Chapter 61 Imitation
Ota-ku, Shirakawa Electric.
Daiji Yamashita stood at the factory gate, staring blankly at the brand new sign.
"Shirakawa Electric Co., Ltd."
"Shirakawa-kun, is this your family business?" Yamashita Daiji's first reaction was that Shirakawa Kaede was a hidden rich second generation.
But isn't Shirakawa-kun from Akita? I haven't heard that his family has a company in Tokyo.
Baichuan Feng smiled, patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go." Then he led the way into the company.
Since this became his own industry, Shirakawa Feng has also paid close attention to the environment of the factory.
The messy environment not only affects the image of Shirakawa Electric, but is also not a pleasant thing for people working here.
When he first came here with Kotaro, the entrance was a mess with all kinds of garbage and materials, but now it has all been cleaned up.
Putting aside other things, it’s not excessive to tidy up the workshop according to the 5S requirements.
If he had more money, Baichuan Feng would have wanted to renovate the factory.
But even so, Shirakawa Electric looks a bit old today, but at least it is in good order.
When I entered the company, I ran into Hasegawa.
"President Shirakawa?" The other party was wondering why the president came back so soon.
Shirakawa Kaede has already spoken first, "Hasegawa-san, please notify Yasuda-san and the others to come to the conference room for a meeting."
"Eh?" Hasegawa was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement, turned around and left in a hurry .
This young president has always been decisive and resolute. Although they have only been together for a few days, Hasegawa has gradually gotten used to it.
He himself even appreciates this style. At least the company's operating efficiency has been significantly improved.
After Hasegawa left, Shirakawa Kaede turned to look at Yamashita Daiji who was staring at him with wide eyes.
"Welcome to Shirakawa Electric. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Shirakawa Feng, and I am the founder and president of Shirakawa Electric."
Yamashita Daiji opened his mouth wide and looked down at his watch. Isn't today April Fool's Day?
"Is it really the president?" After holding it in for a long time, Yamashita Daiji's broken brain finally resumed working.
Are you kidding me? A 19-year-old company president? And a student ?
"You must be shocked," Bai Chuanfeng said with a triumphant smile, "It's actually just a very small company, and the situation isn't very good. Here, the drawing I just gave you is the company's product."
Shirakawa Feng hugged Yamashita Daiji as they walked and talked, and also gave him a brief introduction to Shirakawa Electric.
Although he has accepted the fact that Shirakawa Kaede is the president, Yamashita Daiji still feels shocked.
Shirakawa Kaede, who was usually elusive, used this year and a half to become the president of a company.
This... Yamashita Daiji looked at his A cup and found that the gap was quite big.
Meeting room on the second floor.
Shirakawa Kaede sat at the top, with Yasuda, Hasegawa and others on both sides, and Yamashita Daiji listening in.
"I'm sorry to bother you again." Meetings have been held quite frequently these past two days, and Shirakawa Feng bowed to everyone at the beginning.
Then he took Yamashita Daiji's Sony Walkman, held it up to everyone and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
Yasuda, Hasegawa, and Yamaguchi all looked at each other in bewilderment. However, the assistant Komatsu hesitated for a moment and spoke softly, "President Shirakawa, this should be Sony's new portable tape recorder. Sony calls it a walkman."
Shirakawa Feng looked at Assistant Komatsu with appreciation, "Yes, it's Walkman. How did Komatsu-san know about this?"
Assistant Xiaosong saw that everyone was staring at her, and said a little embarrassedly, "Because... I also bought one."
Baichuan Feng nodded to her to indicate that it was okay, and he turned to the crowd, "From today on, it will change the way people listen to music.
In the future, everyone can listen to their favorite music anytime and anywhere, on airplanes, subways, trams, on the street, and even in the office..."
After listening to Baichuan Feng’s explanation, everyone no longer dared to underestimate this small machine.
To be honest, Baichuan Feng was a little disappointed with their slow reaction.
As a colleague in the production of music products, it is very necessary to maintain a keen sense of the market.
If it continues to be this slow to react in the future, Shirakawa Electric will always be left behind and eat dust.
Putting aside his thoughts, Baichuan Feng passed the machine and said, "Everyone try this machine and then analyze its advantages and disadvantages."
Yasuda and the others took the machine and fiddled with it carefully. Then everyone listened to one side and then began to discuss with each other.
"How is it, Hasegawa-san?" Shirakawa Kaede first asked Hasegawa Hiromu from the marketing department.
Hasegawa sat up straight, "It's very small and convenient, and looks good. Just like President Shirakawa said, it's a revolutionary product, especially young people, they will like it very much."
Shirakawa Kaede nodded, and Hasegawa's eyes were still on him.
At this time, Yamaguchi from the manufacturing department couldn't help but speak up, "But it has a fatal flaw, and that is the sound quality is not good enough. At least it is far worse than our black... Obsidian record player."
After saying this, Kazuo Yamaguchi looked quite arrogant. He doubted whether this small machine called Walkman would be liked by everyone.
At least when he listens to music, he can't stand the obvious background noise. Music should be pure, natural and original, and the vinyl record player is the most perfect medium for music.
"Where's Mr. Yasuda?" Shirakawa turned to look at Masaaki Yasuda, who was a technician. Shirakawa wanted to hear his opinion.
Masaaki Yasuda did not speak first. Instead, he took the machine and fiddled with it for a while before he considered speaking.
"I don't know if it will be popular, but the manufacturing process is not difficult, and it is somewhat similar to the previous cassette recorders.
But from a design perspective, it’s a genius idea. Sony is indeed a company with an admirable team of engineers.”
Very good, three heads are better than one.
He doesn't have Sony's advanced R&D team, but he has people who are serious about making products.
If one person is not capable of doing something, then we can pool our wisdom. Besides, we have our president who has a "sharp vision".
He just didn't believe that Baichuan Electric would not be able to make a splash in the tide of the times. If he was given a few more years, he would make sure that the whole of Japan would remember the name of Baichuan Electric.
“I share the same view as everyone else, it is small, light, and stylish, but it also has its own shortcomings.
But it will surely shine in the future, especially among young people, who are definitely its first audience group.
So..." Baichuan Feng supported the table with both hands, "Let's study how to copy this product!"
Baichuan Feng spoke openly about the imitation, and the people below took it for granted.
Only Yamashita Daiji's brain crashed again. He still had the blueprint of the record player in his bag, so why did he suddenly want to make a walkman?
"Complete the upgrade of the Obsidian record player within a week, and spend the rest of the time researching the replica of the walkman.
The goal is to complete the product design work by the end of this year and conduct the first batch of trial production at the beginning of the year. Do you have any questions?" Bai Chuanfeng looked at everyone with a burning gaze.
Half a year is actually very tight, not to mention that none of us have had similar experience before.
But they were inspired by the ambitious Shirakawa Kaede and all stood up and bowed at the same time, "Hai!"
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