"Ohga-san, Shirakawa has not broken his word, nor has he violated his agreement with you."

Well? Norio Ohga frowned, still looking at Shirakawa Kaede with fixed eyes, waiting for his further explanation.

"If I'm not mistaken, Sony will launch its own CD player in early October, right?"

This news has already been announced by Sony, and even reported in the media.

For this, Norio Ohga bowed slightly, but he still didn't know what medicine was sold in Shirakawa maple gourd.

"Rest assured, Shirakawa's CD player will come after Sony, and that is still guaranteed."

After listening to Shirakawa Kaede's words, Norio Ohga was a little stunned for a while.

I don't know whether to be surprised or angry, in short, it is extremely uncomfortable.

But Bai Chuanfeng looked at him calmly, and what he said was right.

Shirakawa Electric's portable CD player will definitely not be able to come out in early October due to schedule problems.

Even if the optimistic estimate is that it can be launched at the end of October or early November, it will be considered all going well.

As for the current press conference, it was just publicity in advance, how can I say that I violated the agreement?

Norio Oga's chest rose and fell a few times, and finally slowly regained his composure.

He stared at Shirakawa Kaede for two seconds with his eyes full of meaning, and finally spoke calmly.

"Shirakawa-san, I hope you can keep your promise."

After saying that, Norio Ohga left here without looking back, and walked straight towards the door of the hall, where Kozo Osone had been waiting for a long time.

It is not for nothing that Norio Oga is angry, although Shirakawa Kaede has repeatedly emphasized that Shirakawa's CD opportunity was brought to market after Sony.

But his press conference was held early, you must know that Sony only revealed some information to the media, but did not fully announce the details of the CD player.

Not only Sony, but also Philips.

What does this mean? This means that Shirakawa Electric is now the first company in the world to launch its own CD player and hold a press conference.

This also means that the name of the world's first CD player will fall on Shirakawa Electric, and it is also a portable CD player!

Even if the finished product of Shirakawa Electric is far from coming out at this moment, as long as today's news is issued, this name is his!

In this year, we will also hold a press conference for publicity, but that is usually held a week or two before the product launch.

It's like Shirakawa Electric, which was held two or three months in advance, and it doesn't talk about martial arts.

After this incident, other families don't say it, it is estimated that Sony and Philips will definitely make a move.

But Shirakawa Kaede can't manage so much now, and in order to go public, a little caution is not worth mentioning at all.

Besides, I really didn't breach the contract. Alas, Ogaga-san is just too sensitive.

Seeing off Norio Oga, Shirakawa Kaede returned to the seat under the stage and just sat down, an interested visitor was ushered in by him.

"Mr. Shirakawa, it's an honor to meet you. I'm the Director of Technology at IBM. Robert, just call me Robert. ”

Well? Bai Chuanfeng looked at the foreigner with a high nose in front of him in surprise, and was very surprised.

IBM？ How did the other party end up here?

Although there were many questions in his heart, Shirakawa Kaede subconsciously reached out and shook hands with the other party in the face of the hand that was stretched out in front of him.

"Kaede Shirakawa, I'm lucky."

At this time, a middle-aged man named Masai Uehara next to Robert also came over to greet Shirakawa Kaede.

After introducing themselves to each other, Shirakawa Kaede learned that he was the president of IBM's neon division.

"Mr. Shirakawa, the speech just now was wonderful." Unlike the subtlety of the people around him, Robert was very generous and enthusiastic.

"Thank you, Mr. Robert is honored to be here for Shirakawa Electric's briefing."

Shirakawa Kaede didn't know why someone from IBM was here, but he remained humble on the surface.

This is an eventful time, and the IBM industry case is in full swing. Turning his head, the other party appeared at the briefing site of Shirakawa Electric, which had to make people think more.

But Robert seemed unaware and still enthusiastically went straight to the point.

"Mr. Shirakawa, I have to say that the CD storage technology you just described on stage is very desirable.

Although IBM invented the floppy disk, it has to admit that compared with CD-ROM, it is indeed a bit outdated in terms of capacity. ”

When Robert said this, Shirakawa Kaede suddenly realized that the other party was still the inventor of the floppy disk.

And just now, I was still talking nonsense on stage, how CD storage kills floppy disks, and how to play the role of floppy disk gravediggers in the future.

As a result, now the main lord is sitting next to him, Rao is Bai Chuanfeng is thick-skinned enough, and he feels a little embarrassed at the moment.

"Well, Mr. Robert, it's a pleasure for you to be here for this briefing.

I just introduced CD and floppy disks, and if there is any offense, please forgive me."

As a result, before Shirakawa Kaede finished speaking, Robert laughed.

If it weren't for Ichiro Watanabe on stage who was giving a speech, it is estimated that he would have laughed even more exaggeratedly.

"Mr. Shirakawa, you Orientals are always like this, too subtle.

It is a fact that CD discs surpass floppy disks in terms of capacity, and although such results are somewhat discouraging, the development of technology is such an objective development.

Once it lags behind, it will be replaced by other technologies, and then it will be abandoned by the times.

It may seem a bit unforgiving to say this, but we need to respect the laws of how things evolve. ”

Robert's words made Shirakawa Kaede's impression of him immediately change a little.

These foreigners, especially executives. It's always so direct and always to the point.

But if the other party can look at optical storage in this way, then it will be interesting.

"Mr. Shirakawa, if you don't mind about disc storage, we might as well talk about it separately when we have time."

Without Bai Chuan Feng opening his mouth, the other party had already taken the initiative to invite him.

"Of course, the matter here of Shirakawa Electric is over, and I will definitely visit it in person."

I don't care what IBM has in mind, but Shirakawa Kaede already has some ideas in his head.

So without hesitation, he immediately agreed to Robert's invitation.

"I'm looking forward to meeting Mr. Shirakawa again, I'll be in Neon for a while, and you can come to me at any time."

Robert came to Neon to deal with the Hitachi and IBM espionage cases, and he was the technical director.

Appointed by the headquarters, he was asked to come to Neon to thoroughly inspect the technical infringements of Hitachi's mainframe.

Previously, Kaede Shirakawa and Fujitsu Matsuka Daoji discussed the technical review that Hitachi might undergo, and it is likely that Robert will carry it out.

And it just so happened that the other party noticed the existence of the Shirakawa Electric press conference during the time of neon.

After hearing that the other party was a technology electronics company, Robert, who had nothing to do, attended a briefing session with Shirakawa Electric accompanied by the staff of the Neon Headquarters.

As a result, Robert, who was just thinking about soy sauce, was actually taught CD storage technology in person.

The fact is that this technology really gave him a big shock, and he came to visit Shirakawa Kaede as soon as he stepped down.

As the inventor of the floppy disk, IBM knows all too well what threats CD storage technology will pose to its own floppy disk.

Immediately notify the headquarters and strangle CD storage technology in the cradle before it develops?

No! Robert's first consideration was how to use optical disk storage technology to bring benefits to IBM!

Technology can't be killed, and Robert, as the technical director, knows this all too well.

Even if there is no Shirakawa Electric, there will be Kurokawa Electrics to promote the application of disc storage in the future.

Optical disc storage technology will not be erased from the world because of the disappearance of Shirakawa Electric.

And Robert knows very well that the limit capacity of floppy disks can only be about 1MB at present, which is too big a gap compared to the 700MB of optical discs.

IBM's annual R&D expenditure on floppy disks is not low, but the improvement is minimal.

If nothing else, floppy disks won't change much in the next few years.

But where will optical storage go in a few years?

When Robert recognized this problem, he had already made up his mind that IBM must participate in this revolution in storage technology.

As long as that Mr. Shirakawa is a qualified leader, he will surely understand what it means to have the help of IBM for CD storage.

As for the headquarters in the United States, Robert decided to go back now and try to convince them not to miss this opportunity.

Seeing another visitor leave early, Shirakawa Kaede was a little flustered for Ichiro Watanabe on the stage.

Before the meeting was over, the guests left early, so how could the stock be sold?

Of course, this is a joke, the real potential customers have already been secretly in contact with the first persuasion bank.

Even Robert they had just left, and Morgan's men came on the back foot.

They really want to invest, but it seems that SIC is more interesting than Shirakawa Electric.

These veteran investment institutions have a sense of smell and vision far beyond ordinary people, and they are very optimistic about the future of semiconductors.

After Kaede Shirakawa broke the existence of SIC on stage, he immediately aroused the interest of the other party.

Obviously, compared with the soon-to-be-listed Shirakawa Electric, the fledgling SIC is more worthy of their investment.

The earlier you get in, the more you pay.

To their temptation, Shirakawa Kaede replied ambiguously, some things are too early now.

After Ichiro Watanabe explained the rules of Shirakawa Electric on the stage, the atmosphere at the scene became warm.

Some small investment institutions even couldn't wait to express their intention to buy on the spot.

Bai Chuan Feng just blows that mess, coupled with the announcement of two black technology products, investors are also very optimistic about the stock performance of Bai Chuan Electric.

After all, this is a real machine demonstration, not a few PPT embarrassing blows.

If you can see the real thing, it means that you are only one foot away from the door, how can you miss this kind of good thing of picking up money for nothing.

In the enthusiastic atmosphere, Ichiro Watanabe sweated profusely to count the institutions or foundations that had the intention to buy.

This is just a briefing session, and the real IPO will be conducted privately.

In addition, Shirakawa Electric has not yet been listed, and the current stock cannot be used for trading.

However, it is possible to ask customers in advance about their purchase intentions and make statistics, which is similar to pre-sales or reservations.

This is also the reason why the first persuasion bank strongly recommended Shirakawa Kaede to hold a briefing, although it has not yet been listed, it does not affect everyone to do business first this time.

"It seems that the situation is good, I would have known that I would not have found so many small institutions to shout prices, and I wasted a commission in vain."

Yu Arai, who was sitting next to him, suddenly sighed involuntarily, causing Shirakawa Kaede to look at him dumbfounded.

Good guy, I said why is it so lively, could it be that my speech is really so charming?

A lot of this is trusted, right?

(End of chapter)