Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 378 Cruel Physical Pressure

"We plan to donate $30 billion, and we hope everyone can come up with a suitable distribution plan."

Although Japan and the United States have generously donated $20 billion, Xinghai Group will not suffer any losses in the process.

Donations of money and goods to the public will become social prestige; donations to various institutions will become various resources; donations to universities will become technological advancements…

Every penny donated will help Xinghai Group expand in the global market.

This is the most important reason why Xinghai Group is so enthusiastic about making donations.

The Xinghai Group made a donation, and Masato Takeshita also made a personal donation.

However, Masato Takeshita's personal donations were all used for technological advancements and improving people's lives.

For example, donating daily necessities and food to the poor in various countries, and donating computers and other resources to primary, secondary, and tertiary schools...

Deep down, he still possesses a simple and kind heart, and he walks the path of helping others when he achieves success.

"Yes, President."

After everyone responded in unison, Rogers was the first to ask.

"President, how should the money be distributed here?"

Seeing that everyone was looking up at him, the young man smiled apologetically and said...

"Sorry, I forgot to mention earlier. The distribution method is very simple: the school will donate 20 billion, the government will donate 5 million, and social organizations will donate 5 million."

The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with.

Although Xinghai Group is quite powerful, it also needs to maintain good relationships with smaller state institutions.

For example, police and transportation departments, as well as fire and tax departments.

Of course, Xinghai Investment could have refrained from donating this time. After all, the Xinghai Group makes such donations every year.

However, to avoid trouble, it's better to do them all at once.

As for the donations from the school, they will naturally be used for various scientific research collaborations to further enhance Xinghai Group's strength in the field of science and technology.

Currently, Japanese universities still possess very strong resources, even surpassing China in computer-related fields. Xinghai Group needs this intellectual resource to compete with its American counterparts.

"Yes, understand."

With clear targets in place, everyone relaxed and began discussing which areas should donate more and which should donate less.

As the twin stars of scientific research in Japan, the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University naturally take the lion's share.

The engineering programs at Dongbei University of Technology are also outstanding, and their results are not far behind.

In this respect, public universities like Hitotsubashi University and private universities are at a disadvantage, and they can't even beat Chiba University.

Of course, Waseda will still be able to get a decent amount.

Because Waseda University's science and engineering programs had not completely declined in the 1990s, they were close to the level of Imperial University.

After three days of discussion, everyone finally came up with a compromise-filled solution.

Some received as much as $1.5 million, while others received only tens of millions.

In an era before laboratory equipment prices have inflated, this is a very good figure, and all parties are satisfied.

Japan and the United States have already done it, so other countries naturally can't be left behind.

However, the remaining countries combined only amount to $30 billion.

Europe and China received the largest share, each receiving $10 billion in donations.

Southeast Asia, Latin America and other countries and regions account for a small portion, totaling only US$10 billion.

“Scalizan, you will be in charge of the donations from Europe.”

In order to enhance Scully's reputation, Masato Takeshita decided to give him the opportunity to appear in front of others.

In this way, it is easier for Xinghai Technology's electronic products to be distributed.

Scully himself would be regarded as a distinguished guest by European high society.

He didn't want to see President Scully treated coldly by Europeans.

"Yes, thank you, Chairman!"

Scully quickly understood his chairman's meaning and looked at Takeshita Masato with gratitude.

His return to Xinghai Group was precisely to repair his reputation, wasn't it? And now, this is a perfect opportunity.

No intelligent person would like the title of the world's most unsuccessful CEO.

"It's okay, it's all trivial."

The young man in Europe has someone in mind, and he's preparing to have his Chinese partner complete the process.

The girl needs to cultivate her future prospects to prepare for taking over as head of Xinghai Group's China operations.

As for the current president, Nobutaka Kurashige, there are more important positions that the Xinghai Group needs him to hold.

The donation was quickly concluded, and Takeshita Masato immediately took Scully and Ono Kenji to Thailand.

They were received by several important ministers, including the head of Thailand's communications administration.

However, these people preferred to receive investment from Xinghai Group rather than the so-called Xiaolingtong project.

Unfortunately, Thailand's current booming economic development has given them the confidence to be superior to PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology.

Of course, the fact that the Thai telecommunications authorities look down on PHS (Personal Handyphone System) does not mean that the National Telecom Corporation of Thailand (NTC) also looks down on it.

With the rise of mobile communication technology, more and more Thais are starting to use mobile phones. However, in terms of mobile communications, Thailand's state-owned telecommunications company has made very little progress.

The Shinawatra Group, founded by Thaksin, has won the largest share of the mobile communications market thanks to Thaksin's management skills.

Thailand's state-owned telecommunications company, TOT, also knows that the future of the communications industry lies in mobile communications, and therefore wants to change this situation.

The PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology will be their best way to accumulate users during their efforts to catch up.

When the time is right, TOT could easily use a substitution tactic.

Organize an event to directly convert all PHS (Personal Handyphone System) users into your own mobile communication customers.

This is what China Telecom did before it obtained a mobile license: it first developed the PHS (Personal Handyphone System) business, which was still closely linked to fixed-line telephones.

Once they obtain the mobile license, they can directly convert the original PHS (Personal Handyphone System) users into their own mobile communication customers.

In addition, there is another great advantage to temporarily developing PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology.

The base station servers for PHS (Personal Handyphone System) are very inexpensive to build, so not only can the base station be quickly popularized in big cities, but the money can also be earned back within three years by collecting call charges and selling PHS handsets.

As for the remaining time, it basically represents net profit.

It can be said that the PHS (Personal Handyphone System) industry represented the rapid accumulation of capital.

"That sounds good. Can we try it on a small scale?"

When confronted by the head of Thailand's national telecommunications company, Masato Takeshita gave a straightforward response.

"Of course, we can complete the verification work in Pattaya first."

Pattaya is a small city with only a few hundred thousand inhabitants.

However, this medium-sized coastal city relies mainly on tourism revenue for its development, so the demand for mobile phones is relatively high.

The low price of PHS phones perfectly meets the work and life needs of the main residents of Pattaya.

"Yes, we are very willing to cooperate with Xinghai Group. We hope our cooperation will go smoothly."

"Everything is going smoothly." Masato Takeshita was not worried about any disruptions in the cooperation with Thailand, because Japan currently has a very large influence in Thailand.

This impact is mainly due to the wave of Japanese companies going global after the bubble economy.

The first wave naturally consisted of developed countries in Europe and America.

Sony and Panasonic's acquisition of major Hollywood film studios, and real estate developers' acquisition of Rockefeller Center, are representative events of this period.

The second wave was investment in the Four Asian Tigers, Southeast Asia, and China.

In the 1980s and 90s, a concept called the "flying goose industry" was popular in Japan.

The leader is Japan, followed by the Four Asian Tigers, then the ASEAN countries, and finally mainland China.

But this view was quickly refuted by Americans.

The four Asian Tigers, located at the crossroads, quickly broke free from Japanese influence and even began to compete with Japan with the support of the United States.

Hong Kong and Singapore primarily compete in the financial and oil refining sectors. Taiwan and South Korea mainly compete in the high-tech field.

When one approach fails, Japan has no choice but to try another: increasing its support for ASEAN and China.

Thailand is a member of ASEAN and has received a lot of aid from Japan in the process, so it naturally becomes increasingly close to Japan.

In addition, another major factor supporting Masato Takeshita's confidence came primarily from the general public.

Thailand's economy experienced rapid growth and takeoff in the 1990s, but the main beneficiaries were real estate developers and large landowner groups.

The living conditions of the vast majority of ordinary Thai people are still not very good.

But for many professionals, mobile communication is a necessity. With it, they can get more work.

They couldn't afford mobile phones, so the inexpensive PHS (Personal Handyphone System) would be the best alternative. It would allow them to earn more money and improve their living standards.

In addition, Thai companies of all sizes are also major customers of PHS (Personal Handyphone System).

Providing mobile phones to company sales staff is too costly; providing them with PHS (Personal Handyphone System) eliminates this problem. Although it still has the drawback of not being able to make calls across cities, it is sufficient for most ordinary sales staff.

Masato Takeshita was full of confidence, as were his partners in Thailand.

They have already reviewed the sales figures for PHS phones in Japan provided by Xinghai Group. Thailand's economy is far less developed than Japan's, so the situation there is likely to be even better.

"Scully, Kenji Ono, it's up to you two now."

Scully's company, Xinghai Technology, is the designer and manufacturer of PHS (Personal Handyphone System) phones. The PHS phones in the cooperation with Thailand will all be provided by Xinghai Electronics, a subsidiary of Xinghai Technology.

Kenji Ono is the president of Seikai Communications, and is primarily responsible for the construction of communications infrastructure.

Only through their collaboration can they completely conquer the Thai market.

"Yes, President!"

The two responded in unison.

"Also, keep an eye on the construction of the PHS phone factory, and don't let them learn our complete production line process."

Xinghai Group provides a package of engineering projects, which also includes investing in and building a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) mobile phone factory in Thailand.

The fact that Thailand's state-owned telecommunications company was able to proceed so readily is partly due to this new factory.

"President, please rest assured that we will strictly manage the work process and will not allow them to move around."

The Thai market has far less potential than China's, so the compensation will naturally be several levels lower.

In the joint venture factory, the Thai side only holds a 20% stake and is not allowed to enter the core areas.

He could have gone it alone, but Masato Takeshita was afraid of the hassle, so he simply partnered with the official company.

Although you might earn a little less, you won't encounter any trouble. Even if you do, the authorities will take strong action.

"Okay, that's good. But we need to be careful not to overdo it; we need a model."

Thailand is the first step for Xinghai Group's PHS (Personal Handyphone System) business to go global, and it is essential to demonstrate the profitability to telecommunications companies in more developing countries.

In this way, Xinghai Group's PHS (Personal Handyphone System) business can develop rapidly.

"Yes, Chairman, the company has decided to give every employee working in Pattaya a mobile phone."

Scully, quick-witted, soon came up with a clever trick. He used the scheme of giving away free phones to employees to inflate the sales figures of the new phones.

"Very good, let's do it that way."

Vote-rigging is shameless, but it's undeniably effective. Especially in this era before widespread internet access, its effectiveness was phenomenal.

Anyway, when it comes to advertising, they'll only talk about how many PHS phones were sold in newspapers and on TV, instead of showing who bought them.

If he weren't afraid of being exposed and dying a tragic death, Masato Takeshita would have loved to give away 10 PHS phones in Pattaya.

It costs tens of millions, but can achieve results worth hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars.

Of course, the discount policy will still be implemented.

This will not only be implemented in Pattaya now, but will also be extended to Thailand in the future.

To achieve the goal of creating a model, Thais can enjoy a year-long period of benefits.

This can be considered the most popular business model in the 21st century: engage in fierce price wars and subsidies in the early stages, and then recoup all the profits later.

The rise of Meituan and Didi follows the same pattern.

In addition to giving away free PHS phones and offering significant discounts, Xinghai Group will also spend heavily on advertising in Pattaya, Thailand.

Online newspapers, magazines, and television stations are all required to display PHS (Personal Handyphone System) advertisements in the most prominent positions.

Offline promotion staff must also post advertisements in major popular locations as quickly as possible.

Of course, Xinghai Internet Cafe should make full use of its various resources to avoid being targeted by local bullies offline.

Only through such comprehensive promotion can we quickly increase the number of Pattaya PHS users, thus enabling us to enter the Bangkok market sooner.

It's worth noting that half of Thailand's economy is concentrated in Bangkok, making it somewhat similar to the capital city of a certain province in southwestern China.

In other words, taking Bangkok is equivalent to taking over Thailand.

Over the next few days, the two sides began negotiating the details of the contract.

During this process, the Thai official in charge of the reception made a suggestion with a smile.

"We have the best beaches in the world, and the best and most beautiful nightlife in the world in Pattaya."

"Chairman Takeshita, would you be interested in a tour? We can prepare the best performance for you."

Pattaya, Thailand, is famous worldwide for its various indescribable products.

Masato Takeshita was naturally very curious, but this curiosity was not enough to cover up his disgust for the industry.

In his view, this is no different from the practice of mutilation and necropsy that was very common in ancient China and still occurs today.

Thailand creates hidden disabilities and then profits from them.

The other party creates visible disabilities, also for profit.

However, the Thai government does not prohibit, and even supports, this behavior to make dirty money.

China has taken a tough stance against such situations, cracking down hard.

As a result, even before Masato Takeshita traveled through time, countless children from impoverished families in Thailand were still suffering.

In contrast, as China's economy has gradually improved and the government has cracked down on such activities, similar situations have become increasingly rare.

Before he transmigrated, he hadn't seen a disabled child begging for money for at least seven or eight years.

(End of this chapter)