Chapter 40: What's in the Bag
The door of the conference room was opened, and a wheelchair was pushed in by the middle-aged man who had just received Bai Chuanfeng and the others.
"Father, why are you here?" Watanabe Issei glanced at the middle-aged man behind him hatefully, and then looked at his old father with some headache.
"If I don't come, Watanabe Electric will be finished. You don't have to blame Yasuda, because I asked him to bring me here."
Watanabe Issei's father seemed to be in poor health. Half of his body was very stiff as he sat in a wheelchair.
He nodded to Shirakawa Kaede and the others with great effort, "I am Watanabe Takashi. I built Watanabe Electric and I will not consider selling it for the time being. I am very sorry to bother you today."
Upon hearing this, Watanabe Issei next to him became anxious. "Father, we are running out of money! We may even have to stop production in a while..."
"Shut up!" Although he was sitting in a wheelchair and his speech was not very clear, Watanabe Takashi still had the dignity of an old president.
When Watanabe Issei and the middle-aged man named Yasuda heard Watanabe Takashi's words, they subconsciously their heads to show that they were ready to be trained.
Shirakawa Feng stood up and bowed to the old president who still had the same aura. "President Watanabe, we at Shirakawa Electric are sincere in our cooperation. Regardless of the outcome, if you have plans in this regard in the future, you might as well consider it."
After saying that, Shirakawa Kaede handed over his business card with both hands. Watanabe Takashi hesitated for a moment, but nodded and let Yasuda behind him accept the business card.
Shirakawa Kaede nodded politely to Watanabe Issei and the middle-aged man named Yasuda, then said goodbye and left with Torataro.
Coming out of the Watanabe Electric factory, Kotaro sighed with regret, "Alas, I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, but it was just a little bit short, Xiaofeng."
"Don't worry," Baichuan Feng comforted him with a smile, not feeling disappointed at all because of the old president's rejection just now.
To be honest, he came here today just to take a look at Watanabe Electric, and had no plans to do anything else. However, as soon as the young president Sang spoke, Shirakawa Feng roughly realized that the situation of Watanabe Electric seemed to be worse than he had imagined.
"But Xiao Feng, do you really want to buy the Blackstone record player? Didn't you hear that Watanabe asked for 20 million yen? That's a lot of money. The old president wasn't too willing, and this place is too..."
Kotaro was embarrassed to say that the company was too broke, and 20 million yen was indeed a lot of money. It was an astronomical figure for ordinary people.
However, if you want to do business, you need to make a large investment at the beginning. Baichuan Feng had a plan in mind, and he said confidently, "Don't worry, they will come to us again."
"Hey, why?" Kotaro felt that the suit was really awkward, so he simply unbuttoned it, took off his jacket and put it over his arm, leaving only a white shirt on his body.
"You heard what Watanabe said just now. I guess their situation is not good. There are also product quality issues. These are enough to make them suffer.
Let's get to know each other first, so that we won't be so distant when we talk about business later."
Just by looking at Watanabe Issei's eagerness at the beginning, Shirakawa Kaede knew that he had no intention of running the Blackstone record player. Otherwise, there would not be the current quality accident.
Although old Watanabe still had dignity, his health was a problem. Seeing that half of his body was stiff, Shirakawa Kaede suspected that he had a stroke.
It would be good enough if he could spend his old age in peace under such circumstances. Blackstone Record Player probably won't have the energy to keep an eye on it all the time.
As the saying goes, a son will not feel sorry for selling his father's land. It is obvious that little Watanabe is not a person who is content with what he has.
"But what if they don't look for us?" Kotaro was confused and asked subconsciously.
"Not looking for us?" Bai Chuanfeng smiled, "Then find a way to make them look for us on their own initiative."
"Hey" Kotaro scratched his head, and seeing that Shirakawa Kaede had already walked far away, he hurried to catch up.
"Kotaro"
"Um?"
"You'll have to wear a suit often in the future. If you want to make a lot of money, you'd better get used to it sooner."
"Ah, what does making lots of money have to do with wearing a suit?"
"You are really an idiot."
“…”
Although this trip to Ota District did not yield any substantial gains, Shirakawa Kaede still got the information he wanted.
At the same time, I had more specific plans in mind, but the most urgent task was to make money.
The amount required now is tens of millions of yen. Although picking up scraps can make money, the difference is more than an order of magnitude.
However, this is his only stable source of income, so he can't throw it away. So he has to pick up what he can, and it will be a considerable sum if he saves it for a month.
…
"Yawn~" In the morning, Baichuan Feng came out of the room with a sleepy face. He rubbed his hair and walked to the bathroom in a daze.
In order to save money, he did not go on a trip with his classmates during the spring break. He just stayed in the apartment with Yamashita Daiji to fix electrical appliances.
Seeing that it was already April and the spring break was about to end, he let the other person go and took a rare two days off.
“B——B——”
Shirakawa Feng stuck his head out of the bathroom with a toothbrush in his hand and foam in his mouth. It was the pager on the table that was vibrating.
In the days before mobile phones, pagers were the only means of communication to contact people.
With some extra money, he also bought one. However, current pagers only provide pager services, which are far more restrictive than practical.
Even the number cannot be sent, the only function is to tell you that someone is calling you.
It will take a few more years before it becomes truly popular, once there is a technological breakthrough that allows simple digital messages to be sent. Only then will it shine.
Today's pagers have only a few functions and are ridiculously expensive. Apart from business dealings, ordinary people have little need for them.
Baichuan Feng quickly finished washing up, picked up the pager on the table and took a look. It was a familiar number.
Hey, I always feel like I forgot something.
He looked up at the clock. 7:15. Damn it. He remembered what happened.
Shirakawa Feng hurriedly picked up the remote control, turned on the TV, and switched to NHK General Channel. At the same time, he went to the phone and started dialing back.
While he was waiting, Hiromi Iwasaki's singing voice was already playing on TV.
"Shirakawa-kun?" The phone was picked up soon, and it was Tanaka Yuko's voice.
"Hey, aren't you worried about what to do if you call the wrong person?" Baichuan Feng joked with a smile.
"It was me who called your pager just now," Tanaka Yuko muttered, but then asked with some anticipation, "By the way, are you watching?"
"Hmm," Shirakawa Feng said, holding the receiver and watching the TV. The opening credits of "Little Pony Sister" were rolling. Today was the day when Yuko Tanaka's debut morning drama was broadcast, with one episode every day from Monday to Saturday.
I had promised her before that I would watch the TV series on time when it was aired, but I almost forgot just now.
On the TV screen, Machiko, played by Yuko Tanaka, is wearing a plain sportswear and jogging with her family in the morning.
"Very cute."
"Hey" Yuko Tanaka paused slightly, as if she was a little shy.
The scene changed, and Yuko Tanaka had changed into a red sweater on her upper body and a plaid school skirt on her lower body. She had two pigtails and looked innocent.
I don’t know what the matter was, but I had a quarrel and a fight with my sister, and the expressions on my face were so varied .
A pair of cute shaggy eyebrows made Baichuan Feng unable to hold back his laughter.
"What are you laughing at~" Yuko Tanaka complained in a low voice with some embarrassment. Of course, she heard the sound of the TV coming from the other side of the receiver.
This was her first TV series, and it was a morning drama with a huge influence. Although she was not the heroine, she still wanted to find someone to share this joy with.
It's just that girls' minds are so complicated. They can perform boldly in front of the camera, but when they share it with him, they can't hide the shyness in their hearts.
"Haha~Haha~" Baichuan Feng held back his laughter and stopped teasing her.
"By the way, Shirakawa-kun, do you have time today?"
"Yes, there is, but doesn't Senior Tanaka need to film a movie now?"
RB TV series are all filmed and broadcasted at the same time. "Sister Xiao Ma" is expected to have 156 episodes, which is estimated to take more than half a year to shoot.
"I don't have many scenes today. I'll just be around Shibuya."
"Then...see you later?"
"Hayi"
