Shinagawa-ku, Sony Headquarters Building.

After 33 years of development, Sony has grown into a multinational company listed in the United States.

Although it is still far from the giant of later generations, Sony's name has faintly become synonymous with "technology and innovation" in Japan.

Hiroshi Ogawa hurriedly walked into the Sony Building, and when he was greeted by his colleagues, he also nodded perfunctorily and went straight to the internal research institute.

Coming to the floor of his department, Hiroshi Ogawa first found Heitaro Nakajima, the director of his technical institute.

"Nakajima-san, have you heard of Flashman?" As soon as we met, Hiroshi Ogawa couldn't wait to get straight to the point.

“flashman？” Heitaro Nakajima, who has a trend of hair in his fifties, asked in wonder.

"Is this the code name for a new product from Sony internally?"

Hiroshi Ogawa, who was still in a hurry, suddenly cried and laughed, to be honest, if he hadn't read the magazine, he would have had similar thoughts at first glance when he heard the name.

After all, names like flashman do have Sony's naming style, Pressman, Watchman... It's all Sony products.

"Nakajima-san, look." Saying that, Hiroshi Ogawa directly handed the magazine in his hand to Heitaro Nakajima.

After taking the magazine and looking at the cover, Heitaro Nakajima's expression began to become serious.

Later, while Hiroshi Ogawa was quietly waiting, Heitaro Nakajima, who was flipping through the magazine, became colder and colder, and in the end, only anger remained.

"This is a shameless imitation, Hayakawa, immediately go and find out what kind of details this Shirakawa Electric is, and dare to ignore the existence of Sony.

Also, Ogawa-san, as far as you know, how is this so-called flashman performing in the market? ”

Someone in the research institute hurriedly went out to check the details of Shirakawa Electric, while Heitaro Nakajima had already begun to discuss Flashman's market performance with Hiroshi Ogawa.

"I don't know the specifics, but the headphones of this Shirakawa Electric are a bit creative, as for this flashman..."

Hiroshi Ogawa had a disdainful smile on his face, "The design is crude and can't be compared to our Walkman, so I guess consumers will make a wise choice." ”

At this moment, Hiroshi Ogawa does not know that consumers outside have indeed made a wise choice, and Flashman has begun to usher in the first wave of rush purchases.

However, his point of view is very much in line with Nakajima Heitaro's judgment of Flashman.

As a technology researcher, he only needs to look at the appearance to know that this machine similar to the Walkman takes the low-end route.

The reason why he was angry was because of Shirakawa's shameless imitation, and he was not at all worried about the market performance, and he did not think that Flashman would be a threat to the Walkman.

With a good idea, he saw the title of the magazine in his hand again at this moment, and even smiled a little dumbly.

What is your Walkman's rival? Do you think "flash" can beat each other faster than "walk"?

Naive~

If you just compare who has the best name, you will win.

So what do you need these technology researchers to do? Go find the name master.

With this mentality, Heitaro Nakajima looks at the flashman in the magazine again, like watching a clown who jumps off the beam.

Hayakawa, who had just gone out, had already returned to the research room with a pile of materials.

"Nakajima-san, please take a look. This Shirakawa Electric is a little special. ”

Hayakawa's expression was a little strange at the moment, and it was the first time he had seen such a strange club.

"Oh~ tell me more," Heitaro Nakajima asked, taking the information and reading it.

"Shirakawa Electric is a club that has just been established this year, and the scale... Negligible scale. ”

Compared to Sony, Shirakawa Electric is really negligible.

"But the most interesting thing is that the president of this club, San-san," Hayakawa used to say "interesting."

"According to the information found, this Shirakawa Kaede-san is also a college student from Meiji University, a prestigious private school."

After listening to Hayakawa's introduction, not only Hiroshi Ogawa but even Heitaro Nakajima laughed.

Are today's college students so fearless, even ignoring the existence of Sony, it's really quite Showa boy's spirit?

However, this piece of information from Meiji University attracted the attention of Heitaro Nakajima.

Why?

He himself graduated from Meiji College, then applied to Tokyo Institute of Technology, and finally came to Sony.

If you calculate it in this way, the other party can still be regarded as his own apprentice.

Heitaro Nakajima shook his head with a smile again, and he handed the information in his hand to Hayakawa, "Report to Mr. Kozo Osone." ”

Kozo Osone is the head of the tape stereo tape division, so it's better to leave these matters to him.

However, Hayakawa didn't move, he looked at Heitaro Nakajima and said hesitantly, "Nakajima-san, Osone-san is already on vacation. ”

Heitaro Nakajima paused, and then he remembered.

Because he led the development of the Walkman, Kozo Osone also made a great contribution to Sony this year.

And Sony's top management did not treat him badly, except for various bonuses.

At Christmas, he was also given the special treatment of his family to go on vacation to Hawaii in the United States and be fully reimbursed.

At this moment, Kozo Osone is enjoying the sun, beautiful women, and bikini on the beach in Hawaii.

I don't have a mobile phone now, and I don't know how many twists and turns it will take to contact Kozo Osone.

And it doesn't seem wise to bother your boss when he's on vacation. Even if it's just a nominal boss.

Thinking like this, Heitaro Nakajima is ready to hand over these materials to Norio Ohga, the current vice president of Sony.

But before he could say anything, he stopped again, Norio Ohga was still hospitalized recently because of a car accident...

Heitaro Nakajima calculated the time, and most companies have basically taken a holiday as the year approaches, and the same is true for Sony.

He looked at Shirakawa Kaede's information again, Meiji University...

Forget it, Heitaro Nakajima shook his head, and he returned the information to Hayakawa.

"Forward the information to the legal department and ask them to send a lawyer's letter to the Shirakawa Electric company.

They were warned to stop all production and sales of Flashman within three days, and publicly apologized and compensated for their infringement in the media.

In addition, from now on, we will collect more detailed information about this Shirakawa Electric Unit.

Especially the so-called flashman, we must carefully analyze some infringement by the other party.

If the other party has any objections, immediately submit the collected information to the Legal Department and contact Osone-san. ”

"Hai" Hayakawa led the way out.

These are all things that are within the authority of Heitaro Nakajima, and as for more actions, although it is okay to do it in his capacity.

But he doesn't want to do superfluous things, do more wrong, do less wrong.

Sony's interior is not as calm as it seems, and there are many factions between various departments, so it's better to be safe.

But then again, I haven't been to Meiji for many years.

The current students seem to be more courageous than the students who joined the Red Army at the beginning.

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I will work hard again and insist on three watches until the end of this week. Slowly in the back~

Thank you all for your support!

(End of chapter)