Chapter 92: Temptation
Flashman's production line planning meeting ended, and Shirakawa Kaede kept Yoshida Mako alone again.
"Senior Sister Yoshida, thank you for your care during this period." Privately, Shirakawa Feng always addressed these seniors as juniors in school.
One reason is that they are only staying in Shirakawa Electric under the name of research internship, and strictly speaking they are not formal members yet.
Second, after all, they are brothers from the same school, and they call each other like this to show affection.
"President Shirakawa, you're welcome." Without the crowd around, Yoshida Mako, who had her hair tied in a ponytail, relaxed a lot.
However, she still called Shirakawa Kaede the president, which was her consistent insistence as long as they were both in the company.
Baichuan Feng waved his hand, "Senior Sister, you can just call me Baichuan in private. I'm sorry for leaving you with such a mess right after I arrived."
Shirakawa Electric didn't even have financial resources , and the arrival of Yoshida Mako solved Shirakawa Kaede's urgent needs.
However, because everything is in its infancy, financial issues are even more complicated and are of utmost importance.
It took Yoshida Mako a month to gradually sort out the clues. This also provided strong financial support for Shirakawa Electric to get back on track.
"You're welcome, Shirakawa-kun. This is also a rare experience for me."
As the atmosphere of the conversation gradually relaxed, Yoshida Mako also started chatting with him like a friend.
"By the way, Senior Sister, how much funds can be used on Baichuan Electric's account now?"
Although the production plan of Flashman has been officially launched, it also brings with it a huge demand for funds.
Before planning and executing, Shirakawa Feng must have a clear understanding of the company's available resources. The importance of each matter also needs to be arranged one by one.
"About 26 million yen." Yoshida Mako said a number skillfully. She knew all this by heart. She was more familiar with Shirakawa Electric's data than anyone else.
"26 million ..." Baichuan Feng pondered for a moment. This amount of money would probably not be enough to build Flashman's production line.
“Is there a lot of pressure to collect payments from suppliers?”
The 26 million does not all belong to Shirakawa Electric, a portion of it needs to be paid to the raw material suppliers.
Yoshida Mako thought for two seconds and said, "Most of them are fine. The agreements we signed with the other party are basically settled on a semi-annual basis. There is enough room for turnover."
Baichuan Feng nodded, indicating that he understood. Although the money was not all his, he could use it flexibly in the short term.
In this way, in two months, as the sales of the Obsidian record player continue, he will be able to mobilize more and more funds. Then the financial guarantee for the Walkman will become more and more stable.
Actually, he spent about the same amount of money to buy Shirakawa Electric. But a vinyl record player is different from a Walkman.
Although the working principle is the same as analog signal conversion, the circuit integration of the Walkman is obviously much higher than that of the vinyl record.
This also means that the number of electronic components used in the Walkman has increased significantly. And this is exactly what Shirakawa Electric is least good at.
So it is not difficult to imagine that the manufacturing cost of the electronic components of a walkman must be higher than that of a record player.
It may sound contradictory, but the price of a Walkman is only 20,000 to 30,000 yen, but the cost of electronic components is higher than that of a vinyl record player that costs 83,000 yen.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand. First of all, the raw materials used in each vinyl record player are much more than those of a Walkman, especially metal parts.
In addition, the production of vinyl record players is very dependent on manual labor, not to mention the processing of metal parts. The assembly of just over a hundred parts is almost entirely done manually.
After each record player is assembled, there is a dedicated master craftsman responsible for debugging.
Therefore, it takes a lot of time for a vinyl record player to be produced and shipped, which indirectly increases its time and labor costs.
The Walkman is different, as it is basically an assembly line product. It can be shipped directly after a simple functional test, and the larger the production volume, the lower the cost.
Therefore, in terms of the degree of automation, the Walkman production line is far higher than that of the vinyl record player.
Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede was hesitant, Yoshida Mako asked tentatively, "Has Shirakawa-kun encountered any problems?"
Bai Chuanfeng came back to his senses and shook his head, "Nothing, I'll have to ask Senior Sister for help for the next period of time."
It is foreseeable that as the flashman project progresses, everyone's work will not be easy.
Hearing what Shirakawa Kaede said, Yoshida Mako smiled heartily, "Please rest assured, President Shirakawa, I am definitely full of energy every day."
"Haha, Senior Sister, what you said is really reassuring." Baichuan Feng praised with a smile, then paused and added, "Baichuan Electric Appliances is inseparable from Senior Sister's hard work."
Yoshida Mako chuckled, then looked at him meaningfully, "Yoshida also gained a lot, but..."
Baichuan Feng looked at her intently, waiting for her answer.
"But... we still need to keep working hard." Yoshida Mako gave her answer with a smile.
Baichuan Feng nodded, "You are right, we all need to work hard."
Although he did not receive the expected affirmative answer, Baichuan Feng was not disappointed.
At least for now, it seems that Yoshida Mako still has a good impression of Shirakawa Electric.
In just two months, if you want others to do something important that will affect their future work, you really need to be extremely cautious.
After all, lifetime employment is common in this era, and most people will not change their minds once they make a choice.
Although there are times when I quit my job and change jobs, when I really face the moment, I always have a lot of concerns.
What's more, Yoshida Mako and Shirakawa Kaede were both born in the Meiji era, so once the decision is made, it will become even more difficult to shirk responsibility.
This was just a test by Baichuan Feng, and it turned out not to be so bad...
There is still a lot of work to be done, both for him and Shirakawa Electric. If they want to attract talent, they can only strengthen themselves.
It can be said that the treatment that Shirakawa Kaede gave to his seniors was definitely generous. In 1979, the average starting salary for fresh graduates from Japanese universities was around 110,000 yen.
What Shirakawa Kaede gives them every month is 220,000 yen in an envelope, which is double the amount.
The reason why he gave so much was that, besides Baichuan Feng wanted to keep these senior brothers and sisters, Baichuan Electric was also in urgent need of these talents.
Not only is it difficult to recruit from outside, but the price of experienced talents is also much higher than that.
Moreover, Shirakawa Feng also attaches more importance to the mark on them, Meiji.
With the friendship between fellow apprentices and brothers, if Shirakawa Electric grows stronger in the future, they will definitely become the backbone of Shirakawa Electric.
Those recruited from society are certainly experienced, but they are not as reliable as those trained by yourself.
Also, don’t forget that these seniors are all monks.
It is equivalent to a master's student in China, so it is understandable that they have higher aspirations.
Looking at Yoshida Mako's departing back, Shirakawa Kaede secretly wondered when he could find time to talk with Inoue Ken, Sasaki Yakumo and others.
Alas, Baichuan Feng is also very concerned about talents.
If Flashman performs well after its launch, Baichuan Feng believes that the difficulty of conquering these senior brothers and sisters, or fooling Meiji... cough, or recruiting people from Meiji will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, Flashman must be foolproof.
