The global industrial transfer does not happen at the spur of the brain, but is the inevitable result of economic development. The Industrial Revolution broke out in Europe, but when the European economy developed to a certain level and labor costs began to rise, the industry shifted to the Americas across the ocean. In order to obtain more cheap labor, the American capitalists even did not hesitate to fight a Civil War in order to free the large number of black slaves who were bound to the southern plantations and put them into the factories.

As Americans became wealthy, industries began to shift to Japan in South America and Asia. From the 50s to the 70s of the 20th century, thanks to low labor costs, Japan's economy developed considerably, creating an East Asian miracle.

But the result of economic development is that the original advantage of low labor costs no longer exists, and the Japanese workers who can work all day with a rice ball and a few pieces of salted fish now also need to drive cars, wear suits, and eat beautiful food, and it is completely impossible for enterprises to maintain meager salary standards. The increase in labor costs is not only reflected in blue-collar workers, but also in white-collar workers. It turned out that it was enough to send a technician to go abroad to do equipment maintenance and give some basic living allowance. Now they will ask to live in a five-star hotel, and they will not want to work if they are given less money.

Under these circumstances, even without the Plaza Accord, Japan's competitiveness will gradually decline, and the signing of the Plaza Accord will only speed up the process.

Hiroshi Kawabata is an old entrepreneur who sees all this very clearly. He knew that no matter what kind of conspiracy the Chinese brought to negotiate outsourcing with them, they could only accept it, because the cost of labor in Japan was so large that they had no choice.

"All the welders in our company were born 10 years ago and are now over 50 years old, and young people don't want to do this kind of hard work. Once these old people retire, where can we find so many welders to complete the manufacture of those large containers? Instead of waiting until there is no way back to cooperate with the Chinese, it is better to establish a cooperative relationship now and let the Chinese become our outsourcers. Hiroshi Kawabata said in a resentful tone.

"But, in view of the concerns raised by the Lords, can't we look for OEM in this area from Southeast Asia or India?" asked Qiangui Wuzhi.

Mineilongi shook his head: "Those workers in Southeast Asia are simply not usable, and the technology is completely incomparable to that of Chinese workers. As for the Indians, the level of technology is another matter, the point is that they are too lazy. One Chinese worker can work as efficiently as six Indian workers, and if we go to India to seek OEM, we will end up watching the construction delay again and again. ”

"So, we have no other choice but to cooperate with the Chinese?" said Qiangui Wuzhi.

"No!" said Mineilongi firmly.

On that day, after Feng Xiaochen and Wang Genji visited Mineilongji, Mineilongji held a senior management meeting in the club to discuss the plan proposed by Feng Xiaochen. Executives almost unanimously approved the proposal to cooperate with the Chinese, especially the sales director Shigeshi Mori, who threatened that if the Chinese helped, he could reduce costs by 20%, and he was sure that he would win the five overseas projects currently under negotiation and create hundreds of millions of dollars in output value for the company.

At the meeting, a senior executive in charge of supply chain management asked the question: if Akima Kaisha subcontracts the ancillary business to a Chinese company, what will happen to the Japanese suppliers who are currently subcontracting the business?

In response to this problem, the executives attending the meeting unanimously said that they broke off the cooperation with the other party because the other party was to blame and had nothing to do with them.

The sentence that everyone didn't say was: Dead friends don't die poor, the life and death of suppliers, what is the matter with Guan Qiujian Club?

This idea, and the idea of the executives of various companies at today's meeting, was very cleverly not put forward. In fact, those supporting companies are also members of the Chemical Equipment Association, and Qiangui Wuzhi did not invite them to attend the meeting, and the intention is also obvious.

"Those two Chinese officials are currently in Hiroshima, waiting to sign a contract with us, think about it, should we negotiate with them separately or in the name of the association?" Qiangui Wuzhi threw out a new question.

Uchida Yu hurriedly replied: "Chairman Qiangui, my opinion is that we should not talk to these two officials, we should talk directly with Chinese enterprises. ”

"Why is that?" Minai Ryūyoshi was a little puzzled, "Uchida-kun, don't you think it's easier to negotiate for reunification?"

"However, the price of unified negotiations is higher. Uchida said with a smile.

"I see. Kawabata Hiroji slapped his face and said, "Uchida-kun is worthy of being a master of marketing, and his consideration of the problem is indeed very comprehensive. The Chinese took the initiative to come to us for cooperation, and if we accepted it directly, they would definitely offer a high price for cooperation. And if we can talk to each Chinese company separately and take advantage of the competition between them, we can keep prices down. ”

"However, China is a state-owned country, and these equipment companies belong to the state, especially under the orders of the heavy equipment office. Even if we talk separately, there is no guarantee that they will not collude to form a price alliance. Mineilongi Road.

Uchida Yuu said: "This requires our skill, if we can destroy their alliance, they will lower the price of each other. The Textile Association has done a very successful job in this regard, and I think we can learn from them. ”

"Okay, I'll give them an answer, let's organize a delegation to China next month to inspect the production conditions of cooperative enterprises, and at the same time discuss specific matters of cooperation. Qiangui Wuzhi said.

"They're trying to direct another silk war. ”

After receiving a reply from the Japan Chemical Equipment Association, Feng Xiaochen said to Wang Genji with a sneer.

"The division is disintegrated, each is broken, and the little devil is playing this trick quite slippery. Wang Genji also said hatefully.

China is the world-famous hometown of silk, and in the mid-to-late 80s, China's raw silk exports once accounted for more than 80% of the world's international trade in raw silk. Japan, the main exporter of Chinese raw silk, took advantage of the competition among China's provinces to provoke a war of raw silk, and Shengsheng lowered the price of raw silk exported from China from US$34,400 per ton in 1980 to US$23,400 in 1985. If the impact of the depreciation of the dollar is taken into account, the price of raw silk exported by China fell by almost half between 1980 and 1985.

The method of Japanese manufacturers in the raw silk war is actually very simple, that is, to take advantage of the mentality of the provinces to rush to complete the task of exporting foreign exchange, and let out the wind, saying which province has the lowest price, and purchasing the raw silk of which province. The provinces knew that it was a pit, but they had to jump in, compare and reduce the price with each other, until they couldn't bear it anymore.

Corresponding to the price reduction sales in the international market, the provinces took turns to raise prices in the domestic market to buy silkworm cocoons to meet the needs of exports, so in this period in addition to the raw silk war, there was also a silkworm cocoon war, which was also darkened.

The buyers and sellers of the cocoon war are both in China, and the meat is rotten in the pot. But the raw silk war is that the Chinese people are competing to reduce the price to sell things abroad, and this thing is originally urgently needed abroad, not to mention the price reduction, even if the price is raised, it is not worrying about sales, but it is the ginseng that sells a radish price, which can not help but make people feel embarrassed.

Feng Xiaochen and Wang Genji are both engaged in macroeconomic management, so they naturally know this public case very well. The relevant ministries and commissions of the state have also tried to mediate these two wars, but with little success, because the state has lost its ability to control the localities by delegating power to a large extent after the reforms. The Japanese have always been very sensitive in terms of economic intelligence, and it is precisely because they have seized this loophole in the changes in China's economic system that they have profited from it and made countless black money.

"We can't repeat the mistakes of raw silk, and all companies must work together to the outside world. This cooperation is not just a matter of asking the Japanese, but also the Japanese. It can even be said that the benefits we can bring to Japanese companies are no less than the benefits they give us. Feng Xiaochen said.

Wang Genji smiled: "You should say, for now." ”

Feng Xiaochen also smiled and said: "Our teacher said when he was in class, Keynes famously said: For the long run, we are all dead. The Japanese can only see what is in front of them now, and who can see what will happen in 20 years?"

Wang Genji said: "But you Xiao Feng can see it." From the very beginning, you were trying to crush the Japanese, from the last time you introduced technology to this time you did OEM for the Japanese, you didn't have a good heart. ”

"The Japanese are bullying us for our lack of core craftsmanship and feel that they can always let us work for them. Feng Xiaochen commented.

Wang Genji said: "But how do they know that you and Lao Wu have long been arranging for the development of the core process of synthetic ammonia." Wang Hongtai's research group at Pujiang Jiaotong University, you have recovered the third phase of the fund, and you have spent five or six million before and after, are you already a little eyebrow-raising now?"

Feng Xiaochen raised a finger on the side of his mouth, signaling Wang Genji not to be public, and then said with a smile: "His side is just a direction, and several other units also have their own directions. However, I told them that they can now publish some marginal papers, and the core idea of this aspect should be kept strictly secret, so that no one can perceive that we are working in these directions. When the time comes, we will apply for patents in one fell swoop, and then we can use these patents to have fun with the Japanese. ”

Wang Genji looked at Feng Xiaochen, shook his head and sighed: "Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng, I really can't understand how you can have such insidious thoughts at such a young age. The Japanese let you keep an eye on it, it's really eight lifetimes of mold. ”