After Sean left, Jack Welch immediately ordered his secretary to have the head of GE’s legal department come to his office.

At the same time, a flight had to be arranged, and he wanted to go to Europe in person.

The director of the legal department arrived quickly. When he entered the door, Jack Welch directly ordered without any nonsense: "Start sorting out the information of the past three years. The black materials of Toshiba, Mitsubishi and Hitachi are prepared to file a lawsuit."

"These things must be prepared tomorrow morning and sent to the district court within three days, and the trial will begin within six days."

"What, this is impossible, it can't be so fast!" The Minister of Justice retorted instinctively after being stunned, "The time is too short, it can't be completed."

This is not the East, and the relationship between superiors and subordinates is not so strict.

"Don't give me a reason!" Jack Welch pointed at the Minister of Justice with a stern face and said word by word: "If there are any difficulties, the company will fully cooperate, but the task must be completed, and there is no room for bargaining!"

"It doesn't matter even if the evidence is insufficient. Even if the trial starts to be delayed, I want to see the result in 6 days!"

"If you can't complete the task in 6 days, then prepare to change positions!"

To be able to reach the position of chairman of General Electric at such a young age, Jack Welch is definitely tough enough at critical moments!

Those who engage in law are not inflexible in their thinking. They know what it means to examine appropriately and immediately change their attitude, "Chairman, don't worry, I promise to complete the task."

Jack Welch nodded with satisfaction, lowered his head, and said casually, "The public relations department will cooperate with you, and you must also cooperate with the publicity. Okay, that's it, let's get it done quickly."

The Minister of Justice turned around and walked away, pondering over the last sentence as he walked. Apparently, the more casually something was said, the more important it was.

It's like it doesn't matter how much official work you do for the unit, what's important is how much private work you do for the leader...

Without returning to the office, the Minister of Justice directly asked his secretary to order a meeting for all departments. Then he went to the office alone and began to meditate. The evidence was not important anymore. It was obvious that this time, the Legal Department was cooperating with other actions.

It's just that after arriving here, he can't learn more information, and he can't learn more about his own identity. Obviously something big is going to happen!

It can be concluded that it is aimed at Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Hitachi...

The reputation of the Japanese is not very good these days. It is very likely that this is a collective action against the Japanese. So what benefits can I get from this?

The source of income for professional managers cannot be just wages, so when will they become rich?

You must make some investments by using your own network of connections and information channels far beyond those of ordinary people!

The stock market is a great place.

…

Jack Welch is going to create a big event to coordinate with Sean and the company's subsequent actions, but it's best not to have anything to do with himself or GM.

Therefore, before that, Jack Welch is going to Europe, ostensibly to contact European allies.

As the president and chairman of the board, he is quite important.

Before leaving, he found his confidants and gave brief instructions. In Sean's opinion, there was nowhere to start, but in Jack Welch's opinion, it was too simple.

Jack Welch got on a plane to Europe, and his men arrived in Washington, the capital of the United States.

Anti-Japanese agitation has already started in the two major cities of New York and Los Angeles, but it is all economic, and the political influence depends on Washington.

…

In Washington, the electric power system company released a message that it will conduct an annual inspection of the power grid system tomorrow to detect possible hidden dangers in the power grid system.

This kind of annual inspection must be done every year, but it doesn't matter to what extent it is done.

At a lower level, the transformer equipment on the power supply line should be inspected. At a higher level, it would be like today, preparing to conduct a major overhaul of the city's power grid to test the power supply limit in the event of extreme weather.

Extreme weather includes storms, typhoons, low temperatures, and high temperatures. Especially in high-temperature weather, factories will have to increase power consumption to reduce the internal temperature of the factory in order to ensure the working environment. Residents in the city will also increase the use of air conditioners when facing high temperatures.

frequency, which will put great pressure on the power supply.

It is now May 1988, and the hot weather is about to come. At this time, it is necessary to do some testing in advance.

The next morning...

The test begins with the segmented power supply network testing and maintenance, and the test is the transmission line.

After the preliminary testing is completed, the power company conducts extreme testing, which tests the transformers, control circuits, protection equipment, test instruments, etc. in the substation and distribution equipment.

Especially the testing of high-voltage power distribution devices.

During the entire test process, everything was strictly in accordance with the process, but when it came to the peak test...

"boom!!"

"boom!!"

In an instant, transformers and other high-voltage distribution devices in many places in Washington short-circuited, caught fire, and exploded!

At noon, most of Washington was without power at the same time!

There is a power outage in modern society, and most of Washington has come to a standstill.

This is the capital of the United States and the center of global politics. It is impossible not to attract people's attention to such a major accident that occurs throughout the city!

The White House immediately expressed concern, and the Washington city government immediately contacted the power company, which held a press conference.

Well, New Century Media, Fox News Channel, and CBS all broadcast the press conference live immediately.

Absolutely no advance preparation!

"In recent years, with the development and progress of society, people's living standards have improved, and electricity consumption has shown a significant upward trend. In order to cope with the upcoming peak electricity consumption in summer, the company conducts routine inspections."

"So, why did there be such a large-scale power outage and many equipment caught fire and exploded? Is it man-made?" a reporter asked.

"Unfortunately, some power distribution devices and substation devices cannot withstand the power supply limit test. This is a problem with the equipment itself. It is not yet sure whether it is the aging of the equipment or the equipment itself is not qualified."

"Why have there been no accidents in central urban areas, government offices and other areas?"

In response to the question, the host of the power company's press conference asked his staff to open a map of Washington and said, "The current power outage areas are in these places."

Middle and low-end communities, factory areas, slums, etc., places with poor economic conditions.

"Based on the current situation, our company found that in this test, the areas where the distribution and transformation equipment had problems were all using equipment imported from Japan such as Toshiba and Mitsubishi, while the city center, embassy area, government office area and other areas

, the products commonly used are American products.”

"Do you mean that substandard Japanese products caused this accident?" the reporter immediately asked loudly.

"It is still uncertain, and the damaged equipment needs to be inspected to determine the cause of the accident."

"Then why don't these areas use our American products?"

The stall owner of the power company said with a helpless look: "I'm sorry, objective reasons are that the economic conditions of each region are different, and the equipment imported from Japan is cheaper."

This is the case in the United States. Take the police force as an example. The better the public security is, the greater the manpower invested by the police will be. Even if it is wasteful, the more chaotic the place, the lower the manpower invested by the police...

This is completely opposite to the east side.

Even 40 years later, in international metropolises such as New York, Los Angeles, Washington, and Houston, except for the city center and bustling areas, many places still use wooden telephone poles, with wires tangled back and forth like spider webs, and signal lights at random.

Hang on the wire.

This is also the reason why losses are so huge every time there are natural disasters such as typhoons and storms.

Of course, a loss is a loss, and building after the loss will never be replaced even if it is lost dozens of times!

The poor cannot use good things, even if they pay more, this is a matter of principle!

The question is: No money!

A press conference brought Japanese products to the forefront again.

Soon, the test results came out. For the same product coefficient, American products had about a 15% surplus, while Nissan strictly achieved the maximum peak value.

It's like a CPU. Some can be overclocked, while others can't and will burn out as soon as they are overclocked.

In fact, this test was conducted strictly against the peak value of Japanese equipment.

The problem is that after being used for a long time, the notebook products inevitably age, which leads to a large number of devices catching fire and exploding just as the test reaches its peak.

Not only that, but soon another news came out. Because the equipment was damaged during the test, the voltage was temporarily unstable, and many electrical appliances in people's homes burned out.

More than 20 factories even revealed that their equipment was damaged due to this test, and the losses were very serious.

What's more, more than 40 fires broke out in slums in succession, all caused by electrical fires. More than 60 households were affected, with 3 people dead and 18 injured.

What does seeking truth from facts mean?

What is practice? It is the only criterion for testing truth!

A series of news broke out, quickly overwhelming other news and detonating American society.

That afternoon, residents of the blackout area who were extremely bored began to take to the streets to demonstrate.

There's a power outage and there's nothing to do, so why not march?

And because of the widespread power outage, the number of people marching this time far exceeded those in New York and Los Angeles.

Those two times I just felt a psychological impact, but this time I really suffered a heavy financial loss.

Led by demonstrators who suffered serious losses, the marchers attacked the Japanese Embassy, ​​almost flooding the embassy with bottles, bricks, and garbage.

Even though the Washington police responded quickly, the embassy gate and outer wall were still knocked down, and three demonstrators were injured in the conflict.

This scene was clearly captured by helicopter aerial photography, spread throughout the United States, and quickly expanded to the world.

New Century Media said not to thank me. This is the ethics of a journalist!
To be continued...