Chapter 102 Toshiba
Toyota Nagato was not only not happy when he heard this, but his face turned aloof and asked cautiously: "What does Zhou Jun want to get from Toyota? Will the board of directors decide to update the company's management system because of such a patent?"
The so-called gifts must be made to others. How much profit can be generated by the reversing radar technology fall into his hands? Toyota Changnan has a calculation in his mind. If he can buy it for money, of course it is best. But when Zhou Shuo said he wanted to give this technology to him, he had to worry about what kind of criticism he would be asked for.
The so-called free ones are often the most expensive.
Zhou Shuo smiled and shook his head and said, "This patent is not given to Toyota, but to you, Toyota."
"Me?" Toyota Nagato said in surprise.
Although Toyota Nagao is the direct heir of Toyota Group, his interests are not completely consistent with Toyota. This is also the conclusion that Zhou Shuo got from Juno Oda before. The Toyota family only owns 2% of Toyota Group's shares, and Toyota Nagao is not without competitors within Toyota Group.
But from another perspective, the Toyota family can control the Toyota Group with a 2% stake. It is easy to tell what kind of social background the Toyota family stands behind it.
"Yes, it's Toyota's freedom to use this patent, but I hope to borrow your influence and the influence of Toyota's direct successor."
"Um--" Toyota Nagao thought for a while, then nodded slowly and said, "Please make your request, I will do my best."
It is no secret that his uncle, also the current helmsman of Toyota Group, Toyota Daro is about to abdicate. Toyota Nagao really wants to seize this last opportunity and gain more capital for himself. With the practicality of the reversing radar, it is not a problem to create a best-selling car. With such achievements, his future path will be much easier.
Zhou Shuo laughed and said, "Actually, this is not a big problem for Toyota. I hope to import a batch of electronic-grade single crystal furnaces from Toshiba. I think with your influence in the Mitsui Consortium, this should not be a big problem."
Toshiba, like Toyota Group, belongs to the Mitsui chaebol. In fact, almost all of Japan's six major chaebols are giants, and can produce a series of industrial products from aerospace to needles and threads. The secret that the Toyota family only has a 2% stake in Toyota Motors, but its secret is its strong influence on the Mitsui chaebol.
Toyota Nagao's wife is the daughter of the vice president of Mitsui Products, the largest trading and investment company in Japan, and her mother is the daughter of the director of Sakura Bank. Both the father and son are Mitsui's sons-in-law. His uncle is the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture, equivalent to the governor of China (not counting the area of the jurisdiction). His cousin married the daughter of the chairman of Sumitomo Bank...
The strong background of the Toyota family’s business and political circles can be seen here.
"Electronic-grade single crystal furnace, is this Toshiba's product? Well, I will confirm it." Toyota Nagao nodded.
"Then I'll wait for good news from Toyota." Zhou Shuo nodded with a smile.
Toyota Nagao looked at Zhou Shuo deeply, turned his head to Oda Juno and said, "I will try to conduct trial operation in an assembly factory in Toyota first, and I will ask Oda Jun to do so at that time."
"Secretary Sato, why is this contract so anxious?" Ono Oura drove the car with sweat on his head and asked without looking back.
"If you encounter a sucker, of course you have to sharpen the knife quickly. Don't you understand this!" Sato Nobusuke sat in the back seat and scolded.
"But... there will be no problem with this order. I heard that the industry does not want to export the 200mm single crystal furnace to the Chinese." Oura Ono said with some concern.
"Baga, this is just the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Industry. Besides, isn't this the time for us to stand up and share the company's worries?" Sato Nobusuke held the handrail on the car door and stabilized his body that was swaying due to the sharp turn.
"It's just a scapegoat that was thrown out." Ono Oura muttered in a low voice in frustration.
"What are you saying? Drive carefully!" Sato Shinsuke said with a frown in his hand.
"We are just scapegoats thrown by the company!" Ono Oura mustered up the courage and said: "If the Chinese mastered the production technology of 200mm electronic-grade monocrystalline silicon with this, they would definitely be resentful by their peers!"
Most Japanese companies hire lifelong systems, and Oura Ono, as a formal employee, does not want to ruin his career.
Nobusuke Sato didn't dare to force Ono Oura to become anxious. After all, this matter is indeed a bit taboo. He had to haha and said, "Don't worry, Chinese people think that products can be produced with equipment. Ono Jiang are not so naive, right?"
"Who said it correctly?" Oura Ono complained: "As long as production is organized according to the conditions stipulated in the technical documents, there will always be qualified products produced."
Nobusuke Sato laughed and said, "Ono-chan, your technicians are so real. You forgot that our Toshiba Ceramics clearly do not make mechanical equipment, but why can we produce electronic-grade single crystal furnaces? Most of our single crystal furnaces can be purchased on the market, and only quartz crucibles are the key! Chinese people use our single crystal furnaces, so they have to purchase our quartz crucibles. How to sell quartz crucibles at that time depends on our expressions?"
Speaking of which, this is also the usual style of the Japanese. Sell the equipment at a low price and then use after-sales and supporting facilities to make money. As long as customers choose their equipment, they are often kidnapped by manufacturers. It is best to pray that nothing will be broken in the future, or that they will not add any supporting facilities in one step, otherwise they will wait to be sharpened to the pigs and sheep.
If the buyer wants to support himself or find a replacement manufacturer, he either finds that the other party has patents in the standard or threatens to cancel the after-sales service. In the end, he can only bow his head obediently and become a money cow for Japanese manufacturers.
Moreover, it was not the first time Toshiba did this kind of tightrope walking behavior. In the 1980s, they even sold precision machine tools that Batuan clearly required not to be exported to the Soviet Union. Now it is just an industry guidance from the province of trade and production, and there is no pressure on Toshiba, where the capitalists' habit of seeking profits has arisen.
As he said that, Nobusuke Sato proudly took out a cigarette, lit it and sucked it out a cigarette ring. Then he continued: "Not to mention that the Chinese people's production technology is not up to standard, if they can really produce products, it will impact the Japanese market. As long as we increase the price of quartz crucibles, they will immediately be unprofitable and even lose money. So as long as you grasp the key technology, you are simply worrying about it."
The car creaked and stopped in front of the Toyota Auto Assembly Factory. Oura Ono sighed and said, "I hope so."
Chapter completed!