Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 210 The father of flash memory and a chance encounter in a shopping mall

After Hanyu Hideki received the invitation letter from Iwata Satoshi, he stood there and watched it.

Open the invitation letter, the invitee wrote Elf Entertainment.

The dinner was held at the famous MGM Hotel in Las Vegas.

The time is 07:30 in the evening.

"Hanyu-kun, shall we continue to visit the exhibition?" Yasuko Sawaguchi asked.

Hanyu Hideki didn't hide from Yasuko Sawaguchi when he saw the invitation letter.

Therefore, Yasuko Sawaguchi also saw the information on the invitation letter.

"Keep shopping, it's still early, you can go with me when the time comes."

"But I didn't bring a formal suit."

"Just go buy it in a while."

After Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, he took Yasuko Sawaguchi to walk around the exhibition.

At Apple's booth, he saw Apple's Lisa computer for the first time.

An operating system that supports a graphical user interface, cooperative multitasking, and virtual memory.

There is even commercial software.

The shadow of the Mac OS system on the Macintosh can already be seen.

In today's era, it really looks like a science fiction movie.

No wonder it is called an epoch-making computer.

It's a pity that this epoch-making masterpiece cannot conceal the performance that is completely inconsistent with the high price.

After asking Apple's staff and knowing that Mr. Qiao would not come to the exhibition, Hideki Hanyu left Apple's booth.

Then he visited the booths of HP, IBM and other brands.

I even took a closer look at the Nintendo booth.

Sure enough, Nintendo was marketing the Disney-themed S&W handheld.

As for the effect, it can only be said to be a little stronger than the half-dead Atari.

When Hideki Hanyu left the Nintendo booth, it seemed that today's exhibition was coming to an end.

He planned to leave early, so he said to Yasuko Sawaguchi, "Let's go too."

Yasuko Sawaguchi immediately said happily, "Okay."

Seeing Yasuko Sawaguchi's happy face, Hanyu Hideki asked, "Yasuko doesn't like electronic products?"

In fact, Yasuko Sawaguchi didn't need to answer, he could already see it.

This girl really has no interest in electronic products at all.

"It's not that I'm not interested, it's just that I don't understand what these things do, and they're not as interesting as electronic pets." Yasuko Sawaguchi replied.

Hanyu Hideki shook his head helplessly.

He knew that it was difficult for Yasuko Sawaguchi to understand that this era of electronic technology enthusiasts seems to be great.

"Jingzi doesn't need to accompany me tomorrow, let's go shopping with Kitahara-san."

"President Kitahara, isn't he busy?"

"Mr. Katz is responsible for the work of the American branch. It is useless to bring Kitahara-san here to understand the situation."

The American market has its peculiarities.

It is impossible for Hideki Hanyu to let Eri Kitahara intervene in the management here across the Pacific Ocean.

Even he can only arrange strategic directions.

As for the specific operation, the employees of America still need to be responsible.

Yasuko Sawaguchi was not interested in the exhibition, so Hanyu Hideki stopped talking.

Then we chatted about where to buy formal clothes for the banquet next.

Speaking of shopping, Yasuko Sawaguchi immediately became interested and talked non-stop with great interest.

The two chatted while walking towards the exit.

But just as they were approaching the exit, they suddenly heard someone arguing in neon language.

Hideki Hanyu glanced curiously, and found that the place where the dispute took place was next to the Toshiba booth not far from them.

It was two neon middle-aged men who were arguing.

One of the men with glasses was questioning the other man.

"Deputy Chief Ishii, didn't you agree that I will be on stage for today's press conference? Why was it canceled in the end?"

The so-called Deputy Chief Ishii said, "Masuoka-san, because your speech has not been approved."

"If I continue to revise, will the press conference after that give me a chance?" the man with glasses asked in a pleading tone.

"Feel sorry."

Deputy Chief Ishii only said two words, and the meaning was self-evident.

After speaking, Vice President Ishii returned to the Toshiba booth.

The man in glasses returned to the Toshiba booth after a moment's hesitation, sat down in a corner, and threw a few pages of documents on the table in front of him.

"Hanyu-kun, why don't you leave?"

Seeing Hanyu Hideki not moving suddenly, Sawaguchi Yasuko asked strangely.

"wait for me."

Hideki Hanyu thought about the conversation between the two just now, and the last name of the man with glasses reminded him of some memories.

He wanted to make sure, so he walked to the table where the man with glasses was sitting.

Looking at the papers scattered on the table.

It's not a confidential document, just a short three-page statement.

The writing is neat, but there are many traces of revision.

The first line of the statement, 'Non-volatile memory in consumer electronics...'

Seeing this beginning, Hideki Hanyu's eyes suddenly brightened.

Then read it carefully.

The mentally depressed man with glasses didn't notice Hideki Hanyu at first.

But Hideki Hanyu stood there for a long time without leaving. He looked up and found that Hideki Hanyu was reading his speech.

"Sorry, I'm here to visit Toshiba's booth. I accidentally saw your article. It's very interesting."

Seeing that the man with glasses spotted him, Hideki Hanyu explained with a smile.

"It's okay, it was meant to be told to everyone."

The man with glasses asked Hanyu Hideki again, "Is this gentleman a tourist from Neon?"

"My name is Hideki Hanyu, and I am also an exhibitor. My club is Spirit Entertainment." Hideki Hanyu introduced himself.

"Spirit Entertainment? I seem to have heard of it before. It is you who have recently jointly developed with Toshiba to drive memory chips with button batteries." The man with glasses said.

"That's right." Hideki Hanyu replied.

The archiveable game cartridge prepared by Elf Entertainment for Pokémon is convenient for cooperation with Toshiba.

But at this moment, the man with glasses suddenly remembered something, and stood up suddenly from his chair.

"Hideki Hanyu! You are the writer Hideki Hanyu."

The man with glasses looked at Hideki Hanyu seriously, and said apologetically.

"It's so rude, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Fujio Masuoka, and I'm currently working at Toshiba IC Research Institute."

Hanyu Hideki heard the other party introduce his full name.

I am adding the speech on the table.

He can already be sure that the middle-aged man with a slumped expression in front of him is the future 'Father of Flash Memory' Fujio Masuoka.

Follow the information in memory.

Although the other party is 'the father of flash memory', it is not taken seriously in Toshiba now.

A researcher, but was squeezed out to work in sales and production plants.

If it weren't for the help of the director of Toshiba IC Research Institute, Takeishi Yoshiyuki who invited him to join Toshiba, I am afraid that he would not be able to return to the Institute now.

However, Fujio Masuoka, who has devoted himself to studying flash memory technology, is now an outlier who is not taken seriously in Toshiba Research Institute.

Because the mainstream semiconductor memory is now DRAM.

And Toshiba makes a lot of money by relying on DRAM memory, so it puts all its treasures on DRAM memory.

Not willing to invest even a dime in flash memory technology research.

Fujio Masuoka insisted on research entirely in his spare time.

As a result, it was obviously Fujio Masuoka who first published the paper on NOR flash memory, but it was Intel who first mass-produced NOR flash memory chips.

Later, when the research funding could not be applied for, Fujio Masuoka, with the support of director Takeishi Yoshiyuki, also invented NAND flash memory.

U disk, SSD solid state drive, SD card and other products are based on this technology.

But the reward Toshiba gave him was only a few hundred dollars.

Just when Toshiba finally began to pay attention to flash memory, Takeshi Yoshiyuki, the director of the research institute, passed away suddenly.

After the institute lost its most important supporter, Fujio Masuoka, the 'father of flash memory', was completely marginalized by Toshiba, and he had no choice but to resign.

Toshiba was reluctant to admit that Fujio Masuoka was the inventor of flash memory.

After the millennium, Fujio Masuoka also took Toshiba to court.

In the end, a settlement was reached with Toshiba paying 700 million yen in compensation.

The "father of flash memory" says he's not suing for money.

Instead, I hope to make the Neon society respect technicians more.

As a time traveler, Hideki Hanyu can understand Fujio Masuoka's thoughts.

Because in today's era, the status of engineers in neon enterprises is not high.

Even when they create some kind of important invention, the company's rewards are often very stingy.

But even so, they must maintain their "loyalty" to the company.

This is why Hideki Hanyu implemented a series of benefits in his club.

For example, rewards and dividends, such as housing benefits, those technicians will be so eager to follow.

I'm really used to not being taken seriously. It's rare to meet a good boss, and everyone is flattered.

Looking at Hideki Hanyu, Fujio Masuoka showed a regretful expression.

"My family and I like Mr. Hanyu's works very much. We had to line up for the signing event in Tokyo before, but we ended it before we arrived. If we knew that we would meet Mr. Hanyu when we came here, we should have brought your works."

"If Masuoka-san wants to sign, you can go back to Tokyo, just contact me when the time comes."

Hanyu Hideki handed over his business card as he spoke.

After Masuoka Fujio took over, he also gave back a business card of his own.

After putting away his business card, Fujio Masuoka began to sort out the speech papers scattered on the table.

Thinking that Hideki Hanyu was watching just now, he asked casually, "Is Mr. Hanyu very interested in semiconductor storage technology?"

Hideki Hanyu shook his head, "I'm not good at technology, but I just think that once the technology mentioned in Masuoka-san's manuscript is successfully developed, it should change the game cassette model."

"Mr. Hanyu is too optimistic. According to the current technical conditions, even if it is successfully mass-produced, it will be difficult to apply it to game cartridges in terms of storage space and price."

Fujio Masuoka has a very clear understanding of the technology he is researching.

"Technology is always improving, isn't it? I think this kind of storage technology is very promising."

Hanyu Hideki continued with a smile, "Not to mention anything else, if this storage technology is successfully mass-produced, even if it can't be used to store games, but instead of the storage chip we are cooperating with Toshiba, there is no need for cumbersome button batteries gone."

"It should be no problem. The biggest feature of the storage technology I developed is that the stored data will not disappear after the power is turned off."

"Then it..."

Hearing that Hideki Hanyu was so optimistic about the storage technology he was researching, Fujio Masuoka felt like meeting a confidant.

Pulling Hanyu Hideki, they chatted happily.

However, before the two of them chatted a few words, a staff member from Toshiba came over and informed Fujio Masuoka that it was time for the end of today's exhibition, and asked him to go to the backstage to help.

"It seems that I can't continue talking with Hanyu-sensei."

Fujio Masuoka looked regretful.

During the chat with Hideki Hanyu, Fujio Masuoka found that Hideki Hanyu recognized his storage technology research and development route very much.

He is even more optimistic about the application prospects of this storage technology than he is.

Therefore, although it was only the first meeting, it made him feel like-minded towards Hideki Hanyu, and he hated seeing each other later.

"Masuoka-san has my contact information. If you want to chat in the future, you can contact me at any time." Hanyu Hideki said.

"That's right, we have plenty of time when we get back to Tokyo," said Fujio Masuoka.

Saying goodbye to Fujio Masuoka, Hideki Hanyu found Yasuko Sawaguchi who was standing in front of the Toshiba booth with a bored look on his face.

"Let's go."

"Is the person who chatted with Hanyu-kun just now a friend of Hanyu-kun?" Yasuko Sawaguchi asked curiously.

"Not yet."

Hanyu Hideki said something that surprised Yasuko Sawaguchi.

But Hanyu Hideki didn't explain any more, so she didn't ask about it any more.

Instead, he asked something else, "Where do we go next?"

"Of course I'm going to prepare clothes for you to attend the dinner party. I remember there is a shopping mall next to the hotel. Let's go there first."

Hideki Hanyu replied.

The two left the exhibition, found Marco who was waiting outside by car, got in the car and drove towards the shopping mall that Hideki Hanyu said.

After arriving at the shopping mall, Hanyu Hideki found that although the scale of the shopping mall was not large, it still had a complete range of counters for major brands.

After Yasuko Sawaguchi came in, he walked around with great interest.

Hanyu Hideki watched Yasuko Sawaguchi go shopping for a long time, but he didn't choose any clothes.

I thought that although there was still some time before the dinner party started, Yasuko Sawaguchi could not let Yasuko go shopping like this.

After all, follow-up preparations still take time.

So he urged, "Jingzi, I bought clothes for the dinner today, just find something beautiful."

"But each one is beautiful, and I don't know which one to choose."

Obviously, this girl has been picky.

Hanyu Hideki looked up and found a Chanel store, and immediately had an idea.

He said to Yasuko Sawaguchi, "Go to Chanel."

As the saying goes, if you want to be elegant, you must be right to choose Chanel's little black dress.

This is definitely the safest card for women to attend formal occasions.

Take Yasuko Sawaguchi into Chanel's clothing counter, directly explain the purpose of coming, and ask the clerk to help Yasuko Sawaguchi choose a suitable little black dress.

Rejecting the clerk's coffee inquiry, Hanyu Hideki sat on the waiting chair near the door.

Then he watched Yasuko Sawaguchi change into little black dresses of different styles, and then he raised his opinion.

Those whose skirts are too long give up first. Although this girl has a good figure, she can't support her height.

Then you can't have a big V-neck, because your figure can't stand up.

You can't ask for similar suspenders, after all, you are going to a dinner party, which is not formal enough.

Try to the end.

When Yasuko Sawaguchi walked out of the dressing room wearing a little black dress in the style of a doll dress.

Hanyu Hideki's eyes suddenly brightened.

The design of this skirt will not only make the person who wears it look taller.

And the shape is elegant but sweet.

It suits Yasuko Sawaguchi's figure and temperament very well.

It is very good to be able to choose such a suitable ready-to-wear without customization.

"That's it." Hanyu Hideki made a decision immediately.

"Ok."

Yasuko Sawaguchi happily agreed.

Obviously, she also liked the dress, so she turned around and went to the dressing room to change, ready to be packed by the clerk.

Hanyu Hideki went to the cash register at the door and went to pay by card.

And just as he was checking out, he suddenly heard a loud noise from outside.

The sound seemed to be coming from the Chanel handbag counter next door.

At first Hideki Hanyu didn't care.

But when he heard the Chinese language coming from the noise, he couldn't help but feel a little curious.

Walk out the door and look at the counter in Gobi.

He found that there were seven or eight young girls standing inside, arguing with a white lady standing at the counter.

But most of them have poor English skills and basically speak Chinese.

There is a girl in the middle who can speak English and is trying to communicate with the counter lady, but her level can only be considered average.

However, girls with mediocre English skills are still affected by the disputes of their peers when they stumble to communicate with the cabinet sister.

The result is that her communication is completely ineffective.

Seeing that the cabinet lady was "besieged" by a group of people, she was annoyed and shouted that she would call the police.

Hideki Hanyu hurried in and said to the cabinet sister, "Madam, please don't be impulsive."

He's not a nosy character.

The reason for speaking out.

It was because he discovered that among the group of girls who could speak English, it was Xiao Liu who bumped into him at the Chinese Center in San Francisco.

In a foreign country, he can be regarded as an acquaintance who has met once, and is also a Chinese.

It is impossible to turn a blind eye.

Hideki Hanyu's voice was so loud that the two parties stopped after hearing it.

When the girls saw Hideki Hanyu, they felt inexplicably familiar.

Someone soon remembered that this was the famous writer who took a photo with them in San Francisco.

After all, Hideki Hanyu's appearance is still easy for girls to remember.

Especially Xiao Liu, after all, he had a deep impression on Hideki Hanyu because of that collision before the group photo.

As for the white cabinet lady, after seeing Hanyu Hideki's Asian appearance, she wanted to say something with a displeased expression.

But when Hideki Hanyu walked up to her, she swallowed her words.

He even put away his displeased expression and showed a warm smirk.

Without him.

Because the suit Hanyu Hideki was wearing looked like an expensive high-end custom-made style.

Besides the haute couture suit, she also recognized the LOTOS glasses on Hanyu Hideki's face.

As a counter sister of a luxury store, she still has some discernment.

For the pair of glasses on Hideki Hanyu's face, the price is definitely not less than one hundred thousand dollars.

She can't afford to provoke someone who can wear a sports car on her face.

She dares to disrespect Asians, but she dares not disrespect the dollar.

Hanyu Hideki saw that the two parties stopped, and then looked at the only acquaintance, "Miss Liu, can you tell me what happened?"

Seeing Hanyu Hideki calm down the scene.

Xiao Liu can only hope to solve the problem on Hideki Hanyu.

Quickly told what happened.

Very cheesy surprise.

The song and dance troupe just arrived in Las Vegas in the afternoon, and they decided to go out for a walk, and then they went to this shopping mall and visited this Chanel counter.

The cabinet sister recommended a handbag to them, and they returned it to the cabinet sister after looking at it.

But at this time the cabinet sister said that they scratched the bag and had to buy it.

And tell them that the price of this handbag is as high as seven thousand nine hundred dollars.

Even if their family conditions are not bad in China.

But US dollars, according to the current official exchange rate of almost :, is equivalent to Huaxia coins.

Definitely a huge number.

What's more, it's dollars.

They heard from those overseas Chinese who sponsored the performance that the official exchange rate could not be exchanged for money at all, and the real exchange rate was around :, and there was no market for it.

In other words, this handbag actually costs more than 6 Huaxia coins.

With such an expensive price, how could they admit that they scratched it.

This led to the dispute that followed.

After Hanyu Hideki finished listening, he asked the cabinet lady again.

The answer is not bad.

It's just a little more, and they have been warned in advance that the handbags are easy to scratch, so they should pay attention to it.

"Can I see the bag?" Hideki Hanyu said.

The cabinet sister took out a handbag upon hearing this.

Hideki Hanyu saw that this is a classic Chanel 2.55 handbag.

Chain strap in gold-tone, quilted, lambskin.

Under the guidance of the cabinet sister, he saw a slight scratch on the side of the handbag.

This kind of scratch is not serious, of course it is no problem to use it by yourself, but it must not be sold as a new bag.

Although lambskin fabric has many advantages, it is a common problem that it is not durable.

Just looking at the scratches, it doesn't seem like they can be scratched out by hand.

But the problem is that Xiao Liu and the others were the last to meet, even if it wasn't them.

If the cabinet sister really called the police, the American police would only think they did it.

Especially in this era, they are still Chinese.

Seeing the panic and uneasiness hidden in the eyes of several girls, Hanyu Hideki sighed helplessly.

"I bought this bag." Hanyu Hideki said to the cabinet sister.

Others could not understand the English spoken by Hideki Hanyu, but Xiao Liu could understand it.

She hurriedly said to Hideki Hanyu, "Mr. Hanyu, we can't let you..."

But before she finished speaking, Hideki Hanyu interrupted with a smile and raised his hand, "It's okay, this little money is nothing to me."

Hideki Hanyu understood.

Rather than arguing about who is right and who is wrong here, and finally attracting the police, it is better to just buy the bag.

He'd rather pay for it than deal with troublesome American cops.

And like he said, a few thousand dollars really meant nothing to him.

After hearing Hanyu Hideki's words, the cabinet sister happily packed the bag and sent it to Hanyu Hideki.

He looked like he was afraid that Hideki Hanyu would go back on his word.

After paying the bill, Hanyu Hideki took the bag, and passed it to Xiao Liu beside him without thinking.

"We are also destined, this bag is for you."

A bag worth several thousand dollars, he didn't care at all.

And it has been scratched, so it is not appropriate to give it to your own woman or friend.

"It's too expensive, I can't take it." Thinking of such an expensive price, Xiao Liu hastily refused.

"I put the bag here, don't forget to take it."

Hanyu Hideki ignored Xiao Liu's refusal, directly put the bag on the counter, then turned around and was about to leave.

"This..." Xiao Liu was at a loss on her pretty face.

"Xiao Liu, take it."

"Mr. Hanyu also has good intentions."

"That's right, Sister Liu. If you don't want it, I will."

……

A group of Xiao Liu's companions persuaded him aloud, with somewhat envious eyes.

I thought to myself why this good thing happened to Xiao Liu.

This is a bag worth tens of thousands of Huaxia coins.

Hearing what his companion said, Xiao Liu was somewhat moved.

And she didn't want to give the bag to anyone else.

She looked at Hideki Hanyu with some embarrassment and said, "Thank you, Mr. Hanyu."

"Miss Liu, you're welcome. Now that the matter has been resolved, I'll take my leave."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he wanted to leave.

Hearing that Hideki Hanyu kept calling her Miss Liu, Xiao Liu shouted at Hideki Hanyu before he left.

"Mr. Hanyu, my name is Liu Xiaoli."

(End of this chapter)