Regarding the research commissioned by Meiji University, Shirakawa Kaede returned to Shirakawa Electric and discussed the research with Yasuda carefully.

In view of the current situation of Shirakawa Electric, everyone agreed that the research direction should be mainly concentrated in two places.

Mechanical transmissions and digital circuits.

Of course, a little more detailed is precision servo technology, digital signal processing technology and VLSI technology.

However, the ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny. Any of these three technologies is a huge issue.

If you want to achieve results in these three directions, whether it is the manpower or material resources that need to be invested, it is currently beyond the capacity of Shirakawa Electric.

However, Shirakawa Kaede does not have any lofty goals to promote the progress of science and technology, and he only wants to take care of his own one-third of an acre of land now.

So what is the basic plate of Shirakawa Electric, which is obviously an audio product in the audio-visual field.

If you look at it this way, the goal is clearer, and Shirakawa Electric now only needs to specialize in servo technology, digital signal and integrated circuit technology in the field of audio technology.

Among them, servo technology, in fact, can still be compared with the current heritage of Shirakawa Electric.

However, there is a comprehensive university like Meiji, and of course it is necessary to combine the strengths of all schools.

And in terms of theory and technology, in fact, Shirakawa Electric is far behind.

This time, with the opportunity to commission research, Shirakawa Electric can also repair its internal strength.

The other two digital technologies, not to mention, have always been the shortcomings of Shirakawa Electric.

Although Ken Inoue has recently recruited a few practitioners with experience in electronics, it is estimated that it will be a long time before it really comes into play.

As for why he chose these directions, Shirakawa Kaede was also well thought out.

If Kozo Osone or Heitaro Nakajima were here at Sony, they would have discovered, well, how this completely overlaps with the field of CD technology that we're working on.

Ahem, a coincidence is a complete coincidence.

Now that the direction has been set, it is better to study sooner rather than later.

Any scientific research achievement or technological development of an enterprise cannot be completed overnight.

The time it takes to do so is often measured in years, so the sooner you finalize it in collaboration with commissioned research from Meiji University, the better.

As for the Intellectual Property Office and Professor Kikuchi suggested by Mr. Yamada, Shirakawa Kaede undoubtedly chose the latter.

Isn't this familiar?,In addition, Senior Yamazaki has been back in the laboratory for two days.,It's strange to haven't seen you for so long.。

Ahem, as long as it's a talent, he thinks about it.

At the Ikuta Campus, Kaede Shirakawa visited Kikuchi Laboratory again. And Daiji Yamashita, who was taking classes here, was also pulled over by him to accompany him.

It's not the first time, it's raw and ripe.

Speaking of Shirakawa Kaede's friendship with Yamashita Daiji, the latter has almost become an employee of Shirakawa Electric.

And maybe this industry-university-research plan has something to do with him, but that's all for later.

Ring the doorbell again, and it was still Yamazaki Hui who opened the door.

However, when he saw that it was Shirakawa Kaede outside, his expression inexplicably became a little excited and emotional.

"Shirakawa-kun, you don't have to be like this..., you know, I can't leave here for the time being..."

"Uh" Shirakawa Kaede was stunned for a few seconds before turning around, "It should be, it should be, without Senior Yamazaki, Shirakawa Electric is struggling." ”

Senior Yamazaki seems to have misunderstood something, but Shirakawa Kaede is also very clever and incarnates the actor and acts directly.

As for Daiji Yamashita on the side, he was stunned for a moment, didn't he come to Professor Kikuchi to discuss the matter of production, education and research?

Why did you suddenly recount the old here, and it's not that you can't see it anymore, how to do it is the same as parting with life and death.

"Senior brother, I won't tell you, this time I came to visit my senior brother.

I also visited Professor Kikuchi by the way, after all, the original flashman also got his old man's guidance. ”

"That's how it should be" Yamazaki Hui nodded, this junior is really affectionate and righteous.

He is completely indifferent to other businessmen, who only pursue profit but have no indifference at all.

The two of them are old partners, and they chatted briskly about various current lives.

Shirakawa Electric's next move, the specific refinement and classification of products, and what employees have been recruited.

On the other hand, Yamazaki Hui's life is much more monotonous, after all, when he is buried in the laboratory, most of the time he faces the same things.

It's still a wonderful outside world, Yamazaki Hui, who has been in Shirakawa Electric for half a year, can't help but sigh.

The two of them chatted and arrived at the door of Kikuchi's office, and Yamazaki knocked on the door, and Professor Kikuchi's vague answer was heard inside.

When they met again, Professor Kikuchi still had that old-fashioned expression, but he was much more familiar with Shirakawa Kaede.

"Sit down," Professor Kikuchi raised his chin and motioned for them to be free.

"That guy Yamada has already called me, and I'm not here to solve any technical problems this time."

"Uh" Shirakawa Kaede stretched out his hand to the backpack, and then quickly explained, "I caused trouble to Kikuchi-sensei last time, but I still hope you can give some advice this time." ”

Professor Kikuchi nodded noncommittally and reached for the teacup to drink it, only to find that the cup was empty.

Seeing this, Hui Yamazaki hurriedly took the teacup and went to fetch water.

"Yamazaki is a competent experimental assistant.

However, academic research requires years of hard work to be rewarded.

Maybe he shouldn't have been allowed to do so in the first place—" Professor Kikuchi shook his head, "Forget it, each has its own creation. ”

Looking at Yamazaki Hui's back, Professor Kikuchi sighed meaninglessly.

Shirakawa Kaede's face was hot, and he seemed to be the culprit in this matter.

"Tell me, what do you want to know?" Without waiting for Shirakawa Kaede to say, Professor Kikuchi was as direct as ever.

Fortunately, Shirakawa Kaede was already familiar with his character, and when he heard this, he immediately handed him the information he had compiled internally.

Professor Kikuchi took the material and looked at it carefully, this time the things were more professional, and he looked at them much slower.

Sometimes I pause and think for a few seconds before moving on to the rest of the story.

Shirakawa Kaede and the others didn't bother him, and everyone waited with bated breath. It wasn't until Professor Kikuchi finished that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"IMHO, these technologies don't seem to have anything to do with what you've been fiddling with before.

It's also related to audio technology, but it's something else entirely. ”

Professor Kikuchi put down the materials in his hand and looked at him thoughtfully.

"Mr. Kikuchi's discernment, this really doesn't have much to do with the Walkman.

The purpose of Shirakawa's visit today is mainly about it. ”

As he spoke, Shirakawa Kaede took out a silver glittering disc from his backpack and put it in front of Professor Kikuchi.

"LD discs? It seems to be a lot smaller, though. Professor Kikuchi asked.

"To be precise, CD discs, a completely different application principle from LD discs."

In fact, before the advent of CDs, there were similar storage media. It is an LD disc that is two or three sizes larger than a CD, with a diameter of 30 cm.

In today's era, Philips and Pioneer have already commercialized it.

Similar, but smaller, CD-ROMs with a completely different principle have not yet been officially introduced.

That's why Professor Kikuchi mistook CDs for LD CDs.

"CD?"

"That's right, a digital signal storage medium that uses light as a carrier of information."

Thank you all for your support!

(End of chapter)