On January 4, 1980, just after the New Year's holiday, Tokyo returned to its former prosperity.

Just like later generations, the workers who have returned to their hometowns are returning to Tokyo one after another.

The holidays of major companies are basically on the 3rd or 4th.

Today is the first day of Sony's New Year's work, and Kozo Osone walked into the Sony headquarters building with a spring breeze.

This New Year, the whole family was in Hawaii and had an unforgettable trip to the beach.

If you want to say that the most desirable vacation destination for Japanese people now, Hawaii must be at the top of the list.

Except that because it's the place where the father of the rice country is, it comes with a layer of aura.

In addition, Hawaii's beautiful outlying islands and warm and comfortable climate are also a great attraction for Japanese tourists.

In addition, there are many Japanese people in Hawaii, and neon culture has also penetrated into all corners of it.

When Japanese people arrive in Hawaii, they often feel "at home".

It's not bubble times, and vacationing to Hawaii is probably just the privilege of the wealthy.

Although Kozo Osone is also a middle and high-level manager of Sony, he is quite satisfied with a place like Hawaii.

When he came to his minister's office, Kozo Osone took the report that his secretary had already prepared.

He is going to see how the sales of the Walkman are during the New Year's holiday, and Sony's Walkman factory has been running at full capacity for the past six months.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current Walkman is another growth point for Sony's profits.

And such a star product was developed under its own leadership.

Presumably, this year's president's office will also have its own place, Kozoshi Osone thought proudly.

Well? The growth in sales of the Walkman seems to be somewhat lower than expected.

Kozo Osone looked at the report in his hand, and his brows immediately furrowed.

Although the overall growth rate is still growing, the growth rate has slowed down significantly compared with the first half of the month.

The market is saturated? As soon as this thought came to mind, Kozo Osone shook his head.

Sony has internally predicted that the market for Walkman will be growing in the next few years.

It will never fall into a growth bottleneck in just half a year, and the factory's production capacity has not been fully released, which is not in line with the laws of economics.

It's not that the market is saturated, and there are no quality problems, so why is growth weak?

Just when Kozo Osone wanted to call the secretary to learn more details, Heitaro Nakajima of the research institute suddenly knocked on the door with a hurried face.

"Osone-san, take a look at this?"

As he spoke, Heitaro Nakajima handed the Flashman specially collected in his hand, as well as the somewhat familiar lawyer's letter from Shirakawa Electric, to Kozo Osone.

To be honest, when Heitaro Nakajima saw the lawyer's letter for the first time, he almost laughed.

You Shirakawa Electric's Flashman and Sony's Walkman are the same, forget it.

Now it's even more absolute, even the lawyer's letter is the same.

When he first received Shirakawa Electric's lawyer's letter, Heitaro Nakajima almost scolded the other party for being a bastard and shameless.

However, when I saw the English patent attached to the back of the lawyer's letter, I was scared into a cold sweat.

To be honest, he really didn't know that the idea of the Walkman had been registered abroad a few years ago.

But Sony's Walkman is definitely the world's first Walkman, which...

Heitaro Nakajima didn't dare to think deeply, and he realized that Shirakawa Electric's Flashman was definitely a hot potato.

originally thought it was another small club that was not afraid of death, and was ready to make a desperate bet.

Generally, for this kind of infringement, a lawyer's letter will scare the other party into coming to the door and sitting down immediately.

He is not unexperienced in dealing with such small problems.

How did he know that things were far more complicated than he imagined, but he also read a friendship with his classmates and did not directly transfer it to the board of directors.

Since it's in trouble, of course I have to throw it out.

Then the best object to pick up the pot is, of course, the Osone Kosan-san in front of him.

Kozo Osone is actually more than ten years younger than Heitaro Nakajima, and he is ranked according to the general club.

Theoretically, Kozo Osone wanted to call Heitaro Nakajima a senior.

It's just a pity that Kozo Osone joined the company more than ten years earlier than Heitaro Nakajima.

The latter changed places several times in other clubs before joining Sony around the age of 50 as director of the Tape Recording Technology Research Institute.

At present, the Tape Recording Technology Research Institute is hanging under the Tape Stereo Division.

In terms of rank, the two are similar, but in terms of organizational structure, Heitaro Nakajima is short and Kozo Sone.

Heitaro Nakajima, who is a little arrogant in his heart, actually has some complicated senses for Kozo Osone.

The other party's technical strength is on par with his own, but his long qualifications make him a little unconvinced and have always succumbed to the other party.

After all, he was in charge of designing the sound system of the Tokyo Olympics, and this qualification would not make him bow his head easily.

Now, since there's trouble. That's right, so let's ask Osone-san to show the responsibility of his superiors.

Heitaro Nakajima watched silently, and he noticed that Kozo Osone's face was getting darker and darker.

Well, the same as my previous self.

"Shameless! Plagiarized our idea, and even dared to send us a lawyer's letter?!

I want all the information of this Shirakawa Electric in three minutes! ”

Kozo Osone is not a good temper, and he was furious as soon as he read Shirakawa Electric's lawyer's letter.

Heitaro Nakajima silently flipped the page of the lawyer's letter in front of him.

Well? Authorized patents?

Kozo Osone changed color in a big way.

"Quick, I'm going to see Ohga Dian Xiongsang!"

Kozo Osone, who was shocked and ejected directly, hurriedly ran out of the door with the information.

…

Shirakawa Electric, who didn't know that he had stabbed Sony's buttocks, was happily celebrating with everyone that Flashman sold 60,000 copies.

Yes, 60,000 units!

In less than two weeks since the launch of Flashman, Shirakawa Electric has shipped a total of 60,000 Walkmans.

According to the sales situation in the market, the amount of shipments is almost equivalent to how much is sold.

At this moment, the warehouse inside Shirakawa Electric is empty, and there is not a single flashman left.

And the orders are still squeezed in large quantities, and the current production line alone will definitely not be able to complete it.

Therefore, from the first day of work of each company in the New Year, Shirakawa Electric urged equipment manufacturers to deliver goods.

At present, the first batch of machines has arrived at the nearest equipment manufacturers in Tokyo.

Yasuda and Yamazaki Hui are leading people to carry out installation and commissioning in full swing.

If all goes well, a second line will join the Flashman production team within two weeks.

But to be honest, the sales of 60,000 units in two weeks not only exceeded the expectations of Shirakawa Electric, but also exceeded the most optimistic figure in Shirakawa Kaede's heart.

At first, he thought that if there were 30,000 copies, it would be a great success.

Unexpectedly, everyone still underestimated the power of the two holidays of Christmas and New Year.

Neon people, sweep up the goods, that scene is also quite domineering.

Thank you all for your support!

(End of chapter)