America’s Big Hero

After sitting down again, the old man David calmed down his emotions and began to analyze it for Sean, "You want to cut a knife from the book, that's no problem, it's no problem to choose three companies to avoid being hostile by everyone."

Sean raised his brows, his words sounded like he wanted to restrain himself before raising his voice.

"It's okay if you want to win over some home appliance companies and automobile manufacturers who are opposed to them in China, but!"

Sean: Here we go.

"However, you hope that in the end everyone will put pressure on the government together, force the government, and finally make them bow their heads. This is unrealistic!"

"So, you are not optimistic about my action this time, and think it will fail." The corner of Sean's mouth twitched.

"Yes!" Old David nodded.

"Then you didn't say it earlier!"

"Young man, you have been too smooth these years. Appropriate setbacks can make you grow faster." Old David said solemnly.

Sean tilted his head and looked at old David David. He didn't need to help you just now. You'll be so pissed off. What the hell, is there such a trick!

"Tell me, I'll listen, I still don't believe it!" Sean gritted his teeth.

"It's no problem if you want to take advantage of the trade conflict between the United States and Japan to profit from it, but do you know the history of trade friction between the United States and Japan over the years?" The old man looked at Sean calmly, "We invest in politicians, and politicians help us , However, this kind of help cannot be unlimited. Although the government is under our control, this does not mean that we can exert pressure at will, which is limited.”

Sean pursed his lips and didn't say anything. All he knew was that there was a lot of friction between the two countries in this era. The home appliance industry, automobile industry, and semiconductor industry in the book have defeated the United States.

Therefore, Xiao En believes that uniting with these loss-making companies in the United States will definitely form an anti-Japanese trend and force the other party to make concessions and pay compensation.

"First of all, let me tell you about the history." Old man David said calmly, "The trade friction between the United States and Japan began in 1960. It was originally a textile trade war."

"The low-priced textiles slowly hit the American market, and their market share increased significantly. A large number of domestic textile companies went bankrupt. This wave of bankruptcy reached its peak in 1968. Several major domestic textile companies could not stand it anymore."

"Since 1965, the trade surplus between the United States and Japan has turned into a deficit, and 2 billion to 3 billion U.S. dollars of funds have flowed into the book every year. In this case, the U.S. government began to officially intervene. In 1972, the U.S.-Japan Textile Trade Agreement was finally reached. , so far opened the prelude to the US-Japan trade war."

"Then in the 1970s, the color TV war and the steel war. After the export of textiles was restricted, the book industry upgraded. A large amount of funds flowed from the textile industry to the home appliance manufacturing industry and the steel manufacturing industry. The first force was the TV industry. Black-and-white TVs and color TVs began to be exported to the United States in large quantities, accounting for about 90% of the color TV imports in the United States and more than 30% of the US market.”

"At the same time, there is also the steel industry, and the United States has changed from a steel exporter to a net importer."

"As a result, a large number of home appliance manufacturers went bankrupt. At the same time, the trade deficit between the United States and Japan further expanded, and the steel industry is the foundation of a country. You know the power of the steel giants. During this period, during this period, this book cannot bear the pressure. , voluntarily restricting the export of steel to China three times, but it still caused the rapid decline of American steel companies,"

"At the same time, the trade deficit between the two countries has further expanded, reaching about 15 billion U.S. dollars, and a large amount of assets have flowed out. In the end, the government continued to exert force. In 1977, the United States and Japan signed a trade agreement. The export of notebooks to the United States was restricted. In 1976, the import of special steel Quota Limitation Agreement, 1978 U.S. Steel initiates price protection system."

"A large amount of money flows into Benzi every year, and the signed agreement forces Benzi to compromise, which makes a lot of money flow into the automobile industry. Since 1975, Benzi's automobile companies have entered a rapid development channel, and economical cars with low prices It began to appear in the U.S. market, was favored by a large number of low-income groups, and began to impact U.S. auto companies."

"By 1980, the production of Benzi cars had surpassed that of the United States and became the world's number one. The government had to force it again. In 1981, the two countries signed a trade agreement on automobiles and parts between the United States and Japan, restricting the import of Japanese cars, raising tariffs on Benzi cars, and stabilizing American car companies."

"Then you know, in the Plaza Accord in 1985, we forced Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France to appreciate their currencies, thereby inducing the depreciation of the U.S. dollar and saving the U.S. economy. Looking at it now, we have consumed so much political resources, but the results But it is not so gratifying, the US economy has only a short-term easing, and the crisis has been postponed."

"Also, last year, the US-Japan Semiconductor Trade Agreement in 1987, after the US-Japan Tokyo negotiations in 1981, we imposed 100% tariffs on some Japanese semiconductor products on the grounds of anti-dumping, but this still did not reduce the impact on the semiconductor industry. Last year, we had to Don't try again."

"By 1985, the trade deficit between the United States and Japan had reached 46.2 billion U.S. dollars. You can imagine how much money has flowed into Japan over the years. In order to deal with the economic crisis, the continuous effort is consuming the political power of the United States every time. resources and influence."

"But the effect is not so ideal. Taking the automobile industry as an example, we can forcibly raise tariffs and sign various agreements to reduce the impact of Benzi cars on the US market. However, the United States is not the only one in the world. Benzi has become the world's largest automobile Production countries, their cars seized foreign markets, which led to the rapid shrinkage of our car exports, and the data show that in 1982, 200,000 workers in our car industry lost their jobs."

Sean opened his mouth. He thought of the Toyota war. Africa imported a large number of Toyota cars instead of American Ford and Chevrolet. Tsk tsk, he was thinking about the price at that time.

"Exports have shrunk and the unemployment rate has skyrocketed. Even if we have a Plaza Accord to devalue the dollar and improve export competitiveness, the effect is not obvious, and the political resources and influence of the United States are not unlimited."

"The 85th Square Agreement has already offended Britain, France, Germany and Japan. Last year, it forced the government to make concessions. Now you want to encourage Reagan. It is difficult, difficult, difficult."

Sean pursed his lips and exhaled, "Well, what you mean is that I can't count on the US government to back me up."

Whether it is the home appliance industry, the automobile industry or the steel industry, mud cannot support the wall. The government has tried its best to pull it apart.

Old man David nodded and shook his head again, "It's not impossible, you need to stir up public opinion first, and set off an anti-Japanese trend in the United States or the world, and then, as a democratically elected government, the official will have enough reason to exert pressure on Japan. "

Sean squinted his eyes and fell into deep thought. It seems that this is not impossible, but...

Looking up at old man David, "Do you agree?"

"You are always embarrassed to let the family suffer losses, so you take the benefits yourself?"

"The meat is rotten in the pot!" Sean leaned on the sofa.

"So it's a pot?"

Sean laughed, and his expression immediately became solemn, "I, Sean, am a staunch Rockefeller, and I must not let the family suffer!"

Old man David sneered, shameless thing!

"You confronted the Benzi government head-on just because of things in the east, and even mobilized the fleet to threaten them. This is not acceptable. This is not the mafia asking for an account. You are also a person with status and status now. This reason is not sufficient."

"I can allow you to expose the fact that Mitsubishi is going to forcibly acquire Rockefeller Center. As the most outstanding person in this generation of the family, and because you are an illegitimate child, you cannot interfere with the internal operations of the family, so you feel humiliated. For the glory of the family, you are angry. You just found an excuse to have a fight with the government, and the reason to fight against Mitsubishi is enough."

"This is a battle of dignity. It is reasonable for the nobles to do whatever they want with dignity. This is in line with the values ​​of the Western world. If things spread, you will be supported by the entire Western society, especially passionate young people."

Shawn smashed his mouth, and stretched out a thumb to the old man David, "The old man is old, the ghost is old, this is an excuse, the eternal youth, the eternal tears!"

Influenced by his previous life, Sean was often influenced by oriental cultural thoughts when thinking about problems, especially the way of kings and hegemony, but nobility, glory, duels and so on, there is absolutely no such thing.

It's not bad for me to stand still and let him be blown by the wind and rain. It's silly to fight impulsively.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, but goes to a duel in person, what if he is injured?

He prefers to hide behind his back and command by remote control. For example, this time, he used Dongfang's commission as an excuse. Now he was reminded by old David that he had done it the wrong way.

Old man David gave Sean a vicious look, and then continued: "There is only so much support for you for the time being, and you can handle the rest by yourself. How much money you can make is your problem."

"Okay, the excuses are sufficient. It's understandable for me, a young man who acts arrogantly and can't bear to be wronged, to be impulsive." Xiao En responded with a smile after a little thought.

Leaving old man David, Sean didn't rush to do anything, but let the intelligence department start collecting information.

It is mainly the large domestic companies that have conflicts with the book.

In the home appliance industry, Whirlpool, Maytag, and Carrier, the three major domestic giants in the United States have all been severely beaten by the Japanese.

Whirlpool, founded in 1911 and headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of white goods.

Founded in 1907, Maytag Corporation currently employs more than 26,000 people and is one of the four largest electrical appliance manufacturing companies in the United States.

Carrier Corporation, founded in 1902 by Dr. Carrier, the inventor of modern air conditioning, is headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, with 53,000 employees.

Whirlpool and Maytag are the white goods manufacturers that compete most fiercely with notebooks, and the two giants that survived the previous TV war.

Carrier, an air-conditioning giant, competes fiercely with Toshiba and Hitachi. The main competition market is not only household air conditioners, but also central air conditioners from buildings, hotels, and shopping malls.

In addition, the automotive industry, General Electric, Ford Motor, etc., can all be pulled out by Sean.

Of course, before that, the first thing Sean did was to stir up anti-Japanese sentiment in the country.

"Peter Chernin, Sony is in talks with Coca-Cola to buy Columbia Pictures, you know that?"

"I know, in fact, the Japanese were planning in 1986, or even earlier." Chernin said: "At the earliest time, Sony was engaged in phonographs, tape recorders, and tapes. It should have a role, so they have laid out in audio-visual products in 1968, and cooperated with CBS to open the largest record company in Japan."

"It is also this policy that allows Sony's audio equipment to quickly seize the market and expand globally."

"In the next 82 years, in order to promote their CD technology and seize the most important market in the world, under Sony's suggestion, CBS/SONY built a CD factory in the United States. To sell CBS Records, CBS Walter Yetonikov suggested selling the company to Ben."

"Akio Morita immediately agreed, but during the negotiation process, CBS found that Sony attached great importance to the record industry, so it went back several times after reaching an agreement and raised the price from US$1.3 billion to US$2 billion. Originally, Lawrence Special Hugh I wanted to continue raising the price on the Japanese, but the stock market suddenly crashed on Black Monday, and I finally sold it to the Japanese for $2 billion.”

"In January of this year, the transaction was completely completed. CBS Records, which has record business in 40 countries around the world, completely belonged to Sony. This merger, which was completed at a price five times the profit of CBS Records, is currently the largest Japanese company to an American company. The merger case was a sensation."

"Then why didn't I know?" Sean snorted, "You Chernin are floating, and you are still causing a sensation. This is a mockery of my ignorance!"

"Uh...you were abroad at that time, so you didn't pay attention to this matter." Cherning smiled awkwardly.

"Then what happened to the acquisition of Columbia?" Sean asked again.

"It's still the strategy of using software to assist hardware development." Chernin said: "They want to use their huge record library and movie library to promote their own Betamax distribution format, so as to unify the playback standards in the market. Once they let them If successful, this set of standards will be completely in the hands of Sony, and all companies that use this set of standards in the future will have to give them money."

"What's more, Sony's mini TV and VCR 'Watchman' and 8mm camcorder are entering the US market, and their equipment is best matched with the Betamax format. In the case of extremely compatible software and hardware, other companies' products They can’t compete with them, in order to adapt to the Betamax distribution format, everyone has to use Sony’s 8mm camera, and if you use an 8mm camera, you must join the Betamax distribution format alliance.”

In the end, Chernin gave a definition, a great strategy.

"Are we also using Sony's 8mm camera now?" Sean frowned.

"Yes, both the TV station and the film company are using it. I have to say that their cameras are indeed better. Whether it is the audience or the development trend of movies, the requirements for clarity are getting higher and higher. We can only use them. camera, so it can only use the Betamax format.”

Damn it, Sean was cursing and in a bad mood. Although it had nothing to do with him, it was okay to be upset.

"Okay, the biggest acquisition, um, very good, give them publicity, to shape the rhetoric that the Japanese are starting to counterattack the United States."

"Counterattack against the United States?" Chernin nodded, exaggerating, provoking conflicts and so on. He is very familiar with it, but this time the attack area is a bit bigger.

"Well, let's promote it, because CD is Sony's technology, so any American songs in the future must be paid to the Japanese first, and after CBS is acquired by Sony, these classic American songs, from now on, from a legal point of view The Internet no longer belongs to Americans, they belong to Japan, Japan, and song!"

"In the future, everyone will sing, all of which will be Japanese songs. Americans don't have their own songs anymore. During the publicity, these singers will wear Japanese kimonos, and their smiles will be more lewd and perverted."

Chernin: ? ? ?

Even though Chernin didn't have any antipathy towards the Japanese, after listening to Xiao En's words, he felt his veins throbbing. The Japanese were so hateful.

He himself couldn't imagine what it would be like to put Michael Jackson in a kimono...

He can imagine that if this set of propaganda is carried out, the Americans will go crazy, and the Japanese will also go crazy.

As he said that, Sean suddenly remembered something, picked up the phone and called Murdoch, "Old man, miss me!"

Murdoch: Are you dead or not!

"Just kidding, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you, my Ludao Garden has been renovated, how about a drink, well, don't forget to bring your daughter."

"Damn it, shut your mouth and say something quickly, I don't have as much time as you!" Murdoch snorted.

"What you said is like I can't find you if I have nothing to do. We are the two largest cable media in the United States. I believe that there is a lot of room for cooperation between us. If we join forces, we will be invincible!"

"Really?" Murdoch absolutely didn't believe it in his mind, but he couldn't help yearning in his heart.

The program quality and viewing experience of the two are not comparable to those of the three radio stations. If they really unite, they will definitely be able to grab more market share from the three radio stations.

"In three days." Murdoch agreed.

"Haha, okay, I'll wait for you." Xiao En smiled and agreed, and suddenly said: "By the way, there is a publicity, I will ask the people below to send it to you later, and help cooperate."

Murdoch: "..."

I just knew something was up with you bastard.

"Don't worry, it's definitely worth hype. It's very useful for boosting ratings. It doesn't matter if you feel numb, just push it to me. When did I, Sean, cheat a friend!" Sean said generously.

"Okay, let's go." Murdoch reluctantly agreed. Although the two companies hadn't cooperated publicly before, they cooperated secretly. The quarrel between the two stations to tear down the stage was better than the show.

After hanging up the phone, Sean looked at Chernin again, "I want to publicize the CBS matter, and after stirring up the public's emotions, I will reveal the matter of Sony's acquisition of Columbia."

"Isn't the symbol of Columbia the Statue of Liberty? Later, I will also change into a kimono for the Statue of Liberty. It should be a little looser, the kind with missing spots, and the smile should be obscene, and it should be made into a bowing animation."

"Oh, by the way, don't hold the torch anymore, it has become a symbol of the Japanese, how can it still burn!"

"Well, it became... the one that women often use, the buzzing massage one." Sean raised his brows, and his expression gradually became abnormal.

Cherning looked confused, what?

This is Sean’s misunderstanding. He is familiar with the massage stick, but it was only developed in 1987. Japan’s Daito Electric made electric hair clippers, and later changed it into a fascia massage gun to relax muscles... …

Well, not much difference, it's really relaxing...

It's just that I didn't expect that the majority of female friends developed its real function. Later, in the early 1990s, it was known to the world that there is such a magical tool through the output of Japanese action movies.

Well, it was first used as a SM tool on the spot...

(PS: I don't understand it, is it because the power was too high at the beginning?)

After Sean described the communication, Chernin suddenly understood, but the gaze he looked at Sean became strange. There are so many women in the boss, in fact... well, there is no way, it is quite normal.

The atmosphere in the room was very awkward for a while.

"I said I haven't actually used it, I just saw it a long time ago, do you believe it?" Sean was also extremely embarrassed, how could he think that this thing is only spread privately in a small area now.

"I, believe it!" Chernin nodded with a "firm face", he was afraid of being silenced.

"Damn it!" Sean kicked it angrily, "I really saw it in Japan, the ghost knows it didn't become popular."

"Yes yes yes." Chernin nodded frantically.

This thing is inexplicable.

"Go away, stay away from me, I'll be fucking angry when I see you, get things done for me, the emotions must be teased, if the audience doesn't know what that thing is for, then you guys have to popularize it!" Sean said incredulously Don't worry and raised your mouth.

"Don't worry, we will release it little by little to ensure that anti-Japanese sentiment will be stirred up."

Chernin left and sat in the car. For some reason, what Sean said involuntarily came to mind.

He is not young anymore, and he is busy with work every day, so he is really powerless. The key is that in the TV station, all the people who go in and out are beauties, and he doesn't know how many women he is seduced by every day...

Hiss, I came back from some purchases, well, it can be said that it was the boss's order, and Cherny's smile gradually changed... For work, yes, that's it.

Sean: MMP

...

Murdoch's eldest daughter Prudence's eyes lit up when she heard that she was going to attend a banquet on Sean's Deer Island three days later.

Apart from anything else, start a big purchase, from top to bottom, from underwear to dresses, and all kinds of jewelry must be matched.

In order to make himself more beautiful and attractive, Prudence simply found 20th Century Fox to help hire a team of stylists to serve him.

When he heard the news, Murdoch collapsed, and suddenly wanted to kill Sean, what should he do?

How about bringing... 50 bodyguards?

Well, that bastard Sean must have never thought of it, this one is possible!

Thinking about it, Murdoch's smile gradually changed...