Chapter 78: Time Waits for No One
The personnel arrangements and appointments have been properly made, and Shirakawa Feng continues to the next agenda of the meeting.
"Finally, I would like to share with you a piece of good news. Our Shirakawa Electric's first product, the Obsidian record player, sold 200 units in the first month!"
"Wow~" As soon as he finished speaking, Hasegawa, Yasuda, Yamaguchi and others began to applaud with joy on their faces.
Although Yoshida Mako, Inoue Ken and others raised their hands in agreement, they felt a little confused.
Just 200 record players, isn't that a pretty impressive number?
This is really an amazing number, especially for Yasuda and his colleagues, and for Shirakawa Electric.
You should know that at its peak, Watanabe Electric's monthly sales were only about 150 units. After Watanabe Jr. took over, the monthly sales almost fell below 100 units.
Now that Shirakawa Electric has just taken over, it has used a new design and a new brand, which is completely equivalent to launching a new product with no mass base into the market.
To be able to achieve sales of 200 units in the first month was already a great achievement, higher than when Watanabe Electric was doing its best. To Hasegawa and his colleagues, this was simply a miracle.
Baichuan Feng pressed his hands down, signaling everyone to be quiet.
When the crowd stopped applauding, he continued to drum his voice, “The price of the Obsidian record player is still 83,000 yen, but the material cost is 20% lower than the previous Black Stone record player.
After deducting materials, labor, operating costs and taxes, our profit for a single record player reached 7,000 yen, which is more than eight times higher than the 830 yen of the Blackstone record player!
The profit margin relative to the selling price also increased from the initial 1% to 8.4%!
Not only did we successfully complete the 5% improvement target set at the beginning of the month, we even exceeded it!"
200 units at 7,000 yen, net profit is 1.4 million yen! Shirakawa Electric achieved profitability in the first month!
“Oh~!”
"Siguoyi!"
This time, the applause was even more enthusiastic, and there were also a few cheers. Even the seniors from Meiji were a little excited.
If you tell them that the sales volume is 200 units, they won't feel anything. But if you tell them that the net profit is 1.4 million yen, that's much more intuitive.
1.4 million yen still has quite good purchasing power nowadays, as the average annual consumption per capita in RB is barely 1 million yen.
The so-called per capita annual consumption includes all aspects of your food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and medical care, and all of these add up to just 1 million yen.
So 1.4 million is already very impressive, and this is just the first month. From now on, we just need to operate steadily and step by step, and the profit will only get higher and higher.
If the company has more money, will their benefits be less? The answer is yes.
Looking at the lively scene below, Baichuan Feng was also very happy. "The fact that Baichuan Electric was able to achieve profitability in the first month is the result of everyone's joint efforts.
Here, Baichuan thanks you." Baichuan Feng bowed to everyone sincerely.
Along with Baichuan Feng's thanks, everyone continued to applaud. However, unlike the cheers just now, everyone looked at Baichuan Feng with emotion.
Although this is the result of the team's efforts, without his leadership, it is hard to say what the final result would be.
"In short, the company's next phase of the Walkman project still requires your full efforts.
We must complete the design verification within three months, get the first batch of prototypes within this year, and put them on the market on a large scale by early next year at the latest!"
"Understood!" Everyone at Shirakawa Electric responded in unison. They knew that the president had poured all his efforts into Shirakawa Electric's next flagship product.
There were people who doubted the future of the Walkman before, such as Kazuo Yamaguchi, who attached great importance to sound quality.
But after the Obsidian record player became profitable, he changed his mind.
It’s not that he is optimistic about the Walkman now, but that he believes in Baichuan Feng’s vision.
The development route that Shirakawa Kaede set for Shirakawa Electric is very simple: survival - development - core competitiveness.
The emergence of the Obsidian record player was for survival, and the development of the Walkman was for future development and growth.
The purpose of today's meeting is, firstly, to arrange for Meiji's foreign aid and to introduce each other to each other so that Shirakawa Electric can operate more coordinated and effectively in the future.
Secondly, it is to inform everyone of the good news and to recognize the efforts made in the past month.
The third thing is, of course, the formulation of strategic goals for the next stage. Only with direction can there be motivation.
The entire meeting lasted two hours. Overall, it went smoothly and there were no major disagreements among everyone.
While Shirakawa Kaede was talking nonstop, Kobayashi Asuka was sitting beside him, writing non-stop.
Whenever Baichuan Feng's hand subconsciously reached to the side, a cup of iced coffee would always be pushed into his hand accurately.
Tsk~ Although Kobayashi may be harsh in his words sometimes, he is still very considerate.
The meeting ended and everyone dispersed. Shirakawa Feng expressed his gratitude to each of Meiji's seniors.
After all, as a student of Meiji University, you won't have to worry about finding a job in the future.
Pick any one of those large group companies and you will find that the working environment is much better than that of Shirakawa Electric.
In private, Baichuan Feng was still very polite to them. After building some relationships, he took his senior brothers and sisters on a tour around Baichuan Electric.
Although the company is not big, Yoshida and others did not underestimate Shirakawa Kaede.
After all, President-san is President-san, and not everyone can become President-san.
As for the specific matters of taking over the respective positions in the future, these will be handled by Asuka Kobayashi.
She was also from the Meiji era, and being pretty and cute, she soon became friends with Yoshida and the others.
And of course, Shirakawa Kaede is the focus... Phew, of course, the focus is on Yamazaki Teru.
With only three months left, Baichuan Feng couldn't help but feel nervous. In addition to internal pressure, there was also external pressure.
Sony's Walkman had just been released, the market had not yet opened up, and even the situation at the beginning could not be called good.
Many media outlets were not optimistic about the prospects of this new machine, believing that its sound quality was a major problem.
Many stubborn RB people still believe that vinyl is irreplaceable.
However, despite this, Baichuan Feng did not dare to take it lightly at all.
Given his understanding of Sony's deep pockets, if sales were poor in the first month.
The other party will definitely spend a lot of money on marketing, with advertisements and celebrities involved.
With its novel design and pioneering innovation, it will surely be liked by young people.
Regardless of whether there were other competitors at that time, Sony's walkman alone was a best-seller overseas and gained popularity.
At that time, it would be difficult for Shirakawa Electric to obtain foreign authorization again, or the cost would be too high for it to afford.
While Walkman has not yet become a trend, now is the best time for Shirakawa Electric to make a move.
"Is there still no news from abroad?" In the president's office, Shirakawa Kaede looked up and asked Kobayashi Asuka again.
Previously, these matters were handed over to Assistant Komatsu, but now that Kobayashi has become his personal assistant, he naturally took over this matter.
"The United States has been investigating for almost a month, and there is no news yet." Asuka Kobayashi knew that Shirakawa Kaede took this matter very seriously, and she rarely argued with him.
Bai Chuanfeng frowned and thought for a while, then he threw down the pen in his hand. "Give up the work in the United States and turn all resources to Europe, focusing on the relevant patent technologies of Britain, Germany, and Gallic chickens."
Shirakawa Feng didn't know which country the patent for the Walkman was from , and the people below him took it for granted that such an advanced idea must be from the American father.
However, after more than half a month of no news, Baichuan Feng began to doubt this idea.
If the United States doesn't have it, then the only ones left are Britain, Germany or Gaul, which have the most developed industries.
Asuka Kobayashi nodded to show that she understood, then immediately stood up and went to make arrangements.
Time waits for no one, Baichuan Feng sighed.
If Shirakawa Electric continues to follow the routine, it will be a question whether it can survive the wave after the bubble bursts.
The only consolation is that before this, Shirakawa Electric has done a lot of work and is now waiting for Yamazaki Teru to take his place.
In the R&D department's office, Shirakawa Feng rubbed his hands and walked towards Yamazaki Teru with shining eyes.
