Chapter 58 The first day as president

On the first day he took office as the president of Shirakawa Electric, Kaede Shirakawa announced a resolution that starting this month, all employees will change from a six-day work week to a five-day work week, with weekends off on Saturdays and Sundays.

As soon as this decision was passed down, the workers in the workshop cheered.

In 1979, most companies in RB had a six-day work week, and very few companies implemented a weekend system. Only a few giant companies had such benefits. Although everyone didn't say it, in fact they were envious of it.

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Therefore, as soon as this welfare policy was announced, everyone's favorable impression of the young president Sang gradually increased.

Raising the salary of supervisors and providing benefits to employees is the first step for Bai Chuanfeng to win people's hearts. In fact, he also wants to be simple and crude and directly increase the salary of all employees.

However, the landlord had no surplus food, and buying Watanabe Electric had emptied his entire fortune.

So after much deliberation, only the weekend system can mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

He paid no extra cost, and the employees got actual benefits. They got four extra days of vacation every month, and the salary remained the same. That was a salary increase, a win-win situation.

At this time, Shirakawa Kaede was sitting in the president's office on the third floor, looking up various production materials of the original Watanabe Electric in detail. The more he looked at it, the tighter his brows became.

"Hasegawa-san, you are the marketing director of Shirakawa Electric. If you have any questions or suggestions about the company's operations, please be sure to speak up. Our goals are the same."

After listening to Hasegawa's slightly complaining accusation, Shirakawa Kaede didn't know what to say to that little Watanabe.

Shirakawa Kaede turned to the left, "Yamaguchi-san, who was the supplier of motors and needles for Blackstone record players before last year?"

Watching Hasegawa's leaving figure, Shirakawa Kaede stood up and stretched, looking at the report information and so on, the more he looked at it, the more he became dizzy.

Now that the new president asked him about it, Hasegawa immediately told him everything like he was pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.

Don't you think this is a coincidence? You should take care of your friend's business, right?

Seeing everyone gathered, Bai Chuanfeng stood up and looked serious, "Everyone, I have a general understanding of the current situation of Blackstone record players. To be honest, it is not optimistic."

"How is the performance of the product? Has the price changed this year?" Shirakawa Kaede rubbed her chin and asked.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, so let’s be happy and painful at the same time.

Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede's eyes didn't look fake, Hasegawa Hiroshi dared to speak directly, "President Shirakawa, the cost of our Blackstone record player is too high. It is at least 30% higher than the cost of similar products!"

Little Watanabe, who never cared about this, didn't know that the prices of these parts suppliers introduced by friends were generally about half higher than before.

Bai Chuanfeng put down the report and sighed. "Inform the heads of each department to have a meeting together in thirty minutes. Blackstone Record Player cannot continue like this."

He is even a little lucky now that Issei Watanabe did not bankrupt Blackstone Record Player.

Small parts such as motors are not monopoly products. They cannot be said to be like the memory of later generations, where prices are arbitrarily increased due to factory fires or the like.

"Huh?" Shirakawa Kaede picked up the report in his hand and compared it. Sure enough, the material cost alone was as high as 50,000 yen. Including labor costs, taxes, etc., a vinyl record player can only guarantee an ex-factory price of 69,000 yen.

profit.

The scenery here is very good, Bai Chuanfeng smiled, this will be his territory from now on. Although it is complicated and broken, at least there is a foundation for starting from scratch.

Although the retail price is 83,000 yen, channel dealers and retailers must take at least 15% of the profits. Only in this way can Blackstone record players enter their channels, and retailers have the incentive to recommend products to customers.

"Hasegawa-san, the retail price of our Blackstone record player on the market is 83,000 yen, and we can ship about 120 units per month. But the profit for each unit sold is only 830 yen, which means our profit

The rate is only 1% of the selling price?”

Shirakawa Kaede raised his head and looked at Hiroshi Hasegawa standing in front of him in disbelief. The latter is still the head of the marketing department of Shirakawa Electric.

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"Hai" Hiroshi Hasegawa lowered his head in shame. He wanted to explain a few words but because he didn't understand the character of the young president Sang, he finally said nothing.

"The motor is from Omron, and the stylus is from Kyocera." Yamaguchi blurted out the answer without thinking. He knew everything about Blackstone record players.

At least on paper, it is still profitable. Although it is only about 100,000 yen, it is not as high as a workshop employee’s monthly salary. It is also magical...

The market positioning of Blackstone record players is only mid- to low-end, and the price of 83,000 is within the price range of most mid- to low-end vinyl record players in the market.

"Why have material costs skyrocketed starting from this year?" Shirakawa Kaede noticed that starting in 1979, the cost of components such as motors and motors suddenly increased by more than half than before. This is very unreasonable.

The situation is worse than I imagined, and some are even shocking.

Seeing the figure of 69,000, Shirakawa Kaede took a breath. It's crazy that such a high cost can make a profit.

Today is the last day of June. On a hot summer day, there are many people swimming in the river with swimming rings.

Yamaguchi's eyes lit up slightly, "The reliability is very good, and the stylus can work stably for at least 4-5 years with normal use. The service life of the motor and motor guaranteed by Omron is 10 years, and the data we tested is generally good."

Everyone below was silent. Everyone saw this, but no one dared to mention it before.

This was what Hasegawa Hiroshi was waiting for. When he heard the words, he immediately began to pour out his bitterness.

Bai Chuanfeng saw that Hasegawa was hesitant to speak just now, so he simply put down the report in his hand and decided to talk to him straight to the point.

As for the price, it has slightly increased by about 3% compared with last year, and the overall change is not big."

Under the introduction of a good friend, I entered the stock market alone. Within three months, I spent all my savings, and then started paying attention to the company's book funds.

Hiroshi Hasegawa was the head of the marketing department. He was the first person Xiao Watanabe scolded for the decline in Blackstone record player profits. But he never listened to Hasegawa's explanation.

It's a pity that the summer vacation has not officially started yet, and Asuka Kobayashi is not in place yet.

Shirakawa Kaede nodded, "Starting from tomorrow, the motor will be replaced by Omron, and the stylus will also be purchased from Kyocera."

He left his desk and went to the window. Outside the window was the sunny Tama River. There were white sails and a few tourists.

Later, in order to collect more cash, I came into contact with Changyin and Daochuanhui through the introduction of a friend. The premise was that it happened that his friend had several relatives who made small parts such as motors and stylus needles.

It turns out that everything started with that young Watanabe. Since he took over Watanabe Electric, he had no intention of running the business, but he was extremely interested in stock trading and bonds.

In other words, Blackstone has no pricing power because it is not a monopoly product. Once the price is set too high, consumers will turn around and choose other products.

Thirty minutes later, all the managers of Shirakawa Electric gathered together again, and there was also a Komatsu assistant who took minutes of the meeting.

"Hai!" Yamaguchi shouted loudly.

The first decision Bai Chuanfeng made when he participated in Blackstone Record Player made everyone see his vigorous and resolute actions.

He didn't even want to ask the name of his current supplier. As for the reason for changing suppliers, everyone knew it well even if he didn't tell him.

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