Within Surya Electronics, it was announced the next day that the release date of the game console would be postponed, allowing sufficient time for research and development work.
To achieve this, Hayakawa Kentaro conducted extensive lobbying efforts, temporarily persuading the somewhat dissatisfied major shareholders.
Then, Hayakawa Kentaro personally donated research and development funds without seeking any return, only hoping that the electronic game console could be made as perfect as possible.
When a president gets serious, he can indeed influence some people.
As for overseas expansion, Hayakawa Uejito immediately took action, instructing his former subordinates overseas to start the next round of promotional campaigns immediately.
GameStar Electronic Entertainment announced in a high-profile manner its intention to enter overseas markets, clearly signaling its intention to begin harvesting markets overseas in earnest.
Of course, even if they didn't say it, Hayakawa Uejito's side had its own news network and knew about this matter in advance, so GameStar was mostly just putting this matter out in the open.
"President, this is the location we previously selected for the new company. It can accommodate over a thousand people working simultaneously, which is completely sufficient for us at the moment. And if there are more needs in the future, we can simply rent more floors."
In a bustling area of Tokyo's Minato Ward, Takayuki and Matsuhashi are looking at the site for the new company.
It is a building specifically designed for high-end industries.
The building has a total of thirty floors, each with over a thousand square meters of office space, enough for over two hundred employees to work on each floor.
In Japan, rental prices for office spaces are usually calculated per "tsubo" (a traditional Japanese unit of area), with one "tsubo" roughly equivalent to 3.3 square meters in the metric system.
The average rental price per "tsubo" here is 15,000 yen, and GameStar plans to directly rent five floors this time. Renting all five floors at once will have some discounts, and the price can be controlled at around 70 million yen per month.
This is already a very good price in Minato Ward.
Here, both the environment and the convenience of surrounding facilities far exceed those of their previous cheap office building.
In the future, there will certainly be opportunities to personally build a large building, but for now, it's better to use the extra money to research games and game consoles. As for the company building, they can consider it after successfully expanding into overseas markets in the future.
Takayuki is also very satisfied with the location and environment of this office building. Soon, the price will be finalized by Matsuhashi, and she will take care of the remaining contracts and other matters.
After about a month of renovation, the employees will be able to move in collectively.
At present, the total number of employees in the company is approximately over three hundred, with an average of around forty people in each of the six game development teams.
There are also two engineering development teams working on developing game consoles, each with about thirty people. The remaining employees are involved in legal affairs, finance, property, public relations, and marketing.
GameStar has already planned to allocate two floors specifically for the game development teams.
The engineering development teams will have a separate floor, which is strictly confidential and the most secretive department of the company.
The remaining employees will be allocated another floor, totaling three floors temporarily.
The remaining two floors will be kept as spare, as the number of employees will continue to grow in the future, preparing in advance.
Anyway, the rent is already without pressure.
Because GameStar is completely controlled by Takayuki, whatever decision he makes, no one can oppose it. He can do whatever he wants, which makes the company more flexible.
As for the old office building, the monthly rent is only a few hundred thousand yen, so it can be used as a temporary warehouse.
After the contract procedures are almost completed, it is already noon, and Matsuhashi actively invites Takayuki to find a place to eat something.
In Minato Ward, Matsuhashi is quite familiar.
Before becoming an employee of GameStar Electronic Entertainment, she worked for a company in Minato Ward and naturally knows where to find good food.
"President, regarding the plan to expand overseas, do you have any candidates for future agents for overseas expansion? Or do you plan to choose a suitable manager locally in the United States?"
Matsuhashi is driving, while Takayuki is thinking in the back seat.
After hearing Matsuhashi's words, he snaps out of his thoughts: "Not yet. Why? Do you have any recommendations?"
"Well...I do have someone in mind."
Takayuki looks at the rearview mirror, just in time to meet Matsuhashi's gaze, and Matsuhashi is also observing Takayuki through the rearview mirror. When she notices Takayuki's gaze, she immediately looks away.
"Tell me about the person you're recommending. I actually have quite a bit of trust in your recommendations."
Matsuhashi has always been a very capable woman, and Takayuki has hardly worried about personnel recruitment. He only needs to give Matsuhashi his requirements for recruiting employees, and she can almost perfectly accomplish the task.
Matsuhashi's ability to judge people is truly remarkable.
"Well...I want to recommend myself. If possible, I would like to personally go to the United States. I...I want to realize my own dreams."
Matsuhashi suddenly feels nervous at this moment.
She shouldn't be nervous at this moment.
With her experience and professional qualities, she shouldn't be nervous.
But she just can't control it right now.
People tend to get nervous about things they care about the most.
Matsuhashi is showing this kind of performance right now.
Takayuki is quite surprised: "You want to develop overseas?"
"President, in Japan, you should understand that women basically have no future, right?"
Matsuhashi sighs softly.
Takayuki nods gently, which is indeed true.
Even if Takayuki only chooses capable people and doesn't care about gender, the entire Japanese society still inevitably looks at some outliers with strange eyes.
Matsuhashi is a typical successful career woman.
If she were in her twenties now, she would still be considered an outstanding woman by many.
There would be people praising her, people envying her.
But now she's in her thirties.
She has no plans to marry and settle down, but people around her often gossip because of this.
She can say that she doesn't care at all about what others say, but that's just talk.
No one really can ignore the opinions of others.
Matsuhashi is very grateful to Takayuki for treating her with equality all along.
But she knows that in Japan, she has no way out. Not getting married and being a good housewife is the biggest sin.
And perhaps overseas could be an opportunity.
She wants to try if she can carve out a place for herself.
At this moment, Matsuhashi is a bit worried that her outstanding abilities might cause Takayuki, the company president, to be unwilling to let her go and hope that she will always stay by his side.
If this is indeed his request, Matsuhashi has no reason to refuse.
"Okay, if you go, I think I'll feel more at ease."
Takayuki shows a smile that looks very happy.
And the big stone of anxiety in Matsuhashi's heart also instantly falls.