finally feel relieved.
The CD market is basically stable, and it's time to check out SIC. The development of STN-LCD screens seems to have made good progress.
