A black Honda, with pride, walked around the pillar and stopped directly in front of the Ito Corporation's building.

The seven executives of Ito Corporation, who had been guarding the glass door for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward.

A 50-year-old head office opened the car door first.

Takanobu Ito nodded slightly and walked out of the car door.

Everyone bowed in unison and shouted in unison: "Vice President." ”

"Hello everyone. Takanobu Ito said casually, and his smile flashed and turned into a serious appearance again.

Seven executives of Ito Corporation, dog-legged followers, were full of enthusiasm.

The head of the head office couldn't wait to lick Takanobu Ito's heels, and said with a humble smile, "Did the vice president sleep well at night? I brought tea from my hometown and a tea set, which is very refreshing, so let's have a drink before the board of directors to refresh yourself." ”

Takanobu Ito remembered the drinking party last night, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Then let's have a cup, I want strong tea leaves." ”

"No problem. "The head minister has a feeling of puffiness.

The few people who wanted to lick Takanobu Ito's thumb and couldn't do it were very regretful, and thought: Tamura is really a flattering guy.

Takanobu Ito's road was unhindered, and when he arrived at the elevator, the office workers in the elevator all had to run out and bow down.

And Takanbu Ito, as long as he has a serious head, it's fine.

Several high-level business officials sent Takanobu Ito into the office before returning to their respective sites.

The minister seized the opportunity and brought the tea leaves in to make tea.

Takanobu Ito reads the newspaper with his feet crossed.

Although Ito was unsuccessful in the competition for the Setan oil field in the United Arab Emirates, in the following years, he secured an Iranian oil field for Ito Trading Company and stabilized his position.

As a member of the Ito family, Takanbu Ito has had a smooth ride in Ito Corporation. Japan's zaibatsu families have been using the system of professional managers for a long time, but they still spare no effort in cultivating their children. Moreover, unlike Chinese families, Japanese relatives such as sons-in-law are often regarded as standard family children, and this kind of expansion can effectively absorb social elites while continuing the family bloodline. Takanobu Ito's ability to achieve the position of vice president has a lot to do with his surname. However, although the vice president is a comfortable position, it is not without pressure.

Takanobu Ito quickly threw down the newspaper and prepared to start his work.

With a shy face, the head office brought up a plate of tea, and at the same time naturally removed the newspaper on the table.

Takanobu Ito's gaze fell on the corner of the newspaper that had been removed.

The two Chinese characters "Dahua", like neon signs, evoked his memories.

"Wait. Takanobu Ito picked up the newspaper again and looked at the corner that he wouldn't normally care about.

"They did something amazing!" Ito muttered as he read the headline from the newspaper and began to read the following quickly.

The Asahi Shimbun is one of the top three newspapers in Japan, with extremely high sales, and Kikuchi's republished article only gets a tofu block in the corner. Although the layout is good, the word count is really not much.

However, Takanobu Ito read it for 5 minutes and still hasn't finished it.

He read it over and over again, as if rejecting the essence of the article.

Seeing the "hometown tea" he had worked so hard to brew turn cold and turbid, the minister couldn't help but raise his head gloomily.

Takanobu Ito's face was darker than the color of tea.

The head minister hurriedly lowered his head, picked up the tea tray, and decided to make tea again.

"Tamura. Takanobu Ito spoke suddenly.

The head of the department was startled and hurriedly put down the tea tray and agreed.

"Go and ask the president of the shipping company, Miyamoto. Takanobu Ito dropped the newspaper. Like several other Japanese conglomerates, Ito Corporation has a large number of companies and institutions, from grain to minerals, from transportation to steel, from machinery manufacturing to biopharmaceuticals, and the shipbuilding industry was the core of the profits of the Nippon conglomerates in the 70s. The technical development of the sectional shipbuilding method mainly came from the Japanese shipyards, and it was not until the invention of the giant section shipbuilding method that they ended many of their patent resources.

The president of a shipping company under Ito Corporation is superficially treated similarly to Takanobu Ito, but it would be a rebuke to send the vice president to a subordinate company as president.

Unlike state-owned enterprises, Japanese conglomerates believe in the value of the "central government." Junior staff can work in the branch, but in order to achieve the high position of president, they must not be transferred to the subordinate branch, otherwise the chances of winning the grand slam are very slim.

Furthermore, Takanobu Ito was able to direct the work of his subordinate branches, while it was very difficult for his subordinate shipping companies to resist such guidance.

In terms of reference, Takanobu Ito is already one of the top players in Ito Corporation.

Therefore, when bidding for the Setan oil field with Sioux City, Ito Takanobu was extremely confident. This also made him continue to increase his attention to Sioux City after his defeat.

"Something remarkable!" stung Takanobu Ito's eyes a little.

But no Japanese newspaper, or rather, no newspaper has ever evaluated itself in such a tone.

What displeased him the most was that what Sioux City had done was indeed remarkable.

Breaking the world record for shipbuilding speed, as long as you enter the industrial field, you know how difficult it is.

No shipyard is willing to slow down, even companies like Europe and the United States, when facing ship orders, they have to work overtime.

The steel mill community, which gets up before dawn and drinks when it gets dark, is in the era when the shipbuilding industry is thriving

It is common in Europe and the United States, and it is not uncommon in Japan.

That's it, and it was broken by the world record.

Takanobu Ito couldn't think of how to do it.

The more this happened, the more he cared about it.

Tamura had no choice but to leave his teacup and teapot, rush out of the office, and go outside to make a phone call and make an appointment for a meeting.

Takanobu Ito had a cold face, took out a piece of paper, thought about it and wrote: Reorganize the main business of commercial ships and further develop new profit growth...... The development of LNG carriers and oil tankers will bring about an increase in the overall profits of the consortium...... He also started with oil and gas and other energy sources, so his thinking is very similar to Sioux City.

Making LNG ships is the future of the shipbuilding industry, and it is indeed the only way for established shipping companies such as Japan and France.

Takanobu Ito didn't care about this before, because the company had other executives and managing directors who cared about it, and he was a dignified vice president, and he had to think about things that were more macro or could bring more profits.

Now, in the face of Sioux City's success, he feels that the shipping market seems to have a future for development.

If you can build a ship in 6 months, the profits of today's shipping industry will increase by 20 or 30 percent, which is not only profitable, but also a high-profit business.

As for whether the company can build a ship in six months, Ito Takanobu did not consider it at all, and he believes that what China can do, Japanese companies must be able to do.

At that time, everyone will still compete for the advantages of technology accumulation and talent.

In my heart, after direct contact with Sioux City in the UAE and indirect contact in Russia, Ito Takanobu still has some reluctant trust in Sioux City's judgment.

"Since he thinks the shipping industry has something to do, we shouldn't give up. "In Ito's subconscious, there was an idea of tracking the business.

Regardless of whether there is an element of anger, Takanobu Ito has a plan and is still clear-eyed.

Considering that the board of directors is not long, Ito first identified the companies related to the shipbuilding industry within the consortium and then analyzed their white spoon business volume and profit margins...... If it is said that Sioux City is engaged in the shipbuilding industry, the benefits of the national shipbuilding industry chain will be concentrated within the consortium. Their level in terms of various industrial bases is only higher than that of the Chinese industrial system in the 90s.

If you can drive the group to increase by one or two percent, you will be one step closer to the position of president.

Takanobu Ito thought proudly, and the speed of writing was faster.

Subsequently, several of his assistants were called in to either analyze the data or do calculations.

In Japan in 93, there were not many computers available, and the data was all stored in the data room, and when they were to be used, they were asked to find out those who had been beaten into the cold palace.

The opulent office of the vice president was quickly dusty.

Afternoon.

Mr. Tamura brought President Miyamoto of the shipping company, as well as his chief engineer, who had traveled all the way to the vice president's office.

Takanobu Ito received them warmly.

After the tedious welcome ceremony, Takanbu Ito took out the Asahi Shimbun and asked expectantly: "I saw the information, the average speed at which we build a ship now is 11 months, and the fastest speed is 235 years. Now, it seems that China has adopted some kind of technology to increase the speed to about six months, will we be able to reach it?"

"Maeda. "President Miyamoto is about to turn 70 years old, and he has long been in a state of eating and waiting for death.

Maeda, the chief engineer he called by name, was about 40 years old and belonged to the ambitious technocracy, and he curiously picked up the newspaper and read it for a while, and said with a dumb smile: "It's impossible." ”

"Why?"

"There must be something wrong with the 200 shipbuilding, I guess, either they did part of the ship in advance and assembled it, so they only counted the welding time. Either that, or the reporter who reported the story didn't investigate clearly. Maeda wrenched his finger and said, "To build a ship, the process is very complicated, so I'll start with the steel plate." The shipyard obtains the steel plate, through the reclaimer, and then goes through the process of shot blasting, washing, drying, primer spraying, and then drying, before it can be transported to the gas cutting operation platform with electromagnetic lifting, and after cutting and forming, it also has to go through the plane segmented production line, the standard segmented assembly area, the shot blasting coating station, the hull packaging table, and finally the 200-ton trailer is used to transport the segmented to the final assembly production line. This process has been simplified several times, and it is no longer possible to save another month and a half......"

If the Asahi Shimbun had not reported on Daihua Industries, Ito might have trusted what he said and shelved the matter.

Now, he said forcefully: "Since you can't save a month and a half, then go and investigate why Chinese companies can." ”

"It's just an exaggerated report. ”

"Then give me the exaggerated evidence. Takanobu Ito's eyes narrowed, still very dignified.

In front of the vice president, the chief engineer could only give in.

Although Maeda fantasizes that he will one day step over the position of vice president, he still has to obey the orders of the vice president until this death.

Back at Ito Shipbuilding, Maeda wanted to send someone to China to investigate, but after thinking about it, he entrusted the matter to a professional investigation company outside the group.

In his opinion, investigating a Chinese company in a pretentious manner would make him ridiculous.

However, it was such a move that turned Ito Corporation's secret investigation into a semi-public investigation.

A professional research company will not only provide Maeda with information that can be sold for money.

Within a short period of time, shipping companies all over Japan received summaries about Dahua Shipbuilding. Some companies immediately decided to buy it.