Chapter 365: Expanding Wealth
Shirakawa Feng saw Tanimura's expression, but he didn't say anything.
Disagreements within the company can be discussed privately, but never at the year-end meeting.
He glanced at the other person, and the latter noticed Baichuan Feng's gaze and immediately put away his expression and sat up seriously.
"Iwata-san, please tell me more about these companies."
"Hayi "
Next, Iwata began to introduce the situation of these companies to Shirakawa Kaede. The information was similar to what Tanimura knew, and there were indeed too many flaws.
But after communicating with them, Iwata had a different opinion.
"Hudson Software has already started to change its business strategy. Judging from the latest games released, the quality has improved significantly compared to before.
We need more developers to join our home game console, and Hudson is willing to accept our prerequisites for game review.
Only games that pass the review will be available on the Shirakawa Electric home game console platform. From the perspective of development prospects, I think Hudson can give it a try. "
Iwata certainly wouldn't sit there doing nothing. He talked to the Kudo brothers from Hudson, and they were not unaware of their problems.
“Also, Enix, although it is a newly established company, the ‘First Game Interest Contest’ they held was very interesting.
We received nearly 300 entries this year alone, including some interesting mini-games.
So I think just because there are so many entries, it's worth paying extra attention to Enix's development."
Satoru Iwata was impressed by their appeal in the gaming industry. Such competitions are held every year, and some games always stand out.
"As for Mr. Kenzo Tsujimoto..." Iwata paused, "I feel that he still has considerable ambitions in the gaming industry. With his ability, he will definitely be a part of the gaming industry in the future."
"I'll find some time to meet with them after the New Year." Baichuan Feng decided to talk to them in person.
"Understood. I'll arrange it." Iwata nodded in acceptance.
"Regarding the handheld game console, Tanimura-san, you guys need to speed up your progress."
The development of the handheld console was handled by Tanimura, but to be honest, Shirakawa was somewhat dissatisfied with his progress.
Satoru Iwata had almost finished developing the home game console, which was launched almost simultaneously with the handheld game console, but the software debugging that Tanimura was responsible for always had flaws.
Upon hearing Shirakawa Kaede's reminder, Tanimura immediately responded loudly, "Please rest assured, Shirakawa-san, the development of the handheld game console will be completed on time."
Baichuan Feng did not comment. He didn't care about shouting too loudly. He only cared about the result.
After going over HAL Research Institute's plans for the coming year, Shirakawa Feng focused his attention on the LCD factory.
The current LCD factory is under SIC. After all, the STN and TFT technologies are in the hands of SIC, but this does not affect its supply to Shirakawa Electric.
However, since this is the first year of the factory's operation, apart from serving as a parts supplier for Shirakawa Electric, there has been almost no external expansion.
The profit for the year was only about 500 million yen, which was better than nothing, and it was still their own money.
But with the production of STN next year, their roles will also change.
Baichuan Feng focused on instructing them to devote more energy to production line construction and expanding customer channels.
The same is true for the battery factory at Shirakawa Energy. The chewing gum battery of Tohoku University Research Institute has already produced the first batch of samples and will be officially launched on the market next year.
Starting next year, AutoNavi Toys will completely abandon the production and sales of electronic toys and instead shift its focus to developing peripheral products in the fields of games, animation, etc.
HAL Research Institute and Tokuma Shoten will be the sources of its materials. Shirakawa Kaede has raised them for more than a year, and it is time for them to start making a living on their own.
As for Tokuma Shoten and Bic Camera, since Shirakawa Holdings is not the dominant party, the status quo can be maintained.
Bic Camera's profits have also increased significantly this year. Last year's profit was just 20 million yen, which compared to this year's 400 million yen, does make Shirakawa Kaede quite satisfied.
After all, compared to the original investment, it is already a huge profit.
After going through the situations of all these companies, only Anke Electric was left.
"Kimura-san, has Unison World decided to develop its own personal computer?"
"Hai, Sun-san is very determined. The motherboard and other circuit boards will be manufactured by Anke Electric, and we will also be responsible for the design of the power supply."
This was the first time that Anko Electric launched its own products. Although they were only accessories such as motherboards and power supplies, it was enough to make Eiji Kimura excited.
"Then do it well, maybe you will get good returns in the future."
Shirakawa Kaede does not set detailed annual goals for all companies within the group.
He only controls the general direction, and the other details are left to the respective persons in charge.
For Sun Da Nao's computer, the motherboard and power supply will be provided by Anke Electric, and the CPU will be provided by SIC.
Tsk, two of the three major components of computer hardware (CPU, motherboard, graphics card) fell on me.
No, independent graphics cards have not appeared at this time, but SIC has graphics auxiliary chips, which are roughly similar to integrated graphics.
If you count it this way, it seems that all the main components of the computer are complete.
Alas, this is the frustration of being too capable.
By simply putting together parts from within the group, we are almost able to assemble a computer.
By the way, Anko Electric's profit this year has exceeded 1 billion yen.
It has increased nearly three times compared with last year, with the main profits coming from the export of electronic products.
The past few years have been the period of global expansion for Japanese electronic products, and Shirakawa Electric has also contributed to this process.
Otherwise, where would such huge profits come from? If he relied solely on Japan, his wealth would be reduced by more than half.
But when it comes to wealth, Baichuan Feng's assets have expanded very rapidly this year.
SIC made a profit of 40 billion, Shirakawa Electric made a profit of 140 billion, Kitatoshi Bank made a profit of 40 billion, HAL Research Institute made a profit of 16 billion, and other miscellaneous profits amounted to 2 billion.
All of this adds up to 238 billion yen, or $950 million.
Most of this money will be transferred into the account of Shirakawa Holdings, but who does Shirakawa Holdings belong to? Well, Shirakawa Feng said he wanted to keep a low profile.
This includes the profit of $220 million in the previous two years and $540 million in shares sold when the company went public.
The cash that Shirakawa Feng can currently use is approximately US$1.71 billion, which is cash, and all other assets are not counted.
$1.71 billion in cash!
If only personal wealth is counted, Shirakawa Feng is confident that he can rank among the top 20 in Japan based on this cash alone.
If the valuations of all companies under Shirakawa Holdings are taken into account, this number will be magnified many times.
It’s a pity that there is no Forbes Rich List in this era, otherwise Shirakawa Kaede’s name would definitely appear in the top ten on the Japanese list.
But as the saying goes, wealth should not be shown to others, so Baichuan Feng would not be so stupid as to tell the world how much money he has.
He had no plan to keep the name "Shirakawa" from becoming a household name.
This year-end meeting lasted almost half a day, but when everyone came out, they all had happy faces.
At their level, what they get is not just salary, dividends are the big part.
Although the financial settlement was at the end of March, they already knew how much they would get after the meeting.
As for the people under each company, how much annuity they will receive is the job they will be responsible for.
In this way, layer by layer, the pyramid model of Shirakawa Holdings' management was built.
Of course, in order to avoid unfair treatment of subordinates due to the boss's single-handed decision, there will be a second review by Arai Yu. This is another meaning of the existence of the holding parent company.
The end of the year-end meeting means the new year is about to arrive.
This year, Shirakawa Kaede did not return to Akita early because there were too many things to do in Tokyo. It was estimated that he could only fly back to Akita on January 1st and stay for a day or two.
While her senior is filming in Northeast China, Keiko Matsusaka is making a clumsy attempt to participate in the daily management of Daiei.
Baichuan Feng counted carefully with his fingers, and it seemed that only the little canine teeth were still a little empty.
However, saying that it is empty is only relative. Artists are also busiest during this period at the end of the year.
There are countless awards and performances, and the same goes for Little Tiger Teeth.
But recently, she has been calling me every day, either to ask about my well-being or to ask if I need her service.
When did Little Tiger Teeth become diligent? Baichuan Feng said that the sun really rose from the west.
In view of her hard work, Baichuan Feng will stay with her for the next two days.
No, I bought this apartment myself.
After realizing this, Baichuan Feng became confident again.
"Straight" and "strong", literally.
"Wait, I'm so tired~!" Seiko Matsuda lay down on the bed and just threw herself on the bed, not even wanting to put on her clothes.
"Hey, you said you would make me satisfied." Baichuan Feng swayed twice, feeling a little dissatisfied.
"Please spare me. I have an event to attend today." Seiko Matsuda pulled the corner of the quilt and put it on herself.
Forget it, considering that she was so tired with her eyes half closed, Baichuan Feng decided to call it a day .
"When does your record contract with Sony expire?"
"Huh?" Seiko Matsuda was a little surprised why he cared about this, but she still mumbled her answer to him in a daze.
"It's still a long time. New artists usually sign record contracts for five or ten years at the very least."
"So long?" Baichuan Feng was a little surprised.
He thought that the record company would sign the artist for one or two years first, and then decide whether to renew the contract based on the artist's performance.
"Because many newcomers are nurtured by record companies before their debut. In order to ensure that the previous investment will have sufficient returns in the future, newcomers sign long-term contracts."
So that's how it is, Baichuan Feng understood.
"Forget it. I'll go talk to Oga-san about this myself."
"Hey, what's the matter?" Matsuda Seiko climbed up with a grunt. She was keenly aware that there was important information in Shirakawa Kaede's words.
"I'm planning to set up a record company. How about that? Is Shengzi-san interested?"
"Sing...record company?" Seiko Matsuda confirmed stutteringly.
“Of course, in order to cooperate with the development of Shirakawa Electric, the record industry is also part of our plan for the coming year.
But it's a pity that there is no one around me who understands this aspect and is absolutely trustworthy." Baichuan Feng secretly glanced at the bottom of his belly.
"Shirakawa-kun!" Seiko Matsuda straightened up and knelt down.
"Hmm?" Baichuan Feng looked confused.
"The Holy Son is no longer tired, the ace masseur is applying to fight!"
After saying this, he started working hard without waiting for Baichuan Feng's response.
Hiss~ Gently! Gently!
This little canine really doesn't know the seriousness of the matter.
Baichuan Feng is in pain and happy at the same time.
