Looking at Tanimura and Iwata Satoshi's surprised eyes, Shirakawa Kaede almost smiled crookedly.

"Let's get to know each other again" Shirakawa Kaede took out his business card from his pocket and handed it to the two of them with both hands, "Contemptible Shirakawa Kaede, president of Shirakawa Electric Co., Ltd., fortunately." ”

Tsk, I haven't been to this process for a long time, and the techniques are a little rusty.

"Shirakawa Electric?!" Satoshi Iwata and his friends were stunned.

And the other people in the room were also shocked when they heard Shirakawa Kaede report the name Shirakawa Electric.

At this time, Shirakawa Electric is no longer a small club with no name, especially recently in the newspapers.

Anyone who pays a little attention to current affairs has heard of the name of Shirakawa Electric.

But they didn't know that the president of Shirakawa Electric, San, was so young and was standing in front of him right now.

After all, the news footage of Shirakawa Kaede on TV was only a short dozen seconds.

And not everyone likes to watch the news, especially young people.

So for this young student who chatted with them for a while, it turned out to be the identity of the president of Shirakawa Electric, San, everyone was stunned.

When you come out and go shopping, you can meet the legendary president San?

The good friends who met by playing games together turned out to be capital bosses?

The billionaire personally invited me to ice cream?

The expressions of everyone in the room were surprised and delighted.

Especially Satoshi Iwata and Masahito Tanimura, the two have the most complicated feelings.

"White... Shirakawa-kun? Satoshi Iwata didn't know what to call for a while, this friend who had already been introduced as a confidant by him.

"Iwata-kun" Shirakawa Kaede put his arm around his shoulder and patted him, "Now, don't show such an expression, I said that we would play games together in the future." ”

"Hai" Satoshi Iwata had a happy smile on his face, and he felt that Shirakawa-san still loved computers as much as before.

Sure enough, Bai Chuanfeng's next sentence made him more and more sure of his conjecture.

"Iwata-kun, remember what you said before, right? In the future, I want to develop my own game and share this fun with more people. ”

"Of course," Satoshi Iwata replied without thinking, "Does Shirakawa-kun want to be together?" Just like he did at the beginning, he sent an invitation to Shirakawa Kaede again.

"Take me with you for something like that." Kaede Shirakawa had a 'Of course so' expression on his face.

How can there be any reason not to agree to such a thing? Shirakawa Electric's next product may be on top of this.

Iwata Satoshi nodded with satisfaction, sure enough, Shirakawa-san still understands me.

As for the 'President San' who just scared himself, it's nothing more than another layer of identity.

As a student, Satoshi Iwata, he still can't appreciate the difference between the two.

"Shirakawa... Jun, what you just said..."At this time, Tanimura, who was able to return to his senses, was looking at Shirakawa Kaede with shining eyes.

Others don't know what Shirakawa means, doesn't he know yet.

As a person who has worked at Seibu Department Store for nearly two years, he can be said to have been dealing with Shirakawa Electric's products almost every day.

Diagonally opposite the computer sales area where he is in charge, there is a counter for all kinds of audio playback equipment.

And the best seller of the year is the Walkman player.

If you ignore Aihua's words in the Walkman, then there are only Sony and Shirakawa Electric products.

The two of them have divided almost the entire market of the Walkman, and if you think about how popular this machine is now, you can probably know what Shirakawa stands for.

Not to mention their headphones, which are now almost the darlings of the market.

There is grapevine that Shirakawa Electric's next-generation products, whether it is a walkman or headphones, will have a significant improvement in audio technology.

Those electronic music lovers go to the counter every once in a while to inquire about the latest information about new products.

Therefore, it is different from other people who regard Shirakawa Electric as a club that has been in the newspaper and is slightly famous.

Masahito Tanimura has a deeper understanding of what it can represent behind it than everyone else.

Hearing Tanimura's question, Shirakawa Kaede also restrained his expression and answered seriously.

"If nothing else, HAL's funder may change, and of course all this needs Tanimura's approval."

After all, he is the one who really does things at HAL, and Shirakawa Kaede himself is also a layman in terms of software.

If Tanimura does not agree, even if he buys HAL, it will only be a shell company. Then this investment will be meaningless.

"Yes, willing..."As soon as Shirakawa Kaede's voice fell, Tanimura hurriedly agreed.

"Jingle bell..."

At this time, the phone ringing on the desk interrupted Tanimura's half-talk.

He nodded apologetically at Shirakawa Kaede, then walked over and picked up the phone.

"Moximo West... Iwasaki-san? … Hail... Please don't worry..."

Taking advantage of Tanimura's phone call, Shirakawa Kaede turned his head to look at Asuka Kobayashi.

The latter winked at him playfully, with an expression of 'I'm amazing'.

Shirakawa Kaede gave her an affirmative look, not bad, capable.

After only two minutes, Tanimura hung up the phone, and then turned around excitedly.

"Shirakawa-san, please take care of me in the future." Saying that, he bowed to Shirakawa Kaede in a proper manner.

Shirakawa Kaede was a little crying and laughing, "Tanimura-kun, you don't have to be like this, just continue to call me 'Shirakawa-kun'." ”

This Tanimura is also a wonderful person, and he was so happy when he changed the boss, without the slightest sense of apprehension about changing the owner.

However, Tanimura no longer called him "Shirakawa-kun" like he had just said, and his attitude instantly became respectful.

Shirakawa Feng persuaded him a few times, but when he saw that it didn't work, he had to go.

"Shirakawa-san, in which direction do you think HAL should develop in the future?"

Tanimura, who is very discerning, quickly adapted to the changed identity and began to ask Shirakawa Kaede for advice on the next development direction of the club.

"Tanimura-kun, according to the plan set before HAL, just continue to execute."

For HAL, Shirakawa Kaede doesn't plan to intervene directly at the moment, the club has just been established, so let's exercise it first.

And HAL is not exactly a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shirakawa Electric, according to the news that Asuka Kobayashi has just received.

Iwasaki Technical Research invested 1.2 million yen to help Tanimura establish HAL, and as for Tanimura himself, the poor went to work on their own, let alone raise funds.

However, due to the peculiarities of the company, it is highly dependent on technology. Tanimura also received about 13% of the shares in the form of the founder's technology share.

After all, as the actual operator and manager of the club, it is also appropriate to have shares.

Especially in this kind of professional club, there is no person with excellent technical strength as the team leader, and it remains to be said whether it can play around.

The start-up capital of 1.2 million yen, two computers, an apartment, and other bits and pieces of office supplies were almost all at the bottom.

Tanimura didn't try to convince Iwasaki to continue to invest more.

However, that Iwasaki-san only had the idea of investing on a whim, and as for continuing to invest money, he really didn't have that interest.

So Asuka Kobayashi just made a phone call and directly bid 3 million yen to buy the HAL shares in the hands of Iwasaki Giken.

That Iwasaki-san agreed without thinking about it, and the club was established less than two months ago, with a return rate of 2.5 times.

Is there any reason not to agree, and besides, he also annoys the Tanimura-san who often asks him for money.

As if he regarded HAL as a burden, he couldn't wait to dump it to Shirakawa Electric.

This is also the reason why Tanimura received a call here as soon as the matter was finalized.

In terms of efficiency, everyone is not bad.

At this moment, Tanimura was also relieved to hear that Shirakawa Kaede did not plan to directly intervene in HAL's operation.

After all, who is also the president of Sang, who wants to have an extra boss who commands indiscriminately?

"Shirakawa-san, at present, HAL plans to do computer peripherals first, or take on some software work.

For example, peripheral devices that can improve the image display and sound capabilities of the microcomputer, or transplant video games to the microcomputer for further development and sales. ”

Tanimura's thinking is still very clear, and you can try both software and hardware.

What kind of money to make money and what to do, the club will live first.

And these part-time college students in the room are also good at these fields, so if they tinker with them, they might be able to make something out.

Shirakawa Kaede has no opinion on the current development plan of HAL, but he also has some ideas of his own when it comes to games.

"Tanimura-kun, have you ever heard of a handheld game console?"

"Handheld game consoles?" Tanimura was stunned for a moment and then reacted, "Shirakawa-san is talking about portable game consoles, right?" ”

"That's right" Shirakawa Kaede nodded, there was already a handheld in the current era.

But it's not Nintendo, it's a game console manufacturer from the United States, Mattel.

In 1976, Mattel released the world's first handheld console, a very rudimentary football-themed console.

It's pitiful with few buttons, and the screen is pitiful, but it's still very popular.

Since then, the concept of handheld game consoles has officially entered the eyes of the public, and it has spread to Japan in the past two years.

Although it has not yet become popular, it is difficult to see the well-informed Tani Village.

After all, he works in a department store, and he has never seen any strange products.

"So what does Shirakawa-san mean...?" Tanimura probably had a guess in his mind.

"Since HAL will also take over the game business, you might as well try it here.

As for the hardware, leave it to Shirakawa Electric.,Of course, the microcomputer peripherals that Tanimura-kun just said.,The same is true.。 ”

With Shirakawa's production capacity, none of these things are a problem.

After all, there is no difficult production process involved, and there are no special raw materials, so it should not be difficult to do.

Shirakawa Kaede clearly means that HAL is only responsible for the design and content development.

As for the actual carrier, it will be undertaken by Shirakawa Electric Appliances, and it will be a direct one-stop service.

In this way, profits can be maximized, and it is all their own industry.

Whether it is resource coordination or communication, it is much more convenient.

Hearing Shirakawa Kaede's exact plan, Tanimura's eyes lit up.

This seems to be a trick, saving a lot of docking links in the middle, and also allowing HAL to focus more on the content.

"Okay, HAL will focus on the software side, take on some similar business in the early stage, and be familiar with the production process."

Since he thought it was feasible, Tanimura did not hesitate and immediately decided to test the water with this first.

With HAL's current capabilities, it can't be done if it's too complicated, but the simpler game content is more suitable.

Handheld games fit this perfectly, programming is very simple, but the requirements for the game to be fun are relatively high.

After all, mini-games are attractive and fun as their common feature.

In terms of fun, Shirakawa Kaede turned his head to look at Satoshi Iwata, whose eyes were shining.

"Iwata-kun, have you figured out what kind of game you want to make and share it with everyone?"

"Huh?"

(End of chapter)