Chapter 384 (1/2)

Inside the front cabin study of the Boeing 767, c-girl Claire Gein knocked on the door to remind her that she had arrived in Japanese airspace and sent in a box of timezone adjusted watches as usual.

Simon picked one at random and put it on to see the time.

Japan is 18 hours earlier than the east coast of the United States, and it is now November 5, more than 10 a.m. on Monday.

The purpose of this trip to Japan is to meet with Matsushita President Akio Guei, not on a whim.

Ever since the Hurst family took 20% of ESPN's shares from Simon, he had an idea that Panasonic would take the initiative to withdraw from the deal.

The Hurst family has recently acquired the shares of ESPN from Reynolds nabesk at a cost of only US $180 million. I don't know if they have used their ”influence” again, which is 20 million US dollars lower than Simon's original offer.

However, although he has a lot of chips in his hand, Simon has no idea of forcing Panasonic to quit.

The market value of Panasonic in this era is comparable to that of DuPont, general electric and other industry giants in the United States. As a local leader, danelis entertainment uses some of its own advantages to force Panasonic to withdraw from the acquisition, which is not without the possibility of success, but it is very unwise to do so.

Simon wants to cooperate more than the Hurst family.

The development of the westero system will only touch the interests of more and more people in the future. In this case, if we want to continue to expand, we must try to attract more allies instead of creating enemies. This is the decision Simon made in recent months when he kept thinking about the development route of the westero system. Even if the westero system is strong enough in the future, he does not intend to change this way of thinking.

As a result, danilisi entertainment began to contact Panasonic last week and sent a general cooperation draft in advance. Simon and Akio Gujing finally agreed to have a meeting this afternoon.

Near noon, Simon and his party got off the plane, and Matsushita did not neglect them, so they specially prepared a lunch.

However, the size of the lunch is very small, if not translation, only Simon and Akio Gujing. He didn't intend to make it known that he came to Japan suddenly, and Simon loved it.

Moreover, only Akio Gujing appeared at the luncheon, and Simon roughly guessed the reason.

The purpose of Simon's trip to Japan is to persuade Matsushita to withdraw from the MCA acquisition. For Matsushita, after the founder Matsushita xinguesu died last year, this huge enterprise giant is not united in mind. Akio Guei hopes to acquire MCA, but there are many opposition voices within Matsushita. Akio Guei should not want the news of his meeting with Simon to get out.

In an exquisite Japanese restaurant in downtown Osaka.

Akio Gujing is a 60 year old man with short stature. He wears glasses and looks a little unsmiling.

After we introduced each other, we came to a box.

A total of four people, Akio Gujing and his translator, a tall and thin middle-aged man.

Simon took Claire Gein with her. Because of the frequent economic cooperation between Australia and Japan in the 1980s, girl c, who graduated from the University of Melbourne, majored in civil engineering and took Japanese as an elective course. She reached a very high level and was more than enough as a translator.

Let's just say that the four ”vases” of ABCD that Janet helped herself choose are all elites, though they don't have the academic credentials of the new housekeeper Alice Ferguson. Otherwise, the new housekeeper would not have been trapped by girl C on the first day.

According to women, ABCD and Simon complement each other.

For example, C girl majored in civil engineering, but Simon didn't know anything about it. Japanese is one of Simon's weaknesses.

The four sat cross legged on the floor at a typical Japanese dining table. At the beginning, they chatted about some topics at will. After the waiters served lunch one by one, they retreated, and the topic was slightly opened up.

Girl c is not shy. She is very close to Simon. She breathes in his ear and says, ”Simon, what do you think of the current situation of Japan's economy? Will it continue to deteriorate?”

Simon skillfully holds chopsticks to taste the sashimi in front of him. Hearing the words, he looks at the opposite Gujing Zhaoxiong and says, ”the deterioration is not so bad, but it should continue for several years.”

The middle-aged translator also whispered in his ear.

After listening to the translation, Akio Gujing seemed not to believe it and asked something.

Girl c said in real time: ”the Japanese government has taken a lot of rescue measures, and the foundation of the Japanese economy is very solid, so it should not last for a long time?”

Simon said: ”I've always been a little concerned about it. The BoJ has recently started to lower interest rates again, which seems to me to be very unwise. Japan's economic bubble has not been completely dissipated, especially in the real estate bubble. Now eager to reduce interest rates and increase liquidity will only let funds flow into the real estate market, which is not very good for the real economy. ”

”Do you mean that Japan needs to give up the real estate industry completely?”Simon nodded and said with a smile, ”it's a very difficult choice, but it's also a necessary choice.”

”Simon, when do you think the Japanese economy will start to recover?”