Chapter 1026: please

Mr. Mitarai was so familiar with Akio Morita, the current president of Sony, that they could no longer be familiar with them. For a long period of time, both of them were responsible for the business of their respective companies in the U.S.-and in view of the two Sony and Canon There are some overlaps in the company's business, and the relationship between the two cannot be said to be more friends or more opponents.
It's just that Akio Morita has already taken the lead and returned to China as the president, while Shio Mitarai is still working in the United States. Of course, this does not prevent him from making a personal call to Akio Morita.
But the content of this call made him very puzzled, because Akio Morita denied any possibility that Sony was also involved in this lawsuit and said that it was the first time he heard about it today. At the same time, Akio Morita also Said that he personally has a very good personal friendship with Eric Tan, the actual controller of the "Matrix" laboratory, and he is willing to intervene for the two to solve the matter privately.
Shio Mitarai politely stated that he needed to think carefully before making a decision. He hung up the phone and began to quietly and carefully ponder the true intention behind the lawsuit initiated by the "Matrix" laboratory-in his opinion, here. In this case, the "Matrix" did not have full confidence in winning, and Canon just started to sell digital cameras on the market and the sales volume was not large. It is not worth the high price of "Matrix" marking $80 million for this. Claim price.
Because if the negotiation with each other breaks down, and the "Matrix" finally filed a lawsuit and wanted to blackmail Canon, it is likely to drag itself and Canon into the protracted U.S. judicial trap at the same time and cannot extricate itself. Such a high subject matter of the case Of course, it also means high attorney fees and court fees, which will cause both units to fight both at the same time.
This situation, "Matrix" laboratory will not unexpected, right?
So, are they blackmailing? Or do you want to use this case to create a sensational social effect, and use this to snipe the consumer's tendency to choose Canon brand products when buying digital camera products?
Shio Mitarai prefers the latter possibility.
So, what countermeasures should you take?
While he was carefully pondering all this, Charlie Wilson, who had just left, turned back, and this time, his face was even more ugly.
"Mr. President, I'm afraid I have to bring you bad news again."
"What is it? Is the other party's law firm acting very tough?" This is a possibility that Mitarai can guess.
Charlie shook his head and said, "No, Mr. President, it has nothing to do with that, but it is more deadly to us."
"What is it?"
"Just got news, the U.S. Congress approved a joint initiative by Intel, AMD, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, GVC, Xerox and many other companies, and submitted by California Democratic Representatives, to the country’s original office automation equipment, semiconductors , The "301" investigation proposal initiated by the semiconductor chip manufacturing equipment industry, President Reagan has signed and approved and authorized a special working group to investigate this case."
"What?!" Mitarai's face changed drastically, and he suddenly got up.
Compared with the previous patent infringement allegations made by the "Matrix" laboratory against Canon digital cameras, this news really hits the key point of Mitarai Toshio-Canon itself does not sell chips to the outside world, and the company's film production line is only for its own sake. The equipment is needed for production, so there is no need to consider the semiconductor item in this survey, but the other two, office automation equipment and chip manufacturing equipment are the lifeblood of Canon!
What’s more terrible is that the products that Canon can provide to the U.S. market, in the U.S., all have alternative competitors. For example, similar products from HP and Xerox that initiated this joint investigation can completely replace Canon’s office automation. Equipment, and GVC will be the biggest beneficiary after restricting the sales of Japanese lithography machines!
There is no doubt that when Japanese companies have to increase the prices of their products because of high tariffs, these American companies will have a good opportunity to expand their market share!
What classmate do you ask about Tokki and its "vacuum vapor deposition machine" who were once so stunned by Qianzhiyu? Ahem, this needs to be explained: the timeline of this book has just developed to 1986, let alone OLED, even the first generation of liquid crystal display screens and TFT-LCD "thin film field effect transistor liquid crystal display panels" have not been completely porcelain. In fact, OLED is still a sci-fi category, not to mention its manufacturing equipment. Tokki had to wait until 1993 to enter the industry, and struggled to survive until it was acquired by Canon in 2007 before solving its own financial problems, and finally all the way. Crush all competitors to the throne...
Undoubtedly, if this 301 investigation draws a conclusion that is unfavorable to the country and therefore causes the United States to impose punitive tariffs on the country, then all the foundations that Canon has laid down in the United States in the past two decades will be wiped out immediately!
And this will inevitably lead to another consequence-Shio Mitarai, who uses the outstanding performance of the US market as his capital to promote himself, will forever lose the opportunity to aspire to the throne of Canon president.
Charlie Wilson went out to complete the next work he had at his disposal, contacted RoseLawFirm to see if the intellectual property dispute with the "Matrix" laboratory could be settled in a peaceful way as soon as possible. He just got Mitarai The new authorization can make some concessions in some respects.
After all, at this sensitive time, another such lawsuit in the United States is not a good thing for Canon. It will not only distract Canon’s energy even more, but the lawsuit itself may become held by the US government. A bargaining chip in his hand-has been working in the U.S. for twenty years, and Mr. Mitarai, who is well versed in the rules of social operation in this country, will not believe the so-called "legal independence" slogan. He only knows that at this moment, every A small matter that is neglected by one's own side may become the handle of the other party and a weapon to attack one's own side.
After sitting alone in the office for a long time, he started to make phone calls. He understood that at this time, not only him, but every Japanese enterprise related to this must unite to deal with this opponent. The coming is menacing, and it has obviously surpassed the competition between enterprises and has risen to a sudden event of a power game between countries.
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1/1, Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo is the largest and most luxurious office on the top floor of Toshiba Building.
Zuobo put down the receiver of the telephone without expression and turned to his guest: "Eric, what you said finally happened."
Tan Zhenhua shrugged his shoulders and said, "President Zoba, unfortunately, this is not good news, but as I reminded you, this event will definitely happen, because it represents the entire US semiconductor and even the entire IT industry. Will, it will certainly not be shifted by the will of our "Matrix" laboratory family. What we can do is to delay the moment when it happens and minimize the harm it brings to us when it happens."
Masazu Sawa nodded slightly, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly smiled and said, "However, fortunately, I have your friend, Zhenhua-kun, you have at least bought us Toshiba more than a year in advance. It has opened a huge door to the future market for us. Fortunately, this time, we should be the most comfortable one among all Waguk semiconductor companies. Therefore, on behalf of myself and Toshiba, I would like to express to you thank."
When he said this, he actually stood up and bowed deeply at Tan Zhenhua.
To make such a gray-haired old man bow to himself, Tan Zhenhua felt that even if the person giving the gift was a Japanese, he couldn’t bear it, so he quickly stood up and paid a bow. At the same time, he said: "President Zuba, you are too kind, we are Partners are strategic alliances, so these are what I should do."
Sagawa's face turned solemn, and he looked at Tan Zhenhua and said solemnly: "Mr Zhenhua, you are right. We are partners and strategic alliances, and the help you give us Toshiba far exceeds what we give you. In return, so I decided."
"Ok?"
"I agree with your plan just now. Please choose a suitable company as a carrier to run this matter, please."