Chapter 377 Two Again
When everyone heard the word "Nikkatsu" come out of Shirakawa Kaede's mouth, their faces looked a little strange.
There is no other reason, it’s just because this sign is so famous.
Not to mention Neon, even Shirakawa Feng from later generations had heard of its name when he was in the Celestial Empire.
When mentioning "Nikkatsu", people will unconsciously think of the word "pink movie".
This is indeed the case. At that time, Nikkatsu Corporation was synonymous with adult films in Japan.
In fact, before the 1960s, Nikkatsu was also a serious film company.
However, with the popularization of television and failed business decisions, performance has declined sharply.
Unfortunately, starting from the early 1970s, Nikkatsu's film style completely turned to pink.
After more than ten years of development, with the continuous release of pink movies, Nikkatsu has also come back to life and its business situation has improved greatly.
At this moment, in order to further promote the popularity of CD-ROM, Shirakawa Feng also thought of the primary productive force of mankind.
In the video tape market, what is the best-selling movie? Of course, Nikkatsu.
Among the people present here, quite a few have collections of Nikkatsu movies.
But don’t get me wrong, although Nikkatsu is more pink, it is not Ivy.
It might be more appropriate to call it a soft adult film.
Its shooting techniques make extensive use of dislocation, simulation and other techniques, and it pays more attention to the expression of haziness.
"Nikkatsu's films are more suitable for videotapes, but compared to that, the disc is the stage where it can fully show its power."
Shirakawa Kaede knew what the people below were thinking, but Shirakawa Electric was not involved in the distribution of Nikkatsu films, so what did this have to do with him?
You can't just blame the manufacturers of VCRs for the large number of adult videotapes on the market, right?
Besides, these are all legal businesses in Japan. Where there is demand, there is a market.
“Our discs are so cheap to produce, compared to videotapes, that I don’t think any content manufacturer would reject their existence.
At the same time, in terms of resolution, the two are basically at the same level, and there is no question of which is better or worse.
By making good use of this, CD-ROM-based video players may have a bright future in the market.”
After listening to Baichuan Feng's analysis, everyone nodded in agreement. They were so busy thinking about Nikkatsu that they forgot the biggest advantage of their own CD discs.
In today's videotape market, a cassette with a copy of a currently popular movie starts at at least 6,000 yen.
Even if you choose to rent a video tape at a video store, the rental fee for one tape is around 1,000 to 2,000 yen.
However, the processing fee for a CD is only a few dozen yen, and the price for shipping it to a movie company is at most two or three hundred yen.
By the time these CDs are circulated in the market, the selling price will most likely be less than 2,000 yen.
Given this comparison, film companies will choose CDs without hesitation.
Because its processing cost is low enough, the risk will be greatly reduced.
As an ordinary consumer, renting a videotape costs one or two thousand yen, and buying a brand new CD also costs one or two thousand yen.
This question requires you to choose with your feet, and you also need to buy a brand new CD .
The resolution of both is around 320P, and the difference in clarity is almost invisible to the naked eye.
Once you buy a CD, it belongs to you, and you can collect all your favorite movies in your bookshelf.
But if you rent a videotape, you have to return it after watching it, and you can't even savor it.
So after such a horizontal comparison, the advantages of CD discs are very obvious.
“When developing our DVD players, we might as well make differentiated designs.
High-end DVD players not only support the playback of CD-ROM discs, but are also backward compatible with the reading of CD-DA.
Low-end DVD players only need to ensure the output of images, and don’t need to be so particular about the sound quality.”
Shirakawa Kaede's idea is very simple, a high-end DVD player can also play CD music.
For users who are not short of money, buying such a machine is equivalent to having two uses at the same time, enjoying both music and movies.
The lower-end machines are equivalent to the VCDs of later generations. The picture quality is guaranteed to be no less than that of videotapes, and the sound only needs to be loud.
"I understand." Nakajima Heitaro nodded excitedly.
As expected of a president, he has a sharp mind. He even thought of linking the promotion of CD-ROM to Nikkatsu.
Given the introverted and reserved character of the Japanese, the CD will surely enter the homes of countless otakus in the future.
"As for the promotion of optical drives..." Baichuan Feng paused, "I'll go to the United States in two months and take a look."
At present, what Shirakawa Electric can do is to speed up the promotion of CD-ROM. As for the problem of optical drives, it still needs to be solved through computer means.
However, if CD-ROMs become popular fast enough, it is possible that they will force the computer industry to adapt to their development.
…
Shirakawa Electric's optical drive has been on the market for two weeks. Although business companies have given it good reviews, ordinary users are not very interested in it.
Because for the general public, the current optical drive is indeed a bit useless. What is the use of a disc with a large capacity if it cannot store data freely?
Because of this, there was a lot of noise in the newspapers, most of which questioned the future prospects of optical drives, and some predicted that Shirakawa Electric would suffer a setback.
Amidst all the commotion, Shirakawa Electric simply announced, together with Sony, that it would launch a recordable CD-R disc next year, and then stopped responding.
However, due to public opinion, Shirakawa Electric's stock price has recently dropped by several dozen yen to around 1,350 yen.
But the decline is not exaggerated in general, after all, investors are not stupid. The potential of CDs, a storage medium with huge capacity, is far from being fully explored.
Even when he saw his own stock price drop, Baichuan Feng secretly called his close friends and told them to take this opportunity to buy more.
Why? Because in a short while it will be April, when Shirakawa Electric will announce its financial report for last year.
Baichuan Feng believed that he would not lose money if he bought Baichuan Electric's stocks at this time.
In addition to the financial report to be announced in April, Shirakawa Electric's home game console will also be released soon.
Therefore, during this period, Shirakawa Feng was very busy. He even had very little time to discuss big business with Matsuzaka Keiko and Xiaohuya.
That day he was buried in his desk, busy signing various documents.
Suddenly, the phone on the table rang.
"Moximoxi?" Baichuan Feng tilted his head and held the phone while continuing to review documents with his pen.
"It's Mr. Hirayama. Did the filming in Akita go well?... What? Fainted?!" Shirakawa Kaede immediately straightened the phone and stood up.
"Okay, I'll be there right away!" Bai Chuanfeng threw down his pen and hung up the phone.
Just as he was about to get up, he picked up the phone and dialed the internal line, "Xiaosong, book a flight to Kyoto, the sooner the better!"
There was no time to deal with the work at hand, so Baichuan Feng packed up a little and immediately went out to rush to the airport with Sama and the others.
…
8pm, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Hospital.
Shirakawa Feng came hurriedly and saw Tanaka Yuko lying on the hospital bed with a pale face as soon as he entered the room.
"Shirakawa-kun~"
The weak cry made Baichuan Feng feel pity.
"How do you feel now?" Baichuan Feng touched her hand, which was slightly cold.
"Nothing, I just troubled Shirakawa-kun to make the trip alone."
Although her face was haggard, Tanaka Yuko still smiled gently when she saw Shirakawa Kaede .
Baichuan Feng was about to say something when a knock on the door interrupted him.
He turned around and saw several doctors standing outside the door nodding to him.
"I'm going to go out for a while and I'll be back later."
"Yeah~" Yuko Tanaka nodded obediently.
After closing the door gently and making sure everything was alright inside, Baichuan Feng turned around.
"Mr. Shirakawa, nice to meet you. I am Yoshiro Nakamura, the vice president of Kyoto Medical University Hospital."
"It's Dean Nakamura. Thank you for troubling me."
The hospital was of course aware of Shirakawa Kaede's name, and when he arrived here, someone informed the top management.
However, since the dean was on a business trip, the vice dean had to come out to receive him.
"Ms. Tanaka has been pregnant for more than two months, and the main reason she fainted this time was due to overwork.
You just need to rest and recuperate for a while, and there will be no problem."
Huh??? Pregnant?!
Shirakawa Kaede, who had just arrived here, had no time to ask Tanaka Yuko what was going on.
Now she was told that she was pregnant.
"Uh..." Baichuan Feng was confused for a moment and was stunned for two seconds before he reacted.
"Mr. Nakamura, are you saying that Yuko is already more than two months pregnant ?"
"Hai," Nakamura Yoshiro nodded, "We did a preliminary checkup on the fetuses, and both are very healthy. Congratulations, Shirakawa-san!"
"Two?!" Baichuan Feng opened his mouth wide.
This…this…
“Please rest assured, Mr. Shirakawa, our best obstetrician and gynecologist will keep an eye on Ms. Tanaka’s condition 24 hours a day.
Please rest assured about this.”
The romantic legend of Shirakawa Kaede and several Japanese actresses is almost known to everyone.
Yoshiro Nakamura was no exception, so he knew who the father of the child was without having to guess.
It is March now. Two months later, it will be the beginning of January. Xiaolu Hot Spring...
"Then I'll trouble you later." Baichuan Feng bowed politely.
After chatting with the doctor for a few more words, Baichuan Feng turned around in a daze.
Am I going to be a father?
Until now, Baichuan Feng is still a little confused and can hardly distinguish between reality and illusion.
After being in this world for so long, I never expected that I would have descendants.
In a daze, Baichuan Feng pushed the door and walked into the ward.
"Hey, what's wrong, Shirakawa-kun?" Seeing his confused look, Tanaka Yuko couldn't help but sit up with concern.
"Quick! Quick! Lie down! Lie down!" Baichuan Feng walked over hurriedly and gestured for her to lie down.
I wanted to reach out and hold her shoulders, but I was worried that I would accidentally bump into her.
The clumsy look made Yuko Tanaka burst out laughing.
"How can it be that fragile? It's only been two months."
Obviously she also knew that she was pregnant, but compared to Shirakawa Kaede's cautiousness, Tanaka Yuko was much more generous.
"That won't work either. Just focus on your pregnancy. There are two of them."
Baichuan Feng now feels like he is in a bad position to sit or stand.
Every cell in my body is agitated, and I can feel the blood rushing to my head.
Seeing how he was fidgeting and how careful he was being. The smile on Tanaka Yuko's pale face became even gentler.
"Shirakawa-kun, there is something I want to discuss with you."
"Hmm?" Baichuan Feng, who was lost in thought, came back to his senses and looked at her.
