Today, Hasegawa took the people from the marketing department to run the channel and maintain the relationship with each other.

As a result, I suddenly saw a Walkman in an electrical appliance retail store, and it looked like its own flashman.

The same color scheme, but the color style is somewhat different, the same earbud headphones.

At first, Hasegawa thought it was his own Walkman, but when he got closer to see "AIWA".

Hasegawa sighed in his heart, and then he didn't have time to say anything, he picked up two walkmans and ran away, and finally rushed back to Shirakawa Electric, but Shirakawa Kaede was not there again.

He had no choice but to take the Walkman to the technical department to see what was going on.

As a result, the butt didn't sit hot, and Shirakawa Kaede happened to come back again, so Hasegawa ran upstairs non-stop, and then there was the current scene.

"Aihua's Walkman?" Shirakawa Kaede, who was taken aback, couldn't help but get up and stepped forward.

How could Aihua do a Walkman? Was it Sony that gave him a native license?

But it stands to reason that Sony should notify Shirakawa Electric in advance to discuss this kind of thing.

But Shirakawa Kaede didn't hear any related news, this was last month's sales were suppressed by themselves, and then let the dog bite people?

Pressing the various speculations in his heart, Shirakawa Kaede picked up the walkman handed over by Hasegawa and looked at it carefully.

Well? flyman？

This is special, seeing this name, Shirakawa Kaede almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

In particular, the first two letters of "FL", even the font is the same as the first two letters of Flashman.

「walkman」、「flashman」、「flyman」。

Damn, the name is more heavenly than the other.

"This birdman named his walkman flyman?" Shirakawa Kaede felt his blood pressure rise a little.

"That's right, President, they just can't make sense." Hasegawa was also full of annoyance, and this hard rub was too obvious.

"This dog said"

"Huh?" Hasegawa didn't understand what his president had just said.

"It's okay" Shirakawa Kaede waved his hand irritably, and even the dialect of his hometown popped out in excitement.

The key is that this Aihua is shameless, and the really angry Shirakawa Kaede is enough to choke.

Isn't this a proper copycat, you can do this because of a big company.

What made Shirakawa Kaede even more uncomfortable was that Aihua's earbuds were authorized, and he personally nodded and agreed.

At the beginning, Yusuke Miabe also asked his subordinates to ask casually, because he heard that Shirakawa Electric has always been very generous in this regard.

Since you can easily get the authorization, there is no need to directly force it.

I didn't expect it... Shirakawa Electric actually agreed.

So what else is there to say, Aihua also unceremoniously equipped his Walkman with the now popular earbuds.

For the licensing of earbuds, Shirakawa Electric receives a patent fee of a few yen for each one produced by other manufacturers.

Compared to the price of thousands of yen, the patent fee of a few yen is also insignificant.

Therefore, many audio equipment manufacturers have been authorized by Shirakawa Electric.

But now I see that Aihua not only rubs his own Walkman, but also uses headphones officially authorized by Shirakawa Electric.

Bai Chuanfeng didn't want to mention how uncomfortable he was, he didn't talk about martial arts.

In fact, he may not have expected that when Kozo Osone saw Shirakawa Electric's flashman, he had a similar expression...

Therefore, it is said that the way of heaven is good for reincarnation, who will the heavens forgive...

However, the reason why Aihua did this has to start from Valentine's Day last month.

At the beginning, Shirakawa Electric's Valentine's Day promotion caused a sensation, which was hard to overpower Sony.

And Aihua's Mitsumi Yusuke also immediately made a decision, and made several different colors like Shirakawa Electric.

The color is different from Shirakawa Electric, but I accepted the idea of different colors.

In addition, March is also White Day, and there is a wave of activity on that day.

It just so happened that Aihua's Walkman was also released on White Day.

Don't you think it's a coincidence, what's even more coincidental is that Aihua doesn't even have to do marketing, and it can be sold directly on this day.

This hitchhiker does not take white or not, just like Shirakawa Electric took Sony's Walkman to sell well.

False business wars, strategizing, and winning thousands of miles.

The real business war, you copy me, I copy you.

Just when Shirakawa Kaede was depressed and was about to call Norio Oga, Hasegawa said that he still had something to say.

"President, this Aihua not only imitates our Shirakawa Electric everywhere, but more importantly, their circuit design is similar to ours."

"Huh?" Shirakawa Kaede's face became serious.

In front of Aihua, whether it is the name of the Walkman, or the color matching, or marketing.

In the final analysis, it is also to rub the popularity and creativity of Baichuan Electric, and it is really difficult to identify plagiarism, because this matter is not clear at all.

But the circuit board design is similar, then it is not a matter of plagiarism, and it even involves the leakage of confidential documents of the company.

"Are you sure?" Bai Chuanfeng asked with a serious face.

"OK" Hasegawa also nodded seriously as he said as he took out two circuit boards.

"Look, President, this is a comparison between our circuit board and Aihua circuit board."

Just downstairs in the technical department, Hasegawa has already asked people to dismantle one.

After all, the heat is so tight that it's hard not to wonder if the things inside it are about the same.

As a result, it really looks about the same.

Kaede Shirakawa picked up the two circuit boards and compared them in detail.

It is indeed very similar, except for a few differences, the layout of most of the components is very different.

He didn't believe that the designers of the two companies could collide with ideas, and even the circuits they designed were so similar.

If not that 1 in 10,000 probability, then...

A hint of coldness flashed in Shirakawa Kaede's eyes, the core technology is related to the life and death of a company.

No matter who leaked this part of the technical information, Shirakawa Kaede didn't plan to be good afterwards.

"Can you conclude that they plagiarized?" The top priority is still Aihua's Walkman.

"It's hard," Hasegawa's face was as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

"Although most of the circuits are similar, there are a few key areas where some changes have been made, which makes it difficult to convict them of plagiarism."

Aihua himself also makes audio equipment, although to save time.

But it won't be copied openly, and the slightest movement will make you unable to sue it.

It is also because of the reference object that Aihua was able to launch his own Walkman in less than two months.

At the beginning, with Sony's strength, it took almost half a year to develop the Walkman.

Because of Sony's reference, Shirakawa Electric made a simplified version and redesigned the circuit for nearly half a year.

It's good for Aihua to copy it directly and change it slightly. In less than two months, the Walkman was on the market.

The speed is like making an airplane, and it takes off directly.

"No, it can't be so cheap Aihua."

Although he couldn't sue him, Bai Chuanfeng couldn't swallow this evil breath.

He was going to call Norio Ohga to ask if Aihua had been authorized by Sony.

As a member of the Walkman Patent Alliance, Shirakawa Electric has the right to decide whether or not to authorize other manufacturers.

At the beginning, Shirakawa Electric and Sony shook hands, and the two have tacitly formed a Walkman patent alliance.

The reason for this is because Shirakawa Electric has overseas patents and Sony has local patents.

Theoretically, Shirakawa Electric can license to Sony, as well as to other companies.

It's the same with Sony, which is licensed locally.

So in order to keep their actions in line, the two of them formed the Walkman Patent Alliance.

Any other third Walkman manufacturer will need to be approved by both in the future.

And now Aihua's grandiose production of the Walkman, is it that it has been authorized by Sony?

If that's the case, then Shirakawa Kaede will have to theorize with Norio Ohga.

Sony didn't make some blood to compensate Shirakawa Electric, but Shirakawa Kaede was not so easy to speak.

After all, we also have overseas patent authorization, you did the first year of junior high school, then I also did the fifth year of junior high school.

But if Sony doesn't authorize it, so much the better.

This time, Shirakawa Kaede doesn't plan to negotiate with the other party at the negotiation table, and the seniors of the Meiji University Law Department will definitely teach Aihua how to be a man.

Presumably, as one of the vested interests in the patent alliance, Sony will not have anything to say.

…

And when Shirakawa Kaede was about to chat with Norio Oga, a similar scene was happening in the Sony Building at this moment.

"Sanbian, give you a reason to convince me, what the hell is going on."

Norio Oga, who has always been smiling, has a cold expression at the moment, and in front of him is Aihua's Walkman that has just been listed.

"Smith Marseille~"

Brush, Mirichi Yusuke is also unambiguous, directly a ninety-degree bow.

He did what he said, and when he was ready to go directly to the Walkman, he thought about it.

If Sony blames it, bow and apologize.

I've bowed and apologized, what else do you want?

So hearing Norio Ohga's question, Yusuke Miachi didn't even hesitate.

Bow your head, bend over, apologize, a set of actions are smooth and silky.

"I want a reason, not an apology!" Norio Oga's face sank.

Yusuke Miabe chuckled in his heart, but decided to tell the truth.

"Ohga-san, Sony is the absolute controlling party of Aihua.

Aihua produces Walkmans, if profitable. So at the end of the day, it's about making a profit for Sony. ”

"That's your reason? Or do you think that Yusuke Mitsube thinks of Sony and my Norio Oga as a fool? ”

Norio Ohga had an inexplicable smile on his face, which was different from his usual smile.

Kozo Osone, who was listening quietly on the side, subconsciously lowered his head when he saw Norio Oga's expression.

However, Yusuke Mikyoshi thought that I had already done everything, and Sony would never order Aihua to stop the production of the Walkman.

And what he said is right, Aihua's profit is Sony's profit.

In the same way, Aihua loses money, which is Sony's loss.

Aihua invested so many resources in the production of the Walkman, and just stocked up on a large number of them.

If you press the stop button now, you will inevitably usher in huge losses.

Will Sony watch Aiwa lose money and watch itself lose money?

Therefore, relying on such a relationship, Yusuke Mirichi bowed his head again in the face of Norio Ohga's questioning.

"Smith Marseille"

Norio Ohga laughed, he took off his glasses and wiped them, and slowly put them on.

"Three-sided, you can go."

Well? Yusuke Migashi looked up in disbelief, and that's the end of it?

He blinked, seeing that Norio Ohga still didn't say anything.

I could only press the doubts in my heart, and I left immediately.

Inside the office, silence has returned again.

"Ohga-san..."Kozo Osone wanted to say something.

Norio Oga raised his hand to stop him from continuing to ask.

"I'm going to re-select the candidates, and then wait for the next board meeting."

Kozo Osone nodded, knowing in his heart.

Thank you all for your support!

(End of chapter)