RBCT Chapter 3253 We made money, yet we didn't make any money.
Chapter 3253 We made money, yet we didn't make any money.
Chapter 3253 We made money, yet we didn't make any money.
Japanese island, Kyoto radio station.
As one of the earliest radio stations established on the Japanese islands, it enjoys a high reputation both on the islands and in the world.
Such a large television station naturally needs to pay attention to the needs of global development in order to continuously develop and move forward, and avoid being eliminated by the tide of the times.
Therefore, after the advent of computers and pagers, the decision-makers of the radio station seized the opportunity and immediately established a pager business department under the radio station.
They also secured the paging service in the Kyoto area.
This decision has caused great regret among those who missed out due to hesitation.
Now, these people can only watch helplessly as the radio station staff eat with gusto, while they can't even get a sip of soup.
Those of them were so envious their livers ached.
To outsiders, Kyoto Broadcasting Station may appear bloated and complacent, but the truth is, they have many unspeakable grievances.
At that moment, a small meeting was being urgently convened in the office on the top floor of the radio station.
The person sitting at the head of the table was a middle-aged man, not very tall, with a scar near his eye.
This person is none other than the person in charge of the television station, Tokichi Gozono.
A 'high achiever' who returned from studying in the United States, and a rich second-generation who has just taken over the radio station from his family.
At this moment, Tokichi Kozono placed his hands on the table and glanced at the three people present.
Two men and one woman, all of whom were quite old.
"Director Uemura, is this all the profit from last year to now?"
Are you kidding me?
Back Garden Fujikichi turned his head to look at the middle-aged man in a white suit on his left. His tone was stern, and the scar at the corner of his eye made him seem very intimidating.
"Lord Houyuan, please believe me, this is our profit situation from last year to now."
"This report contains no falsehoods."
Konosuke Uemura remained calm and showed no sign of panic, speaking with composure.
Back Garden Fujikichi frowned. He had no good way to deal with the station director who had no temper at all, and he couldn't push him too hard either.
After all, he was parachuted in, even if it was a family business.
However, the respect due to these elders of the family should still be shown.
Then, Fujikichi Kozono turned to look at the other two.
The man is Matsushita, who is in charge of external business, and the woman is Masami Tanaka, who is in charge of finance at the TV station.
What do you say?
Matsushita swallowed hard, then looked at Masami Tanaka beside him, who lowered her head without making a sound.
Seeing that neither of them intended to speak, the anger in Tokichi Kozono's heart flared up again.
“If I remember correctly, we sold more than three million pagers in the entire Kyoto area last month.”
"Given Kyoto's population size, almost one in three people would choose to buy it."
“Our unit price is three hundred US dollars, which is one hundred thousand yen.”
"Adding the monthly rent of 10,000 yen, it's equivalent to 110,000 yen."
"Based on the data above, our gross profit should be at least one billion US dollars during this period."
"But look at it now, there's only a net profit of ten million, that's a hundredfold difference. How do you explain that?"
Back Garden Fujikichi slammed his fist on the table in anger, furious at the reports on it.
You see, he wanted to use this achievement to prove his ability.
But now, of the ten billion dollars in profit, only ten million ended up in his hands?
In the past, this would have been absolutely satisfactory.
But now, people walking around on the street carry a pager on their waist, and you can hear the beeping of the pager every few steps.
With a product that's so popular, it's impossible for it not to make money.
Back Garden Fujikichi's gaze fell on the two of them, wanting to hear their explanation.
Just as the two were about to speak, the station director, Konosuke Uemura, sighed and said, "I know something about this."
"Let me explain."
Back Garden Fujikichi frowned and looked at Kamimura Konosuke again.
Without leaving Fujiyoshi Konosuke behind, Konosuke Uemura gathered his thoughts and began, "First, we set up a paging station. We've brought in a total of one hundred Dawn computers."
“As you know, these computers are an important component, and we acquired them from merchants in the United States.”
"Once they resell it, they raise the price to $100,000 per unit."
"One hundred units would cost ten million US dollars."
"Secondly, the pagers we are using now were also purchased from merchants in the United States, for which we only increased the price by ten thousand dollars per unit."
"In other words, our net profit is less than 100 million, and the rest goes to the merchants of the United States, and the lion's share goes to China, which manufactures these devices."
"More than 80% of the money we earn now probably ends up in other people's pockets."
After Konosuke Uemura finished speaking, Fujikichi Kozono's face turned ashen, his fists clenched tightly as he suppressed his inner rage.
"These are all facts."
Matsushita suddenly spoke up, "From the moment we established the paging station, we invested a lot of money in building it, and that accounted for most of our profits!"
"Currently, our main income still comes from the monthly rent."
"Otherwise, we might not even have ten million in profit left."
Back Garden Fujikichi still didn't believe it.
Even if Chinese and American businessmen take the lion's share of a billion, there should still be tens of millions left.
How could there only be ten million?
"besides."
After Matsushita finished speaking, Masami Tanaka then added, "Another portion of the money was spent on machine repair and maintenance."
“I looked at the investment in this area, and it's about ten million yuan.”
"What do you mean?"
"More than ten million US dollars?"
Masami Tanaka nodded. "Yes, more than ten million US dollars."
"Impossible, how could there be so many?"
Back Garden Fujikichi stood up abruptly from his chair, his eyes fixed on the three people in front of him.
He felt as if his intelligence had been insulted.
How could a 'high achiever' from the United States not understand the maintenance and repair process?
What kind of repair would cost so much?
It's only been half a year. More than ten million has been spent in just half a year?
You might as well buy a new one.
Faced with the furious Kozonoji, Konosuke Uemura wore a helpless expression.
"My lord, there is more to this matter than meets the eye."
Sure enough, upon hearing what Konosuke Uemura said, Tokichi Kozono suspected that something was definitely wrong with the 10 million yen profit.
Someone must have been sabotaging this.
Just as Kozono Fujikichi was about to question him, Uemura Konosuke's words pulled him back from the brink of anger.
"Is there something else going on?"
Konosuke Uemura nodded, then looked at Masami Tanaka beside him, "Masami, why don't you explain in detail?"
"Hi!"
Tanaka Masami nodded to Uemura Konosuke, then looked at Kozono Fujiyoshi, "Sir."
"Because we use computers very frequently now, some computers run for eighteen hours straight once they are turned on, and some computers even need to stay in operation overnight. Under these circumstances, more and more computer malfunctions are occurring."
"Our technicians couldn't fix it at all, so we had to ask the vendor to send someone to repair it."
After saying this, Tokichi Kozono was not surprised, because it was the same even in the United States.
"Then, these businessmen brought in technicians from the manufacturers in China to repair the products."
Backyard Fujikichi nodded again, and this time asked, "And then?"
When Tanaka Masami heard the other person ask this question, she knew that the other person still didn't understand the intricacies of the matter very well.
Then Masami Tanaka explained the situation to the other party in detail.
"Partners found by businessmen from the United States are naturally charged according to the standards for engineers from the United States."
After Masami Tanaka finished speaking, Tokichi Kozono understood.
After all, he studied abroad in the United States and conducted research there.
It is obvious that engineers in the United States are paid by the hour.
Moreover, the better the engineer's skills, the higher their fees.
At this moment, Tokichi Kozono also realized what was going on and asked impatiently, "So, those engineers from China are treated the same way?"
Masami Tanaka nodded. "Yes, they follow the path of United States merchants, so they won't have direct contact with us."
idiot!
Back Garden Fujikichi cursed under his breath, but then sat down with a sense of helplessness.
Because he knew exactly what the business practices of the United States were like.
No outsiders are allowed to visit the entire area.
The dispatched personnel have to pay a fee, the travel expenses along the way are reimbursed, and the technicians who participate in the work are charged by the hour.
That price isn't low.
There was nothing that Tokichi Gozono could do about it.
Don't talk about fairness or unfairness. What they're presenting are 'international practices,' rules that all countries adhere to, which are not something they can challenge.
"So, the money we're making now has to go to China to help repair computers?"
"I can't believe it," said Konosuke Uemura, looking at him helplessly.
The latter nodded in agreement, his face showing the same helplessness.
Panasonic, sitting across from them, said, "Our technicians also tried to repair the computer."
"Can"
"But our people don't even understand the basic structure of a computer. The professors and students we brought in from computer science universities were equally helpless when faced with a computer that had a problem."
At this point, Matsushita angrily pounded his thigh, "Who would have thought that our powerful imperial elites would be unable to even fix a small computer?"
"It's so embarrassing."
After hearing this, Konosuke Uemura simply leaned down and said, "It's not scary to lose face. What's scary is losing face and then not being able to catch up, and letting the gap widen."
Then he looked at Fujiyoshi Konohara and said, "My lord, there are two ways to change the current situation."
"Please speak."
"First, we need to study the computers we use now and have our people understand their structure, thereby reducing manufacturing costs in China."
"Of course, the best outcome would be for those Chinese engineers to explain and teach."
"But this is difficult."
"Secondly, we need to develop our own computers, which will reduce costs and even lower monthly fees."
After Uemura Konosuke finished speaking, he left the decision to Kozono Fujikichi.
At this moment, Kōzō Tōkichi frowned upon hearing this, then looked at Matsushita beside him and asked, "Matsushita, how many people have arrived?"
Matsushita nodded. "Sir, there are ten people in total, including four engineers and six security personnel."
"We only pay four engineers."
"As for the other security personnel, all we need to do is provide them with food."
Backyard Fujikichi nodded in satisfaction, then narrowed his eyes, "Have you taken any action?"
Matsushita nodded again, but with a hint of helplessness. "Hey, these ten people are all men, and all of them are young men."
"So, after settling them into the hotel, we prepared twenty girls to serve them, but none of them were able to get into the room."
"These people look really weird."
Back Garden Fujikichi was speechless. How could anyone withstand the test?
"We don't dare to push things too far. If they leave in a fit of anger, our computer will be beyond repair."
"Therefore, it is very difficult to corrupt these engineers."
Uemura Konosuke added from the side, "The fact that these people were sent out shows that they were carefully selected and will not leave us any loopholes."
"Besides, those security guards aren't pushovers. If there really is someone like that, they'll deal with him immediately."
"Therefore, for now we can only figure it out ourselves and find a solution on our own."
At this point, Konosuke Uemura took a deep breath, "Otherwise, we will continue to face this predicament in the future."
Upon hearing this, Tokichi Gozono's expression turned solemn, and then he nodded vigorously, "I believe that for the strong and wise men of Taiga, these are not difficulties, and we will definitely make our own computer."
"We will definitely surpass them, and then we will make them pay an even higher price."
boom!
"It definitely will."
The three of them nodded vigorously, "Yes!"
P.S.: One more chapter, currently being written!