Chapter 324: Old Man Iwasaki (II)
So Iwasaki laughed and said:
"You grew up with me, and I don't know your temperament? You must have something to do with me this time, let's talk about it, and see what advice I can give you, this old man. ”
Kitajima scratched his head embarrassedly when he heard this, and his face showed a little hesitation.
"Huh? The Kitajima I know is not an indecisive person, what makes you so hesitant? Iwasaki laughed.
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"Actually, it's about Ryosuke."
"Ryosuke?" Yataro Iwasaki's face moved:
"What's wrong with him? Is it because he doesn't listen to you in the dock business and is stubborn? ”
Kitajima's heart moved, and Mr. Iwasaki really knew the character of Ryosuke.
And Iwasaki saw Kitajima's expression and knew that he had guessed correctly, and his smiling face slowly became stern:
"Ryosuke, I know very well, I have talent, and I have an enterprising spirit, otherwise I wouldn't let him follow you, so that I can learn from you the experience of business management and social interaction. But his disadvantage is that he is sometimes stubborn and doesn't listen to other people's opinions. What the hell did Ryosuke do, you say? ”
He knows Kitajima's style, and if he doesn't encounter a problem that Kitajima can't solve, he won't come to him.
However, this involves Ryosuke, the future successor of the Iwasaki family, and Kitajima needs to be careful in everything, and he will not come to him unless necessary, lest the rest of the family say that he dares to decide the matter of the family successor with the support of Yataro Iwasaki.
"Mr. Iwasaki, before I do that, I want to give you a plan."
Then, he explained the concept of advanced logistics to Iwasaki.
Iwasaki listened to Kitajima's explanation, and his eyes immediately revealed a strange brilliance, and it was getting brighter and brighter.
"You're awesome enough to think of such a method." Iwasaki smiled excitedly:
"In this way, the company's development can break through the bottleneck!"
But Kitajima shook his head:
"Mr. Iwasaki, the person who came up with this idea was not me, but a man named Marin."
Yataro Iwasaki was stunned for a moment, and said in confusion:
"Marlin? You've recently recruited a good talent to come up with such a brilliant idea. Well, we can't let go of such talents, so let's find a day to bring her to meet me. ”
Due to Iwasaki's high position, he had only met Marin once before, and after a few months, he had a vague impression of Marin.
But seeing Kitajima, he shook his head, sighed and said:
"Iwasaki-sama, I'm sorry, but I can't guarantee that I will be able to bring her to you. Because this Marin is not an employee of our company, but of another company. ”
"Another company's?" Yataro Iwasaki was slightly stunned, and then said decisively:
"What about other companies, even if it's someone from another company, we can poach her. If she refuses, I'll be the lobbyist myself! ”
Iwasaki attaches great importance to Marin, you must know that he Iwasaki Yataro is the first person in the business world, and even the prime minister does not dare to offend easily, even the current Panasonic consortium boss can only have an attitude of looking up to Iwasaki Yataro.
If it is known that someone can alarm Yataro Iwasaki and make him poach him as a lobbyist, I believe that the entire business world of Toei will be boiling.
Kitajima's reaction to Iwasaki had long been expected, because he knew how much impact the logistics plan proposed by Marin would have on traditional shipping, and Iwasaki also knew, and it was because they knew that they valued Marin so much.
At the same time, Kitajima and Iwasaki both know that people like Marin are better off if they are employees of their own companies, and they can be won over by means of heavy rewards.
If she were someone from another company or even a competitor, Mitsubishi would have a headache, which is why Iwasaki was so nervous and said that he would come to be this lobbyist himself.
"Mr. Iwasaki, please forgive me, this Marin, even if you go out in person, I'm afraid you won't join us." Kitajima smiled bitterly.
"Oh?" Iwasaki frowned slightly, he knew that some of the top talents had strange tempers, or rather this was a sign of arrogance.
Dongying is deeply influenced by Chinese culture, especially the Three Kingdoms era, which is changing and full of talents!
The old man Iwasaki knew that many talented people were proud and proud, and they needed to look at the thatched house before they agreed to make a move to show their worth.
But I heard Kitajima say:
"First of all, this Marin is not an employee of the company, but a boss, he would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, he is unlikely to give up his career and be an employee. Secondly, it's Ryosuke, who has a stiff relationship with Marin right now. ”
"What is the reason?" Iwasaki's brows furrowed even deeper, and his originally kind demeanor became extremely majestic at this time.
I only heard him snort and say:
"Did Ryosuke use some disgraceful means against others?"
Kitajima sighed again in his heart, Yataro Iwasaki really knew too much about his grandson's personality.
So he told Yataro Iwasaki in detail about the entanglement between Marin and Ryosuke and Kika, and told Yataro Iwasaki about Marin's previous initiative to tell him about the concept of warehousing and logistics, and also said that he planned to deepen cooperation with Marin.
"Now I've received news that Sumitomo has approached Marin, and they have reached a cooperative relationship." Kitajima said.
After listening to Kitajima's words, Iwasaki's face was already more gloomy and cloudy.
Although Sumitomo Corporation is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' largest customer, the Sumitomo Foundation and the Mitsubishi Group are also competitors.
Although Mitsubishi is the largest chaebol in Toei, Sumitomo has inherited it for more than 400 years!
Not to mention that the background and strength are not much worse than them, and they will catch up at any time.
Now, Marin goes to cooperate with Sumitomoo, although Marin runs a company, and anyone can do business with her, but in this situation, it is difficult to tell whether Marin went to Sumitomo because of the change in his relationship with Ryosuke.
I heard Kitajima say again:
"Mr. Iwasaki, when I went to the procurement department yesterday, I heard Fukuda say that Ryosuke had just approached him and asked him to re-bid for the tender. Then I went to ask Ryosuke, and Ryosuke personally admitted that he was going to work against Marin. ”
"Idiot!" When Iwasaki heard this, he couldn't hold back anymore and scolded angrily.
He is an older and spicier person than Kitajima, and naturally understands that it is easy for Mitsubishi to find a partner, and the reason why Marin took the initiative to build a new land, sea and air three-dimensional logistics to tell Kitajima was to throw an olive branch to Mitsubishi, hoping for the opportunity to cooperate with them, but now Ryosuke is so unkind, what does this make Marin think?
It was completely a matter of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and completely severing cooperation with Marin.
I saw Iwasaki snort coldly and said:
"He has stiff wings and wants to be free, but Mitsubishi can't call the shots yet!"
The implication is that Iwasaki will not agree with Ryosuke to get rid of Marin, and Kitajima is secretly relieved to see that his goal has been achieved.
Then, he said to Iwasaki seriously:
"Mr. Iwasaki, through my contact, Marin is definitely not a simple person, and we accept that the turmoil that happened before the Tokyo docks, Takahashi Katsuhei and the Black Dragon Gang were destroyed, and Marin played a key role in it. Mr. Iwasaki, that Tokyo shipping company..."
Iwasaki had completely remembered that Marin was coming, frowned and thought for a while, and then he said:
"No, it's a shame if such a person is pushed against us, I can't let that happen. You help me make an appointment with her, and I still have to meet her. ”
"Okay, Mr. Iwasaki, I'll arrange it as soon as possible." Kitajima laughed.
"And Ryosuke, you asked him to come to me tonight, this kid, his bearing is still too small, and he doesn't know how to score too much." Iwasaki said with a straight face.
I heard Kitajima say: "Mr. Iwasaki, Ryosuke is still young after all, and it is understandable that he occasionally makes some mistakes. ”
The reason why he spoke for Ryosuke, on the one hand, was for Ryosuke, but more importantly, it was to protect himself.