Chapter 316 The reason

Nagai Masaki kept picking bones in the eggs, which must have happened for a reason.

Li Weidong presented a Rolex big gold watch and a trip to Hawaii, but Nagai Masaki refused, which means that Nagai Masaki deliberately did things, not for his own personal gain.

Since it's not for personal, it must be for the public!

So Li Weidong instantly understood that there should be someone behind Nagai Masaki.

Masaki Nagai's job in China is to provide technical support to Li Weidong and make the microwave oven production line operate as soon as possible. However, what Masaki Nagai is doing is the opposite. If there is no difficulty creating difficulties, isn't he afraid of losing his job?

Nagai Masaki is so confident that he even hesitates to block his own work. The only reasonable explanation is that this was instructed by Nakano Co., Ltd.

It seems that there is a change from Nakano Co., Ltd., don't they want to go back on it? After all, they spent so much effort and finally chose to cooperate with me. The cooperation contract was signed and the money was given. , The production line of microwave ovens has been installed, and it is too late to think about it at this time!

Li Weidong clarified everything in an instant.

However, these are also speculations in Li Weidong's heart, and he must find a way to confirm it.

Li Weidong looked at Masaki Nagai next to him, and it was impossible to get news from him. This guy didn't even dare to accept a Rolex. Nine times out of ten, he was a dead brain who didn't know how to work around. It's hard to get news.

If you want to know what happened inside Nakano Co., Ltd., you have to find Kenjiro Shimizu, who is far away in Japan.

Shimizu Kenjiro received Li Weidong's Rolex and also traveled to Hawaii. He and Li Weidong had long had interests. Li Weidong asked Shimizu Kenjiro for information, and Shimizu Kenjiro should not refuse.

To put it another way, if Kenjiro Shimizu refuses, Li Weidong will take him into a Rolex, and the matter of traveling to Hawaii will all be revealed, but Kenjiro Shimizu will lose his job.

The next day, Li Weidong called Shimizu Kenjiro.

When Kenjiro Shimizu heard that it was Li Weidong, he hurriedly found a place where no one was around, so he dared to speak to Li Weidong.

Shimizu-kun, did something happen to Nakano Co., Ltd.? Li Weidong asked bluntly.

Mr. Li, you have already noticed it! Shimizu Kenjiro sighed softly.

Yes, because your company's Nagai-kun is acting a little strange. He is obviously trying to make things difficult for us, as if he doesn't want the microwave oven production line to be put into operation as soon as possible. So I think that maybe something happened within your company! Li Weidong said. said.

What did Nagai-kun tell you? Shimizu Kenjiro asked.

Nagai-kun is a very principled person. He didn't say anything, otherwise I wouldn't bother Minister Shimizu. Li Weidong said with a smile.

Li Weidong's understated sentence, Shimizu Kenjiro guessed,

Li Weidong also wanted to benefit Nagai Masaki, but was rejected by Nagai Masaki.

Li Weidong opened his mouth and said: Jun Qingshui, we are friends, and I hope you can reveal some information. I will definitely thank you in the future!

Shimizu Kenjiro has already boarded Li Weidong's pirate ship. Even when Li Weidong doesn't mention Thank you, he will reveal to Li Weidong what happened. Now that Li Weidong mentioned Thank you, Kenjiro Shimizu can leak secrets without pressure.

So Kenjiro Shimizu said: Mr. Li, you guessed right, there are indeed some differences within our club about the microwave oven production line.

The contract has already been signed, I paid the money, and the equipment for the production line has been shipped. Wouldn't you want to go back on it internally? Li Weidong asked with a smile.

Yes, the senior management of our club is indeed planning to tear up the contract signed before. Shimizu Kenjiro paused, then asked: Just last month, a Korean company came to the door and expressed its concern for this microwave oven. The production line is very interested.”

Last month? The production line equipment has already been shipped to China! It's too late for the Koreans to buy it at this time? Li Weidong said disdainfully.

But the price given by the Koreans is very attractive, which is 30% higher than the contract price. Shimizu Kenjiro said.

It's 30% higher? Li Weidong quickly calculated in his heart: Then it's only 4,000 yen. With such a large scale of Nakano Co., Ltd., you can't bear the mere 40,000,000 yen, right?

Shimizu Kenjiro went on to explain: It's not just about money, the key is the Korean company that offered the price, it's our Japanese company, and we also have some connections in Japan's political and business circles, so we, Nakano Co., Ltd., will agree to the other party's request. .

Are Korean companies a Japanese company? Is it a Korean company?

To be precise, it is one of the world's top chaebols.

Li Weidong asked subconsciously: You said, shouldn't it be Lotte?

Does Mr. Li also know about Lotte? Shimizu Kenjiro's tone was obviously to say again, you guessed it right!

Li Weidong sucked in a breath of cold air: It turned out to be Lotte!

In 1991, South Korea had formed five chaebols, namely Samsung, Hyundai, LG, SK and Daewoo. Later, Daewoo went bankrupt in the Asian financial crisis, leaving four of the five chaebols.

It has always been controversial who will replace him as the fifth largest chaebol after that. Several chaebols such as Lotte, Hanjin, Hanwha, Hana, and Pohang are also very powerful. However, after 2008, Lotte's rapid expansion was well deserved to be ranked among the top five chaebols in South Korea.

Many people think that Lotte is a Korean company, but in fact Lotte is a Japanese company, and Lotte's headquarters is not in Korea, but in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It's just that Lotte's main business is in South Korea, so it is considered a Korean company.

The founder of Lotte, Shin Ge-ho, is a Japanese of Korean descent. He founded Lotte in Japan in the late 1940s and returned to South Korea to invest and develop in the late 1960s, gradually turning Lotte into a top chaebol in Korea.

At the beginning of his business, in order to get rid of his Korean identity, the founder married the niece of Aoi Shigemitsu, a class-A war criminal, and changed his name to Shigemitsu Takeo. Shigemitsu Aoi held important positions such as Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Liberal Democratic Party after the war, which also allowed Singh Hao to accumulate some resources in Japan.

Knowing that Li Weidong knew about Lotte, Kenjiro Shimizu did not introduce much, but said directly: The Lotte Group now owns the largest home appliance chain store in Korea, which means it controls the largest home appliance sales channel in Korea.

As far as I know, they just started Lotte Electric and that's why they want to make their own brand of home appliances, and I think that's why they want a microwave line.

Li Weidong nodded suddenly, and things made sense.

Lotte is obviously not satisfied with the sales channel of home appliances only, they hope to enter the upstream home appliance production industry.

This is also in line with Lotte's business methods. Previously, Lotte developed in this way. First, it was in the food industry. When the food industry became the first in Korea, it entered the downstream retail industry and sold its own products in its own stores. Food has successfully monopolized the entire industrial chain from processing to sales.

However, the home appliance industry in South Korea is not so easy to enter. It is the territory of Samsung and LG.

In terms of traditional home appliances, it is almost impossible for Rakuten to take a share of the Korean market that Samsung and LG have monopolized, so Rakuten can only find another way to start from other aspects.

The microwave oven is where Rakuten finds its entry point.

Although humans invented microwave ovens in the 1940s, for a long time, microwave ovens were only used for military and industrial purposes. It was only in the 1970s that people solved the problem of radiation spillage from household microwave ovens, so it was only in the 1980s that microwave ovens began to be promoted in developed countries.

The economic development of the Asian Tigers is half a beat slower than that of Japan. In the early 1990s, microwave ovens had just entered ordinary households in South Korea.

As a new household appliance, microwave oven is the most suitable to open the market.

In the field of traditional home appliances, Samsung and LG have accumulated technology. As for the emerging household appliances such as microwave ovens, Samsung and LG are also beginners, and the newly established Lotte Electric is not far behind in technology.

If we can directly introduce Japan's complete production line and mature production technology, maybe Lotte's microwave oven manufacturing technology will surpass that of Samsung and LG.

It is a pity that Rakuten is a step behind. The microwave oven production line of Nakano Co., Ltd. has been bought by Li Weidong in advance, and the equipment has been shipped to China.

Now that everything has been sold, Nakano Co., Ltd. wants to go back and regret it, it is too late, Li Weidong will definitely not take the initiative to return the microwave oven production line.

However, Rakuten has roots in Japan after all, so Nakano Co., Ltd. can only start playing tricks.

Thinking of this, Li Weidong asked: So Nagai Masaki deliberately embarrassed me, just wanting me to retreat and give up the microwave oven production line?

Yes! Shimizu Kenjiro replied without hesitation: The senior management of our club believes that without our technical support, your factory cannot produce qualified microwave ovens, so we sent Nagai Masaki! His The job is to deliberately make things difficult for you, create all kinds of difficulties for you, and make the microwave oven production line unable to operate normally.

And then? You will always have follow-up measures, right? Li Weidong asked.

Well... Shimizu Kenjiro seemed hesitant, obviously not wanting to tell Li Weidong about the follow-up measures of Nakano Co., Ltd.

Li Weidong said, Let me guess, if I'm not mistaken, there is such a clause in the contract we signed before. After you provide technical support, I must start the production line within three months and officially start producing microwave ovens. , otherwise it will be regarded as a breach of contract, are you planning to use this one?

Mr. Li, you have a good memory. Shimizu Kenjiro said.

Let me guess again, three months is too long, shouldn't Lotte wait three months? So Nagai Masaki will create more difficulties for me, making me realize that three The production line will simply not be available for months.”

Li Weidong paused, then said, At this time, your people will take the initiative to propose to me that the contract for the microwave oven production line is invalid, and you return the money to me, transport the microwave oven production equipment back, and then sell it to Lotte.

Maybe your people will show good intentions, so for me, the losses can be minimized. After all, an unusable production line is similar to scrap iron. And I, because I didn't suffer too much loss, gladly accepted your suggestion!

On Shimizu Kenjiro's side, he suddenly fell into silence. Obviously, Nakano Co., Ltd.'s plan was told by Li Weidong!

Shimizu Kenjiro's silence also gave Li Weidong an answer, he said, It seems that I guessed everything right?

Mr. Li, you are a smart person. Shimizu Kenjiro's tone was full of helplessness, and he continued: I think smart people should be able to make the right choice!

The correct choice you are referring to is to let me give up the microwave oven production line, right? Li Weidong said.

Mr. Li, you should understand very well that without our technical support, even if you are given the equipment for a complete microwave oven production line, you will not be able to make a qualified product at all.

Shimizu Kenjiro paused, then said, I have personally visited your factory. I have some understanding of the technical level of your factory. Your technical level does not have the ability to independently produce microwave ovens!

After being read by Kenjiro Shimizu, Li Weidong snorted coldly: The structure of a microwave oven is not complicated!

The structure of a microwave oven is not complicated, it is just a few parts, but it is not easy to assemble these parts into a usable microwave oven! A microwave oven is not a hair dryer or an electric iron, and it is not a simple assembly to make a product. of.

Shimizu Kenjiro sighed and continued, Mr. Li, if you don't get our technical support, the microwave oven production line is really useless. Instead of letting the equipment rust in vain, you don't want to sell the equipment. Give it back to us, so you have nothing to lose, at most you are just wasting a little time.

Li Weidong was silent for a few seconds. If Kenjiro Shimizu said this a few months ago, Li Weidong might have been forced to accept it and avoid more losses.

But it is different now. He invited Tang Renjie, an expert in microwave transistors, to come out and set up his own R\u0026D team. Even without the technical support of Nakano Co., Ltd., Li Weidong believes that with his own technical team, he will spend more time. , and can also solve the production problem of microwave ovens.

Li Weidong didn't intend to reveal to Kenjiro Shimizu that he had a useful R\u0026D team, so he said, Kimi Shimizu, thank you for your kindness! I know how to deal with it.

Shimizu Kenjiro thought that Li Weidong decided to sell the production line, so he said with satisfaction; Mr. Li, I look forward to your good news!