Chapter 416: A Butterfly Flapped Its Wings

Facing the aggressive Nishiguchi Yasuo, Tanimoto Hideo knew that the other party was making a fuss about nothing and wanted to use him to establish authority, but he had no way to refute it. It was indeed a fact that Kyocera's mobile phone business had lagged behind.

Nishiguchi Yasuo had just succeeded Inamori Kazuo, known as the Saint of Management in Japan, to become the president of Kyocera. But the position of "Saint," like the succession of ancient imperial thrones, was not so easy to sit in.

Now the entire Japan, including inside Kyocera, was staring at Nishiguchi Yasuo with a magnifying glass, comparing Nishiguchi Yasuo with what Inamori Kazuo had done everywhere.

This made Nishiguchi Yasuo feel immense pressure now. After all, whatever he did, there were people comparing it with what Inamori Kazuo had done before, which made him very passive. Not to mention convincing the outside world, even inside Kyocera, he hadn't established absolute authority!

And it just so happened that Kyocera's mobile phone business was sluggish, and there was Japanese media reporting news from Hong Kong that Little Smart mobile phones had exploded in the global market. Last year, they were sold out in Japan, with sales exceeding 4 million units, directly topping the Japanese mobile phone sales list.

You must know that Kyocera was also one of the earliest Japanese companies to participate in PHS technology research, but they got up early only to catch a late bus. They hadn't eaten a single bite of the meat of PHS mobile phones.

This just happened to give Nishiguchi Yasuo an opportunity to make a fuss, preparing to take Tanimoto Hideo as the first person to establish authority after he became the head!

To establish authority, what is the most direct way? Of course, it is heads rolling. Just like ancient famous generals before going on an expedition, in order to rectify military discipline and make their troops obey orders, what they liked to do most was "borrowing heads." And the higher the status of the borrowed head, the better the effect!

After all, if the relatives of princes and ministers violated the commander's prohibition, they would be beheaded if said so. If others were beheaded, was it still a matter?

Placed here with Nishiguchi Yasuo, it was taking action against Kyocera's high-level executives. When the entire Kyocera saw high-and-mighty big figures being cleaned up by Nishiguchi Yasuo, would they still dare not listen?

Tanimoto Hideo looked at Nishiguchi Yasuo's expression and could vaguely guess his thoughts. He opened his mouth, but finally bent his waist. "President Nishiguchi Yasuo, it's all my fault!"

But Tanimoto Hideo, who lowered his head, had unwillingness and anger in his eyes. He didn't dare to challenge Nishiguchi Yasuo; otherwise, if caught by a flaw, the other party would definitely sweep him out of the house. Even if it were Inamori Kazuo, knowing he was wronged, he probably wouldn't save him.

But, was missing the PHS mobile phone market his fault alone? You must know that when Inamori Kazuo was still the president, he wasn't interested in PHS technology either. Could it be that Inamori Kazuo wasn't wrong?

But Tanimoto Hideo didn't dare to say this; otherwise, he would be blasted out of Kyocera company immediately.

Seeing Tanimoto Hideo's standard ninety-degree bow and admission of fault, although he didn't give Nishiguchi Yasuo a chance to sweep him out of the house, being able to suppress Tanimoto Hideo and spreading it out, other department supervisors of Kyocera wouldn't dare to disobey his orders again.

"The mobile phone business is Kyocera's most important business in the future and absolutely cannot be abandoned. No matter what, Kyocera mobile phones must enter the PSH mobile phone market!"

Nishiguchi Yasuo revealed an inside story to Tanimoto Hideo. "Now PHS technology has entered multiple regions around the world and has become a business card for us in Japan's technology industry. The attitude of Japan's Internal Affairs Department and Communication Department toward PHS has also changed, and there have been voices of support.

The new Japanese 2G telecommunications standard, PDC, might not appear!"

There is a widely circulated saying in the world: after a butterfly in the Amazon flaps its wings, a tornado will appear in America a month later. In overseas, this scene was named the butterfly effect, while in the country, it was called causality!

And the wings flapped by Dongling High-Tech using Little Smart also appeared in the Japanese mobile phone industry as a storm.

In his past life, after Japan Telephone and Telegraph Company developed PHS technology, let alone being looked down upon by other companies, even inside Japan, they didn't look down on PHS, which had poor signal and unstable calls. Japan's Communication Department took the lead, and Japanese manufacturers like Hitachi, NEC, Kyocera, Toshiba, etc., joined hands with Ericsson to set up another stove and developed another new Japanese 2G telecommunications standard, PDC.

On the contrary, PHS was introduced into the country a few years later. Because of the characteristics of cheap base stations, cheap PHS mobile phones, and cheap call charges, it quickly swept the country.

Seeing this situation, Japan Telephone and Telegraph Company realized it later and promoted it overseas, then quickly grabbed the market in neighboring Siam, Bangladesh, South America's Colombia, and other places.

But, a few years of time was enough for GSM base stations to be promoted. Additionally, Japan's local PDC standard was also being promoted in full swing. At its peak, even though it was considered the most closed and least applied PDC standard, there were 80 million mobile phone users in Japan. Almost three-quarters of Japanese mobile phone users were using mobile phones with PDC technical standards.

But now it's different. The global 2G telecommunications era hasn't arrived yet. Because GSM base stations are too expensive, they are still being promoted slowly all over the world. Qualcomm's CDMA is not favored in America.

Japan's PDC standard is still wrangling over funding sharing and which company should lead the development. On the contrary, PHS suddenly began to appear in multiple regions like a volcanic eruption, becoming the most beautiful boy in the global communication industry. Just Little Smart, a PHS mobile phone brand, bombed out sales of more than 11 million units.

This made Japan also hesitate. The PHS that was originally looked down upon faintly had the posture of becoming Japan's "pride." Even if PDC standard was developed, could it really be used by more people than PHS?

Not to mention Japan's island mentality. Japanese people have always wanted to prove themselves and wanted to become a "great power." Now, Japan Telephone and Telegraph Company's PHS standard is more popular in the world than the CDMA standard pushed by the suzerain America. Does that mean Japan has surpassed America, even if only in this one aspect?

But this was enough to make Japan's internal affairs and countless Japanese people excited. Suddenly, the attitude of Japan's internal affairs and Japan's communication department toward PHS technology was undergoing a 180-degree change. On the contrary, they weren't so concerned about engaging in any PDC standard!

Whether Japan will abandon PDC and fully support PHS in the future, no one knows, but Nishiguchi Yasuo knows that in the short term, PHS probably won't disappear in Japan and might even become more and more popular.

In his past life, the 80 million-plus PDC standard mobile phone users in Japan might become 80 million-plus PHS mobile phone users. Kyocera absolutely couldn't watch all Japanese mobile phone users being snatched away by Japan Telephone and Telegraph Company and Little Smart. That wasn't just a matter of money. Don't these Japanese local mobile phone companies like Kyocera want face?

These few years are the end of Japan's peak period in the technology field. Lithography machines, home appliances, electronic appliances, and many other products are all world number one. If this Japanese local mobile phone market, which prides itself on being the world's number one technology, is occupied by a mainland brand, then where should the face of the entire Japanese mobile phone industry go? This is no longer slapping the face; this is directly riding on the face of Japanese mobile phone manufacturers and outputting!

Hearing Nishiguchi Yasuo's words, Tanimoto Hideo's heart was full of bitterness. What is the scene in the PHS industry now? Communication technology patents are held by Japan Telephone and Telegraph Company, and PHS mobile phone core patents are held by Dongling High-Tech.

Additionally, Kyocera is also one of Japan's communication operators and is a mortal enemy of Japan Telephone and Telegraph Company. Will Japan Telephone and Telegraph Company open the PHS mobile phone market to Kyocera?

Nishiguchi Yasuo didn't care whether Tanimoto Hideo felt bitter or not. He only wanted the result. "No matter what method is used, Kyocera mobile phones must enter the Japanese mobile phone market and then enter the overseas market. President Tanimoto Hideo, I hope you won't let the board of directors down and won't live up to the expectations of old president Inamori Kazuo for you!"

Tanimoto Hideo was cursing his mother in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it. He could only "Hi" a few times and retreated. After coming out, Tanimoto Hideo silently spat toward Nishiguchi Yasuo's office.

Then he was full of helplessness. Tanimoto Hideo really couldn't think of how to let Little Smart's parent company, Dongling High-Tech, give the Little Smart patents that make money every day to Kyocera company, unless... acquire Little Smart?!

Not only Tanimoto Hideo and Kyocera mobile phones were bitter, but other Japanese mobile phone manufacturers were no better. Nishiguchi Yasuo could find out the news, but Toshiba, Fujitsu, Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, NEC, and other Japanese companies with mobile phone businesses couldn't have received the news?

These Japanese mobile phones were also having a headache. If Japan's communication department didn't promote the PDC standard, and Japan entered the PHS era as a result, who wouldn't covet the market of over 100 million Japanese mobile phone users?

The Japanese mobile phone industry was scratching its head trying to find a way to break the situation. Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Alcatel, including Siemens and other companies that had just entered the mobile phone industry this year, were also having a headache facing Little Smart's violent sales volume.

How the overseas mobile phone industry was turbulent, Li Dongling couldn't manage for the time being. At this time, Li Dongling was sitting on the side, letting the stylist toss his styling. Later, there were several media outlets conducting an exclusive interview with him, and the leading media was the interview team that ran specially from Hong Kong, *Asia Weekly*.

The stylist was tossing, and Li Dongling picked up several newspapers in the technology industry that had just been sent from overseas. Approaching the New Year, the technology industry hadn't stopped either. One of the most explosive pieces of news was that SoftBank's Masayoshi Son in Japan, who was playing well with the Internet, suddenly acquired the computer memory stick company Jin Shidun!

No one knew why SoftBank, which was playing well with software and investment, suddenly acquired Jin Shidun. But this transaction happened so suddenly.

SoftBank acquired 80% of Jin Shidun's equity for 1.45 billion US dollars. There were rumors that Masayoshi Son was preparing to enter the computer hardware industry and even wanted to launch SoftBank's own computer brand, etc.

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