Chapter 90: Meeting (I)
In the afternoon, there was a little girl's ward, and there was a lot of laughter.
Although Jisoo still stubbornly thinks that boys are better than girls, in front of the cute and invincible Sakura, it didn't take long for her expression to hold back, and together with Lin Xiujing, she played childish games with the little girl.
The photos of the driver's license and medical insurance card taken by the mobile phone, after Ahn Junhyuk entered the ward at noon, he sent it to Kwon Bo-geun and asked him to help investigate, there are many private detective service agencies in Japan, especially in an international metropolis like Tokyo, the pace of life is accelerating, and it will inevitably bring many social and family problems, as long as they can afford the price, those people don't mind what they want to investigate, or what the purpose of the investigation is.
However, not long afterward, what was waiting for was not the investigation, but Kwon Bo-geun's private appointment with Kazuo Hirai.
“…… Yesterday, Mr. Hirai's secretary said that the specific time will be adjusted, and it depends on the situation, I just received a call before, Mr. Hirai has a formal invitation tomorrow that cannot be postponed, the itinerary cannot be adjusted, and he will rush back to the United States in the next few days, and he wants to arrange the time this afternoon, and the president will ......"
In Kwon Baogen's view, since it can't be adjusted, then simply push it off, anyway, there is no business intersection between J.H and Sony Electronic Entertainment, although Kazuo Hirai has a lot of energy within Sony, but that is mainly an American company.
In the past two days, he has checked some resumes of Kazuo Hirai, and his natural position is the American Group Division, and from the beginning of his career, he worked for Sony Columbia Music (a record company jointly owned by Sony and CBS) after a ten-year career. before entering Sony Electronic Entertainment (USA).
According to his guess, the reason why the other party wanted to meet Ahn Junhyuk was probably because the two parties had similar backgrounds.
The same civilian background, the same work experience as a music producer, and the same lack of experience as a technical engineer, but he is in charge of a technology-based enterprise.
However, he didn't know what Ahn Junhyuk really thought in his heart, in Ahn Junhyuk's opinion, it didn't matter what Kazuo Hirai was asking to meet him for, it was important. It was to take this opportunity to communicate with Sony's top management...... Let's not mention that he has the power to treasure the root that he doesn't have. On the other hand, Kwon is on the outside, and he can't see the consequences of internal personnel changes at Sony Japan.
In the course of these two days. Ahn Jun-hyuk accompanied Lin Xiujing. At the same time, he is also combing through the memories inherited from dreams.
After taking a closer look. It is not difficult to find that the harbingers of Sony's decline are actually as early as the moment when Sony and Ericsson established a joint venture. It determines the future failure. At that time, it seemed that the cooperation between Sony and Ericsson was undoubtedly the most correct choice, and only in this way could Sony compete with Motorola and Nokia, which had shown a peerless posture at that time. But this choice also determines that Sony must focus on Ericsson's traditional strength - Europe and the United States, and abandon the low-end route, so as to avoid the siege of Motorola and Nokia.
If the history of mobile phones continues to develop like this, Sony Ericsson will not be able to replicate the successful path of Motorola and Nokia, and finally compete with the two giants at the top of the food chain in the consumer electronics market.
But this year, the concept of consumer electronics will be completely rewritten by one company and one person......
For a technology group like Sony, which focuses on consumer electronics, the collapse of one business usually represents a crisis for the entire business. Howard Stringer is well-connected in the United States, and he may have been aware of some of the signs (Google was too, and as a private company at the time, it was more actionable and decisive), so after taking office, he did his best to adjust Sony's business strategy, expanding the original one core business into three core businesses, electronics, games, and entertainment!
This certainly thinned the position of the electronics business in the group, but also avoided the speed of Sony's collapse in the face of a crisis.
However, many people within Sony are obviously not in line with his thinking, among which the Tokyo forces led by Takeru Kutsuki and Masao Morita are the most typical representatives, and the two have repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction with a foreigner as the CEO of Sony in public, and the core consciousness is to resist Stringer's large-scale operation on Sony's business field, which dilutes their authority and status.
This kind of internal struggle is the most draining on the vitality of a listed group, and Stringer is certainly using repressive measures to reduce the weight of opposition to Tokyo's power, but on the other hand, he has to appease - Sony Japan Film and Television Entertainment operates independently, and hands over to Masaio Morita to take charge, which can be seen as a clue to the personnel adjustment, what better way to send a signal of goodwill than a Japanese executive from the American branch?
The rise of Kazuo Hirai is a product of this situation!
Ahn Joon-hyuk is even more aware of the fact that this figure, who is currently generally ignored by the outside world, has not failed to live up to the opportunity given by Stringer to compromise with Sony's Tokyo power. It wasn't long before when Hisakumi Yoshiki Ken finally resigned from class, and people thought that Sony Electronic Entertainment would eventually die out because of the departure of the father of PS.
That was also the moment when the other party fully integrated into the group!
After that, Kazuo Hirai will grow up at a breakneck pace and eventually emerge from the ranks of the "Four Musketeers".
Before and after a person's development, the mentality is completely different, J.H's pace of development, and Sony have certain similarities, if J.H wants to develop rapidly, a wide range of cooperation with Sony is the most advantageous choice.
Now such an opportunity to make friends with the other party's future senior management is in front of him, but the other party still takes the initiative to invite, and Ahn Junhyuk naturally has no reason to let it go.
With these thoughts turning in his mind, on the phone, Ahn Junhyuk smiled: "It's normal that the itinerary can't be adjusted for a while, inform the other side, I have time in the afternoon." ”
"Uh...... Yes!"
Kwon Bo Geun couldn't understand this order, but he was used to obeying Ahn Jun Hyuk's orders, and he was also used to meticulous execution, and soon notified the other side, more than an hour later, a simple, but in the later time river, the impact was not a simple meeting, so it was determined that it was dinner time that day.
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At night, Tokyo far surpasses the bustle of Seoul, and everyone is greeted by the lights one after another.
Even if it has been a few days, when you look down from the upper floors of the hotel, or like this, sit in the car, blend in through the window, and melt into the countless fireflies, rolling in all directions, Kwon Baogen will still be amazed by this sight.
He followed Ahn Jun-hyuk and was on his way to the date place, the car was a limousine arranged by the hotel, Ahn Jun-hyuk was sitting opposite him, looking at the itinerary plan discussed by J.H Entertainment and Sony Entertainment today.
Ahn Junhyuk's identity is different after all, he is not a simple artist, "Wang Nan" Sony is preparing to hold a public screening of more than 300 screens in Japan - this is not underestimated, Japan's film market environment is very different from other countries, and the number of big screens in the country is only about 1000, which is less than the number of screens in South Korea, only half of China's era, 300 is already medium-sized, but the attendance rate of Japanese theaters is extremely high.
Sony's tentatively selected screening venues are located in Tokyo, Osaka and other places, and the promotional itinerary naturally includes these cities, and in Tokyo, Sony hopes to hold a roadshow in Shibuya to mobilize Ahn Junhyuk's fans in Japan.
Regarding this plan, which is still under negotiation, Ahn Junhyuk was noncommittal, flipped through it casually, and asked about the communication between Kwon Bo-gen and Sony Music: "Has Sony Records had a reply in the past two days?"
Kwon Bo-geun hurriedly retracted his gaze and replied: "Yes, but it's only a preliminary contact, but from the mouth of the person in charge of the phone with me, I think they are more inclined to Bigbang, it should be that Ai Hui and SM cooperated to launch TVXQ last year, which made them pay attention to the operability of Korean boy groups, after all, the fan composition in Japan is not much different from that in South Korea, and the main market is in the hands of housewives and young students." ”
Ahn Junhyuk nodded: "If you have a tendency, then choose a time, show your tone, and settle the matter!"
"This ......" Kwon Bo-gen hesitated, J.H Music has not yet set up a shelf here, and it will take more time to start operating, so if he relaxes, then Bigbang's operation in Japan will be dominated by Sony, and J.H will not get much benefit.
But after thinking about it, he understood that he was greedy, J.H is not a local Japanese company after all, he wants to make a fortune here and open up the market, and he doesn't want the local situation to interfere, how can there be such a good thing in the world.
"Yes, I see. ”
During the conversation, the driver arranged by the hotel had already driven to the destination according to the instructions, which was a Japanese-style restaurant located on the edge of Shibuya, the car turned into the entrance of the alleyway, stopped at the door of the restaurant, and the street lamp on one side sprinkled a dim halo, and the drizzle of cow hair drifted in from the darkness and flew into the darkness.
When Kwon Bo Gen, who got off the car first, held up the umbrella, and Ahn Junhyuk got out of the car under the cover of the umbrella, the bamboo curtain at the door of the restaurant was lifted, and a young man with glasses looked at them, probably recognized Ahn Junhyuk, and immediately trotted over.
"President Ahn, the president is waiting for you inside. ”
Ahn Jun Hyuk nodded and motioned for him to lead the way.
The hotel looks inconspicuous on the outside, but the interior decoration is very charming, very elegant and chic, in this country where the history and culture are not broken, many traditional things are retained, and a set of environmental art has been developed.
Ahn Jun-hyuk has not studied these cultural and artistic things, and he can't say how the layout and materials are selected, but he can only perceive the taste from the overall senses.
The young man didn't seem to have the heart to explain to these "guests", so he led the two of them through the spacious but not empty hall, came to the backyard, walked forward in the windy corridor for a while, knelt down and pushed open a sliding door for An Junhyuk, at the same time, the middle-aged man who was already waiting in the door also sat upright and bowed slightly:
"Anjun, I've admired it for a long time!" (to be continued......)