Sure enough, after listening to Cao Zhiqiang's slightly arrogant words, "Of course I insist, because I know that what I said is the truth!" After that, the faces of both Japanese people changed.

Especially the young Takaguchiki, whose face began to redden, seemed to be about to stand up and refute it loudly.

But just as he was about to stand up, Kota Iketani next to him suddenly pressed his shoulder and shook his head at him with a serious expression.

"Senpai!" Takaguchi looked at Kota Iketani with a sad and indignant expression, "He, he ......"

"Say no more!" Kota Iketani shook his head, "Let me come!" ”

After suppressing his subordinate Takaguchi again, Kota Iketani looked at Cao Zhiqiang with a serious face again.

After discovering that Cao Zhiqiang's face was still so indifferent and did not have a trace of repentance, Kota Iketani suddenly laughed.

"Hahaha."

Iketani Kota laughed a few times first, and then said to Cao Zhiqiang with a pretended good smile: "Cao Sang, I know that you have a saying in your country, called 'the buyer of the goods,' you are so picky about our company's production line, and even picky about this kind of technical parameters, it seems that you really want to buy it, right?" ”

Seeing that Kota Iketani actually endured this, Cao Zhiqiang was impressed.

But if you think about it, one of the most admired concepts of the Japanese is patience, otherwise there would be no "ninja".

Considering that this is indeed the first Japanese company to come to the door automatically, Cao Zhiqiang also decided to give him some face, so he also slowed down and nodded: "That's right, I have actually heard a little about your TAIYO YUDEN company, although the current scale is still small, and it can't be compared with large companies such as Sony, but the product is doing well."

For example, audio tapes, your that's brand tapes, the quality is good. ”

"Ah, you've heard of that's too!" Kota Iketani said happily.

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Although your tape is relatively niche, there are still a lot of them in Japan, and in our country, there are also some second-hand tapes that come in through different channels, including that's, but this is just regarded as a miscellaneous brand." ”

"Huh." Kota Iketani smiled, "That's just because our main business is not audio tapes, but our technology in this area is absolutely fine, and the production line is absolutely top-notch, and the products produced are no worse than TDK, Sony, and Fuji." ”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "If that's the case, you can give it a try, but you just show me the information and photos, and you want to negotiate a contract with me, this is too child's play, right?" At the very least, let me see the actual operation of the production line. ”

Iketani was stunned, and then smiled: "That's no problem, I can arrange a trip for you to visit the production line as soon as possible." ”

"How fast is it as soon as possible?" Cao Zhiqiang asked, "Now?" I'm free right now. ”

"This ......," Kota Iketani smiled dryly, "I'm very sorry, that's the case, our company has certain rules and regulations for product inspection, at the very least, you have to contact the relevant personnel first."

I'm from the sales department, and I'm only a section manager, so I don't have the authority to do that, at least I can't let them make time for you to inspect right away.

But don't worry, I'll go back and ask for instructions, and I'll give you a reply as soon as possible, do you think it's okay? ”

Cao Zhiqiang also knew that this was the other party's limit, so he nodded: "Okay, then arrange it as soon as possible." ”

"Yes." Kota Iketani nodded, "Are you really interested in this production line?" Will you really buy it? ”

Cao Zhiqiang said: "What's the hurry, I definitely want to import tape production lines, accessories or something, for the time being, it is estimated that I will also have to import, but which one to choose in the end, I have to see more."

Although you were the first to come to us, we didn't go to the actual workshop to see it, so you want us to give an answer, isn't that good? ”

Kota Iketani followed, "That's right, that's true. That's it, Cao Sang, I'll go back and ask for instructions, as long as there is no problem, I will notify you to visit the factory as soon as possible, can you see it? ”

"Okay." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"Cao Sang, have you always lived here?" Kota Iketani asked.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "I have another place to live, this is the residence of my secretary Anping, and it is also our official office space." So, if you have something to do, just come here. ”

"And how long will you stay here?" Kota Iketani asked again.

"I've been paying my rent here for three months." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "What do you say? ”

"Got it!" Kota Iketani nodded, "In that case, then I'll get here here today first, and I'll go back immediately to ask for instructions?" ”

"Good!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Iketani Kota stood up with his subordinates, and bowed to Cao Zhiqiang at the same time, and then Iketani Kota said to Cao Zhiqiang and An Ping, who also stood up: "Two, let's leave first, if there is news, we will definitely come to visit again." ”

Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile: "It's easy to say, but this information will be left first, let's take a slow look, okay?" ”

Kota Iketani was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Of course it's no problem, this information was originally for you, of course you can stay." ”

"Good." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and stretched out his hand, "Then you won't send it slowly." ”

Kota Iketani bowed to Cao Zhiqiang with Takaguchiki, and then left in a proper manner.

Although Cao Zhiqiang didn't give it away, but sat down again and read the information slowly, An Ping, who was a secretary and translator on the surface, couldn't do this.

So Anping still had a smiling face, like a normal secretary of the leader, and politely went over to give it away.

After Anping politely sent the people away and came back, he found that Cao Zhiqiang was cross-legged and reading the information slowly.

"President Cao." An Ping walked over with a smile and said, "It seems that you value this Japanese company very much." ”

"Oh?" Cao Zhiqiang raised his head, "How can you see that?" ”

"President Cao......"

"Don't call me President Cao in private, I'm younger than you, just call me Xiao Cao."

Although Cao Zhiqiang said so, Anping definitely couldn't call it that, so he just smiled and said, "Zhiqiang, I can call you that, right?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Whatever, what do you want to say?" ”

An Ping said: "That's the case, I think the section chief is right, the suspect is the buyer, you come up and criticize them for nothing, and say that they have fraudulent parameters, and finally offered to visit their factory, it should be very interested in this company, right?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, put down the information lightly and said, "That's right, I really value this company." ”

"Why?" An Ping said, "I have never heard of this company, it should be a small company that does not enter the stream, is this kind of small company that does not enter the stream really reliable?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang said: "It's normal that you haven't heard of it, TAIYO YUDEN, also known as Sun Yuden, this company was originally specialized in ceramic capacitors, and this field is still quite powerful."

Later, the company began to learn from other Japanese companies and began to expand horizontally, opening up many other businesses, such as this audio tape business, which is one of them.

However, as far as I know, the company is a little late to the tape industry, and although it has access to the latest technology and production lines, the market in this area is saturated, and it will be difficult for them to grab market share.

But the production line has already been put on, and the technology has been developed to a certain extent, so it is not the style of Japanese companies to easily cut it.

In addition, the whole of Japanese society is now in a state of prosperity, so even if it is a little loss, it is estimated that this company will continue to develop and develop.

By the way, if there is no accident, this company should now specialize in the field of optical disc storage, similar to CD turntables, do you know the CD player? ”

"CD player?" An Ping was stunned, and then nodded, "I know, it's a small laser turntable, I heard that the sound quality is very good, and the storage time is also very long, which is incomparable to tape." ”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "That's it!" As far as I know, That's brand is mainly engaged in records, and it used to be mainly cassette tapes and LPs, but now it focuses on CD record technology.

Not long after the advent of CD technology, the market was almost blank, and it was a good time to grab the market.

Taiyo Yuden is a relatively early company in the development of this technology, and the accumulation is enough, as long as they are given a little more time, their CD disk, will definitely have a place! ”

Cao Zhiqiang is not talking nonsense, but it has been proven by history.

In fact, That's a record brand, the most famous is not the tape, but the CD.

That's a CD disc, which is a symbol of quality, is definitely a high-end disc.

Even before Cao Zhiqiang's crossing, the best CD disc on the market was still That's brand green disk.

That's brand Japanese original is too tempting, and it can basically be regarded as the top disc in the consumer market year.

Relatively speaking, That's not very well-known for its cassette disks, but they are just as good as they are, and they are just as niche top of the cartridge disks.

However, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly remembered a piece of information he had read in his previous life, that is, Taiyo Yuden's strategic mistake on cassette record disks.

It seems that Taiyo Yuden, because of the special attention to the latest cutting-edge technology, so when the United States released metal tapes in 1978, Taiyo Yuden was one of the earliest companies in Japan to develop metal tapes, and did make achievements, making excellent metal tapes, the quality is better than that of the American 3M company.

However, when they developed high-quality metal tape technology, CD records have become popular, and no matter how good your metal tape is, it can't compare to ordinary CD records.

Fortunately, Taiyo Yuden also developed CD technology together at the beginning, and entered this field very early, otherwise it would have fallen behind.

But no matter what, the cassette tapes of Taiyo Yuden have indeed gone through some twists and turns.

From this point of view, since Taiyo Yuden was going to develop and produce the latest and most cutting-edge metal tapes, it was inevitable that part of the old production line would have to be dismantled.

In other words, the original production line of Taiyo Yuden should want to be retired or transferred, otherwise, it would not be their people who came first, but they are more interested in selling the old production line.

The ordinary tape production line of Taiyo Yuden must be a relatively advanced production line, and they are in a hurry to upgrade their technology and make higher-end metal tapes, so this is a good opportunity to take over.

Compared with the solar induction of electricity in a hurry to upgrade the technology and production line, several other large companies are estimated to not have such a great sense of urgency, and the price and conditions given should not be better than that of the solar induced electricity.

Therefore, as early as when he heard that Section Chief Iketani came to the door, he had the intention to choose this company to take a look, and now that he has re-read the information, he is even more interested.

Because according to the information, the ordinary tape technology they are currently using is actually iron-chromium tape.

This kind of tape is also called double-layer tape, and its magnetic powder is divided into two layers, the upper layer is coated with about one micron of chromium oxide powder, and the lower layer is coated with about five microns of iron oxide powder.

It has the advantages of both iron and chromium belts, and its performance is comparable to that of iron and cobalt belts, but the price is cheaper than chromium belts and cobalt-containing belts.

At present, in the tape market, the price is from high to low, the most expensive is the metal magnetic powder belt, followed by the chromium belt, then the iron cobalt belt or cobalt-containing belt, then the iron chromium belt, and finally the ordinary iron belt.

In other words, in terms of cost performance, the iron-chromium band is the best, because the material is cheap, and the sound quality can be comparable to the cobalt-containing band, which is very good from a technical point of view.

It is obvious that Taiyo Yuden has a technical patent related to this kind of double-layer tape, so this kind of production line was launched.

The cost of this tape is only slightly higher than that of ordinary iron tape, but the sound quality is very good, especially the recording effect is very strong.

However, it turns out that the cost is slightly higher than that of ordinary tapes, but the sound quality is not as good as that of chrome tapes, and the market performance is not satisfactory, at least in the Japanese market.

The reason is simple, this technology has just appeared, there are too few production lines, too little output, resulting in high R&D costs, which in turn causes the price to be too high.

In addition, the market has long been robbed by other large tape manufacturers, and the result is that the sales of the new tapes of Taiyo Yudian are not high, and they have been in a loss-making situation.

If it weren't for that, they wouldn't be in a hurry to sell the production line and specialize in metal tapes that haven't been in the crowd yet.

In a way, the metal tape is really good, and the sound quality of this thing is completely incomparable to the chrome band, and it can even be compared to the wrist of the early CD disks.

It's a pity that CD technology is developing too fast, diluting the advantages of metal disks, and the price of metal disks is not too advantageous, and the cost is about the same as that of early CD disks, which is higher than that of mature CD disks in the middle and late stages, which eventually leads to an early fall.

However, CDs were popular, and that had to be in the nineties, and the early CD discs and CD players were still very expensive, but they were only a top niche field, and the real mass records were still cassette tapes.

So at least in the eighties, the tape production line was a sure profit, and this double-layer tape technology, once introduced into China, must be the top technology.

As long as there is a little publicity, and the sound quality of this tape does beat those inferior ordinary tapes in China, it will definitely cause a rush to buy.

Cao Zhiqiang estimated that even if a tape like this is sold for eight yuan, or even ten yuan a plate, some people are rushing to buy it, and when the time comes, he will be able to make money just by selling tapes in China.

"In short, I'm inclined to the sun, but as the Japanese section chief said, the suspect is the buyer, and vice versa." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Since we want to choose Sun Ludian, it is best to pick more thorns, release the wind by the way, and inspect a few other companies to put a little pressure on Sun Luden." ”

"Is this appropriate?" Anping asked, "What if we do this and make them think that we are not sincere and do not sell us the production line and technology?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, they are more anxious than us now, their double-layer tape technology is not popular in Japan at all, and there is no future, so they can only sell the technology and production line to us, or cooperate with us to engage in joint ventures."

In fact, I am more inclined to engage in joint ventures, which can save money, but the specific situation will be discussed in time. ”

When An Ping heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I said, where did we get so much money, it turns out that you want to engage in a joint venture, then it's no problem." ”

"Huh." Cao Zhiqiang smiled playfully and didn't say much.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang prefers to buy out the technology and production line, and then build a brand by himself, eat alone in China, and not engage in joint ventures.

After all, on the surface, he doesn't have funds, but in fact he does.

Because the $500 million in public money was actually given to himself.

As long as he goes back and gets the offshore company done, he can consider sending the money over.

When the time comes, he will set up a leather bag company in Japan or Hong Kong, send the money of the overseas offshore company, and then engage in a joint venture with himself in the name of that company, which is equivalent to his own left and right hand, and that is the real steady profit and no loss.

But this kind of thing, you don't need to tell Anping.

(End of chapter)