On the one hand, Japan's lack of resources and the foundation of the country are fundamentally based on technology and capital, and of course they hope that the more foreign capital there is, the better. But on the other hand, the Japanese are very sensitive and closed-minded, and react very fiercely to accepting foreign leadership and being occupied by foreigners. Even its American dad had to cut meat on it with knives, guns and political talents, and the result of playing with the economy was that "the Japanese can say 'no.'"

Especially if they are surpassed by foreigners, especially the Chinese, who have always looked down on them, in terms of high technology, their islander nature will kick in, and maybe Zhou Shuo will make a mess.

It would be a good idea to have a shell for camouflage.

Tokyo, Roppongi Keiwa restaurant.

Mikihisa Komaki is a semi-bald typical Japanese middle-aged man, and as long as he sits at the wine table and has a little Japanese shochu in his stomach, he will immediately enjoy himself.

Oda Shofu eagerly filled the wine cup in front of him, nodded and said, "Komaki Sang, this is my partner, Zhou Shuojun from China. ”

"Taiwanese? Hong Kong people? Komaki Ganjiu picked up the wine glass, took a sip of it, and asked from the corner of his eye.

Zhou Shuo adjusted his kneeling posture, he was inevitably a little unaccustomed to this way of sitting.

"Chinese, I'm from Bohai Province in Chinese mainland."

"Oh, mainlanders." Komaki nodded lukewarmly for a long time.

Turning to look at Oda Shofu, he asked, "Oda-chan, did you bring what I wanted?" ”

Oda nodded, took out an envelope from his arms, and pushed it over to him. Komaki Kanhisa opened the envelope, and a stack of Natsume Soseki's heads were revealed. He nodded in satisfaction, put Natsume Soseki back, and put the envelope in his pocket. Then he took out a folder from his leather bag and slapped it on the table.

"This is the information of other investors who are currently interested in taking over DB, read it here, and I will take it after reading it."

Zhou Shuo and Oda Shofu glanced at each other, nodded, picked up the folder and flipped through it.

DB's shareholding structure is relatively simple, with founder Hiroshi Arikawa owning 65% of the shares, and the remaining 35% of the shares belonging to Sakura Bank, which is controlled by the Mitsui consortium. Hiroshi Arikawa owns several companies of his own, and DB is just one of them, which makes him inclined to sell all of the unprofitable DB companies.

However, DB itself has many former employees of Sakura Bank, so it hopes to retain some influence over DB and take care of these middle and senior executives who have many connections in Sakura Bank.

This is one of the reasons why it is often difficult for Japanese companies to make drastic reforms. Once there is a slight move, it is not only within the company that is involved, but also many affiliated enterprises and investors.

This time, only 65% of Hiroshi Arikawa's name and 15% of Sakura Bank were sold, so if a Japanese person came to work with Oda Shofu, of course, there was no need to worry about being sidelined. However, if it is a Chinese investor and two people divide the shares sold equally, a 40% plan for one person is absolutely unacceptable.

At that time, the middle level was Japanese, and the Japanese side of the board of directors also had a total of 60% control, and Zhou Shuo almost certainly saw that he would not have any advantage in this joint venture.

"Rili Software is also interested in DB!" Oda exclaimed.

"Rili acquires Toyota's IT consulting service provider?" Zhou Shuo was also surprised: "What are you doing?" ”

"Xiao Mu-kun, what's the situation?" Oda asked.

Komaki drank to himself: "This is a senior secret of the company, so I can't tell you." ”

Oda shook his head in frustration and said, "Zhou San, Rili Software Company is not something we can compete with, I think it's better to give up." ”

Zhou Shuo was silent, Rili Software is a software company under Rili Group. The Rili Group is the second largest manufacturing company in Japan after Toyota, so what did they choose to do with DB Software?

DB is a software company that provides IT consulting for Toyota of the Mitsui consortium, and Sunny Software is a subsidiary of the Nissan consortium, so what clues can bring these two giants together?

He shook his head and said, "Rili's purpose has not yet been clarified, and it would be too timid to surrender without a fight. ”

Oda said with a straight face: "Zhou Jun, you are Chinese and may not understand what it means to be in our six major Japanese conglomerates. Although Rili Software is just a subsidiary of Rili Group, it is a member of the Nissan consortium anyway. Although DB is 35% owned by Sakura Bank, it is not even part of the Mitsui consortium. Rili Software wants to acquire DB Company, but DB cannot resist, and it is not a subsidiary of Toshiba, and its position in the hearts of the two consortia is not the same. ”

"Toshiba!" Zhou Shuo suddenly shouted out of a voice.

"What's wrong with Toshiba?" Oda was puzzled.

Zhou Shuo didn't care about him, turned his head to look at Xiao Mu Ganjiu, looked at him with a thorough gaze and said, "Xiao Mujun, Ri Li has taken a fancy to DB has mastered part of the patent of the motion compensation technique, right?" ”

"You!" Xiao Mu Ganjiu looked at Zhou Shuo like a ghost, and asked in shock: "How do you know the Dao!" ”

Zhou Shuo didn't care about him anymore, turned his head to Oda Shofu and said: "Oda-san, I can hand over the ERP system technology to you, but DB Company we will acquire 51% of the shares!" ”

DB is not a new joint venture company, it has been established for more than three years, and its shares can be moved freely.

Oda Shofu swallowed his saliva, was taken by his serious momentum, and asked in a daze: "What is the entire implementation technique of the ERP system?" ”

Zhou Shuo nodded affirmatively and said, "Leave nothing behind, Bao Jiao Bao Hui." ”

He clenched his fists in his heart, and made up his mind to take DB Company into his own hands.

Just kidding, this is a technique that will affect the hundreds of billions of markets in the future! Motion compensation is not a sports term, but a method of describing the difference between two frames in a video. This method is now commonly used in video compression and video codecs to reduce redundant data in the video.

Of course, this technique does not jump out of the cracks in the stone, and was first used in the industrial field. Toyota's production line uses its early prototype.

Later, this technique was applied to MPEG data compression, and in 1996 it became the standard for MPEG-2 technology. This technical standard has been applied to DVD technology and has become part of the patent protection content of the 6C Alliance.

The so-called 6C alliance refers to the DVD technology patent protection alliance composed of six companies: Dongzhi, Rili, Panasonic, JVC, Mitsubishi Electric and Time Warner. In later generations, China's DVD industry once accounted for ninety percent of the world's output value of hundreds of billions, but the 6C alliance did not say at the beginning of the development of China's DVD industry, but after the industry matured, it jumped out to levy high patent fees. In one fell swoop, China's DVD industry was completely strangled.

MPEG technology can not only play a role in the DVD industry, but also the sword of Damocles hanging over the head of China's color TV companies in later generations, just look at when these patent overlords are happy, you can concoct China's digital TV companies in the same way.

In addition, audio, computer, MP3, video player and other products, as long as there are devices with digital media applications, are all trembling in front of MPEG patents. When and how you want to be stuck, it all depends on the mood of these people.

The acquisition of DB by Rili is obviously an advance layout for the 6C Alliance.

As long as Zhou Shuo masters the DB company, he can not only cut off one of the hands of the company, but also take this opportunity to enter the next generation of MPEG technology standards. The current development of action compensation technology has not yet reached the level of perfection, and on the basis of DB's basic patent, he can preemptively research more advanced variable block action compensation technology, or overlapping block action compensation technology.

As long as the MPEG-4 standard was established in 1998, he could break through the blockade of the 6C Alliance's patents through cross-licensing.

"But with the strength of Rili Software, we have no chance of winning if we want to bid with them." Oda said worriedly.

"Then don't compete with them." Zhou Shuo turned around and said to Xiao Mu Ganjiu again: "Xiao Mujun, I need the details of the president of your society, can you do it?" ”

Komaki Kanjiu raised his eyes and glanced at him, where did a president who was about to sell a company have any prestige. I was recommended to DB Software by Sakura Bank, so what if I didn't take this opportunity to make some money? He nodded and said, "One million yen, but I won't collect information about illegal acts." ”

"Deal!" Zhou Shuo nodded fiercely.

Komaki slowly got up from the tatami mat, opened the sliding door and walked out. It wasn't until half an hour later that Zhou Shuo's legs and feet were numb and unconscious, and he walked back with a folder.

"That's all, the money will be in my account tomorrow." Komaki Ganjiu threw the materials on the table, picked up the coat from the shelf at the door, and walked away without looking back.

Zhou Shuo didn't care about him, and hurriedly opened the folder and looked at it.

There are many industries in Hiroshi Arikawa, but they are mainly concentrated in the software industry. In addition to DB Software, he also runs an application software company that sells a good financial software in Japan. A security software company specializing in enterprise-level information security and data recovery business. A design software company that produces a range of industrial-aided design software. and a game company, which followed the trend and made several video games, barely maintaining a no-lose, no-earn situation.

Zhou Shuo stared at the document, which was only more than ten pages in total, for a long time, until Oda Junfu was a little impatient with the others, so he stretched his waist and slowly stood up. He also understands a little now, Xiao Mu Ganjiu is always slow and methodical, and he gets up quickly when he kneels in such a sitting position, and he is dizzy!

Zhou Shuo jumped to his feet and rubbed his legs. Then he threw the folder on the table and smiled confidently: "Okay, I know how to deal with this Arikawa Hao." ”