MTL - America’s Big Hero-v2 Chapter 413 : US-Japan trade friction and metamorphosis

Sitting down again, old man David calmed down and began to analyze Sean, "You want to cut a knife from the book, it's no problem. It's no problem to choose three companies to avoid being hostile to everyone."

Sean's brows were raised, and these words sounded like a desire to be suppressed first.

"It's okay if you want to win over some domestic appliance companies and car manufacturing companies that are opposed to them and cheer, but!"

Sean: Here we go.

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

"So, you are not optimistic about my action, you think it will fail." Sean's mouth twitched.

"Yes!" Old man David nodded.

"Then you didn't tell me sooner!"

"Young man, you have had a lot of smooth sailing these years. Appropriate setbacks can make you grow faster." David said solemnly.

Sean tilted his head to look at the old man David. He just helped you out of excess. You're so **** off, what the hell, is there such a trick!

"You said, I listened, I still don't believe it!" Sean gritted his teeth.

"It's okay if you want to take advantage of the trade conflict between the US and Japan, but do you know the history of trade frictions between the US 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 this sub-government is under our control, this does not mean that we can arbitrarily exert pressure, which is limited.”

Sean pursed his lips and didn't say anything. He only knew that the friction between the two countries was not small in this era. The home appliance industry, automobile industry, and semiconductor industry of the book were defeated by the US.

Therefore, Sean believes that by uniting these disadvantaged companies in the United States, an anti-Japanese trend can definitely be formed, forcing the other side to make concessions and pay compensation.

"First of all, let me tell you about history." Old man David said calmly: "The US-Japan trade friction started in 1960, and it was the textile trade war at first."

"The low-priced textiles are slowly hitting the US market, and the market share has increased significantly. A large number of domestic textile companies have gone bankrupt. This bankruptcy wave reached its peak in 1968, and several major domestic textile companies could not stand it."

"Since 1965, the trade surplus between the United States and Japan has changed from a trade surplus to a deficit, with 2 billion to 3 billion US dollars of funds flowing into the book every year. In this case, the US government began to officially intervene, and the US-Japan textile trade agreement was finally reached in 1972. , thus kicked off the U.S.-Japan trade war.”

"Then in the 1970s, the color TV war and the steel war. After the export of textiles was restricted, the notebook industry was upgraded. A large amount of funds flowed from the textile industry to the home appliance manufacturing industry and the steel manufacturing industry. The TV industry was the first. Black and white TVs and color TVs began to be exported to the United States in large quantities, accounting for about 90% of the imported color TV sets in the United States, and occupying 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."

"A large number of home appliance manufacturers went bankrupt because of this. At the same time, the trade deficit between the United States and Japan has further expanded, and the steel industry is the foundation of a country. You know the power of steel giants. During this period, the book could not bear the pressure. , 3 times actively restricting the export of steel to China, but it still causes the rapid decline of steel companies in the United States,”

"At the same time, the trade deficit between the two countries has further expanded, reaching about 15 billion US dollars, and a large amount of assets have been outflowed. In the end, the government continued to make efforts. In 1977, the United States and Japan signed a trade agreement, and the export of color TV sets to the United States was restricted. In 1976, the import of special steel Quota Restriction Agreement, 1978 U.S. Steel initiated a price protection system.”

"Every year, a large amount of money flows into the book, and the signed agreement forces the book to compromise, which makes a lot of money flow into the auto industry. Since 1975, the auto companies in the book have entered the fast development channel, and the price of economical vehicles is low. It began to appear in the American market, was liked by a large number of low-income groups, and began to impact American auto companies.”

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

"Then you will know that in the Plaza Accord of 1985, we forced Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France to appreciate their currencies, thereby inducing the devaluation of the dollar and saving the US economy. Now, we have consumed so many political resources, but the results can be achieved. But it's not so rosy, the U.S. economy has only had a short-lived easing, and the crisis has been postponed."

"Also last year, after the 1987 US-Japan Semiconductor Trade Agreement, after the US-Japan Tokyo negotiation 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 of the semiconductor industry. Last year, we could not Don't try again."

"By 1985, the trade deficit between the United States and Japan had reached as high as 46.2 billion US dollars. You can imagine how much capital has flowed into Japan over the years. In order to cope with the economic crisis, continuous efforts have been consuming American politics every time. resources and influence.”

"But the effect is not so ideal. Take the automobile industry as an example. We can forcefully increase tariffs and sign various agreements to reduce the impact of Benzi cars on the US market. However, the world is not only the United States, Benzi has become the world's largest car Producer countries, their cars are taking foreign markets, which has led to a rapid decline in our auto exports, and data shows that in 1982 our auto industry workers lost 200,000 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 issue at that time.

"Exports have shrunk and unemployment has skyrocketed. Even if we have a Plaza Accord, the dollar depreciates, and the competitiveness of exports is improved, the effect is not obvious, and the political resources and influence of the United States are not unlimited."

"The 85 Plaza Accord has offended Britain, France, Germany, and Japan. Last year, I forced my government to make concessions. Now you want to agitate Reagan. It's difficult, difficult, difficult."

Sean pursed his lips and exhaled, "Well, you mean 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, the mud can't support the wall. The government has tried its best to pull the sidelines.

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

Sean narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought. It doesn't seem to be impossible, but...

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

"You're always embarrassed to let the family bear the losses, so you take the benefits for yourself, right?"

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

"So it's a pot?"

Sean snorted, and his expression immediately became solemn, "I, Sean, are a staunch Rockefellerist, and I must not let the family suffer!"

Old man David sneered, stinky shameless thing!

"You are fighting against the government just because of things in the east, and you have to mobilize the fleet to threaten them. This is not good. This is not the mafia. You are also a person with status and status. This reason is not sufficient."

"I can allow you to expose the matter of Mitsubishi's forcible acquisition of Rockefeller Center. As the most outstanding person in the family's generation, and because you are an illegitimate child and cannot interfere with the internal operation of the family, you feel humiliated and angry for the glory of the family. If you make any excuses to meet with the government, there are enough reasons to fight against the Mitsubishi companies."

"This is a battle of dignity. What the nobles do with dignity is reasonable. This is in line with the values ​​of the Western world. When things spread, you will be supported by the entire Western society, especially young people who are passionate."

Sean slammed his mouth and stretched out a thumb at the old man David, "Old man, ghost, old man, this excuse is for this, forever young man, forever in tears!"

Influenced by his previous life, Sean was often influenced by eastern cultural thoughts when thinking about problems, especially the way of hegemony, but nobility, glory, duels, etc., there is absolutely nothing.

I spit on my own accord and let him blow in the wind and rain, and I'm almost still standing still. Impulsively dueling or something, that's stupid.

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

He prefers to hide behind his back and command remotely. For example, this time, he used Dongfang's entrustment as an excuse. Now, after being reminded by old man David, he found out that he had done the opposite.

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

"Okay, the excuses are sufficient. It's understandable that I'm an arrogant teenager who can't bear the grievances." Sean pondered for a while and smiled.

Leaving from the old man David, Sean did not rush to do anything, but let the intelligence department start collecting intelligence.

It is mainly a large domestic company that has conflicts with the book.

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

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

Founded in 1907, Maytag Corporation has more than 26,000 employees and is one of the four largest home appliance manufacturers in the United States.

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

Whirlpool and Maytag, the white goods manufacturers with the most fierce competition with notebooks, and the two giants that survived the previous TV war.

Carrier, an air conditioner giant, competes fiercely with Toshiba and Hitachi. The main competitive 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 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 Cherning, Sony is negotiating with Coca-Cola to buy Columbia Pictures, you know that?"

"I know, in fact, the Japanese made the layout in 1986, or earlier." Chernin said: "In the earliest days, Sony was engaged in phonographs, tape recorders, and tapes. Sony believed that only with the development of software can hardware be used. It works as it should, so in 1968, they laid out in audio and video products, 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 1982 years, in order to promote their CD technology and seize the most important market in the world, Sony built a CD factory in the United States under Sony's suggestion. To sell CBS Records, CBS Walter Yetonikov suggested selling the company to Benzi."

"Akio Morita agreed immediately, but during the negotiation process, CBS found that Sony attaches great importance to the record industry, so after several times of reaching an agreement, he backtracked and raised the price from $1.3 billion to $2 billion. I still wanted to hang the Japanese to continue to increase the price, but the stock market suddenly collapsed on Black Monday, and it was finally sold to the Japanese for 2 billion US dollars.”

"In January of this year, the transaction was completely completed. CBS Records, which has record businesses in 40 countries around the world, belongs to Sony. This merger deal, which was sold at five times the profit of CBS Records, is currently the largest amount of money that a Japanese company has paid to an American company. Mergers and acquisitions, sensational.”

"Then why don't I know?" Sean snorted, you Chernin floated away, and it was a sensation, which was mocking my ignorance!

"Uh... You were abroad at that time and didn't pay attention to this matter." Cherning smiled awkwardly.

"What about the acquisition of Columbia?" Sean asked again.

"It's the same strategy of using software to assist hardware development," Chernin said. "They're going to use their huge record library and movie library to promote their Betamax distribution format to unify the playback standard in the market. If it succeeds, this standard is completely in Sony's hands, and all companies that use this standard in the future will pay them."

"More importantly, Sony's mini TV and video cassette player 'Watchman' and 8mm camcorders are entering the U.S. market, and their equipment best matches the Betamax format, and other companies' products are extremely compatible with hardware and software. They can’t compete with them. In order to adapt to the Betamax distribution format, everyone must use Sony’s 8mm cameras, and if they use 8mm cameras, they must join the Betamax distribution format alliance.”

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

"We're using Sony's 8mm cameras 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 the film, the requirements for clarity are getting higher and higher, so we can only use them. cameras, so only the Betamax format was used.”

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

"Okay, the biggest takeover case, well, well, give them the propaganda, to shape the Japanese rhetoric about starting a counterattack against America."

"Counter-attack the United States?" Cherning nodded, exaggerating, he was familiar with provoking contradictions, but this time the attack surface was a bit big.

"Well, let's publicize, because CD is Sony's technology, so any American song in the future must first give money to the Japanese, and after CBS was acquired by Sony, these classic American songs, from now on, from a legal point of view It doesn't belong to the Americans anymore, they are Japan, Japan, Song!"

"In the future, everyone will sing and sing Japanese songs. Americans don't have their own songs anymore. When promoting, they put on Japanese kimonos for these singers, and their smiles are a little bit more obscene and perverted."

Cherning: ? ? ?

Even though Chernin didn't have any disgust towards the Japanese, but after listening to Sean's words, he felt blue veins throbbing on his head. The Japanese are so hateful.

He 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.

Said, Sean suddenly remembered something, picked up the phone and dialed Murdoch, "Old man, did you miss me!"

Murdoch: You are not dead!

"Just kidding, I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you. My Kashima Garden has been renovated. How about a drink? Well, don't forget to bring your daughter."

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

"What you said, it seems that 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. Together, we will be invincible!"

"Really?" Murdoch was absolutely disbelieving in his mind, but he couldn't help but yearn 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 join forces, they will definitely be able to grab more market share from the three radio stations.

"Three days later." Murdoch agreed.

"Haha, alright, I'll be waiting for you." Sean smiled and agreed and suddenly said, "By the way, there is a promotion, I'll ask the people below to send it to you, and help cooperate."

Murdoch: "…"

I just knew something was wrong with you bastard.

"Don't worry, it's definitely worth hype, and it's very useful to boost the ratings. It doesn't matter if there is any numbness, just push it to me. When did I, Sean, cheat on my friends!" Sean said in a big way.

"Okay, let's do it." Murdoch reluctantly agreed. Although the two companies did not cooperate explicitly before, they cooperated in secret. The two quarreled with each other and destroyed the channel, which was better than the show.

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

"Isn't the symbol of Colombia the Statue of Liberty? I'll put on a kimono for the Statue of Liberty when I look back. It's a little looser, and the one that's leaky. The smile should be obscene. Make it into a moving picture of bowing."

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

"Well, it's become... the one that women often use, the buzzing massage kind." Sean raised his brows, and the expression on his face gradually changed.

Chernin looked confused, what?

This is Sean's misunderstanding. He is familiar with massage sticks, but this thing was only developed in 1987. Japan's Daito Electric Co., Ltd. made electric hair clippers. Later, it changed into a fascia massage gun, which relaxes muscles...

Well, not much difference, really relaxing…

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

Well, it was first SM tool on the spot...

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

After Sean described the communication, Chernin suddenly realized, but his eyes turned weird when he looked at Sean. There are so many women in the boss.

The atmosphere in the house was awkward for a while.

"I said I didn't actually use 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 was only spread privately in a small area.

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

"Fuck!" Sean kicked him angrily, "I've really seen it in Japan, the devil knows it's not popular."

"Yes, yes." Chernin nodded frantically.

This is inexplicable.

"Fuck off, stay away from me, you're going to be **** mad at you, do it for me, you have to be emotional, if the audience doesn't know what that thing is for, then you can learn about it!" Sean said no Reassured and said a mouthful.

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

Chernin left, sitting in the car, for some reason, what Sean said involuntarily appeared in his mind.

He is not too young, he is busy with work every day, and is indeed a little powerless. The key is that on the TV station, all the people who come and go are beautiful women, and he does not know how many women are seduced every day...

Hiss, come back after purchasing a few, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Well, it can be said that the boss ordered, and Cherny's smile gradually changed... For work, yes, that's it.

Sean: MMP

…

Murdoch's eldest daughter Prudence's eyes began to light up as soon as she heard that she was going to a banquet on Sean's Deer Island in three days.

Without further ado, start a big purchase, from top to bottom, from underwear to dresses, all kinds of jewelry should also be matched.

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

When he heard the news, Murdoch collapsed, and he suddenly wanted to kill Sean.

How about bringing... 50 bodyguards?

Well, Sean's son of a **** would never have imagined that this is possible!

Thinking, Murdoch's smile gradually changed...