Neon's mobile communications world has become jubilant as Shirakawa Electric and NTT have launched their own mobile phones one after another.

It's just that because there are too many mobile operators at this time, and there are too many tariffs and policies of each company, the market seems to be a little messy for a while.

For example, NTT's mobile calls cost 260 yen per minute, and they are half priced.

Calls to the NUCT cost 230 yen per minute, half price during the day and free at night.

When DDI and IDO saw it, they immediately set the cost of their call at 220 yen, and they also charged for answering in different time periods.

In short, everyone has a lot of tricks, the purpose is to attract customers.

The postal department, which has been paying attention to this place, has not issued any regulations for the time being.

After all, the purpose of reforming and liberalizing the private market is to promote free competition in the market economy.

However, although there are no mandatory regulations, the Ministry of Posts and Posts also wants to unify the domestic communication standards of Neon.

There are seven or eight communication operators, large and small, and as a result, most of them have different communication standards.

This not only makes it difficult for the postal province to divide the frequency band, but also makes it a hassle for the people to change operators because of the incompatible communication standards for the public.

Besides, the neon government also wants to promote its own communication standards, who doesn't have any ambitions?

Let your communication standards go around the world, and the benefits are self-evident.

Therefore, under the auspices of the Ministry of Posts and Posts, NTT (Telephone Telecommunications), Renken Communications (NUCT), DDI (Daini Denden), IDO (Nippon Mobile), KDD (International Telecommunications), TWJ (High-Speed Communications), NCC (Shindenden) and so on.

These mainstream telecom operators have been brought together by the Ministry of Posts and Posts to develop Neon's second-generation mobile communication system, which is digital communication in the 2G era.

Unlike analog signals in the 1G era, the 2G era uses digital signals as the working principle.

Theoretically, in the 2G era, a series of high-performance communication methods compatible with the network can be realized, such as text information transmission, mail transmission, and image transmission.

And as I just said, Neon wants to promote its own communication standards, which are different from both Guzhou's GSM and Mi's CDMA.

This is a new communication format, which is jointly developed by NTT and several other companies, and is internally codenamed PDC.

Well, Xiaori is engaged in closed xenophobia again.

Although Shirakawa Kaede didn't know what the PDC format was like later, he couldn't find any impression of it from the memories of later generations, so he knew that the PDC should not have made any splashes.

So it's okay to let NUCT develop jointly, but Shirakawa Kaede will not give up the promotion of GSM, and even his own PHS has not stopped the pace of research and development.

It's a big deal that the frequency band compatible with PDC in the future is good, and the construction of the base station is still based on GSM, and PHS is supplemented by PHS.

As for the PDC hosted by Neon, what to do? It's best to be compatible, but if you can't, rent it.

With so many operators participating, there must be no shortage of base stations at that time.

It was normal for operators to rent equipment from each other in later generations.

No matter how conservative the neon club is, it will not be stubborn enough to refuse to cooperate with other clubs.

Therefore, NUCT is ready to vigorously build GSM base stations in the 2G era, and they should be used until the end of the 90s and the beginning of the millennium, so there should be no problem.

As for the future 3G and 4G eras, there is a high probability that it will be another communication standard.

At that time, it is time for the base station to be updated on a large scale, and it took more than ten years to completely eliminate it, which is not a loss.

However, this is all an afterthought, and after the press conference, Shirakawa Kaede's eyes were focused on the intensifying Japan-Milan trade friction.

Because of the semiconductor agreement signed last year, Neon was forced to accept various unequal treaties.

However, the strange thing is that Neon's semiconductor companies not only did not suffer a blow, but climbed to the highest peak in the global market.

The United States used this as an excuse to believe that Neon had not fulfilled the semiconductor agreement signed earlier.

So at the unanimous request of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Mi government began to implement a series of retaliatory measures against Neon.

Since April of the first half of the year, 100% punitive tariffs have been imposed on neon's semiconductor products.

At that time, the main problem was still in the field of DRAM semiconductors, which had little or no impact on SIC.

So at the beginning, Shirakawa Kaede only sighed twice, and didn't pay too much attention.

However, in the second half of the year, the United States began to intensify its efforts and increased the scope of the attack.

At the behest of the U.S. government, customs began to impose 100% retaliatory tariffs on electronic products that use neon semiconductors.

These electronic products include televisions, refrigerators, small appliances, personal computers, digital processors, power tools, etc.

The cumulative total value is more than $300 million, and this is only a temporary measure.

Unfortunately, some of Shirakawa's products are also small electrical appliances, so 100% of the tariffs also fell on it.

For this matter, Shirakawa Kaede has been anxious recently, and he hasn't even paid much attention to the situation at NUCT.

Although 100% tariffs have been levied on CD players and LCD notebooks, can Shirakawa Electric take advantage of the trend to increase prices to make up for the losses caused by tariffs?

Of course not, the original market is already in jeopardy. If the price rises again, maybe you will really lose a part of the market.

So in order to keep the market, these export products that are subject to tax increases. can only maintain the original price, and the loss is not hesitated.

But this can only be a hard cap in the short term, and in the long run, no company can stand it.

Therefore, during this time, Shirakawa Kaede frequently attended various meetings of Keidanren, and even went to a lot of hearings in government departments.

The purpose is to work with everyone to put pressure on the neon government to find a way to solve the 100% tariff.

Neon dignity or something, Shirakawa Kaede can't control it. Usually, it would be fine if you made a little less, but losing money is really beyond the bottom line.

Therefore, don't talk about the international environment, righteousness, etc. He's just an entrepreneur and he's not obligated to think about national issues for Neon.

"Oda, get ready, I'll go to the Central District later."

In the office, Kaede Shirakawa was packing up his things and preparing to go to Keidanren's internal meeting.

Recently, we have been in frequent contact with each other, aiming to open a breakthrough in neon foreign trade.

"Chairman Shirakawa, what are your orders?" A soft female voice suddenly sounded in the doorway.

"Well, what about Oda?" Shirakawa Kaede subconsciously frowned.

"Oda Sang has taken a leave of absence, and today is my shift." The girl with her long hair still responded softly.

However, to her surprise, the legendary Shirakawa-san looked at her with a dumbfounded expression.

"Huh?" The girl looked at her clothes a little helplessly, was there something wrong?

"What's your name?" Shirakawa Kaede's expression is very complicated, unexpected? Surprise? Lament? Or is it a pity?

"Sachiko Kamaike"

Sure enough, he knew that there were no two people in the world who looked exactly the same, and neither could twins.

If this scene appears in front of your eyes, it is most likely the same person.

"Sachiko Kamaike" Shirakawa Kaede's ears seemed to be echoing the theme song of "Slam Dunk".

In this life, "Hai" is still the same as in her impression, she is still quiet and quiet.

The hair is tied into a single ponytail and simply put on the back of the head, and the face is delicate and slightly powdered.

Perhaps because Shirakawa Kaede's performance was unexpected, Sachiko Kamaike's clear eyes dodged with some uneasiness.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just a little curious because I haven't seen you before." Shirakawa Kaede smiled and waved her hand gently, signaling that she didn't have to worry.

"Hay, I've only been on the job for a week." Sachiko Kamaike's two slender fingers quietly stirred together.

As if remembering something, the slender figure bowed again, "Please take care of me!" ”

"Ha," Shirakawa Kaede couldn't help but chuckle, "You have some impression when you say that." ”

He tapped his head lightly, then began rummaging through his desk.

"Oh, here." Below the folder, Kaede Shirakawa found a resume.

"Sachiko Kamaike, born in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, majoring in English?"

"Hai," Sachiko Kamaike nodded slightly.

Previously, Shirakawa Kaede had seen this resume, and this was one of the latest assistants Komatsu had recruited for him.

Mainly in charge of some matters related to Shirakawa Real Estate, what Sachiko Kamaike has to do is to sort out the daily affairs of the real estate club and hand it over to Shirakawa Kaede.

It's just that at that time, he was having a headache about the tariffs of the United States, and he didn't think of anything at all, after all, there are a lot of neon namesake.

It wasn't until today that he saw the real person, and Shirakawa Kaede felt as if his memory had been opened, and all kinds of things from his previous life came to him.

After taking a look at his resume, Shirakawa Kaede's originally slightly agitated mood gradually calmed down.

"Let's go, come with me to the Central District." Putting on his coat, Shirakawa Kaede once again regained his calm expression.

Sachiko Kamachi was slightly stunned, then quickly nodded and began to help sort out the information that Shirakawa Kaede wanted to bring.

After probably packing up, the two of them went out one after the other, got into the car and went straight to the central area.

"Sort out the export trade volume of Shirakawa Electric from the second half of the year, and we will use it later."

"Hail"

In the car, Shirakawa Kaede did not forget to prepare for the meeting that was waiting for the meeting.

"How's going in Kanagawa?"

"Huh?" Sachiko Kamaike, who was sorting out the information, didn't react a little.

"Kanagawa, Shonan coast, it's been a long time."

Although he has his own resort there, it has been a long time since Shirakawa Kaede has been busy and busy.

He patted the paper on his knee lightly, and his eyes reminisced that he had made a movie there six or seven years ago.

Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede seemed to be distracted with a smile on the corner of his mouth, Ka Chi said softly, "Kanagawa is very good now, and I used to go for a ride there with my classmates in high school.

However, the biggest change is in the many Shirakawa Electric factories, where many neighbors work, and they are very grateful to you. ”

The Shonan coast is a place to go when you relax, and you have to rely on big companies like Shirakawa Electric to support your family.

And because of the different business philosophy, Shirakawa Electric's corporate culture is known for its relaxation, and at the same time, the benefits are also neon-top.

If there is a company that people in Kanagawa want to work for the most, it must be Shirakawa Electric.

After all, it was one of the first companies to settle in Kanagawa, and many of Shirakawa Electric and Shirakawa Holdings had operations there.

In recent years, in addition to factories, various R&D centers, electrical appliance chain stores, affordable apartments, and entertainment venues, Shirakawa Holdings has participated in investment.

One-third of Kanagawa's jobs are provided by affiliated companies of Shirakawa Holdings, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the bread and butter of the people of Kanagawa.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Kamoike decided to work at an affiliated company under Shirakawa Holdings after graduation.

Listening to the gratitude in her tone, Shirakawa Kaede smiled. "Well, it's better not to criticize.

I'll check back when I'm free, but it's still a matter for now. ”

So the two tacitly buried their heads again and began to sort out various meeting materials.

Except for the vague sound of the engine, the interior of the car became quiet again.

(End of chapter)