industrial overlord

Chapter 519 Huge Trouble

Lin Zhenhua was right, Xihu Company was indeed in huge trouble.This trouble was not faced by Xihu Company alone, but spread throughout Japan, even South Korea, and Southeast Asian countries. This was the last global financial crisis in the 20th century-the Asian financial crisis.China was lucky enough to escape the attack of this crisis because it introduced macroeconomic policies such as large-scale tightening of monetary policy and compression of real estate two years in advance.

"The company's financial situation is very bad." The chairman of Xihu Company, Osawa Hiko, sat in the chair of the meeting room with a gloomy face, and said to the executives attending the meeting:
"Since the year before last, the company's sales have declined sharply, and some traditional customers have also fallen into the hands of competitors. Among them, China's Hanhua Heavy Industry and Xingbei Heavy Machinery have products that are similar to ours. There is a huge overlap. They have been competing with us for customers. In order to win customers, they even did not hesitate to lower prices significantly. According to Mr. Matsushita’s calculations, it is impossible for these two Chinese companies to make profits at such prices. This is A crazy competitive approach."

"That's right, that's how the Chinese are unscrupulous!" The executives shouted one after another, with righteous indignation on their faces.They seem to have forgotten that, in fact, underselling and trying to bring down competitors is precisely the usual practice of Xihu.If it weren't for the fact that the cost of Chinese companies is too low, Xihu will definitely repeat the old trick, throwing a lot of money into it and fighting with several companies such as Hanhua and Xingbei.

"In addition to the Chinese market, our markets in Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa are also being oppressed by Chinese companies. Here, I would also like to mention a salesperson from our Japan. His name is Zuo Zhiyi Xiong. He used to be the sales director of Nihong Heavy Industry. After Nihong Heavy Industry went bankrupt, it was acquired by Hanhua Heavy Industry. Zuo Zhiyixiong also became the overseas sales representative of Hanhua Heavy Industry.

He was the one who worked the hardest when representing Hanhua Heavy Industries to compete with our Xihu Company for the overseas market. He has already snatched away more than a dozen of our traditional major customers, causing huge losses to our overseas business. "Osawahiko continued.

"I have had some contacts with Zuo Zhijun, he..." China Sales Director Matsushita Yongsan hesitated to speak, he felt that some words were really difficult to say.

"Matsushita-kun, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Matsushita Yongsan said with a wry smile: "He once told me that his greatest hope was to see the scene where our Xihu Company was crushed by Hanhua Heavy Industries."

"Why? Could it be that he is a Japanese traitor!" Everyone was stunned.

As a Japanese, serving a Chinese company is not a big treasonous thing, because it is an era of internationalization after all, and the branches of Xihu Company in various countries in the world also have a large number of foreign employees, so no one will take it Zuo Zhiyixiong felt incomprehensible or unacceptable to work for Hanhua Heavy Industries.

But it is a bit too much for a Japanese to stand so firmly on the Chinese side and take it as his own responsibility to crush Japanese companies for his employer. This seems to have gone beyond the duty of being an employee, but with Some hate is included.The question is, why does Saji Yoshio hate Japanese companies?
"This matter is a long story." Matsushita Yongsan said, "When Zuo Zhijun was in Nihong Heavy Industry, Nihong Heavy Industry was also competed by Chinese companies, and this company was Hanhua Heavy Industry. At that time, the situation faced by Nihong Heavy Industry was somewhat similar to ours. It was also at a disadvantage in terms of cost and could not resist the competitive pressure from Hanhua Heavy Industry. At that time, Zuo Zhijun once made a request to our Xihu Company, requesting We do not want to provide some key equipment to Hanhua Heavy Industry in order to help Nihong Heavy Industry maintain a competitive advantage. However, this request was rejected by us.”

The executives pursed their lips disapprovingly, and said: "This is not our mistake. As an equipment manufacturer, we can provide equipment no matter who it is. If Nihong Heavy Industry wants to compete with the Chinese, it should rely on its own Power, rather than letting us suffer losses, so we can't blame us for this matter at all."

Matsushita Yongsan nodded, and said: "After Nihon Heavy Industry went bankrupt, its chairman, Mr. Akira Ishikawa, committed suicide. It is said that before Akira Ishikawa committed suicide, he once said a word..."

"What?"

"He said: You will regret it."

"Who will regret it?" Everyone didn't react for a while.

Matsushita Yongsan lowered his head, pretending not to hear everyone's doubts. He didn't want to explain who should regret it. He believed that everyone could understand.

Sure enough, everyone shivered after being slightly stunned. They knew who Akira Ishikawa was referring to.Isn't that right? After Hanhua Heavy Industry ate Nihong Heavy Industry, its power increased greatly, and when it turned around, it aimed its bloody mouth at Xihu Company.

Everyone couldn't help thinking that if Nihong Heavy Industry was still there, maybe the situation of Xihu Company would not be so embarrassing?Large-scale professional equipment manufacturers like Nihong Heavy Industry are all major customers of Xihu Company. If these major customers can support Xihu Company, they can largely offset the pressure of Hanhua.But now, things are reversed. Nihong Heavy Industry has become a subsidiary of Hanhua, and the equipment it needs must be ordered from Hanhua Machine Tool Company. Moreover, it will use its own profits to support Hanhua's efforts to develop Xihu. Company competition.

Between entering and exiting, the balance of power fell to Hanhua.

The instigator has no successors?If it can do it all over again, maybe Xihu will accept Nihong Heavy Industry's request and join forces with Nihong Heavy Industry to strangle Hanhua Heavy Industry, which is still in its infancy, to death in its cradle.

Akira Ishikawa is right, Xihu Company is already regretting, but there is no regret medicine to sell in this world.

"Matsushita-kun, are you saying that Yoshio Zuozhi turned his anger on Xihu Company for this reason, and spared no effort to help Hanhua Heavy Industries crush us?" Osawa asked.

Matsushita Yongsan nodded and said: "I think there should be factors in this aspect. I discussed this issue with Zuo Zhijun in private, and he said that we Japanese are too proud and too selfish, and there is no more. The kind of patriotism in the past. If one day Japan's economy collapses and becomes a vassal of China, it will also be the punishment of Amaterasu for the Japanese. This is God's punishment, and he is powerless to change it."

"Baga!" The old director Zuo Teng Masamori said angrily, "This Saji Yoshio is really a disgrace to us Japanese! He can say such words that strengthen others' prestige and destroy his own ambition. Isn't he already Yamato? Are you part of the nation?"

"Forget it, don't pay attention to what this bastard said, let's discuss how to face the immediate crisis." Osawahiko waved his hand lazily, interrupting the topic about Saji Yoshio.He really didn't want to get entangled in this topic any longer.
In fact, Osawahiko knows very well that Yoshio Saji’s words are justified. Today’s Japanese people no longer have the sense of crisis and patriotism since the Meiji Restoration. Use your ingenuity to figure out whether travel expenses can be reimbursed by a few thousand yen more.

This selfish atmosphere is especially evident when every natural disaster strikes.In the face of an earthquake or tsunami, everyone only cares about taking their own property and fleeing for their lives. Few people care about their neighbors or communities.In the shelter, everyone uses the cardboard they can find to isolate the area allocated to them strictly, and never checks to see if there are old people, women or children around them who need to be taken care of.

The behavior of companies is the same. Osawa himself, including himself, will not be willing to suffer losses for the benefit of other Japanese companies.In fact, in those years, not only Yoshio Zuozhi went to Matsushita Yongzo, but Akira Ishikawa also visited Osawahiko himself, and very eagerly expressed the hope that Xihu Company could implement some necessary sales restrictions on Hanhua Heavy Industries. In order to maintain the technical advantages of Nihon Heavy Industry for a longer period of time.

At that time, Osawahiko rejected Akira Ishikawa's request with a very professional official rhetoric. Thinking about it today, this may be the last straw that crushed Nihong Heavy Industries.The news of Ishikawa Akira's suicide once shocked Osawahiko. However, it was not until Xihu Company faced the same predicament as Nihong Heavy Industries that year that Osawahiko really understood Ishikawa Akira's sorrow.

The Chinese are currently engaged in a war to revitalize the entire national economy. According to the news brought back by Yongzo Matsushita, Chinese entrepreneurs shouted slogans such as "build our new Great Wall". Whether it is true or not, at least it exists in China's public opinion environment.

The Chinese government is more active on this issue. They have launched several large-scale plans, such as 863, 973, Xinghuo, and Torch, from aerospace engineering to needles and brains, and have launched an impact on every field. The power brought by this nationwide system is Terrible.

Meanwhile, Japan stands still, politicians are busy campaigning, young people are addicted to anime and porn, and more and more corporations are diverting their money and energy to finance.The hollowing out of the manufacturing industry is intensifying. Clothing, home appliances, toys and other industries that once supported Japan's rise from the post-war trough were gradually replaced by the four Asian tigers, and now they have moved to China.

Without the support of the downstream industry, the decline of the upstream equipment manufacturing industry is only a matter of time. Even if Xihu can survive this hurdle, how far can it go in the next step?
Osawa shook his head, threw out the depressed emotions in his mind, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, the technical strength of our Xihu company is still beyond the reach of the Chinese. As long as we can effectively organize production And sales, regaining traditional customers, we will surely be able to win the final victory in this competition. Now, please express your opinions on how our company should deal with competition.”

(End of this chapter)