industrial overlord

Chapter 424 Never Do Real Estate
The office of Akira Ishikawa, chairman of Nihong, is on the top floor of the office building, occupying almost half of the floor.When Yoshio Zuozhi brought Lin Zhenhua and He Fei in, Akira Ishikawa stood motionless in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows, overlooking the entire factory area.This used to be his empire, but now, this empire has gone away irreparably away from him.

"Chairman, Chairman Lin Zhenhua is here." Zuo Zhiyixiong reminded softly standing at the door.

"Oh, please invite him in quickly." Akira Ishikawa turned around and said with a smile on his face.Only Yoshio Zuozhi could see that there was a deep sadness hidden behind Akira Ishikawa's smile.

Lin Zhenhua walked into the office, and Yoshio Zuozhi introduced him and Akira Ishikawa to each other.Akira Ishikawa bowed deeply to Lin Zhenhua according to the Japanese habit, and said: "Chairman Lin, you have worked hard all the way."

Lin Zhenhua quickly returned the gift, bowed slightly and said, "Chairman Shi Chuan, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"I have always admired Chairman Lin very much. I feel very honored to have the opportunity to meet Chairman Lin today." Akira Ishikawa said humbly, "Chairman Lin, Mr. He, please sit down."

Lin Zhenhua sat down on the sofa, and at the same time looked at Akira Ishikawa with curious eyes.This is a Japanese old man in his early 60s, about 1.6 meters [-] in height, stocky, with a small crew cut, and looks like a traditional Japanese male.Lin Zhenhua secretly thought that if Akira Ishikawa was mixed with a group of Japanese workers, he would not be able to tell them apart.

Akira Ishikawa did not return to his boss position, but sat down on another sofa.The company will soon belong to Lin Zhenhua, and Shi Chuan knows that he is not qualified to act like a master.

"Chairman Lin, I have always known your name, but I didn't expect you to be so young. I think you are not yet 30 years old this year?" Akira Ishikawa said.

Lin Zhenhua said: "I just turned 30 years old. According to the Chinese, I have already passed... my thirtieth year."

When talking about "The Year of Erli", Lin Zhenhua used Chinese. Unexpectedly, Akira Ishikawa understood it. He nodded and said, "30 years old is really a good age. When I was 30 years old, my My father is still alive. It was when Japan was just defeated and the whole country was in a mess. My father started this company, which was only a small factory at that time, producing some small chemical equipment. I was a welder at the time, and my father I am a fitter, and the two of us are the most skilled workers in the whole factory, and my father took me to do many important installation projects."

"It turns out that Chairman Shi Chuan was born as a worker." Lin Zhenhua couldn't help feeling a little awed. He has always respected such self-made entrepreneurs.

A smug expression appeared on Akira Ishikawa's face, and he continued to recall affectionately: "At that time, Japan was really poor. We did heavy physical work on the construction site, and every day for lunch there was only one rice ball with a little salted fish in it and pickles. Sometimes, my mother would put a plum or two in the rice balls, and that would be a good lunch for me."

"I have experienced the hardships of starting a business." Lin Zhenhua replied.

Akira Ishikawa: "I know, although I have not been to China many times, I have also heard about the fighting spirit of the Chinese people, which is very similar to our situation in Japan between Showa 30 and Showa 50. "

"He was talking about the period from 1955 to 1975." He Fei explained to Lin Zhenhua in a low voice.

"This period of time is probably the period when Japan's economy took off." Lin Zhenhua said to Akira Ishikawa.

"Yes, it was a period of economic take-off. In those years, the entire Japanese nation was full of vitality. Everyone never felt tired or complained about the hardships of life. Everyone had a bright hope in their hearts. We Our products defeated Europeans and Americans overseas. There are Japanese-made products in every corner of the world. We were very proud at that time, and we claimed that we could buy the entire United States. We all believed that Japan could not I won." Akira Ishikawa's face was full of enthusiasm because of the memory.

Lin Zhenhua was speechless. The old man in front of him had actually failed, but he was remembering the glory of victory.The more brilliant his victories were, the more tragic his defeat is today.Lin Zhenhua didn't know what to say to Akira Ishikawa. As a winner, he was delighted that he could defeat Nihong Heavy Industries, but as a bystander, he deeply felt sad for Akira Ishikawa's current situation.

Sure enough, after Akira Ishikawa finished recalling the past, the conversation quickly turned back.He sighed and said, "Unfortunately, all these passions have disappeared at some point. The Japanese are no longer willing to endure hardships, not only the young people nowadays are unwilling to endure hardships, even I have begun to be lazy. In the past ten years, Japan's stock market and real estate market have been so prosperous that anyone can easily earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yen just by making a few phone calls and betting on a few stocks. Are you willing to eat rice balls and work on the construction site?"

"However, a country always needs someone to work on the construction site." Lin Zhenhua commented briefly.

"You are right, you are very right." Akira Ishikawa said sincerely, "When my father retired, he handed over the company to me. I asked him how I should manage the company. I said something..."

"What?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Never do real estate." Akira Ishikawa said almost word for word.

Several people in the room were all stunned, especially Yoshio Zuozhi, who had joined the company when Akira Ishikawa's father was still the chairman, but he never knew that the old chairman had a crush on the current chairman. The chairman had such an order.

Speaking of it, it is a bit inexplicable that the old chairman left such a sentence back then, because Nihong Heavy Industry had no intention of doing real estate at all. It was doing well in the chemical equipment market. Who would have thought of going to What about real estate?However, looking at it today, the words of the old chairman are really embarrassingly wise. Over the years, Nihong Heavy Industry has been driven into the abyss step by step because of its attachment to the huge profits in the real estate market and the stock market. of it?

Akira Ishikawa saw everyone's astonishment, he smiled sadly, and said: "At that time, I didn't take my father's words seriously at all. I think he was old-fashioned. How could Nihong Heavy Industry go into real estate? Isn't this Nonsense? Later, real estate in Japan began to boom. Some friends I knew switched to real estate and made a lot of money quickly, much more than I made in chemical equipment for a year. So, I forgot my father's advice and began to divert the company's funds to the real estate market."

"So, what about Mr. Ishikawa? Didn't he stop you?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"He has passed away." Akira Ishikawa said, "Before he passed away, he still insisted on that sentence, telling me never to do real estate. But even if I remember what he said, how can I believe it? I think he is just Just an old man with outdated ideas, how can he understand the business opportunities in modern society?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "Perhaps, old Mr. Ishikawa came to this conclusion from historical experience? History is sometimes surprisingly similar."

"Yes, young man, it is very difficult for you to think of this." Akira Ishikawa said to Lin Zhenhua like his nephew, "Young man, remember my lesson, the old man's words sometimes sound outdated Yes, but it will never be outdated. The experience they have is something that those of us who are juniors will never be able to surpass."

"Thank you Chairman Shi Chuan for your instruction." Lin Zhenhua said sincerely.

Before coming to Japan, Lin Zhenhua imagined various scenarios of meeting Akira Ishikawa, but he never thought that Akira Ishikawa would tell him his own story so sincerely.The words left by the old Ishikawa to Akira Ishikawa especially made Lin Zhenhua full of emotion. If Akira Ishikawa could follow his father's will, if the entire Japanese nation could maintain the fighting spirit of the previous generation, they might not lose so quickly.

In China after the 80s, just like in Japan from the 50s to the 70s, everyone was full of passion for entrepreneurship, and under the harshest conditions, they did the hardest work and created a miracle of growth that attracted worldwide attention.Lin Zhenhua secretly thought in his heart, how long can such passion last in the hearts of Chinese people?Will China's next generation still be able to work as hard as the previous generation?
Never do real estate!This sentence sounds very arbitrary, even very pedantic, but the thought contained in it is very profound.The old Ishikawa left this sentence not only to hope that his descendants will not engage in the real estate industry, but to never covet the huge profits from the virtual economy.The virtual economy is like a casino, it can make you rich overnight, and it can also make you bankrupt overnight.Once you are fascinated by this industry, it will never be possible to return to the path of down-to-earth entrepreneurship.

"He Fei, please remember for me. After returning to the company, I will write down these words of old Mr. Ishikawa and post them in my office. No matter how big Hanhua will be in the future, no matter what kind of market there is We must always stick to our roots, which is industry!" Lin Zhenhua said.

"Understood, Mr. Lin." He Fei replied.

Ishi Chuanming has some foundation in Chinese, and he roughly understood Lin Zhenhua's explanation to He Fei, which made him feel very relieved.After Lin Zhenhua finished speaking, he smiled slightly and said: "It's all old things, and Chairman Lin laughed when I told them. If these experiences of mine can inspire Chairman Lin, then I will be very happy. "

Lin Zhenhua said: "Chairman Ishikawa, what you just said is the biggest gain from my trip to Japan."

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