As soon as I got off the plane, I was greeted by someone holding a sign outside the airport. This was the agent of Songjiang brand motorcycles in Shanghai and the dealer of Fengyu brand bladeless fans.
When I learned that the CEO and Vice President of Taihua Company were coming to Shanghai on a business trip, I asked him to hire a Japanese translator on his behalf and book a double room at XX Hotel. He immediately said it was no problem and took the initiative to pick him up at the airport.
Songjiang brand motorcycles alone have brought him a lot of income in the past few months. As the weather gets hotter, sales of bladeless fans are also starting to pick up.
He had heard that the leaders of Taihua Company had very strange tempers. If he didn't accompany him well this time, what if the contract with him would not be renewed next year? Taihua Company's products are all advertised on CCTV, which allows them to save the cost of product promotion, and they are really easy to sell and the profits are not bad. He definitely doesn't want to be OUT.
"Mr. Zhao, thank you for your hard work. Please come and pick me up in person."
"Look at what you said, Mr. Wu, isn't this the way it should be? Mr. Feng, come here, let me help you carry your luggage." Mr. Zhao said attentively.
"No, please have the translator ready?"
"Please, I'm waiting at the hotel. Here, I'll drive you there."
Mr. Zhao drives a Santana. Those who can drive such a car these days are more impressive than those who drive A6 in later generations.
After being sent to the hotel and seeing the translator, Feng Yu declined Mr. Zhao's banquet, saying that he had something to do tonight and would finish his work in two days, so he would definitely bother him. Mr. Zhao left with some regret. He had booked a hotel for the evening and invited other customers to eat. He couldn't waste it.
The translator is a middle-aged man in his thirties who has studied abroad in the island country for four years. He is currently a Japanese teacher at the university and a part-time oral translator.
Feng Yu nodded and explained to the translator that tomorrow he would discuss the acquisition of shares of another company with Sony executives and asked him to go back and familiarize himself with the professional terms. Tomorrow's negotiations were very important and could not go wrong. He also specifically told me that he must appear in the restaurant downstairs at seven o'clock in the morning.
In the evening, I told Wu Zhigang some things to pay attention to tomorrow. Feng Yu lay on the bed and fell asleep.
Ten minutes later, Feng Yu sat up suddenly.
Damn it, Wu Zhigang actually snores! Damn it, I shouldn't have saved money if I had known earlier. Should have booked two rooms!
"Gangzi, Gangzi, why did you go to bed without taking a shower? You have to meet a client tomorrow. Why do you smell like sweat? Go and take a shower before going to bed. Take a good wash and your whole body will be clean. ~~~"
Half an hour later, Wu Zhigang returned to the ** after taking a shower. When he planned to remind Feng Yu to take a shower too, he found that Feng Yu had fallen asleep.
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At seven o'clock in the morning, Sony Vice President Norio Ohga got up as usual and went downstairs to have breakfast. Suddenly, a Chinese man sat next to him, which made him frown.
There are many empty tables nearby, why sit next to him? This is very rude behavior!
"President Dahe, haha~~"
Um? Hear familiar morning greetings. Norio Ohga also replied, and then asked where the other person was from and which department he worked in. He thought the other person was an employee of Sony China who came to pick him up in the morning.
Everyone in the company knows that his daily life is very regular. He gets up at half past six, has breakfast at seven o'clock, and then goes to work after breakfast. If the driver picks him up late, he will get angry.
But the other party's answer was not at all what he thought. The other party turned out to be a translator. On behalf of the guests at the table next to him, he wanted to discuss business with him.
Although I was not happy to be interrupted for breakfast, business came to my door, especially when Sony was vigorously developing the Chinese market. He still chose to ask what kind of company the other party was and how he wanted to cooperate.
The other party's answer surprised him again.
What, that young Chinese guy actually wants to acquire shares in AIWA
The reason why Feng Yu asked Mr. Zhao to book this hotel was because Kameda Masao found out. Norio Ohga will stay at this hotel. Moreover, Kameda Masao told him about Ohga Norio's habit of eating breakfast at seven o'clock every morning, and said that this was the best opportunity to get in touch with Ohga Norio.
It has to be said that Kameda Masao is really good at inquiring about things. Feng Yu even wonders whether he should be trained as a commercial spy and placed in the island country.
Sure enough, the translator went up to chat for a few words, then nodded to Feng Yu, asked Feng Yu to go over, and introduced Feng Yu to Norio Ohga.
"Mr. Feng, why are you interested in AIWA?"
"I like to listen to music, and AIWA's Walkman has the best sound quality, and it is also the first Walkman I have ever bought. I heard that AIWA's business has not been very good recently, or that the overall economic situation in your country is not very good. So it has been losing money in the past few years.”
Feng Yu continued: "As far as I know, in September last year, your company spent US$6 billion to acquire Columbia TriStar Film Company in the United States. This was your company's largest overseas merger and acquisition, and it also consumed your company's funds. And In the first half of this year, your company's finances were in deficit, and it will definitely suffer losses this year. It has no time to worry about the life and death of AIWA. I don't want such an old company to go bankrupt, so I plan to acquire the shares of AIWA held by your company."
Although the economy of the island nation has weakened last year, some large companies are still strong. For example, Mitsubishi bought the landmark Rockefeller Center in New York last year, while Sony acquired Colombia.
At that time, the people of the island country were still proud, believing that the temporary economic recession was just a pain and would soon pass. With the support of large companies like them, the island country was still the second largest economy in the world, and it was only a matter of time before it surpassed the United States.
Moreover, by acquiring companies in the United States, they can enhance the prestige of their island nation and acquire large companies in the United States. They are very happy to see that the Americans are helpless and unable to fight back.
But they have no idea that this is a complete conspiracy, a conspiracy of American capitalists, which is to make the island country explode when it reaches its highest point, so as to give them the most painful blow!
After acquiring the so-called best film company in the United States last year, they discovered that the film market was not as good as they imagined, and under their control, Columbia did not turn a profit, but continued to suffer losses. means to intensify.
Now Sony's goal is to get rid of some non-performing assets, compress funds, and overcome the current difficulties. They firmly believe that the future is still bright, they will become the best company in the world, and the island country will also become the world's number one economy!
At the beginning of the year, they had sold AIWA shares, but in the end the quotes were from competitors. In order to prevent their competitors from growing, they would rather lose money and ensure market share.
But in the past two months, the company's losses have become more and more serious, otherwise they would not want to expand the Chinese market and let the Chinese market save their company.
Now that someone is taking the initiative to buy AIWA shares, it is a good opportunity to get rid of the burden. But he had to make it clear that after this Chinese guy bought AIWA, he couldn't sell it to those competitors in Songxia!
"Mr. Feng, you know our company very well. I think we can have a good talk."
… (To be continued.)
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