"Mr. Zhou, there is one more street corner to the address you said." Tang Jun checked the map in his hand and said affirmatively.

"Okay, stop the car, here it is." Zhou Shuo nodded faintly, pulled the car door and got out of the car.

Seeing this, Tang Jun and Wang Qinian also hurriedly jumped out of the car, but Zhou Shuo waved his hand and stopped him: "I'll go alone, don't come with me." ”

"Mr. Zhou, then let Captain Wang come with you." Tang Jun looked back and forth, and said with some anxiety. This is a large residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo, and it is safe and secure, but the streets and alleys are relatively narrow and relatively secluded during the daytime.

"No, I'll do it myself. If you give me the specific address, I'm afraid I won't find it. Zhou Shuo shook his head, rejected Tang Jun's kindness, and just let him point in a direction from a distance.

Tokyo's east side is bordered by the Pacific Ocean, which makes it a very livable climate, with warm winters and cool summers. Even in the height of summer in July, there is a unique quiet atmosphere on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Zhou Shuo stood still and looked up at the house in front of him. It is a typical Japanese house, a small two-story duplex building that uses a lot of wooden structure, and there is a cherry blossom tree planted in the yard. At this time, the sun gradually slanting to the west sprinkled a piece of gold on the whole building, and it turned out to be a little intoxicating.

Zhou Shuo took two steps forward and took a closer look. At the entrance of this courtyard, the family's last name is written on a wooden sign: Shiraishi.

Ding Dong――

"Hi, hello, are you looking for-"

Shiraishi Jasmine hurriedly opened the door of her house. Seeing the person standing outside the door, he was suddenly stunned. In any case, she didn't expect this time. Zhou Shuo will be seen here.

"It's Zhou Sang, please come in." Shiraishi Jasmine turned slightly sideways. Let Zhou Shuo in.

"Hello Ms. Shiraishi, excuse me." After nodding slightly, Zhou Shuo walked in with some trepidation.

"I'm sorry for your trouble, this is a little bit of my heart." Zhou Shuo handed the gift box in his hand to Shiraishi Jasmine.

"You're so polite, I'll pour you tea."

Jasmine Shiraishi let Zhou Shuo into the living room, turned around and went into the kitchen to make tea.

Zhou Shuo raised his eyes and looked at the living room, the living room was not big, only about ten square meters. There are yellowed tatami mats on the floor, and ordinary fluorescent lamps overhead. Guests can sit on the floor when they come. Just put a low table in the middle of the living room.

"Tea, please." Shiraishi Jasmine came out of the kitchen with a wooden plate and placed a cup of tea in front of Zhou Shuo.

"Please Zhou Sang try it, this is still a pre-rain dragon well imported from China." She set aside the red tray made of pear blossom wood, picked up the cup of tea in front of her, sniffed it first, and then took a shallow sip.

Zhou Shuo picked up the teacup, only to see a few pieces of tea in the cup floating in the water, the curling heat rising, and a faint fragrance wafting from his nose.

"It's really good tea!" He took a soft sip. After putting the tea cup down, he laughed a little self-deprecatingly: "As a Chinese, in fact, I don't know much about tea culture. I can only be regarded as loving this tea, but I dare not say that I can drink it. ”

Zhou Shuo wanted to say a few words of greeting. Unexpectedly, Shiraishi Jasmine did not appreciate it. Although there was no impatience on his face, the topic was straight to the point: "I don't know why Zhou Sang came to the cold house?" ”

"This. Then I'm not going to say it politely. Zhou Shuo thought about it and decided not to play too much. Going straight is also more in line with his character.

"I actually came to Japan to visit Ms. Shiraishi. I've heard you're not doing well. So I can't help but be a little worried......"

"Isn't the way I look now, thanks to Zhou Sang's blessing?"

Although Shiraishi Jasmine always looked so calm, she couldn't help but get angry now: "From the beginning of Huajing's bidding, Fanhan Group has actually been working on the idea of Nikon's lithography machine production line, right?" ”

She said mercilessly: "A scheming person like Zhou Sang is really more suitable for these hypocritical greetings. ”

was ridiculed so face-to-face, but the rare Zhou Shuo was not angry. To be honest, for Nikon as a company, he has no worries about how to use the means. After all, shopping malls are like battlefields, life and death have their own destiny, and in the end, what results can only be found in themselves.

But for Baishi Jasmine, Zhou Shuo couldn't be at ease. To tell the truth, he is somewhat responsible for the current situation of Jasmine Shiraishi.

As the head of Nikon's lithography division, Jasmine Shiraishi is already a high-level person within Nikon. Although it has not entered the core power circle of the company, it has a lot of say in the affairs of lithography machines.

With such an important position, the treatment she received at Nikon would naturally not be low. Not to mention the annual income of hundreds of thousands of dollars, she also has a high-end residence allocated by Nikon in the bustling area of Tokyo. She has food and clothing for eating, clothing, and fuel and driver subsidies for driving by herself, otherwise Nikon will provide her with a special car and a special driver.

Even if she doesn't say this, just by virtue of her in the Nikon Lithography Division, she has the management power of hundreds of people under her hands. In this small world, she is more or less a prince.

However, there was a serious mistake in Nikon's lithography machine business, and someone had to be held accountable for it. Of course, Tsuruta lost his future, but after all, he was able to retain a permanent position. In the end, the responsibility for this business mistake mainly fell on the shoulders of Shiraishi Jasmine.

Jasmine Shiraishi's father was a senior engineer before Nikon, but by the time she became the head of the lithography division, she had already retired. Although she was anxious about what happened to her, she was powerless to have any impact on the current high-level management.

A high-level executive like her who is outdated in the background is of course the best choice for scapegoats.

After some games and compromises, the result was that Shiraishi Jasmine was transferred from the position of the head of the lithography machine business department at the quasi-high-level level to the second general affairs section of the general affairs department of the group as a small section chief.

Of course, the housing, cars and various subsidies provided at the ministerial level need to be recovered. The annual income of hundreds of thousands of dollars has also plummeted to less than 100,000 dollars.

It can be said that Jasmine Shiraishi's entire life was changed by this incident. And the only thing she can resent now is probably only Zhou Shuo alone.

Otherwise, do you want to hate Tsuruda? Although Tsuruta lost her position as special manager, the general manager is still a high-level Nikon after all, and she can hate it?

During this time, she carefully sorted out the process of falling into this field, and she already knew in her heart that this was a trap set by Fanhan Group step by step. With the mastery of immersive lithography and step-by-step projection technology, the Panhan Group can easily achieve a 0.35 micron process even if it starts with the 0.8 micron technology mastered in China.

Huajing's 0.5 micron lithography machine upgrade does not need external bidding at all. And the so-called ban on the export of lithography machine technology is clearly a double reed played by the Pan Han Group and the Chinese government, even if it is to coax Nikon to move the production line to China. In the end, the step-by-step projection technology was a fatal blow that completely ruined the entire Nikon lithography machine market.

This plan is step by step, step by step, ring by ring. The greed and arrogance of Nikon's top management were ridiculous, and in the end, they finally lost the entire production line of lithography machines.

"Ms. Shiraishi is right, I am indeed hypocritical when I say these things now."

Zhou Shuo's frank admission made Shiraishi Jasmine Nai stunned slightly, and then listened to him continue: "To you, Ms. Shiraishi, I am indeed deeply sorry. Because morally, I am indeed deceiving you, deceiving you, and tempting you. But in terms of right and wrong—"

When he said this, he suddenly sat up straight, straightened his spine and said: "Fanhan Group doesn't owe Nikon anything, the mall is already full of traps, Nikon is about to be a hundred years old, dare to pat his chest and say that he hasn't done anything like this?" ”

"From Ms. Shiraishi's point of view, maybe I'm not a good person. But from the point of view of justice, I have a clear conscience. ”

"It's just a matter of winning and losing." Shiraishi Jasmine exhaled silently, shook her head and said, "Zhou Sang is right, if the Panhan Group doesn't have a backhand, Nikon will kick you out in the end......"

"So, I don't feel like I'm doing anything wrong." Zhou Shuo nodded and said, "Because this is a shopping mall game between two companies, life and death depend on the success or failure of the sky." But to you, Ms. Shiraishi, I honestly feel that I personally owe you a lot. ”

"Okay, what's the point of saying that now?"

Shiraishi Jasmine seemed to have figured it out, and said a little tiredly: "Things have happened, I don't think it is possible for Fanhan Group to spit out the production line in hand, right?" So, your apology won't change anything. ”

"My current results are all on my own path. Zhou San, as the victor, please don't show cheap sympathy to me. ”

Probably this is self-inflicted, Shiraishi Jasmine has not regretted the decisions she and Tsuruta made. It is certainly right to say that the Pan Han Group is insidious and cunning, but there is no mistake in himself? If only Nikon weren't so greedy, less arrogant, or more wary of Chinese......

Maybe the end result will be different.

"Ms. Shiraishi has misunderstood, I'm not here to show you cheap sympathy."

Zhou Shuo smiled, and then said: "If you have to say that it is sympathy, it will not be cheap. Because I sincerely hope that Ms. Shiraishi can come and work for us at Pan Han Group. The package is a monthly salary - one million dollars. (To be continued......)