Although 1984 has passed in a hurry, this year is also an extraordinary year for Shirakawa Kaede.

This year, Shirakawa Holdings' net profit exceeded US$3 billion for the first time, and the proportion of various patent and licensing fees in total profit began to rise significantly.

SIC chip licensing, CD-ROM patent fees, optical drive patent fees, chewing gum battery patent fees, partial patent fees in the LCD field, and patent fees in the headphone audio field.

These patents, together with more than 1,000 patents, have directly contributed more than $800 million in licensing profits to Shirakawa Holdings.

From relying on manufacturing profits at the beginning, patent fees account for nearly one-third of the total profits this year.

This process is also a bonus brought by Shirakawa Holdings' upgrading of its industrial organization, its participation in the formulation of standards, and its entry into a higher level of competition in the field of technology.

First-class enterprises sell buildings..., ahh

This year, both Shirakawa Electric and SIC have basically realized the upgrade transition of this process.

As long as they continue to invest in R&D in the future, they can live a nourishing life without worrying about business crises even if they encounter product competition problems in the future.

In addition to these two pillars, LCD, optical disc factories and battery factories in the physical manufacturing industry have made great progress compared with last year.

The first two even made it to the top of the neon ladder, at the very front end of the first echelon.

They are all valuable assets of Shirakawa Kaede Holdings, although they have not yet been popularized on a large scale, but the future is promising.

In particular, Shirakawa Kaede has decided to set up a special subsidiary under Shirakawa Holdings to manage a series of management issues of LCD factories.

The display panel is self-evident in the future market, and its variants LED, OLED, etc. have broad prospects, and SIC is already doing forward-looking layouts.

As for the media industry, after a year of restructuring. The Daily News turned a profit, and although it didn't make much profit, at least it could take care of itself.

As the mouthpiece in his own hands, even if the earning power is far worse than that of the manufacturing industry, the authority of public opinion is worth Shirakawa Kaede's money to support it.

What do you say about others such as Gaode and Dayei? Mosquito legs are also considered meat.

In the field of media and mutual entertainment, the big people who really make money have to look at HAL, which brings profits to Baichuan Holdings second only to Baichuan Electric.

And the fat classmate Satoshi Iwata has also been officially promoted to the position of president of HAL.

It turns out that Iwata not only has a strong hand in technology, but also has excellent forward-looking and management skills in the game software industry.

I believe that in a few years, with the growth of experience and experience, he will become more mature.

In 1984, these clubs grew up more than that, and now Beidu Bank has become a veritable medium and large bank.

Its various financial businesses are complete, and its branches are all over the north and south of Neon.

Following in the footsteps of Shirakawa Holdings' manufacturing industry, it can be seen from Kyushu to larger cities in Hokkaido.

Although the user base is not as good as that of traditional banks such as Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, in addition to its own expansion, Beidu Bank also actively participates in the investment and construction of various places.

There are also more than a dozen small local banks that have become shareholders or acquired, and a huge financial group is not enough to have its own bank alone.

Just look at Mitsubishi and they will know that there are banks associated with it all over the country.

Beidu Bank is actually copying this route, but the speed is much more restrained. Because it is necessary to save money, it will be kept for a large use later.

Also at the end of 1984, Shirakawa Electric's market capitalization had exceeded 4.5 trillion yen, ranking seventh in the top 10 of Neon Club.

The old electronic manufacturing companies Sharp and NEC are behind it, and its high profitability is the main reason why the market is optimistic about Shirakawa Electric.

In addition, with more and more of its products, the words "Shirakawa Electric" have become more and more involved in people's lives.

Its only current rival in Neon is Sony, and others such as Toshiba and Hitachi are no longer within the scope of internal benchmarking.

On the New Year of 1985, Kaede Shirakawa's family of four was still spending time in Tokyo.

Kazuko and Shirakawa Hayato have stayed in Oyako since their first birthday.

For them, Tokyo is bustling, but it's also too noisy.

Or the deer with beautiful natural scenery and peaceful days is the place where they can relax at ease.

However, although they returned to the deer countryside, Shirakawa Kaede would bring his children to visit them every summer in the future.

Not only the clear sky and the bud, but also Yuika and Yokohisa, he will also bring them over for his parents to enjoy the joy of family.

But, for the time being, Shirakawa Kaede's energy is still focused on his career, after all, this year is 1985.

It is destined to be an extraordinary year for neon people, and it is also an excellent year for Shirakawa Kaede.

Since January, newspapers have reported that the governments of the two countries are discussing the feasibility of adjusting their exchange rates to devalue the dollar by artificial interference.

At the same time, Britain, Germany, and France also participated in the meeting, of course, this is only a preliminary discussion, and the formal meeting will not be held until the second half of the year.

This incident just made some waves in the financial world, but it was quickly stolen by another thing.

In March, Neon's 72nd World Expo in Tsukuba is about to take place.

The theme of this year's World Expo is "Housing and Environment, Human Home Technology", and the name of the conference is "International Science and Technology Expo".

This is the third time that Neon has held the World Expo, but this World Expo in 85 years has caused unprecedented heat in Neon.

Since the countdown of 1,000 days, Neon has been doing related publicity.

In addition to distributing heroic posts to countries around the world, Neon domestic enterprises are also actively participating.

Especially since the beginning of the 85th century, there has been almost overwhelming propaganda on TV stations, the media, and the radio.

At the same time, the neon government stipulates that students nationwide, including primary and secondary school students, high school students, universities, junior colleges and other groups, can enter the Expo Park free of charge.

Enterprises have also begun to organize large-scale visits to the upcoming World Expo, and some simply go to the venue for a day off.

It can be said that from elementary school students to working adults, almost all people participate.

In private, everyone usually chats, and they are talking about this World Expo.

The pride and full spirit in those words really infected the whole neon.

Listening to the employees of his club, even Yuko Tanaka and Keiko Matsusaka, they also talked to him about the World Expo that will open soon.

Shirakawa Kaede had the illusion of being in the Yanjing Olympics that year, and everyone was the same from the bottom of their hearts.

And the reason why everyone is so enthusiastic about this World Expo is because Neon now also urgently needs to show its new look to the world.

After decades of development, today Neon has become the world's second largest economy in 78 years.

Automotive, electronics, neon technology products are conquering the world.

The World Expo, which has always had technology as its core theme, is the best time for Neon to once again show the world its technology and progress.

The broad masses of the people also understand this truth, and they feel that the era of neon has arrived.

In some areas of science and technology, neon has even surpassed the United States and ranked first in the world.

That kind of desperate need for the world's identity, Shirakawa Kaede can understand, after all, he had this experience in his previous life.

Therefore, when Shirakawa Electric started to work as a resident and volunteer registration for the World Expo Pavilion, the club actively participated, and received more than 600 cover letters alone.

It can be seen that everyone's enthusiasm and ardent expectations for this World Expo.

Yes, Shirakawa Electric also participated in this Tsukuba Expo.

And it was also invited by the government, and like Sony and Panasonic, Shirakawa Electric will have its own exhibition hall, "Shirakawa Pavilion".

Tsk~, how's it going? There is a row of noodles.

Nonsense, now Shirakawa Electric is one of the representatives of Neon Technology Company, whether it is in Neon at home or overseas.

The innovation in products over the years is second only to Sony, and in this case there is a pavilion of its own, shouldn't it be?

A year and a half ago, after getting the confirmed quota and invitation letter, Shirakawa Electric prepared for this day.

This is the time when Neon shows the image of science and technology to the world, and it is also the time when Shirakawa Electric shows its strength to the world.

Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, of course, Shirakawa Kaede will not miss it.

All the clubs under Shirakawa Holdings fully cooperate with Shirakawa Electric to complete the design and production of various brain hole products.

The cost of investment is countless, and even my own family members are stunned by the brain-hole products produced.

After more than a year of hard work, we are waiting to make a splash at the World Expo.

As for the number of places for the World Expo, it was already being reviewed and determined when the venue was decided.

However, Shirakawa Electric has sprung up too quickly, and the top ten neon market capitalizations are difficult not to attract attention.

In addition, Shirakawa Kaede has a very hard relationship, and finally added the name of Shirakawa Electric separately.

Although the preparation time is not as sufficient as that of Sony, but with Shirakawa Kaede here, there is no need to worry that your products are not amazing enough.

After the government's review agency saw the matter, their jaws were about to drop.

Yo Xi, this is the representative of Neon Technology!

Syllable! As soon as the big seal was covered, Shirakawa Electric successfully got the entry ticket.

The time soon came on March 17th, and the opening ceremony of the Tsukuba World Expo officially began!

On this day, Kaede Shirakawa also woke up early and drove to Tsukuba City, 50 kilometers from Tokyo.

Not only him, but also Yuko Tanaka, Keiko Matsusaka, and Seiko Matsuda will also go in batches.

A rare event, everyone can't help but want to see its style.

As soon as Kaede Shirakawa got out of the car when he arrived at the venue, he was amazed by the majestic guild hall in front of him.

With more than 100 hectares of land and hundreds of pavilions of all kinds, it looks truly impressive.

But now was not the time to sigh, he had other things to do.

When he came to the Science and Technology Museum, Shirakawa Kaede had not yet entered the interior when he met an acquaintance.

"Shirakawa~" Akihito, who had just arrived here, saw him and waved over with a smile.

"His Royal Highness the Prince" greeted Shirakawa Kaede, who went forward, and took the lead in saluting.

After all, he is the same generation as his parents, and Shirakawa Kaede is also a junior gift to Akihito.

"Okay~ You're welcome" Akihito waved his hand, "I heard that your Shirakawa Pavilion has a very novel thing?" ”

Because he is very familiar with Shirakawa Kaede in private, Akihito talks more casually.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will go and see it later." Shirakawa Kaede smiled and sold Guanzi.

"Haha, okay" Akihito happily agreed.

As the Honorary President of the Expo, Akihito is required to speak at the opening ceremony of the Expo.

Similarly, Kaede Shirakawa also has an additional role in this World Expo.

(End of chapter)