Chapter 007: Crazy Story
On the last day of July 1990, the Yanjing delegation finally set off. This is already half a month after Luo Shouwu persuaded Yu Zixian to join the inspection team.
Yu Zixian, who originally thought that the trip would start soon, had been busy in the factory while busy with his own affairs and waiting for news, but he didn't expect that the preparation for going abroad was a process that made people anxiously wait: from political review, discipline training, to passports, visas and other tosses.
In the end, Yu Zixian couldn't go anywhere, waiting for all kinds of notices, and his time was wasted on these messy things.
Fortunately, we are finally starting for Tokyo now.
The 13-person delegation was composed of personnel from the Municipal Economic Commission, the Municipal Electronics Office, and Yanjing Iron and Steel Company, led by Hua Pingdong, deputy director of the Municipal Electronics Office, and other members mainly included 1 member of the Municipal Economic Commission, 2 members of the Municipal Electronics Office, 1 person from the Ministry of Machinery and Electronics, and 6 people from Yangang Iron and Steel Company. Of course, there are also 3 people from Sifang Electronics.
Fortunately, the cost of the delegation was fully funded by Yangang, but the specific itinerary was arranged by the Liaison Office of the Economic and Trade Commission Office in Tokyo according to the requirements of the Municipal Economic and Trade Commission and Yangang. Therefore, after the delegation got off the plane at Tokyo International Airport that night, there was already a bus to pick them up at the airport.
At this time, it was already the beginning of the lights, and the bus was on its way to the accommodation hotel in the city with the traffic.
"Tonight, we will arrange for the leaders to stay at the Oriental Culture Hotel near Minato-ku, Tokyo, the environment of this hotel is not bad, the key is that it is close to the NEC headquarters, the first destination we will visit tomorrow, so there are other inconsiderates, please Haihan!" said Zhou Huaquan, director of the Economic and Trade Commission, with a smile.
The number of domestic organizations that came to Japan for inspection began in the mid-80s, and in recent years there has been an endless stream of them! Especially after a few years ago, when the high-tech industry dominated the world, this trend has become even more obvious. Therefore, Zhou Huaquan is used to it, and he is familiar with making reasonable travel arrangements for different groups and different visit goals.
"We've started to enter downtown Tokyo now......"
Yu Zixian, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, did not care about the general situation of Tokyo introduced by Secretary Zhou, but looked at the various high-rise buildings outside the car window, as well as the endless traffic on the wide road, and calmed down a trace of shock in his heart.
Restaurants, bars, and KTVs are towering, billboards are shining neon, and people are in and out of these consumption places. On the side of the bustling street, many fashionably dressed young people hold large bills and queue up to hail taxis......
Although Yu Zixian from 9102 has seen the prosperity of the super metropolis of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China more than 20 years later, he has to be impressed by the fact that Tokyo is close to this level of prosperity in 90 years - the 90s is really a BUG!
After the development of the 80s, the 90s entered the so-called golden period of the economy, which was called the era of bubbles or booms, and the era of high economic growth......
At this time, the average monthly salary of employees was 10,000 yuan (equivalent to RMB), and the average monthly salary of Chinese workers was 178 yuan (RMB).
In China, the price of commercial housing in Tokyo's JD district has been rising: 12,000 yuan per square meter in 1985 has soared to 33,000 yuan per square meter now, and the house price has increased 2.5 times in five years, resulting in the land price of a city in Tokyo can buy the entire United States; the stock market reached a high of 38,915.89 points at the end of last year, and some stock commentators confidently predicted, "40,000 points at the beginning, 50,000 points at the end of the year, and 100,000 points after three years will not be a problem!"
In foreign countries, the company's overseas acquisitions are even more frenzied: Mitsubishi Real Estate bought a 51 percent stake in Rockefeller Center for $850 million, which is a landmark in the United States; Sony bought Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion; Panasonic bought Universal Pictures for $6 billion; Shuwa bought Citi Plaza, and there was a Van Gogh work "Sunflowers" that was later proven to be a fake......
All of this is crazy to show the world my madness!
In front of these gorgeous bubbles and prosperous scenes, the group of people in the inspection group were all wide-eyed, carefully observing everything they saw, as if they wanted to put all this in their eyes!
"Zixian, I live in such a high-rise building?Everyone drives their own car?" Looking at the endless traffic and high-rise buildings outside, Luo Shouwu, who was sitting next to Yu Zixian, suddenly asked!
"Not all at all. ”
"When will we be able to reach such a level of development?" Luo Shouwu said in a low voice, as if talking to himself.
Yu Zixian didn't reply, but sighed in his heart: "Yes! Unfortunately, at that time, we will be the same as we are in Tokyo now - we can buy a bed, but we can't afford to buy a house, and if we find a girlfriend, we can't recognize our mother-in-law!"
Young people carrying three mountains are not allowed to flee the city...... Unless he is the second generation of his father and the second generation of the house!
It was just the beginning of Luo Shouwu's shock: from getting off the bus to checking into the hotel's clean and tidy rooms, as well as the luxurious decoration compared to China, everyone was amazed...... It wasn't until the next day that we arrived at the first stop of the visit, Toshiba headquarters!
After arriving at the hotel for dinner and reviewing the discipline of going abroad, everyone entered the room that had been arranged......
After breakfast the next day, everyone was gathered again to visit Toshiba's headquarters.
Luo Shouwu, who has a very low sense of presence as a rubbing group, should mainly be "long-term knowledge" this time, and wait for opportunities to find potential possible cooperative companies or projects, and for Yu Zixian, who has a lower sense of existence, it is the most beautiful to visit in the name of the delegation if possible, and then arrange the itinerary according to his own needs.
Therefore, under Luo Shouwu's insistence on the first day of the group, Yu Zixian asked the head of the regiment to help with the follow-up items, and asked Zhou Huaquan to help contact the target company, Yu Zixian had to be a good baby for a day.
However, he has already made a plan, just follow the group for a day, and in the next few days, he must arrange it himself. Finally, he came to Yuben, and it was only five days in total, and he wanted to go to more places, and he couldn't waste it all on visiting the production line.
You know, at this time, this semiconductor is like a crazy existence!
In the past year, that is, in 1989, it occupied more than 70% of the influence and share of the world's semiconductor market. In the world's top 10 semiconductor rankings, the semiconductor suppliers occupy six places, including NEC, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi) and other companies, while Intel only ranks fourth in the world, and the future Samsung hegemon does not even enter the top 10, and the category belongs to the "other" brother of the younger brother......
A few days ago, Kenji Sakada, the commissioner of the Huaxia market, received a telephone call from Zhou Huaquan, a staff member of the Economic and Trade Commission of the Ministry of Commerce of China, hoping to arrange a delegation from Huaxia to inspect the semiconductor industry and discuss the possibility of cooperation. According to Zhou, this time not only people from government departments, but also people from a large enterprise came to inspect the integrated circuit production line. In this case, the possibility of cooperation is very high!
For Zhou Huaquan, Kenji Sakata has been in contact with it before, so this statement should be credible.
As the leader of the global semiconductor manufacturing industry, NEC's headquarters in Yuben will be politely refused by ordinary people or ordinary organizations, but NEC is still very willing to cooperate with this kind of official delegation organized by the government departments of major eastern countries!
After all, the huge market potential of the eastern neighbor can be seen, and at present, NEC is planning to set up NEC Huaxia Company, which is responsible for the development and joint venture of the Chinese market.
Doing a good job in government relations will help future exchange activities, and maybe I will return to China to work when I can.
After Kenji Sakata reported to the department manager, Toshihito Kato asked to arrange the normal reception process, but also specifically advised that if there is any need or other situation, the situation must be reported in time.
It just so happens that a delegation from the United States may visit NEC in the past two days, and although the headquarters did not say anything about the other party's background, according to the president's tone, it should not be an ordinary organization. Therefore, as the head of the department, Toshihito Kato only came forward to welcome the delegation at the beginning, and then returned to his office to wait.