Yamaguchi Baihui's century-old wedding that caused a sensation in the whole country is no longer mentioned, and most of the wedding banquets are people in the entertainment industry, and Shirakawa Kaede has no intention of dealing with them.

After the meal, he said hello to Norio Ohga and left the hotel.

The flying snow that had been glimpsed out of the window was no longer hidden.

Instead, it floated under the street lamp like cotton wool and into the earth.

Heavy snow continued for a week or so over the next few days.

In Tokyo this year, the snow came a little earlier, so I wonder how Akita is doing in my hometown in Tohoku?

In Tokyo, the snow must be heavier.

Will the crops in the fields survive this catastrophe, and will the wooden houses in the village be able to withstand the heavy snowfall?

"Torotaro" Kaede Shirakawa withdrew his gaze from the window.

"What's wrong, Kaede?" Torotaro, who was carefully checking the warehouse list in the house, raised his head and asked suspiciously.

"It's snowing outside." Shirakawa Kaede gestured out the window.

"Eh" Torotaro put down his work and raised his head, "Xiao Feng, it's been almost a week." ”

Torotaro was a little confused about what Shirakawa Kaede meant, didn't he go down a few days ago.

What's so strange about the snow besides, there is too much snow in my hometown to count.

"The snow in Tokyo comes too early, and it usually doesn't come until after December.

But it's only November, so the snow in my hometown must come earlier. ”

The snow season in Akita generally begins in late November and ends in February and March of the following year.

But looking at the current situation, it is likely that it will start snowing in early November or even October.

"Eh" Torotaro, who was an afterthought in the office, pushed away his chair and quickly ran to the windowsill to look outside.

"Xiao Feng, with such a heavy snowfall, the rice in my hometown is going to suffer!" Retracting his head, Torotaro looked at Shirakawa Kaede with an anxious expression.

Due to the climate, Akita is planted with late-maturing rice, which is usually harvested in mid to late October.

But winter came too early, and it is likely that the crops in the fields were buried under the snow before they could be harvested.

"Don't worry, Torotaro, I'll call back to my hometown to ask later. At the end of this year, let's go back to Akita a little bit earlier. ”

I haven't been back for almost two years, and this year's things in Shirakawa Electric should not be like last year, and I can't do without people day and night.

As for their hometown in the Northeast, Shirakawa Kaede and Torotaro's family is fine, and they don't make a living from farming.

But the uncles and uncles in the same village, it's hard to say.

Let's hope the situation isn't too bad, Shirakawa Kaede sighed.

Originally, I thought it was a Ruixue mega year, but the heavy snow came too early and went too late, so it was not Ruixue.

Letting go of his worries about his hometown, Shirakawa Kaede put his energy into Shirakawa Electric again.

Approaching the end of the year, the affairs of the club have not decreased at all, and even many things have been gathered together.

At the end of November, Shirakawa Electric and First Quanyin officially signed a loan contract.

Dai-ichi Bank lent 6 billion yen to Shirakawa Electric for the purchase and construction of real estate for the headquarters.

This money will not be directly transferred to Shirakawa Electric's account, but a new account will be set up separately, which will be jointly supervised by First Quanyin, Shirakawa Electric, and Shimizu Construction.

It is specially used for the development and construction of the headquarters, which is equivalent to the special fund.

In addition, according to the construction budget, Shirakawa Electric will provide an additional 2 billion yen to fill the budget gap as the follow-up progress is carried out.

At this point, Shirakawa Electric's headquarters planning has come to an end.

The land is 3,200 square meters, and the total land price is 4.5 billion yen. The headquarters building is expected to have more than 20 floors and cost about 3.5 billion.

The architect Kenzo Tange was responsible for the design of the building, and he designed the Yoyogi Stadium for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

During Kaede Shirakawa's visit, Kenzo Tange asked him about his design requirements for the future headquarters building.

For this, Shirakawa Kaede's request is simple. Modern, eye-catching, one of Shibuya's most futuristic landmarks.

What electronic technology companies need to show the world is nothing more than the concept of innovation, technology, and modernization.

Therefore, other bells and whistles are not needed, after all, Shirakawa Electric is not engaged in art.

The construction period of the headquarters building is expected to be about one and a half years, and it will be completed in about two years, including the final renovation.

The construction period of two or three years for such a large project is extremely normal, after all, the design of earthquake-proof structures requires a lot of thought.

Although this business was the first to persuade the bank, the money basically flowed back in the end.

The land is the first to persuade the bank, and 4.5 billion of the 6 billion loans are equivalent to turning it upside down in their own hands.

The contractor, Shimizu Construction, is an affiliated company within the consortium, and the remaining 1.5 billion out of the 6 billion is prepared for it.

Not only that, Baichuan Electric will have to pay another 2 billion to make up for the shortfall.

Then the so-called 6 billion loans of the first persuasion bank were finally repaid by Shirakawa Electric within 10 years, with an annual interest rate of 2.7%.

So in total, the real cash out of the bank is only 1.5 billion, accounting for a quarter of the loan amount.

land, building materials, and labor, in exchange for 8 billion cash from Shirakawa Electric, plus interest.

At the current market price, is the bank losing money? Of course not.

So did Shirakawa lose money? Estimating the land price in a few years, not only did not lose but also made a lot of money.

What is it? It's a win-win.

Daiichi Quanye Bank, represented by Ichiro Watanabe, happily signed the contract.

Earned interest and engineering fees, and also obtained the commitment of the listed trader of Shirakawa Electric.

If nothing else, the future shares of Shirakawa Electric are indispensable for the first persuasion of silver.

Shirakawa Feng also happily signed the contract, although this piece of land is just needed, but it also saves money for future price increases.

Besides, such a low annual interest rate is a benefit in itself. There are also certain discounts on the cost of construction, which are real benefits.

At the same time, with a good start of cooperation with the First Quanyin, presumably other chaebols will not come to harass Shirakawa Electric again.

A talisman is still worth it. As for the shares after listing, they are all publicly traded, so who still cares who holds the shares?

Besides, even if you don't find the first bank to trade, you always have to find other financial institutions to help. In that case, why not pick acquaintances.

Therefore, both parties signed the contract with a smile on their faces and a friendly attitude with the intention of making a lot of money.

So far, the two plots of land that Shirakawa Electric urgently needs to solve have all been settled.

Kaede Shirakawa, who was relaxed, also participated in the second major event of the club in early December, the official completion of the SIC building!

Shibuya, Daikanyama.

Shirakawa Kaede looked at the magnificent glass curtain building in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart.

Looking at the new and magnificent building in front of him, he was as excited as he was when Shirakawa Electric completed its first factory.

Construction began in March and April of the new year, and after eight or nine months, the research institute, which Shirakawa Kaede had high hopes for, was finally able to be put into use.

In addition, this is also the first substantial real estate under the name of Shirakawa Holdings, and Shirakawa Feng is down-to-earth in his heart.

Sure enough, there is land and buildings, and I don't panic.

From the outside, the building is not very tall, with twelve floors above ground and two floors underground. In the upper right corner of the roof, the three white letters "SIC" are very eye-catching.

Although it is only 12 floors, none of the buildings in the vicinity are very tall. The SIC building is still very conspicuous in this area.

And don't look at the area of only 800 square meters, but after the completion of the building, the visual sense is much larger.

You must know that Sony's exhibition building in Ginza, which covers an area of only 707 square meters, is taller than SIC.

In a pile of high-rise buildings, it is still very eye-catching.

So, don't underestimate 800 square meters, the visual experience is far more intuitive than the cold numbers.

Counting the two underground floors, there are fourteen floors in total, and the construction area is more than 10,000 square meters, which is enough for the research institute.

"How's it going? SIC didn't disappoint you. Shirakawa Kaede turned his head and greeted Masatoshi Shima, who had been looking at the building with his head tilted.

"Unexpectedly spectacular" Masayoshi Shimashima came back to his senses with a satisfied smile on his face.

He just returned from the United States, and today the SIC headquarters was officially opened, as its number one general, of course, can not be absent.

"Honestly, it looks more luxurious than most companies in Silicon Valley."

Masatoshi Shima and Kaede Shirakawa chatted as they walked, and Masaaki Matsumura and Hui Yamazaki walked towards the building together.

"It's such a luxurious configuration, so I need Shima-san to preside over it."

Matsumura Masaaki, who was beside him, couldn't help but joke.

"With Matsumura-san, I don't dare to be a contemptible person." Shimamasatoshi waved his hand again and again, and Matsumura was his predecessor in terms of age.

"The two seniors don't fight anymore," Shirakawa Kaede interrupted them with a smile, "Matsumura-san and Shima-san are the sleeping dragons and phoenixes of SIC, and the combination of the two will be extremely powerful." ”

"Haha" Masaaki Matsumura and Masatoshi Shima both laughed out loud, of course they had heard the story of the Three Kingdoms.

"Two seniors, please!" At the door of the SIC hall, Shirakawa Kaede stretched out his hand and motioned for them to invite first.

"Good" The two did not postpone and entered the newly completed building together.

All the renovations have been completed, including the office facilities.

The largest on the first floor is naturally a large and bright front desk, and connected to it is the product exhibition area of the future company.

However, this part is temporarily blank, and now there are a few sofa coffee tables as a rest and reception area.

The rest of the room was opened up into several meeting rooms, neatly and cleanly planned.

The second to sixth floors are the research area, where various instruments and equipment have been installed and debugged.

Most of them are top domestic brands, or cutting-edge equipment from abroad.

Masayoshi Shima and Masaaki Matsumura stayed here for the longest time, after all, this is a matter for their development in the future, how can they do it if they don't take advantage of it.

But after seeing it, their expressions became more and more satisfied, and they even began to itch.

This condition is too good, I don't know how much better it is than the laboratory of the East University of Technology, and it is not worse than the Silicon Valley abroad.

I have to say that the perfect hardware configuration is also a great temptation for technicians.

Not to mention other technical equipment, the current chip design is not yet assisted by professional software.

Most of the time, it is still by hand rubbing, so the assistance of hardware is also indispensable.

In addition to this, there are actually laboratories on the two basement floors.

There is an experimental area designed for anti-signal interference, which sank six or seven meters underground.

Thick copper sheets are pasted on the walls and floors to shield signals and reduce interference from external signals.

The thick screen door weighed thousands of pounds, and only a few floors for research, plus the underground laboratory, cost Shirakawa Kaede hundreds of millions of yen.

The laboratory smashed out with money, what are they not satisfied with?

After looking at the R&D floor, the group continued to go up.

From the seventh floor, there is the office area.

The decoration has also been completed, and various configurations such as desks and chairs, computers, telephones and fax machines, and printers have been put in place.

In addition to these, there is a sofa area for relaxing, light wooden chairs, white walls, and an open glass curtain wall.

The winter sun shines in, inexplicably giving people a sense of warmth.

"It's really good," Masato Shima nodded with satisfaction.

A comfortable environment will also make you feel relaxed at work.

"So, Shirakawa-san, let's find a place to talk about the development progress of chips."

After probably looking at the place where he will work in the future, Masayoshi Shima, who is satisfied, is not ambiguous and goes straight to the topic of work.

"Okay" Shirakawa Kaede nodded and led them upstairs.

(End of chapter)