Chapter 1417: Inviting Trash to Drink Good Wine
In another time and space, Shuoka was no longer able to continue R&D work at Toshiba in 1993. Finally, I had to choose to resign this year.
After resigning, Shuangang was not accepted by other electronics companies. He eventually escaped into academia and returned to his alma mater, Northeastern University, as a professor.
It was not until the 21st century that the flash memory industry exploded, with the market expanding to nearly 100 billion US dollars.
However, these numbers have nothing to do with Fujio Fujioka. Toshiba even refused to admit that Fujio Fujioka was the inventor of flash memory, preferring to hand over this credit to Intel.
It wasn't until 1997, when Sugaoka was awarded the Special Contribution Award by IEEE, that Toshiba changed its tune.
Sugaoka Fujio sued Toshiba in 2006, demanding to restore his "academic reputation", requiring Toshiba to recognize its founder status in the flash memory industry, and seeking compensation of one billion yen.
The lawsuit ended in a settlement after Toshiba paid 87 million yen in compensation, but the island nation's evaluation of Sugaoka was even worse.
In the later documentary, the old man mentioned sadly: Foreign countries have a higher evaluation of him than domestic ones. After retirement, no island company even invited him to return to the industry.
87 million yen in 2006, which is about 700,000 US dollars, is what Toshiba believes is the value of Fujio Masuoka.
If factors such as inflation and investment compound interest are put aside, this price seems to be about the same as what AXA pays Toshiba now.
Toshiba almost discarded Fujio Fujioka as garbage. Zhou Zhi could even imagine that if Shuogang went to submit his resignation tomorrow, the people in the human resources department would even breathe a sigh of relief.
“This is the good wine Zhou Sang brought from China, twenty-year-old Moutai.” Ikeda Qiu said with a smile: “Zhu Gang Sang is still as generous as ever in drinking.”
“This wine I've heard of it." Shuogang slapped his mouth and said, "This aroma is so long-lasting that no other wine in China can. In contrast, strong has its own truth, which is suitable for people like me!"
"In fact, a person's temperament also needs to be consistent with the temperament of the company he works for." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "For example, in our company, It would be more uncomfortable to ask those people to be as hierarchical as a Japanese company, than to kill them.”
"I heard that when Mr. Sugaoka was developing NAND flash memory, the actual technology development was completed by other engineers in the team, while Mr. Sugaoka was only responsible for setting the overall goals and almost never participated in strategic discussion meetings?"
< br>Shu Gang unconsciously lifted his head Ikeda Qiuyu poured the wine, but this time he didn’t take a sip, but took a small sip: "It seems that my bad reputation has spread abroad."
"Technical director of a technology company, thinking It’s better to keep it simple and focus on technology.” Zhou Zhi. He picked up his glass of wine and took the initiative to accompany Shuoka: "The technical director's consideration of strategic plans is itself a misplacement of resources."
"My old subordinate Masaki Momomi always criticized this. I say that I don’t consider complex issues and only focus on technology, but Don’t consider the future of technology.”
“Maybe Toshiba’s position setting is different from ours at Clover,” Zhou Zhi said: “The future of technology is not a matter for the technical director to consider, but for the company’s strategic team. question.”
“The responsibility of the technical director is only to refine and convert the strategy formulated by the company’s strategic team into a technical strategy to meet the company’s business goals and needs and ensure that the technical direction is consistent with the company’s strategic direction.”
“ In terms of strategic plans, the technical director only needs to consider so much. "The rest is to lead the team, formulate technical plans, be responsible for project management and project development, and of course, be responsible for formulating management systems and researching technology trends. When consulting with the strategic team, the technical director also needs to provide advice. At the same time, the company’s risks, standards, measurement, and work quality In terms of quantity and trend analysis, you should also provide advice to higher-level management.”
“You don’t need to consider the overall development of the company, just do what your superiors arrange for you. You can still complain to the senior management at any time while doing business, right? ”
“ Um... It would be better if you pay attention to politeness when complaining and make the complaining process more consistent with the format of official documents..." Zhou Zhi quickly explained: "The head of the department who will cooperate with you will definitely be a young man. You have to suppress him instead of making trouble with him.”
"Originally, the technical director also had the task of keeping abreast of the latest developments in the industry, but we have now handed over this task to an independent department, the Business Intelligence Department. They will follow the latest technological developments and IP declarations in the industry, and conduct regular updates Give business information, academic papers, and intellectual property catalogs to the technical director for understanding. "
"Let's talk about the men who are trying to change the world." Ikeda Qiu said that everyone should not forget to taste the exquisite food.
The food is indeed exquisite, including sushi, sashimi, grilled eel, and snowflake beef, which is very difficult to eat these days. In 1994, this was something even more difficult to taste than tuna.
Zhou Zhi actually likes this way of eating. It feels similar to gathering a few small plates to drink and look around in front of the noodle shop in Mingyi, the capital of Shu.
Among them, grilled eel and wasabi sashimi are not inconsistent with Zhou Zhi at all. The dry-roasted fish and cold salad dishes in Sichuan cuisine have always been his favorite dishes, and they are similar to these two famous Japanese dishes. Wonderful.
The only problem is that the Japanese food tastes bland, and when paired with aged Maotai, the rich aroma of Maotai takes away the original flavor.
However, for two old drunkards, Shugang and Matsui, they think that drinking Moutai quickly and then tasting traditional food in the long aroma of wine in the mouth is an alternative to tradition. enjoy.
Island people are a people who value the "philosophy of style". The utensils used for this meal are also very exquisite. An expert like Zhou Zhi can tell at a glance that they are all handmade products, fired in a wood kiln. , the body is thick and the glaze is thick, and it has a childlike beauty.
Island countries also have their own kiln mouths, which they call "yaki", such as Bizen yaki, Arita yaki and so on.
There are many styles. The one that pursues simplicity is called "Wabi-sabi". Zhou Zhi doesn't even know how to translate it. It roughly means "frustrated, lonely, lonely", which can barely be compared with Corresponds to the Chinese word "Gu Qing".
In terms of utensils, the highest level pursued by this style is the high-end goods in the kilns built in the Song Dynasty and Ding kiln. However, obviously the craftsmanship cannot be achieved, so we can only settle for the second best, forming a slightly higher level than the hanging glazed pottery of the Han Dynasty. style.
In terms of usage, this kind of utensil is most suitable for tea ceremony, so high-grade handmade utensils often appear as tea ceremony utensils.
Of course there are other styles as well. For example, the "Mei dye with white pattern" dedicated to the Japanese royal family is actually an imitation of blue and white, while the colorful Kutani ware imitates Jingdezhen.
Zhou Zhi's aesthetics in this area are almost innate, but he was often suppressed by his mother in the past. For example, he likes to use broken pottery pots with reeds and dead willow branches, and he likes to use natural kiln-glazed purple clay bowls. , was once criticized by my mother as "earthy and heavy", so she replaced it with bone china products with fine porcelain and thin body.
It can be said that in the entire Jiachuan County, there are not many people who can appreciate Zhou Zhi's aesthetic taste. There are only a limited number of fourth cousins and godfather Wu Lingjun. Until Zhou Zhi took over Sui Huaxuan, Only then can I decorate according to my own will.
(End of this chapter)