Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 322 Follow the Trend

"Well, no need to think about it, I've decided it's you."

After making the decision, Masato Takeshita decisively called Keiko Sakai over.

"Sakai-san, I have decided to let Uchida take your place, and then transfer Nakamura to Xinghai Foods as the deputy director of the human resources department of the beverage department."

If one deputy secretary-general is promoted, the other is better off leaving to avoid possible problems.

He doesn't want the company's confidential documents to appear in the hands of competitors on a large scale one day.

Of course, what secretaries can access is also very limited.

Regarding the company's development policy and major issues, he only discussed with a few senior executives or direct management personnel. The secretaries were mostly exposed to summary materials.

"The president is wise."

Keiko Sakai knew that this was a better approach and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It would be difficult for the two to meet again in a short period of time, and it would be difficult for them to become competitors if they meet again in the future.

Masato Takeshita did not respond to his secretary general, and continued calmly: "There is no need to elect a new deputy secretary general, just decide on Aoyama Yuki and Sato Nami."

"Hi, got it!"

After the young man and Keiko Sakai took a breath, they signaled the Secretary-General to call the four people over, and then immediately announced their appointments.

The reason why we went to the trouble of notifying Keiko Sakai first was mainly out of respect for our employees.

He wanted to set an example and quietly change Japan's outdated hierarchical system through various small things.

After the four of them left the president's office, Yoshiko Nakamura smiled and congratulated them, "Congratulations, your wish has come true."

"Congratulations, Fangzi-chan has also joined a very good department. Maybe she will be promoted faster than me in the future."

Uchida Miho responded humbly and politely. She didn't want to be too happy and end up in tragedy.

"Well, thank you!"

Yoshiko Nakamura was indeed a little disappointed, but not that disappointed.

Although Xinghai Food is not as important as Xinghai Electronics, which is the most valued company of the group, it is also a company with great development prospects.

Especially in the beverage sector, most people can see its potential.

Being able to work as the deputy director of personnel in such a department, there is great potential for promotion.

That is why Uchida Miho, who successfully took the position, sincerely expressed her congratulations.

If there might be a little awkwardness between the two, then all that was left for Yuuki Aoyama and Nami Sato was happiness.

Both of them are winners and become deputy secretaries-general together.

Uchida Miho has very strong observation skills, so the handover went smoothly and she quickly got started with the work of secretary-general.

"Uchida-san, call Xinghai Communications and let them know that I'll be visiting tomorrow morning."

"Yes, President!"

Although it is approaching the end of the year, Xinghai Communications is still maintaining a healthy pace and everyone is taking their time.

There is no way around it, as Xinghai Communications currently only has one business, the Internet cafe, officially online.

After simply greeting Kenji Ono, the new president of Xinghai Communications, Masato Takeshita began to ask him about the PHS microcellular technology that he was most concerned about.

This will be Xinghai Communications' lifeblood and the most promising business in the short term.

When the president asked about PHS technology, Ono Kenji responded confidently.

"At present, the PHS base station can already cover a range of 300 meters, and the cost of mass production can be reduced to 30 yen. There is no problem with commercial development."

The signal coverage of Xiaolingtong base stations is very small, only one thousandth or one ten-thousandth of 3G and 3G mobile phone base stations.

This is a flaw in the technology, but it can also be turned into an advantage to some extent.

Because the signal coverage area is small, the radiation is very low, making it very suitable for use in hospitals and other places, and will not interfere with the operation of medical equipment.

Hospitals alone can win countless users for Xiaolingtong.

In addition, a small signal also means that the base station is small in size, and it is easy to find a place to hang it. There is no need to build a special machine room, so the investment of telecommunications companies will be relatively low.

The base station is cheap to build, and the call network it uses is the already built fixed-line telephone network. It is a bit like a cordless phone, so the call charges will naturally be very low.

This will lay a solid foundation for the popularization of PHS in developing countries and among the poor in developed countries.

"Yes, 300 meters is about enough and can be put on the market."

The young man couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile. This was an industry that was worth tens of billions of dollars during its peak period.

In the Chinese market alone, Starcom and ZTE were created as two companies with revenues exceeding 200 billion in a short period of time.

Now that Xinghai Communications has the opportunity to get the biggest share, he is naturally very happy.

"Yes, NTT has urged us many times."

"Yeah, I know, never mind."

NTT hopes to rely on PHS technology to continue to consolidate its dominance in the fixed-line telephone field, so the sooner the better.

But this conflicts with the development plan of Xinghai Group, so naturally it has to satisfy its own needs first.

The PHS technology is going to be launched, but the action must be taken next year.

He needed a year to verify Xiaolingtong in Japan, and then after the corporatization reform of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in 95, he quickly occupied the Chinese market.

Of course, in this process, we must not forget the markets in backward regions such as Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Many people in these places cannot afford mobile phones, but there is no problem in using Xiaolingtong.

"Yes, President!"

Ono Kenji said this, but he was secretly complaining in his heart.

Masato Takeshita is the chairman of Xinghai Group, so naturally he doesn't care about NTT.

Xinghai Communications needs to survive in the communications industry in the future, and it is impossible to ignore NTT. This company is really powerful and currently still has a monopoly in the Japanese communications market.

"By the way, after our base station goes online, how much patent fee should we pay NTT every year?"

Shortly after NTT proposed the PHS technology, Masato Takeshita came to them through his relationship with Waseda University President Mon'ao Kishida.

The two companies jointly developed this technology, so Xinghai Communications needs to pay patent fees.

"7.5%. Every device produced needs to pay 7.5% of sales revenue."

"There are so many. Find a chance to buy all the patents."

"It's probably going to be difficult, but many people are optimistic about this technology."

In 1993, PHS technology was not yet completely abandoned and outdated.

There are many people both in the Japanese government and within NTT who are unwilling to give up and hope to develop it into a national weapon.

Unlike after 1995, when PHS technology had been sentenced to death by the whole world and was identified as a backward transitional technology, UTStarcom only spent tens of millions to purchase the entire set of technology.

"Okay, then we'll wait a little longer."

The CDMA technology wave will soon sweep the world, and by then both the Japanese government and NTT will abandon their delusions about NTT technology.

NTT, a company at the forefront of communications technology, could easily label PHS technology as having no future.

Thinking of this, Masato Takeshita felt calm again.

After briefly understanding the progress of PHS technology, the young man quickly turned the topic to CDMA technology.

This is a technology that requires Xinghai Telecom to spend a lot of money to explore, with the goal of catching up with or even surpassing Qualcomm.

When Ono Kenji heard the president asking about CDMA technology, he immediately became much more energetic.

This is his old profession and also the main reason why he chose to switch jobs from NTT.

Europe's GSM technology, which is currently dominating the world, will definitely not have much future in the 3G era. CDMA technology will be the final choice of major telecommunications companies. "At present, the company's investment in CDMA technology has surpassed Qualcomm, and the expertise it produces each year also exceeds Qualcomm."

“It is estimated that in another three years, we will be able to surpass Qualcomm.”

At this time, Kenji Ono was in high spirits and was determined to take over Qualcomm in one fell swoop.

"Very good. I hope that in three years the company can become a leading enterprise in CDMA."

"Yes, President!"

He admired Kenji Ono's ambition, but thinking of the current strength of the United States, the young man still gave careful warnings.

"The United States is still sanctioning us, so even if we surpass them in technology, we must keep a low profile."

"Yes, I understand."

When Ono Kenji thought about the helplessness of his country in front of the United States, his heart was filled with bitterness and his voice unconsciously became lower.

But he had secretly vowed in his heart that he must surpass the United States in CDMA and continue to deal a heavy blow to the Americans.

Hearing the frustrated voice of his own communications company president, Masato Takeshita immediately realized that he had said too much.

He quickly said, "Don't worry too much. European companies like Ericsson and Siemens are the biggest enemies of the U.S. communications industry."

"In addition, Qualcomm is still a small player and is far less prominent than companies like AT&T."

Qualcomm is growing rapidly, but it is only a new company that has only been established for a few years and its market value is only a fraction of AT&T's.

In addition, AT&T also has the pride of the American technology community - Bell Labs, so Qualcomm will naturally not be valued too much by the United States.

In addition to AT&T, the United States also has Motorola, which is still the king of mobile phones. At the same time, Motorola is also very strong in the field of 2G and 3G digital communication technology.

However, this technology leader in the 1G analog technology era is still making huge profits from analog cellular technology. It is simply unable to give up its immediate interests and is destined to be eliminated by the times.

This is also a common problem in many large companies.

Motorola in the 1G era, Ericsson and Nokia in the 2G era, were later left behind by their competitors because they were reluctant to give up their immediate interests.

As for the rest of the world, the United States now places more emphasis on Europe.

What Americans want to do most right now is to defeat GSM technology and the entire European alliance.

In fact, the Cold War period and the 20 years after the Cold War were probably the most enthusiastic period for the alliance in Europe.

Not only did they form the European Union, they also established the Eurozone. The EU also worked together to develop various technologies.

However, as the pressure from the north has gradually decreased, each country has become more and more cautious. The European Union, which can work together on many things, has gradually become a small United Nations with many people and many opinions.

The European Alliance, which once made the bald eagle fearful, soon became a delicacy on the menu.

I just don’t know whether the final resistance will become a laughing stock or will truly lead to destruction and reconstruction.

In addition to the fact that the United States pays more attention to Europe, another major favorable factor that allows Xinghai Telecom to develop secretly is that most communications companies currently only regard CDMA technology as a direction, but not the only direction.

Therefore, even if Xinghai Communications surpasses Qualcomm in CDMA, Americans will not care too much.

At the same time, the world trend is also conducive to the development of Xinghai Telecom.

The Japanese stock market collapsed in 1990 and the Japanese real estate market collapsed in 1991.

Japan is now mired in an economic quagmire, with no signs of escaping it in the short term.

Japan, once regarded as its number one enemy, has fallen into decline, and Americans naturally turned their attention to Europe.

It just so happened that Europe was doing quite well during this period, and Japanese companies regained favorable conditions for development.

History always repeats itself. After becoming the superpower, the Americans always strike hard at the second-largest power.

If you can hold on, he will choose to sacrifice the third one, replenish his nutrition and continue to fight you.

If you can't bear it, then everything is over.

"Don't worry, President. I understand."

After listening to his president's analysis of the world situation, Ono Kenji's eyes lit up again.

1G was the era of Americans, 2G was the era of Europeans, and he wants 3G to be the era of Japanese.

In addition to PHS and CDMA, another development direction of Xinghai Communication is fiber-optic broadband.

"Well, how's it going?"

Existing network communication technology is heavily dependent on telephone lines. Xinghai Telecom has no experience in this area and it is difficult to make any progress.

It is better to jump directly to fiber-optic broadband to gain a first-mover advantage.

“The speed is relatively slow and it is difficult to achieve in a short period of time.”

"Don't be in a hurry, take your time. We are starting from scratch in terms of fiber optic access technology."

Masato Takeshita's requirements are not high, and it is not too late to complete the relevant inventions before the 21st century. At present, the focus of Xinghai Communication is still PHS and CDMA.

"Ok, I know."

Ono Kenji nodded, then asked tentatively: "President, our American counterparts are all researching DSL technology. Should we follow suit?"

"No, Bell Labs started earlier than us and has stronger R&D capabilities. It's hard for us to finish first."

As early as 1989, Bell Labs developed DSL technology, and it is unknown when it will complete the final commercialization task.

It would be difficult for Xinghai Communications to achieve anything if it plunges into this headfirst.

"Yes, understand!"

In addition to the three most important technologies, Xinghai Communications also has many interesting gadgets.

Masato Takeshita took a quick look around and then began to chat with more important staff members.

For example, Kenji Tanaka, the vice president and chief scientist of Xinghai Communications, and Junpei Nagasawa, the chief technology officer who is also the vice president of Xinghai Communications.

When it comes to the company's chief scientist and chief technology officer, the two are rather vague in many companies.

Xinghai Group defines the chief scientist as the most authoritative person in technology and needs to take the lead in research and development.

For example, Fujio Masuoka, as the chief scientist of Xinghai Group, has the task of researching and developing flash memory chips.

At the same time, every company has more than one chief scientist.

Basically, for each research area, there is a chief scientist in charge, who can also be called the technical leader.

After all, human energy is limited and it is impossible to be proficient in everything.

The fact that Fujio Masuoka can become the chief scientist of the entire Xinghai Group only shows the company's emphasis on technology.

Someone in charge of technical projects must reach the top level and serve as vice president of the company.

As for the chief technology officer, although he also needs to understand technology and his technical ability may even surpass that of the chief scientist, he is no longer responsible for specific projects.

The Chief Technology Officer plays a more communicative role.

After all, many scientific researchers are not good at expressing themselves and need technical officers to help explain in the most straightforward way.

As they were chatting, Masato Takeshita suddenly said.

"I'm really sorry, I'm not good at technology. The company's hope is in you, I can only provide a little help in terms of money."

After hearing this, the two people immediately responded respectfully.

"President, you are too polite. The most important thing for scientific research is money."

"Yes, if you, the president, know everything, what do you need us for?"

Then Ono Kenji nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, the most important thing for scientific research is funding."

“Without money, everything is difficult.”

(End of this chapter)