One problem that no company can ever escape is internal strife. The larger the group, the more factions there are, and the more complicated the interpersonal relationships become. Many companies even fail because they are busy with internal strife.
Sakata was always trying to balance this relationship. Watanabe and Hirata were two different factions. In Watanabe's eyes, Rohm only needed to blindly side with Wall Street. Once big capital entered the game, it would surpass Motorola and achieve glory.
Hirata Ichiro, on the other hand, focuses more on the global market, improving semiconductor-related industrial R&D, providing solutions for global brands, and becoming a leader in second-tier markets.
These two approaches have been clashing for years. Jiafeng Electronics' matter is just a small thing, but when the weeds are dry enough, even the smallest sparks can ignite a wildfire.
Sakata looked at Watanabe and asked, "Watanabe-kun, what are your plans regarding the Ruixin Laboratory?"
"Chairman, I think we need to restart the Ruixin Lab, find a few strong companies to join, and at the same time bring in Wall Street capital. Those companies will provide the money, and we will provide the personnel. After developing new technologies, we will promote and cooperate on them, attract investment again, and establish a new company," Watanabe shared his thoughts.
Watanabe seems unable to speak outside of Wall Street. Sakata has heard his plan countless times. Bringing in Wall Street capital is easy, but getting them out is difficult.
Watanabe is just an employee, while Sakata is the boss. It's like Zhu Lidong telling Lu Feng to go find Mr. Feng to invest again and let him own more than 80% of the shares. Now that we have money, we can work like crazy, work overtime, and definitely become the number one in Asia.
Lu Feng would definitely make Zhu Lidong pack his bags and leave immediately.
Sakata certainly wouldn't agree with Watanabe's statement, but he could use Watanabe to entangle the negotiations; to put it bluntly, he wanted to get more money.
"We'll have a meeting tomorrow and discuss it there!" Sakata reassured him.
Lu Feng returned to the hotel and held a post-event meeting with everyone. In the room, Lu Feng asked the consulting firm staff who had arrived that day, "How much information do you have about the Rohm Group?"
"We still have some standard information, such as the company's operating status, board structure, production and operation, and market share," a man in his thirties replied.
"Anything more detailed? Like information on senior executives." Lu Feng knew that such large companies were rife with factions, and a merger or acquisition would involve the interests of many parties, which was why international mergers and acquisitions could take several years to negotiate.
The other party looked embarrassed and said, "Mr. Lu, we are just a small company, and our main business is management consulting. We have limited information collection capabilities for overseas companies!"
Liu Cheng was a little confused as to why Lu Feng seemed so anxious, and said, "Didn't that vice president say he would report it at the meeting? This matter is basically settled!"
“Not stable at all!” Lu Feng sighed, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and said, “The fact that he needs to report it means that the decision-making power is not in his hands. This matter is not a strategic decision that they have to make. Think about it, is this Hirahara Ichiro really that popular among the senior management?”
Jin Tingting was a little confused and asked, "What are you trying to say?"
“It’s a very simple matter!” Lu Feng glanced at the two men, wondering what was wrong with their brains, and said in a deep voice, “If I don’t get along with him normally, when will I ever do this? First of all, this acquisition isn’t big, and it has little impact on the group, but it’s disgusting!”
Liu Cheng instantly understood. It was like Jiafeng Electronics R&D Company: if Lu Feng wanted to push forward a strategic investment of several hundred million, the other responsible persons certainly wouldn't dare to have any objections, but they would make him feel disgusted by some small things.
Jin Tingting still didn't quite understand, and looked at Lu Feng, saying, "If it's the right thing to do, everyone should agree!"
“You’re still quite naive. You’ll understand some things as time goes by.” Lu Feng didn’t want to get entangled with Jin Tingting on this topic any longer. His intuition told him that this time, the wait might not be just a day or two.
If the internal organization takes this acquisition seriously enough, Hirata Ichiro can report to the board of directors within an hour, and then the answer to whether or not the price is acceptable will be clear, allowing for further negotiations.
The worst thing to do at such a critical time is to have a meeting; once a meeting starts, everything is doomed!
“Let’s wait. If there’s no news within two days, we can’t wait any longer.” Lu Feng stood up and said to everyone, “Don’t be idle in these two days. Gather more information about the executives of the Rom Group, especially about Hirata Ichiro.”
The consultants looked embarrassed; they were just there to make up the numbers. Lu Feng had no intention of settling accounts with United Capital. What kind of woman was Su Yourong?
Can someone who can't resist money really be ruthless?
This is a small consulting firm in Hong Kong that also sells gossip about female celebrities on a side. They collected some routine information about the Rohm Group and sent a few people over, ostensibly to expand their international business.
Lu Feng didn't wait for the consulting firm staff to say anything more, and said to Jin Tingting, "Go out and explore more these next couple of days, take a break, that's all, let's have dinner."
The next morning, Jin Tingting went out for a stroll in the duty-free shop. Some of the items were quite nice. Lu Feng also instructed Liu Cheng to go out and explore more, buy some good things he saw, and then open them up to give everyone some inspiration.
The biggest argument of the year broke out in the conference room of the ROHM Group headquarters. Watanabe Shigeo and Hirata Ichiro argued until their faces turned red. Everyone was a little incredulous that the sale of Ruixin Laboratory was not a big deal for the group.
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