Although the cooperation between NTT Group and the Entertainment Department office ended, NTT did not withdraw from this project. The team of engineers sent to China still arrived at the Bird’s Nest as planned and began a physical inspection of the site.
The on-site staff members did not stop the NTT engineers from going in.
Keiichi Nagaoka and his partner stood in the auditorium of the gymnasium. He looked at the large venue and felt arrogant.
Although the current situation did seem optimistic, he was confident they would not lose this deal.
His partner standing behind him was a lot less calm.
He looked at the NTT engineers surveying the site, hesitated for a while, and spoke.
“What if the Chinese do not agree? One month’s preparation time might not be enough for them.”
Nagaoka Keiichi squinted his eyes. He looked at the busy staff in the stadium and said casually, “A company that can help customers solve problems is a good company. Kawada-kun, what do you think they will do?”
Kawada thought for a while and spoke in an uncertain tone.
“If I were them, I might… change to a company that fits our timelines.”
“Usually, this is the case, but there is a premise you’re forgetting about.” Nagaoka Keiichi looked at him and said, “Which is, they don’t have alternatives to choose from.”
Nagaoka Keiichi looked at Kawada and spoke.
“Kawada-kun, it seems like you still don’t have a grasp on the current situation. Aside from us, they do not have a better choice. I believe they have contacted at least a dozen companies, but as long as they require a three-month delivery period, no company would be crazy enough to sign a deal. Other companies don’t have the technology; if we can’t do it, there’s no way they can do it either.”
Nagaoka Keiichi was very confident about this.
NTT was the industry leader in holographic projection technology, especially for large-scale holographic projection systems.
“Just wait and see, they will eventually prolong the delivery period, just like how they agreed to our price. We can also provide them with additional services, such as helping them find a modeling team that can complete the modeling and holographic designs within a month.
“If they only allow Chinese people to participate in the show production, we can also help them get in touch with people at the Tokyo Stadium and let the Chinese get familiar with our equipment.”
Nagaoka Keiichi smiled.
“Of course, I’d rather they choose the first option.
“After all, the second option won’t be cheap…”
Nagaoka Keiichi was imagining Director Ou coming and begging him, and how he would then pretend to reluctantly agree. On the other hand, NTT engineers were busy working in the Bird’s Nest; they used their equipment to collect the data of the stadium.
This part of the work was critical.
After all, what they wanted to fulfill was not just a stage, but a huge stadium with an indoor area of more than 200,000 square meters. The placement of each projector had to be extremely precise.
Even an error of 1 cm might cause a tearing of the picture and choppy movement of the image.
The staff members of the Entertainment Department office were standing by as they watched the NTT engineers point their high-tech instruments at the stadium.
Suddenly, there was a commotion at the entrance of the stadium.
The two staff members near the entrance looked over. They saw a man in blue overalls, who was accompanied by a group of people in suits and leather shoes, walking in with a silver suitcase.
“Which department are those people from?”
“Which person?”
“The one in blue and carrying a toolbox… Oh f*ck, the one next to him is Secretary Wu. I think this is an important person.”
“I’ve never seen that uniform before… Wait, the logo on the toolbox seems a bit familiar…” said the younger staff member. He tried to remember where he saw the logo as he squinted.
“It looks familiar?”
The older staff member glanced at him, clearly not believing his story.
However, the younger staff member’s eyes suddenly widened as he spoke excitedly.
“I remember, it’s Star Sky Technology! That logo appeared on the Star Sky Technology Phantom system!”
“Star Sky Technology? What are the people from Star Sky Technology doing here?”
Upon looking at it closely, the logo on the toolbox did seem similar. However, the staff member standing here couldn’t understand why the people from Star Sky Technology were here.
Nagaoka Keiichi, just like those two, also did not know why people from Star Sky Technology were at this gymnasium.
He had a bad feeling in his stomach. He walked forward and grabbed a person from the Entertainment Department office.
“Why is Star Sky Technology here?”
The staff member was confused. After all, there was no reason Star Sky Technology couldn’t be here.
However, he still spoke politely.
“The Bird’s Nest stadium itself is open to the public. Even though it is closed now, they can come in as long as there is a legitimate application… Why can’t they show up here?”
The engineer in blue overalls at the entrance of the stadium was warmly greeted by Secretary Wu. Secretary Wu spoke with a smile.
“Engineer Wang, are you going to start measuring now? Do you need me to find some people to help you?”
“No need, just make sure no one is in my way.”
The engineer from Star Sky Technology shook his head. He then put his toolbox on the ground and opened it.
There was a drone inside the box.
Seeing how Engineer Wang from Star Sky Technology was about to get to work, Secretary Wu quickly pulled a staff member aside and said, “What are those people doing here? Get them out.”
The staff member was shocked. He said with a trembling tone, “But… those people are from NTT.”
“I don’t care if they’re from NTT or TNT, kick them out.”
When Wu Yuanhang heard the letters NTT, he had a fire of rage in his heart.
Thank God we didn’t sign that piece of sh*tty contract! If we bought their sh*tty equipment for 50 billion yen, people would laugh at us.
Nagaoka Keiichi brought Kawada and two NTT staff members over. He looked at the engineer who was taking the drone out of his toolbox. Nagaoka Keiichi asked, “What are you doing?
“We are surveying and mapping the gymnasium. You are interfering with our survey work. This is not a place to fly toys.”
“Survey work?” The engineer from Star Sky Technology glanced at the NTT staff members, then looked at Secretary Wu. He said with a strange look on his face, “What is this?”
“Sorry, Engineer Wang, we might have a misunderstanding…” Wu Yuanhang looked at Keiichi Nagaoka, and the expression on his face instantly changed. He said, “We’re not working with you guys anymore, right? Hurry up and remove your people and equipment, don’t interfere with our work!”
“What do you mean we’re not working together, I…” Nagaoka Keiichi looked at Secretary Wu in disbelief. His mouth was wide open; he began to sweat from his forehead.
This…
Isn’t what I expected…
He thought that Director Ou would be begging him by now. But now, this nobody secretary was giving him an attitude.
He immediately realized what was going on. He looked at the engineer, who was tinkering with his drone. He then looked at Secretary Wu and asked, “This is a national celebration, are you really going to hand this over to someone with no experience in this area?”
The engineer from Star Sky Technology looked at him and smirked.
“You doubt our technology?”
Nagaoka Keiichi lifted his chin. His face was full of arrogance as he said, “Is that even a question? Do you have any successful projects? This is a 200,000 square meters stadium, and 80,000 spectators will watch the celebration live. If anything is messed up, it will infinitely be magnified by the audience. Your national image will be ruined…”
“You want to see success?”
The engineer from Star Sky Technology smiled.
“Then, on behalf of my company, let me demonstrate.”
