Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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The core point of Japan Can Say No is: at this stage, Japan's economic strength is second only to the United States. To be a respected world power, Japan should improve its independence in various fields including economy and diplomacy. status, especially relative to the autonomous status of the United States.

Because it is a collaboration between Shintaro Ishihara and Akio Morita, the content of Japan Can Say No is also developed from the perspective of the two.

Shintaro Ishihara, who once called the US military stationed in Japan a watchdog when he was the Minister of Transport, and then angered Richard Lee Armitage, the head of the US military stationed in Japan at the time, acted in an unconventional way to incite Japan_ National emotions to gain attention and political support.

Naturally, in Japan_Japan Can Say No, Shintaro Ishihara mainly sprinkled a lot from Japan's advantages and self-confidence, and the United States' prejudice against Japan.

For example, while bombarding racial discrimination in the United States, Shintaro Ishihara also blamed strangely: At the end of World War II, why did the United States only drop the atomic bomb on Japan, but let Germany go?

Seeing this, Tang Huan almost sprayed the tea he just drank on the book.

When comparing the advantages and disadvantages of Japan and the United States, Shintaro Ishihara made even more astonishing remarks, and came to the conclusion that the former colonies of the United States and Japan are full of problems, while the latter is thriving.

In Ishihara Shintaro's view, the Japanese spirit is superior to the American spirit. One of the manifestations is that the quality of Japanese workers is higher than that of American workers, which in turn makes Japanese products better than American products. At this stage, the whole world is relying on Japanese technology, especially semiconductors. And Japan should use this advantage as a negotiating weapon, or even as a tool for secret bargaining with the Soviet Union, to counter the U.S. decision to refuse to sell Japanese missile parts.

Tang Huan shook his head again and again, such talk, to the level of the richest man, can only be a joke for entertainment, so he quickly flipped through the content of Akio Morita.

As one of the most prestigious representatives of successful Japanese entrepreneurs, Akio Morita spent a long time in New York, USA in order to expand Sony’s business, and he was very familiar with the business atmosphere in the United States. The above point of view is relatively professional and quite convincing.

According to Akio Morita’s analysis, American companies focus on the capital game of mergers and acquisitions instead of creating real products and brands; Long-term overall interests will be sacrificed; American company executives are paid too much, which is likely to cause injustice, while Japanese companies can form a close community with one heart and one mind, and then better utilize the team's strength.

Of course, while counting the advantages of Japan, Akio Morita also listed the disadvantages of Japan.

For example, Japan still needs to further understand Western culture and strengthen language communication skills; Japan's overseas investment has not performed satisfactorily in integrating with the locals.

In addition to the discussion in the field of business, Akio Morita also expressed his own views on politics.

He believes that if the United States does not recognize the importance of Japan, it will hurt the economy of the United States and the world; while Japan must realize that it is already qualified to be a world leader and should do its best to support the development of the world economy. To this end, Japan must provide more foreign aid, especially in Asia to consolidate its position as a regional economic leader.

In short, according to the logic in Japan_Japan Can Say No, Japan is becoming another superpower.

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In the quiet study room, Tang Huan carefully read this passionate masterpiece from the Japanese point of view.

Since you guys are so good at it, I'll help you hype it up with a friendly sponsorship. After Tang Huan muttered in a wicked way, he turned on the computer on the table, entered an English article by himself, and then used his dedicated aisle,

spread to the United States.

It was a bit nerve-wracking after all this busy work, so Tang Huan leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes for a while.

After a while, a telephone on the desk rang. Tang Huan opened his eyes and saw that it was a long-distance call from the United States.

After picking it up and listening for a while, Tang Huan replied: Okay, I'll let someone fly the book over.

Putting down the phone, Tang Huan immediately called an assistant, pointed to the Japanese Books You Can Say No on the table, and ordered: Go and get a few more copies, and then deliver them to me personally as quickly as possible. San Francisco office, there will be someone to handle it.

This subordinate didn't inquire about anything, turned around and took orders.

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After the richest man arrived in Japan, he actually hid in his study and gnawed on books. He had little contact with the outside world, but Akio Morita, who was full of airs, was in a hurry. Especially when he met Shuichi Aoi from Toshiba, he was even more suspicious. up.

In terms of public relations, Akio Morita is naturally very sophisticated, and has established a good friendship with Masako Wada, the rich man's personal friend.

At the beginning, the pink-faced Ms. Hetian replied solemnly: The boss is busy inspecting the hardware, software, marketing and other aspects of the third-generation Xiaobawang game console to welcome the global release and Christmas sales season.

When Akio Morita heard it, it was the same reason. The three generations of Xiaobawang game consoles were all the focus, so naturally they had to be dealt with first. Anyway, Aoi Shuichi was out of order. If you haven't seen Tang Huan, just wait patiently.

After finally staying up for a while, Akio Morita went to find Masako Wada again to inquire about the news—the richest man should be free this time, but the other party, who seemed lazy, replied embarrassedly: The boss has been overworked recently, and his health is not good enough. Unwell, resting, not suitable for receiving guests.

Now Akio Morita began to mutter in his heart, Tang Huan must be putting on airs, right? But even if it was true, there was nothing he could do about it—Coca-Cola and Tang Huan had apparently reached a tacit agreement to advance and retreat together in the acquisition of Columbia Pictures, and the former even followed the latter's lead.

In other words, if Sony wants to win Columbia Pictures, it must first make a breakthrough from Tang Huan.

Akio Morita, who has been blind for some days, might not have seen Mr. Richest Man if it wasn't for his personal hobbies.

Don't look at the Sony founder who still insists on working, he is over sixty years old, but he still likes sports, especially tennis.

With the transfer of the ATP and WPA competition areas to Asia, Steffi Graf, who has completed the unprecedented and jaw-dropping Golden Slam this year, also appeared in Tokyo, Japan, to create momentum for the third generation of Xiaobawang game consoles, which immediately triggered sensation. Even Akio Morita, who has always paid attention to marketing and brand building, couldn't help coming over to witness the demeanor of the number one player in women's tennis today.

When Tang Huan found out that Tang Huan was holding a racket and went off to play two rounds with Steffi Graf in person, Akio Morita suddenly became depressed—are you not feeling well? How does it look like it's in pretty good shape? Anyway, I am also an old man, you always put pigeons like this, are you kind?

Ever since, Akio Morita tried his best to block Tang Huan - let's see what you have to say this time!

Unexpectedly, Tang Huan took the initiative to speak as if nothing happened: I was about to contact Chairman Sheng Tian, ​​and I didn't expect to meet him by such a coincidence.

Akio Morita held back the old blood that almost spewed out, and asked with a smile: After such a long time, Tang must have thought about the relevant conditions, can he make a decision?

Tang Huan shook his head with a smile, Recently, I really don't have time to spare, and I don't have time to take care of Columbia Pictures. It seems that you are quite anxious.

No time to care about shit! Look at Masako Wada who can squeeze out water, I guess you put all your strength on her. Akio Morita slandered angrily, Greedy guy, you just want to Do you sit on the ground and raise the price, don't you think it looks ugly?

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Tang Huan was really wronged. He learned from Lei Feng and silently helped Japan Can Say No to be hyped in the United States. It always needs some fermentation time. In addition, in addition to Zheru Japan, Epson, Yamaha, EA Japan, Taito, and Sharp, Kyocera, etc., he also has a lot of personal affairs, especially speculation, which needs to be dealt with first.

The simplest and most direct indicator for assessing Japan’s economic situation is the Nikkei average, which has reached a record high of more than 30,200 points this year. For 1988, which has more than one month left, the key point The question is whether we can bring this booming market into the next year.

The seriousness of Japan's economic bubble phenomenon can also be reflected in real estate.

At this stage, Japan's big companies have no intention of using the loans of the Bank of Japan to continue to steadily develop the manufacturing industry that Japan is proud of; the Bank of Japan, which is eager to spread the money, therefore Then they turned their targets to various small companies and individuals. As a result, even an ordinary salaryman can easily borrow 100 million yen, regardless of the purpose of the loan, as long as he can find real estate as collateral.

You must know that in September 1985, when the Plaza Accord was signed, the exchange rate of the yen against the US dollar was roughly 236.91:1, and this month, it was around 123:1.

In other words, when Tang Huan's programmers and engineering dogs are working hard for the beautiful goal of a million-dollar millionaire, ordinary Japanese can easily get more than 800,000 US dollars from the bank for turnover—— It's that crazy!

For a stall as big as the richest man, of course, it needs more accurate data to support it, and the computer financial model that shined on last year's Black Monday also means that he has more powerful exclusive information analysis Tools and mining methods.

Everyone knows that during the Japanese economic bubble period, the stock market and real estate were speculative paradises, and Japanese bank mortgages were quite superstitious about the value of land preservation, which naturally made the latter's status even more special.

Taking 1985, when the Plaza Agreement was signed, as the watershed, the prices of commercial land, residential land, and industrial land in Japan have all increased by more than 50%, and in the metropolitan area, the data is even more exaggerated.

Take the most dazzling commercial land in Tokyo as an example. In 1984, the average price per square meter was 1,333,000 yen, which was equivalent to 5,600 U.S. dollars per square meter based on the average exchange rate of 238:1 between the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar at that time; Just one year later, the price rose to 1,894,000 yen, an increase of 42%. In 1984, when the Plaza Accord had fully exerted its power, the price reached 4,211,000 yen. Based on the average exchange rate of the US dollar at 168:1, it is equivalent to US$25,065 per square meter, an astonishing 122% increase over the previous year.

After entering 1987, the price per square meter of commercial land in Tokyo rose to 6,493,000 yen. That is, from this time on, the supply of land in the central area of ​​the Tokyo metropolitan area has been in short supply, and the speculative boom has begun to spread to the surrounding areas. Places such as Yokohama, Saitama, and Chiba have been favored, and the prices per square meter have reached 127 9,000 yen, 658,000 yen, 1,230,000 yen.

Under such circumstances, Tang Huan's hands trembled, and the two sides were at war. The most urgent question in front of him is how to retreat in a low-key manner, and truly swallow all the delicacies that speculate on Japan's bubble economy into his stomach, so that he can safely pocket it.

The trend of real estate will be relatively lagging behind, and the action on the stock market must be started. Tang Huan is capturing the moment when Japan's monetary policy changes.

After the signing of the Plaza Agreement in September 1985, Japan began to implement the monetary easing policy in full swing——January 30, 1986 was the first round, and the official discount rate was lowered from 5% to 4.5%; March 10, 1986 It was the second round, and the official discount rate was lowered from 4.5% to 4%; April 21, 1986 was the third round, and the official discount rate was lowered from 4% to 3.5%; November 1, 1986 was the fourth round, and the official The discount rate was lowered from 3.5% to 3%; February 23, 1987 was the fifth round, and the official discount rate was lowered from 3% to 2.5%.

After the introduction of the fifth round of monetary easing policy, Japan did not continue to take any action. Even if Black Monday occurred, and even the consumption tax was introduced, the adjustment of monetary policy was just a blowout.

According to Tang Huan's analysis, in the first half of next year, Japan will definitely adopt a monetary tightening policy to deal with the increasingly serious economic bubble. The specific time needs to be further predicted, but at that time, I should have already left for the North Pole, so I can only seek stability. assumed to be the end of the first quarter at the latest.

With this general policy in place, it will be much easier to arrange how Tang Huan's funds in Japan escape in an orderly manner.

For this conclusion, the richest man spent a lot of time and effort, even when lying on Masako Wada's body, his head couldn't rest. Therefore, it is really justifiable to let Akio Morita hang out until now.

Ignoring the displeasure that flashed across Akio Morita's face, Tang Huan said leisurely: The matter of Columbia Pictures is a bit difficult to handle now. I don't know if you have noticed, but the public opinion in the United States has turned against it. God, me and Coca-Cola, it's really stressful.

What do you mean? Morita Akio asked subconsciously.

Tang Huan glanced at the other party, and thought to himself: You don't have to ask, who made you feel embarrassed, even the United States knows that Japan can say no, can the anti-Japanese sentiment not be high?